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William Frederick Furmidge was enlisted in the Pioneer Corps between 01 Oct 1942 and 17 Oct 1946, when he was released to the Army Reserve. He served in various companies of the Pioneer Corps however in 1944 he was part of 161 Company and embarked for North West Europe where he appears to have been posted until his release. His highest rank attained was Colour Sergeant holding the appointment of Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) in January 1946. | FURMIDGE, William Frederick (I537)
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William Furmidge was a commercial traveller for Messrs. Abbott and Lane, Lion Confectionary Works, for 22 years. He was engaged to Miss Pullen of Nottingham at the time of his death, his wife Rose (the only daughter of the late Mr & Mrs William Dickman) having died in 1912. He suffered a heart attack and other complications following catching a chill and this led to his death at the age of 46 years. William and Rose had no children. (Source: Obituary published in the Grantham Journal, 22nd December 1917). | FURMIDGE, William (I587)
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William Hardy is recorded in the Harby parish church baptism register as the illegitimate son of Sarah Hardy, single woman. In later sources his name becomes William Hardy Furmidge. He is named as such, and as one of the sons of Samuel Furmidge, in the latter’s will.
Following his father’s death in 1875, William appears to have taken on Samuel’s business (as indicated by Samuel’s will) as a Corn, Cake & Coal Merchant. By 1881, however, William and his brother Samuel had started a brewing company, W&S Furmidge and/or W. Furmidge & Co., at the Vale Brewery, Harby, Leicestershire. In 1895, William Furmidge partnered with George Kemp and the company name changed to “Furmidge and Kemp”, farmers, coal & corn merchants in addition to malting at Stathern. The brewery was bought by Edward Oakden in 1895, with Furmidge & Company now only listed as farmers and merchants. (Article: “Vale Brewery Co (W Furmidge & Co), Harby, Leicestershire”, accessed on https://breweryhistory.com/wiki/, 02 Feb 2025; supported by occupation reported in the England census 1881 to 1901).
The last will and testament of William Hardy Furmidge of Wilford Grove, Nottingham, Corn Salesman, was written on the 8th October 1874 and witnessed by O.T. Turner, Solicitor of Nottingham and Jno. Thos. Press, solicitor’s clerk. He appointed his wife, Olivia Furmidge, as sole executrix and bequeathed his real and personal estate to her. The will was proved on the 27th March 1913. (Leicester Probate Registry Administration Registers, 1913, DE462/56; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland). | HARDY, William (I566)
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William Henry’s mother’s maiden name is recorded as Heward in the GRO Birth Index.
His obituary implies that he arrived in Australia in about 1878, however this is prior to his marriage to Frances Barker and so it is more likely that he emigrated in or after 1882. The article notes that he was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight. His Queensland death record transcript gives his parents as William Henry Furmedge and Harritte Howard.
The date for his marriage to Emma Benson has only been identified via the details uploaded to the Find A Grave website which has no source citation for the marriage date. Her name, including maiden-name, is however recorded in the Queensland birth record transcript for their children. | FURMEDGE, William Henry (I272)
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William Henson is a widower at the time of his marriage to Hannah Wright Furmidge. | HENSON, William (I506)
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William is recorded as Wm. Furmadge on the 1871 Canadian Census Nominal Return of the Deaths within the last twelve months. The return records that he was 11 months old at the time of his death. Whilst he is not recorded with his family household, the family are recorded in the 1871 Canadian census living in the same location (Nassagaweya Township) and also with the mis-recorded surname of Furmadge (Roll: C-9956, Page: 33, Family: 122). | FURMIDGE, William (I1006)
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William James enlisted in the British Army’s 40th Brigade on 19th February 1880 at Gosport, Hampshire aged 15 years and 6 months. His service number was 1590. He is enumerated in his parents’ household in the 1881 England census, his occupation recorded as “Drummer in the Army” (9, Newport Street, Ryde, Isle of Wight: Class: RG11, Piece: 1178, Folio: 50, Page: 51). He transferred to the 2nd Hampshire Regiment in January 1882 and served in the East Indies from 15 January 1882 to 09 May 1885. Overall his character was noted as “bad”. There are several instances where he was tried and imprisoned (42 days 30 Aug 1882 to 10 Oct 1882; 84 days 04 Nov 1882 to 26 Jan 1883; 84 days 20 Apr 1886 to 12 July 1886; 42 days 15 Dec 1887 to 22 Jan 1888) although it is unclear what for. In January 1889 a medical assessment found that he had “valvular disease of the heart” and he was discharged from the army on 12 March 1889. (The National Archives: WO 97/3144/158).
