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Joseph Henry FURMAGE

Joseph Henry FURMAGE

Male 1898 - 1984  (85 years)


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  • Name Joseph Henry FURMAGE 
    Birth 14 Aug 1898  Poole, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Baptism 15 Sep 1898  Poole, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number P1898-008 
    Death 1984  Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I1188  Furmedge
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2026 

    Father Joseph (Henry) FURMAGE,   b. 1857, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1937, Longfleet, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Louisa MARSHALLSAY,   b. Abt 1858   d. Nov 1931, Longfleet, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 20 May 1877  Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Family ID F502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ethel May GOLDING,   b. 30 Dec 1897   d. 1963, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 27 Aug 1918  Longfleet, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Family ID F522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2026 

    Family 2 Esther Louise YOUNG,   b. 10 Feb 1894   d. 1982, Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1964  Southampton, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Aug 1898 - Poole, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 15 Sep 1898 - Poole, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Aug 1918 - Longfleet, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Oct 1964 - Southampton, Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1984 - Hampshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Joseph Henry Furmage enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) on 28 May 1915. He was transferred to the Royal Navy on 26 November 1915 however wasn’t accepted and returned to the RNR on 27 December 1915 (The National Archives: BT 377/7/89646). By 1918 he was a Seaman (Recruit) in the merchant service (The National Archives: BT350).

      In the 1921 England census, Joseph Henry is located at the Old Royal Horse Artillery Barracks, in St Peter’s parish, Dorchester, Dorset. He was by then a Private in the Dorsetshire Regiment, Royal Defence Corps (Class: RG15, Piece: 10262, Schedule: 3). On 01 July 1921, he and two other men were charged with arson, having set fire to the barracks causing damage of £7,000 and destruction of stores worth £20,000. The three men were all convicted and sentenced to three years penal servitude (Western Gazette, published 28 October 1921; After-trial calendars of prisoners tried at the assizes and quarter sessions, The National Archives, Reference: HO140/364).

      This was not the first time Joseph had been in trouble. For instance, he was brought before the children’s court (petty sessions) in 1910 charged, along with four other schoolboys, with stealing a quantity of bananas; the parents were ordered to pay 3 shillings costs each (Dorset County Chronicle, published 22 September 1910). In 1912, he was before the children’s court again, along with four other boys, charged with wilful damage to a house being built in Ringwood Road, to which they pleaded guilty and were fined (Southern Times & Dorset County Herald, 12 October 1912). A charge of larceny was also brought against him in 1913 (The National Archives, Reference: HO140/364). As a result of his multiple misdemeanours, Joseph was entered into the Habitual Criminal Register (The National Archives, MEPO 6/36).

      At the time of his going to prison in 1921 he had a wife and two very small children. Following his release on 17 January 1924 he appears to have settled down, going on to have a further ten children born between 1924 and 1942.

      In 1964, Joseph, then a widower, re-married. He gives his occupation as Docks Stevedore (retired).

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Joseph Henry Furmage, Registered: Jul-Sep 1898, District: Poole, Dorset, Vol: 5A, Page: 273.

    2. [S501] St Paul (Poole, Dorset), Parish Register, Joseph Henry Furmage, Baptism Register Entry, 1898, PE/PL(SP), RE 1/2, Page: 22; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.

    3. [S428] Register of Shipping and Seamen, Joseph Henry Furmage, Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10): BT 350.

    4. [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, Joseph Henry Furmage: Registered: Jan-Mar 1984, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 20, Page: 1417.

    5. [S464] St Edward (Corfe Castle, Dorset), Parish Register, Joseph Furmage, Marriage Register Entry, 1877, PE/COC: RE 3/6, Page: 210; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.

    6. [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Joseph Furmage: Registered: Apr-Jun 1877, District: Wareham, Dorset, Vol: 5A, Page: 546.

    7. [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Joseph H Furmage: Registered: Jul-Sep 1918, District: Poole, Dorset, Vol: 5A, Page: 651.

    8. [S486] St Mary (Longfleet, Dorset), Parish Register, Joseph Henry Furmage, Marriage Register Entry, 1918, PE/LOF, RE 2/3, Page: 81; digital image accessed on www.ancestry.co.uk; original data: Dorset History Centre.

    9. [S87] England & Wales, Marriage Certificate, Joseph H Furmage and Esther L Hamerton, Reference: Registered: Oct-Dec 1964, District: Southampton, Hampshire, Vol: 6B, Page: 1333.


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