In the new year, I am finally going to start doing the Surname Saturday theme.  My plan is to go alphabetically through each of my surnames in order to get them all on the internet and, hopefully, meet some more cousins:-)


The second surname for the year is Bond.  The Bond’s were located in Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England.  After marriage, Emma Bond Whitehead moved to Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England.  I currently have 3 microfilms on order at the Family History Center for Knockholt.  These will hopefully arrive in the next week and I will write a follow-up post once that occurs.



Descendants of Richard Bond
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1-Richard Bond d. Bef 1841
 +Mary b. Abt 1798, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, d. 3 Nov 1862,
  Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|–2-Emma Bond b. Cir 1812, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, d. 24 Feb
|    1877, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|   +Charles Whitehead b. Cir 1811, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, d. 13
|    Mar 1887, Sundridge, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-Hannah Whitehead b. Abt 1836, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-William Whitehead b. Abt 1838, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |   +Caroline Feust b. Abt 1840, Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |  |–4-Edward Whitehead b. Abt 1863, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |  |–4-Rose Whitehead b. Abt 1866, Chelsfield, , Kent, England
|  |  |–4-Emma Whitehead b. Abt 1869, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |  |–4-Sarah Whitehead b. Abt 1874, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |  |–4-Minnie Whitehead b. Abt 1880, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-Charles Whitehead b. 10 Oct 1840, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England,
|  |    d. 12 Oct 1902, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
|  |   +Mary Ann Hayman b. 11 Mar 1845, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, d.
|  |    16 May 1877, Barton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
|  |  |–4-Benjamin Thomas Whitehead b. 31 Oct 1866, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent,
|  |  |    England, d. 11 Apr 1906, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
|  |  |–4-Joseph Whitehead b. 2 Nov 1869, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England,
|  |  |    d. 4 Apr 1936, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
|  |  |–4-Charles William Whitehead b. 12 Jun 1872, Burlington, , Ontario,
|  |  |    Canada, d. 27 Dec 1927, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA
|  |  |–4-Rosanna Whitehead b. 5 Jan 1875, Barton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada,
|  |  |    d. 2 Dec 1924, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
|  |–3-Jane Whitehead b. Abt 1847, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-George Whitehead b. Abt 1849, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-Emma Whitehead bap. 29 Jun 1851, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England,
|  |    bur. 26 Oct 1852, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-Edward Whitehead b. Abt 1853, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|      +Barbara b. Abt 1859, Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|     |–4-Edward George Whitehead b. Abt 1880, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent,
|     |    England
|     |–4-Edith Hilda Whitehead bap. 31 May 1891, Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent,
|     |    England
|     |–4-William Gordon Whitehead bap. 28 Dec 1891, Halstead, Sevenoaks,
|     |    Kent, England
|–2-Hannah Bond b. Abt 1820, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|   +William Morgan b. Abt 1820, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|  |–3-William Morgan b. Abt 1846, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|–2-Richard Bond b. Abt 1820, Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent, England
|   +Sarah b. Abt 1820
|  |–3-Hannah Bond b. Abt 1839
|  |–3-Bond b. Abt 1841
|–2-James Bond b. Abt 1825
|–2-George Bond b. Abt 1826
|–2-John Bond b. Abt 1828
|–2-Samuel Bond b. Abt 1831

I had the best night ever at the FamilyHistory Center today. I walked in, grabbed my microfilms and the woman working asked what I was looking at today. I said Canadian land records and Italian birth records, but I wasn’t so sure on the Italian. She said that Italian records were her favorite and offered to help!

Yesterday my two other microfilms arrived at the FHC. I went through the Halstead marriage records, still none for my ancestors, but a few for their siblings. The roll also happened to have marriage banns from Knockholt, Kent, where I have relatives from! Again, none for direct ancestors, but some for siblings, including one of the siblings from Halstead, who married a man in Knockholt. That was a nice surprise:-) The records from Roccaromana, Caserta, Italy also came in and I can’t read them. Now, obviously I realize I can not read the Italian, but it is so tiny (it’s one of those small microfilms) that I cannot make out any of the words/letters. I am going to buy a magnifying glass, but I’m not sure that will help enough. Any recommendations are more than welcome!

Last Thursday began in Buffalo, this time I was spending the day with my Grandmother. We headed out to Forest Lawn in between rain storms and hoped for the best. The man at the desk was tremendously helpful and found the location of Gottlieb Finck and Joseph and Sophia Gresz. We walked over to the Gresz stone first, as it was located right behind the office. It is a large, very nice stone. We then drove to the end of the cemetery and found Gottlieb’s, which matches his wife Barbara’s. We were trying to find Barbara’s (we had found it on our last trip, it’s in the same area). After a couple minutes of searching I returned to Gottlieb’s, as in front of it I had seen a granite Mason symbol. Hoping it belonged to him (maybe there was an arrow…) I started pulling the grass and weeds away… and found another tombstone for him! This one was older and had the same dates, but had his last name as “Fink.” Why does he have two stones? This is a mystery for another day…

On Thursday I make my second trip to a Family History Center. The first, many months ago, did not go well, as the volunteers weren’t very friendly and I felt like a nuisence. As such, I put off going back, but my experience Thursday was FANTASTIC!