On his 1890 marriage certificate William’s occupation is recorded as “hawker” and his residence is his parents’ address (10, Newport Street, Ryde). He is neither enumerated with his wife nor his parents in the 1891 England census. Note that William James and Alice Furmidge were also the witnesses to Alice’s sister Caroline’s marriage on 02 April 1890.
In 1889, a William James, age 25 (1863-1864), hawker, was brought before the General Quarter Sessions at Winchester, Hampshire. The record indicates that he had previously been tried at Ryde Borough Sessions for stealing a pair of boots and sentenced to 14 days at Portsmouth. On this occasion he had “unlawfully, by false pretence, obtained from Frederick James Gape one ham, with intent to cheat and defraud, at St Helen’s, on 14th Oct 1889”. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 6 weeks imprisonment (The National Archives: HO 140 / 112 & HO 27 / 217 / 31). A further court record and newspaper article suggests that a William James living in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, was charged in 1891 with pawning a rented (but un-paid for) sewing machine. The article states that he was in the Union Workhouse from 02 April 1891 suffering from “delirium tremens” (alcohol withdrawal induced delirium). His age is not stated only that he alleged to be a pensioner working at the gas works. The details, however, align with a William James, age 27 (1863-1864) born at Ryde, enumerated at the Isle of Wight Union Workhouse in the 1891 England census (taken 05 April), although the census records his occupation at “formerly cooper”. (The National Archives: HO 27 / 220 / 38; Isle of Wight County Press published 18 April 1891; 1891 England Census: RG12 / 889 / 86 / 12). It cannot be proved that this William James is the same man as the husband of Alice Furmidge however circumstantially it seems possible.
No further record of William Henry James has been found. | JAMES, William Henry (I843)
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William John died in 1903 at the railway station in Eastbourne, Sussex. His address was 44, Batoum Gardens, Hammersmith, London. | FURMEDGE, William John (I387)
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William John Furmedge & Jane Furmedge were living at 28A, Blenheim Street, Toxteth, Liverpool in 1960 (Source: Electoral Registers) and this is the same address recorded in the National Probate Calendar (1985) for Jane Furmedge. | FURMEDGE, William (I252)
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William was a mariner in the merchant service (as were his brothers Henry and James). He is recorded in the Register of Masters for 1845 & 1846, involved in the home trade and based out of Cowes. In 1866, he was the owner and master of a vessel “Three Brothers”, registered at Wootton Bridge, Isle of Wight. (The National Archives: BT115 / 4, accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk & Crew List Index Project (CLIP) website).
William’s surname is recorded as Furmage in the GRO Death Index but as Furmidge in his burial record. | FURMIDGE, William (I863)
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William’s date of birth is recorded as 06 October 1899 in the 1939 Register whereas his entry in the GRO Death Index gives his date of birth as 02 October 1900 (Jul-Sep 1977, Isle of Wight, Volume: 20, Page: 1771). Searching the GRO Birth Index for William James Richard Norris between 1898 and 1902 anywhere in England only gives one result which is for the Oct-Dec quarter of 1902 (Registration District: Isle of Wight, Volume: 2B, Page: 582). This is also the entry for Ada’s cousin (of the same name), who was the son of Sarah Furmidge and Walter Edward Norris. | NORRIS, William James Richard (I806)
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William’s surname appears to be recorded as Furmage in the parish baptism register and as Furmidge in his death certificate. In the 1851 England census the names of his wife (Emma) and daughter (Mary Ann) appear to have been transposed (Class: HO17, Piece: 1664, Folio: 238, Page: 29; 2, Union Road, Newchurch, Isle of Wight). His death certificate (1856) also records his residence as 2, Union Road, Ryde, Hampshire.
