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Family of Thomas Underwood and Maria Elizabeth Horton

Husband: Thomas Underwood

  • Name:

  • Thomas Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Thomas Underwood (c. 1785-1854)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Buswell (c. 1787-1857)

  • Note:

  • 14 December 1875. The Will of Thomas Underwood late of Hollowell Grange in the County of Northampton Farmer and Grazier who died 28 May 1875 at Hollowell Grange was proved at Northampton by Maria Elizabeth Underwood of Hollowell Grange Widow the Relict one of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.

  • Birth:

  • 1815

  • Fineshade, Northamptonshire

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Aug 1816 (age 0-1)

  • Wakerley, Northamptonshire

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 25-26)

  • Living with parents

  • Will:

  • 1848 (age 32-33)

  • Mentioned in father's will

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 35-36)

  • Farmer (172 acres), Cold Ashby, Northants

  • Census (3):

  • 1861 (age 45-46)

  • Farmer (172 acres), Cold Ashby Parish, Northants

  • Census (4):

  • 1871 (age 55-56)

  • Farmer (483 acres), Hollowell Grange, Northants

  • Death fact:

  • 1875 (age 59-60)

  • 1875, Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/80

  • Death:

  • 28 May 1875 (age 59-60)

  • Hollowell Grange, Northamptonshire

Wife: Maria Elizabeth Horton

  • Name:

  • Maria Elizabeth Horton

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Matthias Horton (1803-1858)

  • Mother:

  • Maria Laundon Attfield (1804-1893)

  • Note:

  • UNDERWOOD Maria Elizabeth of Murcott Long Buckby Northamptonshire widow died 20 May 1923; Probate Northampton 29 August to Henry Albert Underwood and Ralph Underwood farmers. Effects £2498 15s. 8d.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Nov 1829

  • Thornby, Northamptonshire

  • Census (1):

  • 30 May 1832 (age 2)

  • Christening: Independent, Rowell, Northampton

  • Census (2):

  • 1841 (age 11-12)

  • Living with parents

  • Residence:

  • 1850 (age 20-21)

  • Residence at time of marriage: West Haddon

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 51-52)

  • Farmer, The Grange, Hollowell (widow)

  • Census (4):

  • btw 1891 and 1901 (age 61-72)

  • Widow, Hollowell Grange Farm

  • Death fact:

  • 1923 (age 93-94)

  • 1923 Jun Qtr, Daventry, 3b/96 (aged 93)

  • Death:

  • 20 May 1923 (age 93)

  • Long Buckby, Northamptonshire

Child 1: Elizabeth Underwood

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Francis Eady (1846-1933)

  • Children:

  • John Kenneth Eady (1894- )

  • Note:

  • EADY Elizabeth of 18 Clarence Avenue Northampton widow died 6 January 1940 at The Bungalow Brixworth Northamptonshire; Probate Birmingham 18 October to Charles Tebbitt Underwood farmer. Effects £2143 9s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 24 Mar 1852

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1852 (age 0)

  • GRO Reference: 1852 J Quarter in BRIXWORTH Volume 03B Page 104

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 18-19)

  • Visiting Hawkes family, Long Buckby (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 48-49)

  • Wife in household

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 86-87)

  • Private means, Brixworth Hill Cafe, Brixworth, Northamptonshire (widow)

  • Death:

  • 6 Jan 1940 (age 87)

  • The Bungalow, Brixworth, Northamptonshire

Child 2: Thomas Underwood

  • Name:

  • Thomas Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 1854

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1854 (age 0)

  • 1854 Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/107

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 6-7)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 16-17)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 26-27)

  • Living with mother ("epileptic imbecile")

  • Census (4):

  • 1891 (age 36-37)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (5):

  • 1901 (age 46-47)

  • Living with mother

  • Death fact:

  • 1908 (age 53-54)

  • 1908 Mar Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/77

  • Death:

  • 1908 (age 53-54)

  • Brixworth, Northamptonshire

Child 3: Edward Horton Underwood

  • Name:

  • Edward Horton Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Esther Rigby (1856-1950)

  • Note:

  • UNDERWOOD Edward Horton of Medbourne Leicestershire died 27 January 1934. Probate Birmingham 11 May to Henry Albert Underwood and Ralph Underwood farmers. Effects £19128 15s. 3d.

