Lawrence Witchingham Symonds (1804-1847). My 4th great-grand uncle. Lawrence Witchingham Symonds was born on 16 August 1804 and baptised on the 19th at Holy Trinity & All Saints Church in Winterton, Norfolk, but drowned while a relatively young man. His parents were James Symonds and Frances Witchingham. Lawrence married Mary Green at St Andrew’s Church […]
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Harriet Symonds (1841-1899)
Harriet Symonds (1841-1899). My 3rd great grand aunt. Harriet was born on 29 August 1841 to parents Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters. She was baptised on 8 September at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She married young in 1858, her husband being Henry Swan Chapman who was born in Yarmouth in […]
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909) – saving lives at sea
Samuel Symonds (1836-1909). My 3rd great grand uncle. Samuel was born to Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susannah Waters in 1836 and baptised on 20 July that year at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. He lived with his family until his marriage on 28 December 1856 to Ann Maria Masterson. She was also […]
Elizabeth Maria Symonds and my other Symonds ancestors
Elizabeth Maria Symonds (1826-1911).My 3rd great-grandmother. Elizabeth Maria Symonds was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in 1826 and baptised in St Nicholas’s Church on 24 November that year. Her parents were fisherman Charles Robinson Witchingham Symonds and Susanna Waters (see below). Elizabeth married mariner William Mark Green, a Yarmouth native, at St Nicholas’s on 29 […]