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JAMES MORRIS 1867-? SMARDEN KENT ENGLAND

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Anne

Anne Report 25 Nov 2007 20:54

ANYONE HAVE ANY INFO ON THIS JAMES MORRIS WHO MARRIED JANE OFFEN APPROX 1894 IN SMARDEN KENT ENGLAND.
JAMES WAS A FARMER & HOP BUYER.

Lewella

Lewella Report 26 Nov 2007 02:15

This looks like the family:

1901 England Census
about James Morris
Name: James Morris
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane
Gender: Male
Where born: Smarden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michaels
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: Dorking Farm
Occupation: Farmer

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 74
Household Members:
Name Age
Bessie M Morris 1
Frederick W Morris 4
James Morris 33
Jane Morris 32
Mabel G Morris 3

All the family were born in Smarden

1891 England Census
about James Morris
Name: James Morris
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Smarden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
Ecclesiastical parish: Smarden
Town: Smarden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: Grisby
Occupation: Land measurer

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Morris 57
Ann E Morris 29
Emily Morris 26
James Morris 56 (Surveyor of Highways) (born Bethersden, Kent,)
James Morris 23
Jane Morris 20

1881 England Census
about James Morris
Name: James Morris
Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Bethersden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: Grigsby
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Road Surveyor And Rates Collector

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Morris 47
Ann E. Morris 19
Emily Morris 16
James Morris 46
James Morris 13
Jane Morris 10
William Morris 21

1871 England Census
about James Morris
Name: James Morris
Age: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Bethersden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: Grisby Farm
Occupation: Farmer

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 34
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Morris 37
Anne E Morris 9
Emily Morris 6
James Morris 36
James Morris 3
Jane Morris 9 months
William Morris 11

1861 England Census
about James Morris
Name: James Morris
Age: 26
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann
Gender: Male
Where born: Bethersden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Occupation: Farmer

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Morris 27
James Morris 26
Williams Morris 1

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about James Morris
Name: James Morris to Ann Wood
Year of Registration: 1859
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: West Ashford
County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 715

1851 England Census
about James Morris
Name: James Morris
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Lucy
Gender: Male
Where born: High Halden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 1c
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 53
Household Members:
Name Age
James Morris 41 (farmer of 124 acres employing 5 men)
James Morris 16
John Morris 5
Lucy Morris 39
Lucy Morris 10
Mary Mark Morris 10 Mo
Sarah Morris 13
Thomas Morris 8

1851 England Census
about Ann Wood
Name: Ann Wood
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834
Relation: Stepdaughter
Father's Name: William Cornes (stepfather)
Mother's Name: Ann Cornes
Gender: Female
Where born: Smarden, Kent, England

Civil Parish: Smarden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street address: Holman's

Registration district: West Ashford
Sub-registration district: Calehill
ED, institution, or vessel: 1b
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 54
Household Members:
Name Age
Ann Cornes 47
Charles Merrix Cornes 10
Emily Cornes 4
Jane Cornes 8
William Cornes 39
William Cornes 6
Solomon Judge 16 (servant)
William Underdown 24 (servant)
Ann Wood 17
Mary Ann Wood 28
Sarah Wood 23