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Thomas Haigh1

#15376, b. about 1836, d. 1903
Last Edited=12 Sep 2007
     Thomas Haigh was born about 1836 in Canterbury, Kent, England.1 Thomas was listed as head of household in the census of 2 April 1871 in Cross Street, Canterbury, Kent, England, Thomas was a tailor.2 He married Caroline Teresse Turmaine, daughter of Charles Turmaine and Sarah Hargreaves.1 Thomas was listed as the head of the family of on the census of 3 April 1881 in 14 Victoria Row, Canterbury, Kent, England, Thomas was a tailor.3 His wife Caroline died on 1889 in Blean, Kent, England.4 Thomas was listed as the head of the family on the census of 5 April 1891 in 14 Victoria Row, Canterbury, Kent, England, he is listed as a tailor journeyman.5 An unknown person was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 Blean Union Workhouse, Blean, Kent, England, He was listed as a tailor.6 Thomas died in 1903 in Blean, Kent, England.7

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 972 Folio 15 Page 22.
  3. [S41881] UK Census 1881 (RG11) - 3 April 1881 RG11 Piece 962 Folio 18 Page 29.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1889/Q1 Blean Volume 2a page 517.
  5. [S41891] UK Census 1891 (RG12) - 5 April 1891 RG12 Piece 709 Folio 102 Page 20.
  6. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 797 Folio 78 Page 4.
  7. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1903/Q3 Blean Volume 2a page 485.

Mary Matthes1

#15377, b. 2 April 1797, d. 1879
Last Edited=15 Oct 2022
     Mary Matthes was baptised on 2 April 1797 in Folkestone, Kent, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Michael Matthes and Mary Milton.1 She married Thomas Charlton on 2 October 1817 in St James the Apostle, Charlton, Kent, England.1 Her husband Thomas died on 1839 in Dover, Kent, England.3 She married Charles Turmaine, son of Charles Turmaine and Alicia Stone, on 7 September 1840 in St James Apostle, Dover, Kent, England, There are no known children from this marriage.1,4 In the census of 6 June 1841 in Tower Hamlet, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of Charles Turmaine.5 In the census of 30 March 1851 at 21 Lower Hamlet, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of Charles Turmaine Mary was a laundress.6 In the census of 7 April 1861 in 21 Tower Hamlet, Charlton, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of Charles Turmaine.7 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Dover Union Workhouse, Hougham, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of Charles Turmaine.8 Her husband Charles died on 1872 in Dover, Kent, England.9,10 Mary died in 1879 in Dover, Kent, England.11,12

Children of Mary Matthes and Thomas Charlton

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1839/Q2 Dover Volume 5 Page 86.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1840/Q3 Dover Volume 5 Page 144.
  5. [S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 465/12 Folio 26 Page 10.
  6. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece1632 Folio 140 Page 16.
  7. [S41861] UK Census 1861 (RG9) - 7 April 1861 RG9 Piece 545 Folio 8 Page 6.
  8. [S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 1013 Folio 16 Page 15.
  9. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Correspondence between Roger and Valerie Turmaine Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  10. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1872/Q3 Dover Volume 2a Page 511.
  11. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 GRO Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  12. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1879/Q1 Dover Volue 2a Page 639.
  13. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.

Thomas Charlton1

#15378, d. 1839
Last Edited=14 Sep 2007
     Thomas Charlton married Mary Matthes, daughter of Michael Matthes and Mary Milton, on 2 October 1817 in St James the Apostle, Charlton, Kent, England.1 Thomas died in 1839 in Dover, Kent, England.2

Children of Thomas Charlton and Mary Matthes

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1839/Q2 Dover Volume 5 Page 86.
  3. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  4. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.

