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including Leagrave

Luton

The Fensom Family:

Labourers and straw hat makers feature in this family.

The Hudson Family:

Originally from Dunstable, this family made their home in Leagrave.

The Marshall Family:

Another family involved in the manufacture of hats, among other types of work.  

The Facer Family:

A family who ran a coal company in Luton.

The Odell Family:

Some of the many people named Odell who have been in recent research projects.

Also born in this area:

Alfred FACER,   1886

Florence Mary FACER,   1883

Frank FACER,   1895

John FACER,   Abt 1889

Robert FACER,   1891

Rosa Mary FACER,   1893

Sydney John FACER,   1878

Albert Joseph HUDSON,   1872

Alfred HUDSON,   1854

Amos HUDSON,   1869

Ann HUDSON,   1834

Arthur HUDSON,   1877

Elizabeth HUDSON,   1865

Ellen HUDSON,   1874

Frederick HUDSON,   1839

Frederick HUDSON,   1841

Hannah HUDSON,   11 October 1817

Isaiah HUDSON,   1852

Joseph HUDSON,   1845

Martha HUDSON,   1856

Mary Ann HUDSON,   1848

Matthew HUDSON,   Abt 1821

Minnie Rose HUDSON,   1883

Sidney Charles HUDSON,   1880

Thomas HUDSON,   May 1850

William HUDSON,   1836

Ann FENSOM,  1822

Ann FENSOM,   1838

Charles FENSOM,   Abt 1833

Daniel FENSOM,   1836

Eliza FENSOM,   1807

Elizabeth FENSOM,   Abt 1857

Emma FENSOM,   1845

Emma FENSOM,   Abt 1850

Francis FENSOM,   1804

George FENSOM,   Abt 1831

Hannah FENSOM,   1814

Hannah FENSOM,   1841

James FENSOM,   1813

James FENSOM,   Abt 1842

Jane FENSOM,   Abt 1846

Mary FENSOM,   Abt 1813

Mary FENSOM,   1818

Mary FENSOM,   Abt 1826

Thomas FENSOM,   1809

William FENSOM,   Abt 1829

Arthur Stanley MARSHALL,   1889

Charles William MARSHALL,   1885

Eliza MARSHALL,   Abt 1856

Elizabeth MARSHALL,   1843

Emily Eliza MARSHALL,   1874

Esther MARSHALL,   1848

George MARSHALL,   1838

George MARSHALL,   08 December 1861

George MARSHALL,   Abt 1858

John MARSHALL,   1860

John MARSHALL,   1870

Joseph MARSHALL,   1868

Lillian May MARSHALL,   1888

Rachel Ellen MARSHALL,   Abt 1877

Rose Elizabeth MARSHALL,   1872

William Charles MARSHALL,   1863

Doris ANTHONY,   1892

Horace ANTHONY,   Abt 1890

Stuart ANTHONY,   Abt 1862

Gwendoline Ashley BARNES,   Abt 1907

Ann BAVISTER,   Abt 1842

Ada BLAND,   1885

Charlotte E BLAND,   1879

Ellen BLAND,   1877

Herbert BLAND,   1880

Jane BLAND,   1883

Lydia BLAND,   1889

Thomas BLAND,   1887

Hannah BODSWORTH,   1814

Mary BODSWORTH,   1817

James BOWERS,   Abt 1858

Jennett BOWERS,   Abt 1868

Lucy BOWERS,   Abt 1862

Emma Carter Young CARTER,  11 April 1823

Ethel Agnes Beatrice CLARK,   Abt 1885

Mary  COOK, Abt 1845

Arthur Hedley DAWSON,   Abt 1882

Sidney FELTS,   Abt Jan 1881

Joan FORD,   1916

Harry HORN,   Abt 1882

Fred John HOWELL,   Abt 1907

George Thomas HOWELL,   Abt 1909

Hilda Kitty HOWELL,   Abt 1906

Agnes Louisa HULL,   1877

Albert HULL,   1875

Clara HULL,   1890

Ethel HULL,   1888

Helena Dorothy HULL,   1883

Horace William HULL,   1882

Catherine HUNT,   Abt 1854

Elizabeth Emma HUNT,   13 October 1848

Julia HUNT,   Abt Dec 1850

William HUNT,   14 February 1847

William HUNT,   Abt 1819

Jane KINGHAM,   Abt 1852

Hannah Kate LARKINS,   1852

William MARDELL,   Abt 1801

Charles E MEES,   Abt 1851

Emma PARSONS,   Abt 1854

Joseph PARSONS,   1818

Lizzie PARSONS,   Abt 1852

Annie PECK,   Abt 1853

Harry PESTELL,   Abt 1872

Lavina Alice PESTELL,   Abt 1869

Elizabeth PIGGOTT,   Abt 1800

Hannah PIGGOTT,   Abt 1808

Rebecca PIGGOTT,   1799

Sarah PIGGOTT,   Abt 1818

Susannah POULTON,   1767

Noel  RAINES, 1904

Edward W ROBERTS,   Abt 1877

Ethel Maud ROBERTS,   Abt 1890

Frederick ROBERTS,   Abt 1880

Herbert ROBERTS,   Abt 1879

Rebecca SCRIVENER,   1814

Lilian Alice SHAYLER,   Abt Apr 1900

Rose SWAILES, 1879

Fanny TAYLOR,   Abt 1839

Samuel TAYLOR,   Abt 1806

Joseph THOMAS,   1799-1816

Joseph THOMAS,   Abt 1848

Ann THRUSSELL,   1787

Martha THRUSSELL,   1790

Mary THRUSSELL,   1799

Sarah THRUSSELL,   1793