  • Birth:

  • 1856

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1856 (age 0)

  • 1856 Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/109

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 4-5)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 34-35)

  • Farmer, Thornby Grange

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 44-45)

  • Farmer, Thornby Grange, Brixworth, Northants (no children)

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 54-55)

  • Glazier, Hallaton, Uppingham, Rutland

  • Death fact:

  • 1934 (age 77-78)

  • 1934 Mar Q, Market Harborough, 7a/23 (aged 77)

  • Death:

  • 27 Jan 1934 (age 77-78)

  • Market Harborough, Leicestershire

Child 4: Sarah Gertrude Underwood

  • Name:

  • Sarah Gertrude Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Ashby (1853-1927)

  • Children:

  • Ellen Gertrude Ashby (1879- )

  •  

  • Edith May Ashby (1881-1921)

  •  

  • Charles Robert Ashby (1882-1961)

  •  

  • John Jellis Ashby (1884-1969)

  • Note:

  • ASHBY Sarah Gertrude of The Cottage Murcott Long Buckby Northamptonshire widow died 1 January 1950. Probate London 25 April to Charles Robert Ashby and John Jellis Ashby farmers. Effects £4471 8s. 3d.

  • Birth:

  • 19 Apr 1858

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1858 (age 0)

  • 1858 Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/113

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 22-23)

  • Farmer's wife (husband absent), Watford Lodge, Watford, Northants

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 52-53)

  • Wife in household (married 32 years, 4 children, 4 living)

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 80-81)

  • Retired, The Limes, Daventry, Northamptonshire (widow)

  • Death fact:

  • 1950 (age 91-92)

  • 1950 Mar Q, Daventry, 3b/542 (aged 91)

  • Death:

  • 1 Jan 1950 (age 91)

  • Murcott, Watford, Northamptonshire

Child 5: Richard Buswell Underwood

  • Name:

  • Richard Buswell Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • Richard Buswell Underwood born 1860, emigrated to Australia. His parents were Thomas and Maria Elizabeth Horton. He named his house in Australia "Thornby" which is the area he came from in Northants.

    With grateful thanks to Lorna Muir for the above information.

  • Birth:

  • 1860

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1860 (age 0)

  • 1860 Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/114

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 20-21)

  • Engine fitter, boarder, 29 Grafton Place, Leicester St Margaret (unmarried)

Child 6: Henry Albert Underwood

  • Name:

  • Henry Albert Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Minnie Tebbitt (1861-1934)

  • Children:

  • Kathleen Mary Underwood (1891-1968)

  •  

  • Evelyn Lucy Underwood (1892-1980)

  •  

  • Charles Tebbitt Underwood (1893-1962)

  •  

  • Constance Ruth Underwood (1895-1981)

  •  

  • Gwendolen Minnie Underwood (1899-1978)

  • Note:

  • UNDERWOOD Henry Albert of Murcott Watford Northamptonshire died 18 January 1947. Probate London 30 September to Charles Tebbitt Underwood and Leonard William Heygate farmers. Effects £35318 5s. 9d.

  • Birth:

  • 1862

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1862 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1862 Dec Qtr, Daventry, 3b/102

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 18-19)

  • Living with mother (Harry Underwood)

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 38-39)

  • Farmer, Bridge House, Morcott, Watford, Northants

  • Death:

  • 18 Jan 1947 (age 84-85)

  • Murcott, Watford, Northamptonshire

Child 7: Frank Ernest Underwood

  • Name:

  • Frank Ernest Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Emily Woods (1875- )

  • Children:

  • Gladys Evelyn Underwood (1900- )

  • Note 1:

  • UNDERWOOD Frank Ernest of Beaumont 71 Reservoir Road Kettering Northamptonshire died 24 December 1945. probate London 14 September 1946 to National Provincial Bank Limited and Emily Underwood widow. Effects £4767 10s.

  • Note 2 (shared):

  • I am grateful to Jane Edis for information on the Underwood family.

  • Birth:

  • 17 Jun 1864

  • Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1864 (age 0)

  • 1864 Sep Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/106

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 6-7)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1901 (age 36-37)

  • Grocer, Coventry Road, Bedworth

  • Census (3):

  • 1911 (age 46-47)

  • Grocer, 2 Bath Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire

  • Occupation:

  • 30 Jul 1929 (age 65)

  • Grocer (on daughter Gladys's marriage cert.)

