Tenth Generation (Continued)
Alfred BOORMAN (Alfred9, Mary BOWLES8, Sarah BOORMAN7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1).
Born on 16 Apr 1817 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Christened in Headcorn Baptist Church, Headcorn, Kent, England. Alfred died in Kent, England, on 26 Sep 1897; he was 80. Buried abt 1897 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England. Occupation: Frmer Of 226 Acres. Religion: Baptist.
- 1851 "England and Wales Census, 1851"
Name: Alfred Boorman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Schedule Type: Household
- 1861 England Census, Sturry, Blean Reg Dist, Kent, England
Street Address: [Sturry Street]
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Boorman 43, head, mar, butcher employing 1 boy, Kent Headcorn
Frances S Boorman 44, wife mar, -, Kent Ulcomb
Fanny Boorman 17, daur, un, scholar, Kent Sturry
Elizabeth Boorman 11, daur, -, scholar, Kent Sturry
Lucy Boorman 6, daur, -, scholar, Kent Sturry
Alfred Boorman 2, son, -, scholar, Kent Sturry
Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 522; Folio: 5; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542654.
- 1871 "England and Wales Census, 1871"
Name: Alfred Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Blean
Sub-District: Sturry
Parish: Sturry
County: Kent
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Alfred Boorman M 53 Headcorn, Kent
Wife Francis S Boorman F 54 Ulcombe, Kent
Daughter Elizabeth Boorman F 21 Sturry, Kent
Daughter Lucy Boorman F 16 Sturry, Kent
Son Alfred Boorman M 12 Sturry, Kent
- 1880 executor of father’s will:
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941
Transcript of probate summary: BOORMAN Alfred. Personal Estate under £3,000. 22 December [1880]. The Will of Alfred Boorman late of the Parish of Headcorn in the County of Kent Yeoman who died 13 September 1880 at Headcorn was proved at the Principal Registry by Alfred Boorman of the Parish of Sturry in the said County Farmer the Son and Charles James Chaplin of Headcorn Grocer the Executors.
- 1881 "England and Wales Census, 1881"
Name: Alfred Boorman
Age (Original): 63
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1818
Birthplace: Headcorn, Kent, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer 226 Acres Employing 5 Men 1 Boy
Address: Buckwell Farm House
Event Place: Sturry, Kent, England
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341229
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 961 / 21
Page Number: 7
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Alfred Boorman M 63 Headcorn, Kent, England
Wife Frances S Boorman F 64 Ulcomb, Kent, England
Daughter Lucy Boorman F 26 Sturry, Kent, England
Son Alfred Boorman M 28 [likely should be 22?] Sturry, Kent, England
- Deaths Sep 1897
Boorman Alfred 80 Canterbury 2a 512 [lots of other possibilities]
- Headcorn MI’s:
236. (coffin):- Two infant children of Alfred and Frances-Shirley BOORMAN of Sturry near Canterbury: Jane born 9th February 1847 died 10th February 1849. Betsy born 18th July 1845 died 12th December 1849.
237. (coffin):- Two infant children of Alfred and Frances-Shirley BOORMAN of Sturry near Canterbury: Mary-Ann born 27th January 1853, died 6th March 1854; Annie born 27th August 1856, died 10th October 1863.
238. (coped cross):- Alfred BOORMAN 26th September 1897 aged 80. Frances – Shirley Boorman, 15th July 1908 aged 91.
RESEARCH NOTES
- 8 children listed
- can’t find marriage to Francis Shirley Hodges in freeBMD. The earliest marriage for Alfred Boorman since 1837:
Marriages Dec 1854
Boorman Alfred Medway 2a 515 [Kent]
Naylor Jane Mary Medway 2a 515
Pye Thomas Medway 2a 515
Woodgate Emma Medway 2a 515
In 1843 when Alfred was 25, he married Frances Shirley HODGES in Hollingbourne Reg Dist, Kent, England. Born on 11 Feb 1817 in Ulcombe, Kent, England. Christened on 16 Mar 1817 in Ulcombe, Kent, England. Frances Shirley died in Kent, England, on 16 Jul 1908; she was 91. Buried abt 1908 in Headcorn, Kent, England.
