March 2010 has seen information trickle in from a variety of sources todate. Our HUGE thanks to Leone, tucked up there in tropical Singapore, for an abundance of information emailed to us. Thanks too to Elizabeth and Vi for making a start on the information pack we sent you.
Our appologies too to those 'newly aquired' cousins to whom we had not contacted in our initial mail out. Simply put we didn't know you existed! As a place for us to start our book project, our initial contact was with the grandchildren of William George Roberts and Charlotte Elizabeth Walkenden.
One of the great things about our project to date is discovering and being discovered by relatives who are either taking an interest in or wishing to contribute to the book project in some way. From that I'm sure many new connections and indeed friendships may evolve.
Wendy has set up an online family tree - the link of which will be posted next week. See if you're on it, if not - we'll put you there. That same week we'll share with you a trival fact or two about some of your relatives, until then ... send us what you can.
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re Charlotte Elizabeth WALKEDEN.
ReplyDeleteThere is always a question with regards the spelling of Charlotte .... some say WALKENDON others WALKENDEN ... I use the spelling of WALKEDEN as this is what she signed her name as.
Will be scanning more data next week to send.
have actually updated my own blog with information on what you are both doing .... never know, a few more 'cousins' might pop out of the woodwork!!
ReplyDeletehttp://leonefabre.blogspot.com/2010/04/roberts-family-from-down-under.html
Today ... 89 years ago my grandparents were married in St KIlda!!!
ReplyDeleteFrederick ROBERTS and May Eileen NORMAN...
http://leonefabre.blogspot.com/2010/07/roberts-norman-wedding-july-16-1921.html
I am descended from James Richard Walkeden, Charlotte's father, through his daughter Harriet (m Henry Barwise). I can tell you that through my research I have found that Walkeden has been consitently spelled going back to Richard's father William.
ReplyDeletePlease let me warn you all however, that there are some people putting that William was born in 1801 to Thomas Walkiden in London. This is not correct as our William m Mary Ann Butler in Hampshire in 1810 and at that time was a widower. I believe he may have been m to Jane Gardiner and he was not a young man when James Richard was born. William and Mary Ann moved to London but only a couple of their children were born there, the eldest was born in Hampshire but was christened in London when she was in her teens.
Carmel Reynen