Elizabeth Saunders Charlton1

#15379, b. 28 May 1834
Last Edited=14 Sep 2007
     Elizabeth Saunders Charlton was baptised on 28 May 1834 in St Mary the Virgin, Dover, Kent, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Thomas Charlton and Mary Matthes.1 In the census of 6 June 1841 in Tower Hamlet, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the daughter of Charles Turmaine Elizabeth seems to have been accepted as step daughter and known under the name of Turmaine.3 In the census of 30 March 1851 at 21 Lower Hamlet, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the step daughter of Charles Turmaine Caroline was a scholar.4 She married James Amos in 1856 in Dover, Kent, England.2,5 In the census of 7 April 1861 in Maxton Cottage, Hougham, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of James Amos James was a bricklayer and Elizabeth was a laundress.6 In the census of 2 April 1871 in 18 Church Square, Margate, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of James Amos.7 In the census of 3 April 1881 in Beehive Cottage, Crow Hill, Margate, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of James Amos James was still working as a bricklayer and his wife a laundress.8

Children of Elizabeth Saunders Charlton and James Amos

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  3. [S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 465/12 Folio 26 Page 10.
  4. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece1632 Folio 140 Page 16.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1856/Q1 Dover volume 2a Page 824.
  6. [S41861] UK Census 1861 (RG9) - 7 April 1861 RG9 Piece 550 Foli 58 Page 10.
  7. [S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 991 Folio 72 Page 35.
  8. [S41881] UK Census 1881 (RG11) - 3 April 1881 RG11 Piece 984 Folio 37 Page 31.
  9. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.

Mary Milton1

#15380, b. about 1766
Last Edited=14 Sep 2007
     Mary Milton was born about 1766.1 She married Michael Matthes on 15 January 1786 in Folkestone, Kent, England.1,2 In the census of 6 June 1841 in Tower Hamlet, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the mother in law of Charles Turmaine.3 In the census of 30 March 1851 at 21 Lower Hamlet, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the mother in law of Charles Turmaine Mary was staying with her daughter and son in law and family, she was described as a Pauper.4

Child of Mary Milton and Michael Matthes

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  3. [S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 465/12 Folio 26 Page 10.
  4. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece1632 Folio 140 Page 16.

Michael Matthes1,2

#15381
Last Edited=14 Sep 2007
     Michael Matthes married Mary Milton on 15 January 1786 in Folkestone, Kent, England.1,2

Child of Michael Matthes and Mary Milton

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.

... Sibson1

#15382
Last Edited=3 Nov 2005
     ... Sibson married June Iris Barrows.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.

Walter George John Turmaine1

#15383, b. about 1833
Last Edited=14 Dec 2005
     Walter George John Turmaine was born about 1833.1 He was the son of Edward Turmaine and Mary Marsh.1 He married Elizabeth Hitchins in 1856 in Hackney, London, England.1,2

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1856/Q1 Hackney Volume 1b Page 350.

Elizabeth Hitchins1

#15384
Last Edited=14 Dec 2005
     Elizabeth Hitchins married Walter George John Turmaine, son of Edward Turmaine and Mary Marsh, in 1856 in Hackney, London, England.1,2

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1856/Q1 Hackney Volume 1b Page 350.

John Sole1

#15385, b. about 1855
Last Edited=4 Nov 2005
     John Sole was born about 1855.1 He was the son of James Sole.1 He married Rebecca Maria Thurstin, daughter of Henry Thurstin and Mary Ann Turmaine, on 24 December 1880 in Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent, England, John gave his occupation as in Trinity Service.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.

James Sole1

#15386
Last Edited=4 Nov 2005
     James Sole was a farm labourer.1

Child of James Sole

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.

Emma Mary Ann Letter1

#15388
Last Edited=17 Dec 2005
     Emma Mary Ann Letter married George William Turmaine, son of George John Turmaine and Alice Sarah Mary Burgess, in 1919 in Willesden, London, England.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.

Harriett Bennett1

#15389, b. about 1823
Last Edited=26 Mar 2007
     Harriett Bennett was born about 1823 in Hampshire, England.2 She married John Turmaine, son of Noah Turmaine and Elizabeth Clark, in 1850 in Dover, Kent, England.1,3 In the census of 30 March 1851 at Buckland Bottom, Dover, Kent, England, she was listed as the wife of John Turmaine.4

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1850/Q4 Dover Volume 5 Page 166a.
  4. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 1632 Folio 756 Page 3.

