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Title: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 21:30 BST (UK)
Looking for information on the Furze family from Poplar London.  Alexis Furze nee Robb was my great grandmother and she was born in Insch Scotland around 1860,  Married George Furze and lived in West Ham.
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 06 August 11 21:36 BST (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat. What sort of information are you looking for? The more exact your post the easier and quicker it is to help you.
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 21:44 BST (UK)
Just looking to see if anyone else has looked into this history.  Can't find when she married and moved from Scotland.
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 06 August 11 21:57 BST (UK)
Have you looked for census records to see when and where children were born?

If married in Scotland then Scotland's People will have the marriage certificate- see www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 22:00 BST (UK)
Not sure on how to look on census records.  Also I now live in New Zealand.  I have done some stuff on Ancestry.com but find some of it a bit difficult to find.
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: keyboard86 on Saturday 06 August 11 22:04 BST (UK)
Hi, well going on the 1891 Census Alexis married in 1883/4 and moved to England 1884/5, this is 1891 Census:-

George Furze 34 occ Gardener b Farnham Surrey
Alexis 32 b Scotland
Eleanor 6 b Kingston Surrey
Harold 4 b Barnet Hertfordshire
Herbert 3 b Finchley Middx
Frank 11 months b Tottenham Middx
Residing at 65, Wycombe Road, Tottenham, Middx
Census Ref RG12/1070/25/44
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 22:14 BST (UK)
Thank you so much, that is amazing.  I wish I could find things that easily. 
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 06 August 11 22:25 BST (UK)
1901 census actually has an older child-

198 Queens Rd., West Ham, Essex:
George Furze, 40, app. electrical engineer, b.Farnham Surrey
wife Alexis Furze, 40, b.Scotland
son George Furze, 17, app. electrical engineer, b. Fulham London
dau. Eleanor Furze, 16, tie-maker (shirt), b.Kingston Surrey
son Harold Furze, 14, tea-packer (grocer), b.Barnet Herts
son Frank Furze, 10, b. Tottenham Middlesex
son Rignold, 8, b. Petersfield Hants
son Ernest Furze, 6, b. Forrest Gate West Ham Essex
dau. Eva Furze, 5, b. Forrest Gate West Ham Essex
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: keyboard86 on Saturday 06 August 11 22:30 BST (UK)
Hi again the marriage must have taken place in Scotland, because I wondered where George on 1901 was is 1891:-

William Purdy 48 0cc Coachman b Wimbledon Surrey
Ellen 50 b Alton Hants
George Furze Grandson 7 b Scotland
Residing at Willow Grove, Chislehurst, Kent
Census Ref RG12/632/88/50
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 22:35 BST (UK)
The only sad thing is my Mum wanted to know all this and she passed away in May this year.  She had been suffering with dementia so would not have understood anyway.  I have been trying to gather this information for over 20 years.  Thank you again so very much
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 06 August 11 22:37 BST (UK)
Found birth registrations for some of the children-
George Furze July/Sept.1883 Fulham vol. 1a p.264
Ellinor Minnie Furze Jan./Mar.1885 Kingston vol. 2a p.358
Harold Alexander Furze July/Sept.1886 Barnet vol. 3a p.211
Herbert Augustus Furze Jan./Mar.1888 Barnet vol. 3a p.233
Eva Alexis Furze Apr./June 1896 W.Ham vol. 4a p.220
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: jubed on Saturday 06 August 11 22:39 BST (UK)
Hi all. 1881-
Alexis Robb 21 b Premnay occupation cook at Bank rd Alford Aberdeenshire with Robert and Annie McDonald
1871-
Alexis Robb age 11 sister in law  scholar at Rothnay village Aberdeenshire

1861-Premnay Aberdeenshire.
Alexander Robb 44 butcher and crofter 5 acres
Ann wife 42
John 21
Catherine 13
Joseph 9
 Mary 7
Andrew 4
Alexander 1 daughter





Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 22:41 BST (UK)
Am I able to find this information easily myself?  I do appreciate your help though.
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 06 August 11 22:55 BST (UK)
The children's birth registrations are on www.freebmd.org.uk (free).

Two more-
Edward Reginald Furze Jan./Mar.1893 Petersfield vol. 2c p.145
Ernest Louis Furze Oct./Dec.1894 W.Ham vol. 4a p.216
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: keyboard86 on Saturday 06 August 11 23:06 BST (UK)
Hi again the marriage must have taken place in Scotland, because I wondered where George on 1901 was is 1891:-

William Purdy 48 0cc Coachman b Wimbledon Surrey
Ellen 50 b Alton Hants
George Furze Grandson 7 b Scotland
Residing at Willow Grove, Chislehurst, Kent
Census Ref RG12/632/88/50
Keyboard86
Looks like William Purdy married George's mother!

William Purdey to Ellen Furze March 1882 Farnham 2a 104
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: aghadowey on Saturday 06 August 11 23:20 BST (UK)
Haven't been able to find marriage of George Furze and Alexis Robb in England (where he and children were born) or Scotland (where Alexis was born).
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Saturday 06 August 11 23:35 BST (UK)
Hi, George Furze born in Fareham Hampshire.  Looks like they married in 1883/84.  All children born in England.  I have got some of that information.
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: keyboard86 on Saturday 06 August 11 23:43 BST (UK)
Hi, George Furze born in Fareham Hampshire.  Looks like they married in 1883/84.  All children born in England.  I have got some of that information.

Hi I have adjusted my initial post (1891) George was born Farnham Surrey, all that is being said is, that at present the marriage of George and Alexis cannot be located?
Keyboard86
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: Jayandjay on Sunday 07 August 11 07:32 BST (UK)
Have come to a halt with George Furze born in 1822 and Married to Ellen Furze.  I can find a note of a marriage for him but not her maiden name.  How do I go about finding that out?
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: keyboard86 on Sunday 07 August 11 07:52 BST (UK)
Hi try using Freebmd it costs nowt just google it!

The marriage was in 1856 in Alton click on page number to show couples, look for an Ellen

Keyboard86
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: SWar on Monday 08 August 11 12:59 BST (UK)
This looks like George and Ellen in the 1861 census in Farnham, Surrey
RG9/432/148/p.16

George Furze   Head   38 Coachman b. Binsted Hampshire
Ellen                 Wife    30                   b. Froyle Hampshire
Eleanor             Dau      3                   b. Binsted
Mary                 Dau       2                  b. Binsted
George             Son       5 mths          b. Farnham Surrey

The only George I can find baptised in Binsted is -
George Furz bap. 2nd Jan. 1819 parents John and Mary.

Sue
Title: Re: Furze Family
Post by: karen brown on Tuesday 20 November 18 23:37 GMT (UK)
George Thomas FURZE IN THIS FAMILY IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.  He was born in 1884 and married Elsie Janet Sheridan, they came on the Megantic Ship, White Star Liner in April 1911, she came with three small children and George Thomas FURZE was already in Toronto, Ontario, Canada when she arrived.  She had another son Edward Richard Furze once she was in Canada.  I am desperately looking for a wedding photo, or any pictures of:  GEORGE THOMAS FURZE OR ELSIE JANET SHERIDAN.  They are both buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I am the great grand child of James Thomas FURZE, their second son.  Any information, help, photos would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.