[1] 1829: Feb
10 - Baptism record at St Peter and St Paul Church
Carbrooke - Entry 458
William Tolman Leveridge son of Keziah
Leveridge a single women of Carbrooke
William is given the middle
name Tolman, after his father, Samuel Tolman,
Keziah's sweetheart.
Records show that William acquired
the trade of a blacksmith probably at Carbrooke
as he joins the Kings 1st Dragoon Gaurd Regiment
as a farrier. At the age of 27 in the October
of 1856 he was at Topsham Barracks in Exeter in
Devon. In the June quarter of 1857 he married
Ellen Phillips Dolling at Exeter (5b 159).
About June 1857 William and the 1st Dragoon Guards
are sent first to the barracks at Aldershot, then
to India, and finally to China. In the same year.
William and Ellen had a daughter:
1857: Jane
Keziah Leveridge, recorded at birth as Jane
Loveridge at Exeter - Sep quarter (5b 1).
As William was now overseas Ellen
must have traveled to Norfolk as Jane was baptised
at Carbrooke on September 27 1857, Entry 340.
She was baptised Jane Keziak Tolman Leveridge
daughter of William Tolman and Ellen
Harrietta Leveridge a Ferrier in the 1st Dragoon
Gaurds.
William is discharged from the
army in 1860 as he had been wounded and he returned
to Carbrooke as a blacksmith. William and Ellen
had another son also named William and in 1862
they moved to Dewsbury Yorkshire taking their
new son. Jane stays with her grandparents, Samuel
and Keziah Tolman. William and Ellen have more
children born in Leeds where William is a Farrier
and Ellen is a midwife.
William Leveridge
died on Oct 26 1896 age 64 at Wortley Yorkshire
In 1872 Dec quarter Jane
Tolman Leveridge married Charles Barham.
Charles Barham was born about 1849 at
Scoulton, Norfolk the son of Charles Barham
born about 1821 a Carpenter of his birth place
Scoulton and his wife Sarah Pease born
about 1821 at Westfield, Norfolk
Jane and Charles had children:
[1] Bertha Barham
is born in 1874 at Stow Bedon, Norfolk - Jun
quarter Wayland (4b 254)
No further information
[2] Julia Anna Barham
in 1878 at Sparham, Norfolk - Jun quarter
St Faiths (4b 86)
Julia Married
Tom Chandler Apr 24, 1901 at Upton
Northampton
Julia and Tom had children:
[1] Julia Marie Claribel
Chandler (1902 - 1980)
[2] Tom Alan Chandler (1904 - 1985)
[3] Olive Kathleen Chandler (1906 - 1980)
[4] Phyllis Norah Chandler (1909)
[5] Evelyn Barham Chandler (1911 - 1988)
[6] Eric Stephen Chandler (1915)
Julia died Oct 26, 1943 at Combe
Martin, North Devon
More information - http://www.ericpercival.co.uk/Family%20History/FH%20Website/fam67.html
Charles Barham recorded
as a Blacksmith in 1871 died in the Sep quarter
of 1878 age 29 at St Faiths so Jane moves back
to live with Samuel and Keziah as seen in the
1881 census. William goes to live with his Barham
grandparents.
1883: March
quater Jane Married William Alfred Betts
at Wayland.
William Alfred Betts was born about 1859
at Watton the son of William Betts a Labouring
Market Gardener born in 1834 at Thompson Norfolk
of which he still lived, and his wife Susan
Dalton born about 1839 at Watton
1891: Census
- The Shop, Thompson
William A Betts - Head - age 31 - Brickmakers
Labourer - Watton, Norfolk
Jane L Betts - Wife - age 34 - Grocer -
Exeter, Devon
Bertha Barham - Step Dau - age 17 - Laundress
(Domestic) - Stow Bedon, Norfolk
James Betts - Son - age 7 - Scholar - Thompson
Ethel L Betts - Dau - age 1 - Thompson
1901: Census
- Penthorpe Lane Thompson, Norfolk
William Betts - Head - age 46 - Gardener
Domestic - Watton
Jane Betts - Wife - age 44 - Grocer - Exeter
Devon
James Betts - Son - age 17 - Painter -
Thompson
Ethel Betts - Dau - age 11 - School - Tompson
Ivy Betts - Dau - age 4 - Thompson
Victor Betts - Son - age 9 - School - Thompson
1911: Census
- Thompson
William Alfred Betts - Head - age 52 -
Gardener Labourer (Merton Estate) - Watton
Jane Kizia Betts - Wife - age 54 - Grocers
Shop - Exeter Devon
Florence May Barham - Gdau - age 12 - School
- Hendon London
Jane Keziah
Betts died in the Sep quater of 1921 age 64
at Wayland - Sep quater (4b 222)
William Alfred
Betts Died in Mar qauter of 1939 age 80 at
Wayland?
