William's Tree Rebecca's Tree

Timeline Context

1760 King George III; 1820 King George IV; 1830 King William IV; 1837 Queen Victoria; 1901 King Edward VII; 1910 King George V
1789-1799 French Revolution; 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1805 Battle of Trafagar; 1815 Battle of Waterloo; 1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War
1830 Swing Riots.

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name Birth Birthplace 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
William Russell 1796 High Halden Bethersden
Thatcher, Wid.
emigrated?
Rebecca Russell
(Morris or Morrice)
1796 Unknown
William Russell 1818 High Halden High Halden [b] High Halden [c]
Ag.Lab.
High Halden [e]
Ag.Lab.
Tenterden
Ag.Lab.
Stephen Russell 1820 High Halden High Halden High Halden [d]
Ag.Lab.
High Halden [e]
Thatcher
High Halden [d] High Halden [f]
Ag.Lab.
High Halden [h]
James Russell 1823 High Halden Bethersden
Thatcher
Smarden
Servent
Smarden
Ag.Lab.
Smarden
Ag.Lab.
Smarden
Ag.Lab.
Smarden [g]
Farm Bailiff
Matilda Russell 1824 High Halden Bethersden emigrated?
John Russell 1828 High Halden High Halden Biddenden
Ag.Lab.
Tenterden
Ag.Lab.
Biddenden [a]
Ag.Lab.
Tenterden
Ag.Lab.
Anne Russell 1828 High Halden
Joseph Russell 1830 High Halden Bethersden emigrated?
Mary Russell 1832 High Halden Bethersden emigrated?
Esther Suters (Russell) 1834 High Halden Bethersden Tenterden
Servent
Cranbrook
Wife of Joseph Suters
Cranbrook [j]
Wife of Joseph Suters
Cranbrook [j]
Wife of Joseph Suters
Cranbrook [j]
Wife of Joseph Suters
Cranbrook
Workhouse Inmate, Wid
Sarah Russell 1836 High Halden Bethersden Smarden
Servent

Address Key

[a] Park Gate Cottage, Biddenden.
[b] Thurston House, High Halden.
[c] Pope House, High Halden
[d] Cripple Bridge, High Halden
[e] Middle Quarter, High Halden
[f] Further Quarter, High Halden
[g] White House, Smarden
[h] Bridge Farm Cottages
[J] Court Style, Cranbrook

Certificates

Rebecca Russell died 1840, aged 45, from Consumption. Listed as wife of William Russell, thatcher.

London Gazette

William Russell in Prison

Parish Records

High Halden

Baptism's

1796 july 9th William Russell Joseph & Elizabeth Russell
1818 22nd apr William Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1820 19th mar Stephen Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1823 22nd feb James Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1824 26th may Matilda Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1828 18th may John Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1828 18th may Anne Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1830 11th mar Joseph Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1832 27th dec Mary Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1834 28th oct Esther Russell William & Rebecca Russell
1836 20th oct Sarah Russell William & Rebecca Russell

Burials

1840 30th april Rebecca Russell age 44

St. Mary in the Marsh

Marraiges

1817 William Russell married Rebecca Morrice

Notes

James Russell sometimes called himself Thomas Russell

Trade Directory – Bethersden 1845 – William Russell, Farmer

Matilda Russell marries William Ripley, jun 1852 @ tenterden 2a 596 } FreeBMD - {edit Not our Matilda, this one was born in Rolvenden}


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