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 1827 - 1896 (~ 68 years)
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| Name |
George GREGORY |
| Christened |
13 May 1827 |
Faversham, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
24 Apr 1896 |
Preston-Faversham, Kent, England |
| Person ID |
I2241 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Father |
Edward GREGORY, c. 13 Dec 1797, Faversham, Kent, England , bur. 19 Apr 1857, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 59 years) |
| Mother |
Christian MILSTED, c. 26 Jul 1801, Faversham, Kent, England , d. June quarter 1871 2a, 433, Faversham, Kent, England |
| Married |
3 Mar 1821 |
Faversham, Kent, England [5] |
| Family ID |
F503 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Caroline DODD, b. 19 Nov 1833, Westwell, Kent, England , bur. 16 Nov 1907, Preston-next-Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
| Married |
20 Apr 1856 |
Faversham, Kent, England [6] |
| Children |
| | 1. George William GREGORY, c. 1 Jun 1857, Faversham, Kent, England |
| | 2. Edward GREGORY, c. 5 Jun 1859, Faversham, Kent, England , d. 23 Oct 1932, 1 and 2 Abbey Fields, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) |
| | 3. Emily Elizabeth GREGORY, c. 19 Jan 1862, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England |
| | 4. Mary Christianna GREGORY, c. 5 Jul 1863, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England |
| | 5. John Charles GREGORY, c. 24 Jun 1866, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England , d. Abt Sep 1920 (Age ~ 54 years) |
| | 6. Charles GREGORY, c. 11 Oct 1868, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England , d. 10 Aug 1948, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 79 years) |
| | 7. Walter Lynch GREGORY, c. 11 Oct 1868, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England , d. 26 Sep 1934, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 65 years) |
| | 8. Ernest GREGORY, c. 18 Aug 1873, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England , d. Abt 1902, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 28 years) |
| | 9. Alfred GREGORY, c. 23 Mar 1875, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England |
| | 10. William ✝ GREGORY, c. 18 Nov 1877, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England , bur. 12 Nov 1879, Preston-Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 1 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F977 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- George married Caroline Dodd, who was his first cousin through the family of his grandmother, Judith Dodd. Together, they had ten children: George William, born 1857, later to become a mariner; Edward born 1859, also later to become a mariner; Emily Elizabeth who worked as a kitchen maid; Mary Christina who eventually went out to work as a servant; John Charles, a general labourer; Charles and Walter Lynch, the twins in the family; Ernest, Alfred and William. William died a few days before his second birthday.
By 1871 George, Caroline and family were living at the Brents. All children, except Charles and Walter Lynch, were still then attending school.
In 1881 Emily Elizabeth was working as a kitchen maid on Tyndale House farm, which at that time was owned by William Miller. I can imagine that her work was demanding as, in addition to the family, there were also 13 other men, 3 other women and 4 boys employed on the farm. The remaining members of George and Caroline's family were living on the Brents. The two oldest sons, George William and Edward, were working as mariners and John Charles, at age 14 had gone to work as a general labourer. Mary Christina was living and working at Albion Terrace as a domestic servant for Thomas Attwater, the Harbour Master at Faversham.
George, Sr. owned a ship called the 'George William'. He was a freeman and a dredger as had been his ancestors before him. Many of the Gregory ships were built at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey.
Both George and Caroline died sometime after 1881, George having died first but both were buried in Preston-next-Faversham churchyard. After George's death, Edward had to pitch in and help his mother look after the family. Caroline took in sewing and whatever else she could do to support the family but continued to raise her children to be hard-working and God-fearing. In recent years, all of the tombstones were moved against the churchyard walls so that the grounds could be groomed more easily. Apparently, Edward's daughter, Winifred, used to read the tombstones frequently as a little girl and wondered what her ancestors were like. Nearly all of the Gregory line had blue or grey eyes with fair or red hair.
Winifred also remembered that all of her family talked very softly. Caroline Dodd's parents had been reasonably well off and owned quite a large farm. They, however, fell on hard times when a sea wall broke and flooded their farm with salt water. Later, a hired hand was swallowed with animals and implements when a large crater-like opening in the ground suddenly and violently appeared. The family lost many of their farm animals during that tragic event.
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- [S58] 1861 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0542655, Preston-next-Faversham, 7 Apr 1861.
