Eighth Generation (Continued)
Family of John Thomas BOORMAN (261) & Charlotte CROUCH
621. John BOORMAN (John Thomas7, John6, Thomas5, Thomas4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born on 12 Sep 1832 in Biddenden, Kent, England. Christened in Baptist, Eynsford, Kent, England. John died in Chatham, Kent, England, on 18 Oct 1917; he was 85. Buried abt 1917 in St Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Hartlip, Kent, England.
- 1832 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: John Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1832
Birthplace: BAPTIST,EYNSFORD,KENT,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Boorman
Mother's Name: Charlotte Crouch
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C09162-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0596907 (RG4 877)
- Farmer in Hartlip
- 1841 "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: John Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Birthplace: Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tenterden
Sub-District: Rolvenden
Parish: Biddenden
County: Kent
- married 22?.12.1857, W Ashford Baptist Ch (m-cert)
- 1857 marriage registration:
Marriages Dec 1857
Boorman John W Ashford 2a 825
Smith George W Ashford 2a 825
Weeks Mary Jane W.Ashford 2a 825
Witherden Mary Ann W.Ashford 2a 825
The West Ashford Registration District in Kent includes civil parishes such as Bethersden and Smarden among others. [Hartlip is in the Milton Reg Dist further north - genuki]
- 1861 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Boorman
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Willesborough
Ecclesiastical parish: Lympne
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration district: East Ashford
Sub-registration district: Brabourne
ED, institution, or vessel: 6c
Household schedule number: 277
Piece: 515
Folio: 108
Page Number: 48
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 28
Mary Ann Boorman 31
Betsey Heathfield 16
Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 515; Folio: 108; Page: 48; GSU roll: 542653.
- 1867 lived Langdon Road Rochester. John worked at the Wharf. Later the family lived in Mill House Hartlip - still there 2005. Friday’s Mill burnt down in 1887
- 1881 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Boorman
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Hartlip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Mill House
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Miller (Employing 1 Man)
Registration district: Milton
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Piece: 972
Folio: 104
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 48
Mary Ann Boorman 50
John W. Boorman 15
Marianne Boorman 13
Eliza A. Witherden 25
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 972; Folio: 104; Page: 6; GSU roll: 1341231.
- 1901 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Hartlip
Ecclesiastical parish: Hartlip St Michael
Town: Hartlip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration district: Milton
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 2
Piece: 807
Folio: 88
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 68
Marianne L Boorman 53 [33?]
Eliza A Wilkesden 46
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 807; Folio: 88; Page: 1.
- 1911 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age in 1911: 78
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Biddenden, Kent
Civil parish: Hartlip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Hartlip Mill, Hartlip, Sittingbourne
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Farmer
Registration district: Milton
Registration District Number: 61
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 3
Piece: 4423
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 78 - head, widower, farmer, employer, born Kent Biddenden
Marianne Lydia Boorman 42 - daughter, single, born Kent St Margarets
Eliza Ann Witherden 56 - niece, single, house keeper, born Kent Biddenden
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 4423; Schedule Number: 3.
- Gravestone marks grave of John and Mary Ann Boorman. St Michael & All Angels, Hartlip, graveyard.
In Loving Memory of Mary Ann, beloved wife of John Boorman, born March 15 1829, died September 23 1897 (aged 68)
Also John Boorman, husband of the above, died October 18 1917 aged 85 years.
Note: Small baby's headstone also at the foot of the grave thought to be that of their grandson, John Boorman, who died aged two of Diptheria in the 1890s. However no inscription could be read on the footstone, so purely speculative based on family information about the child.
- 1917 Probate: 1167 pounds / 15 / 4 to Eliza Ann Witherden & Ebenezer Taylor
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: John Boorman
Probate Date: 14 Nov 1917
Death Date: 18 Oct 1917
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: London, England
Extract from image: “BOORMAN John of Hartlip near Sittingbourne Kent died 18 October 1917 at Chatham Probate London 14 November [1917] to Eliza Ann Witherden spinster Walter Hanks Day solicitor and Ebenezer Taylor farmer. Effects 1167 pounds 15s 4d”
RESEARCH NOTES
- there is an infant in Hartlip grave - was this the child of John and Mary Ann, or their son’s John & Henrietta’s?
- from another researcher: “[his father] John (1804) is further registered at Cripplegate [London] after 20 July 1837 just as John [not as John Thomas], son of John (1775) and Rachel Boorman. Underneath is an entry for his own son John (1832) Boorman and Rachel (1834) Boorman, son and daughter of John and Charlotte Boorman. (Their tragic brother Mark was later and registered in 1838 under the new system brought out in the UK.)”
- 1832 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: John Boorman
Gender: Male
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1832
Birthplace: BAPTIST,EYNSFORD,KENT,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Boorman
Mother's Name: Charlotte Crouch
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C09162-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0596907 (RG4 877)
- Farmer in Hartlip
- 1841 "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: John Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Birthplace: Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tenterden
Sub-District: Rolvenden
Parish: Biddenden
County: Kent
- married 22?.12.1857, W Ashford Baptist Ch (m-cert)
- 1857 marriage registration:
Marriages Dec 1857
Boorman John W Ashford 2a 825
Smith George W Ashford 2a 825
Weeks Mary Jane W.Ashford 2a 825
Witherden Mary Ann W.Ashford 2a 825
The West Ashford Registration District in Kent includes civil parishes such as Bethersden and Smarden among others. [Hartlip is in the Milton Reg Dist further north - genuki]
- 1861 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Boorman
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Willesborough
Ecclesiastical parish: Lympne
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration district: East Ashford
Sub-registration district: Brabourne
ED, institution, or vessel: 6c
Household schedule number: 277
Piece: 515
Folio: 108
Page Number: 48
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 28
Mary Ann Boorman 31
Betsey Heathfield 16
Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 515; Folio: 108; Page: 48; GSU roll: 542653.
