Family History: some notes

by John Wordsworth
jbwords@waitrose.com

People

People are arranged in birth-date order, though sometimes this is conjectural. Asterisks indicate missing information. A question mark indicates uncertain information. Generally, no details are given of persons know to be still alive.

There is a list of documents from which the information about people is taken. The references to documents are given in square brackets thus: [a3].

Samuel France (1)

Born 1823? in Kimberworth, Yorkshire. [c3]
Married Rebecca Sykes.
A coal miner living in Church Street, Wath on Dearne in 1881. [c3]
Children:

  1. John France (born 1858? in Greasborough, Yorkshire) [c3]
  2. Thirza France (born 1862? in Greasborough, Yorkshire) [c3]
  3. George France (1) (born 1867? in Greasborough, Yorkshire) [c3]

Rebecca Sykes

Born 1824? in Wentworth, Yorkshire. Married Samuel France.

William Wordsworth

Born 1827? in Hoyland Lane End, Yorkshire. [c1]
Married. [c1]
A coal miner living at 27 Tinker Lane, Hoyland Nether in 1881. [c1]
Children:

  1. George Wordsworth (born 1853? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c2]
  2. Frederick Wordsworth (born 1860? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c1]
  3. Frances Wordsworth (born 1865? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c1]
  4. John Wordsworth (born 1868? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c1]

William Burgess (1)

Born 1830 in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. [c10]
Married.
A farmer in 1901 living at Mitchell's Farm, Newchapel Road, Lingfield, Surrey. [c10]
Children:

  1. Emma Burgess (born 1867? in Charlwood, Surrey) [c10]
  2. William Burgess (2) (born 1870? in Hartfield, Surrey) [c10]
  3. Sarah Burgess (born 1874? in Horne, Surrey) [c10]

William Gray (1)

Born 7 February 1832 in Hoyland, Yorkshire.
Married 15 November 1858 Annice Stenton.
An agricultural labourer (unemployed) in 1881 living in Stubbin, Hoyland. [c4]
Children:

  1. William Gray (2) (born 1860? in Hoyland, Yorkshire, a stone dresser in 1881, living with his parents) [c4]
  2. Elizabeth Gray
  3. Catherine Mary Gray
  4. Lucy Gray
  5. Sarah Ann Gray
  6. Sarah Gray (born 1868? in Hoyland, Yorkshire) [c4]
  7. Ernest Gray (born 1869? in Hoyland, Yorkshire) [c4]
  8. Mary Jane Gray (born 1871? in Stubbin, Yorkshire) [c4]
  9. Maria Gray (born 1875? in Stubbin, Yorkshire) [c4]
  10. John James Gray (born 1876? in Stubbin, Yorkshire) [c4]
  11. Kate Gray (born 1878? in Stubbin, Yorkshire) [c4]
  12. Francis Gray (born 1880? in Stubbin, Yorkshire) [c4]
  13. Arthur Gray (born 1881 in Stubbin, Yorkshire) [c4]
  14. Rose Hannah Gray

Annice Stenton

Born 1838, daughter of John Stenton. Married William Gray (1).

William J Marshall

Born 1843? in Saint Giles', London. [c8]
A traveller in drapery in 1901 living at Verulam, Station Road, Barnet Vale. [c8]
Married, but a widower in 1901. [c8] Children:

  1. Ethel B Marshall (born 1874? in Barnet) [c8]
  2. Bertram E Marshall (born 1877? in Barnet) [c8])
  3. Harold P G Marshall (born 1880? in Barnet) [c8]
  4. Horace B Marshall (born 1881? in Barnet) [c8]
  5. Arthur R Marshall (born 1884? in Barnet) [c8]

George Wordsworth

Born 1853? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire[c2], son of William Wordsworth and ***.
Married 20 May 1877 Alice Ann Thornley. [m1]
Living in Hoyland Common at the time of his marriage. [m1]
Living in Back 24 Tinker Lane, Hoyland Nether in 1881.[c2]
Children:

  1. Florrie Wordsworth (born 1881? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c5]
  2. Ernest Wordsworth (1) (born 1885? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c5]
  3. Eleanor Wordsworth (born 1888? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c5]
  4. Ethel Wordsworth (born 1893? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire [c5]
  5. Maude Wordsworth (born 1894? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c5]
  6. Mary P. Wordsworth (born 1898? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire) [c5]
Died 1899?

Alice Anne Thornley

Born 1857? in Birdwell, Yorkshire, daughter of George Thornley.
Married George Wordsworth. [m1]
Living in Birdwell at the time of her marriage. [m1]
On the death of George Wordsworth, she married 1900? William Patterson. [c5]

George France (1)

Born 1867 in Greasborough, Yorkshire, son of Samuel France (1) [c3] and Rebecca Sykes.
A coal miner in 1881 living at his parent's house.[c3]
Married Mary Jane Gray.
Living at 2 Ebeneezer Place, Church Street, Elsecar in 1901. [c6] Children:

  1. William France (born 4 Nov 1894)
  2. Arthur France (born 24 Feb 1896, died before 1901 [c6])
  3. Evelyn France (born May 1897)
  4. Wilfred France (born 6 Mar 1899)
  5. Annice France (born 7 Feb 1901 )
  6. Francis France (born 7 Nov 1902)
  7. Louis France (born 2 Oct 1904)
  8. George France (2) (born 19 Jan 1907)
  9. Samuel France (2) (born 11 Feb 1909)
  10. James Henry France (born 23 Dec 1910)
  11. Mary France (born 13 May 1913)
  12. Gladys France (born 12 Jan 1916)
Died 1936.

