Thomas Walter HITT was born in 1813 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. He died before 1881. He married Jane.
Jane was born in 1812 in Netherbury, Dorset, England. She married Thomas Walter HITT.
They had the following children:
M i Thomas Walter HITT
Thomas Walter Roberts HITT [Parents] was born 1 in 1875 in Tiverton, Devon, England. He married Mary Nicholas BARRON on 15 Nov 1905 in New Zealand.
1891 British census:
Dwelling: Fore St.
Census Place: Tiverton, Devon, England
Source: FHL Film 6096875 PRO Ref RG12 Piece 1765 Folio 13 Page 20 Family 100THORNE John, head, M, age 39, b. Wiveliscombe, Somerset, Occ. Draper
THORNE Catherine Jane, wife, M, age 33, b. Wiveliscombe, Somerset
TAYLOR Ellen Kate, assistant, S, age 28, b. Glastonbury, Somerset, Occ. Draper's Assistant
WILLIS Edith Rose, assistant, S, age 21, b. South Tawton, Devon, Occ. Milliner's Shopwoman
CRABB Elizabeth B., assistant, S, age 21, b. Tiverton, Devon, Occ. Milliner's Shopwoman
HUNT Ellen S., assistant, S, age 27, b. Ipswitch, Suffolk, Occ. Draper's Assistant
CRIPPS Clara E., assistant, S, age 19, b. Southampton, Hampshire, Occ. Draper's Assistant
CUSTARD Emily M., assistant, S, age 16, b. Yeovil, Somerset, Occ. Draper's Assistant
ROWE Mabel B. M., assistant, S, age 17, b. Trewen, Cornwall, Occ. Draper's Accountant
OXENHAM Fanny, servant, S, age 33, b. Bampton, Devon, Occ. General Servant
DAVEY Sarah Jane, servant, S, age 17, b. Tiverton, Devon, Occ. General Servant
HITT Thomas W. R., apprentice, S, age 15, b. Tiverton, Devon, Occ. Draper's Apprentice
PARTRIDGE Lewis M., apprentice, S, age 15, b. Witheridge, Devon, Occ. Draper's Apprentice
STRANG William H., assistant, S, age 24, b. Shaldon, Devon, Occ. Draper's Traveller
BUDD James H., assistant, S, age 24, b. Newton Abbot, Devon, Occ. Carpet Salesman----------------------------------------------------------
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 41, 39, 37 Rye Lane
Census Place: Camberwell, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 505 Folio 65 Page 2 Family 4BLOWERS Mary, housekeeper, M, age 27, b. Peckham, London, Occ. Housekeeper
BLOWERS Albert, watchman, M, age 24, b. Grays, Essex
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HITT Thos. W. R., boarder, S, age 25, b. Tiverton, Devon, Draper's Assistant
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+53 other residents in boarding house
Mary Nicholas BARRON 1.Mary married Thomas Walter Roberts HITT on 15 Nov 1905 in New Zealand.
They had the following children:
F i Living M ii Living
Thomas Kenneth PAPPRILL was born 1 on 11 Aug 1904 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He died in 1992 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He married Living in Dec 1934 in New Zealand.
Living [Parents]
They had the following children:
F i Living F ii Living
Living [Parents]
Other marriages:Living
They had the following children:
M i Living F ii Living M iii Living
Living [Parents]
Other marriages:Living
Living [Parents]
They had the following children:
M i Living M ii Living M iii Living
George Edwards BAKER was born 1 in 1843 in Hampton-in-Arden, Warwick, England. He died 2 in 1925 in Birmingham N RD, Warwick, England. He married 3, 4 Lucy BROOKES on 04 Jan 1869 in Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwick, England. George was employed as Model Engine Maker in 1881/1901.
1881 British Census:
Dwelling: 40 George St
Census Place: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341717 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3003 Folio 14 Page 23 Family 135BAKER George, head, M, age 37, b. Hampton in Arden, Warwick, Occ. Model Engine Maker
BAKER Lucy, wife, M, age 36, b. Birm'm, Warwick, Occ. None
BAKER Florence L., daughter, U, age 12, b. Birm'm, Warwick, Occ. Scholar
BAKER Frederick C., son, -, age 10, b. Birm'm, Warwick, Occ. Scholar
BAKER Oliver J., son, -, age 4, b. Birm'm, Warwick, Occ. Scholar----------------------------------------------------------
1891 British census:
Dwelling: 90 Ellen St
Census Place: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Source: FHL Film 6097506 PRO Ref RG12 Piece 2396 Folio 147 Page 29 Family 187BAKER George, head, M, age 47, b. Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire, Occ. Model Steam Toy Engine Maker
BAKER Lucy, wife, M, age 45, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
BAKER Florence L., daughter, S, age 22, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire, Occ. Warehouse Woman
BAKER Frederick C., son, S, age 20, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire, Occ. Warehouse Man
BAKER Oliver J., son, S, age 14, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire
BAKER Ernest E., son, -, age 14, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire----------------------------------------------------------
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 22 Augusta St
Census Place: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 2846 Folio 67 Page 36 Family 222BAKER George, head, M, age 57, b. Hampton in Arden, Warwick, Occ. Model Engine Maker
BAKER Lucy, wife, M, age 55, b. Birmingham
BAKER Oliver, son, S, age 24, b. Birmingham, Occ. Brass Turner
BAKER Ernest, son, S, age 17, b. Birmingham, Occ. Silversmith
Lucy BROOKES was born 1 in 1845 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. She died 2 in 1922 in Birmingham RD, Warwick, England. She married 3, 4 George Edwards BAKER on 04 Jan 1869 in Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwick, England.
