Sue Potter writes the nicest things:

Hi,
Have discovered your site for the first time this evening. Makes for fascinating
reading!
I am related to the Campan Family of Shimpling.
During the course of tracing my
family tree I discovered that my gt gt grandmother worked at the horsehair
factory in Glemsford.
Susannah Girling b.approx 1847 was married to John Campan.
Would be interested to know if anyone else finds themselves related to Susannah.

If anybody has any links to Sue's work, please let me know and I will forward details.
SC

Hubbard, Gridley, Hartley and Brown.

Nick Millar has posed the following questions:

Please can you help me? I am looking for the parents of Caroline Hubbard, born Glemsford abt 1837, she married James Hartley in Glemsford, Sept. 1/4, 1856.

Also the birth details of Thomas Brown, father of Susan Brown, born Glemsford 17/08/1817. I know his wife was Hannah Gridley born 12/06/1796 in Glemsford, and they married on 07/08/1817 in Glemsford, but I cannot find his birth.



As always, you can contact Nick through me if you can help.
SC

Suttle family

Rose Sillett has approached me with a new query; if anyone can help her, please let me know and I shall forward your replies:

I am looking for a Suttle relative which I seem to be stuck on, perhaps somebody has him/them in their family tree.

John Suttle (Settle) 1806-1879 Foxearth.married to Charlotte 1799-1886, Ipswich,Suffolk.(1851/1861.114,Egremont St, Glemsford).

I am looking for John's father and Mother. John.F. Suttle(Settle)1781-1847 married to Hannah (Buckley)1799.

Has anybody any other information on these last two people?

Replies here or through me. Thanks. SC

Clark(e) family (but not mine)

Charlene Kearnes has sent me an email:

I was just emailing to find out if you had any info in regards to the Clark(e) family consisting of John Clark who married Dinah (Diana) Jolly in 1805 and had about 8 children in the Glemsford-Poslingford area.
The children were Eliz. b.1807, Mary 1808, Hannah 1810, Elias 1812, William 1813, Abraham 1816, Ann and John abt 1819.
They left for Australia, William and Abraham were transported as convicts to Tasmania.
Would like to trace the family further back or learn more about John and Dinah.
Any information would be great.
Thanks.

As usual, if anyone can help, let me know and I'll put you in touch.
SC

Smith Family

Jim Oliver has approached me with this plea for help. As someone who also has "Smith" in my family tree, I can sympathise with the size of his task.
If anyone can help Jim, contact me in the usual way (by email) and I'll put you in touch with Jim.

SC

I just came across your interesting site on Glemsford and would like to request any help that might be available to my family research.

My g-g-g grandfather Benjamin Smith, was born in Glemsford about 1783 and died between 1871-81. He married Elizabeth Wakeling (Playle) in 1819 in Stanstead. I believe they only had three children...Isabella, Elizabeth, and Alfred Henry.
It appears that both had previous marriages, so it's possible Benjamin had other children. I have a possible father, John Smith born in Glemsford about 1755.
The census for 1841-51-61 show them living in Great Yeldham.
I'm descended from Alfred, born at Stanstead in 1826, and Eliza Bigg through their son Edwin, born 1858. Edwin emigrated to Canada in 1883.

Alfred and Eliza's other children were Anna, Alfred, Oliver, and William. His wife Eliza was also born in Glemsford in 1824, daughter of Charles Bigg and Elizabeth.
Charles is probably the individual mentioned in your March post about the Jabez Copsey fire.

I'm searching for information on Benjamin's ancestors and would welcome contact from others researching the Smith and Bigg families.