Birth: 1807 Bramley, Surrey, UK
Father: George Westby 1764-1843
Mother: Sarah Simmons 1765-1844
Christening: 16 August 1807 Holy Trinity, Bramley, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 30 Jun 1828 St Peter and St Paul, Godalming, Surrey, UK
Wife: Maria Sumner 1807-1882
Marriage: 20 December 1882 Saint Paul, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Wife: Susan Frances Elgar 1825-1899
Death: 6 June 1892 Shamley Green, Wonersh, Surrey, UK
By Maria
William Westby 1829-1901
George Westby 1833-1841
Mary Westby [Shurlock] 1835-1915
Emma Westby [Baker] 1838-1917
Fanny Westby 1844-1845
Ann Westby 1847-a1851
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for George Whestby (sic) on 16 August 1807 in Bramley, Surrey, parents George and Sarah Whestby.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for George Whestby (sic - in the index), baptised on 16 August 1807-1808 at Holy Trinity, Bramley, parents George and Sarah Whestby. "Copy of the Baptisms in the Parish of Bramley, Surey from Jany 1807 to Jany 1808 exclusive [...] Augt 16 George the Son of George Westby and of Sarah his wife".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for George Whestby (sic - in the index), baptised on 16 August 1807 at Bramley, Holy Trinity, parents George and Sarah Whestby. "1807 [...] Augt 16 George the Son of George Westby and of Sarah his wife".
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for George Westby and Maria Sumner on 30 June 1828 in Godalming, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for the marriage of George Westby and Maria Sumner on 30 June 1828 in Godalming, Surrey. "Page 140 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Godalming in the County of Surrey in the Year 1828 George Westby of this Parish Bachelor and Maria Sumner of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this thirtieth Day of June in the Year One Thousand eight hundred and twenty eight [... ] This Marriage was solemnized between us [He signed his name, she made her mark]. In the Presence of John Sumners and Henry Coston. No. 417".
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for the marriage of George Westby and Maria Lawner (sic) on 13 June 1828 in Godalming, St Peter and St Paul. "Page 140 Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Godalming in the County of Surrey in the Year 1828 George Westby of this Parifh Bachelor and Maria Sumner of this Parifh Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this thirtieth Day of June in the Year One Thoufand eight hundred and twenty eight [... ] This Marriaged was solemnized between us [He signed his name, she made her mark]. In the Presence of John Sumners and Henry Coston. No. 417".
George Westby, a labourer, and his wife Maria were living in Hurtmore at his daughter's christening in 1838.
In the 1841 census as George Westby aged 30 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Surrey, a groom, and living with Maria (wife?), William (son?) and Emma and Mary (daughters?) in Hurtmore, Godalming, Surrey.
In the 1851 census as George Wettley (sic - in the index, Westby on the original), aged 64 (sic - in the index, illegible on the original), born in Bramley, Surrey, a fly proprietor, and living with his wife (Maria), and three daughters (Ann, Emma and Mary) in Bramley, Surrey.
In the 1861 census as George Westby aged 55, born in Bramley, Surrey, an agricultural labourer, and living with his wife (Maria) and daughter (Ann) in the Meeting House, Wonersh, Surrey.
In the 1871 census as George Westby aged 64, born in Bramley, Surrey, a land owner and occupier of 2? acres? and living with his wife (Maria) in ? Cottage, Wonersh, Surrey.
In the 1881 census as George Westbey (sic) aged 74, born in Bramley, Surrey, a working man, and living with his wife (Maria), his widowed daughter (Mary Shurlock who was the head of the household), his grandson (George W Shurlock) and granddaughter (Hannah M Shurlock) in Birtley Green, Bramley, Surrey.
His wife died in Bramley in July-September 1882.
Marriage of George Westby and Susan Frances Elgar in FreeBMD in October-December 1882 in St Saviour (1d 215),
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for George Westby and Susan Frances Elgar on 20 December 1882 at Saint Paul, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for George Westby aged 70, father George Westby, and Susan Frances Elgar aged 49, father Henry Elgar, on 20 December 1882 at Saint Paul, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, Surrey. "Page 92 [...] 1882 Marriage solemnized at St Pauls Church in the new Parish of St Paul Southwark in the County of Surrey. No. 184 December 20th 1882 George Westby aged 70, a Widower and Yeoman of Blackfriars Road, father George Westby, a Labourer, and Susan Frances Elgar aged 49, a Spinster of Blackfriars Road, father Henry Elgar, a Customs Officer. Married in the new Church of St Paul according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Alfred Jones and Minnie Churchman".
In the 1891 census as George Westby aged 83, born in Bramley, Surrey, infirm and living on his own means with his wife (Susan) next to the Post Office, Wonersh, Surrey.
Death of George Westby in FreeBMD in April-June 1892 in Hambledon (2a 85).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for George Westby died on 6 June 1892 in Surrey, probate 30 August 1892 in London. "Westby George of Shamley Green Wonersh Surrey yeoman died 6 June 1892 Probate London 30 August to Susan Frances Westby widow Chards Herd grocer and Emma Baker widow Effects £561."
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for George Westby born in Bramley, Surrey in 1807, his marriage to Maria Sumner/Sumners, and his daughter Ann. Another adds his marriage in Godalming, Surrey on 30 June 1828 and all six children. Another adds his parents as George Westby and Sarah Simmonds, his marriage to Susan Frances Elgar at St Paul, Westminster Bridge Road, Southwark, Surrey, London, on 20 December 1882 and his death in Wonersh, Surrey on 6 June 1892.
George Westby was the father of Emma Westby, wife of Richard Baker, my second cousin three times removed.
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