unk DEANE ( - )
1. unk DEANE was born in Welby, Suffolk. He was a Tradesman. He married Cecilia UNK.
Cecilia UNK was born circa 1812 in Welby. She and unk DEANE had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. Celesia DEANE, daughter of unk DEANE and Cecilia UNK, was born between 1836 and 1837 in Eye, Suffolk. She married Robert James FRENCH.
The Venerable Robert James FRENCH, son of Robert FRENCH (1814- ) and Margaret MANN (1807- ), was born on 18 March 1836 in Marylebone, London. He was christened in In both Watford and St. Marylebone. He was a Clergyman. He died on 9 March 1904 in Mottingham, Eltham, nr. London. He was buried in St. John the Baptist Church, Eltham, London. He and Celesia DEANE had the following children:
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Third Generation
3. Margaret FRENCH, daughter of The Venerable Robert James FRENCH and Celesia DEANE, was born from 1861 to 1862 in India. She was a Painter. She married Thomas Charles MARTIN.
Margerett (spelling in 1881 census). In the 1871 census there is a Margeret French, aged 10, listed as being a boarder at "Elm Farm", Ockham, Surrey. This girl is listed as being born in India, and it is likely that this is the same person, and was in boarding school in England whilst her father was working as a missionary in India.
Margaret apparently (according to her granddaughter Iris Martin) was also a musician, and may have studied at one of the London Music Colleges, but is known to the present family for her gifts as a painter. Included in her work are pictures of Mauritius, where she spent much of her youth.
Margaret apparently was also a musician, and may have studied at one of the London Music Colleges, but is known to the present family for her gifts as a painter. Included in her work are pictures of Mauritius, where she spent much of her youth, her father having the position of Anglican Archdeacon of the island. It is not known where Margaret met her husband.
Thomas Charles MARTIN, son of James MARTIN (c. 1807- ) and Maria UNK (c. 1816- ), was born circa 1859 in Marylebone, London. He was a Printer, Bookbinder, Stationer. He appeared in the census. He and Margaret FRENCH had the following children:
| 6 | Daisy MARTIN (c. 1888- ). Daisy was born circa 1888 in Marylebone. She was a Music Hall Artiste. |
| 7 | Charlie James MARTIN (c. 1892- ). Charlie was born circa 1892 in Brondesbury. He was a Civil Servant. |
| 8 | Violet Valentine MARTIN (1899-1985). Violet was born on 14 February 1899 in Brondesbury (Birth registered in Hendon district). She was a Music Hall Artiste. She died in January 1985 in Hove, Sussex. |
4. Frances Kate FRENCH, daughter of The Venerable Robert James FRENCH and Celesia DEANE, was born in 1867 in India. She died in 1961 in Sutton, Surrey. She married William Baker BROWN.
Brigadier General William Baker BROWN was born in 1864 in Colne Engaine, Essex. He died in 1947 in Sutton. He and Frances Kate FRENCH had the following children:
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| 10 | Winifred Baker BROWN (1895-1979). Winifred was born on 12 September 1895 in Colne Engaine. She died in 1979 in Great Malvern, Worcestershire. |
| 11 | Kathleen Baker BROWN (1901-1992). Kathleen was born in 1901. She died in 1992. |
5. Cecilia Maud FRENCH, daughter of The Venerable Robert James FRENCH and Celesia DEANE, was born between 1873 and 1874 in Mauritius. She died on 22 July 1964. She married Thomas MCCULLOCH.
Cecilia lived in Marlborough Gate, St. Albans for many years - certainly from the 1960's - as did her two daughters Elsie and Meg.
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas MCCULLOCH, son of Thomas MCCULLOCH ( - ), was a Soldier in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He died on 25 June 1915. He was buried in Netley Military Cemetery. He and Cecilia Maud FRENCH had the following children:
| 12 | Thomas Cecil MCCULLOCH (1905-1984). Thomas was born on 10 December 1905 in Lewisham or Eltham. He died on 26 November 1984 in Rusape, Zimbabwe. |
| 13 | Elsie MCCULLOCH ( -1980). Elsie died in 1980. |
| 14 | Meg MCCULLOCH ( -1995). Meg died in 1995. |
| 15 | Robert Arthur Douglas MCCULLOCH (1896-1915). Robert was born in 1896. He died in 1915 in Ypres. |