Looking for descendants of owners of Rainbow Hall Farm-1860'S-GEORGE family

[Bronniebebe]

Hi

I have found out that my gggrandfather lived at Rainbow Hall Farm back in 1840's, they must have sold the farm and moved to Toddington, Bedfordshire. I am not sure whether my family originates from Herts or Beds.
My gggrandparents were; William George and Susannah Fowler. My g grandfather was Arthur Edgar George. My grandfather was William Henry George and my father was Duncan William Edgar George. I would like to  connect with any descendants from this family. I have already found out that I may have American and Canadian relatives. I come from NZ.

Cheers
Bronwyn

[Rick]

Welcome Bronwyn

Do you know whereabouts in Hertfordshire Rainbow Halll Farm was located?

Rick

[Meliora]

Hello, Bronwyn


I live in Hertfordshire so I 'phoned the Herts Archives Office in Hertford & asked about Rainbow Hall Farm.

They told me this is located at Flamstead, the nearest town of any size would be Harpenden.  It is very close to the border with Bedfordshire, Toddington is not far over the border, the nearest large town would be Luton with Dunstable not far away.

Hope this helps,

Meliora

[cep]

1841 Flamstead, Hertfordshire   HO107 441/1 19 p9

Rainbow Hall Farm
William George, 35, Farmer
Elizabeth George, 33     not b. Herts
Mary George, 6
John George, 4
William George, 2
Elizabeth George, 1
James Bone, 15, MS
George Cosier, 15, MS    not b. Herts
George Clark, 8, MS
Caroline Eldrage, 15, FS   not b. Herts


1851 Flamstead, Herts   HO107 1715 365 p19

Rainbow Hall Farm
William George, head, mar, 49, Farmer, 110 ac, empl 5 Lab, b. Redborn, Herts
Elizabeth George, wife, mar, 48, b. Kingston, Cambs
Mary Ann George, dau, unm, 17, b. Flamstead
John George, son, unm, 15, b. Flamstead
William George, son, 13, b. Flamstead
Elizabeth George, dau, 11, Scholar, b. Flamstead
Benjamen Bond, serv, unm, 21, Ag Lab, b. Caddington, Herts
George Cosier, serv, unm, 30, Ag Lab, b. Dunstable, Beds
John Clarke, serv, unm, 16, Ag Lab, b. Flamstead


1861 Flamstead, Herts   RG9 840 86 p14

Rainbow Hall Farm
William George, head, mar, 59, Farmer, 105 ac, 4 men 2 boys, b. Redbourn, Herts
Elizabeth George, wife, mar, 58, b. Kingston, Huntingdonshire
Thomas Plummer, serv, unm, 22, Carter, b. Caddington
William Ward, serv, unm, 15, Cow Boy, b. Caddington


1861 Flamstead, Herts   RG9 840 87 p16

Albion Place
William George, head, mar, 23, Farmers Son, b. Markyate?, Herts
Susanna George, wife, mar, 26, Bonnet Sewer, b. Dunstable, Beds


Regards   CP

[Bronniebebe]

Thankyou for your help

I didn't realise how close Herts and Beds were. So, my family probably moved from Flamstead to Luton for work.

Cheers
Bronwyn

[cep]

1871 Flamstead, Herts   RG10 1388 81 p9

Rainbow Hall
Benjamin Goodyear, head, mar, 63, Farmer, 103 ac, 3 men 1 boy, b. Markyate St, Herts
Mary Goodyear, wife, mar, 63, b. Weedon, Northants
William Goodyear, grandson, 15, Farmers Boy, b. Markyate St
Ellen Tompkins, serv, unm, 17, Domestic, b. Little Missenden, Bucks


1871 Headley, Hampshire   RG10 1228 41 p1

Standford
William George, head, mar, 33, Farmer, 200 ac, b. Flamstead, Herts
Susanna George, wife, mar, 34, b. Dunstable, Beds
William J George, son, 9, Scholar, b. Flamstead
Arthur E George, son, 7, Scholar, b. Dunstable
Thomas E George, son, 6, Scholar, b. Dunstable
Mary A E George, dau, 4, Scholar, b. Headley, Hants
Adelaide J George, dau, 2, b. Headley
Thomas Fowler, visitor, unm, 29, Decorator, House, b. Dunstable

next door:

William George, head, mar, 69, Ag Lab, b. Redbourn, Herts
Elizabeth George, wife, mar, 68, b. Cambridge
Annie H Thorn?, grand dau, 9, Scholar, b. America


Regards   CP

[Rick]

Bronwyn

There is an excellent book on Flamstead, which contains lots of information on former residents.  You may have to order a copy though, or you could try ordering it through your library service in NZ.

A New History Of Flamstead by Eric Edwards, Published by the Flamstead Society - ISBN 0-9519739-2-4

http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/books/book0024-flamstead.htm

Rick

[atticus]

Hi

I do not know if you bought a copy of the book mentioned, as your last post on the matter was a while back. I lived in Flamstead  and now live in the next village Markyate, In fact I used to horse ride at Rainbow Hall farm. I have copy of the book mentioned, every child living in the village in the year 2000 was given a copy by Eric.

It says that William George farmer and iron founder lived there by 1838, the land was owned by George and William Howard. He still lived there in 1861 aged 59 and his wife aged 58, farming 105 acres and employing 4 men and 2 boys, by 1870 there was a new farmer.

You might have found all of this already

[brigles]

Hi - have just read your post, so I may be too late, but William & Susanna George were also my gg grandparents (I'm descended from Mary Ann Elizabeth).  I'm also in NZ, so would like to make contact and share info if you're interested.

Lesley