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Ancestors of Helen Jane KENT

Fifth Generation

16. William George KENT

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My great great grandfather was born on 17^th December 1863 at High Street, Gillingham. He was a dockyard worker for a number of years:- 1877 - Hired Boy (in Dockyard), 1882 - Hired Ord. Labourer (in Dockyard), 1891 - Skilled Labourer Ship, 1896 - Skilled Labourer in Dockyard, 1901 - Skilled Labourer Machinest (in Dockyard), 1905 - Established Machinist (in Dockyard). He married Amy on 19th October 1884 in Brompton, Kent. He died in 1925 and was buried 31 October 1925 in Grange Road Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent.

17. Amy Mourilyan SNOSWELL

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was born on 19th February 1863 in 27 Searles Terrace, Victoria Road, Deptford, London. She wokrd as a machinest and died in 1938 in Cambridge (2nd Qtr - 3b 469).

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18. Herbert John GALLOWAY

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My great great grandfather was born on 20^th January 1868 in Tremeyrick Street at Pembroke Dock in Wales. He joined the Royal Engineers on 8^th September 1887 as a Sapper and was described as 5’7" with brown hair, a fair complexion and blue eyes. He met Paola Vassallo while stationed at St.Francis Barracks in Malta and they got married on 17^th October 1891 at Floriana, Malta. The passport for their return to England was issued at Malta on 24^th October 1894. He served for 18 years and on discharge from the Army was noted as a "very superior boat builder, thoroughly reliable and trustworthy in every way".

19. Paola VASSALLO

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was born 25 Feb 1861 in Malta. She came to England with her husband in 1894.

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20. David Naman ROZALLA

My Great Great Grandfather was born in about 1857 in Corfu possibly of Greek or Armenian descent. He travelled to India with a tobacco trader - Demetrius Macropolo, and possibly worked with boats on the River Ganges. He married Madeline FARAGE. He died on 5 Dec 1920 in Bombay whilst working as a Driver, and was buried the next day at Lonavla in connection with the Church of Rome.

21. Madeline Sadie FARAGE

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"Sadie" was born 1868, possibly of French or Greek descent. She died in Byculla, Bombay on 26 Dec 1940 and was buried on the same day at the Church of N.S. la Gloria..

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22. Michael COURTNEY

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was born 9 Sep 1862at Chunar in India. He married Catherine Mary GALLAGHER whilst working as an Apothecary on 12th May 1892 at Fyzabad.

See his Personal Family History (written ~ 1936)

23. Catherine Mary GALLAGHER

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was born on 7 Sep 1875 in Hastings, Calcutta, and was baptised on 12 Sep 1875 at St.Patrick's RC Church, Fort William.

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24. William Thomas DOVER

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My Great Great Grandfather was born on 31^st October 1852 at Stradishall in Suffolk. He married Sarah Ann Freeman on 24^th April 1876 at the Parish Church in Pampisford whilst he was working as a Butler and she as a Domestic Maid. They moved to Deptford and by 1881 he was working as a Ticket Collector on the Railways and they had three small children. By 1891 they were living in Strood, Kent, while he worked as a Railway Guard. Out of the first three children, only their eldest child had survived, and they had gone on to have four more.

25. Sarah Ann FREEMAN

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My Great Great Grandmother was born in about 1852 at Pampisford in Cambridgeshire. She was working as a Domestic Maid at the time of her marriage to William in 1876.

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26. Richard JONES

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My Great Great Grandfather was born about 1852 at Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvon in Wales. He married Ellen and possibly lived in Ireland for a while. In 1881 he was a police constable in Llangelynin, Merioneth. They had seven children and by 1901 he was working as a blacksmith. He died before 1940.

27. Ellen JONES

My Great Great Grandmother was born about 1856 in Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvon in Wales. She died in childbirth with her daughter, also called Ellen, in the mid-to-late 1890s.

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28. Thomas Alfred HOLLINGSWORTH

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My Great Great Grandfather was born to Charles and his wife in about 1865. He was working as a Dyer at the time of his marriage to Emma Simons which took place on 15^th December 1889 at St James Church, Shoreditch. They had at least 5 children – Alice the eldest (born in 1890) ,Thomas (who died in the First World War), Rose, Louise, and the youngest - Albert born in 1900. His wife Emma died in 1906 in Shoreditch, whilst he was working as a Gas Fitter, and it is possible that he remarried. It is thought that he died in 1917 in Tottenham, whilst working as an Engineer’s Fitter.

29. Emma SIMONS

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My Great Great Grandmother was born in about 1866 and worked as a Fancy Paper Box Maker with her older sister Sarah between 1881 and 1889. She died on 9^th October 1906 at 48 Wenlock Road, Shoreditch.

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30. Leonard Arthur CALLAWAY

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My Great Great Grandfather was named Arthur Leonard Callaway when he was born in about 1880 in Portsmouth. He gave his name as Leonard Arthur Callaway when he married Florence Edith Mears on 6^th June 1905 at the Parish Church, Portsea whilst working as a Seaman. In 1909 he was serving aboard HMS King Edward VII. He was widowed in 1932 and went on to marry twice more before his death in 1963.

Siblings:- Caroline Maria born 1865, Lucy Rosena born 1874, Charles Edward born 1866, Alfred Thomas born 1876, Harriett Lizzie born 1870, Liltumn Mary born 1878, George William born 1872

31. Florence Edith MEARS

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My Great Great Grandmother was born on 1^st April 1882 at 3 Providence Place, Nile Street in Portsmouth. She worked as a Cook and died 17 Apr 1932.

Siblings:- Emma B. born 1880

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