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1	1861 census of England, Wales & Scotland. Digital images.	Source (S15)
2	1911 census of England & Wales. Digital images.	Source (S20)
3	1921 census of England & Wales. Digital images.	Source (S21)
4	1939 Register (RG101-2630I) records George’s year of birth as 1914 (25 Sep) however the GRO Birth Index registration is for Oct-Dec 1913. His Royal Engineers Tracer Card supports a date of birth of 25 Sep 1913.	FURMEDGE, George Charles (I174)
5	A baptism or parish marriage register entry was not found for Joseph Furmedge however his marriage to Margaret Livingstone is recorded in her baptism register entry. The GRO Death Index and burial record for Joseph Furmedge state that he was 30 years old when he died which would give an approximate year of birth of 1916, rather than 1914 (confirmed by his birth certificate). The burial record indicates that Joseph was living at 1, Springfield Place, Liverpool. Margaret Furmedge, also aged 30 years, is buried a few days later in the same cemetery and grave and previously of the same address. In the 1939 Register, Margaret Livingstone (married name: Furmedge) is living with her family at 1, Springfield Place, Liverpool.	FURMEDGE, Joseph (I248)
6	According to his burial record, James died aged 2 days. The date of death has been inferred based on this information.	FURMEDGE, James (I35)
7	Alice Furmedge died “a few hours old” due to a premature birth.	FURMEDGE, Alice (I33)
8	Alice L Furmedge’s death certificate has a number of discrepancies: her father’s name is given as George William Furmedge and her age (71 years) is slightly older than expected based on her date of birth. Other details given that match known information are: the informant is her brother F. G. Furmedge, living at 8, Grafton Street, Landport, Portsmouth and her address at time of death is 5, Rosetta Road (the address at which her sister Florence Kate Saunders is living in the 1939 Register). At the time of death Alice is a spinster of no occupation.	FURMEDGE, Alice Louisa (I118)
9	Alice, together with her three nieces (Alice Elise, Florence Mary & Josephine Rosalie Furmedge) appear to have emigrated to Canada sometime after 1911.	FURMEDGE, Alice Rosaline (I98)
10	Alice’s date of birth is recorded in her baptism record and the 1939 Register as 18 January 1905, however in the GRO Death Index it is recorded as 24 January 1905.	BUTTERWORTH, Alice (I255)
11	All Hallows (Barking by the Tower, City of London). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S93)
12	All Saints (Knightsbridge, London). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S29)
13	All Saints (Mapperton, Dorset). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S163)
14	All Saints (Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Hampshire). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S121)
15	All Saints (St Helier, Jersey). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S68)
16	All Saints (Writtle, Essex) Parish Register. Database.	Source (S144)
17	All Souls (Liverpool, Lancashire). Catholic Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S113)
18	Although his name is recorded as Chrisostomes Elisavites in the marriage record transcript, his wife’s parents’ obituaries indicate that she was known as Mrs Nickles. This name change is supported by his wife’s grave memorial: “Elizabeth Annie Nickles Nee Furmedge 5.8.1900 - 29.6.1970 Wife of Christopher Nickles” and also his own memorial: “Christopher Nickles… Born as Chrisostomos Elisavites in Kokkari, Samos, Greece … Husband of Elizabeth Annie Furmedge…”.	ELISAVITES, Chrisostomes (I403)
19	Although she was registered as Betty Furmedge in the GRO Birth Index, all other sources noted record her given names as Wendy Elizabeth.	FURMEDGE, Betty (I12)
20	An entry for Joseph in the GRO Birth Index has not been identified; his surname is recorded as Firmage in his baptism record. His mother’s maiden-name is recorded as Crummy.	FURMEDGE, Joseph (I235)