As William is not resident with his parents in the 1841 census (Class: HO107, Piece: 279, Folio: 11, Page: 17) and his place of birth is recorded as “Eland, Hampshire” in the 1851 census the evidence that he is the son of John Furmedge and Ann Lasham is circumstantial. His parish marriage register record gives his father as John Furmedge, Labourer which is consistent with him being the son of John Furmedge & Ann Lasham. There is a baptism record for a William Furmedge, son of John & Ann Lasham, who is otherwise not identifiable from the records; assuming the baptism occurred close to birth, the age is correct for the William Furmedge who married Emma Heward and then died in 1856. No birth / baptism record could be identified for a William Furmedge (or common surname variants) born in Hampshire about 1818-1819 with a father called John. Likewise no death / burial record could be located for a William Furmedge, born to John & Ann Furmedge, baptised 1818, who died prior to adulthood in Dorset. Finally the 1841 England census was reviewed to try to identify a William Furmedge b. 1815-1820 in either Dorset or Hampshire. The only relevant match was a William Furmidge, age 26, a Male Servant, resident with his employer in Kensington, London and who was not born in the county where he was resident (and so could potentially have been born in either Dorset or Hampshire). | FURMEDGE, William (I268)
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William’s surname in recorded as Furmidge in the GRO Death Index but as Furmedge in the National Probate Calendar and burial register. | FURMEDGE, William Loxley (I109)
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William’s surname in the baptism register appears as Firmedge.
Last Will and Testament of William Furmedge of 48 Arabin Road, Lewisham, Kent. All personal possessions and one-third of all money / property bequeathed to his daughter Amy Elizabeth Hocken Davis; the remaining two-thirds to be divided between his daughter, Tabitha Mary Darville and sons, Charles Richard Woodrow, William Joseph James and John Samuel. His son, William Joseph James and son-in-law Charles Davis were appointed Executors. Will made 7th May 1892 in the presence of George M Hammer, 370 Strand London & Caleb Tranter, 204 Brixton Road, London.
Probate was granted on 22nd November 1894. In the grant his address is recorded as 72, Braxfield Road, Brockley, Kent and that he died at 72, Tredegar Road, Bow. The executors: William Joseph James Furmedge is recorded as living at 72, Braxfield Road, Brockley, Kent, a Draper’s Assistant and Charles Davis also of 72, Braxfield Road, Brockley, Kent, a Schoolmaster. William’s personal estate was valued at £55. (Source: Will obtained from www.gov.uk). | FURMEDGE, William (I71)
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William’s surname is recorded as Carlile in some sources. William was the informant on his wife’s death certificate in 1886 and there is a possibility he was charged with vagrancy and spent a few days in Wakefield prison as a result in 1892 (HMP Wakefield, Yorkshire, Nominal Register No.: 30, Ref: C118/140; accessed on www.ancestry,co.uk; original data: West Yorkshire Archive Service). A death record has not been identified. | CARLISLE, William (I913)
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William’s surname is recorded as Furmige in the baptism register. A death or burial record for William cannot currently be found: He is last seen in the 1891 England census, living in Yeovil, Somerset, England (Class: RG12, Piece: 1899, Folio: 58, Page: 14). In the 1901 census his wife is described as a widow (Class: RG13, Piece: 2293, Folio: 68, Page: 38). The newspaper report of his daughter Minnie’s marriage in The Taunton Courier (published 11 May 1898) describes him as “the late William Furmedge of Yeovil”. His death has therefore been assumed to be at some point between 1891 and 1898. | FURMEDGE, William (I281)
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William’s surname is recorded as Furnridge in the newspaper marriage notice published in the Grantham Journal on 20th June 1857. The Grantham Journal also records the death of his two children, both on the same day (9th February 1864); the article records William’s surname as Furmage and his wife’s name as Ann (published 13 February 1864). | FURMIDGE, William (I897)
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Wootton Bishops' Transcripts (Wootton, Isle of Wight, Hampshire). Digital images. | Source (S417)
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Yorkshire Evening Post. Yorkshire, Leeds. Online Images. www.findmypast.co.uk. | Source (S292)
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