Baldock/Fagg/Small Family History

Hopes high, expectations dashed …

On visiting Womenswold on Sunday to check the (second) cemetery, I found no BALDOCKs, but a few GROOMBRIDGEs and a couple of FAGGs – these are possibles. If only I had properly checked my tree – one BALDOCK moved to Ewell near Dover, another to Nonington (near Womenswold), another to Eythorne (near Womenswold & Eastry)… ! Sounds like Nonington and/or Ewell may be a good bet next time!

Note to self:  Always check the tree properly before wasting petrol!

Those of you who are (hopefully) regular visits may recall the brief note of my paternal great-grandfather Joseph BALDOCK’s brother, Daniel, marrying my great-grandmother Ann HARVEY’s sister, Emily Jane.

Well, last night I found another such instance, this time in my grandmother’s line. I discovered that my great-great-grandfather George FAGG’s brother, Alfred, married my great-great-grandmother Charlotte FRIEND’s sister, Roseanna (poss. Rose Hannah).

I guess these farmers had many a family gathering which made such romances with in-laws all the more likely – especially the size of families in my tree!

I wonder how many more I can find!

I could not believe my eyes today. Whilst Google-mapping (map.Googling?) and searching the environs of Womenswold for other churches/churchyards where my Womenswold BALDOCK and FAGG ancestors may be buried I discovered a much larger cemetery than that of the churchyard – just around 100 yards from the junction where I would have turned off to the village! I believe it may be classed as “Aylesham cemetery for Womenswold” – it is on the B2046 road towards Aylesham and Adisham.

I think I’ve just discovered where I’m going for my next graveyard shift – again!