I visited Kinson on my last trip across the pond. My grandparents lived there for awhile and many of my aunts and uncles were
christened or baptised ( whatever ) at St. Andrews parish. I have a photo of them taken at West Howe Rd. Interesting read about
the village. Very cool place...Love your sites...Karen
Really nice way you have set up the site makes me quite homesick!!! love the old pictures and brings back many memories of my childhood thanks for putting old Kinson on the web !!! A great place even though its not the quaint little village it was years ago it still has that village touch many thanks and I will be back !!!well done.
Hi Ellen will see if My Coles are connected the Saunders family are still local and married into many local families thanks for your kind comments.
Hello Ray,
This is a wonderful site. Thanks for sharing these precious pieces of your life.
I have bookmarked the stie for sure. Loved the family photos and for me it
brings many of your descriptive poems to life for me.
Take care my friend. I will come visit this site again...so much to see.
Rich Carlton
St.Louis, Missouri/USA
Hi,
Great Site.
My 3x Great Grandmother was a Jane Cole born about 1800, possibly in Canford / Poole, she Married John Saunders, born in Longfleet 1789. I wonder if Jane is connected to your Cole Family ?
Two of my Great Aunts lived on Ringwood Rd, Newtown, they lived next door to one another in two large double fronted houses, at one time I think there was quite alot of land with the houses. One Aunt married a Travers then a Brackstone the other Married a Brown.
My Grandmother Ellen Saunders was reputed to have looked after two of Augustus John's Children, Vivian and Poppet. There has always been talk in the family of possible Gypsy Ancestry, certainly some of the names linked to the Saunders suggest this.
I have very fond memories of the area, I was born in Parkstone and attended Sylvan Rd School and both the old and new Branksome Heath Schools.
Regards,
Ellen.
Nice and pleasant to the eye and nice to see the old days remembered ,seems life was easier then ! great stuff good luck.
Hello nice to see old Kinson remembered ,i grew up there and went to School,moved or rather emigrated to Aussie a few years ago and was feeling homesick and then stumbled across your site and it really cheered me up so a big thankyou ! love the pictures and the poems and especially some of the old names I remember good luck Tania.
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Love your site, what a wonderful way to spend a Sunday evening. My mother and her sisters were the last in their line to have the surname Beckenham(Beckingham), as there were no brothers. Francis Beckingham and Ellen Coomber were my g g grandparents.
thankyou, Yvette