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Sussex Family Historian, vol. 15 no. 5, edited by Trevor Hanson, published March 2003 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Towner of Bishopstone, by Reg Towner, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.195-201) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

John Towner was a fisherman and spent his adult life in the service of Bishopstone Parish Church where he was parish clerk and sexton for 42 years. He married Mary about 1744 and they had eight children between 1744 and 1765. He died in 1794.

Roadblocks on the road to genealogical truth, by Colin W. Field, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.205-207) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Reviews issues while searching his Blundell, Field and Piggot ancestry

A wider ancestry, by Don Burgess, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.208-209) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A question of probabilities, by Barry W. Farrant, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.212-214) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William Farrant married Ellen Colburn in Brighton in 1906. The search for Ellen Colburn's parents proves problematic

Ten years of trouble, by Sarah Wood, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.214-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Letter from Sarah Wood to her brother William Jarvis in Australia dated 26th February 1848 from Hastings

Distaff name, by Julie Ansell Martin, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.218-219) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Reviewing the issue of double-barrelled surnames

The portrait, by Angela Allen, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.219-222) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

An old photograph of 'Aunt Hatton' who lived in Brighton leads to the discovery of Bond and Hatton ancestors

The family scandal, by Julie Mitchell, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.222-223) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Margarett Holmes, born 1 September 1864 in Hurstpierpoint the daughter of Edmund Holmes and Elizabeth née Miller, gave birth to Ethel Violet Angelo Holmes on 15 February 1881 in Brighton. Ethel's father remains a mystery. In 1890 Margarett married Henry Thomas Packham in London and Ethel married Harry Richard Mitchell in 1906.

My Boarer family of Sussex, by Ivy Stead, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, p.227) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for the ancestry of Thomas Boarer born in Withyham on 12 September 1899

Migration in England & Wales, by Anthony Camp, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, pp.230-236) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Extracts from two volumes of autobiographies of working people edited by John Burnet: Useful Toil (London, 1974) and Destiny Obscure (London, 1982)

Chelsea Pensioners in your family tree?, by Mick Henry, published March 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 5, article, p.237) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author's great-great-great-grandfather Ellis Harvey was a Chelsea Pensioner whose records were discovered at Kew.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 15 no. 6, edited by Trevor Hanson, published June 2003 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thirty not out, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, p.243) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thirty years of Sussex Family Historian

The Sussex Thayers, by Jill Salt, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.244-245) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The descendants of George Thare, brick maker, who married Jane Holden on 13 April 1773 in Kirdford.

A monumental undertaking, by Katherine Slay, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.248-251) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Chichester Churches and Chapels with monumental inscriptions

Transcription traps and traces, by Roy Daughtree, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.255-256) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Tragedy at Laughton, by Audrey Brinsford, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.256-259) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The tragic story of Amos Barber (1820-1885) and his brother John Barber (1830-1885) who were two of the six children of Thomas and Kezia Barber of Laughton

A Henfield 'Die Hard', by Robert A. Holder, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.259-261) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Daniel Caplin (1786-1828), the son of John and Mary Caplin of Woodmancote, married Ann Holder on 7 July 1813 at Woodmancote. Six years earlier Ann Holder had a baseborn son baptised with the name Daniel on 27 March 1808. The article covers the years between 1808 and 1813 from the enlistment of Daniel into the Company of the 2nd battalion of His Britannic Majesty's 57th Regiment of Foot, the West Middlesex Regiment, his service in WWI including being badly wounded on 25 May 1811, his return to Portsmouth and then Chichester Barracks where he married Ann.

A tangled web, by Rosie Ansell, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.267-269) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Phoebe Ann Best, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Best, was baptized 6 April 1798 at Horsted Keynes and married John Cosstick in Seaford in April 1818. A narrative of tangled relationships.

Relatives in high places, by Roger Sutton, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.269-272) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

David William Sutton and Florence Mary Hainsworth were married 26 December 1908 in Dartford, Kent. Their ancestors are traced to include a number of famous people.

The other Ardingly, by Peter Verrall, published June 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 6, article, pp.272-275) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Colonel Harold Pope who was born in Ealing, Middlesex in 1873, educated at St. Saviour's School, Ardingly 1884-1889, emigrated to Perth in 1895 and joined the Western Australian Government railways.

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 15 no. 7, edited by Trevor Hanson, published September 2003 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Library, a gem of a service, by Barbara Sanders, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, p.291) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Here, there and everywhere, by Sue Coward, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.292-299) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Aylwin/Allwin family traced back to Peter Aylwin (1758-1833) who married Mary Enticknap in 1781 and had more than ten children.

