Researching members of the Osborn and Burch families
OSBORN.
The earliest record is of William Osborn (born c1779) being authorised to be a gamekeeper for Samuel Scott of Sundridge Park, Bromley, Kent in England on the 11th of February 1815.
I know he was married to Ann ? and had children, William - 1815,
Ann Maria - 1817, Robert - 1824, Charlotte, and Harriett - 1831
William married again to another Ann between 1841 and 1848
The Osborn family mainly stayed in Bromley, with some going to Australia.
I have discovered three new (to me) relatives who are also researching the Osborn line and would be pleased to exchange and share our information.
I am building a database of Osborn "strays" that I find - please contact me.
BURCH /BIRCH / BYRCHE
The Burch family have lived in the Sandwich, Woodnesborough and Ash areas of Kent England since the late 1500's
My mother was Dorothy Christine Burch.
The outline Family tree is as follows:-
1 John Birch 1568 - 1641 of Eyethorne, married Denise Kingsford in Oct 1559.
2 Thomas Birch of Eyethorne c1607 - 1678/79, married Elizabeth Stupples in Oct 1634.
3 Thomas Birch of Sheperdswell c1638, married Elizabeth Cousins in June 1664.
4 Edward Burch of Great Mongham 1670 - 1733, married Margaret Mallett or Maggett in 1697.
5 Edward Burch of Great Mongham 1699 - , married Ann Marsh in 1725.
6 Edward Burch of Tilmanstone 1729/30 - 1807, married Mary Bailey in 1757.
7 Stephen Burch of Tilmanstone 1774 - , marriedMary Lott in 1804.
8 John Burch 1804 - 1893, married Mary Solly in 1928.
9 Robert Burch of Ash 1834 - 1899, Married wife 1 Sarah Pemble and Wife 2 Emily Drayson at Woodnesborough in1866.
10 Robert Burch of Woodnesborough, 1870 - 1912 married Sarah Elizabeth King (b Bermuda 1871) in St Pauls Warden Herts in 1893.
11 Dorothy Christine Burch 1903 - 1978, married Frank Osborn in 1927
Robert Burch 1834 - 1899 had 3 children by his first wife Sarah Pemble, and 18 children by his second wife Emily Drayson. At the moment I am researching these children. One of them Henry (Harry) was mayor of Sandwich in the 50's and Baron of the Cinque Ports.
His son Charles Burch has provided me with a lot of information on his aunts and uncles.
I have writen a small book entitled "The Children of Robert Burch" which relates the story of my Great Grandfather Robert Burch, his two wives and the 21 children he raised. A copy is in the library of the Society of Genealogist and the Centre for Kentish Studies in England
To be updated
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