John David Newell emails: "I am trying to trace any living members of the Whitsed family, originally from Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, who moved to Sussex in the late 1800s.
"James Whitsed and his wife Drusilla, nee Maxwell,were, according to the census of 1881, living in Marine Square, Brighton, with their son, James Longland Whitsed, who was a surgeon. They also had a second son, William Augustus Whitsed who was a solicitor.
James the elder died in 1883, and Drusilla in 1915. I believe they had a grand-daughter, named Drusilla Maxwell Whitsed, who also died in 1915.
"If anyone could help me find relatives of this family, it would be much appreciated. "Please email njohnnewell@aol.com."
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