DNA Testing

Some time ago, I joined the Kendall DNA Project, and had my DNA tested.

Y chromosomes are passed directly from father to son. Because Y chromosomes mutate over time, it's possible to use the number and degree of mutations to determine the "genetic distance" between two people, and to calculate the probability that they are related in a genealogical time frame.

My DNA did not match that of any other Kendall DNA Project member.

Recently, I got in touch with Ivor Kendall, a 2nd great- (i.e., great-great-) grandson of James (1800-1851) and Martha (née Cox). I also got in touch with Chris Kendell, a 3rd great-grandson of William (1794-1879) and Mary (née Mist).

Some online family trees claim that James and William were sons of my 4th great-grandfather Thomas (1761-1847); however, I've been unable to find any documentation to support this.

As I've written elsewhere, the 1841 census of Sandford seems to indicate that James, Martha and their children lived with Thomas. But the Ringwood parish baptism records show that James was in fact a son of Charles (1760-1829) and Lucy (née Wiseman), and a grandson of George (-1797) and Mary (née Peckham).

There is no record of William's baptism. The 1841 census showed him living in Hightown, near Ringwood, and the 1851 census put him in Sandford, next-door to Thomas's son, my 3rd great-grandfather Stephen (1791-1867).

There is also no record of Thomas's baptism, but I had hypothesized that he might have been another son of George and Mary.

Ivor and Chris agreed to have their DNA tested.

The results say that Chris and I have a Genetic Distance of 1 (a 36/37 DNA marker match), which is considered Tightly Related. Ivor and I have a distance of 2 (a 35/37 match), which is considered Related. Chris and Ivor also have a distance of 2 from one another.

Digging deeper, the probability that Thomas and Charles were brothers (sons of George) is about 48%. That they were cousins: about 63%. Second cousins: about 74%. Third cousins: about 82%. (Each additional generation increases the odds.)

The probability that Stephen and William were brothers (sons of Thomas) is about 59%. That they were cousins: about 74%. Second cousins: about 83%. Third cousins: about 89%.

Finally, the probability that James and William were brothers (sons of Charles) is lower, about 46%. That they were cousins: about 62%. Second cousins: about 73%. Third cousins: about 81%. And so on...

Conclusion? The three Kendall (Kindle, Kendell, etc.) families of Sandford were certainly related, and the search for the origin of one branch promises to shed light on them all.

Whatever happened to...

This article is about a couple of the "tricky" genealogical cases - two of the daughters of John Kendall and his wife Elizabeth (née Rogers) who appeared to vanish from the records.

Mary Ann Kendall

Mary married Charles Samuel Henry Wiseman on July 10th, 1884. They promptly vanished from the records.

To try to discover what might have become of them, I decided to work backwards, and try to track down Mr. Wiseman's family.

The name of Charles Wiseman's father was omitted from the marriage register, but I did find one Henry Samuel Wiseman in the 1861 census, living in Crowe at the home of his grandfather Henry Wiseman, with his mother Amelia Wiseman and his brother George Wiseman. It appears that Amelia had two sons without the benefit of a husband!

I couldn't find Amelia Wiseman in the 1871 census, but I did find George Wiseman, living at Crowe Cottages, neigbouring the Kendall family, with his now-married mother Amelia White, her father William Wiseman, and her other children Samuel, Sarah, Charles and James White. Of course, Amelia, Samuel and George were all born the same years as their counterparts in the 1861 census. ("William" was born the same year as Amelia's father Henry, and there's no other mention of him in the records. The enumerator's mistake perhaps?)

Amelia Wiseman and Samuel White married in 1862. It seems reasonable to assume that, as Samuel took his name and George didn't, Samuel White was Samuel Wiseman's father.

Grandfather Henry died in 1878, and by the time of the 1881 census, Amelia had vanished. George was the head of the Wiseman household at No. 6 Crowe Cottages. Samuel White lived with George and his family. Mary Ann and her family lived at No. 1 Crowe Cottages.

Samuel and Mary Ann married three years later. He used his apparent legal name, Charles Samuel Henry Wiseman, in the marriage register.

Following their marriage, Mary Ann and Samuel lived at Crowe. They were neighbours with her parents John and Elizabeth, several of her siblings and their families, and his brother George and his family.