- 1817 "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Name: Frances Shirley Hodges
Gender: Female
Christening Date: 16 Mar 1817
Christening Place: Ulcombe, Kent, England
Birth Date: 11 Feb 1817
Birthplace:
Father's Name: Danniel Hodges
Mother's Name: Mary Hodges
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03386-5
System Origin: England-EASy
GS Film number: 1835794
Reference ID: item 5 p 12-3 No 97
- 1843 "England and Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-1920"
Name: Frances Shirley Hodges
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 1843
Event Place: Hollingbourne, Kent, England
County: Kent
Page: 321
Volume: 5
Affiliate Line Number: 54
Registration Quarter: 2
Frances Shirley Hodges probably married one of the following people
Name: Alfred Boormen [note spelling]
Name: Elizabeth Gillett
Name: Thomas Wimsett
They had the following children:
Elizabeth BOORMAN (Alfred9, Mary BOWLES8, Sarah BOORMAN7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1).
Born on 7 Mar 1819 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Christened in Headcorn Baptist Church, Headcorn, Kent, England. Elizabeth died on 26 Nov 1835; she was 16. Buried abt 1835 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England.
Thomas BOORMAN (Alfred9, Mary BOWLES8, Sarah BOORMAN7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1).
Born abt 1823 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Thomas died on 6 May 1862; he was 39. Buried abt May 1862 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England. Religion: Baptist.
- 1841 England Census
Name: Thomas Boorman
Age: 5 [film says 15]
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 [1826]
Gender: Male
Where born: Kent, England
Civil Parish: Headcorn
Hundred: Eyhorne
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Registration District: Hollingbourn
Sub-registration District: Headcorn
Piece: 459
Book: 6
Folio: 23
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Alfred Boorman 45 - Butcher, born Kent
Elizabeth Boorman 45 - born Kent
Alfred Boorman 20 - born Kent
Thomas Boorman 5 [15] - born Kent
Ann Boorman 11 - born Kent
Lavinia Boorman 1 Mo Kent
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 459; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Headcorn; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 23; Page: 10; Line: 18; GSU roll: 306853
- 1861 England Census about Thomas Boarman
Name: Thomas Boarman
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: 1824
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Louisa Boarman
Gender: Male
Where born: Headcorn, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Headcorn
Ecclesiastical parish: Canterbury
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Street Address: Village
Occupation:
Registration District: Hollinbourn
Sub-registration District: Headcorn
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household Schedule Number: 82
Piece: 506
Folio: 72
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Boarman 37 - head, butcher, b Kent Headcorn
Louisa Boarman 32 - wife, b Kent Ulcomb
Jesse Boarman 6 - son, scholar, b Kent Headcorn
Auselina Boarman 4 - [Anselina] daur, scholar, b Kent Headcorn
Thomas Boarman 2 - son, -, b Kent Headcorn
Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 506; Folio: 72; Page: 14; GSU roll: 542651.
- 1862 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Name: Thomas Boorman
Probate Date: 6 Jun 1862
Death Date: 6 May 1862
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Transcription of summary:
“BOORMAN Thomas. Effects under 200 pounds
6 June [1862]. The Will of Thomas Boorman late of Headcorn in the County of Kent Butcher deceased who died 6 May 1862 at Headcorn aforesaid was proved at the PRincipal Registry by the oaths of Robert Children of Headcorn aforesaid Farmer and Thomas Burden the Younger of Headcorn aforesaid Miller the Executors.”
RESEARCH NOTES
- Initial information provided by another researcher in 2001 after visiting Headcorn, England.
On 23 Apr 1854 when Thomas was 31, he married
Louisa BOORMAN (530) , daughter of
Thomas BOORMAN (297) & Sarah Ann SAUNDERS, in Smarden, Kent, England.
Born in 1830 in Ulcombe, Kent, England. Louisa died in Kent, England, on 29 Jun 1906; she was 76. Buried in 1906 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England.