- 1867 lived Langdon Road Rochester. John worked at the Wharf. Later the family lived in Mill House Hartlip - still there 2005. Friday’s Mill burnt down in 1887
- 1881 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Ann Boorman
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Hartlip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Mill House
Condition as to marriage: Married
Occupation: Miller (Employing 1 Man)
Registration district: Milton
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Piece: 972
Folio: 104
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 48
Mary Ann Boorman 50
John W. Boorman 15
Marianne Boorman 13
Eliza A. Witherden 25
Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 972; Folio: 104; Page: 6; GSU roll: 1341231.
- 1901 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age: 68
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Hartlip
Ecclesiastical parish: Hartlip St Michael
Town: Hartlip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration district: Milton
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 2
Piece: 807
Folio: 88
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 68
Marianne L Boorman 53 [33?]
Eliza A Wilkesden 46
Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 807; Folio: 88; Page: 1.
- 1911 England Census about John Boorman
Name: John Boorman
Age in 1911: 78
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Biddenden, Kent
Civil parish: Hartlip
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Hartlip Mill, Hartlip, Sittingbourne
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Farmer
Registration district: Milton
Registration District Number: 61
Sub-registration district: Milton
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Household schedule number: 3
Piece: 4423
Household Members:
Name Age
John Boorman 78 - head, widower, farmer, employer, born Kent Biddenden
Marianne Lydia Boorman 42 - daughter, single, born Kent St Margarets
Eliza Ann Witherden 56 - niece, single, house keeper, born Kent Biddenden
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 4423; Schedule Number: 3.
- Gravestone marks grave of John and Mary Ann Boorman. St Michael & All Angels, Hartlip, graveyard.
In Loving Memory of Mary Ann, beloved wife of John Boorman, born March 15 1829, died September 23 1897 (aged 68)
Also John Boorman, husband of the above, died October 18 1917 aged 85 years.
Note: Small baby's headstone also at the foot of the grave thought to be that of their grandson, John Boorman, who died aged two of Diptheria in the 1890s. However no inscription could be read on the footstone, so purely speculative based on family information about the child.
- 1917 Probate: 1167 pounds / 15 / 4 to Eliza Ann Witherden & Ebenezer Taylor
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: John Boorman
Probate Date: 14 Nov 1917
Death Date: 18 Oct 1917
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: London, England
Extract from image: “BOORMAN John of Hartlip near Sittingbourne Kent died 18 October 1917 at Chatham Probate London 14 November [1917] to Eliza Ann Witherden spinster Walter Hanks Day solicitor and Ebenezer Taylor farmer. Effects 1167 pounds 15s 4d”
RESEARCH NOTES
- there is an infant in Hartlip grave - was this the child of John and Mary Ann, or their son’s John & Henrietta’s?
- from another researcher: “[his father] John (1804) is further registered at Cripplegate [London] after 20 July 1837 just as John [not as John Thomas], son of John (1775) and Rachel Boorman. Underneath is an entry for his own son John (1832) Boorman and Rachel (1834) Boorman, son and daughter of John and Charlotte Boorman. (Their tragic brother Mark was later and registered in 1838 under the new system brought out in the UK.)”
On 22 Dec 1857 when John was 25, he married Mary Ann WITHERDEN in Tilden Baptist Chapel, Smarden, W Ashford, Kent, England. Born on 15 Mar 1829 in Rochester, Kent, England. Mary Ann died on 23 Sep 1897; she was 68. Buried abt 1897 in St Michael & All Angels Churchyard, Hartlip, Kent, England.
- Daughter of Thomas Witherden (abt 1790 Kent - 15 Feb 1837 Biddenden Kent) and Lydia Hope (1792-1873), who were married 17 Mar 1810 in Biddenden Kent. MI listing for Mary Ann’s parents:"WITHERDEN, H, 499, In memory of / Thomas WITHERDEN / of Great Batchelor Biddenden / who departed this life / February 15th 1837 / aged 48? years / also Lydia his wife / who died June 29th 1873 / aged 81 years / they left surviving 6 sons and 6 daughters / the memory of the just is blessed Prov 10"
- from another researcher: She is buried with husband John Boorman in St Michael and All Angels Church Hartlip. They were from non-conformists family but for some reason were buried in CofE graveyard at the church.
- Daughter of Thomas Witherden (abt 1790 Kent - 15 Feb 1837 Biddenden Kent) and Lydia Hope (1792-1873), who were married 17 Mar 1810 in Biddenden Kent. MI listing for Mary Ann’s parents:"WITHERDEN, H, 499, In memory of / Thomas WITHERDEN / of Great Batchelor Biddenden / who departed this life / February 15th 1837 / aged 48? years / also Lydia his wife / who died June 29th 1873 / aged 81 years / they left surviving 6 sons and 6 daughters / the memory of the just is blessed Prov 10"
- from another researcher: She is buried with husband John Boorman in St Michael and All Angels Church Hartlip. They were from non-conformists family but for some reason were buried in CofE graveyard at the church.
They had the following children:
1312i.
John Witherden BOORMAN (1865-1918)
1313ii.
Marianne Lydia BOORMAN (1867-1937)
622. Rachel BOORMAN (John Thomas7, John6, Thomas5, Thomas4, William3, Thomas2, William1). Born on 2 Jul 1834 in Worsenden [Farm], Biddenden, Kent, England. Christened in Eynsford Baptist Church, Kent, England. Rachel died in Tonbridge Reg Dist, Kent, England, on 26 Aug 1911; she was 77. Religion: Baptist.
- 1834 Birth: 2 Jul 1834, Registered 20 Jul 1837, Richard Cogan, Registrar
Entered onto registers of the Baptists at Dr Williams Library, Cripplegate London
“This is to certify and declare that Rachel Boorman, the daughter of John Boorman of Biddenden in the Parish of Biddenden in the County of Kent and Charlotte Boorman, his wife (who was the daughter of William and Mary Crouch of Chart Sutton....) was born at the house of the said John Boorman in Worsenden, Biddenden.”