21	An entry in the GRO Birth Index has not been identified for Bernard Furmedge (or similar variants). His date of birth is recorded in his baptism record. He joined the merchant navy in about 1923 and was engaged on several ships in-between 1924 and 1926. His card shows that he had been inactive for at least 5 years prior to 1932 (Register of Seamen, BT 349 / CR1 & BT 348 / CR2, The National Archives; accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk). He also appears on New York City Passenger Lists for 1924 (transcripts accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk): although he is recorded as a passenger (the lists also include crew), some of the ship’s names tally with those recorded on his merchant navy card. Except for one passenger list, the departure port is given as Hamburg (the exception is Greenock), travelling to New York via e.g., Southampton, Cherbourg, Quebec/Bermuda/Halifax. Only the year (1924) is recorded on these transcripts, not the exact dates and there appears to be some duplicatory transcripts (New York City Passenger Lists, 1820-1957: Reference: NARA: M237 & T715). No death record has been identified for Bernard however his father’s obituary notice in the Liverpool Echo names his living children and Bernard is not listed. It has therefore been assumed that he died prior to 1951.	FURMEDGE, Bernard (I221)
22	Ann Eliza’s age varies on different sources. For example she is recorded as 22 years old on her marriage in 1872 but as 48 years old at the time of her death in 1894. The England census returns following her marriage (1881 & 1891) do not add any clarity. A review of baptism records for St Augustine’s, Liverpool provide some evidence that she was born in either 1852 or 1854 (assuming the correct child has been identified).	CRUMMEY, Annie Eliza (I233)
23	Ann Eliza’s mother’s maiden name has been transcribed as Crombie in the GRO Birth Index but is written as Crummey in the baptism register. Ann Eliza is recorded as Ann Elizabeth [Latin: Anna Elizabetha] in her baptism record, as Eliza Ann Furmidge in the GRO Death Index and as Eliza Ann Furmedge in her burial record. She died aged 14 weeks.	FURMEDGE, Ann Eliza (I443)
24	Anna’s surname in the baptism register appears as Furmidge. Her surname is recorded as Furmidge in the GRO Marriage Index but as Furmadge in the transcript of the entry in the parish marriage register. Benjamin Oliver Wallis was a widower at the time of their marriage.	FURMEDGE, Anna Maria (I327)
25	Arthur’s surname is recorded as Furmidge in the GRO Birth Index. The GRO marriage index entry for Arthur Loxley Furmedge (Q4 1908) records the registration district as Poplar, London and gives the volume number (1C) for that district. This appears to be an error as the parish marriage register shows that the marriage took place in Parkstone, Dorset which is in the Poole registration district. A search for Florence Elizabeth Jocelyn in the GRO marriage index appears to show the correct registration district (Poole, Dorset) and volume number (5A). Both references have been provided in the marriage source citation. Arthur is last identified on the England census in 1891, age 11 and resident with his widowed mother in Station Road, Gillingham, Dorset (Class: RG12, Folio: 77, Page: 12). He appears to have married Florence Elizabeth Jocelyn in 1908 at Parkstone, Dorset however Florence is enumerated as “Florence Jocelyn”, a married woman, with her parents in the 1911 England census (Alcestor Road, Upper Parkstone, Dorset: Class: RG14, Piece: 12273, Schedule: 153). It is possible that the incorrect recording of her surname was accidental however the number of years married is also erroneously recorded as 23 years (the same number as her age), possibly instead of 3 years. It is believed that Florence died in 1918. In 1898-1899, an Arthur L Furmedge, aged 19 and born in Dorset, absconded from the 6th Dragoon Guards in Aldershot, Hampshire and was subsequently court martialled (Sources: Police Gazette published 10 January 1899; District Court Martial Registers Reference: WO 86, Piece: 50, The National Archives). No further record has been identified that records the outcome. In 1908, Arthur Loxley Furmedge is a witness to his mother’s second marriage to James Clark; another witness is James Charles Green who was also a witness to his mother’s first marriage to Henry Loxley Furmedge. Initial research suggests that James Charles Green was married to Hannah Ann Dowding’s sister (and was therefore Arthur Loxley Furmedge’s uncle by marriage). Note: his mother, Hannah Ann Clark (nee Dowding) was a witness to his marriage with Florence Elizabeth Jocelyn. In 1909 a Loxley Furmedge (alias Charles Green), a grocer aged 31 years, is charged with stealing in Shepton Mallet, Somerset and is sentenced to 4 months hard