Category: Family names
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George Bailey’s letter
Stephen England was born at Peppercorn Cottage Lambrook Rd Shepton Beauchamp in 1860 one of 8 children He enlisted at Ilminster in the Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia on July 1877. He went to the South African Zulu war with…
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Early surnames in Martock
The 1327 Lay Subsidy Roll is the first record of people’s names in Martock. These rolls of parchment record the names of all people wealthy enough to be worth taxing in England in 1327. At the beginning of the 14th…
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The Chant family of Martock
Photos of the Chant family from Michael John Chant. Wedding photo.He was Richard John Chant who married Annie Eliza Marsh on 1st May 1901 at the Ebeneezer Chapel Bower Hinton. — He became manager of G H Smith & Co,…