Publications
Great Aunt Caroline, by Rosie Ansell, published March 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 5, article, pp.203-205) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508846] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:When I first started family history I acquired some notes that my uncle had compiled when he was looking into the subject in the 1970s. One of these was a sheet listing the children of my great-great-grandmother Phoebe HENDLEY. Of her 14 children 13 were illegitimate and only two were boys.
So, even though three of these daughters died as children, my father had a large number of great aunts, but only four seemed to feature in his memories and in the store of family photos that he had. Of the remaining four Aunt Alice must have been known to his family as all her children feature in my grandmother's birthday book. Aunt Molly, who never married, and Aunt Daisy, who lived in Tunbridge Wells, were never mentioned.
Of Aunt Caroline all we knew was that she married Henry CARE and had three children, who featured prominently in the family photographs of tiny grandmother's family - Violet, who was a similar age to my grandmother, Stanley, who was killed a week before the end of WWI, and Margaret, who lived with one of the aunts who was mentioned and known about.
So, even though three of these daughters died as children, my father had a large number of great aunts, but only four seemed to feature in his memories and in the store of family photos that he had. Of the remaining four Aunt Alice must have been known to his family as all her children feature in my grandmother's birthday book. Aunt Molly, who never married, and Aunt Daisy, who lived in Tunbridge Wells, were never mentioned.
Of Aunt Caroline all we knew was that she married Henry CARE and had three children, who featured prominently in the family photographs of tiny grandmother's family - Violet, who was a similar age to my grandmother, Stanley, who was killed a week before the end of WWI, and Margaret, who lived with one of the aunts who was mentioned and known about.