See also

Family of Edward Ranson and Eliza Edwards

Husband: Edward Ranson

  • Name:

  • Edward Ranson2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer3 4

  • Birth:

  • 1827 (app)

  • Rattlesden, Suffolk, England3 4

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 54)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an agricultural labourer and living with his wife Eliza, sons Edward and George, and daughter Eliza. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 64)

  • near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as an agricultural labourer and living with daughters Sophy and Eliza, and sons Robert and George. Born in Rattlesden Suffolk

Wife: Eliza Edwards

  • Name:

  • Eliza Edwards5

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Zachariah Edwards (1799?-1876)

  • Mother:

  • Maria Hart (1798?-1871)

  • Birth:

  • 1835 (app)

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  • Baptism:

  • 19 Apr 1835 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England6 5

  •  

  • daughter of Zechariah Edwards (labourer) of Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 5-6)

  • Rattlesden Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 7 born in Suffolk living with parents

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 15-16)

  • Haughley Hall, Bacton Road, Haughley, Suffolk, England

  •  

  • aged 17. Born in Buxhall, Living Jacob Cooper, Haughley Hall.

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 46)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Edward, sons Edward and George, and daughter Eliza. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Death:

  • May 1889 (age 55)

  • Stow "Registration District", Suffolk, England8 9 10

  • Burial:

  • 29 May 1889

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England9 10

  •  

  • aged 55 of Buxhall

Child 1: Sophia Ranson

  • Name:

  • Sophia Ranson11 12 13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Nickname:

  • Sophy

  • Birth:

  • 29 Sep 1864

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England12 4 14

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Dec 1864 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England11 13

  •  

  • daughter of of Edward Ransom (labourer) and Eliza of Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16)

  • Valley Farm, Valley Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • aged 16, unmarried, Servt. Born in Buxhall, living with Henry Boulter

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 26)

  • near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married (but she wasn't) daughter living with her widowed father Edward, sister Eliza, and brothers Robert and George. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 75)

  • 71 Chalk Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • unmarried as Sophy doing domestic duties and living alone. Born on 29th September 1864 and living next door to her nephew Frederick Regent and family and her brother-in-law and sister Frederick and Eliza Regent

Child 2: Robert Edward Ranson

  • Name:

  • Robert Edward Ranson16 17 18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse (1):

  • Annie Doherty (1872?-1914)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Amy Hunt (1873-1951)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • thatcher's labourer, agricultural labourer, gardener then a golf club greens man3 4 19 20 21

  • Birth:

  • 13 Apr 1867

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England16 3 4 19 20 21

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jul 1867 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England11 17

  •  

  • son of Edward Ranson (labourer) and Eliza of Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 13)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • unmarried son as Edward working as a thatchers labourer and living with his parents Edward and Eliza, brother George, and sister Eliza. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 23)

  • near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an agricultural labourer and living with his widowed father Edward, sisters Sophy and Eliza, and brother George. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 23 Mar 1895 (age 27)

  • Robert Edward Ranson witnessed the marriage of George Ranson and Ellen Jane Rose on Saturday on 23 March 1895 in St. Andrew's Church, Stockwell Green, Stockwell, London, England

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 33)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45)

  • Woodside Cottage, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England19

  •  

  • married servant and head of the household working as a gardener and living in nine rooms with his wife Annie, and son Edward. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 54 yrs 2 mns)

  • Warren Farm Cottage, Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon, Surrey, England20

  •  

  • a widowed caretaker working as a green man for the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club Wimbledon Common and living in six rooms with Walter Hughes, a visitor, two servants, and his son Edward. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 72)

  • 81 Chesnut Road, Merton, Surrey, England21

  •  

  • a retired groundsman living with his wife Amy. Born on 13th April 1867 and living next door to his son Edward and daughter-in-law Lucille

  • Death:

  • 16 Nov 1940 (age 73)

  • Surrey "Mid Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England18 22

  • Probate:

  • 20 Feb 1941

  • Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales22

  •  

  • of 81 Chestnut Road Merton Surrey died 16th November 1940, administration of effects of £439 18s 8d (~£17,000 in 2017) to Amy Ranson widow

Child 3: George Ranson

  • Name:

  • George Ranson23 24 25

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ellen Jane Rose (1863-1949)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer then a police constable4 26 27 28 29

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1872

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England23 3 4 27 28 29

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Jun 1872 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England11 24

  •  

  • son of Edward Ranson (labourer) and Eliza of Buxhall

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Edward and Eliza, brother Edward, and sister Eliza. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 19)

