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, […]
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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, […]
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 […]
Lilian May Stolliday (1898-1982)
Lilian May Stolliday (1898-1982), William James Rowland (1889-1946) and William J English (????-1980). My great-aunt and uncles. Born on 15 April 1898 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Lilian (or Lily as she was known to family) was christened by parents Arthur Stolliday and Elizabeth Wetherall on 28 May 1898 at the parish church of St Nicholas. […]
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 […]
Edward Thomas Budgen (1868-1925) – he took his family to Australia
Edward Thomas Budgen (1868-1925) and Alice Jane Hacker (1868-1943). My great-grand uncle and aunt. Edward Budgen was born in the Sussex parish of Worth on 28 April 1868, and was baptised by his parents Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore on 7 June that year. He went to live in Australia, served in the Great War […]
Harry Budgen (1879-1944) – award-winning public servant
Harry Budgen (1879-1944).My 2nd great-uncle. Harry was born on 1 April 1879 in Reigate, to Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore. He was baptised on 25 May that year at St Mary’s parish church. Harry never married and for many years lived with members of his family. In 1901 he was working as a water works […]
Emma Budgen (1861-1925) – Mayoress of Reigate
Emma Budgen (1861-1925) and George Alfred Reynolds Ince (1863-1951).My great-grand aunt and uncle. Emma Budgen was the oldest of Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore‘s children. She was born in 1861 in Worth, Sussex, and baptised in the village on 1 September that year, but went from humble beginnings to become the Mayoress of Reigate. As […]
Isabella Finch (1848-1934)
Isabella Finch (1848-1934).My 3rd great aunt. Born in 1848, Isabella Finch was christened on 27 August at St Mary Magdalene in Reigate, Surrey, the daughter of Henry Finch and Jane Bashford. She grew up in the town while her father worked as an agricultural labourer. On 4 September 1870 she married Jesse Freeman, a gardener and […]
Peter Finch (1845-1891) and his well-travelled son Henry
Peter Finch (1845-1891) and Eliza Esther Turner (1841-1895). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. Born in 1845 to parents Henry Finch and Jane Bashford, Peter could well have been the twin of his brother George as they were both baptised on 15 June that year at St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey. And he ended […]
Alfred Finch (1842-1911) – baker and builder
Alfred Finch (1842-1911) and Ellen Young (1841-1909)My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. Born in 1842, Alfred Finch was baptised on 1 May that year at St Mary Magdalene Church in Reigate, Surrey. He was one of Henry Finch and Jane Bashford’s many children and was brought up in the town. By the time of the 1861 […]
Henry Finch (1834-1919) – gardener and property owner
Henry Finch (1834-1919), Lydia Lambourn (1822-1891) and Eleanor Streeter (1845-1927). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunts. Henry Finch was baptised in St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey, on 9 March 1834, the son of Henry Finch and Jane Bashford. His father was an agricultural labourer and he grew up with the family in and around […]
James Finch (1831-1900) and his adventurous son Jacob
James Finch (1831-1900) and Mary Wicks (1831-1881). My 2nd great grand-uncle and aunt. James Finch was baptised on 13 November 1831 at St Mary’s Church in Reigate, Surrey, one of the sons of Henry Finch and Jane Bashford. After growing up in the town with his siblings, he following his father in working as an […]
William Henry Finch (1874-1949)
William Henry Finch (1874-1949).My 2nd great-uncle. William Henry Finch was the son of Isaac Finch and Phoebe Ann Ward, born in 1874 in Reigate, Surrey. He was baptised on 12 July that year at St Mary’s parish church. He grew up in the town with his siblings and by the 1891 census was working as […]
Mary Ann Finch (1867-1954) and her ill-fated soldier son
Mary Ann Finch (1867-1954).My 2nd great aunt. Born to Isaac Finch and Phoebe Ann Ward in 1867 in Reigate, Mary Ann Finch was baptised at St Matthew’s Church in Redhill, Surrey, on 19 January 1868. She grew up in the area with her family and in 1881 was living at home but working as a domestic […]
Jacob Finch (1866-1935) – death in a sandpit
Jacob Finch (1866-1935), Mary Ann Dodd (1870-1901) and Annie Elizabeth Lacey (1872-1955). My great-grand uncle and aunts. Jacob Finch was born in 1866 in Reigate, Surrey, the son of Isaac Finch and Phoebe Ann Ward, and was baptised on 19 August that year at St Matthew’s Church in Redhill. The 1881 census reported him working […]
Evelyn Kathleen Finch (1911-2009)
Evelyn Kathleen Finch – my great-aunt. Evelyn was born on 20 May 1911 in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, and was Walter and Annie Finch‘s youngest daughter. She was christened at St Augustine’s Church in South Croydon on 2 August of that year, along with her brothers Gerald and Geoffrey. Within the family, she was usually known […]
Geoffrey Herbert Finch (1909-1984)
Geoffrey Herbert Finch (1909-1984). My great uncle. Geoffrey was born on 3 July 1909 in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, to parents Walter Finch and Annie Budgen. It was where they ran their bakery business. Geoff was baptised on 2 August 1911, at St Augustine’s Church in South Croydon. He grew up first Bynes Road but […]
Rupert Walter Finch (1902-1965)
Rupert Walter Finch (1902-1965).My great-uncle. Rupert was Walter Finch and Annie Budgen’s oldest child, born in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, on 14 July 1902 and baptised at the old family church of St Mary’s Church in Reigate on 28 December of that year. Records show him registered as a pupil at Brighton Road Junior School in […]