Mary and Samuel had three children. The first, Charles Samuel, was born just before the census in 1891. His parents registered his surname as Wiseman, but in the census, used White. The other children, Alice Mary and Rosie Amelia, were both registered with the surname White.

Sam White died in 1915. Thus far, I've found no record of the death of Mary.

Sarah Kendall

In the 1891 census, Sarah and her sister Jane were not in Ringwood. A search turned up Emma Sarah Kendall and Jane Kendall in Quidhampton, Wiltshire. They were from Ringwood, the right age, and both were in the service of one John H. P. Topp, a merchant of Wimborne, Dorset. Emma Sarah had with her a two-year-old son, Charles Frederick Kendall.

There is no record of the baptism of Sarah in Ringwood, so it's possible her name was indeed Emma Sarah.

A search of the Quidhampton birth records around that time reveals the following:

1. Kendell, Charles Frederick - 1888 Jul-Sep
2. Kendell, Florence Amelia B - 1892 Oct-Dec
3. Kendell, George - 1895 Oct-Dec
4. Kendell, Walter - 1897 Apr-Jun

By 1901, Jane Kendall was married and back in Ringwood, but there was no trace of Sarah, or of "Emma Sarah", anywhere in the census.

A search for Mr. Topp in the 1901 census found him in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, with one Emily Kendall in his service. Emily was from Ringwood, and was the same age as Sarah. No Emily Kendall was born in Ringwood at that time, so it's likely that Emily was Emma Sarah.

There was also no trace in the 1901 census of Emma Sarah's son, Charles Frederick, nor of any of the other "Kendell" children.

A further search for John H. P. Topp found the records of John Henry Partridge Topp, born the same year in Wimborne, Dorset. He married Violet Dinah Bennett in Lambeth, London, in 1884. They had two children, and by 1891, had parted ways. She was in Dorset with their children, while he was in Quidhampton with Sarah and her son.

John H. P. Topp died in 1907.

There was no trace of Sarah in the 1911 census, but Fred Topp, born 1888 in Wiltshire was found in Portsmouth at the home of John A. Melborne, a Navy Stoker, of Ringwood. Fred was described as a "step son". His mother, John Melbourne's wife, was Emma, also of Ringwood and about the same age as Sarah.

Also present at the home of John Melbourne in the 1911 census were Will and Blanche Nelson. Blanche was described as "Daughter", aged 18, and married for one year. The only possible match in the records is the 1910 marriage of Raymond Nelson and Blanche Florence Topp. Blanche's age matches that of Florence Amelia B Kendell, born in Quidhampton.

The 1911 census reported that John and Emma Melbourne had been married for two years; however, there's no record of any such marriage. In fact, the marriage records reveal that John Arthur Melbourne, Chief Stoker R.N., wed Emily Sarah Topp in 1914, and that the bride's father was John Kendall.

John Melbourne died in 1920. Emily Sarah Melbourne died in Portsmouth in 1942.

The Sandford Years

Sandford was a hamlet in the Tithing of Bisterne-and-Crow, in the parish of Ringwood, located a few kilometres to the south east of Ringwood town.

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Old Parish Records

The first record of a Kendall at Sandford in the parish registers was the baptism of Alfred, son of Stephen and Sarah, on 29 July 1835.

I checked the parish register, and discovered that the practice of including where people were from in the baptism, marriage and burial registers began on January 1st 1812. It wasn't until 1835 that the name of the hamlet was recorded, rather than the name of the parish, and then only for baptisms and burials; not marriages.

Sandford burial records of that time included:

• Elisabeth Kendale, on 23 August 1835, age 56 (i.e., born about 1779).
• Emma Kendale, on 16 March 1837, age 76 (i.e., born about 1761).
• Keturah Kendall , on 13 Jan 1839, aged 25 (i.e., born about 1814).

The 1841 Census

The 1841 census recorded a total of 25 households in Sandford. It asked people their occupation, and if they were from the county. Two households were headed by farmers, one by a carpenter, one by a publican, and 16 by "Agricultural Labourers". The rest were "of independent means".

Included in the 1841 census were two "Kindle" homes. All the Kindle men were Agricultural Labourers. One household was headed by Stephen; the other by Thomas, aged 60 (i.e., born 1781). I believe his age was recorded incorrectly, and that he was Stephen’s father.

Living with Thomas was James, his wife Martha (née Cox) and their family. James was a son of Charles and his wife Lucy (née Wiseman). Charles was a son of George and his wife Mary (née Peckham).

