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George DAY
Carpenter & Millwright of Evesham, Worcestershire
Ancestors
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Richard DAY
~1657 - ~1742
of Donnington, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Nicholas DAY
bap.1698 - ~1748
of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire
 
Thomas DAY
1741 - 1815
of Broad Campden, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
 
Mary [DAY]
~1712 - ~1762
John DAY
bap.1769 - 1853
Carpenter of Blockley, Worcestershire
 
Edward CURRIER
~1677 - bur.1732
of Inkberrow, Worcestershire
John CURRIER
bap.1723 - bur.1765
of Inkberrow, Worcestershire
 
Henry ELLIOTTS
~1683 - 1733
Needlemaker of Inkberrow, Worcestershire
Elizabeth ELLIOTTS
bap.1681 - bur.1732
of Inkberrow, Worcestershire
 
Sarah CURRIER
1748 - 1826
of Bretforton, Worcestershire
 
John HUNT
~1690 - ~1765
of Bretforton, Worcestershire
Susannah HUNT
bap.1724 - bur.1786
of Bretforton, Worcestershire
 
Thomas CURTIS
~1668 - ~1743
of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Anne CURTIS
bap.1701 - bur.1767
of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
 
Richard EDEN
~1638 - ~1688
Mary EDEN
bap.1680 - ~1740
of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
 
John DAY
bap.1794 - 1838
Millwright of Blockley, Worcestershire
 
Joseph PEMBERTON
~1728 - ~1803
of Blockley, Worcestershire
Elizabeth PEMBERTON
1764 - 1803
of Blockley, Worcestershire
 
John HARRIS
bap.1703 - ~1764
of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Mary HARRIS
1733 - bur.1808
of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
 
Thomas WOODWARD
~1632 - ~1682
Thomas WOODWARD
bap.1673 - 1748
Mason of Aston Subedge, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
 
Elizabeth [WOODWARD]
~1632 - ~1682
Sarah WOODWARD
bap.1706 - ~1765
of Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
 
Anne ACOX
~1661 - ~1731
George DAY
bap.1817 - ~1889
Carpenter & Millwright of Evesham, Worcestershire
 
William BROTHERTON
~1753 - 1831
Market gardener of Evesham, Worcestershire
Esther BROTHERTON
1790 - 1874
of Worcestershire
 
Mary [BROTHERTON]
~1761 - ~1811
Spouses and Descendants
Generations
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George DAY
bap.1817 - ~1889
Carpenter & Millwright of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Ann ELCOCK (1816 - 1863)
 
Esther Ellen DAY
1837 - ~1904
of Evesham, Worcestershire
 
Thomas DAY
1839 - ~1905
Bricklayer of Stretton, Leicestershire
George DAY
1842 - 1843
of Stepney R.D., London, Middlesex
Susannah DAY
1844 - bur.1913
Artificial flowerist of Evesham, Worcestershire
  m. Alfred E FOSTER (1844 - ~1903)
  m. Francis William GORDON (1835 - 1880)
  m. Edwin BULLOCK (~1869 - ~1944)
 
Elizabeth DAY
1846 - bur.1917
Artificial flowerist of Bermondsey, London, Surrey
  m. William Henry RASTALL (1833 - ~1883)
 
John DAY
1848 - 1935
Bricklayer of Bermondsey, London, Surrey
  m. Sophia TILLER (1853 - 1892)
  m. Mary Ann LUCAS (1860 - 1917)
 
George DAY
1872 - ~1922
Elizabeth DAY
1875 - ~1925
William DAY
1879 - 1944
Bricklayer of Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex
  m. Emily Matilda THOMAS (1881 - 1968)
 
Emily Matilda DAY
1900 - 1977
  m. James ASHTON (1901 - 1967)
 
Emily Mary ASHTON
1922 - 1949
  m. Leonard A BAYLISS (1922 - 2006)
 
Sophia Agnes DAY
1902 - 1918
Ellen Elizabeth DAY
1904 - 1975
  m. Gordon R A PLANT (1908 - 1953)
 
