Postings on this page are for those missing links or specific information being sort rather than general family history. If you have a particular question, missing information or request please email me and I will happily add them to the page. Additions will be posted in date order.
I am searching for any information concerning Leonard Hicks Who died in Folkestone at age 47 in 1935. He had served in world war one and died from the effects of the poison gas that was used. All I know about this is that he was a Stretcher Bearer who was Mentioned in Dispatches at some stage. My grandmothers (his daughter) name is Barbara Hicks (maiden name!). She also holidayed here with her family. Barbara's mothers name was Alice Maud Cornell. She nursed Leonard Hicks through his sickness so was also living in folkestone at this time. I would love ANY information that I could get that related to them at all. I am quite desperate to find Leonard Hicks Grave. If anyone can help me with this please e-mail me at Kerry
I am still trying to find out about Charles Richard Philpott. He was born in Folkestone in 1880.He was a carpenter when he grew up and married Fanny Price and emigrated to New Zealand around 1913/14. I have found out that he lived in Foord Road when he was little and at a later date at 18 Park Road Cheriton.Can anyone help me find out any more about this family.
Does anyone in Folkestone know, or have any knowledge of my Sister EILEEN MARY HARTLEY? ( her Maiden name)! I am her blood brother to a different father. My mums name is/was Gwendoline, Mabel HARTLEY, nee Marks and my "fathers" name was Arthur Irving HARTLEY, now deceased 1984.
If anyone does remember anything, Please get in touch with me A.S.A.P. Eileen would be in her 70s now.
My e-mail address is [email protected] or 16, Prowse St. South Tweed Heads, N.S.Wales.2486. AUSTRALIA
Left in a will by Samual McCrea in 1964 refered to Folkstone Bonds. I have never been able to find out what these were. Any help would be much apreciated.
I am also reserching the old world war 1hospitals in folkstone.
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I have for some years been trying to trace (backwards) a branch of my family and the leads stop at Folkestone and Leybourne in Kent. Daniel Ross Hunter married, in Greenock Scotland, a Sarah Hunter from Folkestone, Kent. On her death certificate (in Australia) her parents are given as James Hunter and Mary Hodges, both of Kent. I have found a marriage for these two:
James Hunter m. Mary Hodges 26 April 1799, Folkestone, Kent on the IGI. I have also found a birth for Sarah Hunter : Sarah Hunter, chr 17 Aug 1808 Folkestone. (and some siblings I think, using the batch no. search) . I can't find where James Hunter comes from, nor his parents. Someone else in my family has Mary Hodges as the daughter of Thomas Hodges and Mary Parkes, who were married in Leybourne, Kent, in 1773. but unfortunately no source has been provided with the information.
I really want to try and find James Hunter's antecedents as well as the Hodges side. As the daughter Sarah married another Hunter in Scotland I think it possible that her father James may have originally been from there as well, and could well have been a cousin or something. Nothing has turned up in this line so far, despite lots of research by several people. But one wonders how Daniel, a wool scourer from Greenock , otherwise would have met Sarah, from Folkestone?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
Judith
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Does anyone know if there is a list of fishermen. My grandmother's brother George Victor KNOX was a fisherman, died in 1943 age 54. He was a blind pensioner.
If anyone has any clues that might help my search I would appreciate any tips.
Thanks, Angela Boise, Idaho USA
Hiya Folkestone Folk.
My Grandmother Kathleen Mary Gambrell was from Folkestone. Her mother was Agnes Maud ROWAN and Agnes was born to Michael Joseph ROWANand Julia DeBRUYNE. I know that the family lived at 67 Military Ave in 1903 because that is when Michael Joseph ROWANdied. Agnes and Michael (sometimes called Joseph) had other children Maud, Mabel, William, Joseph and Michael.
Does anyone have any information on the Rowan family? If so, I would be very grateful to hear from you.
Many thanks,
Roma
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Hello my name is Tim Cottingham,
I am trying to find records of people buried in Shorncliffe Cemetery.
Is it just a Military Cemetery?
I am Looking for a George Cottingham brn 1860
and Annie or Mary Cottingham brn 1867ish
Any help greatly appreciated.
Thanks...Tim
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I have information that in April of 1892 permission was granted for a vault in the �churchyard of the parish of Folkestone� to be opened to inter the remains of �the late daughter of Mr Charles Golder�. Unfortunately, the photocopy I have does not give the daughter�s name. Does anyone have any information as to which daughter this was, or any other information on the vault (for example MI�s). My gggrandmother, Susannah Golder, was a daughter of a Mr Charles Golder (I wonder if it was the same Charles Golder?).
With thanks
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I am trying to find out what happened to the Fulcher family of Pelham Gardens after 1965. I have been sorting out old photographs and came across several taken at Pelham Gardens ( ?1-5)
Peter Ealey
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I am trying to find information on William Weal, He was married to Ann Potts on the 19th November 1829. Parish records film 1850120. I seem to be drawing a complete blank so far.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello,
I am seeking any information on the following families: Chalk, Sims, Hammond, Godden, Marsh, Howard, Elgar, Cullen, Ladd and Knott
Mainly fishermen, tradespeople and Quakers in and around Folkestone 1700-1800 ish (Dover and Canterbury too) Any leads most welcomed
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I am in the process of putting together a powerpoint presentation for my grandmother's 100th birthday. She was born Lily May Waddell, on May 26, 1903 in Folkestone, England. She was one of ten children born to Henry Edwin Waddell and Mary Alice Jacobs Waddell.
All of them came to the United States in 1913, except for her brother James, who stayed in England his entire life.
Granny is the only sibling left and I am happy and grateful to say that she is in very good health and still lives at home with the help of my mother.
She loves to tell stories about being a little girl in England. And in 1981 at the age of 78 wrote a book about her life.
I was just reading through your website and wondered if any readers might recognize the names. If so I would love to hear from you.