Person:William Worbey (1)

William Worbey was baptised on 20th November 1825 at Great Wymondley in Hertfordshire, son of Charlotte Worbey, formerly Primett, and her husband George Worbey, a labourer and publican. The family did not live in Great Wymondley itself, but at Walsworth, in the neighbouring parish of Hitchin. William appears in the 1841 census living at Walsworth with his parents and siblings.

In 1851, aged 25, he was married at Hitchin to a Caroline Dickens. She was ten years older than him and was originally from the small village of Astwick, a few miles north of Hitchin. Shortly after their marriage they appear in the 1851 census living with William's parents at Walsworth. William was working as an agricultural labourer. William and Caroline had three sons, all born at Walsworth between 1851 and 1856. William's father died in 1852, and his mother died in 1867.

Perhaps in order to pretend that Caroline was younger than William they gave wildly varying ages for themselves in the censuses; in 1861 he gave his age approximately correct but she claimed to be two years younger than him, and in 1871 she gave her age approximately correct but he claimed to be four years older than her. The combined effect of these misleading ages is to suggest that William aged 21 years between the 1861 and 1871 censuses.

William died in 1874, aged 48. Caroline outlived him by twelve years, and appears in the 1881 census living with their youngest son Walter.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Great Wymondley. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Great Wymondley in the County of Hertford in the Year 1825
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   110	20th Nov[embe]r	William son of	George & Charlotte	Warbey	Walsworth, Parish of Hitchin	Lab[oure]r	W. Lax

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 445; Book 4; Folio 9; Page 12, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Walsworth, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   George Worboy, male, 63 [1777/8], Publican, b. in county
   Charlotte Worboy, female, 56 [1784/5], b. in county
   Thomas Worboy, male, 24 [1816/7], Ag Lab, b. in county
   Joseph Worboy, male, 19 [1821/2], b. in county
   William Worboy, male, 15 [1825/6], b. in county
   Daniel Faulkner, male, 21 [1819/20], b. 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 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

   Living in the same building as his parents.

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 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

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 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

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

   d. William WORBEY, June Quarter 1874, Hitchin Registration District, Vol. 3a, page 187, aged 53 [1820/1]