Sophia THRUSSELL,   1804

Annie TUFFNELL,   1846

Edward TUFFNELL,   1843

Eliza TUFFNELL,   1848

Martha TUFFNELL,   1844

Benjamin WELCH,   Abt 1831

Levi Simeon WELCH,   1829

Reuben WELCH,   1864

Martha WILSON,   Abt 1828

Harriett WINGRAVE,   Abt 1821

Annie Mary WOODFIELD,   1883

Arthur Henry WOODFIELD,   1881

Caroline WOODWARD,   1845

Dinah WOODWARD,   1837

Dinah WOODWARD,   1850

Emma WOODWARD,   1834

Esther WOODWARD,   1839

Hannah WOODWARD,   1842

The Bates Family:

Many of those listed were part of the family of a straw hat manufacturer.

Alfred William BATES,   1877

Alice BATES,   1884

Arthur BATES,   1881

Arthur BATES,   1895

Daniel BATES,   1868

Edith May BATES,   1898

Edward BATES,   1866

Ernest BATES,   1889

Herbert Ernest BATES,   1888

Horace Edward BATES,   1892

Jane Maria BATES,   1873

John BATES,   1875

Joseph BATES,   Abt 1865

Rita May BATES,   1912

Sidney BATES,   1879

Walter BATES,   1905

The Ward Family:

A family with a variety of occupations.  Some members of the extended family lived in Dunstable.    

Clara WARD,   1866

Emily Sarah WARD,   1878

Hannah WARD,   Abt 1830

Harry John WARD,   Abt Oct 1860

Isabella WARD,  Abt 1834

James WARD, Abt 1836

John WARD, 1797

John WARD, Abt 1837

Mary WARD, 1799

Mary WARD,   Abt 1823

Miriam WARD,   Abt 1827

Nellie WARD,   1876

Richard WARD,  1801

Richard WARD,  Abt 1832

Richard WARD,   Abt Jun 1880

Sarah WARD,   Abt 1844

Sarah Isabella WARD,   1883

Thomas  WARD, Abt Feb 1841

William WARD,   1801

William Newins WARD,   1875

The Bailey Family:

Most of this group were related to a family named Young.

Frances BAILEY,   29 August 1825

George BAILEY,   17 July 1823

Henrietta Mary BAILEY,   Abt 1854

John BAILEY,   25 February 1821

Mary BAILEY,   Abt 1794

Mary Elizabeth BAILEY,   26 February 1834

William BAILEY,   1 March 1819

William BAILEY,   Abt 1796

The Cotton Family:

A family originally from Hertfordshire.

Alfred COTTON,   Abt 1875

Ann COTTON,   Abt 1870

Charles COTTON,   Abt 1868

Elizabeth COTTON,   Abt 1862

George Thomas COTTON,   Abt 1880

Rose Kate COTTON,   Abt 1878

William COTTON,   Abt 1864

Alfred William ODELL,   07 April 1880

Elizabeth ODELL,   1887

Elizabeth ODELL,   Abt 1850

Eveline Louisa ODELL,   1909

Horace Stanley ODELL,   04 October 1881

John Henry ODELL,   1903

Mary Ann ODELL, 1879

Minnie ODELL,   1872

Reginald Walter ODELL,   1905

Stanley William ODELL,   1907

Stanley William ODELL,   1912

William G ODELL, Mar 1881

The Felks Family:

Some of this family lived in Stopsley.

The Lay Family:

The family of a labourer and a bonnet maker.  

The Faunch Family:

The family of a baker and confectioner who lived in Manchester Street.  

Edith M FAUNCH,   Abt 1879

Fanny FAUNCH,   Abt 1866

Frederick C FAUNCH,   Abt 1874

John FAUNCH,   Abt 1876

Samuel John FAUNCH,   Abt 1868

Thomas FAUNCH,   Abt 1872

William C FAUNCH,   Abt 1859

William Taylor FAUNCH,   Abt 1870

Ada Annie FELKS,  2 December 1881

Charles FELKS,   Abt 1869

Emily FELKS,   Abt Jan 1871

George FELKS,   1856

George FELKS,   4 January 1829

Lizzie FELKS,   1872

Mary FELKS,   11 September 1833

Maud FELKS,   1878

Sarah Ann FELKS,   1868

William FELKS,   26 April 1823

Eliza LAY,   1831

Eliza LAY,   1835

Ellen LAY,   1839

Emma LAY,   1833

George LAY,   1828

Hannah LAY, Abt 1825

Martha LAY,   1845

Milly LAY,   Abt 1844

Sarah LAY,   1827

William LAY, 1803

The Cotchin Family:

The father of this familyh worked as a baker and shopkeeper.

Agnes COTCHIN,   Abt 1832

Emma COTCHIN,   1833

Emma COTCHIN,   Abt 1835

John COTCHIN,  Abt 1829

Robert COTCHIN,   1837

Sarah Ann COTCHIN, 1840

Thomas COTCHIN, 1831

William COTCHIN, Abt 1828

The Linney Family:

The family of a bricklayer.

Eliza A LINNEY,   1883

Eliza Ann LINNEY,   Abt 1878

Emily LINNEY,   1877

Florence G LINNEY,   Abt 1875

Samuel LINNEY,   1879

William LINNEY,   Abt Jan 1881

William G LINNEY,   1886

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