John Ponsford

M, b. 1821, d. before 1851, #137
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  • John Ponsford was born in 1821 at Devon.2
  • He was the son of William Ponsford.1
  • John Ponsford was working as a Gardener on 7 May 1840.3
  • He was living at Sidmouth, Devon at the time of his marriage in 1840.3
  • He married Fanny Woodley, daughter of Edward Woodley, on 7 May 1840 at The Parish Church, Sidmouth, Devon.3
  • The marriage of John Ponsford and Fanny Woodley was registered in the June 1840 quarter in the Honiton Registration District in Devon.4
  • John was listed as the Head of Household in the 1841 Census taken on 7 June 1841 at Land Part, Sidmouth, Devon. Fanny Woodley and William Ponsford were listed as household members.2
  • John Ponsford was working as a Gardener on 7 June 1841.2
  • He was working as a Journeyman gardener on 18 February 1844.5
  • A possible death registration for John is recorded in the March 1848 quarter in the Honiton Registration District in Devon.6
  • He died before 1851.1
  • For sometime in his life Johnmay have been a shopkeeper. This comes from the marriage certificate of his daughter Florina to James Carson in 1873; Shopkeeper
    - cited as occupation in 1873 so may not be reliable as he would have been dead for over 20 years.7
  • Last Edited: 9 Jul 2009

Family: Fanny Woodley b. 1821, d. Jun 1864

Citations:

  1. [S31] National Census conducted on 30 March 1851. Original returns lodged in the UK National Archives.
  2. [S35] National Census conducted on 7 June 1841. Original returns lodged in the UK National Archives.
  3. [S17] Copy of Marriage Certificate of John Ponsford and Fanny Woodley, 7 May 1840.
  4. [S10] GRO index "Marriage Jun 1840 Honiton 10 203."
  5. [S36] Birth certificate copy of Florina (Florence) Ponsford, 18 January 1844.
  6. [S10] GRO index "Death Mar 1848 Honiton 10 105."
  7. [S30] Copy of Marriage Certificate of James Page Carson and Florina Ponsford, 9 Feb 1873.
  8. [S56] National Census conducted on 2 April 1871. Original returns lodged in the UK National Archives.
  9. [S28] National Census conducted on 7 April 1861. Original returns lodged in the UK National Archives.
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