labour. Whilst the court record gives his alias as Charles Green, newspaper reports of the event (erroneously?) note his alias as Brown; he is described as having “seen better days” (sources: Home Office Calendar of Prisoners, Reference: HO 140/276: 1909: Shropshire-Sussex (The National Archives); Wells Journal published 10th June 1909 and Central Somerset Gazette published 11th June 1909). It seems reasonable to assume that these records relate to the Arthur Loxley Furmedge who was the son of Henry Loxley Furmedge and Hannah Ann Dowding. As no further record can be found of Arthur it is possible that he emigrated or, given that he was already using an alias, that he changed his name. Note the similarity of the alias, Charles Green, to the name of his uncle-in-law, James Charles Green.	FURMEDGE, Arthur Loxley (I315)
26	At Sea; HMS Fiji	TARRANT, Robert Charles (I140)
27	At Sea; HMS Kashmir	OLDEN, John William (I136)
28	Based on a review of the GRO England & Wales Birth Index May and Richard George Constable had one child, a daughter, born in 1940. Richard died in 1945. By the time of May’s father’s death in 1951, May and her family were living in Singapore, Malaysia (“Deaths”, Portsmouth Evening News, 19 July 1951, Page 10). May’s re-marriage in 1948 is supported by a passenger list for the “Empire Windrush”, New Zealand Shipping Company Limited, sailing from Southampton to Singapore on 24th January 1951 which includes May Balloch, aged 32, a housewife, her 1 year old daughter (surname “Balloch”) and her 10 year old daughter (surname “Constable”), all of whom were previously resident at 25, Winchester Road, Buckland in Portsmouth (BT27, The National Archives accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk).	FURMEDGE, May (I176)
29	Based on his parish marriage record and census returns, Samuel Honeywill was a member of the Royal Marine Artillery. There are two “Admiralty: Royal Marines: Registers of Service” records for him held by The National Archives: 1. Samuel Honeywill, Register No.: 1638, Division: Artillery, Enlisted: 18 May 1883 - this source records a birth date of 18 March 1861 at Ashburton, Devon. (ADM 159/22/1638) 2. Samuel Honeywill, Register No.: 5635 (former number 1638), Division: RM Artillery, Enlisted: 20 August 1895 - this source records a birth date of 17 December 1862 at Ashburton, Devon. (ADM 159/28/5635). His date of birth in the 1939 Register is recorded as 17 December 1862.	HONEYWILL, Samuel (I157)
30	Bernard’s surname is recorded as Furnedge in the GRO Birth Index and his mother’s maiden name as Crumbey. His surname in the baptism register is recorded as Furmage and his mother’s maiden name as Cromby. His surname is recorded as Furnedge in the GRO Death Index and his burial record.	FURMEDGE, Bernard (I236)
31	Bertha’s husband James Furmedge was a prisoner of war from 30th April 1941 until 1945. It is possible that she was informed or assumed that he had been killed because in July 1941 she appears to have married a Norwegian, [Living] Isachsen; whom she married a second time in June 1953, following the dissolution of her first marriage. On 21 Feb 1956, a Mrs B M Isachsen (born 14 Nov 1916 and living at 53, Plymouth Street, Southsea, Portsmouth) travelled to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with two children born in 1941 and 1943. Both her’s and the children’s nationality is entered as Norwegian. Their intention was to reside in Australia. (Source: Passenger Lists leaving UK (1890-1960), Reference: BT27; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: The National Archives).	SAUNDERS, Bertha Miriam (I424)
32	British India Office (Presidency of Madras). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S23)
33	Campdown	WOODROW, Tabitha (I326)
34	Campdown	FURMEDGE, Joseph (I325)
35	Campdown	FURMEDGE, Joseph Woodrow (I329)
36	Campdown	FURMEDGE, Louisa Jane (I330)
37	Caroline’s parish baptism entry records her date of birth as 04 Dec 1889 however both the 1939 Register and GRO Death Index record it as 06 Dec 1889.	FURMEDGE, Caroline Rosina (I161)
38	Charles’ surname is recorded as FURMEDGE in the GRO Birth Index however in the transcript for his baptism record it has been recorded as either FURNEDGE or TARMEDGE. His recorded surname in the GRO Death Index is FURMIDGE, whilst the burial register transcription is FIRMAGE.	FURMEDGE, Charles Woodrow (I74)
