Ancestral Trails 2016 » Francis GURNEY (1853-1939)

Personal data Francis GURNEY 

  • He was born on October 12, 1853 in Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.Source 1
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1910 Farmer & Landowner in Elm Tree Farm, Little Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1871 Farmer's Son in Farm House, Little Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1881 Farmer's Son in Pirton.
    • in the year 1891 Farmer in Elm Tree Farm, Little Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1901 Farmer - Employer in Elm Tree Farm, Little Green, Pirton.
    • in the year 1911 Farmer - Employer in Elm Tree Farm, Little Green, Pirton.
  • He died on June 11, 1939 in Elm Tree Farm, Pirton, Hertfordshire, he was 85 years old.Source 2
  • Probate on November 16, 1939 naar London.Source 3
  • A child of Charles GURNEY and Ann KING

Household of Francis GURNEY

He is married to Emma DAVIES.

They got married on October 5, 1881 at Henlow, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, he was 27 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Charles GURNEY  1890-????
  2. John GURNEY  1887-1975
  3. Miriam GURNEY  1888-????
  4. Annie GURNEY  1892-1974 


Notes about Francis GURNEY

1861 aged 7, living at Pirton with parents, Charles and Ann Gurney, and three siblings.

1871 aged 17, living at Farm House, Little Green, Pirton with parents, Charles and Ann Gurney, and three siblings.

1881 aged 27, living at Pirton village with widowed mother, Ann Gurney, sister Sarah and niece Emily A Bray.

1891 aged 37, living at Elm Tree Farm, Pirton, Hitchin with his wife Emma 32, and son John 4.

1901 aged 47, living at Elm Tree Farm, Pirton, Hitchin with his wife Emma 42, children John 14, Miriam 13, Charles 11, Annie 9 and general servant Kate French 18.

1911 widower aged 57, living in an eleven room house at Elm Tree Farm, Pirton near Hitchin with his children John 24, Miriam 23, Charles 21, Annie 18 and visitor, greengrocer May Nicholls 22 from Hitchin. Six children born, two deceased.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Francis GURNEY

John GURNEY
1791-< 1841
Sarah ELL
1792-????
Joseph KING
1794-1846
Ann HIPGRAVE
1795-1878
Ann KING
1821-1910

Francis GURNEY
1853-1939

1881

Emma DAVIES
1859-1909

Charles GURNEY
1890-????
John GURNEY
1887-1975
Miriam GURNEY
1888-????
Annie GURNEY
1892-1974

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Sources

  1. George Fleming Budd's Diary
  2. BMD Index
    Jun Qtr 1939 Hitchin 3a 1029 - aged 85
    / www.findmypast.co.uk
  3. England & Wales, National Probate Calender (Index of Wills & Administrations), 1861-1941
    Francis GURNEY of Elm Tree Farm Pirton Hitchin Hertfordshire died 11 Jun 1939 Probate London 16 November to John GURNEY farmer. Effects £2393.1s.8d
    / www.ancestry.com

Historical events

Birthday October 12, 1853

  • The temperature on October 12, 1853 was about 14.3 °C. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 19 » Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
    • March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
    • April 16 » The Great Indian Peninsula Railway opens the first passenger rail in India, from Bori Bunder to Thane.
    • July 2 » The Russian Army crosses the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War.
    • July 25 » Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as the "Robin Hood of El Dorado", is killed.
    • December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

Day of marriage October 5, 1881

  • The temperature on October 5, 1881 was about 7.7 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
    • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
    • July 4 » In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
    • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.
    • November 3 » The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
    • November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

Day of death June 11, 1939

  • The temperature on June 11, 1939 was between 9.0 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain.
    • April 4 » Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
    • April 14 » The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
    • May 23 » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
    • August 15 » Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
    • November 23 » World War II: HMSRawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.


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Source: Wikipedia

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