  • near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an agricultural labourer and living with his widowed father Edward, sisters Sophy and Eliza, and brother Robert. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 29)

  • 99 Holmesdale Road, Croydon, Surrey, England27

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a police officer and living with his wife Ellen, daughter Florence, and a boarder. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 39)

  • Addington Hills, Croydon, Surrey, England28

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a police constable and living in five rooms with his wife Ellen, daughters Florence and Ellen, and son George. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 49 yrs 3 mns)

  • 1 Hill Top, Shirley Hills Road, Addington Hills, Croydon, Surrey, England29

  •  

  • a married head of the household and a retired police constable living in five rooms with his wife Ellen, son George, daughter Racheal (sic), and two visitors. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q4 1938 (age 66)

  • Croydon "Registration District", Surrey, England25

Child 4: Eliza Maria Ranson

  • Name:

  • Eliza Maria Ranson30 31

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Frederick William Regent (1865-1946)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic housemaid32

  • Birth:

  • 17 Jun 1875

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England30 3 4 32 33 14

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jul 1875 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England31

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Ranson (labourer) and Eliza of Buxhall, private baptism and received into the church on 5th September 1875

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Edward and Eliza, and brothers Edward and George. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 15)

  • near Valley Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her widowed father Edward, sister Sophy, and brothers Robert and George. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Witness:

  • 23 Mar 1895 (age 19)

  • Eliza Maria Ranson witnessed the marriage of George Ranson and Ellen Jane Rose on Saturday on 23 March 1895 in St. Andrew's Church, Stockwell Green, Stockwell, London, England

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 25)

  • 18 Springfield Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England32

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a domestic housemaid and living with Charles and Anna Gross and family, and two other servants. Born in Buxhall Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 36)

  • 72 Chalk Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England33

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Frederick, son Frederick, and nephew William Regent. Born in Buxhall Suffolk and married for eight years with one child, who is still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 64)

  • 72 Chalk Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • married doing domestic duties and living with her husband Frederick. Born on 17th June 1875 and living next door to her sister Sophy Ranson and her son Frederick and family

  • Death:

  • Q4 1952 (age 77)

  • Bury St. Edmunds "Registration District", Suffolk, England34

Sources

1.

Church Register.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Stow 1862 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1017. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

3.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1848 folio:16 page:4 schedule:638. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1455 folio:13 page:2 schedule:15. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

5.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:258. Cit. Date: 21 April 2020.

6.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

7.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1033/P21.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1889 quarter:2 volume:4a page:348. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

9.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

10.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

11.

Terri Richardson personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 3 July 2007.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1864 quarter:4 volume:4a page:472. Cit. Date: 21 August 2022.

13.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:706. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

14.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6658J page:3 line:14 letter code:TYAF. Cit. Date: 21 September 2022.

15.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1850/12/18.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1867 quarter:2 volume:4a page:531. Cit. Date: 21 August 2022.

17.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:738. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey Mid-Eastern 1940 quarter:4 volume:2a page:412. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

19.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7522 class:RG78 piece:367 registration district:134 sub-district:3 enumeration district:8 schedule:212. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

20.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3594 registration district:40 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1, 5, 7 schedule:159. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

21.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1361C page:8 line:39 letter code:CMWJ. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

22.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Llandudno 1941 page:504. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

23.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1872 quarter:2 volume:4a page:555. Cit. Date: 21 August 2022.

24.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:797. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

25.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Croydon 1938 quarter:4 volume:2a page:719. Cit. Date: 27 April 2023.

26.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Stockwell Gree St. Andrew marriages 1868-1910 page:73 entry:145. Cit. Date: 25 April 2023.

27.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:648 folio:119 page:43 schedule:284. Cit. Date: 25 April 2023.

28.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3272 class:RG78 piece:124 registration district:39 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:101. Cit. Date: 25 April 2023.

29.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:3371 registration district:39 sub-district:1 enumeration district:1 schedule:136. Cit. Date: 25 April 2023.

30.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Stow 1875 quarter:3 volume:4a page:565. Cit. Date: 21 August 2022.

31.

Suffolk Family History Society - Stow and Thedwastre Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-05/P1 own copy). Buxhall St. Mary baptisms entry:28. Cit. Date: 20 September 2022.

32.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1754 folio:87 page:9 schedule:69. Cit. Date: 21 September 2022.

33.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10618 class:RG78 piece:570 registration district:207 sub-district:2 enumeration district:7 schedule:383. Cit. Date: 21 September 2022.

34.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bury St. Edmunds 1952 quarter:4 volume:4b page:924. Cit. Date: 21 September 2022.