29 Bridge Place, Lower Brents, Preston [next door to Benjamin Spillett who would have been his uncle by marriage]:
George Gregory, head, married, 34, dredger, born at Faversham
Caroline, wife, married, 28, born at Westwell
George W., son, 4, born at Faversham
Edward, son, 2, born at Faversham
Emily E., daughter, 1 months, born at Preston
- [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #0838717-0838718, Preston-next-Faversham, 2 Apr 1871.
32, Brents, Preston:
George Gregory, head, married, 44, mariner, born at Faversham
Caroline, wife, married, 38, born at Westwell
George W., son, 14, scholar, born at Faversham
Edward, 12, scholar, born at Faversham
Emily E., daughter, 10, scholar, born at Preston
Mary C., daughter, 7, scholar, born at Preston
John C., son, 5, born at Preston
Charles, son, 2, born at Preston
Walter L., son, 2, born at Preston
- [S9] 1891 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Fiche #6095823, Faversham, 5 Apr 1891.
49 Lower Brents, Preston:
George Gregory, head, married, 64, fisherman, born at Faversham
Caroline, wife, married, 58, born at Westwell
Edward, son, single, 32, fisherman, born at Preston
John, son, single, 24, fisherman, born at Preston
Charles, son, single, 22, fisherman, born at Preston
Walter, son, single, 22, fisherman, born at Preston
Erest, son, single, 17, fisherman, born at Preston
Alfred, son, single, 16, fisherman, born at Preston
- [S132] Newspaper, Various, (Various), Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 24 October 1874, p. 3, col. 4, 24 Oct 1874.
Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald 24 October 1874, p. 3, col. 4
HERNE BAY
THE HERNE BAY OYSTER FISHERY.
At the adjourned inquiry held at the Town Hall, on Friday, the 16th inst., the first witness called was Thomas Walker, of Westbrook. Witness stated that the land occupied by him extended nearly to the foreshore. He had taken great interest in oysters, and had dredged all over the ground before the Act passed. Had found occasionally an oyster. They were good, well-fed, fit to eat, and in his opinion a good marketable oyster....
Daniel Gregory, in the Company's employ as dredgerman, new the state of the ground before the Company's Act was passed. He had caught oysters there and opened them. They were rather indifferent; and were best just below Beltinge. He came into the Company's employ in 1867. He superinteded destroying the mussel-bed in 1872 or 1873. There were no mussels there now.
Cross-examined - He had found large quatities of oysters there before the Act was passed. Used to catch brood, half-ware and ware, and sold them to Faversham, Whitstable, and other Companies. Had never sold the oysters by themselves, but had sold oysters, bood, etc., altogether. The Company had now eight boats, including the two market boats. He remembered his brother working on the ground catching mussels and five fingers.
On the next day-
...Mr. Humphrey had stated that the oysters found on the ground were unmarketable, and that the oysters, half-ware, and brood, were all put together and sold at one price. This evidence was corroborated by the evidence of Daniel Gregroy, called by the Company, who also stated that he used to sell the oysters half-ware and brood altogether at one price. Then as to the state of the ground since the Act. He agreed that he had no right to go into the state of the ground except as it affected the production of well-fed oysters. The evidence, however, was very valuable to test the opposite witnesses.
....George Gregory was there in 1868 from a fortnight after Michaelmas till the following spring, and during that time sent to Faversham and sold fourrteen or fifteen thousand bushels (or 350 tons) of mussels, five-fingers and stuff on which they were beached. Hodge was there at the same time catching five-fingers. Daniel Gregory, one of the Company's witnesses, remembers his brother there.
- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886148, 1821 entry #245, 3 Mar 1821.
Marriage entry of Edward Gregory, of this parish [Faversham], bachelor and Christiana Milstead, of this parish, spinster who were married in this church [Faversham] by banns on the 3rd day of March 1821. Witnesses were Edward K. Smith and Hart Chapman.
- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1886148-1886149, Faversham, 1856, Entry #32, page 16, 20 Apr 1856.
1856 Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Faversham in the County of Kent, Entry #32, married April 20, 1856, George Gregory, 28, dredger, residence at Faversham, father Edward Gregory, dredger, to Caroline Dodd, 22, in service, residence at Faversham, father John Dodd, carpenter. Signed by George Gregory by his mark but signed by Caroline Dodd. Witnesses: George Stanley and Eliza Gregory.
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