Ancestors of Charles Tew & Dorothy Lamford


George Tew [Parents] was born in 1910 in , Northamptonshire, England. He married Florence (Flossie) Seamarks.

NOTE known from family information.

Florence (Flossie) Seamarks [Parents] was born about May 1913 in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England. She married George Tew.

BIRTH from Nigel Seamarks (email 20 Apr 2003), who quotes 2nd qtr Registration in Wellingborough district but presumes that the birth was actually in Rushden. He names her as Florence, which is probably correct though she was known in the Tew family as Flossie.

NOTE my sister and I visited her in 1996.


Jack Scholes was born about 1910 in , , England. He died before 2000 in , , England. Jack married Amy Tew.

BIRTH date based on that of wife

DEATH known to be dead before 2000.

Amy Tew [Parents] was born in 1912 in . She died in 1990. Amy married Jack Scholes.

DEATH date from R M Brady (email Apr 2002)


Ted Tew [Parents] was born in 1915 in , Northamptonshire, England. He died in 1989. Ted married Elsie Bennett.

NOTE he retired to Cornwall to live near children. Much of the initial information information on his siblings was supplied by his wife Elsie.

DEATH from R M Brady (email Apr 2002).

Elsie Bennett married Ted Tew.

MAIDEN NAME from R M Brady (email Apr 2002).


Henry Clayton [Parents] was born in 1862 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. He married Elizabeth Wooding about Nov 1892 in , Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1871, Page 12, schedule 62, at High Street, Rushden, aged 8, a scholar.

CENSUS 1881: from index in Sargents Yard, Rushden, Northampton, England. FHL Film 1341377, PRO Ref RG11, Piece 1569, Folio 37, Page 14, Age 16 a general labourer.

MARRIAGE from Free BMD site. 4th qu 1892, ref. 3b 382. Wellingborough area which includes Rushden.

CENSUS 1891: page 34, schedule 195, in High Street, Rushden. age 26, a farm labourer.

CENSUS 1901 Rushden page 7, schedule 55, at 121 Park Street, Rushden, age 38, a Road labourer. Born Rushden.

Elizabeth Wooding [Parents] was born on 12 Sep 1853 in Union Workhouse, Wootton, Northants, England. She died about Oct 1934 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England. Elizabeth married Henry Clayton about Nov 1892 in , Northamptonshire, England.

Other marriages:
Tew, Frederick

BIRTH legal certificate shows mother but no father. Place of birth was the Union Workhouse at Wootton. The work house records (LDS film1952184) shows birth of female illigitimate 12 Sep 1853. The day of birth in the certificate is unreadable, it was registered on the 15th.

CENSUS 1861 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0542723 page 3. no.18 Age 7, Born Hardingstone Union.

CENSUS 1871 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 83794 number 39. Age 27? (actually 17), Occupation lace maker Born Hardingstone Union.

MARRIAGE (details from certificate) in Northampton registry office. occupation lace maker, father's details left blank. Witnesses William G. Tew and Sarah Tew.

CENSUS 1881 Rushden, Northants. Film no. 1341377. page 16. Age 27, Born Yardley Hastings.

CENSUS 1891. Rushden, Northants. Film no. 6096321, page 37-128. Age 38, Occupation laundress, Born Yardley Hastings, now a widow.

MARRIAGE details from St.Catherine's index only, where it is listed as Wellingborough 1892 qu.4. reference 3b 382.

CENSUS 1901 121 Park Road, Rushden district 19, folio 54, page 7, schedule 55, age 47.

NOTE: from personal memory, in the early 1930s she was Great-grandma Clayton, living in Harborough Road, Rushden.

DEATH from St Catherine's index 3rd Qu. 1934 age 81, place listed as Wellingborough which is the registry office for Rushden, ref. 5b 152.

They had the following children:

  F i Florrie Clayton was born about 1893 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 Rushden folio 54, page 7, schedule 35, at 121 Park Road, age 7.
  F ii Amy Clayton was born about 1895 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 Rushden folio 54, page 7, schedule 35, at 121 Park Road, age 5.

Mary Anne Wooding [Parents] was born about 1823 in Yardley Hastings, Northants, England and was christened on 13 Mar 1825 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. She was married was not married.

BAPTISM: Parish records, 377p/4, no.233 parents William (a labourer) & Elizabeth. This is the only record in which the middle name is given.

CENSUS 1841 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 00438881 page 21. Age 15. Occupation lace maker. Born in county.

NOTE the Northampton Mercury reported in 1844 that she was convicted together with her sister Charlotte and Mary Ann Miney of stealing turnips from the field of John Berrill. They were fined 9 shillings and 6 pence each and given 7 days hard labour because they could not pay.

CENSUS 1851 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0087693 page 11, no 41. Age 27, Occupation lace maker, Born Yardley Hastings.

CENSUS 1861 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0542723 page 3 no.18. Age 37 Occupation lace maker.

CENSUS 1871 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 83794 no 41. Age 47, Occupation lace maker.

CENSUS 1881 Yardley Hastings, Northants, (from 1881 index) Age 56, Occupation lace maker.

CENSUS 1901 Wootton Workhouse (Hardingston) page 24, aged 74, occupation given as retired. Cannot be sure this is her but this person was born in Yardley Hastings.

She had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth Wooding was born on 12 Sep 1853 and died about Oct 1934.
  M ii Joseph B Wooding was born about Nov 1860 in Yardley Hastings, Northants, England.

