See also

Family of John Gillingham and Mary Foster

Husband: John Gillingham

  • Name:

  • John Gillingham1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Gillingham (1725?- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Burton (1738?-1817)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shoemaker (cordwainer)1

  • Birth:

  • 1777 (app)2

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Aug 1777 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England2,3

  •  

  • son of John Gillingham and Elizabeth

  • Death:

  • Jun 1817 (age 39-40)1,4

  •  

  • Burial:

  • 13 Jun 1817

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England1,3,4,5

  •  

  • shoemaker aged 39

Wife: Mary Foster

  • Name:

  • Mary Foster

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1771 (app)6

  •  

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 69-70)

  • Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 70, female servant living with Matilda Crowe, not born in Suffolk

Child 1: Benjamin Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Benjamin Gillingham7

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Gathercole (1806?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • leather currier then a schoolmaster7,8

  • Birth:

  • bef 26 Jun 1805

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England9

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Jun 1805 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England3

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 35)

  • High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • head of the household aged 35 Currer born in Suffolk.

  • Directory:

  • 1844 (age 38-39)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • as a straw platter, hat manufacturer and a leather cutter of

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 45)

  • Water Street, Lavenham, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • head of the household aged 45, Platt Dealer. Born in Woodbridge

  • Emigration:

  • 1853 (age 47-48)

  •  

  •  

  • Emigrated to Australia "Kent" April 1853.

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1856

  • North Grant, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia13

  •  

  • schoolmaster, freehold

  • Death:

  • 1892 (age 86-87)

  • Geelong, Victoria, Australia9

Child 2: Hannah Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Hannah Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • IGI gives-Born 10/8/1809 at Woodbridge, Quay Meeting House-independent. no parents given. burial records show as daughter of John & Mary.

  • Birth:

  • 10 Nov 1807

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England14

  • Death:

  • 28 Aug 1810 (age 2)

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England15

  • Burial:

  • aft 28 Aug 1810

  • Beaumont Baptist Chapel, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5,15

  •  

  • no age given.

Child 3: Jonathan Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Jonathan Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • IGI gives-Born 10/8/1809 at Woodbridge, Quay Meeting House-independent. no parents given.

  • Birth:

  • 10 Aug 1809

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England14

Child 4: Hannah Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Hannah Gillingham16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1818 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Oct 1818 (age 0)

  • Ebenezer Weslyan Chapel, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

Child 5: John Gillingham

  • Name:

  • John Gillingham

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1818 (app)

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 11 Oct 1818 (age 0)

  • Ebenezer Weslyan Chapel, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

Sources

1.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Woodbridge St. Mary fiche:47 of 68. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

2.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C06325-2 system:England-ODM film:919636.

3.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

4.

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

5.

Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. ex NBI. Cit. Date: July 2001.

6.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

7.

Marriage Certificate. son Benjamin. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

8.

Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). 1856 electoral roll.

9.

Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 12 September 2001.

10.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1841; HO107/1011/17/42.

11.

Archive CD Books, White's Directory of Suffolk 1844 (own copy), (CD-ROM).

12.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Lowestoft Record Office, 11/4/2001, HO107/1790/220 ~ ~.

13.

Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

14.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org).

15.

Beaumont Chapel - Internet.

16.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Woodbridge St. Mary fiche:56 of 68. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.