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Hiron, George 1845-
British Genealogy.com
Janet Rouise
23-05-2008,
My Hiron was George who was born in Castlemorton on the 20th April, 1845. He married Harriet Matilda Guise, daughter of John and Sarah Guise of Castlemorton, on the 12th October 1868.Their son, Herbert Edwin Hiron married Annie Matilda Farmer of Himbleton. They migrated to Queensland, Australia after their marriage.
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Holland, William
In 1607 he was living at Castlemorton and petitioned the Magistrates as he had ‘served in the Queen’s wars in Ireland where he hath gotten many incurable distempers yet he is not able to earn his living before this he hath done. He hath lately been visited with more sickness to the utter undoing of himself his wife and their small children.’
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Jones, Henry William 1853-1894
The gun fatality at Castlemorton – an open verdict. Mr. W. P. Hughes (for Mr. J. Martin) held an inquiry on Friday at the Pheasant Inn, Welland, as to the death of Henry William Jones, farmer, Morton Green, Castlemorton, who died from gunshot wounds on the previous Wednesday. Mrs. Jones, widow of deceased, said he was 41 years of age. On Wednesday morning after break- fast he took a gun from the kitchen for the purpose, he explained to her, of shooting a wood pigeon. He then seemed in his usual state of health. He had been talking during the morning, but said nothing about his affairs. He had a paralytic, stroke six months ago, which followed upon an accident he had met with. When he went out on the Wednesday he seemed to be in good spirits. Since the stroke he had been generally in low spirits, and had been rather worried lately. Witness had never heard him threaten to take his life. He was in the habit in the spring of shooting wood pigeons. About two hours after he went out someone called to see her husband, and a man went out to fetch him. The man returned and told her he had found her husband lying, in a meadow on the farm, dead. Wm. Hughes, the man referred to by the last witness, said he was in the employ of deceased, and he found him lying on the ground in one of the meadows. He was lying on his side with his face downwards. His face was disfigured by wounds, and his gun was lying about 4ft. from him. Witness had been at work 300 or 400 yards from the spot, and he did not hear the report of a gun. Dr. Mountford said he was called to see deceased, and found him dead, with a gunshot wound entering below the left ear, penetrating the bone of the skull, passing upwards, blowing away the brain, part of the skull, and the upper portion of the face on the right side. He was of opinion that the gun had been fired close to the ear. Death must have been instantaneous. He had attended deceased three or four years before, and from what he knew of him he should say deceased was a melancholy man, and was suffering from nervous depression. He was not surprised when told deceased had shot himself. The jury returned a verdict that deceased died from gunshot wounds in the head; whether self-inflicted or the result of an accident there was not sufficient evidence to show. Deceased leaves three children. Much sympathy is felt with the widow and family.
Published: Saturday 28 April 1894
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
Probate 24 September 1894 to wife Anne, £280:0:9d
Probate 11 September 1908 to Emily Mary Jones, £5
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Knight, Thomas ??-1793
Clerk. Owned the Joyfield. Probate Worcester 11 June 1792
Lane, John Layer
In 1856, the Valuer acting in the matter of the Inclosure of the Upton Commons
McLeod, John 1858-
This morning John McLeod, grocer, of Castlemorton, was publicly examined bankruptcy before Mr. Registrar Allen, at the Guildhall. He returned his gross liabilities at £184. Is. Bd., and his assets at £42. 16s. 9d., from which £13 would be deducted as rent due, leaving £29. 16s. 9d to pay the unsecured creditors, so that there was deficiency of over £140. In reply to the Official Receiver (Mr. C. M. Downes) the debtor said up till March of last year he had helped his mother in the grocery business. In that month she relinquished it in his favour. The stock was worth about £4, and an arrangement was made by which he was to pay his mother £16 year rent. He had no capital, excepting five pigs, and he carried on business obtaining credit. He had kept no statement of affairs, and did not know what his turnover had been during the months. During that period he must have had something like £1,000 worth of goods. The examination was closed.
Published: Saturday 24 October 1885
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle
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Molle, John 1400-
Resident of Castlemorton 4 April 1440, householder, E 179/200/75, m. 2 (tax assessment, aft. 4 April 1440). Entry in England’s Immigrants 1330-1550
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Powell, George 1849-1906
Farmer's Death. A Castlemorton farmer, Mr. George Powell, was returning home after fetching a load of coal from Malvern Wells Station, when the horse shied at a street organ, and the cart was overturned. Powell commenced to pick up some the coal when he suddenly fell back and expired. He was 57 years of age.
Published: Saturday 15 December 1906
Newspaper: Gloucester Citizen
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Renford, John 1580-
Leased the assart of land on the 1628 map, by Hollybush.
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Shaw, Mrs C E
MALVERN near Brd.-Res. mod. terms bus route—Mrs. C. E. Shaw Hollybeds St. Castlemorton
Published: Saturday 28 September 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
Surrell, James 1848-
Upton.net.
Neville » Thu May 02, 2013 9:32 am
My family name is Surrell, My Grandfather is one Frank Richard Surrell born in 1888 in Upton on Severn.
