Ann Burley (1775-1850).My 4th great-grandmother. She married into the Finch family. Ann Burley was the daughter of John Burley of Limpsfield and Sarah Goodman of Kingston, both in Surrey (see below). She was born on the 27 April 1775 and baptised on 3 June that year at St Peter’s Church in Limpsfield, where her carpenter […]
Gardeners
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]