Person:George Gorringe (7)

George Gorringe (also spelt Gorridge, Gorring etc) was born about 1816 in the village of Worth, Sussex, the eldest son of miller and labourer Thomas Gorringe and Catherine "Kitty" Creasey. He was baptised at St. Nicholas Church in Worth on 13 October 1816. His younger siblings were baptised in the same church - Harriet in 1819, Thomas in 1821, John in 1823, William in 1826, Daniel in 1831 and Henry in 1834.

On 16 April 1838 George was a witness to the marriage of his sister Harriett to labourer John Hunt. The other witness was Elizabeth Longley. A few months later on 10 November George, aged 22, married Elizabeth Longley, aged 21, in St. Mary the Virgin's Church in Horne, Surrey. Elizabeth was the daughter of shoemaker Thomas Longley and his wife Sarah. George's occupation was listed on the marriage record as labourer. Witnesses to the marriage were Elizabeth's father Thomas and a Salome Snelling (it's not yet known if she was any relation to the family). George and Elizabeth's first child, William, was born in 1839 and baptised at St. Mary the Virgin's church on 24 March 1839.

In the 1841 census George, Elizabeth and William were living with Elizabeth's parents and family in a house near the church in Horne. George was working as a miller - a mill was built in Horne in 1823 but it was apparently gone by 1851, or he could have been working at one of the nearby Outwood Mills. Thomas and Sarah Longley were working as the schoolmaster and clerk, and schoolmistress respectively, and Elizabeth's younger siblings Joseph and William Longley were working as shoemakers. George's parents and siblings were living about 12 kilometres away in Reigate at "Cockshot Mill", with Thomas working as a miller.

Five more children were born to George and Elizabeth in Horne before the 1851 census: George in 1841, James in 1843, Edgar in 1846, Sarah Ann in 1848 and John in 1851. George's parents Thomas and Kitty died both aged about 58 in Leigh, Surrey, in 1849 and 1850 respectively. By the 1851 census George, Elizabeth and their six children were living at Hedge Courts in Horne, Surrey. George was still working as a miller. Elizabeth's parents Thomas and Sarah were still living in the same house and he was still working as the schoolmaster and parish clerk.

Between 1851 and 1861 George and Elizabeth had three more children: Thomas in 1854, Alice in 1856 and Henry in 1858. The listings of these three children's birth locations in census records, variously given as Horne, Felbridge, Crawley Down and East Grinstead gives a good indication that the "Hedge Court" buildings where the family lived could have been near what is now known as Hedgecourt Lake and the nearby "Mill Wood".

By 1861 George and Elizabeth's sons William, George and James had left home and were boarding and working in Worth as agricultural labourers (William and George) and grocers (James). George, Elizabeth and their other four boys and two girls moved to Bolney, Sussex, where the family lived at the Stables House near the Eight Bells village pub. George was still working as a miller, and it's likely the family moved to Bolney to pursue work opportunities for George.

George and Elizabeth's last child, Elizabeth Ann, was born and baptised in 1861 in Bolney. Their older children began to marry and start families of their own - James in Paddington in 1865, George in East Grinstead in 1866, Sarah Ann in Crawley Down in 1867, and Edgar in Paddington in 1869. One of their sons, Henry, died in 1868 from measles aged just 10 years old.

By 1871 George, Elizabeth, two sons and two daughters had moved back to the Horne area and were living in one of the "Park Villas" not far from the vicarage in Blindley Heath, Surrey. George and the two sons still at home were working as labourers. George and Elizabeth's son George was also living in Blindley Heath (in the school house) with his family and working as a groom, and their daughter Sarah Ann (married to William Gatland) was living in nearby Burstow. William, James and Edgar had moved to London where they were working as coal porters and living near each other in Paddington.

George was present at the death of his youngest child Elizabeth when she died of erysipelas (a skin infection) and pneumonia in 1876 aged about 15. She was buried in St. John the Evangelist Church Cemetery, Blindley Heath with her brother Henry. George and Elizabeth Gorringe died in Blindley Heath in 1878 both aged about 62 - George on 1 February due to kidney disease and Elizabeth on 2 November due to cirrhosis of the liver. George was buried 7 Feb 1848 in St. John the Evangelist Church Cemetery, Blindley Heath. Probate records exist for both, with their sons George and Thomas acting as executors of Elizabeth's estate.

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St. Nicholas Church in Worth

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1. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Marriage Index. (London, England: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
   entry for George Gorringe, volume 4, page 175, Oct-Nov-Dec quarter 1838, Godstone district.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Sussex, England. 1861 Census of England
   Bolney, folio 138, page 34; citing PRO RG 9/582.

