Blacksmiths & Chairmakers
from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK
Additions & corrections, Wycombe Cemetery grave card references: from descendant DianaW in Australia
Extracts from Parish registers courtesy of: JimB's shared research; transcripts by RobynC of AU ('Tilbury Magazine'); & Phil's look-up
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Francis Tilbury, Labourer, Blacksmith
& his Chairmaking sons
High Wycombe
c.1790 - 1901
sold a chair manufactory to Walter Skull in 1872? |
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1. Francis TILBURY, Blacksmith
____2. John TILBURY Chr. 13 February 1814, Chair Manufacturer ________3. John TILBURY Chr. 30 March 1845, Chair Maker |
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Francis TILBY
m. Elizabeth DORRELL 17 July 1811 High Wycombe |
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Father, Francis TILBURY, Labourer
Mother, Elizabeth |
William TILBURY b. [1811-12] (Date of baptism not found)
John TILBURY Chr. 13 February 1814 High Wycombe (Minister: Charles BRADLEY (Curate)) Stephen TILBURY Chr. 24 May 1816 High Wycombe (Minister: Charles BRADLEY (Curate)) |
Father, Francis TILBURY, Blacksmith
Mother, Elizabeth |
Lydia TILBURY Chr. 27 December 1818 High Wycombe (Minister: Charles BRADLEY (Curate))
George TILBURY Chr. 29 July 1821 High Wycombe (Minister: Thomas BOYS) Freeman TILBURY Chr. 12 October 1823 High Wycombe (Minister: R. M. MAINWARING) |
John TILBURY, Chairmaker (Father: Francis TILBURY, Blacksmith)
m. Sarah COX of Collins Row, Newland, 5 November 1837 High Wycombe |
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Father, John TILBURY, Chairmaker
Mother, Sarah |
Lydia TILBURY Chr. 29 July 1838 High Wycombe (Minister: F. A. CLARKE)
Sarah TILBURY Chr. 29 November 1840 High Wycombe (Minister: W. CANN) |
From the 1841 Census: | |
lvg. Collins Row,
High Wycombe |
Elizabeth TILBURY, age 50
William TILBURY, age 30 - Labourer Stephen TILBURY, age 20 - Chairmaker George TILBURY, age 30 - Labourer |
lvg. Morecrofts Meadow,
High Wycombe |
John TILBURY, age 25 - Chairmaker
Sarah TILBURY, age 20 - Wife Lydia TILBURY, age 3 - Daughter Francis TILBURY, age 6 mths - Son |
From the 1851 Census: | |
lvg. Newland,
High Wycombe (Pts.5&4) |
Elizabeth TILBURY, Widow age 64 b. Wycombe
William TILBURY, Son age 40, b. Wycombe |
John TILBURY, Head age 38 b. Wycombe - Chair Manufacturer
Sarah TILBURY, Wife age 36, b. Middlesex Lydia TILBURY, Daughter age 12, b. Wycombe Francis TILBURY, Son age 8, b. Wycombe John TILBURY, Son age 6, b. Wycombe Matilda TILBURY, Daughter age 4, b. Wycombe William TILBURY, Son age 2, b. Wycombe |
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George TILBURY, Head age 29 b. Wycombe - Chairmaker J/Man
Sarah TILBURY, Wife age 23, b. Great Marlow - Chaircainer Freeman TILBURY, Son age 3, b. Wycombe Rachel TILBURY, Daughter age 8 mths, b. Wycombe |
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From the 1861 Census: | |
lvg. Chair Making Factory,
High Wycombe |
John TILBURY, Head age 48 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Chairmaker
