Birth: 1828 North Creake, Norfolk, UK
Father: Carrington Blanchflower 1793-1867
Mother: Sarah Tuly (Tooley) 1789-1845
Christening: 9 May 1828 St Mary the Virgin, North Creake, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 19 July 1851 Our Lady St Mary, South Creake, Norfolk, UK
Wife: Ann Howell 1829-1909
Death: October-December 1897 Preston, Lancashire, UK
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Blanchflower baptised 9 May 1828 in North Creake, Norfolk, parents Canington (sic) and Sarah Blanchflower.
Entry in FreeReg for William Blanchflower baptised on 9 May 1828 at Virgin Mary, North Creake, Norfolk, parents Carrington and Mary Blanchflower.
His sister was baptised on 13 August 1830 and was buried on 18 April 1831, both at St Mary the Virgin, North Creake.
In the 1841 census as William Blanchflower aged 13, born in Norfolk, and living with Carrington and Sarah (parents?) and John (brother?) in North Creake, Norfolk.
His mother died in 1845.
In the 1851 census as William Blanchflour (sic - on original) aged 21, born in North Creake, Norfolk, single, an agricultural labourer, and lodging with John Smith (aged 29, born in North Creake, Norfolk and an agricultural labourer), his wife (Mary aged 28 and born in Wells, Norfolk), two daughters (Ann aged 3 and Hannah aged 1, both born in North Creake, Norfolk), and another lodger (George Sutton aged 21, born in North Creake, Norfolk, single, and an agricultural labourer) in West Street, North Creake, Norfolk.
Marriage of William Blanchflower and Ann Howell in FreeBMD in July-September 1851 in Docking (13 79).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for William Blanchflower and Ann Howell on 19 July 1851 in Wreningham, Norfolk - hower the original is South Creake.
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of William Blanchflower aged 22, a bachelor and labourer of South Creake, father Carrington Blanchflower, a labourer, and Ann Howell aged 22, a Spinster of South Creake, father Robert Howell, a labourer, on 19 July 1851 at The Virgin Mary, South Creake, Norfolk, witnessed by William Newton, and Martha Edge, all made their marks.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for William Blanchflower and Ann Howell on 19 July 1851 in South Creake. "Page [blank] Marriages solemnized in the Parish of South Creake in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1851 [...] William Blanchflower of this Parish Single Man and Ann Howell of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by banns with consent [blank] this 19th Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and 51".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for William Blanchflower and Ann Howell on 19 July 1851 in South Creake. "Page 60 Marriages folemnized in the Parifh of South Creake in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1851 [...] William Blanchflower of this Parifh Single Man and Ann Howell of this Parifh Spinster were married in this Church by banns with consent [blank] this 19th Day of July in the Year One thoufand eight hundred and 51 [...] No. 179"
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for William Blauckflower aged 22, father Carrington Blauchflower and Ann Howell on 19 July 1851 in South Creake. "Page 48 1851 Marriage solemnized in the Church of S Creake in the County of Norfolk. No. 95 July 19th William Blanchflower aged yrs 22, a Bachelor and Labr of S Creake, father Carrington Blanchflower, a Labr, and Ann Howell aged 22, a Spinster of S Creake, father Robert Howell, a Labr. Married in the Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church [both made their marks] in the Presence of William Newton and Martha Edge [both made their marks]".
In the 1861 census as William Blanchflower aged 32, born in North Creake, Norfolk, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ann), two sons (Elija and Jacob) and three daughters (Anna, Mary A and Susannah) in North Creake, Norfolk."
In the 1871 census as William Blanchflower aged 42, born in North Creake, Norfolk, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ann), two sons (Albert and Elizah) and three daughters (Anna, Hagar and Sarah Jane) in North Creake, Norfolk.
In the 1881 census as William Blanchflower afged 57, born in North Creake, Norfolk, a farm laborer, and living with his wife (Ann), two sons (Albert and Elijah), and three daughters (Anna, Kager or Haiger, and Sarah J) in Walton Green, Walton le Dale, Lancashire.
In the 1891 census as William Blanchflower aged 61, born in North Creake, Norfolk, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Ann), son (Albert), and two boarders (Arthur James aged 23 and a mechanical labourer spin, and Mary James aged 25 and a cotton winder, both born in Stafford, Staffordshire and single) at 16 Walton Green, Walton le Dale, Lancashire.
Death of William Blanchflower in FreeBMD in October-December 1897 aged 68 in Preston (8e 442).
There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for William Blanchflower born in North Creake, Norfolk in 1828/9, parents Carrington Blanchflower and Sarah Tooley in one, his marriage to Anne Howell in South Creake on 19 July 1851 in one, his eight or nine children and his death in North Creake, Norfolk in 1897 in one, and Preston in the other.
William Blanchflower was Felicity's first cousin four time removed.
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