He appears as residing at Hook Common in Upton in Severn (1881 Census) as the Son of James Surrell who was christened 21 May 1848 in Castle Morton who in turn is the son of Jacob Surrell born 1806...
Jacob is the Son of Richard Surrell who was baptized 23 June 1776 in Birtsmorton.
Finally..Ricard Surrell is the Son of Richard Surrell who married Elizabeth Bullock on 3 July 1775 in Castle Morton and was buried 8 February 1825 in Birtsmorton.
So I am quiet fine in following my line of descendants back to 3 July 1875, however from then on the plot thickens.
Richard Surrell senior is described as a Widow , however a number of references to a possible former wife( possibly Mother) known as Jane Surrell (buried Birtsmorton 7th Jan 1812 at the age of 83) also appears married to a Richard Surrell.
Issue from that marriage William ch 1 Aug 1759, George ch 4 Jan 1761,Betty, 25 July 1762 sara 5 Dec 1765, Jane (named after her Mother) 21 Junes 1767.
In practice, from 1761 to 1771 Ricard and Jane had 5 children, From 1776 Richard and Elizabeth (nee Bullock) had 6 offspring.
However.. Richard Surrell (aka Surril ,Serrell and many other variants) is a dead end for me. I cannot get back any further. than the fact that Richard "Surril" Married Elizabet Bullock on the 3rd July 1775 in Castle Hanley and ailed from Birtsmorton(though does not appear to have been baptized there.
Frank Richard Surrell moved to Derby (via the Botkey Garden "Castle Hanley 1901 census" and Leominster) to work for the Railways in the early 1920's late 1910's hence my location now.
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Tainton, Thomas
Upton upon Severn. Police Court. At the Police Court, on Thursday, before the Revds A. B. Lechmere and G. H. Clifton. Major Peyton, E G Stone, H. Wlllan and J. W. Empson, Esqrs., Thos. Tainton, of Castlemorton, was summoned by Sergeant Potts for having allowed a horse to stray on the highway, at Castlemorton, on the 28th ult. Fined Is., and costs 7s. 6d.
Published: Saturday 09 May 1868
Newspaper: Worcester Journal
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Wadley, Arthur 1874-1899
Arthur Wadley (25), living at Birtsmorton, and employed Mr Charlton Coulston, Castlemorton, whilst gathering plums in Mr Coulston’s garden, on the 22nd inst, fell and in doing so fell across the clothes line. Mrs Coulston and her daughter, thinking was seriously injured, sent immediately for Dr Montford, of Upton-on-Severn, who, examining the deceased, found was seriously injured in the spine that death was only question of short time. This proved only too true, the young man dying in the afternoon. The facts have been reported to Mr W. H. Moore, coroner, who will of course hold an inquest. Published: Tuesday 29 August 1899
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
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Wagstaff, Job 1835-
Heartless Conduct. At the Birmingham Bankruptcy Court, re J. Wagstaff, farmer, the bankrupt came for last examination and discharge. Mr. Griffin appeared for the assignees, and opposed on the grounds that he had contracted debts without a reasonable prospect payment, had kept no books, and, chiefly, that he had put one of his creditors to unnecessary expense by defending a suit. A soldier, named Drinkwater, had become entitled to some property through the death of his father, and, being in India, sent the bankrupt authority to take out letters of administration, instructing him to purchase his (Drinkwater's) discharge, and send him money to pay his passage home from India. Bankrupt obtained the money, but, placing it in the bank, made no distinction between it and his own account, never purchased the soldier's discharge, and never afforded any information as to the application of the money. The soldier afterwards died from a wound received, and on his friends applying to bankrupt, he paid attention to their requests for information; and even when bill was filed in Chancery he made no answer, and was sent to Worcester gaol for contempt of Court. Then he made answer, which was that he had placed Drinkwater's money in the bank along with his own, making no between the accounts, and that all the money had gone. He had made a bill of sale of property to his father for money stated to have been lent over a long period of time, and he and his father now held possession of the property in defiance of the assignees. His Honour having read the proceedings relative to bankrupt's conduct to Drinkwater, said he had never seen anything unfeeling and rascally. Mr. Motteram submitted that, however censurable —and did not deny that it was most censurable —the conduct of the bankrupt was in many respects, it was not such as rendered him liable to punishment that Court, however much it may effect him elsewhere. His Honour, in giving judgment, said he thought the conduct of the man was disgrace to a civilised community. It seemed to him that he must be punished, and punished very severely. He should avail himself of the discretion granted him in cases which, in some respects, came under the 159th section; and considering the conduct of the bankrupt, he did not think he should satisfy justice or be doing his duty if he did not order him be imprisoned. He should order him, therefore, to imprisoned nine calendar months. In reply to Mr. Motteram and Mr. Griffin, and after some conversation, his Honour intimated that should grant the discharge of the bankrupt, his intention being not withhold the discharge, but to punish the bankrupt by imprisonment.
Published: Wednesday 07 February 1866
Newspaper: Worcestershire Chronicle
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