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A very interesting list of Scudders baptised at Lewisham From , who writes a very lengthy letter, has this Fletcher web site in UK These births are all the ones I have so far managed to copy form the registers at the family records office, I am seperateing the Lewisham ones for you, Lewisham covers Sydenham and Lee, The way this is written is the numbers and details you would need to order certificates. All are Scudders, James Frederick Lewisham 1d 816 Dec 1870 Cooper Roger Lewisham 1d 883 June 1872 Walter George Lewisham 1d 583 June 1873 Alice Anne Lewisham 1d 909 Sept 1873 Janet Lewisham 1d 921 Sept 1874 John Francis Lewisham 1d 951 Mar 1875 Lillian Lewisham 1d 941 Sept 1876 Eliza Lewisham 1d 1006 Sept 1878 Arthur Lewisham 1d 1062 Dec 1878 Ada Francis Lewisham 1d 1051 Dec 1879 George Lewisham 1d 1086 Mar 1880 Albert Lewisham 1d 1034 Sept 1880 George William Lewisham 1d 1060 June 1882 Ruth Lewisham 1d 1101 June 1884 Female Lewisham 1d 319 Mar 1845 Rose Ann Lewisham 5 297 Dec 1845 the 5 in this is actually written v as in roman numerals John Lewisham 5 287 Dec 1843 as above, this is my gt grandfather William Lewisham 5 279 June 1842 again 5 as above Thomas William Lewisham 5 269 June 1843 again as above Daisy Phillips Lewisham 1d 1089 June 1885 This is as far as I have got attempting to copy all the info from the ledgers. The following are from the Church registers for St Mary's Lewisham. This is an older church than the St Bartholomews Church at Sydenham, This from upper Sydenham would have been a considerable walk, But then was the nearest Church. Again all Scudders, Name - Date of Christening - parents John 30 Mar 1712 John of St James Westminster Holding 21 Dec 1719 William Mary 5 Feb 1720 William William 4 Oct 1722 William Ann 29 May 1723 William Rebecca 15 Oct 1725 William Catherine 17 Apr 1730 William Elizabeth 14 Mar 1732 William Sarah 16 July 1735 ??? William Samuel 16 July 1738 William Samuel 16 March 1752 William & Jane Hannah 22 Feb 1764 William & Jane Charlotte 10 Sept 1773 Samuel & Elizabeth Mary Ann 25 April 1798 Thomas & Ann ( this is proberly mine) John 4 Dec 1803 Thomas & Ann ( this is mine)

I do have a lot of info on Scudders of Sydenham, All my info I have colated my self, The Sydenham bits and the Lewisham bits have come from the church records at the Archives office at the London borough of Lewisham. It is difficult not knowing what you have or have not got, I also have lots of census info, plus some other bits, Did you know that Sydenham was origiginally calles Sipenham, and people moved there for its spa waters, There was a Scudder walk, this later became an extension of Willow walk, Most of the Sydenham Scudders were originally Rustic workers, This actually makes sense of the willow walk. My own love of the Scudder bit above most of the names I am reseaching is because my Nan was Alice Ann Scudder born in Erith kent in 1887, My parents not only did not get on but also both worked so my nan mainly looked after us. She was by then married and became Alice Webb, Her Father was John Scudder he was born in 1843 in Sydenham and Married to Elizabeth Ann Durrant His Father was also John Scudder born 1803 Sydenham he was married to Ann Quin of Beckenham. His Father on the christening was Thomas Scudder of Sydenham and married to an Ann, This is as far back as I can go, But having said that I do have tons of info on Sydenham Scudders, It is awkward not knowing what you have, I feel we should swap what we do have and see what we come up with, I record all the names I am reseaching on an own design Data Base on Microsoft Excel, We Have Births, Christenings, Marriages and Deaths also census info on Scudders from all round Kent and London, Anything I send you if I know it is definate my family I will write in red, and