Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  IMPORTANT HORSE CASE             CUBITT v. ADAMS .—In this action, the plaintiff, Frederick Durrant Cubbitt, tobacconist, London Road, North Lowestoft, sued Henry C. Adams, grocer, Lowestoft, for £15, the balance of the agreed price of a chestnut mare and harness, bargained and sold by the plaintiff to the defendant for £20, on the 8 th April, 1892.             Mr. H. H. Miller, barrister (instructed by Mr. A. W. Miller, solicitor, Norwich and Lowestoft) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. S Linay, solicitor, Norwich and Lowestoft, for the defendant.             The defendant had paid £9 into Court.             Frederick Durrant Cubitt, the plaintiff, said on April 7 th , defendant called at his shop and said he called about the chestnut mare he [plaintif...

  Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—William Swan Rose William Swan Rose was born about May 1829 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England to Thomas Patterson Rose 1807-1849 and Mary Ann Sterry Swann 1805-1875. He was baptised on May 20, 1829 in the Lowestoft parish church.   He was the second of five children born to the couple. 1.       Thomas Swan Rose 1827–1902 2.       William Swan Rose 1829–1890 3.       John Rose 1830–1877 4.       Nathaniel Swan Rose 1831–1850 5.       Jane Swan Rose 1833–1889 On July 31, 1849, William’s father, Thomas Paterson Rose was drowned at sea when the North Star capsized off Lowestoft.   Within a year after the loss of his father, William’s brother Nathaniel Swan rose would die at the age of 19 years on September 22, 1850 of unknown cause.   By 1851, Mary Ann was forced to raise her children working as a ...