See also

Family of William Evans and Mary Ann Norman

Husband: William Evans

  • Name:

  • William Evans1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Matthew Evans (1751-1838)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah ( -1804)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener1,2,3,4,5

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • We have assumed it is this William Evans because he is the only one who is a gardener and Fordham is close to Colchester

  • Birth:

  • 20 Jan 1782

  • Aldham, Essex, England3,4,5,6

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Feb 1782 (age 0)

  • St. Margaret and St. Catherine, Aldham, Essex, England6

  •  

  • son of Matthew and Sarah Evans

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 55)

  • Fordham Heath, Fordham, Essex, England3

  •  

  • a gardener living with his daughter and born in Essex

  • Criminal:

  • 20 Oct 1847 (age 67)

  • Essex Crown Court, Colchester, Essex7

  •  

  • sentenced to two months in Colchester House of Correction for stealing a quantity of oats from William Firmin of Copford

  • Prison Sentence:

  • 20 Oct 1847 (age 65)

  • Colchester House of Correction, Ipswich Road, Colchester, Essex, England

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 70)

  • Fordham, Essex, England4

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a gardener living with a daughter and born in Aldham Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 80)

  • Shols? Cottage, Fordham, Essex, England5

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a gardener living with his daughter and born in Aldham Essex

  • Death:

  • Jan 1870 (age 91)

  • Lexden "Registration District", Essex, England8,9,10

  • Burial:

  • 25 Jan 1870

  • All Saints Church, Mill Road, Fordham, Essex, England8,9

  •  

  • aged 91 of Fordham

Wife: Mary Ann Norman

  • Name:

  • Mary Ann Norman11,12,13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • William Norman (1788-1861)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Binyem (1789?-1844)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • wash / charwoman14,15

  • Birth:

  • 1817 (app)

  • Colchester, Essex, England14,15,16,17,18,19

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Apr 1826 (age 8-9)

  • St. Giles Church, Stanwell Street, Colchester, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter of William Norman (labourer) and Mary of St. Giles, baptised with brothers George, James and William

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 24)

  • Abbey Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England16

  •  

  • living with her husband, two children, Charles Hammond (b 1831), and another and born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 32)

  • 1 Crispin Court, St. Peter, Colchester, Essex, England17

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband and six children and born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 42)

  • 48 Rope Lane, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband and eight children and born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 40)

  • Wrights Court, Black Horse Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • widow head of the household working as a washwoman living with a daughter -in-law (Emma) and three children and was born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 64)

  • Trafalgar Buildings, Shire Hall Yard, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • widowed mother as Mary A Hammond working as a charwoman and living with her son George, his wife Jane, grandsons George, Charles and George, and grand daughters Jane, Eleanor and Gertrude. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 77)

  • 8 Goodings Court, Cox Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • widowed mother-in-law living in four rooms with her son-in-law Arthur, daughter Susannah, grandsons Arthur and Charles, and granddaughter Harriet abd Emma. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Death:

  • 4 Dec 1896 (age 80)

  • Kents Yard, Church Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9,20,21

  • Burial:

  • 8 Dec 1896

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9,21

  •  

  • a widow aged 80 of St. Clement Ipswich

Child 1: George William Norman

  • Name:

  • George William Norman22,23,24,25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Jane Lorking (1843-1918)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • coachsmith's boy, white smith, sewing machine maker, fitter and turner, blacksmith then a coachsmith15,17,18,21,26,27,28,29

  • Note:

  •  

  • Chelmsford Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 6YT30

  •  

  • No baptism found in St. Martin Colchester or bastardy record could be found at the Chelmsford Record Office on Friday 19th August 2016

  • Birth:

  • 30 Oct 1837

  • St. Martin, Colchester, Essex, England15,16,17,18,22,23,26,28

  •  

  • illegitimate son of William Evans (gardener) and Mary Ann Norman of Angel Lane Colchester

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 3)

  • Abbey Street, Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England16

  •  

  • living with his mother, stepfather, a sibling, Charles Hammond (b 1831), and another being born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 14)

  • 1 Crispin Court, St. Peter, Colchester, Essex, England17

  •  

  • an unmarried son as George Hammond employed as a coachsmith's boy and living with his mother, stepfather and five siblings and was born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 22)

  • 48 Rope Lane, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried son as George Hammond working as a white smith and living with his mother, stepfather and seven siblings being born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 31)

  • Priory Street, St. Botolph, Colchester, Essex, England26

  •  

  • married head of the household as George Hammond employed as a sewing machine maker living with his wife, three children and a lodger and born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 43)

  • Trafalgar Buildings, Shire Hall Yard, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • married head of the household as George W Hammond working as a fitter and turner and living with his wife Jane, sons George, Charles and George, daughters Jane, Eleanor and Gertrude, and his widowed mother Mary A Hammond. Born in Colchester Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 53)

  • 58 Lower Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a blacksmith and living with his wife Elizabeth, son George, daughters Eleanor, Gertrude and Mary Ann, his mother-in-law Elizabeth Lorking, his brother-in-law Kensett Lorking and a visitor Victoria Fiske aged 5. Born in Colchester Essex. (note living next door to daughter Elizabeth and her family)

  • Death:

  • 13 Jun 1896 (age 58)

  • Lower Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9,21,25

  •  

  • a coachsmith of Lower Orwell Street St. Mary Quay Ipswich

  • Burial:

  • 18 Jun 1896

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9,21

  •  

  • aged 58

Note on Wife: Mary Ann Norman

This William Norman was thought to be her father as he is the only one in Colchester of the right age and a labourer. It looks as if she was baptised with three brothers when she was 9 years old but the record does not say that

Sources

1.

Birth Certificate. son George, index:48a. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

2.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Fordham All Saints baptisms 1813-1851 ref:D/P 372/1/4 image:8.

3.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:334 book:7 folio:5 page:4.

4.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1782 folio:609 page:1.

5.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1104 folio:43 page:1.

6.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Aldham St. Margaret and St. Catherine baptisms 1677-1812 ref:D/P 208/1/2 image:32.

7.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Essex Standard Friday 22nd October 1847 page:2. Cit. Date: 18 December 2016.

8.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Fordham All Saints burials 1813-1880 ref:D/P 372/1/6 image:46.

9.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

10.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Lexden 1870 quarter:1 volume:4a page:247.

11.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Colchester St. Giles baptisms 1813-1832 ref:D/P 324/1/5 image:35 page:65 entry:517. Cit. Date: 18 December 2016.

12.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Colchester 1840 quarter:1 volume:12 page:91.

13.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:51. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

14.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1752 folio:79 page:13.

15.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1873 folio:15 page:23 schedule:305. Cit. Date: 20 March 2023.

16.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:338 book:26 folio:11 page:17.

17.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1781 folio:403 page:11.

18.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1164 folio:163 page:11.

19.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1472 folio:81 page:16. Cit. Date: 27 October 2018.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1896 quarter:4 volume:4a page:518.

21.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

22.

Birth Certificate. own copy index:48a. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

23.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Colchester 1837 quarter:4 volume:12 page:46.

24.

Birth Certificate. own copy index:22. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

25.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1896 quarter:2 volume:4a page:457.

26.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1683 folio:48 page:17.

27.

Birth Certificate. daughter Eleanor own copy index:22. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

28.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1470 folio:37 page:27. Cit. Date: 12 May 2016.

29.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy). George John, Mary Ann and Lillie Alice baptism records.

30.

Chelmsford Record Office - Parish Records. Cit. Date: 19 August 2016. Chelmsford Record Office, Chelmsford

Essex.