Also in Sandford in 1841 were John Harder and his family. John’s mother was Mary Kindle, the daughter of George and Mary. Three years later, John’s daughter Mary Ann would marry Thomas Kendall, the son of Stephen and Sarah.

Looking Back

The parish baptism record shows that James had a sister, Kitty, who was baptised in 1813. Kitty was probably Keturah, buried in Sandford in 1839. Her mother Lucy died in 1818 when Kitty was 5, and her father Charles died in 1829 when Kitty was 16. It’s likely she went to live with her brother James and his family.

Elisabeth, buried in Sandford in 1835, was likely Elizabeth Jennings, widow of James, who died in 1819. James was also a son of George and Mary, and a brother of Charles.

If the Thomas with whom James and his family were living was indeed Stephen’s father, then it’s possible that Emma, buried in Sandford in 1837, was in fact Thomas’s wife Amy. There’s no other record of Emma or, for that matter, of Amy.

Scottish Mary

Another interesting household in Sandford was that of Robert Brewer and his wife Mary, who married in Ringwood in 1838. Mary's father was James Kindle.

In the 1841 census, Mary said she was born in Scotland. In later censuses, she provided more detail, saying she was born about 1814 in Musselburg, Scotland, “of English parents”.

Mary was the right age to have been the daughter of the aforementioned James Kindle and Elizabeth Jennings, who married in 1803. No children of James and Elizabeth were baptised in Ringwood Parish. It appears they were in Scotland!

The Bisterne Chapel

In 1843, Bisterne Church (St. Paul) was built as a "chapel of ease", to spare the inhabitants of the tithing the long walk to the parish church in Ringwood. It's probably safe to assume that baptism, marriage or burial at the Bisterne Chapel meant the person resided in the tithing.

The 1851 Census

The 1851 census recorded a total of 30 households in Sandford, of which 20 had arrived during the preceding ten years. The majority of Sandford households were still headed by Agricultural Labourers. The new households included:

• William Kendall and his wife Mary (née Mist).
• Henry Kendall, eldest son of Stephen and Sarah, and his wife Harriet (née Day).
• Caleb Minty and his wife Selina Kendall, daughter of James and Martha.
• Charles Rogers and his wife Jane Kendall, daughter of Stephen and Sarah.
• James Barnes, whose daughter Elizabeth married George Kendall, a son of William and Mary.

Missing from the 1851 census was Thomas Kindle, who died in Sandford in 1847. He was 86 (i.e., born 1761). Present at his death was one Mary Kendall.

The 1861 Census

By 1861 the population of Sandford had shrunk to 24 households, of which 10 were new. Most households were still Agricultural Labourers.

The new households included John Kendall, a son of Stephen and Sarah and twin brother of Jane, and his wife Elizabeth (née Rogers), who was the sister of Charles.

Stephen died in 1867. Present at his death was his daughter-in-law, John's wife Elizabeth. John, his sister Jane, and their families moved to Crowe about that time. Henry went to join his brother Thomas, who had already moved to Avon. Stephen Jr. and James went to Southampton. Widow Sarah went to live with her son John in Crowe. Alfred stayed in Sandford.

William and Mary left Sandford before the next census in 1871. They moved to Strouds Lane, in Ringwood.

Robert Brewer died just before the census in 1871. His widow Mary (née Kindle) moved to Crowe and lived next-door to John and his family until sometime after 1881, when she moved to Ripley to live with her son Edwin and his family.

The Twentieth Century

By 1901 there were only 17 families in Sandford. A new arrival was Eli Mintey, son of Selena and Caleb, and his family. He was the farmer at Brixey’s Farm.

Charles Rogers (widower of Stephen’s Jane and brother of John’s wife Elizabeth) had moved back to Sandford by 1901, and probably lived there until he died in 1911. He was a “Cow keeper”.

Stephen’s son Alfred was the last Kendall in Sandford. By 1911 he was a widower and a Railway Carpenter, and lived with his son George and daughter Agnes. He probably stayed in Sandford until he died in 1919.

The Twenty-First Century

I visited Sandford in September 2009. There's nothing there anymore. I was told by a local gentleman that, back in the nineteenth century, the farm labourers would have lived in mud/thatch cottages. They are long gone.

