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Living in Fersfield - 1939

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LANCHESTER, James
Family Historian Individual Narrative James LANCHESTER, son of Walter LANCHESTER (c. 1831- ) and Mary WRIGHT (c. 1833- ), was born on 21 August 1868 in Fersfield, Norfolk. He appeared in the census in 1871 at The Street in Fersfield - 2, living with parents Walter (40, agricultural labourer) and Mary (38), and siblings Henry (8, scholar) and Ann (5, scholar). James was baptised on 30 November 1877 in Fersfield. He appeared in the census in 1881 at Bates Lane in Fersfield - 12, farm labourer, living with parents Walter (47, farm labo ..... View full FH text (See notes below)
Birth:	21.08.1868 : Fersfield, Norfolk : 1868 Q3 Guiltcross Norfolk Vol 4B Page 232
Banns:	15.09.1895, 22.09.1895, 29.09.1895 : Kenninghall, Norfolk
Marriage:	01.10.1895 at Hargham, Norfolk to Frances Maria BRIGGS : 1895 Q4 Guiltcross Norfolk Vol 4B Page 675 : Both fathers were labourers; marriage was witnessed by Horace LANCHESTER and Eliza Jane LANCHESTER; the ceremony was conducted by the Rev. W. W. TYLER.
1871 Census:	The Street, Fersfield, Norfolk : 2, living with parents Walter (40, agricultural labourer) and Mary (38), and siblings Henry (8, scholar) and Ann (5, scholar) (RG10 Piece 1838 Folio 107 Page 9)
1881 Census:	Bates Lane, Fersfield, Norfolk : 12, farm labourer, living with parents Walter (47, farm labourer) and Mary 45), and brothers Horace (9, scholar) and Herbert (7, scholar) (RG11 Piece 1971 Folio 100 Page 9)
1891 Census:	Bates Lane, Fersfield, Norfolk : 20, agricultural labourer, living with parents Walter (58, agricultural labourer) and Mary (58), and brothers Harry (27, agricultural labourer), Herbert (16, agricultural labourer) and William (12, scholar) (RG12 Piece 1547 Folio 84 Page 7)
1901 Census:	Lodge Farm Cottage, Kenninghall, Norfolk : 32, teamster on farm, living with wife Frances (25) and sons Robert (1) and Leonard (8 mos) (RG13 Piece 1866 Folio 115 Page 11)
1911 Census:	Kenninghall Lodge, Kenninghall, Norfolk : 41, horseman on farm, living with wife Frances Maria (35) and children Leonard (10, scholar), Frederick G (8), Charles Biggs (6), Hilda Mary (5), Alfred (3), Norman Thomas (2), James (1) and Albert Edward (4 mos) - 14 children to couple, 10 still living (RG14 PN11479 RD231 SD1 ED11 SN74)
1939 Reg.:	Lodge Cottages, Fersfield, Norfolk, Fersfield, Norfolk : b. 21.08.1868 : Agricultural labourer (RG101/6541F/005/43 Letter Code: TREC)
Death:	00.00.1944
Elect. Roll:	1919 Electoral Roll, living in Diss Road, Kenninghall, Norfolk
Elect. Roll:	1925 Electorasl Roll, living in The Street, Fersfield, Norfolk
Elect. Roll:	1931 Electoral Roll, living in Hall Cottages, Fersfield, Norfolk, qualification by residency and occupation
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