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Comments from Jane Burrell:- A few notes to put Emily Fancett in
context. June already has this information, but other visitors to your
site may find it useful. Emily Fancett (1863 - 1952) of West Farleigh
married William Ledger (1869 - 1899). They lived in Chislehurst where
William was employed as a carpenter (and electrician) at Foxbury, the
estate of the Tiarks family.
Their children, Winifred Fossey Ledger (1895 - 1954) and Jack Fancett
Ledger (1899 - 1978) were born in Chislehurst. Following William's early
death from peritonitis, Emily took in lodgers at their house in Camden
Grove, Chislehurst. The 1901 census reveals she was hosting a visit from
her aunt, Jane Neale (nee Fancett) and cousin, Mabel Fancett (b 1880).
Around 1905 Emily moved with her two children to Webbington near
Loxton in Somerset to work for Herman Tiarks. She returned to Kent in
the 1920s and spent the rest of her life in Eltham; she never remarried.
Jack Fancett Ledger married Antoinette Dooley (1909 - 1997) and moved
to New York in the 1930s; he had three sons.
Winifred Fossey Ledger married Douglas Vaughan Lewis Craddock (1894 -
1969); she had one daughter - my mother.
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Steven James Fancett, who lives in Central Michigan, USA, would like
some help on the origins of the Fancett family name. You can contact him
here.
Stevens' great great great great grandfather, William Fancett, b 1845, d
1907, married Emily Winham, b 1852, d 1925, in Maidstone, England. They
went America in December 1869, the same year they were married. Steven
and Wendy would like to know if there are relatives of his family still
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I
have been researching my Fancett family many years, any information or contact
much appreciated. The following are
extracts from West Farleigh parish registers that I have already researched:-
Births:-
1846, Jul 5:- Mary Fancett, d/o Thomas F. and Jane (mn) Hickmott
1847, Aug 7:- William Fancett, s/o Thomas F. and Jane (mn) Hickmott
1885, Feb 27:- Thomas William Fancett, s/o William F. and Fanny Turley.
Marriages:-
1893, Nov 1:- Emily Fancett & William Ledger, carpenter, age 25,
s/o Thos. Wm. Ledger
1866, Oct 2:- Mary Fancett 20 of W. Farleigh, d/o Thomas, and William
Tidy 18 of E. Farleigh, s/o Stephen Tidy, farm bailiff.
1856, Mar:- Mary Ann Fancett 23, d/o Henry, lab., and George Seager,
21 of St. Leonards, s/o Thomas Seager, railway lab.
1880, Apr 17:- Sarah Fancett of E. Farleigh, d/o Thomas, both full age, and William
Nash, widow, of W. Farleigh, s/o Thomas Nash, lab.
1879, Feb 1:- William Fancett, s/o Thomas Fancett, lab., both of W. Farleigh,
and Frances Crayford, d/o John Crayford, lab.
Deaths:-
1858, Nov 26:- Emily Fancett, age 2, of The Green, W. Farleigh
1895, Jul 10:- Thomas Fancett, age 76, of W. Farleigh
I would like information of memorial inscriptions, issue of marriages, etc. It is
a long way from Melbourne, Australia to Kent, and I hope to visit the UK again one day.
Thank
you,
June A. Fancett
KFHS Member No.
4191
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