Genealogy Chat

Have you both Henry/Harry's birth and marriage certificates?

If so, what occupations does it state for his father, and do these agree with the occupations that you have found for Walter on the censuses?

Also, what is his mother;s name from the birth certificate?

Thank-you

I am researching the Quested family for a friend of mine, Terry Quested, whose ancestor was a Walter Quested, born in the Ashford area. However, I have only found one birth for a Walter Quested around the right time, and that is the March quarter, 1859 in Thanet. This I found both on a Quested site, and on Ancestry. However, there is also a death record in 1863 for a Walter Quested, aged 4, in that area.

I have census records in Ashford for 1891 and 1911 for a Walter Quested born about 1863 in Brabourne (1891), and Willesborough (1911). Here he has a wife named Clara and several children, one of whom was Henry/Harry Quested, who was Terry's Grandfather. Henry married a Gladys Butcher, born 1902 in Ashford.

I found no earlier census records for that Walter, but I have found 1861 and 1871 census records in Ashford for a Walter Quested born in 1855 in Stowting, Kent, parents Stephen and Mary Anne Quested.

Thus far I haven't found any 1901 census records for Walter.

Hence I am wondering if these two Walters might actually be the same person, and wondering if you might be able to throw any light on this?

The Thanet birth record seems a bit far away for the Walters, both born in the Ashford area.

I'd be very grateful for any help you might be able to offer!