Voices from the past: my mother's paternal ancestors

As I said on the page about my mother's Pomeranian connexion, my mother was the eldest child of Raymond Voice & his wife Ethel May Voice (née Klemz). The surname Voice was apparently Foys at an earlier date (the pronunciation of initial /f/ as [v] was common in rural dialects of southern England).

According to the information I have, the Voice/Foys family can be traced back at least to the 14th century and my mother's paternal ancestors are given below.

[Note: All place names, unless otherwise stated, are in the modern county of West Sussex, England; though East Grinstead was in East Sussex until the reorganization of county boundaries in 1974 .]

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Aubrey, Geoffrey, Greta & Peter

RAYMOND VOICE (born 10th Nov. 1889, died 1962) - who married ETHEL MAY KLEMZ (born in Horsham 31st May 1886, died 1976) - and was the father of: Greta Evelyn (born in Billingshurst 1st April 1914, died 29th May 1998) Aubrey John (born in Billingshurst 2nd April 1915, died third quarter 1981) Geoffrey Edward (born in Billingshurst 1st Nov. 1918) Raymond Peter (born in Billingshurst 19th March 1923, died July 2001) - was the son of ....

PETER EDWARD VOICE (born Billingshurst 7th Nov. 1855, baptized 6th July 1856) - who married SOPHIA JANE ANDREWS (born 15th September 1845 in Ditteridge, Wiltshire) at Ditteridge, Wiltshire, on 12th April, 1883 - and was the father of: Florence Mary (born c. 1884, baptized 12th Oct 1884 , died c. 1978) Raymond (born 10th Nov. 1889, baptized 12th Jan. 1890, died 1962) - was the son of ....

Peter & Jane Voice with son, Raymond

Edward & Ellen Voice

EDWARD VOICE (born in Cowfold, baptized in Billingshurst 8th May 1825) - who married ELLEN TOWSE in Billingshurst on 26th Dec. 1853 - and was the father of: Sally Ellen (baptized 2nd July 1854 ) Peter Edward (baptized 6th July 1856) Kate (baptized 26th June 1864) - was the son of ....

JOB VOICE (born in Billingshurst 1801, died 7th June 1848)

- who married MARY FULLER in Kirdford on 1st Nov. 1824

- and was the father of:

Edward, Owen, Sarah Fuller, Job, Frank, Nicholas, Flora

- was the son of ....

EDWARD VOICE (baptized in Billingshurst 14th Nov. 1773)

- who married SARAH STEER on 16th May 1796

- by whom he was the father of:

Mary, Harriot, Job, Jesse, Clara

- and who later married ELEANOR TILLY STENNING by whom he had no children

- was the son of ....

JOHN VOICE (baptized in Billingshurst 25th Sept. 1748)

- who married REBECCA NETTLEY on 19th April 1767

- and was the father of:

Elizabeth, John, Edward, William, Leah, Henry, Belah, Leah, Stephen, Rhoda, John

(Belah was a son; the repetition of two names is sad testimony to the high infant mortality of the time)

- was the son of ....

RICHARD VOICE (baptized in Billingshurst 5th Nov. 1714)

- who married AMY GREENFIELD on 3rd April 1743

- and was the father of:

Richard, Richard, John, Ann, Sarah, Richard, Thomas, Elizabeth

- was the son of ....

JOHN VOICE (born in Billingshurst 11th Nov. 1684, died about 1762)

- who married SARAH TIDEY (died Jan.1753) in Petworth on 3rd Sept. 1706

- and was the father of:

John, Sarah, Richard, Robert, Mercy, Ann, Bela

- was the son of ....

WILLIAM VOICE (born about 1640, died in Warnham 5th Feb. 1697/8)

- who married JANE LUSE in Horsham on 3rd June 1669

- and was the father of:

Elizabeth, James, Joanne, Sarah, William, Jane, Robert, Richard, Ann, Mary, John

- was the son of ....

WILLIAM VOICE (born about 1618)

- whose wife's name is unknown to me

- and was the father of:

Wiiliam

- was the son of ....

JOHN VOICE (baptized in Horsham on 28th Feb. 1577)

- who married ELIZABETH FOYCE (died about 1606) in 1603 by whom he appears to have had no children

- and later married MARY LEY (died sometime after 1621) in East Grinstead on 14th April 1608

- by whom he was the father of:

Elizabeth, Jane, Annis, John, William, Margaret

- was the son of ....

BRYAN VOICE (born in Horsham about 1544, died in Horsham 1st May 1632)

- who married ELIZABETH LINTOTT in Horsham on 9th June 1566

- and was the father of:

Ravenscroft, James, Mary, John, Henry, Elizabeth

- was the son of ....

HENRY VOICE (born about 1503, died in Horsham about 1550)

- who married JANE (remarried to Peter Ravenscroft, 4th Feb. 1551; buried in Horsham, 9th Oct. 1562)

- and was the father of:

Elys, Roger, Henry, George, John, Margaret, Elizabeth, Bryan, Mary

- was the son of ....

RICHARD FOYS (born about 1465, died about 22nd April 1514 & buried in Horsham)

- who married ELIZABETH

- and was the father of:

Richard, George, William, Margery, Henry

- was the son of ....

JOHN FOYS (born in Horsham about 1435, died in Horsham sometime before 1514)

- who married ALICE in Horsham about 1464

- was the father of:

Richard

- was the son of ....

HUGH FOYS (born about 1390, and held lands called "Cobbetts" near Horsham)

- who married CICELE (born 1392 in Horsham)

- and was the father of:

John

This is as far back as this branch of the Voice/Foys family has been traced. If anyone knows of errors or omissions or can give further information, please let me know.