Christina Plant1,2

#15390, b. 3 November 1819, d. 1902
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Christina Plant was born on 3 November 1819.2 She married Joseph Jean Longe. Her husband Joseph died on 3 November 1891.2 Christina died in 1902.2

Child of Christina Plant and Joseph Jean Longe

Sources of Information

  1. [S46002] General Register Office, Information taken from Marriage certificate of son.
  2. [S392] E-mails between Karen Scott-Michel and Jan Cooper from 27 May 2013.

Albert H Roper1,2

#15394, b. 1932, d. 1957
Last Edited=1 Dec 2008
     Albert H Roper was born in 1932 in West Ham, London, England, Albert's mother maiden name was Burroughs.2,3 He married Doreen Elizabeth Turmaine, daughter of Henry John Fletcher and May Louisa Pettit, in 1957 in Essex, England.1,4 Albert died in 1957 in Romford, Essex, England.2,5

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1932/Q1 W Ham Volume 4a Page 412.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1957/Q1 Essex S W Volume 5a Page 467.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1957/Q2 Romford Volume 5a Page 464 age 25.

Charles Albert P Selmes1

#15395, b. 17 March 1912, d. 29 April 1977
Last Edited=22 Aug 2010
     Charles Albert P Selmes was born on 17 March 1912 in Steyning, Sussex, England, his mothers maiden name was Hills.2,3,4 He married Irene Kathleen Turmaine, daughter of Frederick William Turmaine and Ellen Elizabeth Bligh, in 1939 in Thanet, Kent, England.1 Charles died on 29 April 1977 in Thanet, Kent, England, aged 65.5,6

Child of Charles Albert P Selmes and Irene Kathleen Turmaine

  • Christopher C Selmes

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.
  3. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1912/Q2 Steyning Volume 2b Page 459.
  5. [S24968] Research into "in laws" family.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1977/Q2 Thanet Volume 16 Page 1816.

William Alexander Footit1

#15396
Last Edited=4 Nov 2005
     William Alexander Footit married Isabella Elizabeth Turmaine on 14 December 1840 in Northfleet, Kent, England.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.

Jesse Gilby1

#15397, b. about 1869
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Jesse Gilby was born about 1869 in England.2 He married Annie Upston. Jesse and his wife Annie travelled with their children Anna R aged 19, Beatrice aged 9, Emma aged 10, Ernest G aged 3, Henry aged 18, James aged 5, Mabel E aged 15 and Mary A aged 16. Jesse and Henry were listed as labourers, Mabel and Mary were servants. They travelled aboard the ship Ionian leaving Liverpool on 20 May 1907 bound for Montreal in Canada.2

Child of Jesse Gilby and Annie Upston

Sources of Information

  1. [S46001] General Register Office, Information taken from Marriage certificate of daughter.
  2. [S40000] Website Fnd my past pssenger lists leaving UK.

John Harrison1

#15398, b. 27 October 1898, d. 1978
Last Edited=18 Dec 2005
     John Harrison was born on 27 October 1898.2 He married Winifred Florence Tomlinson, daughter of Walter Ernest Turmaine and Mary Ann Willson, in 1922 in Rochford, Kent, England.1 John died in 1978.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.
  2. [S15268] E-mails between Roger Turmaine and Jan Cooper from 3 December 2005 Information came from a collaboration with Richard Smith who sadly died on 5 October 2004 in Inverness.

Walter Ernest Smith1

#15399
Last Edited=4 Nov 2005
     Walter Ernest Smith married Florrie Chapman.1

Children of Walter Ernest Smith and Florrie Chapman

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.

Florrie Chapman1

#15400
Last Edited=4 Nov 2005
     Florrie Chapman married Walter Ernest Smith.1

Children of Florrie Chapman and Walter Ernest Smith

Sources of Information

  1. [S14719] Research into "in laws" family.