Thomas SLATER [1325]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 24 May 1809 - , Lancashire, England 8338
Christening: 2 Feb 1812 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England 8338,8339
Death: 22 Jun 1873 - Mansfield, Vic, Australia ( at age 64) 8340,8341
Burial:
Events
1. Occupation: CARPENTER. 8342
2. He emigrated on the ship Frances which arrived on 28 Nov 1841 in NSW, Australia. 8343
3. Residence: 30 Islington Street, 1859, Collingwood, VIC, Australia.
Parents
Father: Benjamin SLATER [4090] (Abt 1761-1837) 2043
Mother: Elizabeth WORRALL [4091] (Abt 1783-1845) 61
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah SHANNON [1324] (1807 - 27 Feb 1859)
Marriage: 7 Oct 1829 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England 61,8109
Status:
Children:
1. John Benjamin SLATER 2919 [1307] (Abt 1830-1907)
2. Elizabeth SLATER 2919 [3629] (Abt 1831-1906)
3. SLATER 2919 [7506] (Abt 1833-Bef 1859)
4. SLATER 2919 [7507] (Abt 1834-Bef 1859)
5. SLATER 2919 [7508] (Abt 1835-Bef 1859)
6. Joseph SLATER 2919 [3631] (1837-1916)
7. Thomas SLATER 2919 [3632] (1839- )
8. Samuel SLATER 2919 [3634] (1842- )
9. Benjamin SLATER 2919 [3635] (1845-1906)
Notes
General:
carpenter and listed as a millwright on his wife's death certificate. On one sons death certificate Thomas is listed as a Millwright and on another he is listed as an Engineer.
Thomas and Sarah sailed to Australia on the Barque "Frances" which sailed from Liverpool and arrived at Port Philip on 28 November 1841 with 97 people on board. Thomas and Sarah's children John 11 who was christened 4 August 1830 at Manchester Cathedral, Betty 9, Joseph 3, and Thomas 1 were also on board. Thomas's could read and write and his occupation is given as carpenter and the shipping record states that they were imported by Messrs Heape and Grice.
It has been thought for many years that Thomas died in 1877 in Kyneton, however this proved to be the wrong Thomas, so after extensive searching hope was given up of finding Thomas's death
In a last ditch effort to track down Thomas's death, I posted on an Australian Genealogy Facebook site about my frustration and with the help of a member of that Facebook Group (Joy Powney), the details of a Victorian inquest were found that was held in June 1873 into the death of a Thomas Slater, who died at the Mansfield Hospital, 10 days after falling down the stairs at the Mansfield Hotel. It would appear that this is the correct Thomas Slater, however, a death certificate cannot be found. The date of death is given as 22 June 1873 at the Mansfield Hospital. According to the inquest papers, Thomas was a millwright/carpenter born in Liverpool who had been in the colony for about 20 years and had sons in the colony. One of those sons was working at *Dry Creek. Although this son is not named, it is stated in the papers that he was notified of his father's fall but declined to attend his father in hospital.
June 23rd 1873 proceedings of inquiry held upon the body of Thomas Slater Mansfield received at the Crown Law Office June 28th 1873.
A magisterial enquiry held at the Mansfield Hospital on the 23rd June 1873 touching the death of one Thomas Slater who died at the hospital on the 22nd June 1873 - Henry Hambelton Kitchen Esq, a Justice of the Peace in and for the ???? Settlement District of Mansfield.
Upper Goulburn District
Mansfield Police Station 23rd June 1873
Const. Michael Linehan 1908 reports for the information of the Supt. that he made diligent enquiries about the deceased Thomas Slater and ascertained that he was a native of Liverpool and had been about 20 years in the Colony. He was a milwright by trade and has several sons in the Colony one of them is in the employment of Mr Pemberton at Dry Creek near Mansfield and word of his fathers state was sent to him 10 days before his death. He declined to come to see him and as the whereabouts of his other sons is not known, no intimation has been sent to them - the deceased had been only a few weeks residing in Mansfield. Michael Linehan Const. 1908.