The Death of Thomas Kindle

In my last post, I wrote about Thomas Kendill who was recorded in the 1841 census living in Sandford with James Kindell, his wife Martha and their children. The census said Thomas was aged 60 (i.e., born 1781).

There’s no other record of a Thomas born circa 1781, and he doesn’t appear in the 1851 census with James & Martha (or anywhere else).

The Ringwood Parish record contains an entry for the burial of one Thomas Kendall on 11 July 1847 (which would explain his absence from the 1851 census!). But this Thomas was aged 86 (i.e., born 1761 rather than 1781).

I obtained a copy of the corresponding record of death. It says Thomas was a labourer, and that he died at Sandford on July 7th. The informant was one Mary Kendall, who had been present at his death. It doesn’t describe her relationship to Thomas.

Mary Ann Harder was the wife of Thomas's grandson, Thomas Kendall (1821-1899), a son of Stephen. Mary Ann and young Thomas both lived in Sandford in 1841, she with her parents and he with his. They married in 1844, and by 1851 they lived in Sopley. It is possible that they still lived in Sandford in 1847, but in every recorded instance, Mary Ann used her full name, and never called herself Mary.

Mary Mist was the wife of William Kendall (1794-1879). William was born in Sandford. He and Mary were married in Ibsley in 1819, and lived in Hightown in 1841. But in the 1851 census, they were recorded living in Sandford, next-door to Stephen, who lived next-door to James and Martha. (Stephen and his wife Sarah Head were also married in Ibsley.)

My favorite theories are as follows:

• Thomas’s age in the 1841 census of Sandford was recorded or transcribed incorrectly. It was written as "60", but should have been "80".
• This was the same Thomas who died in Sandford in 1847, aged 86.
  
• William and Mary lived in Sandford by the time Thomas died, and she was present at his death.

With Thomas being born in 1761, I'm convinced that he was the same man who married Amy Hatcher in 1785 (aged 24) and fathered Stephen in 1791 (aged 30).

It's possible that Thomas was a brother of James's father Charles Kindle (born 1760), who was a son of George Kindle. That would mean Thomas was the uncle of James, with whom he lived in 1841. Unfortunately, there is no record of the baptism of Thomas in the Ringwood transcripts, but there are baptism records for seven children of George.

Finally, William living next to Stephen and James, and his wife Mary attending to Thomas at his death would be an indication that they might be related, and many assert that William was a son of Thomas. Unfortunately, there's no record of the baptism of William in the Ringwood transcripts either.

Update: see the results of DNA testing of descendants of Thomas, William and James.

The Children of Thomas Kindle and Amy Hatcher

Several public trees on the Ancestry web site claim Thomas was born in 1755 and list numerous children of Thomas Kindle and Amy Hatcher, including:

• Thomas (1781–)
• Stephen (1791–)
• John (1792–)
• William (1794/5–)
• James (1800/1-)

In fact, there’s no record of the birth of Thomas in Hampshire, and the only Ringwood Parish baptism record that mentions both Thomas and Amy was that of Stephen Kindle in 1791. There’s also a baptism of Thomas Kindle in 1793; it says his father was Thomas, but omits his mother's name.

The 1841 census recorded a Thomas Kindell (born 1781) in Sandford living with James Kindell (born 1801) and his wife Martha, close to Stephen Kindell (born 1791) and his wife Sarah.

In the 1851 census, there was no mention of Thomas (1881), but Stephen, James and their families were still neigbours in Sandford, now with William (1795) and his family living next-door.

In the 1861 census, there was no mention of James (1801) but Stephen and William, and their families were still neigbours in Sandford.

I suspect that someone saw these census records, and made the assumption that Stephen, Thomas, James and William were all brothers. Others copied, and now nobody seems to know the origin of the information.

Of course, transcriptions and even original parish and census records can contain omissions and errors, so circumstantial evidence has to be considered. But caveat emptor is always the rule!

THOMAS 1881

While the 1841 census recorded a Thomas Kindell (born 1781), there’s no other record of a Thomas of that vintage and, again, he doesn’t appear in the 1851 census with James & Martha (or anywhere else). There is a Ringwood death record of one Thomas Kendall in 1847, but his age was 86 (i.e., born 1761 rather than 1781). More about that later!

