Ancestors of Mandy Willard

Clement WILLARD (1813-1895)

and Sophia HOLDER (1811-1884)

Clement Willard and Sophia Older were my 3x Great Grandparents.  (Click here to see their place in my pedigree chart.)  They were married by banns on Wednesday 12 September 1832 at St. Mary's parish church in Pulborough, Sussex.  They were both then of Pulborough.  The witnesses to their marriage were William Herbert and Frances Herbert, who were Sophia's sister and brother-in-law.

Clement Willard was baptised on Sunday 14 March 1813 in Pulborough.  He was the fifth son and tenth child of John Willard (1773-1846) and Jane Godden (1774-1850).  He died aged 82 years on Thursday 11 July 1895 in the Union Workhouse in Thakeham, Sussex.  His cause of death was senile decay and his death was registered by James Parrish, Master of the Workhouse.  He was buried in Pulborough on Monday 15 July 1895.  Clement was a farm labourer.  On 12 September 1831 he was a witness to the marriage of Edward Pledge and Ruth Netley, in Pulborough.  In 1871 Clement was earning his living as a gardener and he was lodging in the home of Mary Ager, a 74 year old widow, at 46 Albert Road in Willesden, Middlesex.

Sophia Holder was born about September 1811 and baptised on Sunday 15 November 1818 in Pulborough along with 2 siblings.  She was the sixth daughter and eighth child of Allen Older (c1775-1842) and Sarah Brooks (1775-1862).  She died aged 72 years and 10 months on Monday 28 July 1884 in Pulborough and was buried there on Thursday 31 July 1884.  Her cause of death was Nephritis (chronic) Anasarca - inflammation of the kidney.  Her death was registered by Clement Willard, widower, who was present at the death.  Sophia was a witness to the marriage of William Knight and Ruth Collins on 12 May 1845 in Pulborough.  When the 1871 census was recorded she was lodging with the family of her daughter Harriet in Greatham, Sussex.

Clement and Sophia were witnesses to the marriage of her nephew John Older to Harriet Whittington on 6 June 1844 in Pulborough.  It would seem from the census that Clement and Sophia parted sometime between 1861 and 1871, although as has been noted, Clement was the informant on Sophia's death certificate.

Clement Willard and Sophia Holder had 8 known children:

1. Gainey Older Willard was baptised on 24 February 1833 in Pulborough.  She married Clement Smith in 1854.  (They have their own page.)

2. George Willard, my 2x Great Grandfather, was baptised on 20 July 1835 in Pulborough.  He married Mary Wedge (1840-?) in 1857.  (They have their own page.)

3. Clement Willard was baptised on 1 April 1838 in Pulborough and buried there on 1 December 1862, aged 26½ years.  This would mean he was born about June 1836.  The birth of a Clement Willard was registered in the first quarter of 1838 in the Thakeham registration district, which includes Pulborough.  I think it probable that his age was wrongly recorded in the burial register.

4. Ellen Willard was baptised on 18 April 1841 in Pulborough.  She was 2 months old when the 1841 census was recorded.

   Ellen had 2 illegitimate daughters:

   1. Eliza Willard was baptised on 24 June 1866 in Pulborough.  In 1871 she was 4 years old and living with the family of her aunt Harriet.  When the 1881 census was recorded she was a 14 year old domestic nurse at 16 and 18 Montague Street, Broadwater, in the household of Alfred Crouch.

   2. Ann Turner Willard was baptised on 24 May 1868 in Pulborough.  In 1871 she was 3 years old and living with family of her aunt Gainey.  At the time of the 1881 census she was a 12 year old domestic servant in the household of James Hart at Redfold in Pulborough.

5. Allen Willard was baptised on 24 September 1843 in Pulborough and buried there on 11 September 1845, aged 2 years.

6. Harriet Willard was baptised on 31 May 1846 in Pulborough.

   Harriet married George Greenfield on 12 September 1865 in Pulborough.  He was then a 22 year old bachelor and labourer.  She was a 19 year old spinster.  They were both of Pulborough.  The witnesses to their marriage were Thomas Greenfield and Jesse Greenfield.

