Thomas Furber snr                      ~1779 – 1861 (82)

  b    ~1779                   Whixall, Prees

 

  d        6.06.1861

  bur   10.06 1861        Whixall

 

              m    10.07.1804

                       Prees

  Ann Hall                                  ~1784 - 1851 (66)

  b    ~1784                      Prees

 

  d      19.01.1851

  bur   23.01.1851           Whixall

 

  Marriage

  Name / Age / Residence

  Status / Occupation

  Father / Occupation

  Witness

  10.07.1804

  Thomas Furber

 

 

 

  Prees

  Ann Hall

 

 

 

 

  Children   of  Thomas and Ann Furber baptised at Whixall

  Elizabeth          9.06.1805

  *Sarah            b.  ~1807                 baptism record not found - see section below

  Richard            8.03.1809

  Mary               30.06.1811

  **Martha         b.  ~1815                baptism record not found - see section below 

  Ann                 26.01.1817              p 8   no 61

  Thomas         20.02.1820            p 18  no 142

  William           25.01.1824            p 32  no 250

  James              1.04.1827            p 44  no 346

  Hannah            6.06.1830            p 57  no 450

  (James and Hannah were both witnesses at the marriage of Martha Furber and Thomas Simmons)

  C1841     Thomas Furber (60) and Ann (55) with children James (14), Joseph (12) and Hannah (11) at Whixall

  1851       Death of Ann Furber (66)  at Whixall     19.01.1851

  C1851     Thomas Furber (71, peat dealer) with daughter, Hannah (20, unmarried) at Garners Lane,Whixall

  C1861     Thomas Furber (82, widower) living with daughter, Hannah (30), son in law, Henry Thompson (39, ag lab) and their daughter Ann (1m) at 2 Garners Lane, Whixall

  1861       Death of Thomas Furber (82)  at Whixall      6.06.1861

 

 *Sarah Furber        b ~1807

 1828     Baptism of Joseph Furber on  20 Oct 1828 at Whixall – base son of Sarah Furber

 1836     Baptism of John Furber/Clay on 28 Apr 1836 at Prees – illegitimate son of Sarah Furber and John Clay

 C1841  Sarah Furber (30, servant) with Martha Furber (25, servant) at home of William Overton (50, farmer) at Corra, Prees

 1843    Marriage of Sarah Furber (spinster) and Charles Morris (bachelor, blacksmith)  on  23 Feb 1843  at Prees

  C1851  Sarah Morris (44, market woman, b 1807- Whixall) and husband Charles Morris (48, blacksmith) with Thomas Morris (68, retired blacksmith, brother of Charles Morris), son Charles Morris (5, scholar), son John Furber (14, apprentice blacksmith) and a lodger at Calverhall, Prees

             Ann Morris (7, scholar, daughter of Sarah and Charles) at home of uncle, John Morris (66, retired farmer) and his wife Hannah (66, market woman)  at  Alms House, Calverhall, Prees

 C1861  Sarah Morris (55, widow, grocer) with daughter Anne (17) and son Charles (15) at Grocers Shop, Whitchurch Road, Calverhall, Prees

 C1871  Sarah Morris (60, widow, baker & grocer) with daughter Anne Soffe (27), son-in-law Abner (35, labourer) and four grandchildren at Bakers Shop, Calverhall, Prees

 1879    Death of Sarah Morris, age 72 years.  Burial on 23 Jan 1879  at  Calverhall, Prees

 C1881   Ann Soffe ( 37, widow, provision dealer) with four sons and a daughter at Calverhall Shop, Calverhall, Prees

 

 **Martha Furber        b ~1815

 C1841  Martha Furber (25, servant) with Sarah Furber (30, servant) at home of William Overton (50, farmer) at Corra, Prees

 1845    Marriage of Martha Furber (spinster, servant) and Thomas Simmons (bachelor, servant) on 11 Oct 1845  at Prees.     Witnesses :  James Furber and Hannah Furber.

 C1851   Martha Simmons (36) with husband Thomas (34, ag lab) and two daughters at Calverhall, Prees

 C1861   Martha Simmons (46) with husband Thomas (44, ag lab) and two daughters and son at Moreton Wood, Moreton Say, Market Drayton, Shropshire

 1863   Death of Martha Simmons, age 49 years.  Burial on 7 Dec 1863  at  Calverhall, Prees