STEPHEN 1791

Stephen Kindle was born in Sandford and baptised on 11 March 1791, the son of Thomas and Amy Kindle [22M84 PR4 Ringwood CB 1782-1812]. Stephen married Sarah Head in Ibsley in 1817. As mentioned, the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census recorded him living in Sandford. He died in 1867 aged 76.

JOHN 1792
I don't know how John (1792) could be connected to Thomas and Amy. The only John of that vintage that I’ve found lived in Winkton in 1841 with his wife Ann, and died in 1847 aged 56. Winkton is south of Sopley, some distance from Sandford. I've found no connection to any of the other would-be brothers.

THOMAS 1793
The Ringwood parish baptism transcripts list Thomas Kindle, born in Sandford and baptised on 13 October 1793, the son of Thomas (with no mention of Amy). There’s no other record of this Thomas.

WILLIAM 1794
William (1794) was born in Sandford. He and his wife Mary Mist married in Ibsley in 1819. The 1841 census recorded them living at Hightown, which is fairly close to Sandford. In 1851 they were recorded living in Sandford, next-door to Stephen (1791) and James (1801). In 1861 they were still in Sandford near Stephen (1791). William died in 1879 aged 85. There's no record of the baptism of William. His marriage in Ibsley, and living near Stephen in 1851 and 1861 could be a coincidence… but probably not, according to the results of DNA testing.

JAMES 1800
James (1800) married Martha Cox in 1824 and died in 1851. The Ringwood Parish baptism record notes that James was baptised 11 July 1802 and was the son of Charles (whose wife was Lucy Wiseman). Charles was baptised in 1760 and was the son of George Kindell and Mary Peckham. DNA testing gives very low odds to James having been a son of Thomas.

The Children of Stephen Kindle and Sarah Head

The 1841 census of Sandford shows Stephen Kendall (Kindle) and his wife Sarah with eight children:

1. Henry 1818
2. Thomas 1821
3. Jane 1826
4. John 1827
5. Stephen 1830
6. Charles 1833
7. Alfred 1836
8. James 1838

Point your mouse at a name above for a brief overview.

Stephen and Sarah (née Head) were married 25 May 1817 at Ibsley.
Henry Kendle was baptised at Ringwood, 10 months and 11 days later on 5 April 1818. But the transcript of the parish baptism register says "of Stephen & Mary of Ringwood".

The transcript of Thomas Kendle's baptism on 22 April 1821 says "of Thomas & Sarah of Ringwood". I checked the original at Winchester [22M84 PR5 Ringwood C 1813-1838] and the transcript is correct.

Curiously, the transcript also contains an entry for Edwin Kendle, baptised 31 December 1820 "of Stephen & Sarah of Ringwood, Labourer, 1 year old".

The transcript also contains entries for Stephen Kendall on 18 November 1829 "of Stephen & Sarah of Ringwood" and Stephen Kendale on 5 September 1830, of the same parents. It could have been an error, but it was common in those times to give the name of a deceased child to the next baby.

The parish baptism register transcript entries for the other children, Jane to James, are all present and correct.

I've found no record of the marriage of a Stephen & Mary or a Thomas & Sarah in Hampshire. Moreover, since Henry and Thomas were living with Stephen & Sarah in 1841, I'm inclined to think that the parish register is incorrect.

That being the case, what about Edwin?

Edwin was baptised 31 December 1820, aged 1 year old. Thomas was baptised 22 April 1821. There's an IGI Entry that says Thomas was born 15 March 1820. Obviously, the dates don't work. If Thomas were born before Edwin was baptised, he'd have been baptised too. But since the IGI is so completely polluted with misinformation, this birth date is probably rubbish.

There was no record of an Edwin Kendall in the 1841 census of Ringwood, but there was a tailor named Edward Kendell, age 20. In 1851, Edwin Kendall age 30, also a tailor, was recorded in Fordingbridge with his wife Ann and their children. From 1861 to 1891, the tailor Edwin and his family were recorded living at Up Street in Ringwood.

Here's the problem: the 17 July 1848 marriage record of Edwin and Ann reads "17 Jul 1848 Edwin Kendell, Bachelor, of Ringwood, Tailor, of William, Labourer; married Ann Andrews, Spinster, of Ringwood, of James, Labourer".

The only William Kendall of suitable vintage in Ringwood is the man that some claim was a brother of Stephen (more about that in a later post). This William married Mary Mist in Ibsley on 10 October 1819. Their first recorded child, also named William, was baptised just over two years later on 14 October 1821 in Ringwood.