William Lyons on his oath stated as follows:- I am groom at the Mansfield Hotel. I knew deceased by the name of Slater - on the 7th Inst about midnight I saw deceased going up the stairs to the bed room he was by himself. He suddenly staggered and said "steady old man". A constable was with me of the name of Carbelt (?) and almost immediately he fell backwards on the back of his head. I went to his assistance with others. His head was battered and he was carried upstairs and put into bed. He told me he was 64 years of age - has a son at the Dry Creek. I know nothing more about him. I believe him to be a carpenter. He was able to walk up the stairs as far as he went back appeared ?? intoxicated - he used to speak of a stone that he flattered very much. I have seen it two or three times (?), He fancied it he said he found it at Dry Creek - it appeared to be a crystal ????? this I do not know if he had any property . Mr Slater was not ??? in a ??? it was like a lump of quartz stone. William Lyons.
Samuel Reynolds on his oath stated - I am a legally qualified medical practitioner and in charge of the Mansfield Hospital. On Tuesday the 10th June inst deceased was brought to my house for admission into the Hospital. He was admitted in due course through the result of falling downstairs at the Mansfield hotel. On the Saturday night previous the 7th inst he complained of pain in the head was rambling and incoherent in his speech and was suffering from low fever. From a reaction from what I should suppose to be concussion of the brain - symptoms increased in severity to the 22nd inst when he died - I know nothing of the man or his antecedents.
I consider deceased to be about 65 years of age. There was no marks of external violence on the head or body - my opinion is he died from concussion of the brain - he fallen as described would produce such concussion of the brain - he had all the symptoms of concussion of the brain - from the first time he was brought to me. His brain was effected - as an instance he said he was born in Victoria which could not have been according to his age - his conversation generally was rambling and incoherent as already described. Samuel Reynolds.
At an enquiry held before me this day tracking the death of Thomas Slater I am of [the] opinon that his death was caused by concussion of the brain in consequence of a fall down the staircase of the Mansfield Hotel. H W Hambleton JP Mansfield June 23 1873
According to a representative of the Mansfield Shire Council, there is no record of Thomas being buried at Mansfield, Bonnie Doon, Jamieson or Merton cemeteries. April 2017
*Gold first found in Hell's Hole Creek (the steep upper reaches of Tallangallook Creek) in 1851. The diggings were for a short time called 'Wilkenson's'. In 1860, Hell's Hole Creek was rushed for about four miles down from its source, with digging confined to the creek bed and banks. Glen, Dry, and Brankeet creeks also formed part of the Hell's Hole diggings. The creeks were largely deserted by the end of 1861. In the late sixties and early seventies, Hell's Hole Creek again received attention and gave steady returns to sluicers. Hell's Hole Creek was little mentioned in the records of this period, and it seems likely that it was included under the general designation of Dry Creek. The Dry Creek area thrived during the early"mid eeighteenseventies, with Chinese miners in the majority. Alluvial mining was on the wane by 1877, as reef prospecting on the highlands proved successful.
In 1888, Hell's Hole Creek was renamed Tallangallook Creek. Quartz mines came and went, and a small handful of persevering alluvial miners persisted along the creek into the 1890s. A Sludge Board inquiry in 1906-7 found that hydraulic sluicing, without elevation, had been carried out for years in Tallangallook and Dry Creeks. These activities presumably continued. Records show that sluicers were active on Dry and Glen creeks during the 1930s, and some mining is likely to have occurred on Tallangallook Creek at that period.
References: Department of Mines Annual Report, 1907, pp. 74-6
Flett, J., The History of Gold Discovery in Victoria, Poppet Head Press, Melbourne, 1979 pp. 120-21 Mining Surveyors' Reports (Kilmore Division), January 1861; (West Buckland Subdivision), August & October 1861; (Jamieson Subdivision), March & September 1867; (Jamieson North Subdivision), September 1869; (Dry Creek Subdivision), June 1874, September 1888 Wylie, A., Gold in the Shire of Mansfield: An outline of the smaller discoveries, Mansfield Historical Society,
1987, pp. 5, 8, 22, 24
Thomas SLATER [12907]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1681 - Worthenbury, Wales, England
Christening:
Death: 28 Mar 1734 - Worthenbury, Wales, England ( at age 53)
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Eleanor CARTWRIGHT [12908] (1683 - 1759) 1980
Marriage: 17 Jan 1711 - Hanmer, Wales, England
Status:
Children:
1. Benjamin SLATER 1980 [12574] (Abt 1726-1807)
Notes
General:
Thomas was a glazier
children
Anne Slater 1712-
Thomas Slater 1721-
Samuel Slater 1724-1725
Benjamin Slater 1730-1807
William James SLATER [3456]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1863 - Kyneton, Vic, Australia 8344
Christening:
Death: 27 Jun 1925 - Kyneton, Vic, Australia ( at age 62) 8314,8345,8346
Burial: 30 Jun 1925 - Kyneton, Vic, Australia 8314
Parents
Father: John Benjamin SLATER [1307] (Abt 1830-1907) 2919
Mother: Caroline JOHNSON [1306] (Abt 1835-1909)
Notes
General:
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tue 30 Jun 1925 Page 17 KYNETON.
