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     Edith Howard Dudley Freer was born on 1 February 1882. She was the daughter of M. Howard Freer and Gertrude Louisa Davis. Edith Howard Dudley Freer appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in the household of Gertrude Louisa Davis at Bedford; Gertrude Freer and three of her children were in the same household. As of 1907,her married name was Welch. Edith Howard Dudley Freer married Stanley Welch, son of John Davis Welch, in 1907. Edith Howard Dudley Freer died after 8 April 1949.

     Stanley Welch was born in 1860. He was the son of John Davis Welch. Stanley Welch married Edith Howard Dudley Freer, daughter of M. Howard Freer and Gertrude Louisa Davis, in 1907.

     Lena Howard Freer Lena and her husband, Tom Watkins-Baker, did not approve of their daughter Robin's fiancé so sent her to England to spend some time with Lena's sister Edith as a cooling off period. Apparently, it did not work because when Robin returned to Canada they were married. She was born on 2 November 1886. She was the daughter of M. Howard Freer and Gertrude Louisa Davis. Lena Howard Freer appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in the household of Gertrude Louisa Davis at Bedford; Gertrude Freer and three of her children were in the same household. Her married name was Baker. As of 1914,her married name was Watkins Baker. Lena Howard Freer married Tom Watkins Baker, son of Thomas Watkins Baker Mr. and Julia Freer, in 1914 at Maple Ridge, BC; They were first cousins. Lena Howard Freer died before 2 November 1972 at Haney.

     Frank Freer was the son of Leacroft Freer and Eliza Powell Dudley. Frank Freer married an unknown person. He died at In Infancy.

     Eliza Freer was the daughter of Leacroft Freer and Eliza Powell Dudley. Eliza Freer died in May 1884.

     Anna Maria Freer was baptized on 18 March 1843 at St Philip's, Birmingham. She was the daughter of Leacroft Freer and Eliza Powell Dudley. As of 26 April 1866,her married name was Beverley.

     Julia Freer was born circa 1853 at Kingswinford, Staffs.. She was the daughter of Leacroft Freer and Eliza Powell Dudley. Julia Freer appeared in the household of Leacroft Freer in the 1871 census at Oakfields House, Bromley Lane, Stourbridge, Worcs.. As of 22 January 1873,her married name was Baker. Julia Freer married Thomas Watkins Baker Mr. on 22 January 1873 at Stourbridge.

     Thomas Watkins Baker Mr. was Solicitor Of Clifton, Bristol. He married Julia Freer, daughter of Leacroft Freer and Eliza Powell Dudley, on 22 January 1873 at Stourbridge.

     Helena Freer was A Nurse. She was born in 1857 at Kingswinford, Staffs.. She was the daughter of Leacroft Freer and Eliza Powell Dudley. Helena Freer appeared in the household of Leacroft Freer in the 1871 census at Oakfields House, Bromley Lane, Stourbridge, Worcs.. Helena Freer lived in 1934 at Rickmansworth. She died after 1934.

     Harold Henry Freer lived at Hawthorns, Bromlyn Lane, Kingswinford, Worcs.. He was born in 1884. He was the son of Henry Freer and Agnes Elizabeth ("Lily") Davis. Harold Henry Freer appeared in the household of Henry Freer in the 1891 census at The Stream, Kingswinford. Harold Henry Freer appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in the household of Henry Freer at Bromley Lane, Kingswinford; Henry Freer, head, 65, Ironmaster on own account, born Birmingham, his wife Agnes E., 46, born Bromfield, and son Harold H.,17, born in Kingswinford. Harold Henry Freer died in 1904.

     Olive Durbin married Patrick ("Pat") Trevor Webster, son of Dr. Trevor Webster and Constance Alathea Davis, circa 1950. Olive Durbin died in 1976 at London.

     Scott Riall Mr. died; aged 12, committed suicide.

     Nathaniel Blencowe Mr. was the son of Nathaniel Blencowe. Nathaniel Blencowe Mr. was Registrar and Parish Clerk of Brackley.

     John Blencowe was Registrar and Parish Clerk of Brackley. He married Fanny Hickson. John Blencowe was born on 11 June 1755 at Brackley. He was the son of Nathaniel Blencowe Mr. John Blencowe died on 12 June 1835 at Brackley at age 80. He was buried on 15 June 1835 at Brackley.

     Fanny Hickson married John Blencowe, son of Nathaniel Blencowe Mr.. Fanny Hickson was born in 1771. Sheappeared in the 1841 census at Antelope Hill, Brackley.

     Fanny Blencowe Miss was born in 1801 at Brackley. She was christened on 24 February 1801 at Brackley, Northants; daughter of John and Fanny. She was the daughter of John Blencowe and Fanny Hickson. Fanny Blencowe Miss married Thomas French, son of (?) French and Ann (?); NOT in fact married. Fanny Blencowe Miss appeared in the household of Fanny Hickson in the 1841 census at Antelope Hill, Brackley. Fanny Blencowe Miss appeared in the household of Ann (?) in the 1851 census at Brook Street, Daventry. Fanny Blencowe Miss appeared in the household of Thomas French in the 1861 census at Mount Pleasant, Daventry. Fanny Blencowe Miss appeared in the 1871 census at Workhouse, Brackley; Fanny Blencowe, unmarried, 75 (sic), b. Brackley, an inmate. She died in 1874 at Brackley (The Almshouses). She was buried on 19 March 1874 at Brackley (St. James).

