G.G.G.G.G Grandfather of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Occupation - LABOURER.
Known children - James Tovell born c1817.
G.G.G.G Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Edward born - circa 1774.
Married - 15th October 1804 at Chedgrave, Norfolk.
Known children - Edward born 1811, Robert born 22/09/1812 bap 10/12/1812 Langley Norfolk, Mary Ann born /6/1816 bap 07/07/1816 Langley, Elizabeth born 29/03/1818 bap 24/05/1818 Langley, and James Tammas born 1821.
Edward died - 6th July 1840 of Consumption age 66.
Edward buried - 11th July 1840 at Chedgrave, Norfolk.
Great Great Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
James born - c1817 Norfolk.
Mary Ann born - June 1816 Langley.
Mary Ann baptised - 7th July 1816 at Langley, Norfolk.
Married - 28th December 1841 at Chedgrave, Norfolk.
Known children - George Tovell Tammas bap 01/11/1838 Chedgrave, Anne Tovell Tammas /6/1840 Chedgrave, Samuel born 06/04/1842 Chedgrave, Elizabeth born /9/1844, Frederick born 14/03/1847, John born 15/12/1849 Loddon Norfolk, James Tovell born /12/1853.
James died - 26th January 1900 age 84.
Mary Ann died - 19th July 1878 (both buried at Halvergate, Norfolk).
James occupation - AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.
James was born circa 1817, possibly in Geldeston, Norfolk. Mary was the daughter of Edward and Ann Tammas, and was baptised on 7th July 1816 at Langley also in Norfolk. During the 1841 Census, James was living in Chedgrave with Mary and her mother. Mary's father, Edward, had died the previous year. Also in the household was Mary's brother James Tammas, and her two illegitimate children: George age two, and an infant named Ann. James was listed as a labourer. As for the father of Mary's children, this was almost certainly James, as the children were baptised: George Tovell TAMMAS and Anne Tovell TAMMAS. James married Mary on 28th December 1841 at Chedgrave church.
Mary gave birth to a further five children after their marriage, all, I believe, at Langley.
At some point, the family moved several miles away, to the village of Tunstall, north of the river. Mary lived to the age of 64, and James to 84. They were buried at Halvergate Church (Halvergate is next to Tunstall).
G.G.G.G.G Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Known children: John born 1789, Easter born 1800, William Lawn born 19/08/1804, all at Halvergate, Norfolk.
William and Ann Lawn lived at Halvergate. William may have been the William Lawn buried at Halvergate on 3rd April 1846 age 90. If so, then our William may have been born c.1756.
Great Great Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
William born: 19th August 1804 at Halvergate.
William baptised: 21st August 1804 Halvergate.
Elizabeth born: c1812 at Brameston?, Norfolk.
Known children: William born c1836, Maryanne born c1838, Betsy born c1839, John born c1842, Charlotte born c1845, Eliza born c1849, and John Lawn born c1851. (William to Charlotte born at Halvergate, Eliza and John born at Tunstall).
William died: 18th May 1885 age 80.
Elizabeth died: 27th December 1897 age 85.
William's occupation: AGRICULTURAL LABOURER. William's public office: PARISH CLERK of Tunstall.
Source: parish registers, censuses, Tunstall churchyard.
William and Elizabeth are buried at Tunstall church. William's headstone records that he was 33 years clerk of this parish. It also records that: this stone is erected by a few friends.
Great Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
George born: 1838 at Chedgrave, Norfolk.
Eliza born: 5th April 1849 at Tunstall, Norfolk.
Married: 4th February 1866 at Tunstall. Witnessed by Elizabeth and William Lawn.
Known children: Mary Ann bap 13/09/1868 Tunstall, Charlotte Laura born c1869 at Mautby, Emma Jane bap 14/7/1872 Tunstall, Samuel John bap 1876 Tunstall, James Thomas bap 10/9/1878, Walter born 1882 Tunstall, Roberta Eliza bap 01/03/1885 Tunstall, and Albert Robert Tammas-Tovell bap 21/8/1887.
George's occupation: AGRICULTURAL LABOURER / GAMEKEEPER / GARDENER.
Eliza's occupation: FIELD WORKER.
George died: 14th October 1917. Buried at Halvergate.
Eliza died: 15th November 1941 Age 92. Buried at Halvergate.
George was baptised at Chedgrave, Norfolk, the illegitimate son of Mary Ann Tammas on the 1st November 1838. His father was James Tovell, who later married George's mother. The family then disappear off record for several years, and then reappear as living in the villages of Halvergate and Tunstall.
Eliza was born at Tunstall in 1849, the daughter of old William Lawn - the parish clerk.
George's sister Ann was married at Tunstall on 21st February 1864. She used the name Ann Tammas, and recorded illegitimate under the entry of 'Father's Name'.
George and Eliza were married at Tunstall Church on 4th February 1866. George was then a 26 year old farm worker, and called himself George Tammas, claiming that his father was a 'James Tammas'.
George and Eliza had at least eight children born between 1868 and 1887, mainly at Tunstall. On most of the baptism entries, they used the surname Tammas, however, these entries have a postscript beside them stating: changed to TOVELL. They were listed in the 1861 Census as living in Tunstall, next door to Eliza's parents. They were then using the surname: Tovil.
Why did George change his name from Tammas to Tovell in mid-life? and why did he claim that his father was a James Tammas at his wedding? Was it genuine confusion caused by family secrets, or was the truth forced out by officialdom? But it didnt end there! In 1888, at the wedding of his daughter, he was again calling himself George Tammis. They reappear, this time as Tovell in the 1891 Census, when they were now living at Lower Farm Road, Tunstall. He carried on the confusion into old age, when in 1898, at the wedding of his daughter Emma, he calls himself George Tammis. He was at that time working as a gardener.
George died in 1917, and was followed into the grave at Halvergate by Eliza in 1941. Their headstone names them: George Tammas and his wife Eliza Tammas-Tovell.
Great Great Grandparents of Rosina, Georgina, and Edward Brooker.
Samuel born: 1876, Tunstall, Norfolk.
Caroline born: c1878 Rackheath, Norfolk.
Children: Ivy Maud, Walter, Hilda, George, and May Tovell.
Samuel's occupation: AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.
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Sam Tammas-Tovell born 1876 at Tunstall, Norfolk |
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