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Facts and Events
| Name |
William Fleet |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening[1] |
1 Jun 1811 |
North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Marriage |
14 Nov 1837 |
Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, Englandto Ann Cook |
| Census[2] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, EnglandCrow Lane |
| Census[3] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, EnglandChurch End |
| Census[4] |
7 Apr 1861 |
Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, EnglandCrow Lane |
| Census[5] |
2 Apr 1871 |
Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, EnglandChurch End |
| Census[6] |
3 Apr 1881 |
Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire, EnglandMount Pleasant |
| Death[7][8] |
14 Nov 1881 |
Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, England |
William Fleet was baptised on 1st June 1811 at North Crawley in Buckinghamshire, son of a labourer called William Fleet and his wife Judith.
On 14th November 1837, aged 26, William married Ann Cook at Husborne Crawley in Bedfordshire, about seven miles south of North Crawley. William and Ann went on to have twelve children at Husborne Crawley between 1838 and 1860. At least four of their children died young.
Each census from 1841 to 1871 finds the family living in Husborne Crawley, with their address given as Crow Lane in 1841 and 1861 and Church End in 1851 and 1871. Given that Crow Lane is part of the Church End area of Husborne Crawley it is entirely possible they were in the same house each time. In 1841 and 1851 William was described as an agricultural labourer.
By 1861 William was working as a groom, and in 1871 he was described as a coachman. Presumably these jobs were both based at Crawley House, a country house at Church End in Husborne Crawley, as after William's death his obituary reported that he worked for many years as a servant for Robert Shipton Orlebar (1808-1879) of Crawley House. In 1871 it was also reported that Ann worked as a lace maker.
By the 1881 census William and Ann had moved to the neighbouring parish of Aspley Guise, where they lived at Mount Pleasant and William worked as a general labourer. William died back at Husborne Crawley on 14th November 1881, aged seventy. Ann survived him by about 22 years.
References
- ↑ Buckinghamshire Family History Society. Buckinghamshire Baptisms Database.
ch. 1 Jun 1811, North Crawley: William son of William & Judith Flitt
This baptism has been linked to the William Fleet who married Ann Cook on the basis that it is in the parish he gave as his birthplace at about the right time and with father's name William, agreeing with what was said on his marriage certificate. The William baptised in 1811 had a younger sister called Jane, which was the name of one of the witnesses to the marriage. The name appears to have been prone to spelling variations - William's siblings were baptised at North Crawley variously as Flet, Fleet, Flit or Flitt between 1796 and 1815.
- ↑ 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 5; Book 20; Folio 13; Page 21, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Crow Lane, Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, male 25 [1811-16], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], not born in county
Ann Fleet, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
David Fleet, male, 3 [1837/8], born in county
Fred[eric]k Fleet, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county
- ↑ 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 1755; Folio 66; Page 8, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Church End, Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, head, married, male, 38 [1812/13], Agricultural Labourer, b. North Crawley, Buckinghamshire
Ann Fleet, wife, married, female, 33 [1817/18], b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
David Fleet, son, male, 13 [1837/8], Agricultural Labourer, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Fred[eric]k Fleet, son, male, 11 [1839/40], Agricultural Labourer, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Joseph Fleet, son, male, 9 [1841/2], Scholar, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Jane Fleet, daughter, female, 4 [1846/7], Scholar, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
George Fleet, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
- ↑ 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 1003; Folio 84; Page 5, 7 Apr 1861.
Address: Crow Lane, Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, head, married, male, 47 [1813/14], Groom, b. North Crawley, Buckinghamshire
Ann Fleet, wife, married, female, 43 [1817/18], b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
David Fleet, son, unmarried, male, 23 [1837/8], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Joseph Fleet, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1841/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Jane Fleet, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1846/7], Lace maker, b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
George Fleet, son, male, 12 [1848/9], b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Mark Fleet, son, male, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
Elizabeth Fleet, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. H. Crawley, Bedfordshire
- ↑ 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 1557; Folio 81; Page 2, 2 Apr 1871.
Address: Church End, Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, head, married, male, 59 [1811/12], Coachman, b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
Ann Fleet, wife, married, female, 53 [1817/18], Lace maker, b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
Jane Fleet, daughter, unmarried, female, 25 [1845/6], Lace maker, b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
George Fleet, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1849/50], Soldier, b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
Mark Fleet, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1851/2], Bricklayer, b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
- ↑ 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 1637; Folio 37; Page 27, 3 Apr 1881.
Address: Mount Pleasant, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire
William Fleet, head, married, male, 67 [1813/14], General Lab[oure]r, b. North Crawley, Buckinghamshire
Ann Fleet, wife, married, female, 62 [1818/19], b. Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. William FLEET, December Quarter 1881, Woburn Registration District, Volume 3b, page 248, aged 68 [1812/13]
- ↑ Luton Reporter, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
Page 8, 26 Nov 1881.
DEATHS.
Nov. 14, at Husborne Crawley, William Fleet, for many years a faithful servant in the family of the late Mr. R.S. Orlebar, of Crawley House, Bedfordshire.
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