CENSUS 1861 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0542723 page 18. Age 5 months. Named here Jonathan.

CENSUS 1871 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 83794 page 39. Age 10. Named here Josiah P.

CENSUS 1881 Yardley Hastings, (from 1881 index), living with Mary as her son. Age 20, occupation Agricultural labourer. Named as Joseph B.

Arthur Tew [Parents] was born about 1877 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. He married Rose Parker on 7 Apr 1901 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1881 Rushden, Northants. Film no. 1341377. page 16. Age 4, Born Yardley Hastings.

CENSUS 1891. Rushden, Northants. Fiche no. 6096321, page 37/128. Age 14, Occupation shoe fitter, Born Yardley Hastings.

CENSUS 1901 121 Park Road, Rushden district 19, folio 54, page 7, schedule 55, age 24 a shoe finisher/

MARRIAGE in the parish church, from civil certificate, a 24 year old batchelor a shoe finisher of Rushden. Father listed as deceased.

Rose Parker [Parents] was born about 1876 in Barnet, Herts, England. She married Arthur Tew on 7 Apr 1901 in Rushden, Northamptonshire, England.

CENSUS 1901 (from the Rushedn & District History Society's CD). at 65 Duck Street, RG13/1440, folio 116, page 20, shedule 122c Aged 24, a shoe closer, listed as a boarder, but the head of the house has the same name as her father. Her birth place is far away so she may be a distant relative or no relative.

MARRIAGE from civil certificate, a 24 year old spinster, a shoe fitter of Rushden.


Robert Lamford was born about 1766 in London, England. He married Sarah Wright on 23 Oct 1791 in St Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

Other marriages:
Lockley, Elizabeth

MARRIAGE 1791 - The marriage to Sarah Wright is from the IGI, but it is not sure that it was this Robert.

MARRIAGE 1794 - Batch #: M062364, Source Call #: 918596

Sarah Wright was born in 1770 in London, England. She married Robert Lamford on 23 Oct 1791 in St Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

MARRIAGE: from IGI.


Robert Lamford was born about 1766 in London, England. He married Elizabeth Lockley on 25 Dec 1794 in Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

Other marriages:
Wright, Sarah

MARRIAGE 1791 - The marriage to Sarah Wright is from the IGI, but it is not sure that it was this Robert.

MARRIAGE 1794 - Batch #: M062364, Source Call #: 918596

Elizabeth Lockley was born about 1760/1765 in , , England. She married Robert Lamford on 25 Dec 1794 in Saint Anne Soho, Westminster, London, England.

They had the following children:

  M i William Lamford was born on 18 Nov 1797 and died before 1858.

Isaac Gold was born before 1836. He married Hepzibah Wooding in Aug 1854 in Macclesfield, South Australia, Australia.

DATA on marriage from Dianne Jeffree. Marriead at the private residence of a Mr Wooding near Macclesfield, SA.

Hepzibah Wooding [Parents] was born about 1828 in Yardley Hastings, Northants, England. She married Isaac Gold in Aug 1854 in Macclesfield, South Australia, Australia.

CENSUS 1841 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 00438881 page 21. Age 10. Born in county. Named Hebhzibah here.

CENSUS 1851 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0087693 page 11,no.41. Age 22, Occupation lace maker, Born Yardley Hastings. Named Epsebah here.

EMIGRATION: Thought to have arrived in South Australia (Port Adelaid) on the Oregon on 31 Oct 1851, with her brother's family. Listed as a servant.


William Wooding [Parents] was born about 1790 in Yardley Hastings, Northants, England and was christened on 14 Feb 1792 in Yardley Hastings, Northants, England. He died before 1881. William married Elizabeth about 1812.

BAPTISM: Parish Records, NRO 377p/3, numbers not given, the son of Lucy Wooden, a widow. This matches fairly well with age in census. This is the exactly one year to the day after his older brother William was buried.

MARRIAGE: there was a marriage between William Wooding and Elizabeth Tarry 9 Nov 1813, neither signed. However since the other William whose first-born was the same year as this one was a child of Sarah Tarry (maiden surname) it is possible it was that William that married Elizabeth Tarry.

CENSUS 1841 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 00438881 page 21. Age 45. Occupation Agricultural labourer. Born in county.

CENSUS 1851 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0087693 page 11 no.41. Age 59 Occupation agricultural labourer Born Yardley Hastings, a widower.

CENSUS 1861 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 0542723 page 3 no.18. Age 70, Occupation agricultural labourer.

CENSUS 1871 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 83794 no. 41 Age 80, Occupation pauper.

DEATH: from disappearance before 1881 census.

Elizabeth was born about 1795 in , , England. was buried on 21 Jul 1847 in Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England. Elizabeth married William Wooding about 1812.

CENSUS 1841 Yardley Hastings, Northants. Film no. 00438881 page 21.
Age 45. Occupation lace maker. Born in county.

BURIAL: Parish records NRO 377p/12, no. 699, no relations given in this era, age 53.

They had the following children:

  M i Isaac Wooding was christened on 28 Aug 1814.
  F ii Hannah Wooding was christened on 10 Jun 1815.
  M iii William Wooding was christened on 6 Oct 1816.
  F iv Charlotte Wooding was christened on 5 Jul 1821.
  F v Mary Anne Wooding was born about 1823.
  F vi Hepzibah Wooding was born about 1828.
  F vii Wooding.

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