     Thomas French was born in 1811 at Badby, Northants. He was the son of (?) French and Ann (?). Thomas French married Fanny Blencowe Miss, daughter of John Blencowe and Fanny Hickson; NOT in fact married. Thomas French appeared in the household of Ann (?) in the 1851 census at Brook Street, Daventry. Thomas French appeared in the 1861 census at Mount Pleasant, Daventry. He was baker on 28 August 1870. He appeared in the 1871 census at Union Workhouse, Daventry, Northamptonshire; (Thomas French, married, 61, confectioner). He appeared in the 1881 census at Union Workhouse, London Rd., Daventry, Northants; (Thomas French, married, 70, baker). He died on 27 June 1882 at Union Workhouse, Daventry; aged 72, journeyman baker, of "Synovitis absesses and ulcer exhaustion", death informed by the master of the workhouse.

     Elizabeth French Blencowe was born on 17 August 1840 at Daventry; "Elizabeth French Blencowe" said to be aged 38/48/58 in the 1881/91/1901 Censuses, which must mean - incorrectly - that she was born 1843, pretending to be younger than she really was. She was the daughter of Thomas French and Fanny Blencowe Miss. Elizabeth French Blencowe was christened on 3 November 1840 at Daventry; Not in IGI. She appeared in the household of Fanny Hickson in the 1841 census at Antelope Hill, Brackley. Elizabeth French Blencowe appeared in the household of Ann (?) in the 1851 census at Brook Street, Daventry. As of 28 August 1870,her married name was Mrs. Hodgkiss. Elizabeth French Blencowe married Henry Edward Hodgkiss, son of Henry Hodgkiss and Emma Worrall, on 28 August 1870 at St. Bartholomew's Edgbaston, Birmingham; "Elizabeth Blincowe French" on the marriage cert.: witnesses: Edward Hodgkiss, Mary Ann Henderson. Mrs. Elizabeth French Hodgkiss appeared in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss in the 1871 census at 2 Court House, Upper Ryland Rd., Birmingham. As of 21 June 1880, Elizabeth French Blencowe was also known as on daughter's birth cert. "Elizabeth Hodgkiss formerly French." She appeared in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss in the 1881 census at 18 Long St., Aston, Birmingham. Mrs. Elizabeth French Hodgkiss appeared in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss in the 1891 census at 63 Long Street, Aston, Birmingham. Mrs. Elizabeth French Hodgkiss appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss at 42 Long St., Aston, Birmingham; (Head: Henry Hodgkiss, a surgical instrument maker, aged 57, his wife Elizabeth, 58, and their 3 daughters Blanche, 24, paper box maker, Emily, 20, rule ? [illegible] and Florrie, 18). Mrs. Elizabeth French Hodgkiss appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss at 98 Long St, Sparkbrook, Birmingham; Henry Edward Hodgkiss, surgical instrument maker (68), with wife of 41 years Elizabeth (69), and daughters Blanche Elizabeth (35), Emily Gertrude, manageress cafe (30) and Francis (sic) Mary typist (29). Elizabeth French Blencowe died between 1 January 1915 and 31 March 1915 at Aston District; "aged 72."

     Henry Edward Hodgkiss was born on 27 February 1843 at 4 Richmond Street, City Rd., London, Mddx.. He was the son of Henry Hodgkiss and Emma Worrall. Henry Edward Hodgkiss was christened on 15 January 1844 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London; (Shoreditch is not near to where he was born, and the christening date is quite a bit after the birth, but this is the only one for HH in the IGI - and the parents semm right.). He appeared in the household of Henry Hodgkiss in the 1851 census at 11 Spring Street, Clerkenwell, London. Henry Edward Hodgkiss appeared in the 1861 census at 280 Broad St, Court 6, House 1, Birmingham. He was surgical instrument maker at Salts Birmingham: factory, Vincent St., admin. Cherry St. on 28 August 1870. He married Elizabeth French Blencowe, daughter of Thomas French and Fanny Blencowe Miss, on 28 August 1870 at St. Bartholomew's Edgbaston, Birmingham; "Elizabeth Blincowe French" on the marriage cert.: witnesses: Edward Hodgkiss, Mary Ann Henderson. Henry Edward Hodgkiss appeared in the 1871 census at 2 Court House, Upper Ryland Rd., Birmingham; Henry Hodgkiss, 28, (something) instrument maker, b. London, and his wife Elizabeth, 29, b. Daventry, and brothers William and George, 22 and 20, a tailor and a glass cutter, both born in London. He was surgical instrument maker on 21 June 1880. He appeared in the 1881 census at 18 Long St., Aston, Birmingham; aged 38, b. Middlesex, surgical instrument maker, with wife and 4 children - no servants. He appeared in the 1891 census at 63 Long Street, Aston, Birmingham; (Head: Henry Hodgkiss, aged 47,a surgical instrument maker, with wife Elizabeth, 48, and 5 children - Henry 18, printer compositer, Elizabeth B. 15, rule maker, Hetty A. 13, Emily G. 10 and Frances M. 9). He appeared on the census of 31 March 1901 at 42 Long St., Aston, Birmingham; (Head: Henry Hodgkiss, a surgical instrument maker, aged 57, his wife Elizabeth, 58, and their 3 daughters Blanche, 24, paper box maker, Emily, 20, rule ? [illegible] and Florrie, 18). He appeared on the census of 2 April 1911 at 98 Long St, Sparkbrook, Birmingham; Henry Edward Hodgkiss, surgical instrument maker (68), with wife of 41 years Elizabeth (69), and daughters Blanche Elizabeth (35), Emily Gertrude, manageress cafe (30) and Francis (sic) Mary typist (29). He died on 11 April 1921 at 98 Long St., Sparkbrook, Birmingham, at age 78; occupation: surgical instrument maker journeyman: died of myocardial degeneration. Death registered by his daughter, EGG.

