Frederick Green (1840-1892). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Frederick was born to parents William Green and Willoughby Staff and baptised on 28 September 1840 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth. He’s recorded as living in the town with his parents in the 1841 and 1851 censuses. However, he then disappears from the records. It’s not […]
Month: March 2021
Edward Green (1824-1876)
Edward Green (1824-1876). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Edward was born in 1824 to parents William Green and Willoughby Staff and baptised at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on 29 October that year. He grew up with his parents and siblings in the town and then married on 25 October 1845 at St Nicholas’s. His […]
William Robert Green (1847-1882)
William Robert Green (1847-1882).My 2nd great-grand uncle. William was born in 1847 in Great Yarmouth and baptised on 18 July at St Nicholas’s Church. His parents were William Mark Green and Elizabeth Maria Symonds. He lived in Birmingham and Camberwell, South London, with his parents and siblings before returning to the Norfolk coast with them. […]
William Wetherill (1711-1789) – eminent teacher of maths
William Wetherill (1711-1789), Elizabeth Clarke (????-1767) and Elizabeth Shorten (????-1794).My 7th great-grand uncle and aunts. William was baptised on 14 October 1711 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to parents Thomas Witherill and Mary Corpe. He followed his father into teaching and left significant property on his death. William married Elizabeth Clarke in […]
James Wetherill (1750?-1801)
James Wetherill (1750?-1801).My 6th great-grandfather. James Wetherill’s parents were almost certainly Thomas Wetherill and Sarah Sley but the details of his birth and baptism are murky. He was probably born in or around 1750, judging by the fact that he died in Great Yarmouth aged 51 in 1801. A child was baptised in the town […]
Frederick Elijah Wetherall (1814-1906) and his family tragedies
Frederick Elijah Wetherall (1814-1906).My 4th great-grand uncle. Frederick was born on 30 July 1814 and baptised at St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, a day later – his parents were Thomas Wetherill and Rebecca Brooks. He grew up mainly in the city with his family but followed them when they moved to the coast at Great […]