Elizabeth's Tree

Timeline Context

1820 King George IV; 1830 King William IV; 1837 Queen Victoria
1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War
1817-1826 Aldington Gang.

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name Birth Birthplace 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
John Russell 1821 Betherden Smarden [c] (1)
Sawyer
Smarden [d] (2)
Sawyer & Farmer
Smarden [d] (3)(4)
Farmer
Smarden [d] (3)
Farmer & Carpenter
Elizabeth Russell (Homewood) 1824 Headcorn Smarden [c]
Schoolmistress
Smarden [d] Smarden [d] Smarden [d] Smarden [d] (3)
Farmer & Wid.
Sarah Ann Russell 1846 Smarden Smarden [c] Smarden [d]

Address Key

[c] Wallmans Hill Gate
[d] Tolhurst Farm, Smarden
[1] Ann Homewood, sister, unmarried, 19, house servent, smarden
[2] James Russell, wid, 29, Sawyer, Smarden & Henry his son, age 2, smarden.
[3] Edward Russell, nephew, 19, ag lab, smarden.
[4] George Marshall, board, b.1865, Smarden

Notes

Elizabeth Homewood married John Russell, sept 1845, West Ashford, 5, 27 } FreeBMD

Question: Why does Elizabeth Russell (Homewood) state that her sister Anne Homewood visited in 1851?. There is no other record of Anne Homewood, and is not listed on her fathers gravestone. Maybe she fell out with the family, and was erased from their story?


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