     Henry Hodgkiss was born in 1819 at Birmingham. He was the son of William Hodgkiss and Maria Clarke. Henry Hodgkiss was baptized on 1 October 1819 at St. Martin, Birmingham. He appeared in the household of William Hodgkiss in the 1841 census at 5 St Helena Pl., Clerkenwell, London. Henry Hodgkiss was Brass Finisher on 27 February 1843. He lived on 13 March 1843 at 4 Richmond St., Holborn, London. He married Emma Worrall, daughter of Edward Worrall and Mary (?), on 13 March 1843 at St. Andrew Holborn, London; HH a brass founder, son of WH brassfounder. Henry Hodgkiss appeared in the 1851 census at 11 Spring Street, Clerkenwell, London. He died on 2 February 1861; aged 42. He was buried after 2 February 1861 at Tower Hamlets Cemetery. He was brass founder: given in daughter's marriage cert., when he was NOT shown as dec'd on 28 August 1870.

     Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss was Anglican. He was born on 1 December 1872 at Daventry; said to have been born in Birmingham in 1881 and 1891 Censuses. He was the son of Henry Edward Hodgkiss and Elizabeth French Blencowe. Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss appeared in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss in the 1881 census at 18 Long St., Aston, Birmingham. Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss appeared in the household of Henry Edward Hodgkiss in the 1891 census at 63 Long Street, Aston, Birmingham. Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss married Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil in 1897. Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss was a printer, and started his own printing business at Claremont (which continued till 1954) upon his arrival in South Africa in 1904. He died on 4 December 1958 at South Africa at age 86.

     Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil was born on 6 May 1873. She married Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss, son of Henry Edward Hodgkiss and Elizabeth French Blencowe, in 1897. Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil died in 1969.

     (Harry) Arthur (Fred) Hodgkiss was born on 6 December 1898. He was the son of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil. (Harry) Arthur (Fred) Hodgkiss married Susannah ("Suzie") van Schalkwyk in 1928. (Harry) Arthur (Fred) Hodgkiss died in 1977; childless.

     Susannah ("Suzie") van Schalkwyk married (Harry) Arthur (Fred) Hodgkiss, son of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil, in 1928. Susannah ("Suzie") van Schalkwyk died in 1970.

     Robert ("Bobby") Hodgkiss was born on 18 May 1900; so named because he was born on Mafeking Night [but quite why this should be so is a mystery to me - MMD]. He was the son of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil. Robert ("Bobby") Hodgkiss married Edith Mary ("Eve") Keevy in 1940. Robert ("Bobby") Hodgkiss was over in the UK, and visited the Gateleys and Davises, while attending the World Scout Jamboree circa 1947. He died in 1983.

     Donald ("Buster") Hodgkiss was born in 1928. He was the son of Robert ("Bobby") Hodgkiss. Donald ("Buster") Hodgkiss died in 2007.

     Edith Mary ("Eve") Keevy      1 NOTE Known as Lilith, the godess of storms. She was born in 1915. She married Robert ("Bobby") Hodgkiss, son of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil, in 1940. Edith Mary ("Eve") Keevy died in 1967.

     Hendrik ("Henry", ex-"Baby") Hodgkiss was born on 2 November 1901. He was the son of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil. Hendrik ("Henry", ex-"Baby") Hodgkiss married Doris Eileen ("Dorrie") Palm in 1927. Hendrik ("Henry", ex-"Baby") Hodgkiss died in 1984.

     Doris Eileen ("Dorrie") Palm was born in 1904. She married Hendrik ("Henry", ex-"Baby") Hodgkiss, son of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil, in 1927. Doris Eileen ("Dorrie") Palm died in 1985.

     Hester Elizabeth Maria ("Girlie") Hodgkiss was born on 23 June 1903. She was the daughter of Henry Edward ("Harry") Hodgkiss and Maria Anna Jacoba Eksteen ("Nonnie") Vercueil. Hester Elizabeth Maria ("Girlie") Hodgkiss died on 29 July 1994 at South Africa at age 91; unmarried.