Rose Louisa DAY
1908 - 1994
  m. William John BULL (1907 - 1982)
 
William DAY
1910 - ~1960
  m. Vera ROCK (1912 - ~1962)
 
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George Edward DAY
1912 - 1986
Thomas DAY
1914 - 1980
  m. Joan Irene SAWYER (1929 - 1980)
 
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
Alfred Edward DAY
1917 - 1958
  m. Florence WARDEN (1922 - 1986)
 
Alfred E DAY
1939 - 1939
Lorraine DAY
1943 - 2019
John Charles DAY
1920 - 1996
  m. Shirley C PAINE (~1934 - ?)
 
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
Herbert James DAY
1921 - 1994
  m. Constance Patricia WEBB (1931 - 2018)
 
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
 
A Private Individual
A Private Individual
Dorothy Sophia DAY
1924 - 1999
  m. Herbert E SPICER (1921 - 1994)
 
A Private Individual
Sophia DAY
1882 - ~1961
Fruiterer of Islington, Middlesex
  m. Albert Edward TUCKER (1877 - ~1958)
 
Sophia Agnes TUCKER
1900 - 1989
Ellen May TUCKER
1902 - 1981
Esther TUCKER
1905 - 1989
Albert Edward TUCKER
1907 - 1907
Thomas DAY
1887 - 1915
Private - 2 Bttn Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) of St Pancras, London, Middlesex
  m. Sylvia KNOTT (~1882 - ~1957)
 
Esther DAY
1890 - 1978
of St Pancras, London, Middlesex
  m. Frederick John Joshua JERMAINE (1888 - 1962)
 
Catherine DAY
1893 - 1968
of Somers Town, London, Middlesex
  m. Alfred MCGEE (1890 - 1952)
 
Narrative and Notes

inGeorge DAY grew up with his parents in Evesham. His father was a millwright and it is likely that he was encouraged to learn that trade.

At some point he decided to spread his wings and took a job as a postman. He may have been working in Evesham, or started carrying letters further afield.

George married Ann ELCOCK in Worcester in 1836, and in 1837 they christened a daughter Esther Ellen. George must have been working on the mail coaches by 1837 as his eldest son, Thomas, was born in Loughborough Registration District, (more specifically, according to the 1851 census, in Stretton, although that record is ambiguous). In 1841 Ann, Esther and Thomas, now aged 1, are living in a cottage in Litchborough, a small village on Watling Street, now the A5, but then the main road from London to the Midlands. Perhaps he was posted there to relieve mail coachmen on their way to and from London.

In the early 19th century the carriage of mail across the UK was run by the Inland Office. Their headquarters was in St Martin's le Grand, close to St Paul's Cathedral, and close to the end of Watling Street in London.

This life may not have suited Ann and their growing family, and the family moved to London. Their second son George is born in Stepney Registration District, and dies there at age 1. Stepney R.D. included Shadwell parish which is less than 2 miles from St Martin le Grand.

Susannah is born in John's home town, Evesham, but Elizabeth and John are both born and christened in Bermondsey. Bermondsey is across the river, 2.5 miles from St Martin le Grand, but the quality of housing might have tempted them further from the centre of London.

That said, by 1851 the family are living at 6 Cambridge Place, in the parish of St Pancras. St Pancras Church is a few minutes walk from St Martin's le Grand. Cambridge Place no longer exists in St Pancras, there having been much redevelopment in the intervening years.

Despite having moved closer to the Inland Office, George appears in the 1851 census return as a carpenter and millwright, like his father. They are still there in 1861 with George working as a carpenter.

No records for George or Ann have been found after 1861, so it is possible that they died or emigrated.

There are deaths registered in the name of George DAY in St Pancras R.D. in 1861 and 1864, and for Ann DAY in 1863.

Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
27 Jun 1817
0
Baptism 
1
St Lawrence, Evesham, Worcestershire
29 Aug 1833
15
Marriage of sister Elizabeth DAY and Thomas DAY 
2
St Martin's, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
25 Jul 1836
18
Marriage to wife Ann ELCOCK 
3
St Michael Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Q4 1837
19
Birth of daughter Esther Ellen DAY 
4
Evesham, Worcestershire
7 Feb 1838
19
Death of father John DAY 
567
Evesham, Worcestershire
Q4 1839
21
Birth of son Thomas DAY 
Stretton, Leicestershire
Q2 1842
24
Birth of son George DAY 
8
Stepney R.D., London, Middlesex
Q4 1843
25
Death of son George DAY 
9
Stepney R.D., London, Middlesex
Q2 1844
26
Birth of daughter Susannah DAY 
10
Evesham, Worcestershire
Q4 1846
28
Birth of daughter Elizabeth DAY 
11
Bermondsey, London, Surrey
16 Nov 1846
28
Occupation: Postman 
12
Bermondsey, London, Surrey
Q3 1848
30
Birth of son John DAY 
13
Bermondsey, London, Surrey
11 Oct 1848
30
Occupation: Letter carrier 
14
Bermondsey, London, Surrey
30 Mar 1851
33
Census 
15
Cambridge Place, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
1851
33
Occupation: Carpenter & Millwright 
16
 
30 Mar 1851
33
Residence 
17
Cambridge Place, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
28 Oct 1855
37
Marriage of daughter Esther Ellen DAY and George Samuel Scott TILLS 
18
St Pancras, London, Middlesex
7 Apr 1861
43
Census 
19
6 Cambridge Place, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
Q1 1862
43
Marriage of daughter Susannah DAY and Alfred E FOSTER 
20
Islington, Middlesex
Q2 1863
45
Death of wife Ann ELCOCK 
21
St Pancras, London, Middlesex
Q3 1870
52
Islington, Middlesex
14 Nov 1870
52
Marriage of son John DAY and Sophia TILLER 
2324
St James the Great, Bethnal Green, , London, England
Mar 1874
56
Death of mother Esther BROTHERTON 
25
Bewdley Street, Evesham, Worcestershire
6 Oct 1883
65
Death of sister Elizabeth DAY 
26
19 Vine Street, Evesham, Worcestershire
22 Mar 1893
74
Marriage of son John DAY and Mary Ann LUCAS 
27
St Pancras Old Church, St Pancras, London, Middlesex, England
12 Nov 1910
92
Marriage of daughter Susannah DAY and Edwin BULLOCK 
Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex
2 May 1913
95
Burial of daughter Susannah DAY 
28
Islington, Middlesex
31 Oct 1917
99
Burial of daughter Elizabeth DAY 
29
Islington, Middlesex
Q3 1935
117
Death of son John DAY 
30
Edmonton, Essex
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - FamilySearch International Genealogical Index

Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

Author: LDS. Publishing Info: © IGI This information has been reproduced with permission of LDS

GEORGE DAY

Male

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Event(s):

Christening: 27 JUN 1817 St Lawrence, Evesham, Worcester, England

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Parents:

Father: JOHN DAY

Mother: ESTHER

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Source Information:

Batch Number: 8505831

Sheet: 25

Source Call No.: 1395961 Type: Film

2 - St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, Parish Records
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Thomas Day of this Parish

Bachelor

and Elizabeth Day of this Parish

Spinster

were married in this Church by Banns

this twenty ninth Day of August in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three

By me SL Morgan

This Marriage was solemnized between us

Thomas Day

Elizabeth Day

In the Presence of

[D J Marks]

The Mark X of Anne Bird

No 1440

3 - Worcester, St Michael Bedwardine, Parish Records
Citation image

George Day of this Parish Bachelor

and Ann Elcock of this Parish

were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of

this twenty fifth Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty six

By me Henry Coules Off. minister

This Marriage was solemnized between us

George Day

Ann Elcock

In the Presence of

X The mark of Charlotte Somkins

Nathl Bond

No 414

4 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s) Esther Eleanor

Last name Day

Birth quarter 4

Birth year 1837

Mother's maiden name -

District Evesham

County Worcestershire

Country England

Volume 18

Page 271

Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Births

Collections from Great Britain, England

5 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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1838 DEATHS in the District of Evesham in the County of Worcester & Gloucester

