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From: "Jon Baker" <>
Subject: RE: Ellen King Isle of Wight
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 10:00:23 +0100
In-Reply-To: <085901c581d4$e89d9b20$295d1ed3@ADOUGHTY>


Janice
Can't help with your Ellen King etc, but the site you are looking for is the
brilliant IWFHS Searchable Registered BMD Index,
http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/ then select "BMD Index In Progress".
When it first went live, marriages did indeed contain complete date, but
sadly this had to be removed at the insistence of the Registrar, but still
gives year and if CE and in many other cases the actual Church, as well as
the names of bride & groom. For births it also gives "other" surname which
is usually, but not always, the mother's maiden surname, very useful in
tracking down siblings (I did look for King but there was no obvious
connection in Calbourne district which included births at
Brixton/Brighstone). A quick look this morning shows that births are now up
to 1910 and deaths to 1912 (marriages have been complete from 1837 to 2000
for a long time). For anyone researching IW family, this site should be at
the top of your Favourites (or is that Favorites) or Bookmarks list.

Jon Baker

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janice Doughty [mailto:]
> Sent: 06 July 2005 03:46
> To:
> Subject: Ellen King Isle of Wight
>
>
> Good afternoon Listers,
>
> I am hoping that someone can throw some light on an Ellen King
> born at Brightstone on the Isle of Wight circa 1831. I would
> like to know who her parents were, especially her mother's maiden
> name, and any siblings.
>
> Ellen King married Medrum Shepard Christie (born Scotland 1818)
> on 5th August 1853 at Saint Anne Soho, Westminster in London.
>
> We have a number of Christies and Harrison's marrying on the Isle
> of Wight in the 1800s:-
>
> Samuel Tolfrey Christie married Frances Esther Harrison in 1846
> Emily Harrison married Dunbar Isadore Heath in 1848
> Margaret Harrison married Charles Dearsley in 1875.
>
> The Harrison sisters' father and mother, James and Ellen Harrison
> (Beaver), ran a boarding school at their home "Hill House" at
> Branding and later at "Audley" at Sandown on the island.
>
> I feel sure that Ellen King is, in some way related to the
> Harrison family. Also, I know I found a site sometime back,
> where I could look up marriages on the Isle, which had all the
> details of husband and wife, and church they married in and full
> date of the marriage. Does anyone know what that Site was?
>
> Regards,
> Janice
> Belrose - Sydney
>
> ______________________________

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