John and Charlotte Boorman have signed the document. The document continues with “We certify and declare that we were present at the Birth of the Child above mentioned..... Signed John .....?, Biddenden Surgeon Rachel Boorman of Biddenden (Grandmother) - from www.thegenealogist.co.uk
- 1834 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Rachel Boorman
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1834
Christening Place: Biddenden, Kent, Eng.
Father's Name: John Boorman
Mother's Name: Charlotte
Maternal Grandfather's Name: William Crouch
Maternal Grandmother's Name: Mary
- 1834 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Rachel Boorman
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 02 Jul 1834
Birthplace: BAPTIST,EYNSFORD,KENT,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Boorman
Mother's Name: Charlotte Crouch
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C09162-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0596907 (RG4 877)
- 1841 "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: Rachel Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Birthplace: Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tenterden
Sub-District: Rolvenden
Parish: Biddenden
County: Kent
- 1851 England census, living with parents, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Rachel Boomian [Boorman] 16 - daughter, born Biddenden
- 1861 England census, living with father, step-mother, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Rachel Beerman [Boorman] 26 - daughter, un., farmer’s daughter
- 1863 Marriage, Registered at Maidstone Sep 1863 v. 2a, p. 795
Stephen Taylor and Rachel Boorman - 19 Aug 1863
Stephen, widower, Rachel, spinst. Married Bethel Chapel, Union St Maidstone, of Marden, Kent. Stephen's father, William Taylor deceased, farm lab, Rachel's father, John Boorman, farmer. Thomas Rofe, Minister offic. Wits:Thomas Pearce, Jane Jenner
- 1871 England Census about Stephen Taylor
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rachel Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Marden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Maidstone
Sub-registration district: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 54
Piece: 938
Folio: 25
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Self Stephen Taylor M 71 Marden, Kent
Wife Rachel Taylor F 36 Biddenden, Kent
Son John Taylor M 6 Marden, Kent
Daughter Jane Taylor F 4 Marden, Kent
Son William Taylor M 2 Marden, Kent
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 0 Marden, Kent [6 months]
Servant James West M 21 Marden, Kent
Servant Emily Day F 19 Marden, Kent
Servant Jane Day F 14 Edgerton, Kent Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 938; Folio: 25; Page: 12; GSU roll: 838711.
- 1881 "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Rachel Taylor
Age (Original): 46
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1835
Birthplace: Biddenden, Kent, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Widow
Occupation: Farmers Widow Retired
Address: High Street
Event Place: Headcorn, Kent, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341223
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 936 / 5
Page Number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Rachel Taylor F 46 Biddenden, Kent, England
Son John Taylor M 16 Marden, Kent, England
Son William Taylor M 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 10 Marden, Kent, England
Governess Anne Piper F 29 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- 1891 England census, living in Wateringbury Kent with sons John and William Taylor and 7 others:
Rachel Taylor, 56
1891 England Census
Name: Rachel Taylor
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Wateringbury - Clare Mount Street
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Wateringbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 670
Folio: 137
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Taylor 56 - head, widow, Grocer & Draper, b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 26 - son, S?, Grocer & Draper - Drap, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 22 - son, S, Grocer & Draper - Grocer, b. Kent Marden
Annie Peper 58 - servant, S, Domestic, Assist Housekeeper, b. Kent Cranbrook
Bertha Peper 20 - servant, S, Domestic, Assist Housekeeper, b. Kent Cranbrook
George A F Matten 26 - servant, S, Grocers & Drapers Clerk, b. Sussex, Hailcham
Thomas H Briggs 21 - servant, S, Grocers Assistant, B. Sussexx Bletchingly
William Bassett 20 - servant, S, Grocers Assistant, b. Kent Heldenb???
Arthur W Piper 16 - servant, S, Drapers Assistant, b. Kent Cranbrook
Jane Cook 22 - servant, domestic servant, b. Hampshire, Wickham
- 1901 "England and Wales Census, 1901"
Name: Rachel Taylor
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Gender: Female
Age: 66
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Biddenden, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tonbridge
Sub-District: Tunbridge
Ecclesiastical Parish: Tonbridge St Stephens
Civil Parish: Tonbridge Urban
District/Parish/County: Kent [others in household not shown in index - 23 Boormans living in Tonbridge + ? Taylors]
- 1911 England Census about Rachel Taylor
Name: Rachel Taylor
Age in 1911: 76
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Biddenden, Kent
Civil parish: Tonbridge
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: 13 Woodfield Road, Tonbridge
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Private Means
Registration district: Tonbridge
Registration District Number: 50
Sub-registration district: Tonbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Household schedule number: 134
Piece: 4085
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Taylor 76 - head, widow, married 9 yrs. 4 children 2 living 2 died, private means, b Biddenden Kent, English
William Taylor 42 - son, single, Assistant Grocery, b Marden Kent, English
Ann Collison 64 - housekeeper, single, b Headcorn Kent, English
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 4085; Schedule Number: 134.
- 1911: From another researcher: Rachel (1834-1911) was widowed youngish and with her son William (aged 42 in 1911) ran a grocer's shop in Tonbridge which was often talked about when I was a child.
- 1911 Deaths Sep 1911
Taylor Rachel 77 Tonbridge 2a 1033
- 1911 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Rachel Taylor
Probate Date: 4 Nov 1911
Death Date: 26 Aug 1911
Death Place: Tonbridge
Registry: London, England
Transcription of probate summary:
“TAYLOR Rachel of Tonbridge widow died 26 August 1911 Probate London 4 November [1911] to Ebenezer Taylor farmer and James Waghorn accoiuntant. Effects 3049 pounds 0s 3d”
- 1834 Birth: 2 Jul 1834, Registered 20 Jul 1837, Richard Cogan, Registrar
Entered onto registers of the Baptists at Dr Williams Library, Cripplegate London
“This is to certify and declare that Rachel Boorman, the daughter of John Boorman of Biddenden in the Parish of Biddenden in the County of Kent and Charlotte Boorman, his wife (who was the daughter of William and Mary Crouch of Chart Sutton....) was born at the house of the said John Boorman in Worsenden, Biddenden.”
