Publications
Blind alleys, by Roger Bristow, published June 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 6, article, pp.251-253) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508847] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Every so often in carrying out family research, one comes across an interesting sideline that is little or nothing to do with the main research but which, nevertheless, provides fascinating reading.
My great-aunt Agnes BRISTOW (1874-1957) provides two such stories. Agnes was the third child of Mark BRISTOW (1849-1925), the East Hoathly village carrier (for an account of Mark's life as a carrier at East Hoathly see the article written by his son, Clement (1879-1954) (Agnes's brother and my grandfather) in the Sussex County Magazine, Vol 14, No 7 (July 1940), pp 246-248). Agnes was eight years old when her mother (Frances Maria nee WOOD) died in 1882 soon after giving birth to twins (one of whom survived) leaving eight children. The following year Mark BRISTOW married the widow Jane BARROWCLIFFE (nee TOMSETT). Jane had four children: Bertha Jane (b 1864), Charles H (b 1869), Fanny A (b 1872), Emily Edith (11 1874). Mrs BARROWCLIFFE's two youngest girls came to live with Mark and his eight children at East Hoathly. She was 'a most lovable person and treated his children as her own'.
My great-aunt Agnes BRISTOW (1874-1957) provides two such stories. Agnes was the third child of Mark BRISTOW (1849-1925), the East Hoathly village carrier (for an account of Mark's life as a carrier at East Hoathly see the article written by his son, Clement (1879-1954) (Agnes's brother and my grandfather) in the Sussex County Magazine, Vol 14, No 7 (July 1940), pp 246-248). Agnes was eight years old when her mother (Frances Maria nee WOOD) died in 1882 soon after giving birth to twins (one of whom survived) leaving eight children. The following year Mark BRISTOW married the widow Jane BARROWCLIFFE (nee TOMSETT). Jane had four children: Bertha Jane (b 1864), Charles H (b 1869), Fanny A (b 1872), Emily Edith (11 1874). Mrs BARROWCLIFFE's two youngest girls came to live with Mark and his eight children at East Hoathly. She was 'a most lovable person and treated his children as her own'.