The Elliott Family

A Memory of Hawley.

Hi my name is Robert Elliott, shortly after marrying Sheila (nee Bissell) in 1963 we moved onto the new housing estate on Cedar Drive. I had lived in a council house in Brook Street, Erith. Not only did we live in a brand new house, we just loved the surrounding countryside. I commuted into Victoria Station and we started our family along with many other newly weds. It became known as Nappie Valley- a great community! In 1973 we packed our bags and moved to New Zealand. Moving forward to date our 2 boys are married and we are now retired living just North of Auckland A couple of years ago we both started to research our family histories. It came as an enormous surprise to find my family lived in the Sutton at Hone /Eynsford /Horton Kirby area. They were mainly agricultural farmers and had very large families. In 2009 and last year we visited the UK and spent much time roaming around the numerous villages and churches in the Sutton at Hone area gathering information. Unfortunately time ran out and left much more to explore. Our hope is that someone reading this will know or have some recognition of the Elliott's. Minnie and Joshia were my great grand uncle and aunt who lived in Ship Lane, Sutton at Hone but many others lived and worked in the surrounding area. We hope to have another visit in the not too distant future but in between time if their is anybody who can add to this we would be delighted to hear from you .
Bob and Sheila Elliott. e mail. bobshe70@gmail.com

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