   Name Age
   George Gorringe 46
   Elizabeth Gorringe 46
   Edgar Gorringe 15
   Sarah Gorringe 12
   John Gorringe 10
   Thomas Gorringe 7
   Alice Gorringe 5
   Henry Gorringe 2

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} General Register Office. Marriage Certificate
   marriage certificate for George Gorringe and Elizabeth Longley, married 10 Nov 1838; citing 4/175/2, Oct-Dec quarter 1838, Godstone registration district, Surrey sub-district.
   George Gorringe m. Elizabeth Longley
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Church of England. St. James' Church (Paddington). Parish registers of St. James' Church (Paddington, Middlesex), 1633-1885. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969-2000)
   "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921," Edgar Gorringe m. Jane Huggett, 16 Aug 1869.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} General Register Office. Marriage Certificate
   marriage certificate for James Gorringe and Sarah Ann Kelly, married 12 Sep 1881; citing 1a/343/71, Jul-Sep quarter 1881, Middlesex registration district, Kensington sub-district.
   James Gorringe m. Sarah Ann Kelly
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} Surrey, England. 1851 Census of England
   Horne, folio 8, page 8; citing PRO HO 107/1600.

   Name Age
   George Gorridge 35
   Elizabeth Gorridge 34
   William Gorridge 12
   James Gorridge 7
   George Gorridge 10
   Edgar Gorridge 5
   Sarah Gorridge 2
   John Gorridge 1 MO
   Thomas Stone 55
   Ann Stone 53

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Surrey, England. 1871 Census of England
   Godstone, folio 47, page 19; citing PRO RG 10/837.
8. ↑ General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Death Index. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office, 1837-Present)
   entry for George Gorringe, volume 2a, page 119, Jan-Feb-Mar quarter 1878, Godstone district.
9. ↑ ^9.0 9.1 England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com)
   1978: Go pg 355.

   "GORRINGE George
   Personal estate under £300
   13 March. The Will of George Gorringe late of Blindley Heath in the Parish of Godstone in the County of Surrey who died 1 February 1878 at Blindley Heath was proved at the Principal Registry by Elizabeth Gorringe of Blindley Heath Widow the Relict the sole Executrix."

10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Surrey, England. 1841 Census of England
    Horne, folio 10, page 14; citing PRO HO 107/1077/5.

    Name Age
    George Gorringe 20
    Elizh Gorringe 20
    George Gorringe 11 Weeks

11. ↑ Horne, Surrey, England. St. Mary the Virgin, Parish Registers
    "London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906," William Gorringe, bap. 24 Mar 1839, pg 62.
12. ↑ Registrar General. Birth Certificate
    birth certificate for James Gorringe, born 15 Oct 1843; citing 04/145/288, Oct-Dec quarter 1843, Godstone registration district, Godstone, Surrey sub-district.
    James Gorringe birth certificate
13. ↑ Walworth, Surrey, England. All Saints Church, Parish Registers
    "London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921," Thomas Gorringe m. Mary Ann Bruton, 5 Feb 1882.
14. ↑ ^14.0 14.1 Church of England. Sussex, England. Parish Registers 1538-1910. (FamilySearch)
    George Gorring, son of Thomas & Catherine, bap. 13 Oct 1816 at Worth.
15.   General Register Office. England & Wales. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death
    death certificate for George Gorringe, died 2 Feb 1878; citing 2a/119/354, Jan-Mar quarter 1878, Godstone registration district, Godstone sub-district; General Register Office, Southport. .
    George Gorringe death certificate
16. ↑ Surrey, England. Burials, 1813-1987
    Blindley Heath, St. John," George Gorringe bur. 7 Feb 1878, pg 036.
17. ↑ ^17.0 17.1 General Register Office. England and Wales. Civil Registration Certificates. (London, United Kingdom: General Register Office)
    marriage certificate for James Gorringe and Jane Stringer, married 12 Jun 1865; citing 01a/264/28, Jun quarter 1865, Kensington registration district.
18. ↑ General Register Office. England & Wales. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death
    death certificate for Henry Gorringe, died 7 Jan 1868; citing 2b/83/160, Jan-Mar quarter 1868, East Grinstead registration district, Worth sub-district.
    Henry Gorringe death certificate
19. ↑ ^19.0 19.1 General Register Office. England & Wales. Certified Copy of an Entry of Death
    death certificate for Elizabeth Gorringe, died 11 Apr 1876; citing 2a/83/104, Apr-Jun quarter 1876, Godstone registration district.
    Elizabeth Gorringe death certificate
20. ↑ ^20.0 20.1 Church of England. Sussex, England. Parish Registers 1538-1910. (FamilySearch)
    William Gatland m. Sarah Ann Gorringe, 3 Aug 1867 at All Saints, Crawley Down.
21. ↑ Will
    Will of George Gorringe, labourer, of Blindley Heath, Godstone, Surrey, dated 23 Jul 1874.