The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for George Card, son of Thomas Card and Sarah Card [Whaler]
Generation No. 1
  1. George Card was the son of Thomas Card and Sarah Card [Whaler]. He was born 10th May 1791 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 5th Jun 1791 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Ann Akehurst on 16th Nov 1817 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent. She was born 1800 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 2nd Feb 1800 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born 1818 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 12th Apr 1818 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
2 iiSarah who was born 1824 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14th Mar 1824 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
3 iiiAnn who was born 1831 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1831 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died Feb 1882 Hartfield, Sussex, aged 51 years; buried 13th Feb 1882 Hartfield, Sussex
4 ivThomas who was born 1834 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Oct 1834 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
5 vWilliam who was born 1836 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1836 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
6 viCatherine who was born 27th Dec 1838 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 27th Jan 1839 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
7 viiJohn who was born 1841 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Sep 1841 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Sarah Brooks [Card] was the daughter of George Card and Ann Card [Akehurst]. She was born 1824 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 14th Mar 1824 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  She married William Brooks, bricklayer on 15th Sep 1850 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 1824 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iGeorge H. who was born 1851 at Withyham, Sussex
8 iiWilliam Edward who was born 1853 at Speldhurst, Kent
   
  3. Ann Mills [Card] was the daughter of George Card and Ann Card [Akehurst]. She was born 1831 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 19th Jun 1831 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died Feb 1882 at Hartfield, Sussex, aged 51 years; buried 13th Feb 1882 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  She married John Mills, harness maker on 11th May 1851 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 4th Jan 1821 at Den Gate, Rotherfield, Sussex; christened 18th Feb 1821 at St. Denys Church, Rotherfield, Sussex, natural son of … Wickins and Mary Mills (spinster). They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 1852 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Jan 1852 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John Mills (collar maker) and Ann Mills; died before 11th Jan 1852 Hartfield, Sussex, aged 2 weeks; buried 11th Jan 1852 Hartfield, Sussex
  iiHenry Herbert who was born 1857 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 20th Sep 1857 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John Wickens Mills (saddler) and Ann Mills
  iiiGeorge Edward who was born 1859 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 18th Dec 1859 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John Wickens Mills (harness maker) and Ann Mills
  ivEdith Anne who was born 1862 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 23rd Feb 1862 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Wickens Mills (harness maker) and Anne Mills
  vCatherine who was born 1865 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 26th Mar 1865 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Wickens Mills (saddler) and Anne Mills; died Sep 1881 Hartfield, Sussex, aged 16 years; buried 15th Sep 1881 Hartfield, Sussex
  viWalter John who was born 1867 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Jun 1867 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John Mills (saddler) and Anne Mills
  viiAlbert who was born 1870 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 27th May 1870 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, son of John Wickens Mills (saddler) and Ann Mills
  viiiLily who was born 1873 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 25th May 1873 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex, daughter of John Wickens Mills (saddler) and Anne Mills
   
  4. Thomas Card, publican and coal merchant was the son of George Card and Ann Card [Akehurst]. He was born 1834 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Oct 1834 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Jane Box on 10th Nov 1855 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. She was born 1834 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 17th Nov 1834 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iSarah Ann who was born 1856 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 4th May 1856 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  iiMary Anne who was born 1858 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 4th Jul 1858 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  iiiGeorge Thomas who was born 1861 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 13th Jan 1861 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  ivAda who was born 1862 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Oct 1862 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  vWilliam H. who was born 1865 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
9 viWalter John who was born 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
   
  5. William Card, farm labourer was the son of George Card and Ann Card [Akehurst]. He was born 1836 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 18th Sep 1836 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Jane R. on c 1863. She was born 1843 at Speldhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iHenry W. who was born 1866 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiFrederick who was born 1868 at Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiGeorge T. who was born 1870 at Ashurst, Kent
  ivWalter J. who was born 1872 at Ashurst, Kent
  vJoseph who was born 1875 at Ashurst, Kent
  viEllen M. who was born 1879 at Ashurst, Kent
   
  6. Catherine Sumner [Card] was the daughter of George Card and Ann Card [Akehurst]. She was born 27th Dec 1838 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 27th Jan 1839 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  She married Albert Sumner on July to Sep 1865 at Tonbridge, Kent. He was born 1842 at Frant, Sussex; christened 6th Nov 1842 at St. Alban's Church, Frant, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAlbert George who was born 1866 at Speldhurst, Kent; christened 4th Mar 1866 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
10 iiSarah Ann who was born 1867 at Waggons Gate, Kent; christened 1st Sep 1867 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iiiKate who was born 1873 at Groombridge, Kent and Sussex
  ivAlfred W. who was born 1878 at Ashurst, Kent
   
  7. John Card was the son of George Card and Ann Card [Akehurst]. He was born 1841 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Sep 1841 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  He married Philadelphia on c 1870. She was born 1843 at Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge Frederick who was born 1872 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 7th Jan 1872 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  8. William Edward Brooks, bricklayer was the son of William Brooks, bricklayer and Sarah Brooks [Card]. He was born 1853 at Speldhurst, Kent
  He married Elizabeth Susanna Osborne on July to Sep 1880, registered at Tonbridge District, Kent, ref: 1880 Q3 Vol 2a Page 937. She was born 1857 at Tonbridge, Kent. They had the following children:
  iLaura C. who was born Jan 1881 at Southborough, Kent
  iiFlorence G. who was born 1883 at Southborough, Kent
   
  9. Walter John Card was the son of Thomas Card, publican and coal merchant and Jane Card [Box]. He was born 1872 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent
  He married Clara Beatrice Annie on c 1898. She was born 1875 at Somerset. They had the following children:
  iWalter William Hugh who was born 1899 at Southborough, Kent; christened 15th Jan 1899 St. Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent
   
  10. Sarah Ann Simmons [Sumner] was the daughter of Albert Sumner and Catherine Sumner [Card]. She was born 1867 at Waggons Gate, Kent; christened 1st Sep 1867 at St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent
  iGeorge who was born c 1884 at Ashurst, Kent
  She married George Simmons on 8th Dec 1884 at St. Martin of Tours, Ashurst, Kent. He was born 1857 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 22nd Feb 1857 at St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex. They had the following children:
11 iFanny who was born 1st Jun 1885 at Stone Cross, Laughton, Sussex
  iiHenry who was born c 1890 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  iiiAnnie who was born c 1891 at Godstone, Surrey
  ivSarah who was born c 1895 at Hartfield, Sussex
  vAlfred who was born c 1897 at Hartfield, Sussex
  viEdgar who was born c 1899 at Blackham, Sussex
   
Generation No. 4
  11. Fanny Everest [Simmons] was the daughter of George Simmons and Sarah Ann Simmons [Sumner]. She was born 1st Jun 1885 at Stone Cross, Laughton, Sussex
  She married William Arthur Everest on c 1910. He was born 8th Nov 1882
   

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