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Bev

Bev Report 1 Sep 2008 00:25

lindsey it was harry chilton

ok the canada kids

dorothy rabbitts bc 1912

sent to canada 24/06/1927


annie rabbitts bc 1914

sent to canada 28/07/1938

arthur Rabbitts b 1908
to canandan 13/09/1923

seward rabbitts

bc 1909

to canada 13/09/1923

kathleen cox nee Rabbitts who wrote this book went to honeywood in canada and met her siblings

some of her dates in the book are wrong (i have since followed her research)

but i am in contact with her decendents so i know they are over there!
avril has told me that her mum was brought up in an orphange

which ties in with my ethel winifred history

there are just too many coincedences here

i think maybe Ethel was misinformed

however she has 6 sisters that i cannot account for!!!!


like i said

this is a work in progress

am grateful to all those that are following it and helping

i will keep you informed

Bev

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 1 Sep 2008 00:49

Sorry it was Chilton.I was looking at .. der !!

Bev

Bev Report 1 Sep 2008 00:57

lol lindesy nps!!!

i have ordered the marriage cert you found and also the birth cert for my ethel wininfred with mmn Hares

just to check lol

ty for following this

without you i would not have found that marriage

Bev

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 1 Sep 2008 00:59

Fingers crossed for a result, Lx

Bev

Bev Report 1 Sep 2008 01:10

i have everything bloody crosssed


lol

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 1 Sep 2008 01:15

Oh yes how do you recognise a photo of a rabbitt, fluffy ears and a cute tail ! TEE HEE

Bev

Bev Report 1 Sep 2008 01:23

lol

well yes


if only


no

the rabbitts have a very distictive square jaw line

looking at Avrils mum was like looking at my aunty betty

i showed mum and she agreed

my mum even saw a resemblence with avril

Bev

Bev

Bev Report 3 Sep 2008 09:39

hi all

whilst waiting for the certs to arrive i decided to tackle this from another angle

My Rabbitt children (including Ethel winifred) were removed from the family by the "Guardians"

so i thought maybe the somerset record office has the minutes/records of these guardians

so i checked and bingo they do, right dates and everything

one prob

20 boxes!!!!!!

have emailed the SRO to see if boxes are labelled in anyway to narrow down the search

still waiting to hear, but will def be going to the SRO next week (by which time birth cert will hopefully be here)


i may be gone sometime lol

will keep you informed

Bev

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 3 Sep 2008 13:44

Good thinking,more fingers crossed!

Bev

Bev Report 3 Sep 2008 13:50

thanks lindsey

i did think it rather a stroke of genius myself!!

have already enlisted the help of OH next week to help me trawl through 20 boxes of info

lol

Bev


unless you would like to join me? lol

Bev

Bev Report 6 Sep 2008 14:54

the certs have arrived!

Ethel Winifred Rabbitts birth cert is how i expected

dob 26/5/1917 in the workhouse, shepton mallett

father Seward George Rabbitts ag lab

mother Mary ann Rabbitts nee Hares


the marriage cert
5/7/1939

harry william chilton age 20 bach. occ. Trooper life guards,
address B squadron, hyde Park Barracks, knightsbridge
father john chilton (desc) occ. lance corporal seafarth? Highlanders


Ethel Winifred Rabbitts age 23 spinister, no occ.
address 109 Kensington Road southwark

father Seward Arthur Rabbitts occ Army pensioner


i have a sneaky suspicion Ethel told a porky here

but i need to find an Army pensioner called Seward Arthur Rabbitts to disprove this


can any one help?

thanks bev

lindsey & avril have emailed you the scanned images of the certs

Bev

Bev Report 6 Sep 2008 15:59

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 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 6 Sep 2008 16:53

Thank goodness for that, I would feel sooooooooooooo guilty if they were wrong !!




Now for the other 6 sisters ????

Bev

Bev Report 6 Sep 2008 17:09

actually i had thought of that lindsey

but avrils info is sketchy at best, i have no dates even

i think what we have established is that ethel winifred was harry chiltons first wife

she dumped him in 1944 when he came back from the war

avril then says he met ethel ceclia may Evans and the sisters she talks about are this ethels sisters

however there are a few anomilties here

1) avrils birth cert state ethel winifred nee Rabbitts as her mother

her elder brothers states ethel cecilia may nee evans

two of the sisters, kathleen and gladys violet are also the names of 2 of my ethel winifreds sisters

so if i were to get any certs it would be those 2

i am also trying to find out if there was a Seward Arthur Rabbitts in the army

if you get my drift

Bev

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 6 Sep 2008 18:28

I've pushed his names and combinations through the military lists and cant see him , I think she may have invented that bit.Do we have any death for him or just deceased on the marriage cert?
She might have killed him off too !

Bev

Bev Report 6 Sep 2008 18:31

seward was not desc on the marriage cert

but i dont think he was an army pensioner either

lol

i think she said that to 'catch' her man lol

bev

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 6 Sep 2008 18:54

Well there's only one thing for it...... I may be some time !!

Bev

Bev Report 6 Sep 2008 19:10

ok

i can wait

lol

bev

Bev

Bev Report 6 Sep 2008 19:25

nudge

cos i know peeps cannot resist a mystery


lol

Bev

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 6 Sep 2008 19:58

SEWARD G Rabbitts Frome April 1958 7c 140

AGED 85 TA DAH !!!