KYNETON. The dead body of William James Slater, aged 67 years, was found by his nephew, Patrick Parsell, on Saturday in the bush about half a mile out from his home at Langley, near Kyneton. An inquest was held on Monday by Mr. D. McLennan, J.P., deputy coroner. The medical evidence found that death was due to blood pressure caused by disease of the kidneys. A verdict in accordance with the medical evidence was returned.
Charlotte SLEETH [5643]
Sex: F
Individual Information
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Death:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Walter Hamilton EBERY [5642] ( - )
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Violet May EBERY [831] (1903-1986)
Allan SLIEDELL [2217]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1927
Christening:
Death: 1984 - ( aged about 57)
Burial: 1984 - Bunyip, Vic, Australia
Spouses and Children
1. *Patricia Jean COLLIHOLE [2165] (Abt 1929 - 17 Feb 2013)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Leslie SLIEDELL [2222]
2. Julie SLIEDELL [2223]
Julie SLIEDELL [2223]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Allan SLIEDELL [2217] (Abt 1927-1984)
Mother: Patricia Jean COLLIHOLE [2165] (Abt 1929-2013)
Leslie SLIEDELL [2222]
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Allan SLIEDELL [2217] (Abt 1927-1984)
Mother: Patricia Jean COLLIHOLE [2165] (Abt 1929-2013)
William SLINGSBY [13812]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Olive JERVIS [13811] (1917 - 2006)
Marriage:
Status:
Darren Steven SLOAN [2472]
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Paul James CAULFIELD [2456]
Mother: Margaret Frances SLOAN [2464]
Margaret Frances SLOAN [2464]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Paul James CAULFIELD [2456]
Children:
1. Darren Steven SLOAN [2472]
Henry SMALL [7198]
Sex: M
AKA: Harry SMALL
Individual Information
Birth Date:
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Death:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Elsie Eveline HOLMAN [7182] (1889 - 1945)
Marriage: 1932 2487
Status:
John SMALLBONES [4089]
Sex: M
Individual Information
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Spouses and Children
1. *Alice [—?—] [4325] ( - ) 60
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Mary SMALLBONES 61 [4086] (1741- )
Mary SMALLBONES [4086]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1741 - , Berkshire, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: John SMALLBONES [4089] ( - ) 61
Mother: Alice [—?—] [4325] ( - ) 60
Spouses and Children
1. *William CHANDLER [4085] (1736 - 1824) 2043
Marriage: 1 Feb 1762 - Burghfield, Berkshire, England 2063
Status:
Children:
1. Mary CHANDLER 2052 [8173] (1762- )
2. Thomas CHANDLER 61 [4072] (1766-1847)
Marjory Mary SMALLEY [13670]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1909
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Spouses and Children
1. *Frederick Jack HINCH [13669] (24 Jul 1908 - 28 Nov 2001)
Marriage: Jul 1930 - Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Status:
Children:
1. Jack Frederick HINCH [13671]
James SMART [5847]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date:
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Spouses and Children
1. *Sophia PARTRIDGE [5848] ( - ) 5159,7206
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Ann SMART [3942] (1839-1902)
Janis S SMART [4462]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Leslie J MUNT [3029] (1946 - Bef 2013)
Marriage:
Status:
Mary Ann SMART [3942]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1839 - Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England 8347
Christening: 3 Dec 1843 - Bozeat, Northamptonshire, England 8348
Death: 1902 - Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 63) 8348
Burial:
Events
1. Residence: High Street, 1881, Grendon, Northamptonshire, England. 8349
2. Residence: 45 Wood Street, 1891, Kettering, Northamptonshire, England. 8350 Housekeeper.
Parents
Father: James SMART [5847] ( - )
Mother: Sophia PARTRIDGE [5848] ( - ) 5159,7206
Spouses and Children
1. *Edward HOLLAND [1315] (1809 - 1 Jan 1883) 5168
Marriage: 25 Dec 1864 - Irchester, Northamptonshire, England 5179,5180
Status:
Children:
1. Frederick Edward HOLLAND [5846] (1869-1945)
Mary Ann SMART [13274]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1826 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Christening:
Death: 1855 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 29)
Burial: 3 Aug 1855 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England 8351
Spouses and Children
1. *Frederick GOODYER [13271] (1824 - Mar 1882)
Marriage: 31 Jul 1845 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England 4506
Status:
Children:
1. Isaac John GOODYER [13275] (1845- )
2. Frederick George GOODYER [13276] (1848-1914)
3. Emma GOODYER [13277] (1853-1853)
Emily Margaret SMEDLEY [11630]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1869 - Kilmore, Vic, Australia 8352
Christening:
Death: 10 Dec 1936 - Bacchus Marsh, Vic, Australia ( at age 67) 8352
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *William Macpherson WILSON [11507] (1865 - 30 Nov 1945) 885
Marriage: 1888 - , Victoria, Australia 8352
Status:
George William SMEDLEY [13366]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1871 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Christening: 7 May 1871 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England 8353
Death: Sep 1871 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England 8354
Burial: 18 Sep 1871 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England 8354
Parents
Father: William SMEDLEY [13248] (1828-1907)
Mother: Mary Ann SCULTHORPE [13244] (1849-1872)
Jillian Marie SMEDLEY [2482]
Sex: F
Spouses and Children
1. *Shane David CAULFIELD [2480]Joseph SMEDLEY [11633]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1861 - Kilmore, Vic, Australia 8355
Christening:
Death: 22 Jul 1950 - , Victoria, Australia ( at age 89) 8355
Burial: in Yarra Glen, Vic, Australia 8355
Spouses and Children
1. *Janet WILSON [11504] (1861 - 1935) 885
Marriage: 1886 - , Victoria, Australia 8355
Status:
William SMEDLEY [13248]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1828
Christening:
Death: 1907 - ( at age 79)
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Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann SCULTHORPE [13244] (1849 - Apr 1872)
Marriage: Jun 1870 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England 8093
Status:
Children:
1. George William SMEDLEY [13366] (1871-1871)
SMITH [6175]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Isabella SULLIVAN [5334] (11 Feb 1927 - 3 Jul 1990) 4901
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Eileen SULLIVAN [8439]
2. Julia Hannah SULLIVAN [8440]
SMITH [13027]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Carolyn POLLOCK [12853]SMITH [9123]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Noeline SULLIVAN [2046]Addison Jean SMITH [8122]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Trevor Douglas SMITH [37]
Mother: Jesse CRIGHTON [8115]
Alan Charles SMITH [14137]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 12 May 1927 - , , England 5377
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Death:
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Parents
Father: Frederick Edwin SMITH [14136] (1903-1977)
Mother: Kathleen Dorothy LACEY [14135] (1905-1995)
Spouses and Children
1. *Eunice L HURST [14140]
Children:
1. Karen L SMITH [14141]
Notes
General:
The entire Smith Family emigrated from England to Australia departing 23 December 1955 on the P&O Ship the Strathmore bound for Australia.
Onboard were
Alan C Smith dob. 12.5.1927 builders Labourer 14 Fishermans Way Bourne End
Eunice L Smith dob. 7.1.1929 Housewife 14 Fishermans Way Bourne End
Karen L Smith dob 26.11.1951 14 Fishermans Way Bourne End
Josephine Smith dob 16.2.1931 waitress, Erleigh Cottage, Upper Bourne
Frederick Smith dob 9.6.1903 Telephone operator Erleigh Cottage, Upper Bourne
Kathleen D Smith dob 6.8.1905 housewife Erleigh Cottage, Upper Bourne
Marian J Smith dob 1.9.1940 Erleigh Cottage, Upper Bourne
Alex James SMITH [13901]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1913 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
Christening:
Death: 12 Aug 1940 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England ( at age 27)
Burial:
Events
1. Military: Rank Ac1 service number 743465, i30 Balloon squadron. Killed in action during an air raid on the balloon site, 1939-1945, WW2.