Sarah TILBURY, Wife age 47 b. High Wycombe BKM Francis TILBURY, Son (Single) age 21 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Chairmaker John TILBURY, Son (Single) age 17 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Chairmaker Matilda TILBURY, Daughter age 14 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Scholar William TILBURY, Son age 11 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Scholar Jane TILBURY, Daughter age 8 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Scholar Sarah TILBURY, Daughter age 6 b. High Wycombe, BKM - Scholar |
From the 1881 Census: | |
lvg. Vine Terrace,
Wycombe |
John TILBURY, Head age 67 b. High Wycombe - Retired
Sarah TILBURY, Wife age 65 |
lvg. Slater St,
Wycombe |
Francis TILBURY, Head age 40 b. Wycombe - Chair Maker
Eliza TILBURY, Wife age 38 Eliza TILBURY, Daur age 16 - Scholar Francis TILBURY, Son age 15 - Scholar George TILBURY, Son age 11 - Scholar Clara TILBURY, Daur age 9 - Scholar Ada TILBURY, Daur age 4 - Scholar |
William TILBURY, Head age 32 b. High Wycombe - Chair Manufacturer Employing 11 Men & 6 Girls
Mary Ann TILBURY, Wife age 29, b. ? William TILBURY, Son age 6, b. [High Wycombe] - Scholar Francis TILBURY, Son age 5, b. [High Wycombe] - Scholar Gertrude TILBURY, Daur age 3, b. [High Wycombe] - Scholar Mrs HUDSON, Serv (M), age 71, b. Stokenchurch, Oxford - General Servant (Dom) |
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From the 1901 Census: | |
lvg. High Wycombe,
South Bucks page 20573561; IDs 28849406-410 |
Francis TILBURY age 61 b. 1840 Bucks, High Wycombe - Chair Maker
Eliza TILBURY age 57 b. 1844 Bucks, High Wycombe Clara TILBURY age 28 b. 1873 Bucks, High Wycombe - School Teacher James TILBURY age 17 b. 1884 Bucks, High Wycombe - Upholsterer Flora TILBURY age 15 b. 1886 Bucks, High Wycombe - School Teacher |
page 20573561;
IDs 28849401-404 |
Frank TILBURY age 35 b. 1866 Bucks, High Wycombe - Chair Maker
Edith TILBURY age 29 b. 1872 Bucks, Princes Risboro Edith TILBURY age 8 b. 1893 Bucks, High Wycombe Ethel TILBURY age 4 b. 1897 Bucks, High Wycombe Phillis TILBURY age 1 b. 1900 Bucks, High Wycombe |
lvg. Hughenden | William TILBURY, age 25 b. High Wycombe - Chair Packer
Caroline TILBURY, age 23 b. St Missenden Dora TILBURY, age 3 b. Hughenden Frank TILBURY, age 1 b. Hughenden |
Francis TILBURY (†Labourer) (‡Blacksmith)
__m. Elizabeth* b. 1786-90 __1841: lvg Collins Row, High Wycombe ____2. William* TILBURY b. [1811-12] (1841: Labourer) __1851: lvg. Newland, High Wycombe (Pt.4) __Elizabeth, widow age 64; William, son (unmarried) age 40 ______(William 1881: see 'Rachel & William COOPER' below) ____2. John†¹ TILBURY b. c.1813, Chr. 13 February 1814 High Wycombe ______d. 3Q 1883 age 69 Wycombe (3a/334) ______(1851: Chair Manufacturer) ______m. Sarah¹ COX 5 November 1837 Wycombe (6/691), b. c.1814 Middlesex ______d. 3Q 1884 age 69(?) Wycombe 3a/364) ______1851: lvg. ¹Newland, High Wycombe (Pt.4) ______1881: John TILBURY (retired) & Sarah lvg. Vine Terrace, Wycombe ________3. Lydia¹ TILBURY Chr. 29 July 1838 High Wycombe __________m. 21 October 1855 age 19, Wycombe parish (3a/589) (Father: John TILBURY, Chairmaker) __________George ABRAM[S], age 23, Chairmaker, Wycombe borough (1881: Chair Back Maker) __________(Father: Francis ABRAMS, Chairmaker) __________1881: lvg. Water Lane, Wycombe ____________4. Rosa ABRAMS b. c.1858 High Wycombe (1881: Chair Caner) ____________4. Francis G. ABRAMS b. c.1860 High Wycombe (1881: Chair Back Maker) ____________4. William K. ABRAMS b. c.1865 High Wycombe (1881: Chair Back Maker) ____________4. Harry ABRAMS b. c.1867 High Wycombe ____________4. Lydia K. ABRAMS