John and Charlotte Boorman have signed the document. The document continues with “We certify and declare that we were present at the Birth of the Child above mentioned..... Signed John .....?, Biddenden Surgeon Rachel Boorman of Biddenden (Grandmother) - from www.thegenealogist.co.uk
- 1834 England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
Name: Rachel Boorman
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 2 Jul 1834
Christening Place: Biddenden, Kent, Eng.
Father's Name: John Boorman
Mother's Name: Charlotte
Maternal Grandfather's Name: William Crouch
Maternal Grandmother's Name: Mary
- 1834 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Rachel Boorman
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 02 Jul 1834
Birthplace: BAPTIST,EYNSFORD,KENT,ENGLAND
Father's Name: John Boorman
Mother's Name: Charlotte Crouch
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C09162-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0596907 (RG4 877)
- 1841 "England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: Rachel Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Birthplace: Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tenterden
Sub-District: Rolvenden
Parish: Biddenden
County: Kent
- 1851 England census, living with parents, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Rachel Boomian [Boorman] 16 - daughter, born Biddenden
- 1861 England census, living with father, step-mother, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Rachel Beerman [Boorman] 26 - daughter, un., farmer’s daughter
- 1863 Marriage, Registered at Maidstone Sep 1863 v. 2a, p. 795
Stephen Taylor and Rachel Boorman - 19 Aug 1863
Stephen, widower, Rachel, spinst. Married Bethel Chapel, Union St Maidstone, of Marden, Kent. Stephen's father, William Taylor deceased, farm lab, Rachel's father, John Boorman, farmer. Thomas Rofe, Minister offic. Wits:Thomas Pearce, Jane Jenner
- 1871 England Census about Stephen Taylor
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rachel Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Marden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Maidstone
Sub-registration district: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household schedule number: 54
Piece: 938
Folio: 25
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Self Stephen Taylor M 71 Marden, Kent
Wife Rachel Taylor F 36 Biddenden, Kent
Son John Taylor M 6 Marden, Kent
Daughter Jane Taylor F 4 Marden, Kent
Son William Taylor M 2 Marden, Kent
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 0 Marden, Kent [6 months]
Servant James West M 21 Marden, Kent
Servant Emily Day F 19 Marden, Kent
Servant Jane Day F 14 Edgerton, Kent Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 938; Folio: 25; Page: 12; GSU roll: 838711.
- 1881 "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Rachel Taylor
Age (Original): 46
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1835
Birthplace: Biddenden, Kent, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Widow
Occupation: Farmers Widow Retired
Address: High Street
Event Place: Headcorn, Kent, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341223
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 936 / 5
Page Number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Rachel Taylor F 46 Biddenden, Kent, England
Son John Taylor M 16 Marden, Kent, England
Son William Taylor M 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son Ebenezer Taylor M 10 Marden, Kent, England
Governess Anne Piper F 29 Cranbrook, Kent, England
- 1891 England census, living in Wateringbury Kent with sons John and William Taylor and 7 others:
Rachel Taylor, 56
1891 England Census
Name: Rachel Taylor
Age: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Wateringbury - Clare Mount Street
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Wateringbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Malling
Sub-registration District: East Peckham
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 670
Folio: 137
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Taylor 56 - head, widow, Grocer & Draper, b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 26 - son, S?, Grocer & Draper - Drap, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 22 - son, S, Grocer & Draper - Grocer, b. Kent Marden
Annie Peper 58 - servant, S, Domestic, Assist Housekeeper, b. Kent Cranbrook
Bertha Peper 20 - servant, S, Domestic, Assist Housekeeper, b. Kent Cranbrook
George A F Matten 26 - servant, S, Grocers & Drapers Clerk, b. Sussex, Hailcham
Thomas H Briggs 21 - servant, S, Grocers Assistant, B. Sussexx Bletchingly
William Bassett 20 - servant, S, Grocers Assistant, b. Kent Heldenb???
Arthur W Piper 16 - servant, S, Drapers Assistant, b. Kent Cranbrook
Jane Cook 22 - servant, domestic servant, b. Hampshire, Wickham
- 1901 "England and Wales Census, 1901"
Name: Rachel Taylor
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 31 Mar 1901
Gender: Female
Age: 66
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Biddenden, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tonbridge
Sub-District: Tunbridge
Ecclesiastical Parish: Tonbridge St Stephens
Civil Parish: Tonbridge Urban
District/Parish/County: Kent [others in household not shown in index - 23 Boormans living in Tonbridge + ? Taylors]
- 1911 England Census about Rachel Taylor
Name: Rachel Taylor
Age in 1911: 76
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Biddenden, Kent
Civil parish: Tonbridge
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: 13 Woodfield Road, Tonbridge
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Private Means
Registration district: Tonbridge
Registration District Number: 50
Sub-registration district: Tonbridge
ED, institution, or vessel: 12
Household schedule number: 134
Piece: 4085
Household Members:
Name Age
Rachel Taylor 76 - head, widow, married 9 yrs. 4 children 2 living 2 died, private means, b Biddenden Kent, English
William Taylor 42 - son, single, Assistant Grocery, b Marden Kent, English
Ann Collison 64 - housekeeper, single, b Headcorn Kent, English
Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 4085; Schedule Number: 134.
- 1911: From another researcher: Rachel (1834-1911) was widowed youngish and with her son William (aged 42 in 1911) ran a grocer's shop in Tonbridge which was often talked about when I was a child.
