Mary Ann Dolamore (1828-1899) and Robert Petch (1820-1897). My 2nd great-grand aunt and uncle. Mary Ann was baptised on 17 February 1828 at St Lawrence’s Church in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, to parents David Dolamore and Mary Ann Walker. She was working as a servant at the time of the 1841 Census in Nascot House in […]
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Mark Rice (1787-1863) and his children who emigrated to Utah
Mark Rice (1787-1863) and Eleanor Whaley (1791-1862). My 4My 4th great-grand uncle and aunt. Mark Rice may have lived an uneventful life but several of his children emigrated to the USA as members of the Mormon Church. Mark was baptised at St Mary’s Church in Balcombe, Sussex, on 27 July 1787 and married Eleanor Whaley […]
Sarah Rice and my other Rice ancestors
Sarah Rice (1791-1871). My 4th great-grandmother. Sarah was the first of the Rice family to join my family tree. She was baptised on 3 July 1791 at St Mary’s Church in Balcombe, Sussex, to parents George Rice and Mary Harman (see below). She married William Budgen at St Nicholas’s Church in Worth, Sussex, on 2 […]
William Budgen (1873-1916), Croydon baker
William Budgen (1873-1916) and Phoebe Jones (1884-1962). My great-grand uncle and aunt. Born on 24 January 1873, William Budgen was baptised at St Katharine’s Church, Merstham, Surrey, on 9 March that year to parents Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore. He was listed as a clerk in the 1891 Census, living with his family in Bell […]
Harry Budgen (1879-1944) – award-winning public servant
Harry Budgen (1879-1944).My 2nd great-uncle. Harry was born on 1 April 1879 to Thomas Budgen and Maria Dolamore. He was baptised on 25 May that year at St Mary’s parish church in Reigate, Surrey. Harry lived with members of his family for many years. In 1901 he was working as a water works clerk and […]
Evelyn Kathleen Finch (1911-2009)
Evelyn Kathleen Finch – my great-aunt. Evelyn was born on 20 May 1911 in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, and was Walter and Annie Finch‘s youngest daughter. She was christened at St Augustine’s Church in South Croydon on 2 August of that year, along with her brothers Gerald and Geoffrey. Within the family, she was usually known […]
Geoffrey Herbert Finch (1909-1984)
Geoffrey Herbert Finch (1909-1984). My great uncle. Geoffrey was born on 3 July 1909 in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, to parents Walter Finch and Annie Budgen. It was where they ran their bakery business. Geoff was baptised on 2 August 1911, at St Augustine’s Church in South Croydon. He grew up first Bynes Road but […]
Rupert Walter Finch (1902-1965)
Rupert Walter Finch (1902-1965).My great-uncle. Rupert was Walter Finch and Annie Budgen’s oldest child, born in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, on 14 July 1902 and baptised at the old family church of St Mary’s Church in Reigate on 28 December of that year. Records show him registered as a pupil at Brighton Road Junior School in […]
Raymond Edward Finch (1917-1941)
Raymond Edward Finch (1917-1941).My great-uncle. Raymond was born during the First World War and died tragically young during the Second as an RAF pilot with Bomber Command. He was born to parents Walter Finch and Annie Budgen in Bynes Road, Croydon, Surrey, on 3 September 1917, their youngest child. He grew up with them as […]
Hilda Irene Finch (1905-1985)
Hilda Irene Finch (1905-1985).My great-aunt. Hilda was born on 22 August 1905 in Croydon, Surrey, the eldest daughter of Walter Finch and Annie Budgen. She grew up at 45 Bynes Road, Croydon, and later at 259 Brighton Road, Croydon, addresses where Walter ran the family bakery business. On 29 December 1929 she married Percy Stuart […]