Person:Caroline Dickens (1)

Caroline Dickins was baptised on 30th July 1815 at Astwick in Bedfordshire, daughter of Mary Dickins, formerly Lanceter, and her husband William Dickins, a farmer.

By 1851 Caroline was living at Walsworth in the parish of Hitchin, a few miles south of Astwick. She was married at Hitchin on 3rd February 1851 to an agricultural labourer called William Worbey. He was about ten years younger than her.

Caroline and William went on to have three sons together between 1851 and 1856. Two of them were given Caroline's mother's maiden name as a middle name.

The 1851 and 1861 censuses both find Caroline and William living at Walsworth. By 1871 they were living at Squires Cottages in Hitchin.

William died in 1874, aged 48. Caroline appears in the 1881 census living with one of her sons at Leicester Cottages in Hitchin.

Caroline died in 1886, aged about 71.

1. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

   ch. 30 Jul 1815, Astwick, Bedfordshire: Caroline daughter of William & Mary Dickins

   Needs to be confirmed at Bedfordshire Archives.

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1710; Folio 240; Page 23, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Walsworth, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   William Worboys, head, married, male, 25 [1825/6], Agricultural Lab[oure]r, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Caroline Worboys, wife, married, female, 30 [1820/1], b. Astwick, Bedfordshire

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 819; Folio 102; Page 15, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Walsworth Hamlet, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   William Warboys, head, married, male, 36 [1824/5], Labourer, b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Caroline Warboys, wife, married, female, 34 [1826/7], b. Astwick, Hertfordshire [sic]
   William Warboys, son, male, 9 [1851/2], b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   George Warboys, son, male, 7 [1853/4], b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Walter Warboys, son, male, 4 [1856/7], b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1367; Folio 72; Page 36, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Squires Cottages, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   William Warboy, head, married, male, 57 [1813/4], Jobbing Labourer, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Caroline Warboy, wife, married, female, 53 [1817/8], b. Astwick, Bedfordshire
   William Warboy, son, unmarried, male, 18 [1852/3], Jobbing Butcher, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Warboy, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1854/5], Errand boy, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Walter Warboy, son, male, 14 [1856/7], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1419; Folio 104; Page 22, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Leicester Cottages, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Walter Worboy, head, unmarried, male, 24 [1856/7], Pork Butcher, b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Caroline Worboy, mother, widow, female, 60 [1820/1], b. Astwick, Bedfordshire

6. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Caroline WORBEY, September Quarter 1886, Hitchin Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 262, aged 65 [1820/1]