Here's my Castle ancestry. Looking for other descendants of these ancestors to help me
verify that I'm in the right ballpark, especially for the earlier English roots:
1. John Castle and wife Elizabeth, parents of ...
2. John Castle, bp 17 Mar 1728 St Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Elizabeth Jordan
17 Jan 1744 in St Peter's, Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents of ....
3. William Castle, bp. 22 Feb 1746 St Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Elizabeth Tadd
18 Oct 1772 in St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents of .....
4. William Castle, bp. 2 Jan 1774 in St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Elizabeth
Holmes 17 Sep 1793 in St. Mary, Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents of Mary Ann Castle (bp.
13 Nov 1799 St Clement's Sandwich), John Castle (b. 5 Apr 1801 St Clement's
Sandwich), Elizabeth Castle (b. 10 Jul 1803 St Clement's Sandwich), Thomas Castle
(mine), William Castle (b. 2 Nov 1807 St Clement's Sandwich)
5. Thomas Castle, b. 15 Oct 1805 St Clement's Sandwich, Kent, England; m. Mary
Johnson 3 Sep 1832 in East Farleigh, Kent, England; bur. 1 Apr 1861 Snodland, Kent; occ:
publican (pub owner - Queens Head Inn, Snodland). Two children - Thomas Castle (bp 25 Dec
1833 in Halling, Kent, m. Frances Ellen Brice 8 Jun 1853 Wouldham, Kent; d. Jan 1895
Cuxton, Kent; occ: engineer; manager of cement works(his daughter Isabella married owner
Thomas Weekes)).... and ....
6. John Edward Castle, bp 8 Sep 1839 Halling, Kent; m. Sarah Ann Francis 28 Sep 1874
Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa; d. 3 Jun 1899 Olympia, Thurston, Washington; occ: river barge
operator; railroad mechanic; engineer; emigrated to U.S. probably between 1860 and 1873.
6 children - George Thomas Castle (b. 24 Jul 1875 Waterloo, Blackhawk, IA; m. Norma
Eleonara Harmer 2 Jul 1898 Rainier, Thurston, Washington; d. 31 Jul 1942), Charles John
Castle (b. 26 Dec 1876 Waterloo, Blackhawk, IA; d. 1 May 1899 Olympia, Thurston,
Washington), Herbert Lewis Castle (b. 9 Oct 1878 Waterloo, Blackhawk, IA; m. 4 wives; d.
22 Jun 1950 Olympia, Thurston, Washington), Frances Generia Castle (b. 14 Jul 1883
Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; m. Lewis S. Barnard abt 1905; d. 13 May 1963), Roy Earl Castle (b.
27 Jun 1889 Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; m. Lillian Lucille (Saeger) Fouts 25 Apr 1914 Shelton,
Mason, Washington; d. 9 Mar 1964 Shelton, Mason, Washington),..... and .....
7. Lewis Edward Castle, b. 16 Mar 1881, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa; m. Minnie Estelle Klumb
29 Jul 1915 Chehalis, Lewis, Washington; d. 22 Mar 1969 Olympia, Thurston, Washington;
occ: owned/operated dry cleaning business.
Wayne Olsen