b. c.1869 High Wycombe ____________4. Charles ABRAMS b. c.1871 High Wycombe ____________4. Clara ABRAMS b. c.1874 High Wycombe ____________4. Frederick ABRAMS b. c.1878 High Wycombe ________3. Sarah TILBURY Chr. 29 November 1840 High Wycombe, d. 4Q 1840 ('Female' Wycombe 6/309) ________3. Francis¹ª TILBURY Chr. 29 November 1842 (1864/1881: Chairmaker) __________m. 29 March 1864 Wycombe (3a/486) __________(Father: John TILBURY, Chairmaker, Witness: Matilda TILBURY) __________Elizaª MEALING, b. c.1843 High Wycombe __________1881: lvg. Slater St, Wycombe __________(Next to: Richard MEAD & family, Chair Manufacturer; brother William T. & Family) __________1901: ªlvg. High Wycombe, South Bucks ____________4. Eliza (Elisa) TILBURY b. 1Q 1865 Wycombe (3a/430) ____________4. Francisª (1889: Frank) TILBURY b. 1Q 1866 Wycombe (3a/43[6?]) ______________(1901: Frank, b. High Wycombe, Chair Maker) ______________m. Edith Annie BOWLER 4Q 1889 Wycombe 3a/979, b. c.1871 Princes Risboro, Buckinghamshire ______________1901: lvg. High Wycombe, South Buckinghamshire ________________5. Edith TILBURY b. c.1892 High Wycombe ________________5. Ethel TILBURY b. c.1896 High Wycombe ________________5. Phillis TILBURY b. c.1899 High Wycombe ______________From the registers of High Wycombe Cemetery (grave card): ______________Edith's mother, Ann BOWLER burial: 14 December 1922 ______________Francis TILBURY burial: 19 March 1947 ______________Edith Annie TILBURY burial: 8 April 1953 ____________4. [Harry TILBURY b. 1Q 1868 Wycombe (3a/[473?])]? ______________(Harry/Henry TILBURY: see '3. Jane ... b. 2Q 1852' and 'Notes' below) ____________4. George TILBURY b. 1Q 1870 Wycombe (3a/499) (1901: Drapers Assistant?) ____________4. Claraª TILBURY b. 2Q 1871 Wycombe (3a/476) (1901: b. High Wycombe, School Teacher) ____________4. [?] ____________4. Ada [Matilda] TILBURY b. [4Q] 1876 Wycombe [(3a/508)] ______________[1901: Servant Domestic, Paddington, London] ____________4. [?] ____________4. Jamesª TILBURY b. 1883 High Wycombe [2Q (3a/632)] or [3Q (3a/586)] (1901: Upholsterer) ____________4. Floraª TILBURY b. 3Q 1885 High Wycombe (3a/624) (1901: School Teacher) ________3. Elizabeth TILBURY Chr. 2 April 1843, burial: 24 May 1844 High Wycombe (d. 2Q Wycombe 6/294) ________3. John¹ TILBURY Chr. 30 March 1845 (1867: Chairmaker) __________m. 9 August 1867 age 22, High Wycombe __________Ellen BIRCH, age 21 ____________4. [?] __________John & Ellen TILBURY witnessed the marriage of __________Charles BIRCH & Selina COLTMAN 2 July 1870 __________Ellen [BIRCH] TILBURY, Widow (Father: Willian BIRCH, Chairmaker) __________m. Frederick BRIDEN, Chairmaker, 22 January 1876 High Wycombe (see 'Notes, Ellen' below) __________Therefore John d. post-July 1870, pre-January 1876 __________John TILBURY d. 3Q 1871 age 26 Wycombe (3a/322) ________3. Matilda¹ TILBURY Chr. 21 September 1847 __________m. 21 September 1867 age 20, High Wycombe (3a/661) __________(Father: John TILBURY, Chairmaker, Witness Ellen TILBURY) __________William WEST age 25, chairmaker __________(Matilda & William NK 1881/1901?) ________3. William¹ TILBURY b. 4 December 1849 Wycombe __________(1881: Chair Manufacturer Employing 11 Men & 6 Girls; 1901: Manufacturer) __________m. Mary Anne BALL 3Q 1875 Registery Office High Wycombe (3a/661), b. c.1851 __________1881: lvg. ²Slater St, Wycombe __________1881: Mrs HUDSON, Serv (M), b. c. 1810 Stokenchurch, Oxford (General Servant (Dom)) ____________4. William² Henry TILBURY b. 7 November 1875 High Wycombe (4Q 3a/499) (1901: Chair Packer) ______________m. Caroline² CARTER 3Q 1896 Wycombe (3a/1211), b. c.1875 [St] (Lt) Missenden ______________1901: lvg. ³Hughenden ________________5. Dora³ TILBURY b. c. 1897 Hughenden ________________5. Frank³ TILBURY b. c. 1899 Hughenden __________1901: Totteridge Road ____________4. Francis² John TILBURY b. 1Q 1877 Wycombe (3a/523) ______________m. Emily Edith HARDING 24 September 1904 High Wycombe ____________4. Gertrude² Sophia TILBURY b. 4 February 1878 Wycombe (3a/541) ______________m. Benjamin PEARCE 4Q 1895 Wycombe (3a/1116) (Wood Turner) ______________1901: lvg. Little Missenden ____________4. Rupert George TILBURY b. 2Q (3a/542), d. 4Q (3a/327), 1879 Wycombe ______________burial: 2 December 1879 age 8 mths High Wycombe (grave card) ____________4. Daisy Sarah TILBURY b. 2Q (3a/581), d. 4Q (3a/312), 1880 Wycombe ______________burial: 2 December 1880 age 6 mths High Wycombe (grave card) ____________4. Matilda Rose TILBURY b. 1882 Wycombe (1901: 'Rosa'), d. 1919 ______________m. Thomas Edward Waterloo GOULD 3 August 1908, Parish Church, High Wycombe (3a/1839) ________________5. Issue (f) __________________m. [--] __________________(Ascendant of, details from, DianaW, AU) ____________4. Archie (Archibald) Edward TILBURY b. 1Q 1884 High Wycombe (3a/630) ______________(1901: Maker Of Stuff In Chair Trade] ______________Archibald Edward TILBURY d. 6 January 1904 ______________name on headstone, with parents, High Wycombe Cemetery (grave card) ____________4. Gilbert³ TILBURY b. 4Q 1886 High Wycombe (3a/631) ______________(1901: Helping father in chair trade) ______________m. Florence BOWLES (DW) ____________4. Walter TILBURY b. 2Q 1888 High Wycombe [3a/655] (1901: age 13) ______________d. 10 August 1919 High Wycombe (grave card) ____________4. James William Percy TILBURY b. 2 October 1889 High Wycombe (3a/647) ______________Corporal 1243, Household Battalion ______________d. 12 October 1917 age 28, commemorated Panel 3, Tyne Cot Memorial ______________(see Commonwealth War Graves Commission website) ____________4. Hilda TILBURY b. (c.March) (reg. 2Q, 3a/729), d. 3Q (3a/339), 1891 Wycombe ______________burial: 22 August 1891 (grave card) ____________4. Sidney TILBURY b. September 1892 High Wycombe (1901: b. Widmore End) ______________d. 5 October 1940 High Wycombe ______________m. Ivy PARKER (DW) ____________4. (Stillborn) TILBURY b. 27 April 1896 High Wycombe (grave card) ______________"child of William Tilbury" ______________(DW: I have assumed this was William & Mary's child; ______________could have been William Henry's child - m. 3Q 1896 Wycombe) ______________Children's grave: no headstone ____________Two other Tilburys were living either within or in close proximity to ____________the above group in 1901; appartenance undefined: ____________[Rosa TILBURY b. c.1881 High Wycombe (1901: Bull Hand)] ____________[Ivy TILBURY b. c.1896 High Wycombe] ________3. Jane TILBURY b. 2Q 1852 Wycombe (3a/356) __________[Jane TILBURY m. George Ebenezer DARVILL 4Q 1870 Wycombe (3a/715)] __________(See 'Notes' below) ________3. Sarah Ann TILBURY b. 2Q 1855 Wycombe (3a/355) __________A Sarah Ann TILBURY m. Samuel HEARN 4Q 1875 Amersham __________1881 gives that Sarah's age as 36, which