Person:George Marshall (35)

George Marshall was baptised on 31st May 1818 at Kimpton in Hertfordshire. He was the son of Elizabeth Marshall, formerly Bent, and her husband William Marshall, an agricultural labourer. The family lived in the hamlet of Peters Green when George was born, but in the early 1820s moved to the neighbouring parish of King's Walden. George's mother died in 1826, when George was only seven years old.

The 1841 census finds George living with his father and some of his sisters at Diamond End in King's Walden. At this time George was working as an agricultural labourer.

In 1843 George married Miriam Philpot, who already had a four year old son to whom George acted as stepfather. George and Miriam settled at Breachwood Green, the largest village in King's Walden parish, where they appear to have had at least four children. By the time of the 1851 census George was working as a school master. Schooling in the village at that time was focussed more on teaching children how to plait straw for use in hat making which was the main local industry, with some reading taught alongside. A 'Plaiting School' was built in 1859,^[11] and George appears to have spent the rest of his career working there.

In 1859, George's wife Miriam died, aged 38. The 1861 census finds George living at the Plaiting School with three children.

In 1862, George married again. His second wife was Mary Almond, whom he would have known for many years already, as she had lived next door to him at Diamond End in the 1841 census, although she was fourteen years younger than him. They did not married in the Breachwood Green area but at Holloway in the northern suburbs of London. They do not appear to have had any more children. The 1871 census finds them back in Breachwood Green with George working as a school master at the Plaiting School.

In 1876 the school was taken over by the local education board; education had become compulsory and the emphasis shifted away from teaching plaiting towards more formal education. The old Plaiting School buildings became Breachwood Green School, which still uses the buildings today. George seems to have retired around this time; the 1881 census finds him still in Breachwood Green, but described as a retired school master.

Mary died in 1890, aged 57. George then moved to live with his daughter Emily, who had married and moved to the nearby town of Luton. George appears in the 1891 census living with her.

George died in Luton on 27th February 1894, aged 75.

1. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Kimpton Parish Registers.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Kimpton in the County of Hertford in the Year 1818
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   174	May 31	George son of	William & Elizabeth	Marshall	Peters Green	Labourer	Cha[rle]s Chauncey, Curate

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 10; Folios 28-29; Pages 11-12, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Diamond End, Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   William Marshall, male, 66 [1774/5], Ag Lab, b. in County
   George Marshall, male, 22 [1818/9], Ag Lab, b. in County
   Eliza Marshall, female, 20 [1820/1], b. in County
   Sarah Marshall, female, 17 [1823/4], b. in County
   Elizabeth Marshall, female, 4mos [1841], b. in County
   ~ (second household at same address)
   John Angle, male, 28 [1812/3], Ag Lab, b. in County
   Sophia Angle, female, 29 [1811/2], b. in County
   Ann Angle, female, 9 [1831/2], b. in County
   Eliza Angle, female, 5 [1835/6], b. in County
   Henry Angle, male, 2 [1838/9], b. in County
   Alice Angle, female, 12 days [May 1841], 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 447; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Breachwood Green, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Marshall, head, married, male, 32 [1818/9], School Master, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Miriam Marshall, wife, married, female, 31 [1819/20], b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Eliss Marshall, son, male, 7 [1843/4], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Anna Marshall, daughter, female, 4 [1846/7], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emily Marshall, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   William Marshall, son, male, 6 days [1851], b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Fanny Blindle, visitor, widow, female, 45 [1805/6], Visitor, b. Epping Green, 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 820; Folio 103; Page 8, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Plaiting School, Breachwood Green, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Marshall, head, widower, male, 42 [1818/9], Schoolmaster, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Anna Marshall, daughter, female, 14 [1846/7], Scholar, b. King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emily Marshall, daughter, female, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   William Marshall, son, male, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. King's Walden, 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 134; Page 20, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Breachwood Green, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Marshall, head, married, male, 52 [1818/9], School Master (Plaiting School), b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Mary Marshall, wife, married, female, 38 [1832/3], School Master Wife, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Annie Marshall, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1846/7], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emily Marshall, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1849/50], Plaiter, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 1420; Folio 123; Page 29, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Breachwood Green, King's Walden, Hertfordshire
   George Marshall, head, married, male, 62 [1818/9], Retired School Master, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire
   Mary Marshal [sic], wife, married, female, 48 [1832/3], Wife, b. Kingswalden, Hertfordshire
   James A. Saddington, grandson, male, 4 [1876/7], b. St Albans, Hertfordshire
   Richard C. Morgan, visitor, married, male, 53 [1827/8], Publisher, b. Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
   George E. Morgan, visitor, male, 19 [1861/2], Student Undergraduate of Cambs, b. London

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 1271; Folio 112; Page 29, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 55 Collingdon Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
   Five or more rooms occupied
   Alfred Field, head, married, male, 38 [1852/3], Blocker, employed, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Emily Field, wife, married, female, 40 [1850/1], Hat finisher, employed, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Julia Field, daughter, single, female, 18 [1872/3], Hat finisher, employed, b. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire
   Edith Field, daughter, single, female, 13 [1877/8], Scholar, b. St Albans, Hertfordshire
   Flossie Field, daughter, female, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   George Marshall, father, widower, male, 72 [1818/9], Retired Schoolmaster, b. Kimpton, Hertfordshire

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

   d. George MARSHALL, March Quarter 1894, Luton Registration District, Volume 3b, page 323, aged 75 [1818/9]

9. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1894
   MARSHALL George of Luton Bedfordshire retired schoolmaster died 27 February 1894 Probate Northampton 5 May to Herbert Parkins grocer Effects £46 7s. 8d.

   Herbert Parkins appears to have been George's second wife Mary's nephew, being the son of Mary's sister Emma Almond, who had married a George Parkins in 1860. Herbert appears in the 1901 census in Breachwood Green as a grocer.

10. ↑ Luton Times and Advertiser
    Page 5, 2 Mar 1894.

    DEATHS.
    Feb. 26, at 146, Dunstable-road, Luton, George Marshall, aged 75 years.

    There is a discrepancy of one day between the date of death reported in the newspaper and on George's probate record.

11. ↑ Breachwood Green School: Our History accessed 29 Sep 2017