They had the following children:
F i Florence Lucy BAKER M ii Frederick Charles BAKER M iii Oliver John BAKER M iv Ernest Edward BAKER was born 1 in 1883 in Birmingham, Warwick, England. Ernest was employed as Silversmith in 1901.
William Richard SANDREY [Parents] was born 1 in 1878 in Launcells, Cornwall, England.
He had the following children:
M i Living M ii Living M iii Living
Charles SANDREY [Parents] was born 1 on 15 Jun 1872 in Launcells, Cornwall, England. He died 2, 3 on 10 Jan 1927 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He was buried on 12 Jan 1927 in Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, B.C.. He married 4 Agnes Gertrude WELLS in 1899 in Lambeth, London, England. Charles was employed as Commercial Traveller Drapery in 1901. He was employed as Salesman in 1927.
Other marriages:PETHERAM, Florence Annie
1901 British Census:
Dwelling: 16 Essendine Rd.
Census Place: Paddington, London, England
Source: PRO Ref RG13 Piece 9 Folio 55 Page 12SANDREY Charles, head, M, age 28, b. Launcells, Cornwall, Occ. Cmrcl. Traveller - Drapery
SANDREY Agnes G., wife, M, age 30, b. Southwark, London
HITCHCOCK Herbert, brother-in-law, S, age 24, b. Southwark, London, Occ. Fruit Salesman----------------------------------------------------------
1911 Canadian Census:
Census Place: Twp 38,39 Rng 25,26,27,28 W1 & Bowman River Village, Dauphin, Manitoba
Description: Swan River & Minitonas Municipality
Source: NAC T-20341 Dist 16 SubDist 73 Page 7 Family 77 Line 34
Place of Habitation: 22.38.26
Enumerator Thomas C. Silverthorn - June 15, 1911SANDRY Charles, head, M, age 32 [38], b. England 1879 Jun [1972 Jun], Im. 1907, Eng., Anglican, Farmer
SANDRY Florence, wife, M, age 27, b. England 1884 Mar, Im. 1903, Eng., Anglican, None
SANDRY William, son, S, age 1, b. Ont. 1910 Mar, Eng., Anglican----------------------------------------------------------
1916 Census of the Northwest Provinces:
Census Place: Swan River, Nelson, Manitoba
Source: NAC T-21928 Dist 7 SubDist 8 Page 1 Family 8 Line 29
Place of Habitation: Twp 38 Rng 27 W1 - Swan River
Enumerator Thos. Mills - Jul 19, 1916SANDRY Charles, head, M, age 38 [44], b. Eng., Im. 1907, English, Anglican, Farmer
SANDRY Florance, wife, M, age 32, b. Eng., Im. 1901, English, Anglican, none
SANDRY William C., son, S, age 6, b. Ont., English, Anglican, none
GIBBONS Percy, adopted son, S, age 12, b. Man., English, Anglican, none----------------------------------------------------------
Notes from Roger Tonkin, 2004:"Charles SANDREY left Devon and went to London where he met and married my grandmother Agnes Wells. The Wells family were Fruiterers (but Agnes' father was a seaman, as was his father before him). Charles and Agnes had 2 children, my mother Lorna in 1902 and her sister Joan in 1905. Charles then decided to emigrate to Canada, where he intended to "make good" then send for the family to join him. I don't know when this was, but I think probably about 1908-1910. In Canada he vanished, and all efforts to find him failed - maybe intentionally! The last that was heard of him was that he got a job on a ranch, and was a member of a gang sent out in the winter to find another group who had gone out to repair a fence and failed to return. The story goes that they found the missing men frozen to death, but during the course of the mission Charles got frostbite in an arm, and one foot and was hospitalized. He had worked his way over on a boat as crew, and his letter said that the doctor's wanted to amputate, but he would have have none of it and was thinking of going back to sea to recover. He apparently didn't!
So if you or your researchers come across Charles, or his tomb, let me know. The trouble is that I don't know exactly when he left, the name of his ship, or its destination so it's a bit like the proverbial needle in the haystack. Winnipeg has been mentioned but then again it is all 100 year old rumor!"