39	Charlotte Ellen is a widow at the time of her marriage to Joseph, her married name is recorded as Ellen Lewis in both the GRO Marriage Index and the parish marriage register. She had married William Lewis in 1866.	GAMBLING, Charlotte Ellen (I275)
40	Cheriton Road Cemetery	FURMEDGE, John Roberts (I3)
41	Cheriton Road Cemetery	THOMPSON, Lucy Wilmer (I4)
42	Christ Church (East Sheen, Surrey). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S38)
43	Christ Church (Marylebone, London). Parish Register. Digital images.	Source (S48)
44	Dictionary of National Biography. London, England: Oxford University Press	Source (S125)
45	Dorothy’s date of birth is recorded as 28 Jun 1910 in both the 1939 Register and GRO Death Index, whereas it is 14 April in her baptism record. Her baptism date precedes the 28 June birth date making it unlikely. Also her birth was recorded in the April-June quarter, which would only give a couple of days after her birth for the registration had she been born 28 June.	FURMEDGE, Dorothy Ethel (I260)
46	Edith Burgess was a widow when she married Harry Furmedge. She had previously married Frederick Hind in 1898 and she is recorded as Edith Hind in the Queensland Marriages transcript for her marriage to Harry Furmedge. Frederick Hind died in 1914 and is buried in Cairns Cemetery, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Find A Grave website, memorial ID 174121069, accessed 23 April 2024).	BURGESS, Edith (I401)
47	Edith Maud’s cemetery burial record identifies her as the “daughter of Charles Furmedge” however her death certificate confirms her as the daughter of Julia Maude Furmedge, Domestic Servant of 32 Nessus Street, Landport. This is consistent with her baptism register entry which records her as the daughter of Julia Furmedge and the address, Nessus Street, is also the same as recorded on the burial record.	FURMEDGE, Edith Maud (I445)
48	Electoral Registers for Townsville, Queensland, Australia for 1939, 1949 and 1959 show both Archibald William and Emma Rose Campbell living at 50, Seventh Street, Townsville; Archibald’s occupation is recorded as Labourer (note: these records were accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; the Electoral roll for 1939 was a digital image however those for 1949 and 1959 were transcripts). Seventh Street was the residence of Emma Rose on her marriage certificate. The marriage certificate for Archibald and Emma Rose records his residence at the time as Sturt Street, Townsville, his occupation as Labourer and his parents as John Campbell, a stock inspector, and Mary Burns. The certificate records that Archibald was born at Tweed Heads, New South Wales, which was in the Murwillumbah registration district, in about 1900. A birth index entry was identified for an Archie W Campbell, b. 1905 in the Murwillumbah registration district, parents: John and Mary E Campbell. This is the only entry registered in Murwillumbah between 1895 and 1910 for either an Archibald or Archie, with or without a middle name William (source: https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au). An obituary was published in the Tribune (03 April 1968) for an Archibald William “Duffy” Campbell who died in Townsville on 19 March 1968. Unfortunately, the obituary does not include any details of his family and it cannot be confirmed that this is the same Archibald William Campbell who married Emma Rose Furmedge, although it seems possible. An “Archie William Campbell” is buried in the Belgian Gardens Cemetery, Townsville (the same cemetery in which Emma’s older brother Harry is buried), who died 19 March 1968 and appears to be the same man as named in the obituary. His age at death is recorded as 62 years and he would therefore have been born in about 1902. The death index records his parents’ names as William Campbell (not John, as previously) and Mary Elizabeth Burns. Whilst his father’s first name is different, the mother’s name appears consistent with the birth and marriage records.	CAMPBELL, Archibald William (I408)
49	Elizabeth’s surname is recorded as both Furmedge and Furmidge on her entry in the baptism register.	FURMEDGE, Elizabeth Ann (I241)
50	Ellen’s surname is recorded as Furnedge in the GRO Birth Index. Her name is recorded as Nellie Furmedge in the GRO Marriage Index and she is also recorded as Nellie in the 1911 census (23 Cemeas Street, Liverpool, Reference: Class: RG14, Piece: 22128, Schedule: 28).	FURMEDGE, Ellen (I242)