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Family of William Hales and Elizabeth Smith

Husband: William Hales

  • Name:

  • William Hales

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Robert Hales (c. 1810-1889)

  • Mother:

  • Sophia Sturman (c. 1813-1876)

  • Note:

  • HALES William, 13 April 1885. The Will of William Hales late of Bunwell in the County of Norfolk Farmer and Innkeeper who died 14 February 1885 at Bunwell was proved at Norwich by Elizabeth Hales Widow the Relict and William Hales Carpenter and James Hales Bricklayer the Sons all of Bunwell the Executors. Personal Estate £162 19s. 6d.

  • Birth:

  • c. 1839

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 1-2)

  • Living with parents (aged 2)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 11-12)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 21-22)

  • Carpenter, Turnpike, Bunwell

  • Census (4):

  • 1871 (age 31-32)

  • Carpenter, By Wood, Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Census (5):

  • 1881 (age 41-42)

  • Publican (beer house only), The Prince of Wales, Bunwell

  • Death fact:

  • 1885 (age 45-46)

  • 1885 Mar Qtr, Depwade, 4b/200 (aged 46)

  • Death:

  • 14 Feb 1885 (age 45-46)

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

Wife: Elizabeth Smith

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Smith

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • HALES Elizabeth of Bunwell Norfolk widow died 16 March 1923. Probate Norwich 30 August to William Hales retired farmer James Hales farmer and Eldon James Smith builder. Effects £1637 3s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • c. 1842

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 18-19)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 28-29)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 38-39)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (4):

  • 1891 (age 48-49)

  • Beer house keeper, Prince of Wales, Bunwell (widow)

  • Census (5):

  • 1901 (age 58-59)

  • Retired beer house keeper, Great Green, Bunwell

  • Census (6):

  • 1911 (age 68-69)

  • Retired beer house keeper, Great Green, Bunwell, Norfolk (widow)

  • Death:

  • 16 Mar 1923 (age 80-81)

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

Child 1: William Hales

  • Name:

  • William Hales

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Ann Lansdell (1863-1953)

  • Children:

  • Arthur William Hales (1888-1919)

  •  

  • Lilian Maria Hales (1889-1960)

  •  

  • Ethel Mary Hales (1891- )

  • Note:

  • HALES William of Bunwell Norfolk died 5 September 1935. Probate Norwich 13 November to Mary Ann Hales widow Thomas Malcolm Cambray Smith schoolmaster and Sidney John Cooper merchant. Effects £1678 18s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 1860

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1860 (age 0)

  • 1860 Jun Qtr, Depwade, 4b/229

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 20-21)

  • Carpenter, living with parents

  • Census (4):

  • 1891 (age 30-31)

  • Farmer, near Church, Carleton Rode, Norfolk

  • Census (5):

  • 1901 (age 40-41)

  • Farmer, Long Row, Tibenham, Norfolk

  • Census (6):

  • 1911 (age 50-51)

  • Farming, Quakers Farm, Bunwell, Attleborough, Norfolk

  • Death:

  • 5 Sep 1935 (age 74-75)

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

Child 2: James Hales

  • Name:

  • James Hales

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ellen Stammers (1866-1949)

  • Children:

  • James Henry Hales (1891-1986)

  •  

  • William Hales (1892- )

  •  

  • Alice Lepel Hales (1895-1954)

  •  

  • Frederick Walter Hales (1897-1981)

  • Note:

  • HALES James of Bridgham Norfolk died 16 May 1933. Probate Norwich 25 July to James Henry Hales builder and Ellen Hales widow. Effects £492 0s. 11d.

  • Birth:

  • 1862

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1862 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1862 M Quarter in DEPWADE Volume 04B Page 245

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 18-19)

  • Bricklayer, living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 38-39)

  • Brickworks foreman, Brick Kiln Lane, Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 48-49)

  • Bricklayer, Carleton Rode, Attleborough, Norfolk

  • Death:

  • 16 May 1933 (age 70-71)

  • Bridgham, Norfolk

Child 3: Mary Annie Hales

  • Name:

  • Mary Annie Hales

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Eldon James Smith (1864-1936)

  • Children:

  • Blanche Ethel Lydia Smith (1888-1918)

  •  

  • Maud Ellen Smith (1891-1954)

