Walter
William Tolman born Apr 28 1861 - Baptised
Oct 06, 1861 at East Brandenham - Entry 669
Son of John Tolman (1826) a Labourer and his
wife Matilda
Siblings:
1859 - Alice Maude
1861 - Walter William <<<
1862 - Samuel
1865 - Frederick
1870 - John
1872 - Emily Mary
1871: Census - Blacksmith
House, Hilborough, Swaffham
John Tolman - Head - age 43 - Blacksmith -
born Carbrooke, Norfolk
Matilda Tolman - Wife - age 42 - born East
Bradenham
Alice Maud Tolman - Dau - age 11 - Scholar
- East Bradenham
Walter William Tolman -
Son - age 9 - Scholar - born East Bradenham
Samuel Tolman - Son - age 8 - Scholar - born
East Bradenham
Frederick Tolman - Son - age 5 - Scholar -
born East Bradenham
John Tolman - Son - age 2 - born Hilborough
Samuel Chapman - Lodger - Single - age 22 -
Blacksmith - born East Bradenham
1881: Census - White
Horse Inn, Little Cressingham
Matilda Tolman - Head - Widow - age 52 - White
Horse Inn Blacksmith Farmer 75 Acres Employing 2 Men
1 Boy (Farmer) - born Est Bradenham, Norfolk.
Walter Tolman
- Son - Single - age 19 - Blacksmith - born Est Bradenham,
Norfolk
Samuel Tolman - Son - single - age 18 - Ag
Labour -
Frederick Tolman - Son - age 15 - Ag Labour
-
John Tolman - Son - age 12 - Scholar - born
Hilbourough, Norfolk
Emily Tolman - Dau - age 9 - Scholar - born
Hilbourough, Norfolk
Sarah Mendham - Serv - age 14 - Servant Domestic
- born Shipdham, Norfolk
The Tolman family were landlords
of White Horse Inn, Little Cressingham for over 100
years.
1888:
Walter William Tolman married Amanda
Cooke in 1888 at Swaffham - Dec quarter (4b 993)
Amanda was the daughter of Walter Cooke a Gardener
& Groome of Little Cressingham born 1812 at Diss
and Sarah unknown of Stow Bedon
Walter and Amanda had children:
[1] Walter Cecil Tolman born
1891 at Swaffham - Mar quater (4b 367)
Walter married Alice Sturman
on Aug 26, 1915 at Little Cressingham, Swaffham
- Sep quarter (4b 918) - same day as sister Rose
Walter and Alice had a child:
[1] Herbert Walter Tolman
born 1917 at Mutford - Sep quater (4a 1580)
It appears Herbert never married -
needs checking?
The National Archives hold a
document that could relate to Herbet Walter
Tolman above.
BT 372/97/23 - R151946 TOLMAN H W 23/06/1917
OULTON BROAD SUFFOLK
Discription
of contents
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Central Register
of Seamen: Seamen's Records ('Pouches') Records
relating to individual seamen filed together
in a pouch. These documents may include application
forms (most with a photograph of the seaman),
certificates, identity cards, cessation documents
and notifications of death. - The contents of
any particular pouch, however, may cover any
period starting after 1913 and ending up to
c2002. When seamen were discharged some or all
of their documents (including the index cards)
were placed in the pouches and these include
discharges of seamen who were originally registered
in the Central Index Register of 1913 to 1941.
Herbert Walter Tolman
died in 1989 at Norfolk
Walter Cecil Tolman died
in 1965, at Acle - Mar quarter (4b 457) age 73
Alice Tolman appears to have died in 1979
at Norfolk - ?
[2] Lillian Maud Tolman
born 1892 at Swaffham - Sep quarter (4b 373)
Lillian married Frederick
G Dix in 1919 at Swaffham - Dec quarter (4b
1175)
Lilian and Frederick appear not to have had
children.
Lilian M. Dix died in 1964
at Norwich - Mar quarter (4b 535) age 72
Frederick G Dix appears to have died in 1985
at Norfolk - ?
[3] Rose Florence Tolman
born 1894 at Swaffham - Sep quarter (4b 344)
Rose married Horace Freestone
on Aug 26, 1915 at Little Cressingham, Swaffham
- Sep quarter (4b 917) - same day as brother Walter
It is thought that this could be the same
Horace Freestone who aquired Little Cressingham
Mill in 1907 - Horace's father Samuel Freestone
was the Miller at Hilorough
Rose and Horace had children:
[1] Marjorie A Freestone
born 1916
[2] Lilian R Freestone born 1918
[3] Phyllis M Freestone born 1921
[4] Horace W Freestone born 1924
[5] Elizabeth M Freestone born 1927
Rose Freestone died in 1989
age 95
Horace Freestone appears to have died in
1983 at Norfolk - ?
After Walter and Amanda died in 1895
their children Walter and Rose lived with John
Tolman (1826) and Matilda who also took
over the White Horse - Lilian lived with William
Henry Tolman (1852) and Alice.
More information on Amanda Cooke:
-
Amanda was working at Little
Cressingham Rectory in 1881 whilst Walter was working
as an apprentice Blacksmith a few doors away.
1881: Census -
Little Cressingham The Rectory
John William Benest - Head - age 50 - Rector
Of Little Cressingham - St Helier, Jersey, Channel
Islands
Henrietta Charlotte Benest - Wife - age 36
- Rectors Wife - Great Fransham, Norfolk
John Langstone Millais Benest - Son - age
2 - Rectors Son - Cressingham, Norfolk
Amanda Cooke - Serv - single - age 20 - Cook,
Domestic Servant - Little Cressingham, Norfolk
Rosalie Netling - Serv - age 17 - Nurse Domestic
Servant - Lowestoft, Suffolk
Ada Vincent Leverage - Serv - age 17 - House
Maid Domestic Servant - Cambridge, Cambridge
1891: Census - The
White Horse Little Cressingham
Walter Tolman
- Head - age 30 - Farmer & Publican(Em'er) Norfolk
- Bradenham
Amanda Tolman - Wife - age 30 - Norfolk - Cressingham
Walter Tolman - Son - age 1month - Norfolk
- Cressingham
Fred Tolman - Bro - single - age 25 - Farmers
Brother Norfolk - Bradenham
John Tolman - Bro - single age 22 - Farmers
Brother Norfolk - Hillborough
Emily Tolman - Sister - age 18 - Norfolk -
Hillborough
Emily Powley - Serv - age 14 - Norfolk - Swaffham
Walter had taken over from his
mother Matilda Tolman as Landlord of the White
Horse Public House Little Cressingham
Walter was Landlord from 1890 - 1892
1895: Jul 05 - Amanda
Tolman died age 34
1895: Sep 24 - Walter
William Tolman died aged 34
1895: Oct 2 - Norwich
Mercury
On the 24th ult, at Little Cressingham, suddenly Walter
William Tolman, Farmer and Inn Keeper,
age 34 years
Headstone
Little Cressingham Churchyard
In Loving Memory
WALTER WILLIAM TOLMAN
Who Died Sept 24th 1895
Aged 34 Years
Also Of AMANDA his wife
Who Died July 5th 1895
Aged 34 Years
Thy Will Be Done
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