   George was born about 1843 in either Storrington, Billingshurst or Pulborough.  He was the son of George Greenfield.

   In 1871 the couple were living at Old Farm House in Greatham and George was an agricultural labourer.  Also with them on census night were their 2 children, 4 year old niece Eliza Willard and Harriet's mother.  When the 1881 census was recorded the family were living at Old Farm House in Greatham and George was an agricultural labourer.  They also had a lodger living with them in 1881, 87 year old widower, Daniel Daughtery.  In 1901, George and Harriet were living in Amberley and he was a shepherd.

   George and Harriet had 6 known children:

   1. Walter Greenfield was baptised on 24 June 1866 in Pulborough.  In 1871 he was 4 years old.  He was a 15 year old agricultural labourer in 1881, living at home.  In 1891 he was a 24 year old lodger in the home of his Uncle Clement Smith in Broadwater.

      Walter married Fanny Maria Herbert in the third quarter of 1893 in the East Preston registration district.  He was a bricklayer's labourer in 1901, living in Broadwater, along with wife Frances and 3 children:

      1. Albert Greenfield was born about 1894 in Broadwater.

      2. George Greenfield was born about 1900 in Broadwater.

      3. Winifred Greenfield was born in 1901 in Broadwater.  She was a month old when the 1901 census was recorded.

      Fanny Maria was baptised on 27 September 1868 in Broadwater and was the daughter of Edward Herbert (1845-?) and Frances Greenfield (1847-?).  Her parents, 5 siblings and an Uncle were living in Broadwater Street, Broadwater when the 1881 census was recorded, but Fanny was not with them, nor have I been able to find her in the on-line 1881 census.

   2. Edith Greenfield was born about 1869 in Greatham.  She was 2 years old in 1871.  In 1881 she was a 12 year old scholar.

   3. Frank Greenfield was born in the first quarter of 1872 in Greatham.  He was a 9 year old scholar in 1881.  In 1901 he was a 29 year old carter on a farm, living in Storrington

   4. George Greenfield was born about 1874 in Greatham.  He was a 7 year old scholar in 1881.  The 1901 Amberley census records that he was a 28 year old carter on a farm.

   5. William Greenfield was born about 1878 in Greatham.  When the 1881 census was recorded he was 4 years old.  He was a 23 year old farm labourer living in Amberley when the 1901 census was recorded.

   6. Fanny Greenfield was born about 1880 in Greatham.  She was a year old at the time of the 1881 census.

7. John Willard was baptised on 4 March 1849 in Pulborough and buried there on 31 July 1857, aged 8 years.

8. Sarah Willard was baptised on 14 September 1851 in Pulborough.  She was not living with her parents when the 1861 census was recorded.

   As Sarah Jane Willard she married John Blunden on 30 September 1871 at St. Nicholas in Brighton, Sussex.  Her father was then named as Clement Willard.

   John was baptised on 3 February 1850 in Pulborough and was the son of James Blunden (1820-1871) and Ann Scutt (1821-?).

   When the 1881 census was recorded the family were living in Whitehart Lane, Stopham Road, Pulborough and John was then a publican.  They were still in Pulborough in 1891 and in 1901, and John was then an innkeeper.

   John and Sarah had 12 known children:

   1. Henry Blunden was baptised on 22 September 1872 in Pulborough.  He was 8 years old when the 1881 census was recorded.  When the 1901 census was recorded he was a 28 year old butcher living in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, along with his 28 year old wife Edith who had been born in Gloucester.  Henry married Edith Veale in the fourth quarter of 1899 in the Bromsgrove registration district.

   2. Ellen Blunden was baptised on 25 October 1874 in Pulborough and buried there on 6 October 1875, aged 1 year.

   3. Albert Blunden was born about 1876 in Pulborough.  He was 5 in 1881.  The 1891 census index records his age as 13 years and he was the eldest child living at home.  He was a 23 year old saddler in 1901 and living in Lambeth, London.

   4. John Blunden was born in the second quarter of 1879 in Pulborough.  He was 2 in 1881 and 12 in 1891.

   5. Alice Blunden was born in 1880 in Pulborough.  She was 7 months old when the 1881 census was recorded.  In 1891 she was 10 years old.  In 1901 she was a 20 year old domestic house parlour maid living in Kirdford, Sussex.