- 1871 "England and Wales Census, 1871"
Name: Louisa Boorman
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1871
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Birthplace: Ulcombe, Kent
Schedule Type: Household
Registration District: Hollingbourn
Sub-District: Headcorn
Parish: Headcorn
County: Kent
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Louisa Boorman F 40 Ulcombe, Kent
Son Jesse Boorman M 16 Headcorn, Kent
Son Thomas Boorman M 12 Headcorn, Kent
Servant Fanny Burbridge F 20 Headcorn, Kent
ALSO
- 1871 England census, living in Headcorn Kent
Name Age
Louisa Boorman 40 - head, widow, 40, butcher, b Kent Ulcomb
Jesse Boorman 16 - son, unm, 16, butchers son, b Kent Headcorn
Thomas Boorman 14 - son, -, 12?, scholar, b Kent Headcorn
Fanny Burbridge 20 - servant, unm, 20, general servant, b Kent Headcorn
- 1891 England census, living in Margate, Ramsgate Parish, Kent with daughter Ann
Name Age
Frederick H Welch 29
on next page:
Ann S Welch 34 - wife, M, 34, b Kent Headcorn
Dora Welch 4 - daur, 4, b Sussex Mayfield
Herbert Welch 3 - son, 3, b Kent Broadstairs
Frank Welch 1 - son 1, b Kent Sevenoaks
Louisa Boorman 61 - mother in law, Wid, 61, living on her own means, b Kent Ulcomb
Emily Osborne 25 - serv, S, 25, general servant domestic, b Sussex Flimwell
- 1901 England census, living on High Street, Headcorn Kent
Name Age
Jesse Boorman 46 - head, M, 46, butcher shopkeeper, employer, b Kent Headcorn
Annie Boorman 49 - wife, M, 49, -, b Kent Smarden
Ada Boorman 19 - daur, S, 17, -, b Kent Headcorn
Alfred Boorman 16 - son, S, 16, butchers son, worker, b Kent Headcorn
Jesse Boorman 11 - son, S, 11, -, b Kent Headcorn
George Boorman 10 - son, S, 10, -, b Kent Headcorn
Next door, recorded as a separate household:
Louisa Boorman, head, Wid, 71, retired butcher, b Kent Headcorn, deaf
- 1906 d reg 3rd qtr 1906 Hollingbourn vol2a p 520. Aged 76
RESEARCH NOTES
- Was her maiden name really Boorman?
They had the following children:
William BOORMAN (Alfred9, Mary BOWLES8, Sarah BOORMAN7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1).
William died on 9 Aug 1836. Buried on 15 Aug 1836 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England. Religion: Baptist.
- "England and Wales, Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8)"
Name: William Boorman
Event Type: Burial
Burial Date: 15 Aug 1836
Burial Place: Headcorn, Kent
Father's Name:
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Boorman
Affiliate Publication Number: RG4_0932
Angelina / Ann Celina BOORMAN (Alfred9, Mary BOWLES8, Sarah BOORMAN7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1).
Born abt 1829 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Angelina / Ann Celina died on 9 Aug 1836; she was 7.
- 1841 England census, living in Headcorn Kent
Alfred Boorman 45 - Butcher, born Kent
Elizabeth Boorman 45 - born Kent
Alfred Boorman 20 - born Kent
Thomas Boorman 5 [15] - born Kent
Ann Boorman 11 - born Kent
Lavinia Boorman 1 Mo - born Kent
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 459; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Headcorn; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 23; Page: 10; Line: 18; GSU roll: 306853
RESEARCH NOTES
- Sources vary on names (Angelina or Anicelina (Ann Celina)) and on date of death. 1836 vs 1851.
Could be: Deaths Jun 1851
Boorman Ann Celina Hollingbourne 5 195
No deaths registered as Angelina Boorman
- There was an Ann Selina Boorman born later in 1857 in Hollingbourne RD, and may later have married in 1885 in Sevenoaks, who might be connected and perhaps a namesake?
Lavinia BOORMAN (Alfred9, Mary BOWLES8, Sarah BOORMAN7, William6, Elizabeth HAYWARD5, Margaret BOORMAN4, William3, John2, John1).
Born on 6 May 1841 in Headcorn, Kent, England. Christened on 9 Oct 1864. Lavinia died on 29 Nov 1886; she was 45. Buried abt Dec 1886 in Headcorn Baptist Church Burial Ground, Headcorn, Kent, England. Religion: Baptist.
- 1841 England census, living in Headcorn Kent
Alfred Boorman 45 - Butcher, born Kent
Elizabeth Boorman 45 - born Kent
Alfred Boorman 20 - born Kent
Thomas Boorman 5 [15] - born Kent
Ann Boorman 11 - born Kent
Lavinia Boorman 1 Mo - born Kent
Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 459; Book: 6; Civil Parish: Headcorn; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 23; Page: 10; Line: 18; GSU roll: 306853
- Photo taken of her weathered gravestone in the Headcorn Baptist Church burial ground in 2012, hard to read:
... Lavinia, the ..... wife of John Frances Newman and ..... daughter of Alfred and Elizabeth Boorman, who died November 29th ..... aged forty five years
Lavinia married John Francis NEWMAN. Born ca 1840.