- 1911 Deaths Sep 1911
Taylor Rachel 77 Tonbridge 2a 1033
- 1911 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Rachel Taylor
Probate Date: 4 Nov 1911
Death Date: 26 Aug 1911
Death Place: Tonbridge
Registry: London, England
Transcription of probate summary:
“TAYLOR Rachel of Tonbridge widow died 26 August 1911 Probate London 4 November [1911] to Ebenezer Taylor farmer and James Waghorn accoiuntant. Effects 3049 pounds 0s 3d”
On 19 Aug 1863 when Rachel was 29, she married Stephen TAYLOR, son of William TAYLOR & Jane HUNT, in Bethel Baptist Chapel, Maidstone, Maidstone Reg Dist, Kent, England. Born in 1799 in Marden, Kent, England. Christened on 15 Sep 1799 in St Michael & All Angels, Marden, Kent, England. Stephen died in Maidstone Reg Dist, Kent, England, on 15 Aug 1872; he was 73.
- 1799 from Marden History Archives: Baptism of Stephen TAYLOR, 15 Sep 1799, s of William & Jane Taylor, at St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Ref No 1809. Also Ref No 8509
- 1820 marriage of Stephen Taylor, OTP, to Elizabeth Walter, OTP, 2 Jun 1820 by Banns, in Marden Kent, witnesses Tho. Taylor, Ann Manwaring, ref. 2270 Marden History Archives
- 1833 marriage register, Parish of Strood, County Kent - Page 126, No 377
Stephen Taylor of this Parish, Bachelor, and Ann Walter of this parish, Spinster, were married in this church by banns with consent of - this Eighth day of April 1833. By me [?], in presence of Charlotte Walter ??ender?, Matilda Reader?
Note: Stephen describes himself as a 'bachelor' and is getting married in Strood perhaps to distance himself from the fact that he is marrying his aunt (by marriage).
- 1841 England Census
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Gender: Male
Where born: Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
Hundred: Marden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Marden
Piece: 474
Book: 5
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 40
Ann Taylor 50
Stephen Taylor 15 - bricklayer
Walter Taylor 14
Daniel Hadaway 20
Smith Potter 20
Mary Tylor 3
- 1851 England Census
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Taylor
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Yalding
ED, institution, or vessel: 1b
Household Schedule Number: 44
Piece: 1616
Folio: 211
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 51 - bricklayer/Journeyman & Farmer employing 1 boy and 1 man
Ann Taylor 60
Ann Paine 16
- 1861 England Census about Stephen Taylor
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2b
Household Schedule Number: 70
Piece: 498
Folio: 26
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 61
Ann Taylor 70
Edwin Godsell 19
Elizabeth Russell 14
- 1863 England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stephen Taylor
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1863
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 795
Records on Page:
Name
Rachel Boorman
Catherine Moriarty
Stephen Taylor
- 1863 marriage Registered at Maidstone Sep 1863 v. 2a, p. 795
19 Aug 1863, Stephen, widower, Rachel, spinst. Married Bethel Chapel, Union St Maidstone, of Marden, Kent. Stephen's father, William Taylor deceased, farm lab, Rachel's father, John Boorman, farmer. Thomas Rofe, Minister offic. Wits:Thomas Pearce, Jane Jenner
- 1871 England Census
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rachel Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household Schedule Number: 54
Piece: 938
Folio: 25
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 71, head, mar, Farmer 104 employ in 5 men, b. Kent Marden
Rachel Taylor 36, wife, mar. b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 6, son, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Jane Taylor 4, daur, scholar, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 2, son, -, b. Kent Marden
Ebenezer Taylor 6 Months, son, - , b. Kent Marden
James West 21, servant, unm, Farm Lab Indoor, b Kent Marden
Emily Day 19, servamt. im,. dp,estoc servamt. b/ Lemt <ardem
Jane Day 14, servant, -, domestic servant, b Kent Edggerton
- 1872 England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stephen Taylor
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1872
Age at Death: 72
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 334
- 1872 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Stephen Taylor
Probate Date: 25 Nov 1872
Death Date: 15 Aug 1872
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Transcription of probate summary:
“TAYLOR, Stephen, effects under 2,000 pounds. 25 November [1872]. The Will of Stephen Taylor late of Marden in the County of Kent Farmer who died 15 Augest 1872 at Marden was proved at the Principal Registry by Walter Taylor of Marden Grocer the Son and John Day of Plain Farm Marden Farmer the Executors.”
RESEARCH NOTES
From other researchers:
- Son of William Taylor, farm lab, deceased at time of Stephen’s marriage
- Son of William Taylor (abt 1757 Marden Kent) and Jane Hunt (abt 1757, Kent); brother of William (1778-1838), Sarah (1780 - ), Thomas (1783 - 1857), Richard (1786 - )James (1788 - ), George (1792 - ), and Mary (1795 - ).
- He was married 3 times. The1863 marriage to Rachel Boorman, of Marden. Rachel gave him 4 more childre: John, Jane, William and Ebenezer. Rachel, his 3rd wife, there would have been 35 years younger than him.
- his first marriage was to Elizabeth Walter (1801-1832), and they had 3 children: Stephen Taylor (1824-1857), Ann Whybourne Taylor (1822-1843) and Walter Taylor (1826-1904)
- second marriage to an Ann (1791-1862) - no children listed
- 1799 from Marden History Archives: Baptism of Stephen TAYLOR, 15 Sep 1799, s of William & Jane Taylor, at St Michael’s and All Angels Church, Ref No 1809. Also Ref No 8509
- 1820 marriage of Stephen Taylor, OTP, to Elizabeth Walter, OTP, 2 Jun 1820 by Banns, in Marden Kent, witnesses Tho. Taylor, Ann Manwaring, ref. 2270 Marden History Archives
- 1833 marriage register, Parish of Strood, County Kent - Page 126, No 377
Stephen Taylor of this Parish, Bachelor, and Ann Walter of this parish, Spinster, were married in this church by banns with consent of - this Eighth day of April 1833. By me [?], in presence of Charlotte Walter ??ender?, Matilda Reader?
Note: Stephen describes himself as a 'bachelor' and is getting married in Strood perhaps to distance himself from the fact that he is marrying his aunt (by marriage).