127 - Seventh of Feby 1838 Parish of All Saints Evesham - John Day - Male - 44 yrs - Millwright - Accidentally Drowned - Chas Best, Coroner, Bengeworth - [Registered] Sixteenth February 1838

6 - Worcester Journal
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FATAL EVENT. - On Wednesday last a man named John Day, of Evesham, attended a wood sale at Offenham, a village in the neighbourhood, and remained at the place of sale till it was quite dark, he afterwards called at another place or two in the village, and as his nearest way home was to cross the river Avon at a ferry, he called there after the person who attends to it was gone to bed, he however made himself heard, and wished to be rowed across, this however was objected to by the person who keeps the boat, on account of the danger occasioned by the quanttity of ice then in the river. Day however not heeding this admonition expressed his determination to row himself across and was heard to get into the boat for that purpose, since which he has not been seen or heard of : but the boat was found in the morning floated down the river as far as the ice would allow it to go, and near to it Day's hat and the boat shovel were found. Search has been made for the body but it has not yet been raised.

7 - Hereford Times
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Hereford Times 26 May 1838

On Monday evening , the 14th inst. the body of a man, in a frightful state of decomposition, was discovered floating on the Avon in the neighourhood of Evesham. On getting it out of the water it was recognised to be that of John Day, whose disappearance in Feburary last gave rise to sundry conjectures respecting his fate, the most probable of which appeared to be that he had been drowned in endeavouring to row across the river. Nothing having since occurred to invalidate that supposition, an inquest was held on the body before Mr. Best on the following day, when a verdict of "Found drowned" was returned. - Worcester Chronicle

8 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s) George

Last name Day

Birth quarter 2

Birth year 1842

Mother's maiden name Ellcock

District Stepney

County London

Country England

Volume 2

Page 487

Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Births

Collections from Great Britain, England

9 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s) George

Last name Day

Gender Male

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year -

Age -

Death quarter 4

Death year 1843

District Stepney

County London

Volume 2

Page 405

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England

10 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s) Susannah

Last name Day

Birth quarter 2

Birth year 1844

Mother's maiden name Ellcock

District Evesham

County Worcestershire

Country England

Volume 18

Page 368

Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Births

Collections from Great Britain, England

11 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s) Elizabeth

Last name Day

Birth quarter 4

Birth year 1846

Mother's maiden name Ellcock

District Bermondsey

County London

Country England

Volume 4

Page 28

Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Births

Collections from Great Britain, England

12 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s) Elizabeth

Last name Day

Birth quarter 4

Birth year 1846

Mother's maiden name Ellcock

District Bermondsey

County London

Country England

Volume 4

Page 28

Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Births

Collections from Great Britain, England

13 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s) John

Last name Day

Birth quarter 3

Birth year 1848

Mother's maiden name Ellcock

District Bermondsey

County London

Country England

Volume IV

Page 28

Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Births

Collections from Great Britain, England

14 - Bermondsey, St Mary Magdalene, Parish Records
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15 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Cambridge Place, Saint Pancras, St Pancras, London & Middlesex, England

