See also

Family of Robert Edward Ranson and Amy Hunt

  • Husband:

  • Robert Edward Ranson (1867-1940)

  • Wife:

  • Amy Hunt (1873-1951)

  • Marriage:

  • 16 Jun 1934

  • The Register Office, Woolwich, London, England1 2

  •  

  • Robert a widower working as a groundsman and son of Edward Ranson a deceased farm labourer. Amy a widow and daughter of Thomas Hunt a deceased farmer. Both of 12 Green Lane Eltham, married by certificate and witnessed by H Stampton and E G Stampton

Husband: Robert Edward Ranson

  • Name:

  • Robert Edward Ranson3 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Edward Ranson (1827?- )

  • Mother:

  • Eliza Edwards (1835?-1889)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • thatcher's labourer, agricultural labourer, gardener then a golf club greens man6 7 8 9 10

  • Birth:

  • 13 Apr 1867

  • Buxhall, Suffolk, England3 6 7 8 9 10

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jul 1867 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk, England11 4

  •  

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

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 13)

  • near Lower Farm, Buxhall, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • 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, England7

  •  

  • 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, England8

  •  

  • 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, England9

  •  

  • 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, England10

  •  

  • 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, England5 12

  • Probate:

  • 20 Feb 1941

  • Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales12

  •  

  • 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: Amy Hunt

  • Name:

  • Amy Hunt13 2 14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid and a useful help15 16

  • Birth:

  • 13 Apr 1873

  • Marden, Kent, England13 17 15 18 19 16 10

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • Birds Farm, Marden, Kent, England17

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Thomas and Esther, brothers Thomas, William and John, and sisters Emma and Ellen. Born in Marden Kent

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • Laddingford, Kent, England15

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a housemaid and living with Charles Gibb, and another servant. Born in Marden Kent

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28)

  • 28 Clover Street, Chatham, Kent, England18

  •  

  • married daughter-in-law living with her in-laws William and Rachel Hollands and family. Born in Marden Kent

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 37)

  • 270 Twyford Avenue, North End, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England19

  •  

  • married sister-in-law living with her sister-in-law Harriett Stampton and family. Born in Marden Kent and married for twelve years with one child who has died

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 48 yrs 2 mns)

  • 4 Balfour Road, Brighton, East Sussex, England16

  •  

  • an unmarried visitor (actually a widowed sister-in-law) working as a private useful help and living with widowed Harriett Stampton and family, and another visitor. Born in Marden Kent

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 66)

  • 81 Chesnut Road, Merton, Surrey, England10

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Robert. Born on 13th April 1873 and living next door to her step-son Edward and step-daughter-in-law Lucille

  • Administrator:

  • 20 Feb 1941 (age 67)

  •  

     

    Amy Hunt was appointed as an administrator at the probate hearing of Robert Edward Ranson on Thursday on 20 February 1941 at the Probate Registry, Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales

  • Death:

  • Q1 1951 (age 77)

  • Thanet "Registration District", Kent, England20

Note on Wife: Amy Hunt

Amy previously married Harry Augustus Holland (c1875-?) on 18th April 1898 in St. John's Church in Chatham21 22

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woolwich 1934 quarter:2 volume:1d page:2308. Cit. Date: 2 December 2024.

2.

Marriage Certificate. own copy, index:. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

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.

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

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.

10.

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.

11.

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

12.

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.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1873 quarter:2 volume:2a page:548. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

14.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Kent Marriages and Banns Chatham St. John marriages 1897-1903 Medway Archives ref:P858/1/14 page:16. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

15.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:684 folio:34 page:15 schedule:94. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

16.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:4935 registration district:80 sub-district:1 enumeration district:5 schedule:185. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

17.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:925 folio:49 page:17 schedule:364. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

18.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:728 folio:105 page:17 schedule:90. Cit. Date: 11 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:5509 class:RG78 piece:251 registration district:90 sub-district:1 enumeration district:31 schedule:18. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Thanet 1951 quarter:1 volume:5b page:1129. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

21.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Medway 1898 quarter:2 volume:2a page:1203. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.

22.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Marriages, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Kent Marriages and Banns Chatham St. John marriages 1897-1903 Medway Archives ref:P858/1/14. Cit. Date: 11 December 2024.