Rebecca Maria was born in 1859[1] at Portsea, Portsmouth[2], Hampshire, England, and baptised on the 3rd July 1859 at St. Alphege, Canterbury, Kent, England, the daughter of Henry Thurstin[3] (mariner) and Mary Ann Thurstin of St. Peter's Lane[2].
On the 24th December 1880, Rebecca Maria Thurstin married John Sole at Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent. John Sole, 25, bachelor, Trinity Service (mariner) of Sailor's Home, Ramsgate, son of James Sole (farm labourer); and Rebecca Maria Thurstin, 22, spinster of 2 York Terrace, Ramsgate, daughter of Henry Thurstin (? man). Witnessed by John Hoy and Selina Harriett Wakeham[3][4][5].
Research Notes
N.B. Family Search transcription has wrong year of marriage it is actually 1880 not 1888
Sources
↑ "Birth Index of Rebecca Maria THURSTIN" General Register Office Birth Index 1859 June quarter, Portsea Island Registration District Volume 2b Page 408 Mother’s Maiden Name: TREMAIN GRO Online Birth Indexes
↑ 2.02.1 "Baptism of Rebecca Maria THURSTON [sic]" St. Alphege, Canterbury, Kent, England Baptism register 1846-1894 U3/8 1859 Pg. 43 Entry No. 341. Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Image available at FindMyPast (£) Accessed 10th January 2023
↑ 3.03.1 "Marriage of John SOLE & Rebecca Maria THURSTIN" Christ Church, Ramsgate, Kent Marriage register 1871-1887 U3/226 1880 Pg. 187 Entry No. 374. Canterbury Cathedral Archives. Image available at FindMyPast (£) Accessed 10th January 2023
↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN6Z-4TG : 10 December 2014), John Sole and Rebecca Maria Thurst [sic], 14 Nov 1888 [sic]; citing Ramsgate, Kent, England, reference 477, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,836,101.
↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DRG-ZMQ : 6 January 2015), John Sole, 1880; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1880, quarter 4, vol. 2A, p. 1512, Thanet, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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