Flight Sergeant Stuart Spencer Newcomb, by Phil Stanbridge, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.304-305) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Stuart Spencer Newcomb (1911-1942) and his military service in No 3 Group Bomber Command during WWII

Sussex Strays, by Patricia A. Robinson, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.308-309) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Thomas Noakes (1860-1930) aka Tom Norman, the son of Tom Noakes and Eliza Haiselden, married Amy Rayner in 1896 and had 17 children.

The Registers of Mayfield and Wadhurst, by Maurice Packham, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.309-311) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The mystery of Mary Wratten, by Angela Allen, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.312-314) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Amos Wratten was baptized 6 July 1828 the illegitimate son of Mary Watten and William Weller. Mary then married John Dench in 1830 and they had three children.

Thank goodness it was Dianna, by Jean M. Smith, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.318-321) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for Dianna Cornwall whose birth was registered June 1838 at Uckfield giving her mother as Elizabeth Cornwall née Brown, a widow, but no father.

The Chelsea Pensioner, by David Nye, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.321-322) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Henry Nye (1813-1894) was one of thirteen children of Edward Nye and Sarah née King. Henry married Elizabeth Nash 11 November 1833 and had three children. In 1839 he abandoned his family and joined the 52nd Regiment of Light Infantry at Lewes. The regiment sailed to Nova Scotia in 1840 where, in 1844, he married bigamously Catherine Randle. Two years later they returned to England and had two sons. In 1853 Henry and his new family sailed for India with the 52nd Regiment of Foot to serve during the Indian Mutiny. He was discharged from the army in 1861 and in 1888 he was admitted as an In-Pensioner a the Royal Military Hospital, Chelsea where he died in 1894.

Birdham National School, by Mike Dewey, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.326-329) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of children who attended the Birdham National School in 1817 giving child's name, age, name of parent or sponsor, and Parish.

A medieval Sussex heiress, by Michael Burchall, published September 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 7, article, pp.332-337) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The story of Isabel Le Count, daughter of Sir John Le Count (c.1180-c.1260) and her marriages to Sir William Hastentot (died 1272) and Sir William de Goldingham (died 1289/90)

Sussex Family Historian, vol. 15 no. 8, edited by Trevor Hanson, published December 2003 (Sussex Family History Group, ISSN: 0260-4175) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Not just another 'ag lab', by Rita Steadman, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.343-345) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Matthew Hills, the son of Joseph Hills and Jane née Welland, was baptized at North Chapel on 3 June 1848. He married Sarah Millham on 30 November 1869 and they had eight children. Matthew was killed by a train 21 August 1907 which was recorded at the inquest as 'accidental death'.

Obituary: Lt. Cdr. Peter Evershed, M.B.E., R.N., published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, p.346) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Bridging the gap: a postscript, by Paul Collins, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.350-351) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

More information on William and Susan Wimble

Confessions of a fledgling family historian, by Lesley Yates, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.351-355) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Research into Richard Gentleman who was killed in action on 29th May 1917.

Brot from one house to another, by Barbara Sanders, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.355-356) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

At Chiddingly, on the same day, 23 May 1780, were buried Jemima Medhurst, 19, and Thomas Funnell, 27, "brot [brought] to church from one house together". Thomas Funnell was baptized 3 May 1752 at Chalvington and married Philadelphia Hammond on 17 August 1775 at Chiddingly. Jemima Elphick was baptized 5 April 1761 at Chiddingly and married Daniel Medhurst 10 July 1779. The article describes the situation of both familes but leaves unresolved why they were brot to church from one house together.

Swing rioters 'down under', by R. C. Grant, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, p.357) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Swing rioters were transported to Australia in 1831, 1832 and 1833. A list is given of those transported who had Sussex connections - name, year of birth, residence, whether married, whether children, death, destination and name of ship.

What's in a name? (1), by Helen M. Whittle, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.363-364) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

A list of Puritan names from Heathfield and Warbleton parish registers and gives baptism dates, names and names of parents.

What's in a name? (2), by David A. Susans, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.365-367) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Search into the Susans

A forgotten romance, by Colin W. Field, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.370-373) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The love story of Samuel James Murray Griffith of Higham House, Winchelsea and Margaret Piggott who married on 17 August 1878 in St. Paul's Church, Hammersmith.

Edwards of Herstmonceux, by Don Burgess, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.376-377) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The family of Henry Edwards who married Elizabeth Farncombe in Lewes on 18 July 1753.

The Generation Grid, by Frank Leeson, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, p.378) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Some West Sussex Families, by Victor Elliott, published December 2003 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 15 no. 8, article, pp.379-383) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15249] & The Keep [LIB/508827] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The families descended from George Page and Jane Elliott who married in Portsmouth in 1873.