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The immediate family of Rose Wood, mother of champion jockey Charles Wood.

  By Debra van Diel Kluit and Clive Boyce      Rose Wood gave birth to a son, Charles in 1854.  His birth certificate shows that he was born at 5, Henry’s Place, Great Passage Street, Hull on 21 Nov 1854 (birth registered Hull … Continue reading

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Where was Joseph Challis (1758 – 1834) of Ramsgate from?

By Debra van Diel Kluit and Clive Boyce The first Challis family we have found living in Ramsgate, Kent is that of Joseph and Ann Challis and their children in the early 1800’s.  Joseph made his will in 1827 in which … Continue reading

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