- 1841 England Census
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Gender: Male
Where born: Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
Hundred: Marden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Marden
Piece: 474
Book: 5
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 40
Ann Taylor 50
Stephen Taylor 15 - bricklayer
Walter Taylor 14
Daniel Hadaway 20
Smith Potter 20
Mary Tylor 3
- 1851 England Census
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Taylor
Gender: M (Male)
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Yalding
ED, institution, or vessel: 1b
Household Schedule Number: 44
Piece: 1616
Folio: 211
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 51 - bricklayer/Journeyman & Farmer employing 1 boy and 1 man
Ann Taylor 60
Ann Paine 16
- 1861 England Census about Stephen Taylor
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 61
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2b
Household Schedule Number: 70
Piece: 498
Folio: 26
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 61
Ann Taylor 70
Edwin Godsell 19
Elizabeth Russell 14
- 1863 England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stephen Taylor
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1863
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 795
Records on Page:
Name
Rachel Boorman
Catherine Moriarty
Stephen Taylor
- 1863 marriage Registered at Maidstone Sep 1863 v. 2a, p. 795
19 Aug 1863, Stephen, widower, Rachel, spinst. Married Bethel Chapel, Union St Maidstone, of Marden, Kent. Stephen's father, William Taylor deceased, farm lab, Rachel's father, John Boorman, farmer. Thomas Rofe, Minister offic. Wits:Thomas Pearce, Jane Jenner
- 1871 England Census
Name: Stephen Taylor
Age: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Rachel Taylor
Gender: Male
Where born: Marden, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Marden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration District: Maidstone
Sub-registration District: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Household Schedule Number: 54
Piece: 938
Folio: 25
Page Number: 12
Household Members:
Name Age
Stephen Taylor 71, head, mar, Farmer 104 employ in 5 men, b. Kent Marden
Rachel Taylor 36, wife, mar. b. Kent Biddenden
John Taylor 6, son, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Jane Taylor 4, daur, scholar, b. Kent Marden
William Taylor 2, son, -, b. Kent Marden
Ebenezer Taylor 6 Months, son, - , b. Kent Marden
James West 21, servant, unm, Farm Lab Indoor, b Kent Marden
Emily Day 19, servamt. im,. dp,estoc servamt. b/ Lemt <ardem
Jane Day 14, servant, -, domestic servant, b Kent Edggerton
- 1872 England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Stephen Taylor
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1872
Age at Death: 72
Registration District: Maidstone
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 334
- 1872 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Stephen Taylor
Probate Date: 25 Nov 1872
Death Date: 15 Aug 1872
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Transcription of probate summary:
“TAYLOR, Stephen, effects under 2,000 pounds. 25 November [1872]. The Will of Stephen Taylor late of Marden in the County of Kent Farmer who died 15 Augest 1872 at Marden was proved at the Principal Registry by Walter Taylor of Marden Grocer the Son and John Day of Plain Farm Marden Farmer the Executors.”
RESEARCH NOTES
From other researchers:
- Son of William Taylor, farm lab, deceased at time of Stephen’s marriage
- Son of William Taylor (abt 1757 Marden Kent) and Jane Hunt (abt 1757, Kent); brother of William (1778-1838), Sarah (1780 - ), Thomas (1783 - 1857), Richard (1786 - )James (1788 - ), George (1792 - ), and Mary (1795 - ).
- He was married 3 times. The1863 marriage to Rachel Boorman, of Marden. Rachel gave him 4 more childre: John, Jane, William and Ebenezer. Rachel, his 3rd wife, there would have been 35 years younger than him.
- his first marriage was to Elizabeth Walter (1801-1832), and they had 3 children: Stephen Taylor (1824-1857), Ann Whybourne Taylor (1822-1843) and Walter Taylor (1826-1904)
- second marriage to an Ann (1791-1862) - no children listed
They had the following children:
1314i.
John TAYLOR (1864-1897)
1315ii.
Jane TAYLOR (Died as Child) (1867-1879)
1316iii.
William TAYLOR (1868-1944)
1317iv.
Ebenezer TAYLOR (1870-1958)
623. Mark BOORMAN (John Thomas7, John6, Thomas5, Thomas4, William3, Thomas2, William1) 
. Born on 29 May 1838 in Biddenden, Kent, England. Mark died in Great Nineveh Farm, Benenden, Kent, England, on 15 Jan 1880; he was 41. Buried abt Jan 1880 in Spier’s Ash Burying Ground, Smarden, Kent, England.
- 1838 birth registration: Births Sep 1838
Boorman Mark Tenterden 381
Tenterden district in Kent England includes the civil parish of Biddenden
- 1838 birth certificate transcript:
Birth shown as 29 May 1838, name Mark, Father John Boorman, Farmer, mother Charlotte Boorman, formerly Crouch
Birth 29 May 1838 ref Tenterden 1838 Sept Quarter, Vol 5, page 381
- 1841 England census: staying with g-ps
"England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: Mark Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Birthplace: Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tenterden
Sub-District: Rolvenden
Parish: Biddenden
County: Kent
- 1851 England census, living with parents, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Mark Boomian [Boorman] 12 - son, born Biddenden
- 1861 England census, living with father, step-mother, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Mark Beerman [Boorman] 22 - son, un, farmer’s son
- 1863 marriage registration: Marriages Dec 1863
Boorman Mark Maidstone 2a 868
Edwards John Maidstone 2a 868
Hooker Elizabeth Maidstone 2a 868
Hosmer Jane Maidstone 2a 868
- Marriage to Jane Hosmer, Bethel Baptist Chapel, Maidstone, Kent, 31 Oct 1863: Marriage Certificate generated by GRO shows witnesses are Mark Boorman's sister Rachel Taylor and her husband Stephen Taylor, solemnised by Minister Thomas Rofe. Parents shown as John Boorman, Farmer and James Hosmer, Farmer
- 1871 England Census about Marth Boarman
Name: Marth Boarman [Mark Boarman] [Marth Boorman] [Marth Pearson]
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane Boarman
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Marden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Residence: Allingham Farm
Registration district: Maidstone
Sub-registration district: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 42
Piece: 938
Folio: 36
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Marth Boarman 32 - head, married, farmer, b Kent - Biddenden
Jane Boarman 30 - wife, married, farmers wife, b. Kent Headcorn
Charlotte Boarman 6 - daughter, scholar, b. Kent Headcorn
Jane Boarman 4 - daughter, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Emily Boarman 2 - daughter, b. Kent Marden
George Boarman 17 - farm sert indoor, b. Kent Cranbrook
Edwd Botting 15 - farm sert indoor, b Kent Marden
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 938; Folio: 36; Page: 10; GSU roll: 838711.
