Notes

Note for: Joseph William Davis, ABT. 1906 - Index

At time of son Colin's birth living at Reed Barn Cottage, Ash, near
Canterbury, Kent.
Gave his address as 53 Queensway, Great Cornard, Sudbury, Suffolk on his
mothers death certificate in May 1968.

Notes

Note for: John Woollett, ABT. 1836 - Index

Shown in the 1861 census for Frindsbury, "The Crutches", as 20 years old
and married ag. lab.
Head of the house with a birth date of about 1841 in Chart (Chart Sutton).
The 1871 census for Frindsbury, "Home Street", gives his age as 38 (maybe
35?) giving a birth date of about 1833 or 1836 in Otham which is very
near to Chart Sutton.

Notes

Note for: Stephen Town, ABT. 1828 - Index

1881 census shows Stephen and his family living in Langley, Kent.

Notes

Note for: Thomas H. Woollett, ABT. 1862 - Index

The 1881 census shows Thomas H. as a 19 year old unmarried general
labourer living with his brother John and sister Winifred in Aylesford.
It shows his birthplace as Higham (about 1862).
In 1871 he is shown as 9 years old and born in Frindsbury (about 1862).
Frindsbury is two miles from Higham, near Strood.

Notes

Note for: Eliza , ABT. 1838 - Index

Shown in the 1861 census as married to John. Age 23 she would have been
born around 1838 in Langley, Kent.
The 1871 census gives essentially the same information.

Notes

Note for: Thomas Woollett, ABT. 1823 - Index

The 1861 census for Frindsbury shows Thomas Woollett as an unmarried ag.
lab born in Otham and brother of John with whom he is staying at "The
Crutches". Presumably this is a pub or house name.

Notes

Note for: George Stephen Woollett, 17 JAN 1886 - ABT. 1887 Index

Birth was registered in West Ham, Essex, 26th February 1886.
The General Register shows the death of a George Stephen Woollett age 1
year in West Ham, September quarter 1887.

Notes

Note for: Winifred Woollett, ABT. 1870 - AFT. 1930 Index

This part of the family history is very uncertain!
Thought to be quite well off and had servants.
Lived in Fant Road, Maidstone, a big house. (? Upper Fant Road).
Moved across the road into a smaller house after the death of her husband.

Priscilla Wildish remembers visiting Winifred Parks and her daughter
Edith (Priscilla called her Auntie Edie) who lived together in
Maidstone. They were "quite well to do".

Notes from Les....
I have looked at the local directories held in Maidstone and visited
Upper Fant Road which is a rather narrow and "ordinary" street of mostly
terraced houses. The directories (I have compiled a summary of all Parks
and their residences in Maidstone from 1904 to 1958 in a separate
document) show Mrs W. Parks living at 98 Upper Fant Road in 1915 through
to 1954 and in 1956 Miss E.W. Parks at that address.

The 1930 Electoral Register shows Winifred Parks, Stephen Charles Parks,
Edith Winifred Parks and Albert John Parks all at that address.

Mrs W. Woollett is shown in the Maidstone Kelly directory at number 98 in
1954 but in 1956 it changes to Miss E.W. Parks, her daughter, so perhaps
Winifred died at that time.

The 1881 census shows her living with her brothers John and Thomas in
Aylesford. She is 11 years old and a scholar born in Frindsbury.

In the 1871 census she is 1 year old, born Frindsbury and living there
with her family.

Baptised "daughter of John and Eliza" 6 Feb 1870 in Frindsbury.

Notes

Note for: Charlie Parks, - Index

Used to work in a butchers shop in Upper Fant Road, he was the manager.
He may have moved from there to run a butchers shop in Aylesford.

21/3/97 Obtained phone number of a butchers in nearby Ditton from Yellow
Pages (01622-717540), someone called Ben works there and his father used
to run the butchers in Ayelsford from the 1960's. I telephoned his
father 01622-717329 who could not remember a Charlie Parks but may know
an old lady who had an earlier connection with the butchers. I left him
my number and he will ring if he has any more information.