Hi List, thought I would let you know there is an article in the July edition of Practical
Family History magazine, by Roy Stockdill. on the actress Balinda Langs family tree. It
charts her link back to John Challenger bn 1801 Radstock and his wife Susannah Jenkins bn
1815 Camerton. Through their daughter Susannah 1836 who married James Gay Heal in 1854.
James was the son of George Heal and Theodocia Gay of Midsomer Norton,
John and Susannah Challenger were the 3 x gt grandparents of Belinda and my self, Making
Belinda my 4th cousin. It was a wonderful feeling to find my ancestors John and Susannah
named on Balinda's family tree. I hope that other researching the names mentioned will
also be able to find a connection to this family.
Other ancestor's named in her tree from Radstock and Midsomer Norton were
Simon Carpenter 1739 Radstock = Elizabeth Besley 1735 Radstock
John Gay 1756 Midsomer Norton = Rachel Carpenter 1755 Radstock
George Heal 1800 Midsomer Norton = Theodocia Gay 1799 Midsomer Norton
Charles Heal 1864 Peasdown St John = Annie Garrett 1859 Carlingcot
Mosses Garrett 1826 Dunkerton
Edgar Charles Heal 1887 Dunkerton = Ada Willcox 1891 Holcombe
Edward Willcox 1847 Holcombe = Lucy Ann Rossiter 1848 Mells
James Rossiter 1806 Mells
Robert Wilcox 1819 Kilmersdon
I have placed my own family tree on the roots web page
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=...
I have name's from other areas apart from Somerset including Bitton, Gloucester,
Surrey, Wales and London totalling over 4000 names I would love to hear from anyone who
find a link in my tree
Regards Caroline Saunders