- 1880 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Mark Boorman
Probate Date: 19 Mar 1880
Death Date: 15 Jan 1880
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Principal Registry
transcribed from film:
BOORMAN Mark. Personal Estate under 200 pounds. 1880 19 Mar. Administration of the Personal Estate of Mark Boorman late of Great Nineveh Farm Benenden in the County of Kent Farmer who died 15 January 1880 at Great Nineveh Farm was granted at the Principal Registry to Jane Boorman of Headcorn in the said County Widow the Relict.
- Kent Archaelogical Society MI index
Tilden chapel, Smarden, Kent, England - MI [298] Leland Duncan transcriptions
[298] In loving memory of MARK BOORMAN who died at Benenden January 15th 1880 aged 41 years leaving a widow and 7 children. Also of MARK son of the above who died January 17th 1880 aged 2 years and 5 months. "Be ye ready" Also of HARRIETT daughter of the above who died March 26th 1880 aged 9 months. "Suffer the little children to come unto me."
- Monument Inscription for Mark Boorman and his children Mark and Harriett, buried in the Spier’s Ash Burying Ground, Smarden Kent. From the google book “Memorials of Smarden, Kent”
- Website: britishnewspaperarchives shows a Report in Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 31 January 1880 which reads:
BENENDEN
'A FARMER AND HIS SON ACCIDENTALLY POISONED - SHOCKING OCCURRENCE - A very sad occurrence has taken place in this parish. A few days since Mr Mark Boorman, a highly respectable farmer, feeling somewhat indisposed, asked his wife to fetch him some flour of brimstone, which they had in the house. He mixed some of it with treacle and took a portion. One of his children, a little boy between two and three years old, also helped himself to some of the mixture. Mr Boorman shortly became sick, and, thinking it was the effect of his indisposition, went out into the air to recover himself. Violent vomiting, however, ensued, which the medical gentleman called in could not allay, and on the third day Mr Boorman died. The little boy, who was attacked in a similar manner, died a few hours subsequently. An inquest has been held, and the evidence showed that on the same shelf as the brimstone, and in a similar vessel, there was a quantity of an arsenical compound used in sheep-dressing, and the two articles being similar in colour, Mrs Boorman had brought her husband the poison by mistake - A verdict of 'Accidentally poisoned' was returned.'
- Another reseacher shows this Mark Boorman (1838-1880) as the son of Mark Boorman (1808), and marrying Jane Hosmer in 1863 - see http://www.alton.demon.co.uk/genealogy/d0001/g0000003.html#I958. Lists 7 children: Marianne Lydia, Mark, John, Patty, Harriet, Jane and Emily [this varies slightly from other sources. Others also show 7 children, but instead of Marianne Lydia (1867-1937) and Patty (), they show Charlotte and Martha; birth order different]
. Born on 29 May 1838 in Biddenden, Kent, England. Mark died in Great Nineveh Farm, Benenden, Kent, England, on 15 Jan 1880; he was 41. Buried abt Jan 1880 in Spier’s Ash Burying Ground, Smarden, Kent, England.- 1838 birth registration: Births Sep 1838
Boorman Mark Tenterden 381
Tenterden district in Kent England includes the civil parish of Biddenden
- 1838 birth certificate transcript:
Birth shown as 29 May 1838, name Mark, Father John Boorman, Farmer, mother Charlotte Boorman, formerly Crouch
Birth 29 May 1838 ref Tenterden 1838 Sept Quarter, Vol 5, page 381
- 1841 England census: staying with g-ps
"England and Wales Census, 1841"
Name: Mark Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1841
Gender: Male
Age: 3
Birthplace: Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Tenterden
Sub-District: Rolvenden
Parish: Biddenden
County: Kent
- 1851 England census, living with parents, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Mark Boomian [Boorman] 12 - son, born Biddenden
- 1861 England census, living with father, step-mother, 1 sibling and 1 cousin in Biddenden Kent:
Mark Beerman [Boorman] 22 - son, un, farmer’s son
- 1863 marriage registration: Marriages Dec 1863
Boorman Mark Maidstone 2a 868
Edwards John Maidstone 2a 868
Hooker Elizabeth Maidstone 2a 868
Hosmer Jane Maidstone 2a 868
- Marriage to Jane Hosmer, Bethel Baptist Chapel, Maidstone, Kent, 31 Oct 1863: Marriage Certificate generated by GRO shows witnesses are Mark Boorman's sister Rachel Taylor and her husband Stephen Taylor, solemnised by Minister Thomas Rofe. Parents shown as John Boorman, Farmer and James Hosmer, Farmer
- 1871 England Census about Marth Boarman
Name: Marth Boarman [Mark Boarman] [Marth Boorman] [Marth Pearson]
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Jane Boarman
Gender: Male
Where born: Biddenden, Kent, England
Civil parish: Marden
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Residence: Allingham Farm
Registration district: Maidstone
Sub-registration district: Marden
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Household schedule number: 42
Piece: 938
Folio: 36
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Marth Boarman 32 - head, married, farmer, b Kent - Biddenden
Jane Boarman 30 - wife, married, farmers wife, b. Kent Headcorn
Charlotte Boarman 6 - daughter, scholar, b. Kent Headcorn
Jane Boarman 4 - daughter, scholar, b. Kent Marden
Emily Boarman 2 - daughter, b. Kent Marden
George Boarman 17 - farm sert indoor, b. Kent Cranbrook
Edwd Botting 15 - farm sert indoor, b Kent Marden
Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 938; Folio: 36; Page: 10; GSU roll: 838711.
