4. Census And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David) Luke Ch. 2
20. A quick lesson in geography Oundle in Northamptonshire is the registration centre for Great Gidding in Huntingdonshire (Cambridgeshire)
21. Births October, November, December 1875 Surname: Churchill First Names: Winston Leonard District: Woodstock Vol.: 3a Page: 695 Actual data: 20th November 1875 Blenheim Palace, Woodstock
22. Marriages July, August, September 1908 Churchill Winston Leonard Spencer St. George Hanover Square 1a 1110 Actual data: 12th September 1908 To Clementine Hozier
Glover Robert - Head of household - Married - Age 32 - Occupation Ag Lab - born ditto (Great Gidding, Huntingdonshire) Ditto Ruth - Wife - Married - 25 - Ag Lab wife - born ditto Ditto Hannah - Daughter - Unmarried - 6 - no occupation - ditto Ditto Thomas - Son - Unmarried - 4 - no occupation - ditto Ditto George - Son - Unmarried - 2 - no occupation - ditto Hughes Catherine - Mother-in-Law - Widow - 53 - Wife of Ag Lab - Funding, Northamptonshire
Robert Glover - Head - Married - 42 - Agricultural Labourer - Great Giddings, Hunts Ruth ditto - Wife - Married - 33 - no occupation - Ditto Thomas ditto - Son - Unmarried - 14 - no occupation - ditto George ditto - Son - Unmarried - 12 - no occupation - ditto William ditto - Son - Unmarried - 6 - no occupation - ditto Ruth ditto - daughter - Unmarried - 4 - no occupation - ditto Mary ditto - daughter - Unmarried - 2 - no occupation - ditto Catherine ditto - daughter - Unmarried - 9 months - no occupation - ditto
George & Thomas working as Agricultural Labourers in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, at a place called English Grove.
George has now moved to London - Brixton to be precise He is also married and living at 23 Jelf Road in the parish of St Matthews George Glover - Head - Married - 32 - Painter - b. Hunts. Giddin (note the misspelling) Ann - Wife - 35 - b. Berks, Holyport Florence A - 4 - b. Brixton, Surrey Edith - 2 - b. Brixton, Surrey George W - 1 month - b. Brixton, Surrey Ann Hall - Lodger - Unmarried - 43 - Cook - Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire Richard Bell - Lodger - Married - 66 - Clerk - London
Still at 23 Jelf Road George Glover - Head - Married - 42 - Painter Annie - Wife - 45 Florrie (!) - 14 - no occupation Edith - 12 - Scholar Ernest - 8 - Scholar Hattie (!) - 5 - Scholar George James - 1
23 Jelf Road again George Glover - Head - Married - 52 - House Decorator & Builder Annie - 54 - b. Maidenhead, Berks Ernest - 18 - Paper Hanger Harriet (!) - 15 - Drapers Assistant George - 12
Don’t take it for granted that people will be recorded in the town you think or know they were born in. For example - that wonderful place in Berkshire (formerly in Buckinghamshire) - Slough is not a registration location. People there will be recorded as being in Eton, or in Upton-cum-Chalvey
Recorded in the District of Lambeth, sub district Brixton in the County of Surrey Birth on the 28th October 1878 at 48 Barnwell Road - Edith a girl to George Glover and Ann Glover (formerly Weston) Signature, description and address of referer - A Glover, Mother, 224 Cold Harbour Lane (could have moved after the birth) Registered on the 2nd December 1878 Registrar details
Marriage of George & Annie At St Matthews Church, Brixton in Surrey May 17th 1875 George Glover and Ann Weston - George was 26, and a Batchelor, and Annie 30, and a Spinster. George’s occupation is ‘Labourer’ George lived at 28 Brighton Terrace, and Annie at 427 Cold Harbour Lane. George’s father, as we know, is Robert - a labourer Annie father was William Weston, deceased! One of the witnesses was Ruth Glover - could be George’s mother or her sister.
My great great grandfather - Thomas Weir - born in St Lucia, died on the 14th March 1882 at 48 Camellia Street near St. Thomas’ Hospital in Lambeth, aged 62 His occupation was ‘Army Pensioner’ and died of something chronic that I can’t read.