  •  

  • Gertrude Annie Smith (1894-1984)

  •  

  • Eldon James Smith (1895-1978)

  •  

  • Doris Edith Smith (1904- )

  • Note:

  • SMITH Mary Annie of Bunwell Norfolk widow died 21 April 1957 at The Old Rectory Bunwell. Administration (with Will) (limited) Norwich 13 February 1959 to Frederick Peter Standley solicitor attorney of Eldon James Smith (the younger) and gertrude Annie Driffill married woman. Effects £170 15s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 5 Nov 1863

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1863 (age 0)

  • 1863 Dec Qtr, Depwade, 4b/240

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 7-8)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 17-18)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 27-28)

  • Wife in household (recorded as Anne Smith)

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 47-48)

  • Wife in household (married 26 years, 6 children, 5 living, 1 dead)

  • Death:

  • 21 Apr 1957 (age 93)

  • The Old Rectory, Bunwell, Norfolk

Child 4: Elizabeth Hales

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Hales

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Harvey Attfield (1864-1933)

  • Children:

  • John William Hales Attfield (1892-1976)

  •  

  • Leslie Arthur Edwin Attfield (1895-1942)

  •  

  • Francis Osmond Lester Attfield (1898-1899)

  •  

  • Doris Elizabeth Rebecca Attfield (1903-1983)

  • Note:

  • ATTFIELD Elizabeth of 68 Becket Avenue East Ham Essex widow died 9 March 1951 at Langthorne Hospital Leytonstone Essex. Probate London 18 May to John William Hales Attfield musical director and Doris Elizabeth Rebecca Attfield spinster. Effects £3617 5s. 2d.

  • Birth:

  • 11 Oct 1865

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1865 (age 0)

  • 1865 Dec Qtr, Depwade, 4b/220

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 15-16)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 35-36)

  • Wife in household

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 45-46)

  • Wife in household (married 20 years, 4 children, 3 living, 1 dead)

  • Residence (1):

  • 1939 (age 73-74)

  • 68 Beckett Avenue , East Ham, Essex

  • Death fact (1):

  • 9 Mar 1951 (age 85)

  • Cause of death: myocardial degeneration, arteriosclerosis

  • Residence (2):

  • 1951 (age 85-86)

  • 68 Becket Avenue, East Ham (on death cert.)

  • Death fact (2):

  • 1951 (age 85-86)

  • 1951 Mar Q, Essex S W, 5a/291 (aged 86)

  • Death:

  • 9 Mar 1951 (age 85)

  • Langthorne Hospital, Leytonstone, Essex

  • Burial:

  • 14 Mar 1951

  • St Mary Magdalene, East Ham (aged 86)

  • Will:

  • 18 May 1951 (age 85)

  • Probate London to John William Hales Attfield & Doris Elizabeth Rebecca Attfield (£3617)

Child 5: Ellen Hales

  • Name:

  • Ellen Hales

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Horace Matthew Self (1871-1947)

  • Children:

  • Helen Mabel Self (1899-1973)

  •  

  • Allan Horace Self (1900-1986)

  •  

  • Clifford John Self (1902-1950)

  • Note:

  • SELF Ellen of Laburnham The Street Bunwell Norfolk widow died 5 January 1948 at The Limes Besthorpe Norfolk. Probate Norwich 27 May to Helen Mabel Clarke married woman and Allan Horace Self and Clifford John Self farmers. Effects £2291 16s. 3d.

  • Birth:

  • 21 May 1869

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1869 (age 0)

  • 1869 Jun Qtr, Depwade, 4b/221

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 1-2)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 11-12)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 21-22)

  • Dressmaker, living with mother (unmarried)

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 41-42)

  • Wife in household (married 12 years, 4 children, 3 living, 1 dead)

  • Death:

  • 5 Jan 1948 (age 78)

  • The Limes, Besthorpe, Norfolk

Child 6: Maria Hales

  • Name:

  • Maria Hales

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • James Frederick Kett (1875-1918)

  • Children:

  • James Mellish Kett (1900-1966)

  •  

  • Frank Stanley Kett (1901-1989)

  •  

  • Leonard William Kett (1902- )

  •  

  • Ida Ethel May Kett (1903-1993)

  •  

  • Grace Irene Clare Kett (1905-1989)

  •  

  • Margaret Edna Gertrude Kett (1908-1994)

  • Note 1:

  • Maria Kett: From at least 1929 until about 1933 there was a shop on Bunwell Hill run by Mrs Maria Kett but from her own house. Her husband Iames Frederick Kett, who had farmed Park Farm, Bunwell, died in 1918. She never remarried and died at Bunwell Old Rectory in 1966.