- 1880 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Mark Boorman
Probate Date: 19 Mar 1880
Death Date: 15 Jan 1880
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Principal Registry
transcribed from film:
BOORMAN Mark. Personal Estate under 200 pounds. 1880 19 Mar. Administration of the Personal Estate of Mark Boorman late of Great Nineveh Farm Benenden in the County of Kent Farmer who died 15 January 1880 at Great Nineveh Farm was granted at the Principal Registry to Jane Boorman of Headcorn in the said County Widow the Relict.
- Kent Archaelogical Society MI index
Tilden chapel, Smarden, Kent, England - MI [298] Leland Duncan transcriptions
[298] In loving memory of MARK BOORMAN who died at Benenden January 15th 1880 aged 41 years leaving a widow and 7 children. Also of MARK son of the above who died January 17th 1880 aged 2 years and 5 months. "Be ye ready" Also of HARRIETT daughter of the above who died March 26th 1880 aged 9 months. "Suffer the little children to come unto me."
- Monument Inscription for Mark Boorman and his children Mark and Harriett, buried in the Spier’s Ash Burying Ground, Smarden Kent. From the google book “Memorials of Smarden, Kent”
- Website: britishnewspaperarchives shows a Report in Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, Saturday 31 January 1880 which reads:
BENENDEN
'A FARMER AND HIS SON ACCIDENTALLY POISONED - SHOCKING OCCURRENCE - A very sad occurrence has taken place in this parish. A few days since Mr Mark Boorman, a highly respectable farmer, feeling somewhat indisposed, asked his wife to fetch him some flour of brimstone, which they had in the house. He mixed some of it with treacle and took a portion. One of his children, a little boy between two and three years old, also helped himself to some of the mixture. Mr Boorman shortly became sick, and, thinking it was the effect of his indisposition, went out into the air to recover himself. Violent vomiting, however, ensued, which the medical gentleman called in could not allay, and on the third day Mr Boorman died. The little boy, who was attacked in a similar manner, died a few hours subsequently. An inquest has been held, and the evidence showed that on the same shelf as the brimstone, and in a similar vessel, there was a quantity of an arsenical compound used in sheep-dressing, and the two articles being similar in colour, Mrs Boorman had brought her husband the poison by mistake - A verdict of 'Accidentally poisoned' was returned.'
- Another reseacher shows this Mark Boorman (1838-1880) as the son of Mark Boorman (1808), and marrying Jane Hosmer in 1863 - see http://www.alton.demon.co.uk/genealogy/d0001/g0000003.html#I958. Lists 7 children: Marianne Lydia, Mark, John, Patty, Harriet, Jane and Emily [this varies slightly from other sources. Others also show 7 children, but instead of Marianne Lydia (1867-1937) and Patty (), they show Charlotte and Martha; birth order different]
On 31 Oct 1863 when Mark was 25, he married Jane HOSMER in Bethel Baptist Chapel, Maidstone, Maidstone Reg Dist, Kent, England. Born abt 1841 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Jane died aft 1911; she was 70.
- 1881 "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Jane Boorman
Age (Original): 40
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1841
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Widow
Occupation: Sempstress
Address: North Road
Event Place: Headcorn, Kent, England
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341223
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 936 / 16
Page Number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Jane Boorman F 40 Headcorn, Kent, England
Daughter Charlotte Boorman F 16 Headcorn, Kent, England
Daughter Emily Boorman F 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son John Boorman M 9 Marden, Kent, England
Daughter Martha Boorman F 7 Marden, Kent, England
- 1911 cenus, widowed and living with single daughters Emily and Martha in Headcorn Kent, self-employed at home doing plain and fancy needlework with daughter Emily.
RESEARCH NOTES
- possible birth registrations [none under the spelling of Hosmar]
Jane Hosmer: Sep 1840, Hollingbourne Kent, 5, 240
Jane Elizabeth Hosmer, Sep 1841, Tunbridge Kent/Sussex, 5, 436; also 5, 446
- 1891 possible sighting:
"England and Wales Census, 1891"
Name: Jane Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1891
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Hollingbourn
Sub-District: Headcorn
Ecclesiastical Parish: Headcorn
Parish: Headcorn
County: Kent
- 1881 "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Jane Boorman
Age (Original): 40
Gender: Female
Birth Year: 1841
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Widow
Occupation: Sempstress
Address: North Road
Event Place: Headcorn, Kent, England
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341223
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 936 / 16
Page Number: 2
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Jane Boorman F 40 Headcorn, Kent, England
Daughter Charlotte Boorman F 16 Headcorn, Kent, England
Daughter Emily Boorman F 12 Marden, Kent, England
Son John Boorman M 9 Marden, Kent, England
Daughter Martha Boorman F 7 Marden, Kent, England
- 1911 cenus, widowed and living with single daughters Emily and Martha in Headcorn Kent, self-employed at home doing plain and fancy needlework with daughter Emily.
RESEARCH NOTES
- possible birth registrations [none under the spelling of Hosmar]
Jane Hosmer: Sep 1840, Hollingbourne Kent, 5, 240
Jane Elizabeth Hosmer, Sep 1841, Tunbridge Kent/Sussex, 5, 436; also 5, 446
- 1891 possible sighting:
"England and Wales Census, 1891"
Name: Jane Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1891
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Hollingbourn
Sub-District: Headcorn
Ecclesiastical Parish: Headcorn
Parish: Headcorn
County: Kent
They had the following children:
1318i.
Charlotte BOORMAN (1865-)
1319ii.
Jane BOORMAN (1867-)
1320iii.
Emily BOORMAN (1869-)
1321iv.
John BOORMAN (1872-)
1322v.
Martha BOORMAN (1874-)
1323vi.
Mark BOORMAN (Died as Child) (~1877-1880)
1324vii.
Harriett BOORMAN (Died as Infant) (~1879-1880)