Surrey Genealogy and Family History

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Comment by John Laws on August 9, 2009 at 9:05am

Hi Everyone
I am John Laws, a member of the Guild of One Name Studies, researching LAW, LAWE, LAWES, LAWS, LAWSE World-Wide though my own LAWS family came from the Stepney/Bethnal Green/Mile End area and were mostley Mariners, and my earliest is Henry son of John & Mary Laws from Walworth, Surrey. fairly newly built when he was born in 1800.
I have collected a huge database The LAWS FAMILY REGISTER we have our own group on this site, our own website www.lawsfamilyregister.org.uk and also I moderate the LAW@Rootsweb & LAWS-UK@Rootsweb groups, Hope we can give mutual help

Comment by sheryl sharp on August 5, 2009 at 7:43am

looking for any Toole , Cole information.
would love to hear from anybody that is also interested in these names.
thanks sheryl

Comment by Maureen Shepherd on August 5, 2009 at 7:26am

My Surrey name interest is SKINNER.
They originated from Godstone/Horne and moved to Lambeth/Southwark.
Thomas SKINNER, born 1789 Godstone married Mary Daniels born 1789 Horne.
If you have any connection with Thomas and/or Mary I would love to hear from you.
Thank you.
Maureen

Comment by Patrick Holland on August 2, 2009 at 4:38am

My immediate Holland family was from Bermondsey and then lived at Pownall Tce, Kennington from 1903 to 1965. My grandfather was Alfred Holland .

My immediate Segrott family was from Southwark and moved to Bermondsey. My grandmother was Eliza Segrott

Please contact me if we are related.

Thank You.

Patrick Holland in Perth Western Australia

Comment by Sarah Jane Evans (Possee) on July 30, 2009 at 1:46pm

My Possee family lived in Lambeth. Would be interested to hear from anyone with connections to this name.

James Walter (born 1824) was a Police Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police. He had 3 sons from his first marriage to Priscilla Fullager. She died in 1851, along with their infant son. He remarried to Sarah Sutton and had a further 10 children! I am descended from John Thomas (from his first marriage).

Sarah Evans (nee Possee)

Comment by Paul Eggleton on July 18, 2009 at 5:12pm

I have an indirect BOXALL in my Lemon tree. Jane BOXALL ch Sep 5, 1852 Bramley m. Richard LEMMON (ch Nov 7, 1847 Bramley) May 5, 1877 Hambledon. They subsequently moved to Battersea. If this links in with the Boxall researchers I can provide more details.

Paul

Comment by Joy French on July 18, 2009 at 5:10pm

The Ricketts family appear in Banstead, Surrey about 1778. Robert Ricketts was described as being "of this parish" when he married Elizabeth Clark the 28th day of April 1778. This is the first mention of a Ricketts in this parish. Until into the 1900's some of the Ricketts remained in Banstead. I would like to know where Robert came from. He was born about 1757. Is anyone else researching this family or Banstead itself?

Comment by Lindsey Dedden on July 18, 2009 at 2:05pm

I am interested in learning more about the Brooker family who seem to have orginated around Horley Surrey before moving across the border to Sussex, East Grinstead area. If anyone has information, I would love to know more.

Comment by Veronica Mensch on July 17, 2009 at 4:47pm

Ann;
I do not know which Charlotte this is; I have the marriage in my database but so far have drawn a blank as to where Charlotte fits in.

"My Veness Tree has a Boxall connection. Charlotte BOXALL married Aaron VENESS 13 Nov 1814 Ewell, Surrey"

Do you have more details that give any clues such an age so I can see abt. when she was born, any little snippet might help me unlock her connection.

( I couldn't find how to send you this message directly.)

Comment by Fred Close on July 16, 2009 at 12:06pm

I have been researching a note written circa 1900. The note was purported to list several generations of my great-grandmother's ancestors.

After chasing the words for nearly three years, I believe I finally have the correct transcription. About 1900, Mary Ann (Annie) Curtis Somers wrote:

"My Grandma's Mother was the daughter of Brasier, Esq. of Cobham Court, Kent. Her married name was Russell. My Grandma's married name was Wicks and my mother's name was Curtis. Mr. John Russell, Mother's Uncle, was of Tillingdown Farm, Redhill, Kent."

The writer was the daughter of George Curtis and Mary Ann Brasier Wicks, and was born 8 May, 1851 in Croydon, Surrey and christened there at St John's 10 January, 1852. Her father was a builder (bricklayer) and the family lived in Croydon, Isle of Sheppey, London and Baltonsborough, Somerset.

Mary Ann Brasier (MAB) Wicks was the child of James Wicks, a groom and Mary (who by the above was Mary Russell). MAB was christened in Croydon at St. Johns 29 August, 1817 and died in London in 1892. James Wicks the father's birth has eluded me although there is a likely James christened 19 April, 1770 in Crowhurst, Kent. James died in Croydon 21 March, 1839 at 69.

Mary, the mother was living with MAB (nee Wicks) Curtis and her family in Croydon in 1841 and listed her age as 60 and profession as Needlewoman. In 1851 she was a housekeeper in Beddington, listing her birth city as Croydon and her age as 62. Mary died 11 August, 1858 in Croydon and her grand daughter reported the death, giving her age as 79.

I have found no other definite children for the Wicks couple but a James William Wickes christened at St John 31 May, 1807 is likely. I have not found a suitable marriage.

However, John Russell and Tillingdown Farm did exist! The lease for Tillingdown came into the hands of the Brasier family circa 1700 or before. It passed to James Russell (son of John Russell of Godstone and Mary Pike) in the late 1700's and to his son, John Russell upon the death of James in 1803. John married Mary Lipscombe in 1815 and died in 1829 without children. His extensive will seems to name all in the family: his wife, brothers, sisters and cousins (some of which were Brasier's and some of which were Searle's) but there is not a mention of a Mary Russell-Wicks. This is where the writings of Annie Somers can not be proven to be correct. Had John Russell been the Uncle of Annie's mother, MAB Wicks, Grandma Mary should have been a sister (or sister in law) to John of Tillingdown but she was not in the will and no christening to John's parents, James Russell and Ann Searle seems appropriate.

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