William And Sarah

William Josling

Sarah Ann Shersby

born	5th June 1863
died	1925

married in 1886
(4th quarter)

born	19th August 1868
died	1898

born at:
12 Paradise, Ramsgate CT11 9TX, Kent

1871 census :
21 Chatham Street, Ramsgate CT11 7PS, Kent

1891 census: ?? Villa, Bloomsbury Rd, Ramsgate, Kent

One child (my grandma)
Sarah Ann Frances Josling
04 April 1887
'Something' Villas, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent

born at:
27 Camden Square, Ramsgate CT11 8HS, Kent

1881 census:
Wheatsheaf Inn, High Street, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate CT11 0QH , Kent

1891 census: ??? Villa, Bloomsbury Road, Ramsgate

Occupations: 1887 : Dairyman 1895 : "Chatman Arms", 56-58 King Street, Ramsgate 1891 - Unemployed ! Lodging at ?? Villa with wife Sarah and Grandma (aged 4) 1901 : Mineral Water carman 1903 : "York Arms Pub", 33-35 King Street, Ramsgate
"Chatman Arms" 56-58 King Street, Ramsgate My Grandmother Sarah Ann Francis grew up here. She was a teetotaler !	Remarried 4th quarter 1899 Margaret Louisa Woodruff born 1877 - 18 Bethesda Street, Ramsgate (no longer there) They had four children: William 1901 Frederick 1902 Harry 1905 - 1985 Eric 1917 They all lived here "Woodman Inn" 17 Hadres Street, Ramsgate (it's now a hairdressers!)	"York Arms Pub" 33-35 King Street, Ramsgate The other four children grew up here with Williams 2nd wife Margaret I visited all the pubs in 2008 !

Origin of the JOSLING surname:
Josselyn is a variation of Jocelyn, taken from an Old French name by circuitous route, by way of Goscelin, Gosselin, Joscelin,
which was brought to England before the Conquest but was spread by the Normans' widespread usage of the given name.
Most versions have Germanic origins from Gauzelin, a variation of several names with Gaut (a tribal reference) as part of the name.
It was eventually adopted as a diminutive form of the Old French given name Josse.
Variations are Joscelyne, Joscelyn, Joselin, Joslen, Josling, Joseland .

Click here for an Old map of the Isle of Thanet 1848 and here for the 'Joslin Research' website

Williams father =
William Josling

born	04 November 1837
died	Probably 1908 in Tunbridge

born at:
The 'something' siding, Minster, Thanet, Kent, England

Died possibly in Tonbridge

census :
1851 - Worlds Wonder, Minster,Kent
1861 - Durlock Road, Minster, Kent
1871 - 21 Chatham St, Ramsgate CT11 7PS, Kent
1881 - Lorne Dairy, Lorne Rd, Ramsgate CT11 0AB (OWNER !)
1891 - 10 Vale Square, Ramsgate CT11 9DA, Kent
1901 - Royal Oak, Upstreet, Chislett CT3 4EB, Kent

married in 1863 in Thanet

two children
William - 1863
and
Mary Jane - 1864

Williams mother=
Sarah Ann Johnson

born	16 July 1838
died	1882

born at:
Sandwich, Parish of Eastry Kent

Old image
Old drawing of Ramsgate Harbour

Occupations:
1851 - Gardener (with father)
1861 - Market Gardener (with father)
1863 - Agricultural labourer
1881 - Cowkeeper of 8 cows-employing 2 boy - own business !
1871 - Dairyman
1887 - Dairyman
1891 - Contractor of Brewery
1901 - Licensed victualer at the Royal Oak, Chislet,
Nr Canterbury) with a 2nd wife Emily H ?
Most likely NOT married!

Williams father =
John Josling

born	22 October 1797
died	4th June 1868

born in Canterbury

buried at St Lawrence' churchyard

census :
1841 - living at 'Fosters Folly'
- market garden of 7 acres

Occupations:
1837 - Farmer
1841 - Market gardener until his death in 1868

married in ???

eight children
Mary - 1832
Charlotte - 1834
John - 1835
William - 1837
Jane - 1840
Maria - 1842
Sarah - 1845
Henry - 1847

Williams mother =
Mary Willey

born	1803
died	8th September 1864

born in White Roothing, Essex

buried at St Lawrence' churchyard

St Lawrence Churchyard

Info recieved from a farming archive for the Isle of Thane. in which John Josling is mentioned.
He lived at Worlds Wonder and Foster''s Folly, which were in his day, used as a small market garden. Foster's Folly was destroyed when a bomb hit in during W.W.II killing a woman then living there.
It was consequently inorporated in Manston Aerodrome.

World''s Wonder survives as a shell having been subject to an arson attack a few years ago.
It is soon to be demolished (2007). Little is known of the history of these buildings.

Fosters Folly

text from newspaper

Foster's Folly no longer exists.
The Manston Aerodrome now covers the site

in ruins

Worlds Wonder

Visit to the burnt out shell of Worlds Wonder 2008

2008

I expect they grew stuuf like this:

veggies

No roof and apples on a tree in the garden,
probably planted by a Josling :~))

apples...