    Bunwell A Village History, Vol.1 (Bunwell Heritage Group, 2014), page 138

  • Note 2:

  • KETT Maria of The Old Rectory Bunwell Norfolk died 5 January 1966. Probate Norwich 7 February to James Mellish Kett retired farm worker. £338.

  • Birth:

  • 17 Jun 1873

  • Bunwell, Norfolk

  • Birth fact:

  • 1873 (age 0)

  • 1873 Jun Qtr, Depwade, 4b/233

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 7-8)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 17-18)

  • Census: visiting Attfields in Lee (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 37-38)

  • Wife in household (married 12 years, 8 children, 6 living, 2 dead)

  • Death fact:

  • 1966 (age 92-93)

  • 1966 Mar Q, Depwade, 4b/611 (aged 92)

  • Death:

  • 5 Jan 1966 (age 92)

  • The Old Rectory, Bunwell, Norfolk

Child 7: Ethel Esther Hales

Note on Husband: William Hales

HALES William, 13 April 1885. The Will of William Hales late of Bunwell in the County of Norfolk Farmer and Innkeeper who died 14 February 1885 at Bunwell was proved at Norwich by Elizabeth Hales Widow the Relict and William Hales Carpenter and James Hales Bricklayer the Sons all of Bunwell the Executors. Personal Estate £162 19s. 6d.

Note on Wife: Elizabeth Smith

HALES Elizabeth of Bunwell Norfolk widow died 16 March 1923. Probate Norwich 30 August to William Hales retired farmer James Hales farmer and Eldon James Smith builder. Effects £1637 3s. 7d.

Note on Child 1: William Hales

HALES William of Bunwell Norfolk died 5 September 1935. Probate Norwich 13 November to Mary Ann Hales widow Thomas Malcolm Cambray Smith schoolmaster and Sidney John Cooper merchant. Effects £1678 18s. 8d.

Note on Child 2: James Hales

HALES James of Bridgham Norfolk died 16 May 1933. Probate Norwich 25 July to James Henry Hales builder and Ellen Hales widow. Effects £492 0s. 11d.

Note on Child 3: Mary Annie Hales

SMITH Mary Annie of Bunwell Norfolk widow died 21 April 1957 at The Old Rectory Bunwell. Administration (with Will) (limited) Norwich 13 February 1959 to Frederick Peter Standley solicitor attorney of Eldon James Smith (the younger) and gertrude Annie Driffill married woman. Effects £170 15s. 7d.

Note on Child 4: Elizabeth Hales

ATTFIELD Elizabeth of 68 Becket Avenue East Ham Essex widow died 9 March 1951 at Langthorne Hospital Leytonstone Essex. Probate London 18 May to John William Hales Attfield musical director and Doris Elizabeth Rebecca Attfield spinster. Effects £3617 5s. 2d.

Note on Child 5: Ellen Hales

SELF Ellen of Laburnham The Street Bunwell Norfolk widow died 5 January 1948 at The Limes Besthorpe Norfolk. Probate Norwich 27 May to Helen Mabel Clarke married woman and Allan Horace Self and Clifford John Self farmers. Effects £2291 16s. 3d.

Note on Child 6: Maria Hales (1)

Maria Kett: From at least 1929 until about 1933 there was a shop on Bunwell Hill run by Mrs Maria Kett but from her own house. Her husband Iames Frederick Kett, who had farmed Park Farm, Bunwell, died in 1918. She never remarried and died at Bunwell Old Rectory in 1966.

Bunwell A Village History, Vol.1 (Bunwell Heritage Group, 2014), page 138

Note on Child 6: Maria Hales (2)

KETT Maria of The Old Rectory Bunwell Norfolk died 5 January 1966. Probate Norwich 7 February to James Mellish Kett retired farm worker. £338.