Dear Russell,
This gets more interesting by the minute. My Mum was under the impression one of her Grandfather's sisters was a teacher in Margretting but this was obviously Jessie! Just out of interest did Jessie by any chance teach sewing? We would be delighted to have a look at your photos Mum may know who they are and it would be nice to put a few faces to some names. My e-mail address is
lorraine.booth3@ntlworld.com Our Great-Great Grandparents had seven children:-
Sarah (b. 1840), Emma (b.1843), William (b.1844/45) Joseph (b.1847) Anne (b. 1850) Samuel (my G-Great Grandfather b.1853), and Harriet (b?)
I will type up the information I have and let you have a copy. Anne was murdered by her husband and my cousin even found a newspaper article on the web confirming this was the case. Joseph lived to be over 90 and died in 1933 and Mum remembers visiting him and his wife Eliza they lived at Barking Side in Essex.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Lorraine