Again, Edwin was baptised 31 December 1820, aged 1 year old. It's possible he was the child of William and Mary. The marriage record (or transcript) could also be incorrect.

The timeline again:

1817 May 25 - Stephen married Sarah
1818 Apr 05 - Henry baptised of Stephen & Mary
1819 Oct 10 - William married Mary
1819 Dec 31 - Edwin born (approx.)
1820 Dec 31 - Edwin baptised of Stephen & Sarah (not William & Mary)
1821 Apr 22 - Thomas baptised of Thomas & Sarah

Stephen & William (possibly brothers) married Sarah & Mary (both of Ibsley). Stephen also had a brother named Thomas (although no record of him can be found beyond his 1793 baptism).

I'm stumped.

A detailed list of the records pertaining to John, Elizabeth and their family are here:

http://www.kendallfamily.org.uk/families/1791-Stephen.html

Henry was born in 1818. He was a shoemaker, or cordwainer. Henry married Harriet Day in 1845, and they had seven children. In the 1860s, they moved from Sandford to Avon, near Sopley, where brother Thomas already lived. Henry died in 1895.

Thomas was born in 1821. He was an agricultural labourer. Thomas married Mary Ann Harder in 1844, and they had ten children. Sometime between 1851 and 1861, they moved from Sandford to Sopley, and then to the village of Avon. Thomas died in 1899.

Jane was born in 1824. In 1845 she married Charles William Rogers, a railway labourer. Jane's brother John later married Charles's sister Elizabeth. They moved to Crow in the late 1860s. Jane died in 1875. She had no children.

John was born in 1827. He worked as an agricultural labourer, and later as a railway labourer. John married Elizabeth Chamberlain Rogers in 1852, and they had eleven children (click for details). The family moved to Crow in the late 1860s. John died in 1908.

Stephen was born in 1830, and was an agricultural labourer in Sandford. He married Caroline Burt in 1855 and moved to Southampton, where he worked as a dock labourer. They had one child, a son. Stephen died in 1899.

Charles was born in 1833, and was an agricultural labourer in Sandford. He died in 1858 at age 25, without having married.

Alfred was born in 1835 in Sandford. He married Maria Feltham in 1861, and they had seven children. Alfred was an agricultural labourer until the late 1860s, when he became a railway labourer. He stayed in Sandford until he died in 1919.

James was born in 1838 in Sandford. He married Sarah Elliott in 1859, and they had five children. In the late 1860s, they moved to Southampton, where brother Stephen already lived. James worked on the barges and as a general labourer. He died in 1910.

The IGI, or International Genealogical Index, is a database of genealogical records created and maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Brookes/Walker Mystery

After having four children with Mary Ann Walker, Charles married Mary Ann Brookes in Southampton on June 28th 1901.

Mary Ann said her father was Harry George Brookes, deceased. They reported Charles a widower, Mary Ann a spinster, and their residence as Lorna Doon, Ash Tree Road, Portswood.

Lorna Doon was the home of Charles’s cousin Thomas Kendall (the brother of Janet Kendall, with whom it appears Charles had three children) and his wife Julia (née Royall, formerly Brookes, formerly Walker) from Birmingham. (In the 1901 census, Mary Ann had said she was from Birmingham.)

On nearby Oak Tree Road, Portswood, Henry Alfred Kendall, a widower and the son of another of Charles’s cousins was living with his children and Roseanna Brookes, also from Birmingham.

Julia Royall married James Brookes in Birmingham in 1872. They had two daughters: Mary Ann in 1873 and Roseanna in 1875. James Brookes died several months before Roseanna was born, and in early 1876, Julia remarried. Her new husband, Harry George Walker adopted the girls and moved the family first to Bristol by 1881, then to Holdenhurst, Hampshire by 1891.

Harry George Walker died in early 1901 in Blandford, Dorset, and Charles and Mary Ann married shortly thereafter. Why they waited seven years, why she reverted to her birth name, and why she combined the names of her father and stepfather all remain mysteries.

Despite the fact that her second husband was still alive, Julia had apparently married Thomas Kendall in Southampton in 1897, calling herself Julia Brookes. After the death of Harry George Walker, Thomas and Julia, this time calling herself Julia Walker, married again in 1902.

Henry Kendall and Roseanna Brookes married in 1905.