{"product_id":"2940153760889","title":"The Groom Family of Buckinghamshire London Tasmania \u0026 Fiji BOOK 2 Buckinghamshire London Tasmania","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is book 2 of the 2 part series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland: Anthony Adolph\u003cbr\u003eThis book is based on F.G. Groom’s The Grooms of Harefield (Tasmania, Australia, 1985), which was reworked and added to extensively by Yvonne McKissock. Her work was in turn reworked into its present form and amplified by new research in Britain in 2015 by Anthony Adolph, a professional genealogist and broadcaster, author of books including Tracing Your Family History and In Search of our Ancient Ancestors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe earliest generations of the Groom family were in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England whose parish records survive from 1564. Anthony Adolph researched wills and parish registers for the earlier history on the Groom family in this book. Agnes Groume 1580 had written a will stating her children. One of these children is William Grome born about 1550. John Rose Groome is a descendant of William Grome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Rose Groome was baptised 1655 in Stoke Poges and later married Hannah Hanking in Harefield, Middlesex in 1678 and had 9 children. Therefore another 3 generations of Groom family in Harefield, Middlesex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Rose Groome had a son Henry Groom and he married Sarah Hinds in 1728 Hillingdon, Middlesex. Henry and Sarah had 10 children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of these children Henry Groom was baptised 1735 in Harefield and later married Sarah Row in Harefield in 1759. Henry and Sarah had 5 children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir eldest son James Groom made the move south into London and married Ann Blanch in 1783. James and Ann had 7 children: Francis Henry Groom was born in 1784, James Foster Groom was born in 1786, Sarah Ann Groom was born in 1789, John Groom was born in 1791 and 3 other children died in childhood. Francis, Sarah and John their families are documented in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book details the family of James Foster Groom descendants in which includes his two sons James Charles Groom and Francis Groom as early settlers in Tasmania, Australia.\u003cbr\u003eOther families which are documented in this book are the Minnitt family and Wright family.\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Groom son’s Warner Ottley Groom and James Henry Groom migrated to Fiji in 1869 as early settlers. Warner married and had no children. James and his partner Moli Tenai ( Fijian Chief’s daughter ) had 5 children. At least 98% of James Henry Groom descendants are documented in BOOK 1\u003cbr\u003eThe Groom Family of Buckinghamshire London Tasmania \u0026amp; Fiji to 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yvonne McKissock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149860421872,"sku":"2940153760889","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153760889_p0.jpg?v=1764054669","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153760889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}