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Sex

Age

Birth year

Occupation

Birth place

George

Day

Head

Married

Male

33

1818

Carpenter & millwright

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Ann

Day

Wife

Married

Female

34

1817

Dress maker

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Esther

Day

Daughter

Unmarried

Female

13

1838

-

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Thomas S

Day

Son

-

Male

11

1840

Scholar

Worcestershire Shelton

Susannah

Day

Daughter

-

Female

6

1845

Scholar

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Elizabeth

Day

Daughter

-

Female

4

1847

Scholar

London Bermondsey

John

Day

Son

-

Male

2

1849

-

London Bermondsey

16 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
Citation image

Cambridge Place, Saint Pancras, St Pancras, London & Middlesex, England

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Sex

Age

Birth year

Occupation

Birth place

George

Day

Head

Married

Male

33

1818

Carpenter & millwright

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Ann

Day

Wife

Married

Female

34

1817

Dress maker

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Esther

Day

Daughter

Unmarried

Female

13

1838

-

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Thomas S

Day

Son

-

Male

11

1840

Scholar

Worcestershire Shelton

Susannah

Day

Daughter

-

Female

6

1845

Scholar

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Elizabeth

Day

Daughter

-

Female

4

1847

Scholar

London Bermondsey

John

Day

Son

-

Male

2

1849

-

London Bermondsey

17 - UK 1851 Census - 30th March 1851
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Cambridge Place, Saint Pancras, St Pancras, London & Middlesex, England

First name(s)

Last name

Relationship

Marital status

Sex

Age

Birth year

Occupation

Birth place

George

Day

Head

Married

Male

33

1818

Carpenter & millwright

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Ann

Day

Wife

Married

Female

34

1817

Dress maker

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Esther

Day

Daughter

Unmarried

Female

13

1838

-

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Thomas S

Day

Son

-

Male

11

1840

Scholar

Worcestershire Shelton

Susannah

Day

Daughter

-

Female

6

1845

Scholar

Worcestershire Gresham [Evesham]

Elizabeth

Day

Daughter

-

Female

4

1847

Scholar

London Bermondsey

John

Day

Son

-

Male

2

1849

-

London Bermondsey

18 - St Pancras Parish Church Records
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19 - UK 1861 Census - 7th April 1861
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20 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

Name

Alfred Edward Foster

Registration Year

1862

Registration Quarter

Jan-Feb-Mar

Registration district

Islington

Inferred County

London

Volume

1b

Page

349

21 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s) Ann

Last name Day

Gender Female

Birth day -

Birth month -

Birth year -

Age -

Death quarter 2

Death year 1863

District Pancras

County London

Volume 1B

Page 70

Country England

Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England

22 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s) Esther Helen

Last name Tills

Marriage quarter 3

Marriage year 1870

Registration month -

MarriageFinderâ„¢ Esther Helen Tills married one of these people Thomas Robert Barwood, James William Hoyle

District Islington

District number -

County London

Country England

Volume 1B

Volume as transcribed 1B

Page number 531

Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce

Collections from Great Britain, England

23 - Bethnal Green, St James the Great, Parish Records
24 - Bethnal Green, St James the Great, Parish Records
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25 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
Citation image

1874 DEATHS in the District of Evesham in the Counties of Gloucester & Worcester

38 - Twenty second March 1874, Bewdley Street, Evesham, Wor'shire - Esther Gould - Female - 83 years - Wife of James Gould, Formerly a Master Gardener - Decay of Gastrics, Certified - Susan Kinks present at the death, Bewdley Street Evesham - Twenty fourth March 1874

26 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
Citation image

Certified Copy of an Entry of Death

1883 Death in the Sub-District of Evesham in the Counties of Gloucester & Worcester

No - When and where died - Sex - Age - Occupation - Cause of death - Signature, description and residence of informant - When registered - Signature of registrar

21 - Sixth October 1883, 19 Vine Street Evesham Worshire USD - Elizabeth Day - Female - 69 years - Wife of Thomas Day a Millwright - Bronchitis 14 days Emphysema 3 years Certified by H.E.Haynes MRCS - F.E. Meddings Daughter present at the death, Holloway, London - Ninth October 1883 - Edward Wadams, Registrar

27 - St Pancras Parish Church Records
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28 - UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014

Name

Susannah Bullock

Register Type

Burial

Death Date

1913

Burial or Cremation Date

2 May 1913

Burial or Cremation Place

Islington, London, Englan

29 - UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014

Name

Elizabeth Rastall

Register Type

Burial

Death Date

1917

Burial or Cremation Date

31 Oct 1917

Burial or Cremation Place

Islington, London, England

30 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

Name

John Day

Death Age

87

Birth Date

1848

Registration Date

Jul 1935

Registration Quarter

Jul-Aug-Sep

Registration district

Edmonton

Inferred County

Essex

Volume

3a

Page

612