The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Thomas Ralph, farm labourer, son of Henry Relf, shepherd and Sarah Ann Relf [Ware]
Generation No. 1
  1. Thomas Ralph, farm labourer was the son of Henry Relf, shepherd and Sarah Ann Relf [Ware]. He was born 1837 at Hawkhurst, Kent; christened 2nd Jul 1837 at St Laurence Church, Hawkhurst, Kent, son of Henry (labourer) & Sarah Ralph
  He married Ann Smith on 9th Jan 1859 at St Laurence Church, Hawkhurst, Kent, registered at Cranbrook District, Kent, ref: 1859 Q1 Vol 2a Page 565. She was born 1837 at Hawkhurst, Kent. They had the following children:
  iThomas who was born 1860 at Hawkhurst, Kent
2 iiAnn who was born 22nd Dec 1861 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  iiiRichard who was born 1864 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  ivFrank who was born 1867 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  vEllen who was born 1870 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  viHenry who was born 1872 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  viiJohn who was born 1874 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  viiiAlma who was born 1876 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  ixWilliam who was born 1879 at Hawkhurst, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Ann Hobbs [Relf] was the daughter of Thomas Ralph, farm labourer and Ann Ralf [Smith]. She was born 22nd Dec 1861 at Hawkhurst, Kent
  She married Alfred John Hobbs, farm labourer on 23rd Dec 1882 at St Laurence Church, Hawkhurst, Kent. He was born 14th Apr 1857 at Framfield, Sussex; christened 7th Jun 1857 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born 1884 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 15th Jun 1884 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
3 iiAlfred John who was born 20th Jun 1886 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 29th Aug 1886 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex; died 9th Mar 1931 New Jersey, USA
  iiiCharlotte Esther who was born 1888 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 29th Jul 1888 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
  ivAlma Kate who was born 1889 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 25th Aug 1889 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex; died Oct 1889 Ticehurst, Sussex; buried 23rd Oct 1889 Ticehurst, Sussex
  vElizabeth Harriet who was born 1890 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 26th Oct 1890 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
4 viWilliam Henry who was born 10th Feb 1893 at Ticehurst, Sussex; died 12th Oct 1985 Florida, USA
  viiHarry who was born Oct to Dec 1895 at Ticehurst, Sussex
  viiiJames who was born Apr to June 1897 at Ticehurst, Sussex
  ixBeatrice Louisa who was born 1900 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 25th Nov 1900 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Alfred John Hobbs was the son of Alfred John Hobbs, farm labourer and Ann Hobbs [Relf]. He was born 20th Jun 1886 at Ticehurst, Sussex; christened 29th Aug 1886 at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex; died 9th Mar 1931 at Newark, New Jersey, USA
  He married Annette Stutter on 3rd Apr 1915 at Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was born 5th Mar 1895 at Patchway Common, Almondsbury; died 20th May 1972 at East Orange, New Jersey, USA, Cause of death: Cancer of the Colon. They had the following children:
5 iJane who was born 13th Nov 1915 at Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 1st Mar 1995 New Jersey, USA
6 iiMae who was born 17th May 1917 at Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 12th Jul 2004 New Jersey, USA
  iiiJames who was born 25th Aug 1925 at New Jersey, USA; died 22nd Jan 2002 New Jersey, USA
   
  4. William Henry Hobbs was the son of Alfred John Hobbs, farm labourer and Ann Hobbs [Relf]. He was born 10th Feb 1893 at Ticehurst, Sussex; died 12th Oct 1985 at St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
  He married Mary on c 1921. She was born c 1894
   
Generation No. 4
  5. Jane Groome [Hobbs] was the daughter of Alfred John Hobbs and Annette Hobbs [Stutter]. She was born 13th Nov 1915 at Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 1st Mar 1995 at Montclair, New Jersey, USA
  She married Harry Charles Groome on 1st Jun 1934 at Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was born 1st May 1909 at Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 2nd Jan 1968 at Newark, New Jersey, USA
   
  6. Mae Bennett [Hobbs] was the daughter of Alfred John Hobbs and Annette Hobbs [Stutter]. She was born 17th May 1917 at Newark, New Jersey, USA; died 12th Jul 2004 at Hopatcong, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
  She married John Osborne Bennett on c 1935. He was born 12th Jul 1913 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; died Dec 1984 at Hopatcong, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
   

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