See also

Family of Robert Edward Ranson and Annie Doherty

  • Husband:

  • Robert Edward Ranson (1867-1940)

  • Wife:

  • Annie Doherty (1872?-1914)

  • Children:

  • Edward John Ranson (1903-1972)

  • Marriage:

  • Q2 1901

  • Wandsworth "Registration District", London, England1

Husband: Robert Edward Ranson

  • Name:

  • Robert Edward Ranson2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Ranson (1827?- )

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Edwards (1835?-1889)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • thatcher's labourer, agricultural labourer, gardener then a golf club greens man5 6 7 8 9

  • Birth:

  • 13 Apr 1867

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England2 5 6 7 8 9

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jul 1867 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England10 3

  •  

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

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 13)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • 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, England6

  •  

  • 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, England7

  •  

  • 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, England8

  •  

  • 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, England9

  •  

  • 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, England4 11

  • Probate:

  • 20 Feb 1941

  • Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales11

  •  

  • 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

Wife: Annie Doherty

  • Name:

  • Annie Doherty1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cook7

  • Birth:

  • 1872 (app)

  • Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland7

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28-29)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 39)

  • Woodside Cottage, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England7

  •  

  • married servant working as a cook and living in nine rooms with her husband Robert, and son Edward. Born in Dublin and married for nine years with one child, who is still living

  • Death:

  • Q2 1914 (age 42)

  • Kensington "Registration District", London, England12

Child 1: Edward John Ranson

  • Name:

  • Edward John Ranson13 14

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Lucille Irene Mary Hosking (1911-2001)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • golf club groundsman8 15

  • Birth:

  • 30 Aug 1903

  • Streatham, London, England13 7 8 15 14

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 7)

  • Woodside Cottage, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England7

  •  

  • son living in nine rooms with his parents Robert and Annie. Born in Streatham London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 17 yrs 10 mns)

  • Warren Farm Cottage, Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon, Surrey, England8

  •  

  • unmarried son employed by the Royal Wimbledon Golf Club Wimbledon Common and living in six rooms with Walter Hughes, a visitor, two servants, and his widowed father Robert. Born in Streatham London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 36)

  • 79 Chesnut Road, Merton, Surrey, England15

  •  

  • a married golf club groundsman living with his wife Lucille. Born on 30th August 1903 and living next door to his father Robert

  • Death:

  • Q2 1972 (age 68)

  • Merton "Registration District", Greater London, England14

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Wandsworth 1901 quarter:2 volume:1d page:1284. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

2.

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.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

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.

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

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.

10.

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

11.

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.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1914 quarter:2 volume:1a page:158. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Wandsworth 1903 quarter:4 volume:1d page:674. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Merton 1972 quarter:2 volume:5d page:992. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

15.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1361C page:8 line:37 letter code:CMWJ. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.