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Vesper Bell, Blythe Street and the kent family

We had these photos too. I have managed to work out the lady who we thought was the same as Sarah is her months Alice and the Man is her husband John Kent b 1828 my 2nd great grandad.
We have 5 John Kents ending with my Father
 
happy to help veekent as you can see we have some very good researchers on this forum...no doubt now that the lady and man on the right of the christmas card are alice and john kent...please feel free to copy any of the information and of course save the photo of sarahs grave..how refreshing to know that at such a young age you were interested in your family history..i have sent a message on your behalf thanking jenny and daniel for all their help

of course me being me i would love to know the location of the christmas card photo :D

lyn
 
I’ve cut it off but on the bottom of the photo it says ‘my dear old house’. I am assuming John Kent 1968 wrote this.
 
I loved the whole of this investigation I feel like we are part of your family now Veekent. There are some brilliant people on this forum and they do not give up until the mystery is solved.
 
Astoness said:
UPDATE ON SARAH KENT

what a great result ..i have just had this email regarding sarah and also a photo of where she is buried...how nice of jenny from st marys convent hunters road to pass on our enquiry to daniel flint..

lyn

Dear Lyn,

My name is Daniel Flint, I'm the archivist for the Institute of Our Lady of Mercy. I understand you're looking for more information about a Sister of Mercy, Sarah Kent. Your request was sent to me by Jenny Smith as the Newcastle-upon-Tyne convent is part of the Institute, so all the records are now here in our archives in Bermondsey, London.

Looking at our database, I can confirm that Sarah was a Sister of Mercy. She was born 26th May 1867 to John and Alice Kent in Sandyford, Staffordshire. She entered the Newcastle-upon-Tyne convent 19th September 1891 and had her reception 30th October 1892. Her final profession was on 8th December 1894, after which she adopted the religious name of Sister Mary Agatha.

She died 14th March 1953, and is buried at Ashburton Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Unfortunately, we have no records of her activity between her final profession and her death. I have attached a photo of the Mercy grave plot in Ashburton, you will see her name at the top of the second column.

I hope this information is useful to you. Please let me know if there is anything more I can do for you.

Kind regards,

Daniel FlintView attachment 185458
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This is amazing!
 
Who are the 2 portraits in post #150?

Not sure if it's the same person but there's a H J Whitlock described in 1869 (Bham Daily Gazette) as photographer to the Queen.
 
MWS said:
Yes, but veekent said that they were Sarah's mother, Alice and her husband John Kent b1828.

That's why I queried.
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He was there on the 1891 census as well and so I wondered if they had visited their son in Birmingham.
 
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I believe the photo is of the 3 youngest sisters, one being Sarah the Nun with their father John. I thought they are wearing black and could be that their mother had died as she died in 1902
 
veekent said:
This is taken in 1902… I assumed they are wearing black as Alice died in 1902
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Is this the photo of the Christmas card? You think that is of the farm at Mill Meece? John and Alice are there on the 1871 census but on 1881, 1891 and 1901 are at Sandyford.
 
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