One of the leading brethren in Ramsgate and heavilty involved in the division there.
Interesting biographical notes; http://hector.davie.ch/pettman/Pettman_Q.html and similarly of his father http://hector.davie.ch/pettman/Pettman_P.html.
Thomas Edward Pettman - 10th May 1841 ~ 4th March 1910
Birth: Ramsgate, Kent, England.
Marriage: 8th April 1868 at Thanet Register Office, Kent.
Death: Ramsgate, Kent, England.
Burial: Ramsgate Cemetery, Kent, England.
Father: Thomas Pettman - 1807 ~ 18th April 1884.
Mother: Margaret Castell-Baker - 1814 ~ 18th June 1887.
Married on 11th Oct. 1832 at Islington, Middlesex.
Wife: Agnes Deane - Sept. 1833 ~ 22nd Sept. 1897.
Daughter: Grace (H. Pout) - 19th March 1870 ~ 1952., age 82. Author. **
2nd Wife: Kate Eliza Burch - c1868 ~ 2nd March 1938.
Children of Thomas & Kate:
Ernest Edward Arthur (D.F.M. Baker) - 8th May 1901 ~ 25th May 1973.
(Editor of "Words of Help" Apr. 1956 ~ Dec. 1972)
Frederick Thomas (Ebben & Marsh) - 10th Aug. 1899 ~ 17th Aug. 1989.
(Also wrote for "Words of Help")
Siblings:
Emily (E. Wildish) - 1834 ~ 1899.
Margaret Elizabeth - 1835 ~ 7th Feb. 1838.
A Son - 1836 ~ 10th Nov. 1836.
Fanny (E. Musgrove) - 1837 ~ 1920
Stanley Hodges (Andrews & Cunningham) - 1839 ~ July 1907.
Harriet - January 1843 ~
Ellen - October 1844 ~
William Chard (M.J.T. Hemsley) - January 1847 ~ 7th Nov. 1919.
Amy - January 1849 ~ 1852.
Edward Baker - 1852 ~ 1853.
Elizabeth - 1854 ~
Anna Belinda - 1855 ~ 1929.
** Author of at least 50 books. Also wrote 250+ articles under the names of: G.E.C. Sutherland, Nigel Strong, Spencer Deane, Helen Kent, Fan of the Ferry, A Curate's Wife, and the Daughter of the Manse.)