   6. Annie Blunden was born about 1883 in Pulborough.  She was 8 years old in 1891.

   7. Edith Blunden was born about 1884 in Pulborough.  She was 7 years old in 1891.  In 1901 she was an 18 year old domestic housemaid living in Coldwaltham, Sussex.

   8. Ada Mary Blunden was born in the third quarter of 1885 in Pulborough.  She was 5 years old in 1891.  When the 1901 census was recorded she was a 15 year old domestic housemaid living in Beddingham, Sussex.  She may have married in the fourth quarter of 1909 in the Thakeham registration district.

   9. Walter George Blunden was born in the third quarter of 1887 in Pulborough.  He was 3 years old in 1891.  In 1901 he was a 13 year old general labourer and the eldest of his siblings living at home.

   10. Edmund James Blunden was born in the first quarter of 1889 in Pulborough.  He was 2 years old in 1891.  In 1901 he was a 12 year old scholar.

   11. Elsie Blunden was born about 1892 in Pulborough.  She was 9 years old in 1901.

   12. Marian Fanny Blunden was born in the third quarter of 1893 in Pulborough.  She was 7 years old in 1901.

NOTES

Census Details for the above family:

1841  Upper Street, Martins Lane, Pulborough, Clement and Sophia with children George, Gainey, Clement and Ellen.

1851  Part of Kings Cottage, Pulborough, Clement and Sophia with children George, Clement, Ellen, Harriott and John.

1861  Mare Hill, Pulborough, Clement and Sophia alone.

1871  Willesden, Middlesex, Clement.  Greatham, Sussex, Sophia.

1881  Clement was at 46 Albert Road, Middlesex, where his occupation was given as Mangling (Wash & Serv) to the head of the household 70 year old widow Ann Wood born in Pulborough.  Sophia was in Mare Hill Common and she was a Nurse with a 78 year old lodger James Ayling who was a widower and an Ag Lab.

1891 Workhouse, Thakeham, Clement, a widower.

 

Edward Pledge and Ruth Netley married by banns on 12 September 1831 in Pulborough.  They were both of Pulborough.  The witnesses were Clement Willard and James Overington. 

Edward Pledge was baptised on 30 July 1809 in Pulborough and was the son of Peter Pledge and Elizabeth Mercer, who had married on 25 January 1806 in Pulborough.

Ruth Netley was baptised on 13 March 1814 in Pulborough and was the daughter of Luke Netley and Elizabeth Gouldsmith, who had married on 18 March 1805 in Pulborough.

1871 census - 46 Albert Road, Willesden, Middlesex (RG10/1329, folio 100, page 48)

Mary Ager, Head, W, 74, Laundress, born Ireland

Clement Willard, Lodger, Mar, 58, Gardener, born Sussex Polboro

1871 census - Old Farm House, Greatham, Sussex (RG10/1104, folio 122, page 11)

George Greenfield, Head, Mar, 28, Ag Lab, born Billingshurst, Sussex

Harriet Greenfield, Wife, Mar, born Pulborough, Sussex

Walter Greenfield, Son, 4, born Pulborough, Sussex

Edith J. Greenfield, Daur, 2, born Greatham, Sussex

Eliza William, Niece, 4, born Pulborough, Sussex

Sophia Willard, Lodger, Mar, 60, born Pulborough, Sussex

next property on the census enumerators route...

Ham Cottage No. 1

Clement Smith, Head, Mar, 41, Ag Lab, born Rackham, Sussex

Ganay Smith, Wife, Mar, 39, born Pulborough, Sussex

Arthur A Smith, Son, 14, born Rackham, Sussex

Emma Smith, Daur, 11, Scholar, born Rackham, Sussex

Ellen L. Smith, Daur, 9, Scholar, born Rackham, Sussex

Mary J. Smith, Daur, 3, born Greatham, Sussex

Annie T. Willard, Niece, 3, born Pulborough, Sussex

Micahel Gatton, Lodger, Widr, 70, Ag Lab, born Ashington, Sussex

HOLDER          WILLARD