FAMILY GROUP RECORD OF
GEORGE SOUTHAM
AND MARY HUNT
GEORGE SOUTHAM was born 15 December 1768 in Cropredy, Oxfordshire, England to James Southam and Ann Giles. He was christened 25 December 1768 at Cropredy. He married Mary Hunt 21 February 1803 in Cropredy. She was christened 15 October 1769 in Little Bourton, Oxfordshire, the daughter of Thomas Hunt and Mary Toms. She died 8 May 1827. George then married Hannah Giles 19 October 1829 in Cropredy. She had been born in 1796 in Kempicott, Gloucestershire, England. George was a weaver like his grandson and namesake.
1841 census for Cropredy, Oxfordshire
The family is found in Bourton in the 1841 census:
George Southam, age 65, Ag Lab (agricultural laborer)
1851 census, Little Bourton, Oxfordshire
In 1851 the family is found in Little Bourton:
George Southam, head, age 75, Ag Laborer, but now receiving parish
relief, born in Little Bourton
Hannah " , wife, age 57, laborer's
wife, born in Gloucestershire, Kempicott
Jane " , dau, unmarried, at home, born in
Little Bourton
George
died 12 September 1855 in Cropredy. George and Mary had the following children:
1.
Thomas,
christened 20 March 1803 at Cropredy.
2.
Ann, christened November 1804 at Cropredy, Oxford, England, buried
22 May 1810 in Cropredy.
3.
William,
christened
22 March 1807 at Cropredy, Oxford, England, buried 1 May 1810 in Cropredy.
4.
Justinian,
born 29 March 1809 in Banbury, Oxfordshire; married (1) Lucy Hunt 15 October
1829, (2) Esther Bourton 22 October 1833; died 29 March 1848.
George
and Hannah had the following children:
1.
Hannah,
christened
16 May 1830 in Little Bourton; died 28 August 1846.
2.
George,
christened 23 September 1832 in Little Bourton; died 21 November 1833.
3.
Jane,
christened 7 June 1835 in Little Bourton.
SOURCES:
Family Group Sheet submitted by Rhea Lewis; IGI; 1841 Census, Little Bourton,
FHS# 474571; 1851 Census, Little Bourton, FHS# 193644.
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