See also
Husband:
Richard Ransley (1876-1943)
Wife:
Bessie Boorman (1893-1975)
Children:
Marriage:
Q3 1910
Hollingbourne "Registration District", Kent, England1
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
pedlar, wildflower salesman then a farm and general labourer5 6 7 8
Birth:
1 May 1876
Baptism:
14 May 1876 (age 0)
All Saints Church, Church Street, Loose, Kent, England3
son of John Ransley (licenced hawker) and Celia of Loose
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 7)
In Caravan & Tent Near George Inn, Shalmsford Street, Chartham, Kent, England9
son attending school and living with his parents John and Celia, and brother John. Born in Loose Kent
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 14)
3 Dering Road, Ashford, Kent, England10
son attending school and living with his parents Celia and John, brothers James, John and Harry, sisters Matilda and Eliza, great aunt Phoebe Ransley, and cousin Stephen Ransley. Born in Loose Kent
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 24)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England5
a pedlar of brooms etc living with his brother-in-law Henry Beaney, his sister Phoebe, nephews John and Absolom, and nieces Sarah, Alice, Jeanette, Celia, Mary Ann, Phoebe, Esther and Gentilia. Born in Loose Kent
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 34)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England6
married son-in-law working as a salesman of wildflowers on his own account and living in nine rooms with his in-laws George and Sarah Boorman, brothers-in-law Henry, Walter and Fred, sisters-in-law Nelly, Mary, Bella and Sarah, and his wife Bessie
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 44 yrs 1 mn)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England7
married head of the household working as a farm labourer of no fixed place and living in four rooms with his wife Bessie, his brother Henry, sister-in-law Sarah Boorman, and a nurse child Winniford (sic) Osborn whom was later adopted. Born in Loose Kent
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 63)
Liverton Hill, Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England8
a married general labourer living with his wife Bessie. Born on 1st May 1876
Death:
Q2 1943 (age 67)
Maidstone "Registration District", Kent, England4
Name:
Bessie Boorman11
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
field worker7
Birth:
18 Jan 1893
1939 register says born 18th January 1894
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 8)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England12
daughter living in four rooms with his parents George and Sarah, (half-)sister Elizabeth, and brothers George, John, Henry and Walter. Born in Lenham Kent
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 18)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England6
married daughter living in nine rooms with her parents George and Sarah, brothers Henry, Walter and Fred, sisters Nelly, Mary, Bella and Sarah, and her husband Richard Ransley. Born in Lenham Maidstone
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 28 yrs 5 mns)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England7
married wife working as a field labourer of no fixed place and living in four rooms with her husband Richard, her brother-in-law Henry Ransley, sister Sarah, and a nurse child Winniford (sic) Osborn whom was later adopted. Born in Lenham Kent
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 46)
Liverton Hill, Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England8
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Richard. Born on 18th January 1894
Death:
3 Jul 1975 (age 82)
Probate:
1 Sep 1975
Probate Registry, Brighton, East Sussex, England14
of The Coppice Stubble Hill Harrietsham Kent died 3rd July 1975, probate of £13,371 (~£102,000 in 2017)
Spouse: Charles Henry Reynolds
Name:
Winifred May Osborne15
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Occupation:
shorthand typist16
Birth:
16 Oct 1917
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 3 yrs 8 mns)
Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England7
a nurse child living in four rooms with her Richard and Bessie Ransley who later adopted her, her future uncle Henry Ransley, and future aunt Sarah Boorman. Born in Maidstone Kent
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 21)
25 Woodside Road, Maidstone, Kent, England16
an unmarried shorthand typist Winnifred Ransley living with her uncle and aunt William and Mary Norman, cousins Joan and Jeanne, a closed record (presumably cousin William), and aunt Nellie Boorman. Born on 16th October 1917 and married a Reynolds at a later date
Death:
10 Nov 1996 (age 79)
Probate:
28 Jan 1997
Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England18
grant and will, died 10th November 1997
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Hollingbourne 1910 quarter:2 volume:2a page:1877. Cit. Date: 17 April 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1876 quarter:2 volume:2a page:639. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Kent Baptisms Loose All Saints baptisms 1861-1884 Kent History & Library Centre ref:P233/1/B/3 page:66 entry:528. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1943 quarter:2 volume:2a page:1200. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:771 folio:79 page:12 schedule:70. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:4175 class:RG78 piece:163 registration district:52 sub-district:2 enumeration district:5 schedule:108. Cit. Date: 17 April 2011.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4259 registration district:52 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4, 5 schedule:116. Cit. Date: 13 April 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1827G page:10 line:20 letter code:DJKQ. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:953 folio:41 page:35 schedule:350. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:699 folio:71 page:31 schedule:188. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hollingbourne 1893 quarter:1 volume:2a page:780. Cit. Date: 16 April 2025.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:771 folio:80 page:13 schedule:72. Cit. Date: 16 April 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1975 quarter:2 volume:16 page:1061. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Brighton 1975 page:7338 no:750520385H. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1917 quarter:4 volume:2a page:1214 occasional copy:C. Cit. Date: 22 April 2025.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1747I page:15 line:31 letter code:DIBD. Cit. Date: 18 April 2025.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Abingdon 1996 quarter:4 district:6971 register:24B entry:33 date:1196. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1997 no:9752235121. Cit. Date: 23 April 2025.