Elizabeth Wetherill (1713-1799?) and Edward Peterson (1714?-1783). My 7th great-grand aunt and uncle. Elizabeth was baptised on 1 February 1713 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth, her parents being schoolteacher Thomas Wetherill and Mary Corpe. Her brother William Wetherill’s will referred to her as Elizabeth Peterson and mentioned her children but I’ve not found […]
Shopkeepers
Frederick Green (1840-1892), pharmacist and publican
Frederick Green (1840-1892). My 3rd great-grand uncle. Frederick was born to parents William Green and Willoughby Staff and baptised on 28 September 1840 at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth. He was recorded living in the town with his parents in the 1841 and 1851 censuses. However, he cannot be found in the 1861 census. […]
Harriet Wetherall (1801-1859), who married a leading artist
Harriet Wetherill (1801-1859) and Thomas Lound (1801-1861). My 5th great-grand aunt and uncle. Harriet was born on 11 June 1801 and baptised on the 16th at St Nicholas’s Church in Great Yarmouth. Her parents were James Wetherill and Mary Proctor. She grew up in the coastal town without knowing her father, who’d died just weeks […]
Agnes Louisa Finch (1869-1952) – shopkeeper in Scotland
Agnes Louisa Finch (1869-1952) and Robert Hardie (1866-1920). My great-grand aunt and uncle. Agnes spent much of her life in Scotland but was baptised on 21 November 1869 in St Matthew’s Church, Redhill, Surrey, the daughter of Isaac Finch and Phoebe Ann Ward. The family lived in Chart Road and Glovers Road, Reigate, and by […]