Person:Samuel Forsey (1)

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Samuel Forsey
m. 22 May 1823
  1. Samuel Forsey1824 - 1878
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Name Samuel Forsey
Gender Male
Christening[1] 17 Oct 1824 Winsham, Somerset, England
Census[2] 6 Jun 1841 Winsham, Somerset, EnglandBack Street
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Winsham, Somerset, EnglandChilkway
Census[4] 7 Apr 1861 Pitminster, Somerset, EnglandHowley
Census[5] 2 Apr 1871 Chard, Somerset, EnglandChard Union Workhouse, Old Chard
Death[6] 1878 Chard, Somerset, England
Burial[7] 21 Nov 1878 Winsham, Somerset, England

Samuel Forsey was baptised on 17th October 1824 at Winsham in Somerset, son of Elizabeth (Betty) Forsey, formerly Pye, and her husband Francis Forsey, a labourer. Francis Forsey had been married before and Samuel had several half-siblings from his father's first marriage, with his eldest half-sister being over thirty years older than him. Samuel's father has yet to be traced after Samuel's baptism.

Samuel appears in the 1841 census living at Back Street in Winsham with his mother, working as a labourer. In 1851 he was lodging in Winsham and still working as a labourer. Between 1851 and 1861 he left Winsham and moved to the hamlet of Howley in the parish of Pitminster.

The 1871 census finds Samuel as an inmate in the Chard Union Workhouse.

Samuel died there in 1878, aged 54. He was buried back at Winsham.

References
  1. Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Winsham. Winsham Parish registers, 1559-1944. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Winsham in the County of Somerset in the Year 1824
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParents' NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    27117 Oct[ober]SamuelFrancis & ElizabethForseyWinshamLabourerF.J.H. Festing
  2. England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 949; Book 10; Folio 9; Page 9, 6 Jun 1841.

    Address: Back Street, Winsham, Somerset
    Samuel Forsey, male, 15 [1821-6], Labourer, born in county
    Betty Forsey, female, 60 [1776-81], born in county

  3. 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 1928; Folio 182; Page 6, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Chilkway, Winsham, Somerset
    Thomas Symes, head, married, male, 53 [1797/8], Farm Labourer, b. Crewkerne, Somerset
    Charlotte Symes, wife, married, female, 47 [1803/4], Farm Labourer Wife, b. Chaffcombe, Somerset
    Joseph Symes, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1835/6], Farm Labourer Son, b. Cricket St Thomas, Somerset
    Henry Symes, son, male, 12 [1838/9], Farm Labourer, b. Cricket St Thomas, Somerset
    Eli Symes, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Farm Labourer Scholar, b. Cricket St Thomas, Somerset
    Samuel Symes, son, male, 7 [1843/4], Farm Labourer, b. Winsham, Somerset
    Samuel Forsey, lodger, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Farm Labourer, b. Winsham, Somerset

  4. 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 1613; Folio 115; Page 2, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: Howley, Pitminster, Somerset
    William Hutchings, head, married, male, 55 [1805/6], Ag Lab, b. Pitminster, Somerset
    Betty Hutchings, wife, married, female, 53 [1807/8], b. Pitminster, Somerset
    Henry Hutchings, son, male, 9 [1851/2], b. Pitminster, Somerset
    Samuel Forsey, boarder, unmarried, male, 37 [1823/4], Ag Lab, b. Winsham

  5. 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 2405; Folio 91; Page 62, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: Chard Union Workhouse, Old Chard, Chard, Somerset
    [many inmates, including:]
    Samuel Forsey, inmate pauper, unmarried, male, 52 [1818/19], Labourer, b. Winsham, Somerset

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

    d. Samuel FORSEY, December Quarter 1878, Chard Registration District, Volume 5c, page 303, aged 62 [1815/16]

  7. Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Winsham. Winsham Parish registers, 1559-1944. (Taunton: Somerset Heritage Service).
    BURIALS in the Parish of Winsham in the County of Somerset in the Year 1878
    No.NameAbodeWhen buriedAgeBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    291Samuel ForseyUnion House, ChardNov[ember] 2162 [1815/6]D.H. Spencer, Vicar