Chelmsine [also written Chelmsyne] is rather difficult to locate. The accompanying maps may be of some assistance. The geographical coordinates are 50°57'33.86"N 3°9'20.85"W.

[Photo by Tombi Peck.]

Below is an aerial photo of Chelmsine. JLK's chapel is on the SE corner of the "T" intersection. The graves are the area to the south of the building, and are now on a separate land title to allow development of the chapel (it has been converted into a house).

The larger activity to the right of the "O" is Chelmsine Farm.



The map at left (click on it to enlarge - 363 KB) is taken from the Somerset Map of 1881 (the year Alfred Kraushaar, the author's great-grandfather, emigrated to Australia). A comparison with the aerial view above shows how little the field pattern has changed in the last 120-odd years. A PDF version of the 1881 map (287 KB) may be more suitable for printing.

In the "little graveyard" are still to be seen the tombs of:

• "John Leach [sic] Kraushaar who entered into rest April 4 1900 aged 80"
• "Little Douglas" [Sumption], grandson of the above, died June 20 1899
• "Little Olive" [Sumption], granddaughter, passed away Oct 2, 1901 [These were the first two children of "Tricie".]
• "Frances Jane Kraushaar, his wife, who entered into rest April 21, 1902 aged 80 years"
• Frances Emily Geyden-Roberts, 1875-1964, 89 years, and Adela Geyden-Roberts, her mother, 80 years.
  [This is a memorial stone which may not mark a grave: both mother and daughter (Mrs Clist's mother and sister) worked for many years in Africa. In the text, Mrs Clist writes that "both the daughters found their final resting place in other lands, one in Africa and the other in Australia". We know that "Tricie" married Arthur Emmanuel Sumption in August 1898 in nearby Wellington, migrated to Australia in 1911, died in 1932 and is buried in the Unsectarian Cemetery, Woronora, N.S.W. Adela was certainly living in England at the time of the 1901 census; it may be that after the death of her husband in 1913, she joined her daughter in Africa, and subsequently died there. It is possible, though it seems unlikely, that Adela (1848-1929) and Frances Emily (1875-1964) died in Africa and were buried in Chelmsine. JCC]
  The inscription reads:
  
  "In Loving Memory of
  Frances Emily Geyden-Roberts
  1875 - 1964
  Called Home 15th May
  Served the Lord 52 years in Africa
  And Her Mother
  Adela Geyden-Roberts
  Passed away in Pondoland, S. Africa
  Aged 80 Years"
  [Pondoland is part of the Transkei, now Eastern Cape.]
  
  
• Elizabeth Sumption, died 1913, 49 years
• Frederick Sumption, died 1947, 77 years
• Mary Ann Sumption, died 1935, 90 years
• Mary Sumption, died 1952, 76 years
• Walter George Sumption, died 1962, 87 years

[The Sumptions were presumably relatives of "Tricie"'s husband.]