John Stoliday (1817-1896). My 3rd great-grand uncle. John Stoliday was born on 25 April 1817 and baptised on 8 June at All Saints’ Church in Rackheath, Norfolk, to parents James Stoliday and Mary Gay. John grew up with his parents and siblings in and around Rackheath and his father, like most men in the area, […]
19th century
Alice Amelia Stolliday (1877-1929) and a tale of tragedy
Alice Amelia Stolliday (1877-1929). My great-grand aunt. Alice died relatively young, leaving her husband so distraught that he took his own life. She was born on 5 August 1877 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, and baptised on 12 May 1878 at St Nicholas’s Church to parents Edward Stoliday and Harriet Goulty. She grew up in the […]
Susan Budgen (1795-1870), a Sussex publican
Susan Budgen (1795-1870). My 4th great-grand aunt. Susan Budgen was baptised on 19 April 1795 in St Nicholas’s Church in Worth to parents William Budgen and Betty Streeter and grew up in the village. She married George Tulley on 16 October 1820 in Nuthurst, Sussex, an 11 or so mile walk from where she grew up. He hailed […]
William Budgen (1873-1916)
William Budgen (1873-1916). My great-grand uncle. Born on 24 January 1873 in Merstham, Surrey, William Budgen was baptised in the village church of St Katharine on 9 March that year to parents Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore. He was listed as a clerk in the 1891 census, living with his family in Bell Street, Reigate, […]
Mary Ann Budgen (1863-1953) and her family’s brush with poverty
Mary Ann Budgen (1863-1953). My great-grand aunt. Born in 27 August 1863 in Worth, Sussex, Mary Ann Budgen was baptised on 4 October that year at St Nicholas’ Church. Her parents were Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore. At the time of the 1881 census she was living at the 123-acre Hazel Grove Farm in Abbots […]
Thomas Finch (1795–1852) and the Reigate workhouse
Thomas Finch (1795-1852) and Sarah Chisley (1803-1848). My 3rd great grand-uncle and aunt. Baptised at St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey, on 4 April 1795, Thomas was the oldest son of Thomas Finch and his wife Ann Burley. Young Thomas married Sarah Chisley by license in Reigate on 27 July 1820. She was from the […]
George Finch (1845-1879) and his cycle-maker son Bertram
George Finch (1845-1879) and Eliza Deadman (1838-1910). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. George was probably a twin as he was baptised on the same day as his brother Peter, on 15 June 1845, at St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey. His parents were Henry Finch and his wife Jane. At the 1861 census he […]
Richard Goulty (1801-????), transported for bigamy
Richard Goulty aka Henry Lock (1801-?). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Richard was born on 13 November 1801 in Woodbastwick, Norfolk, to parents Charles Goulty and Rebecca Lock, but as an adult he was transported to Australia for bigamy under the alias Henry Lock. His parents had Richard baptised at St Fabian & St Sebastian in […]
Charles Goulty (1842-1882) and his brushes with the law
Charles Goulty (1842-1882). My 2nd great-grand uncle. Charles was the eldest son of James Goulty and Mary Ann Pilgrim and was baptised on 24 July 1842 at St Mary at Coslany Church in Norwich, Norfolk. A note on the register says the family were visiting the parish at the time of the baptism and noted that […]
Phoebe Ann Ward (1836-1921)
Phoebe Ann Ward (1836-1921). My 2nd great-grandmother. Phoebe Ann Ward was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, on 28 November 1836 and was baptised there on 26 February 1837 at All Hallows Church. Her parents were gardener William Ward and Mary Ann Downer. As a teenager, Phoebe worked as a domestic servant. The 1851 census shows her living at […]
David Dolamore (1803-1871)
David Dolamore (1803-1871). My 3rd great-grandfather. I don’t know when David was born but he was baptised on 28 January 1803 at St Lawrence Church, Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, to parents William Dolamore and Charlotte Kimpton. His father died when he was about 16, in 1819, and William’s will requested that his wife support the boy […]
Tanjore Abraham Ward (1832-1920) – businessman and publican
Tanjore Abraham Ward (1832-1920) and Amelia Lambourn (1834-1895). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. Tanjore was born on 12 August 1832 and baptised at All Hallows in Tottenham, Middlesex, on 27 July 1834. Of all William Ward and Mary Ann Downer‘s children, Tanjore is the most curious. His name comes from a city, also known […]
Charles Thomas Ward (1829-1887) – a Tottenham publican
Charles Thomas Ward. My 2nd great-grand uncle. Born in Tottenham Hale, Middlesex, on 2 December 1829 to parents William Ward and Mary Ann Downer, Charles was baptised on Christmas Day at All Hallows Church in Tottenham. He was still living at home with his parents – 4 Cottage Place, Tottenham Hale – at the time […]
Robert Stolladay (1804-1862) – transported to Australia
Robert Stolladay (1804-1862) and Mary Anne McGuigan.My 3rd great-grand uncle. Every family has its share of black sheep and Robert Stolladay was one of ours. He suffered the horrors of transportation to Australia for burglary but forged a new life there, had a family and then died a miserable death. The eldest child of James Stoliday […]
Hannah Maria Stoliday (1851-1932) – court cases and a marriage mystery
Hannah Maria Stoliday (1851-1932), James William Bull (1850-1874), William James Thurgate and John Crisp.My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncles. Hannah was born to William Stoliday and Sarah Rose in 1851 in Salhouse, Norfolk, and was baptised at All Saints’s Church in the village on 19 March. She ended up with three marriages to her name, […]
William Stoliday (1836-1930) – a long-lived market gardener
William Stoliday (1836-1930), Mary-Ann Carr (1827-1866) and Ann Dove (1845-1917).My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunts. Born in 1836 in Salhouse, Norfolk, and baptised on 4 December of that year at All Saints’ Church in the village, William Stoliday was the son of William Stoliday and Sarah Rose. He became an agricultural labourer, like his father, […]
Gertrude Emma Stolliday (1881-1964) – widowed by war
Gertrude Emma Stolliday (1881-1964) and Jonathan George Skipper (1879-1916). My great-grand aunt and uncle. Gertrude was born in Great Yarmouth on 2 January 1881 to parents Edward Stoliday and Harriet Goulty and baptised on 26 June of that year at St Nicholas’s Church. The census for 1881 showed the family living in the town’s row […]
Edward Stoliday (1849-1938) and Harriet Goulty (1848-1936)
Edward Stoliday (1849-1938) and Harriet Goulty (1848-1936). My 2nd great grandparents. Edward Stoliday was born in 1849 in the Norfolk village of Salhouse and baptised on 12 August at All Saints’ Church. His parents were labourer William Stoliday and Sarah Rose. At the age of 13 he was already working as an agricultural labourer, according […]
Arthur Albert Stolliday (1875-1935) and Elizabeth Mary Ann Wetherall (1876-1952)
Arthur Albert Stolliday (1875-1935) and Elizabeth Mary Ann Wetherall (1876-1952). My great-grandparents. Arthur Stolliday was a colourful character and a Norfolk lad – born on 12 May 1875 in Row 123, Great Yarmouth, to Edward Stoliday and Harriet Goulty. He served in the First World War, worked behind the bar in various pubs, got into […]
Agnes Louisa Finch (1869-1952) – shopkeeper in Scotland
Agnes Louisa Finch (1869-1952) and Robert Hardie (1866-1920).My great-grand aunt and uncle. Agnes spent much of her life in Scotland but was born in 1869 and baptised on 21 November of that year in St Matthew’s Church, Redhill, Surrey, the daughter of Isaac Finch and Phoebe Ann Ward. The family lived in Chart Road and […]