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The female line, by Rosie Ansell, published September 2006 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 17 no. 3, article, pp.144-146) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508987] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The search for the fourteen children of William Ansell, born 1798 in Horsham, and his wife Louisa.

The Rich Branch, by Rosie Ansell, published September 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 7, article, pp.294-297) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508978] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

In the late 17th century in Horsham there were two branches of the ANSELL family: my ancestors and the rich branch. The latter consisted of father William and his two sons, William and Philip, who were all cordwainers and also had substantial property interests. The younger William never married and Philip and his wife had no children so when they died, within a year of each other in 1726 and 1727, they left most of their property to their DAY nieces and nephews, the children of their sister Elizabeth, who had married Richard DAY of Mayfield in 1684.

The Rich Branch - Part Two, by Rosie Ansell, published December 2013 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 20 no. 8, article, pp.349-354) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508979] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

William DAY, born in London in 1764, began his life following the linen draper trade of his father Richard but he was a keen geologist and a talented (self-taught) artist, producing a large body of watercolours. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1783 and 1801 as an "Honorary Exhibitor". In 1789 he toured Derbyshire with a fellow artist, John WEBBER and as well as painting he also collected rocks and minerals there. Some of their paintings are in Buxton Museum, although John WEBBER is much more famous, having been the official artist on Captain Cook's third voyage.

War Memories, by Rosie Ansell, published December 2014 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 21 no. 4, article, pp.175-178) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/508854]

My grandfather, Cecil ANSELL, had a very short part to play in the First World War. He rarely spoke about it but two of my uncles got him to talk once near the end of his life when they had a tape recorder running. I have adapted this article from a transcript of the conversation.