Yours in Blue, The rest in Black. I will try to send you the odd attachments so you can see I do know what I am doing, In have a reference to an Ann Scudder dying being buried at St Mary's Lewisham 13 Nov 1727 Dau of William St Bartholomews Church at Sydenham was a relatively new Church in our history, Before that it was St Mary's Lewisham being the local Church, Though I would not have liked to walk from upper Sydenham th St Mary's. The regiater of Births Deaths and Marriages for Sydenham, Also came under Lewisham as a District, The following is from the records ledgers at the Family Records Office, Myddleton Street, Islington, London, All records are recorded from 1837 to nearly up to date, and recorded in quarter year periods for this time. James Frederick Scudder 1d 816 Dec 1870 Lewisham Cooper Roger Scudder 1d 883 June 1872 Lewisham Walter George Scudder 1d 583 June 1873 Lewisham Alice Anne Scudder 1d 909 Sept 1873 lewisham ( not my nan ) Janet Scudder 1d 921 Sept 1874 Lewisham Lillian Scudder 1d 941 Sept 1876 Lewisham Eliza Scudder 1d 1006 Sept 1878 Lewisham Arthur Scudder 1d 1062 Dec 1878 lewisham Ada Francis Scudder 1d 1051 Dec 1879 Lewisham George Scudder 1d 1086 Mar 1880 Lewisham on these again this is a sample of what I have, The dates in no way imply the birth date but the quarter in wich the enty got made, Marriages Clara scudder of full age 32 willow walk Sydenham father William Scudder rustic worker Married Frederick William Gaved of Full age 27 july 1891 at St Bartholomews Sydenham Florence Jane Scudder age 29 father Frederick Scudder Carpenter Married William Wilson age 40 30 Aug 1890 at St Bartholomews Sydenham Deaths Sarah Scudder buried 15 Aug 1740 St Marys Lewisham Thomas Scudder buried 9 may 1746 St Mary's Lewisham Sarah Scudder buried 18 Jan 1738 St Mary's Lewisham mother to Thomas and Samuel Scudder of Sipenham Thomas Scudder Snr buried 14 June 1733 St Mary's Lewisham again this is a sample, 1841 census my family 7 Willow Walk Sydenham John Scudder Head 35 Labourer born 1803 Sydenham Ann wife 27 1812 Kent Eliza Dau 10 1831 Sydenham Ann Dau 8 1833 Sydenham Ellen Dau 5 1836 Sydenham Mary Dau 10 mnth 1840 Sydenham 1851 they are at 94 sydenham Hill I these details and now there are more offspring incuding my gt Grandfather John 1861 they are at Friends Place Sydenham with more offspring and Son Daniel now married Also 1861 Willow walk Sydenham are Thomas Scudder age 41 with wife Rebecca and offspring 1861 Willow Walk George Scudder age 41 living with a sister Jane Scudder age 39 by 1871 mine are now down to my Gt granddad being with Elizabeth Ann durrant and have their own offspring and he is a brickmaker living in erith By 1881 he is srill a brickmaker and now got 8 offspring at home and living in Fulham, Mary is a widow with her offspring at 34 Willow Walk this is the mother of Roger Cooper and Clara in the births Thomas and Rebecca and 2 offspring grown ups are at 28 Willow Walk 1891 there is a Harry Scudder age 22 with wife Carry age 22 at 19 Springfield Rd Sydenham with a child Harry 5 months, Also 1891 my gt garnddad is now in Erith Arthur st with 10 offspring including my nan Alice Ann now age 4 They have a Rose born fulham in 1881. Also in 1891 there is Mary now 54 a laundress with Clara. Roger Cooper, and Janet at home at 32 Willow walk Rebecca is at 28 Willow Walk age 68 1901 Mine are still in Arthur St and still brickmakers some of their offspring grown up married and have cottages in Arthur St, I left this seperate as it is yours you may have it already. Its from the 1961 census Frederick Scudde - Head - 31 - Carpenter and Joiner - 3 Wells Place Sydenham born sydenham Emma wife 31 born Back ???????? Walter Son 9 Sydenham William Son 4 Sydenham I hope this has not been boring or taken to long to download, I do have more on Scudders from all over Kent