Parents
Father: William Alderman SMITH [13894]
Mother: Anne Elizabeth Barrett GRAY [13319] (1878-1930)
Notes
General:
Alex James Smith rank Ac1 died 12 Aug 1940 at Tichfield, Hants. Service Number 743465 unit 930 Balloon Cmnd. Alex was killed in action in an enemy air raid on the barrage balloon site when an air raid shelter was hit at St Vincents Sports Ground Gosport.
Amity Violet SMITH [9415]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Trevor Douglas SMITH [37]
Mother: Jesse CRIGHTON [8115]
Annie SMITH [13787]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: Jun 1920 - Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
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Death:
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Parents
Father: James SMITH [13786]
Mother: Pattie BAKER [13772] (1892- )
Beryl M SMITH [14076]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 25 Oct 1931
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Death: 11 Oct 2015 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England ( at age 83)
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Brian Francis BLACKWELL [13441] (30 Apr 1933 - 20 Feb 2022)
Marriage: Jan 1957 - Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
Status:
Children:
1. Heather E BLACKWELL [14077]
2. Martyn J BLACKWELL [14078]
3. Richard A BLACKWELL [14079] (1964- )
Bobby Randall SMITH [1563]
Sex: M
AKA: Bobbie Randall SMITH
Individual Information
Birth Date: Sep Q 1924 - Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England 8356
Christening:
Death: 27 Apr 2009 - Brighton, Sussex, England ( at age 84) 8357
Burial:
Events
1. Military: World War 2, 1939-1945.
Parents
Father: Percy SMITH [1562] (1892- )
Mother: Ivy Eleanor KEMSHEAD [1561] (1889-1972) 2079
Spouses and Children
1. *Jean DRAGE [3010] (19 Jul 1926 - )
Marriage: 1949 - Rushden, Northamptonshire, England 3657
Status:
Notes
General:
http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/war/enlistments-Nov-Dec1942.html
The Rushden Echo & Argus 1942, transcribed by Jim & Gill Hollis.
Local Roll of Honour
Men and Women Who Have Enlisted in the Services November - December 1942
6th November 1942
SMITH, Bobby Randall, 2a, Milton-street, Higham Ferrers. - Royal Navy. (John White, Ltd.).
Brenda SMITH [7266]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Douglas James SMITH [177] (1907-1977)
Mother: Emily Jean MAPLESON [176] (Abt 1921-1999)
Bright Alva SMITH [8814]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1885 - Kiata, Vic, Australia 8358
Christening:
Death: 1971 - Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia ( at age 86) 8359
Burial:
Parents
Father: Harry SMITH [3546] (1854-1945) 1028
Mother: Grace Edna COLE [3545] (1860-1915)
Spouses and Children
1. *Fanny Jane BOWEN [8815] ( - )
Marriage: 1919 - , Victoria, Australia 1605
Status:
Charles Emery SMITH [6630]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1895 - Gawler, South Australia, Australia 8360
Christening:
Death: 20 Aug 1940 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ( at age 45) 8360
Burial:
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorothy BOURNE [6631] (9 Feb 1896 - 30 Jul 1977)
Marriage: 1 Jul 1916 - Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 1598
Status:
Children:
1. Joan Ellen Emery SMITH 413 [6629] (Abt 1917-1976)
Charles H SMITH [13967]
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorothy Nelly Catherine GRAY [13299] (20 May 1903 - Mar 2000)
Marriage:
Status:
Charles Harry SMITH [9826]
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1894 - Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, England
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Death:
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Parents
Father: John James SMITH [5503] (1874- )
Mother: Bertha Bridget SEARLE [5504] (1875-1958)
Cindy Ann SMITH [35]
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Kelvin John SMITH [18]
Mother: Kathleen Ann JONES [912]
Clara SMITH [13569]
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1864 - Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
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Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas HADDEN [13563] (Abt 1861 - )
Marriage: 1881 - Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Status:
Children:
1. Stephen HADDON [13562] (1895- )