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I have established that my family (Carter) orginated from an area around a village could Shipbourne in kent, which is about 4miles NE of Tonbridge. They were mostly farm labourers and worked on the local estate and until the 1880s when they started to move away from the area to look for other work. the last known family member that i am aware that still lived locally was a Lewin Carter and his wife Francis and their children, this i have gleened from the 1911 census.
Is there anybody out there that has any idea what happened to this family and do any of the extended family still live nearby. Any info would be of great help in my researches petmar

Is this Lewin's death?

Deaths Mar 1920
CARTER Lewin C 47 Tonbridge 2a 1047

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1881

John CARTER Head M Male 46 Shipbourne, Kent, England Agricultural Labourer
Esther CARTER Wife M Female 46 Tonbridge, Kent, England
Frederick CARTER Son Male 13 Shipbourne, Kent, England
Lewin CARTER Son Male 8 Shipbourne, Kent, England Scholar


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Source Information:
Dwelling The Green
Census Place Shipbourne, Kent, England
Family History Library Film 1341215
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0901 / 57
Page Number 11

is this the son.. or grandson ?

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Births Mar 1908
Carter Lewin Charles - Tonbridge 2a 896



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Marriages Dec 1923
Carter Lewin C - Dyer Chippenham 5a 159
DYER Lilian L - Carter Chippenham 5a 159

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Winfield mill was a corn mill built of ragstone in 1836 by Eliza Carter. Millers include James Full, ... The mill straddled the parish boundary of Shipbourne and West Peckham. ... The mill was named after the millers, the Pierce family. ...

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At the time of the 1901 census the Beeching family resided at Dunks Green. .... Estate, Shipbourne, Kent, which was owned by Mr. William Marshall Cazalet, ..... Husband of Eleanor Rose Carter (formerly Saunders) of 51, Torrington Road, ...

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She then became part of the family at Dry Hill House and later Lavenders in ... 6 Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge Kent TN10 3DJ Tel 01732 773202 KEN BURR Of ... CARTER Elizabeth Sarah Ruth (Betty) Died peacefully after a long ...

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Frances' death, so she never remarried

Deaths Jun 1945
Carter Frances 73 Tonbridge 2a 992

Dear Katie, thank you very much for the info supplied regarding the deaths of both Lewin and Francis, i did not have that info to hand and so i will now beable to fill in some blank spaces on my tree. He was by the way a Great-Uncle, that is the brother to my G. Grandfather, Henry George Carter 1861-1905
Lewin and Francis had a number of children and i wonder if any of them remained in the area to marry and have a family. Petmar

Hi There Mike, Yes, this is one of sons of Lewin and Francis Carter and thank you very much for the info, where did you find this out? and of all the siblings what prompted you to search for Lewin Charles?. Petmar

Hi There Ann of green gables, firstly, thank you for the info supplied most interesting, as regards the 1881 census, i do have that info as John (Jonathan) Carter 1835-1913 was my G.G.Grandfather. Now as regards the building of the "Corn Mill" by Eliza Carter 1836, iwas not aware of this lady and i wonder what part of my family in that area she belonged to, as i have researed back to before 1800 when my my G.G.G.Grandfather was born and i did not discover this particular person, of course she could well be part of the extended family of that time which i have know knowledge of. The estate you refer to at Dunks Green i think was called "Fairlawnes" and the Cazalet family made quite contribution to the area around Shipbourne and of course the estate was a very good sourse of employment in the area. I am very surprised to see that a member of the Carter family married into the Cazalets. The names of the two ladies mentioned, Eleanor, and Elizabeth Carter are not ones that i have come across as yet, do you have any dates to tie in with these names as i might beable to cross check on my tree for some clues to their connection to me. Yours Petmar.

Lulu ( transcribed as Leslie in 1911 ) died unmarried

Name: Lulu Carter
Birth: 9 Nov 1900
Death: Jan 1994 - Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Katie, thank you once again for the info on "Lulu", i knew that she had lived a long life however i did not know when she died or whereshe lived . May i ask how you managed to obtain the info as i am very much i novice in this wonderful world of family research.
there were a number of other siblings in this family which i would like to trace and i wonder if i was to supply the relevent names and dates of birth that you might beable to if not your goodself give me some guidence on how i go about gettinng the info i require. regards Petmar.

Petmar

I chose to look for Lewin as Carter is too common a name but Lewin narrows down the possibilites.

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Lewin and Lulu were the easy ones to look for as their first names were more unusual. The death I found was from Ancestry, a subscription site. Deaths before c1940 can be found on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl which is free to use. Looking for the others will take longer due to their relatively common names.
Katie

Thanks to you all for your help and i will be trying to use some of the sites as suggested, will know look further into my family to try and tie up some loose ends. Petmar.