Person:Charles Green (44)

Charles Green was baptised on 16th April 1797 at Walberton in Sussex, son of John and Ann Green.

On 10th October 1824, aged 27, he married Charlotte Edwards. She was from Pagham, on the Sussex coast, where they married and had all eleven of their children baptised. Most of their children's baptisms record that the family lived in the hamlet of Lagness. Charles worked as an agricultural labourer. Of the eleven children, three died young.

The 1841 census finds Charles, Charlotte, their children and one of Charlotte's nephews, Henry Bailey, living at Lagness. Charles appears to have lived at Lagness working as an agricultural labourer for over fifty years; he was first recorded there in 1827 with the baptism of his second child, appears there in each census from 1841 to 1871 (although Charlotte was away from home on census night in 1861) and he was living there immediately before his death in 1879. He was buried at Pagham on 7th February 1879. He was about 82 years old. Charlotte survived him by nearly eight years.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Walberton (Sussex). Parish registers of Walberton, 1556-1902. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   Baptisms 1797 / Charles Son of John & Ann Green - 16th April

   Whilst no named connection has been found, this baptism has been linked to the Charles Green who married Charlotte Edwards in 1824 on the basis that in the censuses he consistently claimed to have been born around 1797 in Walberton. No evidence has been found to suggest that the Charles baptised in 1797 died young nor married anyone else.

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 1099; Book 4; Folio 5; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Lagness, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, male, 40 [1796-1801], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Charlotte Green, female, 35 [1801-6], born in county
   Harriet Green, female, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   James Green, male, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Susanna Green, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Ann Green, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Stephen King, male, 55 [1781-6], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], not born in county
   Henry Bailey, male, 20 [1816-21], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], 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 1652; Folio 130; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Lagness Hamlet, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, head, married, male, 54 [1796/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Walberton, Sussex
   Charlott Green, wife, married, female, 47 [1803/4], b. Pagham, Sussex
   William Green, son, unmarried, male, 26 [1824/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   James Green, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1830/1], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   George Green, son, male, 11 [1839/40], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   John Green, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Pagham, Sussex
   Thomas Green, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Pagham, Sussex

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 618; Folio 70; Page 6, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Lagnersh [sic], Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, head, married, male, 64 [1796/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer] Carter, b. Walberton, Sussex
   George Green, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1839/40], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Thomas Green, son, male, 12 [1848/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex

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 1112; Folio 71; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Lagness, Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green, head, married, male, 74 [1796/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Walberton, Sussex
   Charlotte Green, wife, married, female, 66 [1804/5], b. Pagham, Sussex
   Charles Green jun[io]r, lodger, male, 16 [1854/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Pagham, Sussex

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

   d. Charles GREEN, March Quarter 1879, Westhampnett Registration District, Volume 2b, page 249, aged 82 [1796/7]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Pagham (Sussex). Parish registers for Pagham, 1707-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Pagham in the County of Sussex in the Year 1879
   No	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1125	Charles Green	Lagness	February 7th 1879	82 years [1796/7]	J. John Hewitt