William GREGORY

William GREGORY[1, 2, 3]

Male 1843 -

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  • Name William GREGORY 
    Christened 19 Jan 1843  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I2249  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2013 

    Father Edward GREGORY,   c. 13 Dec 1797, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Apr 1857, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Mother Christian MILSTED,   c. 26 Jul 1801, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. June quarter 1871 2a, 433, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 3 Mar 1821  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Hannah COLE,   b. 1846, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 31 Mar 1866  Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Herbert GREGORY,   b. 1869, Frindsbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Ellen GREGORY,   b. 1871, Frindsbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Frances GREGORY,   b. 1873, Frindsbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William Ernest GREGORY,   b. 1875, Upnor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Florence Amy GREGORY,   b. 1877, Upnor, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Ernest Henry GREGORY,   b. 1880, Strood-Rochester, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Elizabeth R. GREGORY,   b. 1883, Strood-Rochester, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F982  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The youngest surviving son of Edward and Christian Milsted, William had the sea in his blood and a roving spirit to match. By the age of 18 he was actively employed as a mariner and, in fact, his existence was not discovered until he returned to Faversham in time to be caught on the 1891 census.

      William married circa 1868 Ellen Hannah of Faversham and through some means settled at Frindsbury. There his first three children were born. The family then moved on to Upnor where the next two children were born. By 1880 the family had moved once more. This time, to Strood where Ernest Henry was born. At the time of the 1881 census, however, the family had returned to Frindsbury. William was still enumerated as being a mariner but they lived at the grocer's shop. Living with them was a boarder, William Warrington, a blacksmith from Yalding. William's last child was born at Strood during 1883.

      The 1891 census saw the return of this roving family to Faversham. Living at 11 Park Road with the four youngest children, William was still engaged as a fisherman.

      William Ernest married, during the last three months of 1896, a lady by the name of Florence Homewood. They had at least six children comprised of 5 daughters and 1 son.

      Ernest Henry also married at Faversham, circa 1903 Ada Eliza. They had at least four sons.

  • Sources 
    1. [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Frindsbury, Kent, England, RG10/899, ED 9, fol. 18, p. 7, FHL fillm #0823487., 1871.

      Household Sch. #36,
      William Gregory, head, mar, 28, bargeman, born Faversham, Kent
      Ellen Gregory, wife, mar, 25, born Faversham, Kent
      Herbert Gregory, son, single, 2, born Frindsbury, Kent
      Ellen Gregory, daughter, single, 11 month, born Frindsbury, Kent
      Christiane Gregory, mother, widow, 69, formerly nurse, born Faversham, Kent

    2. [S54] 1881 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1341209, RG11/0881, folio 92, page 28, Frindsbury, 3 Apr 1881.
      Grocers Shop, Frindsbury:
      William Gregory, head, married, 37, mariner, born at Faversham
      Ellen Hannah, wife, married, 35, born at Faversham
      Herbert, son, 12, scholar, born at Faversham
      Ellen, daughter, 10, scholar, born at Faversham
      Frances, daughter, 8, scholar, born at Faversham
      William Ernest, son, 6, scholar, born at Faversham
      Florance [sic] Amy, daughter, 4, scholar, born at Faversham
      Ernest Henry, son, 1, born at Faversham
      William Warrington, boarder, widower, 53, blacksmith, born at Yalding

    3. [S9] 1891 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Fiche #6095823, Faversham, 5 Apr 1891.
      Schedule #123 - 12 Park Road, Faversham:
      William Gregory, head, married, 48, fisherman, born at Faversham
      Ellen H., wife, married, 45, born at Faversham
      William, son, 16, bargeman, born at Upnor, Kent
      Florence A., daughter, 14, born at Upnor, Kent
      Ernest H., son, 11, born at Strood
      Elizabeth R., daughter, 8 born at Strood

    4. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886148, 1821 entry #245, 3 Mar 1821.
      Marriage entry of Edward Gregory, of this parish [Faversham], bachelor and Christiana Milstead, of this parish, spinster who were married in this church [Faversham] by banns on the 3rd day of March 1821. Witnesses were Edward K. Smith and Hart Chapman.

    5. [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England, LDS #2354700, 31 Mar 1866.
      Marriage Banns:
      Read March 11, 18 and 25, 1866 for the marriage of William Gregory, bachelor and Ellen Hannah Cole, spinster, both of this parish.

      Marriage Record:
      William Gregory of full age, bachelor, mariner of Preston-Faversham, father Edward Gregory, mariner and Ellen Hannah Cole, a minor, spinster, no occupation, of Preston-Faversham, father Thomas Cole, carpenter. Witnesses: Ann Higgins Cole and William Richard Ward.
      See also marriage of Thomas Nutt Streeter and Caroline Cole.