may be an error __________However, there are several candidates - awaiting clarification! ____2. Stephen†* TILBURY Chr. 24 May 1816 High Wycombe ______(1841: Chairmaker; 1851 ?) ____2. Lydia‡ TILBURY Chr. 27 December 1818 High Wycombe ______burial: 2 January 1827 age 8 High Wycombe ____2. George‡* TILBURY Chr. 29 July 1821 High Wycombe ______(1841: Labourer; 1851/1881 Chairmaker) ______m. Sarah CARR(§) 4Q 1847 Wycombe (6/809), b. c.1827 Great Marlow (1851; Chaircaner) ______1851: lvg. Newland, High Wycombe (Pt.4) ________3. Freeman TILBURY b. c.1847 Wycombe (1881/1901: Chairmaker) __________[?m.(1) Emma WALTERS 3Q 1868 Wycombe (3a/649)] __________m. Ruth WHEELER 1Q 1876 Wycombe (3a/565), b. c.1848 Wycombe __________1881: lvg. Ship Street, Wycombe __________1901: Freeman & Ruth lvg. West Wycombe ________3. Rachel TILBURY b. 3Q 1850 Wycombe __________m. William COOPER 1Q 1873 Wycombe (3a/515), __________b. c.1843 Wycombe (1881: Polisher (Artz)) __________1881: lvg. 9 Millers Row, Wycombe __________Lodger: William TILBURY, unmarried, age 69, b. Wycombe (Labourer) __________(This may have been William, son of Francis & Elizabeth) __________(William TILBURY (unmarried) d. 4Q 1887 age 76 Wycombe (3a/374)) ____________4. Emma COOPER b. c.1873 Wycombe ____________4. Fred COOPER b. c.1875 Wycombe ____________4. Dennis COOPER (dau) b. 4Q 1880 Wycombe ________3. [?] ______1881: lvg. 30 Mendy Street, Wycombe, George, Sarah & 4 children) ______(together with Sarah's mother Ann, Widow, b. c.1810 Lt. Marlow) ________3. Anne TILBURY b. c.1854 Lt. Marlow (1881: Caner) ________3. Elizabeth TILBURY b. 3 April 1857 Wycombe, __________Chr. 28th April 1857 High Wycombe Primitive Methodist Circuit __________(Parents: "George & Sarah TILBURY of High Wycombe, Chairmaker") __________Elizabeth TILBURY d. 1Q 1875 age 18 Wycombe (3a/325) ________3. Harry TILBURY b. c.1862 Wycombe __________(1881: Chair Maker; 1901: Chair Maker Cabt) __________m. Ellen LOVEDAY 3Q 1886 Wycombe (3a/875), b. c.1862 Stokenchurch [High Wycombe] __________(Father: Emanuel LOVEDAY, Carter; Mother: Anna) ____________4. William TILBURY b. c.1887 Wycombe ____________4. George TILBURY b. c.1889 Wycombe ________3. [?] ________3. William TILBURY b. c.1868 Wycombe [1901: Chairmaker?] ________3. Jack TILBURY b. c.1871 Wycombe (1901 = John?) __________m. Mary Elizabeth FREE 2Q 1897 Wycombe (3a/1253), b. c.1871 Hughenden __________(Father: George FREE, Chairmaker; Mother: Elizabeth) __________(1881: lvg. 9 Mill St, Wycombe) ________(§) 1901: Sarah age 73 b. Little Marlow __________lvg. High Wycombe with John, Mary & family (John = Jack?) __________John TILBURY b. c.1871 High Wycombe (French Polisher) __________Mary TILBURY b. c.1871 Hughenden ______________4. George TILBURY b. c.1898 High Wycombe ______________4. William TILBURY b. c.1900 High Wycombe ____2. Freeman‡ TILBURY Chr. 12 October 1823 High Wycombe ______burial: 4 October 1824 (age 1) High Wycombe | |
Notes:
Ellen 1881: lvg. 27 Temple End, Wycombe, Buckingham Frederick BRIDEN, Head age 30 b. Chalfont, Buckingham (Chair Manufacturer) Ellen BRIDEN, Wife age 30 b. Wycombe, Buckingham No visible children Living near Freeman & Barbarina BALL ________ Jane 1881: lvg. 89 Kings Rd, Reading St Giles, Berkshire George Ebenezer DARWELL (DARVILL), Head b. c.1847 Princes Risborough - Manager of Boot Shop Charlotte DARWELL (DARVILL), Mother, b. c.1821 Uxbridge, Middlesex - Annuitant Jane [--], Wife b. c.1852 High Wycombe Henry TILBURY, Nephew b. c.1867 High Wycombe - Shop Boy (Charlotte DARVILL d. 3Q 1891 age 72 Reading 2c/201) No visible children for George & Jane If this was Jane daughter of John T. & Sarah (COX), then Nephew Henry TILBURY must have been the son of either a brother of Jane, or a sister (m. TILBURY) of George DARVILL. There is no visible, suitable TILBURY/DARVILL marriage; Jane's brother Francis T. & wife Eliza [MEALING] may well have been the parents of Harry/Henry T. b. 1868; there do not seem to have been two candidates for this boy. 1901: No obvious trace of George & Jane DARVILL; there was a Henry TILBURY of the right age 'Drapery Buyer', in Acton, Middlesex [with wife Sarah b. Cheshire and daughter Irene]. |
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From the 1881 Census - some spouse families: | |
lvg. Station Road,
Princes Risborough |
Ann BOWLER, Wife (Head) (M) age 36 b. Monks Risboro, Buckingham - Dressmaker
(Ann ROGERS m. 2Q 1871 William BOWLER Wycombe 3a/702) Francis ROGERS, Father (W) age 76 b. Monks Risboro, Buckingham - Retired Miller Edith Ann BOWLER, Dau age 9 b. Princes Risboro, Buckingham - Scholar John Scott NAPIER, Lod (U) age 15 b. Scotland - Railway Clerk |
lvg. Little Missenden,
Buckingham |
Abraham CARTER, Head age 23 b. Lt Missenden, Buckingham - Chair Leg Turner
Virgina CARTER, Wife age 22 b. Lt Missenden, Buckingham - Beaded Net Worker Caroline CARTER, Daur age 3 b. Lt Missenden, Buckingham Mark CARTER, Son age 10 mths b. Lt Missenden, Buckingham |
lvg. 9 Mill St
Wycombe |
George FREE, Head age 46 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Chair Maker
Elizabeth FREE, Wife age 45 b. Hughenden, Buckingham Owen FREE, Son (U) age 23 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Chair Maker Susan FREE, Daur (U) age 18 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Dressmaker William FREE, Son age 15 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Chair Maker Fred FREE, Son age 13 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Chair Maker Sarah A. FREE, Daur age 11 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Scholar Mary E. FREE, Daur age 9 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Scholar Alfred G. FREE, Son age 6 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Scholar Walter F. FREE, Son age 4 b. Hughenden, Buckingham - Scholar Fanny FREE, Daur age age 11 mths b. Hughenden, Buckingham |
lvg. Westbourne St,
Wycombe |
Emanuel LOVEDAY, Head age 45 b. Lewknor, Buckingham - Carter
Anna LOVEDAY, Wife age 40 b. Stokenchurch, Oxford Ellen LOVEDAY, Daur age 18 b. High Wycombe - Chair Caner Elizabeth LOVEDAY, Daur age 13 b. Wycombe - Chair Caner Sarah A. LOVEDAY, Daur age 6 b. Wycombe - Scholar Ada LOVEDAY, Daur age 3 b. Wycombe |
lvg. "The Black Horse"
Little Missenden |
Jeffry PEARCE, Head age 47 Lt Missenden, Buckingham - Carpenter & Retailer Of Beer
Rebecca PEARCE, Wife age 44 Lt Missenden, Buckingham Charles PEARCE, Son (U) age 18 Lt Missenden, Buckingham - Chair Leg Turner Frank PEARCE, Son age 12 Lt Missenden, Buckingham - Scholar Benjamin R. PEARCE, Son age 9 Lt Missenden, Buckingham - Scholar Daisy PEARCE, Daur age 3 Lt Missenden, Buckingham Alfred GOMME, Lodger (U) age 34 Haddenham, Buckingham - Sawyer Nathan LAW, Lodger (M) age 45 Haddenham, Buckingham - Sawyer |