Person:Charles Worbey (1)

Charles Worbey was baptised on 11th February 1810 at Great Wymondley in Hertfordshire, son of Charlotte Worbey, formerly Primet, and her husband George Worbey, an agricultural labourer and publican. Charles consistently claimed to have been born in either Hitchin or the hamlet of Walsworth (in the parish of Hitchin), and the baptisms of some of his younger siblings at Great Wymondley give the family's abode as Walsworth, suggesting the family lived at Walsworth but chose to use the church at nearby Great Wymondley rather than their actual parish church at Hitchin.

On 30th July 1831, aged 21, he married Elizabeth French at Hitchin. They went on to have nine children together between 1832 and 1854. From the children's baptism records we know that the family lived in Bancroft in 1832, Back Street in 1834 and Hollow Lane in 1837, all of which are in the town of Hitchin. By 1839 they had moved back to Walsworth.

Each census from 1841 to 1861 finds Elizabeth, Charles and their children living in Walsworth, listed close to Charles's parents in both 1841 and 1851. Elizabeth's younger sisters Susan and Eliza appear to have lived with them. Charles worked as an agricultural labourer. Charles's father died in 1852, and his mother died in 1867.

By 1871 Charles and Elizabeth had moved to St Michael's Mount, near Hitchin railway station, in between Walsworth and the town itself. Elizabeth was working as a plaiter at that time.

Charles died in 1877, aged 67. Elizabeth survived him by about nineteen years.

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

   ch. 11 Feb 1810: Charles son of George & Charlotte Waby

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
   Charles Worbey, male, 30 [1806-11], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], born in county
   Elizabeth Worbey, female, 29 [1811/2], born in county
   George Worbey, male, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Charlotte Worbey, female, 6 [1834/5], born in county
   Thomas Worbey, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
   Charles Worbey, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
   Susan French, female, 17 [1823/4], born in county
   Eliza French, female, 14 [1826/7], 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 1710; Folio 240; Page 22, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Walsworth, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Worboys, head, married, male, 41 [1809/10], Agricultural Lab[oure]r, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Worboys, wife, married, female, 40 [1810/11], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charlotte Worboys, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1834/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Thomas Worboys, son, unmarried, male, 14 [1836/7], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Worboys, son, unmarried, male, 11 [1839/40], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Joseph Worboys, son, male, 6 [1844/5], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Ann Worboys, daughter, female, 4 [1846/7], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Alfred Worboys, son, male, 8m [1850], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Susan Barber, lodger, widow, female, 26 [1824/5], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Benjamin Barber, son, male, 8m [1850], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Eliza French, lodger, unmarried, female, 22 [1828/9], Straw Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   John French, son, male, 7m [1850], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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 16, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Walsworth Hamlet, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Warboys, head, married, male, 51 [1809/10], Labourer, b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Warboys, wife, married, female, 49 [1811/12], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Joseph Warboys, son, male, 15 [1845/6], Labourer, b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Sarah Ann Warboys, daughter, female, 13 [1847/8], b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Alfred Warboys, son, male, 10 [1850/1], b. Walsworth, Hertfordshire
   Frederick Warboys, son, male, 6 [1854/5], 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 1369; Folio 15; Page 21, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: St Michael's Mount, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Charles Worbey, head, married, male, 61 [1809/10], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Elizabeth Worbey, wife, married, female, 59 [1811/12], Plaiter, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire
   Frederick Worbey, son, male, 16 [1854/5], Grocer's Errand Lad, b. Hitchin, Hertfordshire

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

   d. Charles WORBOYS, June Quarter 1877, Hitchin Registration District, Volume 3a, page 202, aged 67 [1809/10]