William Burgess (2)

Born 1870?. [c10]
Son of William Burgess (1) [c10] and his wife Elizabeth.
Working on his father's farm in Lingfield, Surrey in 1901. [c10]
Married Edith Maud Adie.
Children:

  1. William Burgess (3) (born 1910)
  2. Della Juste Burgess
  3. Elizabeth Innes Bugess
  4. Thomas Mountford Adie Burgess
Died 1935.

Mary Jane Gray

Born 1871. Daughter of William Gray (1) and Annice Stenton. Married George France (1). Died 1949 in Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Ernest Wordsworth (1)

Born 27 March 1885 in Central Street, Hoyland Common, Yorkshire, son of George Wordsworth and Alice Ann Thornley. [b1]
Married 16 April 1906 Annie Andrews. [m2]
Living in West Bank, Hoyland at the time of his marriage. [m2]
Children:

  1. Ernest Wordsworth (2) (born 1907)
  2. Alice Ann Wordsworth (born 1911?)
  3. Samuel Wordsworth (born 1909?)
  4. Mary Wordsworth (born 1913?)
  5. Rose Wordsworth (born 1915?)
  6. Lilian Wordsworth (born 1917? [d3], died 4 December 1943 at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland [d3])
  7. Jack Wordsworth (born 1923)
Died 8 September 1942 at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland, W. Yorkshire. [d1]

Annie Andrews

Born 14 August 1885 in Saint Helens, Hoyland, West Yorkshire, daughter of William Andrews and Hannah Farnell. [b2]
Married Ernest Wordsworth (1). [m2]
Living in Milton Road, Hoyland at the time of her marriage. [m2]
Died 13 December 1943 at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland, W. Yorkshire. [d2]

Ernest Wordsworth (2)

Born 8 November 1907, eldest son of Ernest Wordsworth (1) and Annie Andrews. Married 11 March 1942 Gladys France. Children John Barry Wordsworth (born 1942) and two other sons. Died 28 May 1966 in Cottingley, West Yorkshire.

William Burgess (3)

Born 26 August 1910 in Kingswood, Surrey, eldest child of William Burgess (2) and Edith Maude Adie. Married *** March 1942 Olave May Osborne. Children:

  1. Elizabeth Jane Burgess (born 1944)
  2. Sally Gabriel Burgess (born 1 September 1946, died 4 November 1960)
Died 5 December 1996 in Southampton, Hampshire.

Gladys France

Born 12 January 1916 in Elsecar, Yorkshire, youngest child of George France (1) and Mary Jane Gray. Married 11 March 1942 Ernest Wordsworth (2). Died 25 March 1996 in Riddlesden, West Yorkshire.

Olave May Osborne

Born 9 March 1917 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, youngest child of Sydney John Osborne and Ethel Beatrice Marshall. Married *** William Burgess (3). Died 3 August 2001 in Romsey, Hampshire.

John Barry Wordsworth

Born 28 October 1942, Hallamshire Maternity Home, Chapeltown, Sheffield. Eldest son of Ernest Wordsworth (2) and Gladys France. Married 13 April 1973 Elizabeth Jane Burgess. Three sons.

Elizabeth Jane Burgess

Born 4 October 1944 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, elder daughter of William Burgess (3) and Olave May Osborne. Married John Barry Wordsworth.

Documents

Census returns

References to the 1881 census are based on the online transcripts provided by the Family History Centre. References to the 1901 census are based on the online transcripts provided by the UK Public Records Office.

[c1] 1881 Census, RG11 4608/166 page 62 includes the household of William Wordsworth.

[c2] 1881 Census, RG11 4608/166 page 61 includes the household of George Wordsworth.

[c3] 1881 Census, RG11 4607/132 page 18 includes the household of Samuel France.

[c4] 1881 Census, RG11 4607/161 page 29 includes the household of William Gray.

[c5] 1901 Census, RG13 4321/80 pages 39 and 40 includes the household of William Patterson, stepfather to the children of George Wordsworth.

[c6] 1901 Census, RG13 4322/110 page 9? includes the household of George France.

[c8] 1901 Census, RG13 1231/??? page 4 includes the household of William Marshall.

[c10] 1901 Census, RG13 632/??? page 18 includes the household of William Burgess.

[c11] 1901 Census, RG13 1214/97 page 11 includes the household of Thomas Adie.

To be continued.

Register entries

Births

[b1] Birth of Ernest Wordsworth, 27 March 1885.

[b2] Birth of Annie Andrews, 14 August 1885.

To be continued.

Deaths

[d1] Death of Ernest Wordsworth, 8 September 1942.

[d2] Death of Annie Wordsworth, 3 December 1943.

[d3] Death of Lilian Wordsworth, 4 December 1943.

To be continued.

Marriages

[m1] Marriage of George Wordsworth and Alice Ann Thornley, 20 May 1877.

[m2] Marriage of Ernest Wordsworth and Annie Andrews, 16 April 1906.

To be continued.

Other records

To be supplied.

Begun 19 May 2003
Last updated 30 December 2004.