Florence Harriet Stolliday (1879-1973) – married a soldier

Florence Harriet Stolliday (1879-1973) and Hugh Gardiner Dalgleish (1867-1945).My great-grand aunt and uncle.  Born on 4 April 1879 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, to parents Edward Stoliday and Harriet Goulty, Florence was baptised on 7 September of that year in the parish church of St Nicholas. She grew up in the town with her family but […]

Tanjore Abraham Ward (1832-1920) – businessman and publican

The Cook's Ferry Inn in about 1900

Tanjore Abraham Ward (1832-1920) and Amelia Lambourn (1834-1895). My 2nd great-grand uncle and aunt. Tanjore was born on 12 August 1832 and baptised at All Hallows in Tottenham, Middlesex, on 27 July 1834. Of all William Ward and Mary Ann Downer‘s children, Tanjore is the most curious. His name comes from a city, also known […]

William Budgen (1820-1864) – killed on the railway

The railway at Marden in 1890, a few years after William's accident

William Budgen (1820-1864) and Amy Frith (1826-1921). My 3rd great-grand uncle and aunt. Baptised in Worth, Sussex, on 6 February 1820, William was the son of William Budgen and Sarah Rice and would meet a gruesome end. But that was some years after he married Amy Frith, the 18-year-old daughter of a gamekeeper, on 6 April 1844 […]