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Notes from Gordon Gibson, April 2004:Following-up on Roger's intriguing story above led to a death record for one Charles SANDRY [note spelling change] who died in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada on Jan 10, 1927. This death record gives Charles' birthdate as Jun 15, 1878 in England [father Charles, mother unknown] - exactly the same month and day, but 6 six years too recent to match the birthdate for Charles SANDREY (b. Scorsham, Launcells, Cornwall, Jun 15, 1872). Note that only five Charles SANDREY/SANDRYs were born in all England & Wales during the period 1870-1880 (GRO Index) and none match the year & quarter for Jun 15, 1878:
1. 1870-2nd qtr SANDREY Charles Walter - Stratton vol 5c / page 4 <- died as infant - age <1 year
2. 1872-2nd qtr SANDREY Charles - Stratton vol 5c / page 4 <-b. 1872 Jun 15, Scorsham, Launcells
3. 1873-2nd qtr SANDRY John Charles - St Columb vol 5c / page 103
4. 1876-3rd qtr SANDRY Charles - St Columb vol 5c / page 91
5. 1880-1st qtr SANDRY Charles - St Columb vol 5c / page 93Working from B/M/D records for the provinces of B.C. and Manitoba, obituaries in the Vancouver Sun and Province, MI's for Fraser Cemetery, New Westminster, B.C. and Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, B.C. and a local history book for the Swan Hills/Bowsman district of northwestern Manitoba, the following partial sketch has emerged for Charles SANDRY's origins, travels and short life in Canada:
Charles SANDRY [or SANDREY?] emigrated from Cornwall, England to Canada c1907. In Winnipeg, Manitoba he married(!...) Florence Annie PETHERAM on Dec 26, 1907 and their only child William C. SANDRY was born in Manitoba on Mar 07, 1910. Florence is the daughter of Robert George PETHERAM and Clara Jane JONES. She is 2nd-born in a family of 12 who survived to adulthood: 3 boys and 9 girls. The PETHERAM family emigrated to Canada from Whitchurch, Somerset, England c1903, settling sometime after 1906 in the Bowsman area of northwestern MB. At least 4 of the PETHERAM daughters married in the district (to SMITH, BELL, MULLIN, SOURA) and have living descendents there today. One son served with the Canadian forces in WW1.
Charles, Florence & William SANDRY relocated to B.C. c1923 and resided in New Westminster after Jan, 1925. When Charles' died on Jan 10, 1927 at the age of 48 [54?] his profession is listed as Salesman. Florence remarried on Jan 14, 1928 to Clarence Rothermal 'Clare' KINSEY. She died in New Westminster on Oct 06, 1954 at the age of 70 years. Charles and Florence are buried together in the Church of England section of the Fraser Cemetery [no stones] in New Westminster. Clare remarried to Mary Eliza HELPS. He died in Kelowna, B.C. in 1971 at the age of 90 years.
Florence's mother Clara passed away in Swan River RD, Manitoba in 1919 and her father Robert relocated to B.C. c1935. He died in Burnaby in 1955 at the age of 97 years, and his body was returned to Bowsman, MB for burial.
William C. SANDRY married Dorothy BENNETT, daughter of Henry BENNETT and Elizabeth Ann FITTON. William & Dorothy made their home in Vancouver, B.C. They never had children. At the time of his death on Jun 29, 1981 William's profession is listed as Driver - Burnaby Municipality. Dorothy predeceased William on Dec 07, 1974. William & Dorothy are entombed together in The Abbey [7 1583 Moses], Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, B.C.
Dorothy (Bennett) SANDRY has an unmarried sister Helen, a married brother Henry, a niece Julie Anne and at least 1 grand-nephew and 1 grand-niece.
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Notes from Gordon Gibson, April 2005:A Certified True Copy of the Manitoba marriage registration [WPG - Reg. No. 1907,001588] of 'Charle Sandry' and 'Florence Pitheran' was obtained in Apr/2005. On it, Charles names his parents as 'Charles Sandry' and 'Lydia Poole' - thus confirming that the Charles SANDREY/SANDRYs above are the same person! It remains to be seen if any of the PETHERAM descendents in Bowsman, MB have a photo of Charles SANDRY resembling Roger's photo of his grandfather ...all 6' 4" of him! :-) -gg
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Notes from Gordon Gibson, November 2005:In the 1911 Canadian census (made available to the public by passage of Bill S-18 in June/2005) we find Charles & Florence SANDRY with son William (b. Ontario) farming in the Bowsman, MB area [section 22, township 38, range 26 West of the 1st Meridian] near the main PETHERAM family group.
Agnes Gertrude WELLS [Parents] was born 1 in 1869 in Southwark RD, Surrey, England. She married 2 Charles SANDREY in 1899 in Lambeth, London, England.
Other marriages:HARWOOD, Gilbert William
They had the following children:
F i Living F ii Living
Gilbert William HARWOOD was born about 1870 in Mitcham, Surrey, England. He married Agnes Gertrude WELLS. He was employed as Florist in 1901.
Other marriages:CARPENTER, Ada
Agnes Gertrude WELLS [Parents] was born 1 in 1869 in Southwark RD, Surrey, England. She married Gilbert William HARWOOD.
Other marriages:SANDREY, Charles