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From: "The Clarksons" <>
Subject: PLUM(B) Family
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 23:00:54 -0400


I write from Ontario, Canada requesting contact with anyone who may have
information about my PLUM(B)ancestors and/or their descendants in
Suffolk/Essex/Cambridgeshire.
The family story is that the name was changed from PLUM to PLUMB when a
teacher informed the older children that their name had been mis-spelled
(sp???)

My g-grandfather William Willie PLUM b. ca 1860 in Pentlow, Essex m. Ellen
BULLINGHAM b. ca 1861 in Eye, Suffolk. Marriage 8 January 1881 in Pentlow,
Essex.

William Willie PLUM died in a fire on Scot's Farm, Cavendish 17 August 1901
and is buried in Cavendish cemetary. I believe the family moved to Bury St.
Edmunds (Westgate Street) next before Ellen and most of the children
emigrated to Canada in the early 1900s.

REQUEST: information from William Willie PLUM's gravestone if anyone visits
Cavendish; where might I find a published account of the farm fire?

QUESTIONS: Any information about the location/history of Scot's Farm, Lapses
Farm , Glemsford (location), Cavendish Hall?

Their 13 children:
1. Edward "Ted" PLUM b. 27 November 1881 on Lapses Farm, Cavendish
2. Ellen Ethel b. 19 May 1883 in Glemsford, Suffolk
3. Bertie (Bert) PLUM b. 29 July 1884 in Glemsford, Suffolk
4. Bertha PLUMB**b. ca 1885 in Pentlow, Essex.
5. Agnes PLUMB b. 21 November 1887 in Pentlow, Essex
6. William PLUMB b. ca 1889 in ?Pentlow vs. Scot's Farm, Cavendish,
Suffolk
7. Annie (Anna) PLUMB b. 14 February 1891 at Cavendish Hall, Suffolk
8. Stanley PLUMB (my grandfather) b. 14 November 1892 on Scot's Farm,
Cavendish
9. Harry PLUMB b. ca 1894 on Scot's Farm, Cavendish
10. Alfred PLUMB b. mid 1890s on Scot's Farm, Cavendish
11. Dora PLUMB b. later 1890s on Scot's Farm, Cavendish
12. Rose PLUMB b. late 1890s on Scot's Farm, Cavendish
13. George PLUMB b. December 1900 on Scot's Farm, Cavendish

William Willie PLUM's parents were:

William PLUM(B)-born ca 1827 in Pentlow and Mary ? born ca 1827
in Ardleigh, Suffolk.
Their children were all born in Pentlow (dates of birth approximate, from
1871 census)
Sarah-1858
William Willie (my g-grandfather)-1860
Eliza-1862
Charles-1864
Anna-1867
Arthur-1869

Thanks in advance for any information/advice. I'm new to on-line genealogy
and find myself hopelessly addicted!
Cheers,
Marg Clarkson

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