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My Rampling family link is through my paternal 2 x Great Grandmother, Louisa Rampling. Louisa, one of 9 children of Richard and Harriet (nee Dowson) of Lowestoft, Suffolk, moved to London (some time between 1861 and 1870), where she met and married my 2 x Great Grandfather George Walter Mayhew.
From Louisa, I've traced my Rampling ancestry back to my 4 x Great Grandfather, Ambrose Rampling, a Woolcomber, who was born c1787 in Norwich, Norfolk.
Louisa's parents, Richard and Harriet, married at St. Mary's church in the tiny village of Uggeshall, Suffolk in 1838. At present, I don't know what their connection with Uggeshall was, certainly neither of them was born there. Uggeshall is approximately 10 miles from Lowestoft, which is where Richard and Harriet and their family were residing 13 years later, at the time of the 1851 Census. Richard and Harriet continued to live in Lowestoft for the rest of their lives, at a number of addresses including Chapel Street, White Horse Street and St. John's Road. They raised a family of 9 children, 5 boys and 4 girls.