  • Death:

  • 24 Dec 1945 (age 81)

  • Beaumont, 71 Reservoir Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire

Child 8: William Arthur Underwood

  • Name:

  • William Arthur Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Florence Annie Lucas (1866- )

  • Children:

  • Bessie Underwood (c. 1893- )

  •  

  • Lesley Mary Underwood (1896- )

  • Birth:

  • 1867

  • Hollowell, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1867 (age 0)

  • 1867 Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/123

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 3-4)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 13-14)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 33-34)

  • Tea dealer, 52 Park Rd, Ilford, Essex

  • Emigration:

  • 1910 (age 42-43)

  • from Emigrated to Canada

  • Death:

  • 1937 (age 69-70)

  • Strasbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada

Child 9: Alice Mary Louisa Underwood

  • Name:

  • Alice Mary Louisa Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 1868

  • Hollowell, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1868 (age 0)

  • 1868 Mar Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/120

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 12-13)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 22-23)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (4):

  • 1893 (age 24-25)

  • In attendance at death of grandmother Maria Laundon Horton

  • Census (5):

  • 1901 (age 32-33)

  • Living in mother's household, Hollowell Gange Farm

  • Death:

  • 15 Jan 1920 (age 51-52)

  • Hollowell, Northamptonshire

Child 10: Albert Underwood

Child 11: Ralph Underwood

  • Name:

  • Ralph Underwood

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • UNDERWOOD Ralph of Elm Lodge Long Buckby Northamptonshire died 25 August 1960. Probate Oxford 1 June 1961 to Alfred Louis Peatman chartered accountant Edward William Underwood and Thomas Ralph Underwood farmers. Effects £14326 13s. 10d.

  • Birth:

  • 1874

  • Hollowell, Northamptonshire

  • Birth fact:

  • 1874 (age 0)

  • Birth: 1874 Jun Qtr, Brixworth, 3b/116

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 6-7)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 16-17)

  • Living with mother

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 26-27)

  • Living in mother's household, Hollowell Gange Farm (unmarried)

  • Death fact:

  • 1960 (age 85-86)

  • 1960 Sep Q, Daventry, 3b/404 (aged 86)

  • Death:

  • 25 Aug 1960 (age 85-86)

  • Elm Lodge, Long Buckby, Northamptonshire

Note on Husband: Thomas Underwood

14 December 1875. The Will of Thomas Underwood late of Hollowell Grange in the County of Northampton Farmer and Grazier who died 28 May 1875 at Hollowell Grange was proved at Northampton by Maria Elizabeth Underwood of Hollowell Grange Widow the Relict one of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.

Note on Wife: Maria Elizabeth Horton

UNDERWOOD Maria Elizabeth of Murcott Long Buckby Northamptonshire widow died 20 May 1923; Probate Northampton 29 August to Henry Albert Underwood and Ralph Underwood farmers. Effects £2498 15s. 8d.

Note on Child 1: Elizabeth Underwood

EADY Elizabeth of 18 Clarence Avenue Northampton widow died 6 January 1940 at The Bungalow Brixworth Northamptonshire; Probate Birmingham 18 October to Charles Tebbitt Underwood farmer. Effects £2143 9s. 7d.

Note on Child 3: Edward Horton Underwood

UNDERWOOD Edward Horton of Medbourne Leicestershire died 27 January 1934. Probate Birmingham 11 May to Henry Albert Underwood and Ralph Underwood farmers. Effects £19128 15s. 3d.

Note on Child 4: Sarah Gertrude Underwood

ASHBY Sarah Gertrude of The Cottage Murcott Long Buckby Northamptonshire widow died 1 January 1950. Probate London 25 April to Charles Robert Ashby and John Jellis Ashby farmers. Effects £4471 8s. 3d.

Note on Child 5: Richard Buswell Underwood

Richard Buswell Underwood born 1860, emigrated to Australia. His parents were Thomas and Maria Elizabeth Horton. He named his house in Australia "Thornby" which is the area he came from in Northants.

With grateful thanks to Lorna Muir for the above information.

Note on Child 6: Henry Albert Underwood

UNDERWOOD Henry Albert of Murcott Watford Northamptonshire died 18 January 1947. Probate London 30 September to Charles Tebbitt Underwood and Leonard William Heygate farmers. Effects £35318 5s. 9d.

Note on Child 7: Frank Ernest Underwood (1)

UNDERWOOD Frank Ernest of Beaumont 71 Reservoir Road Kettering Northamptonshire died 24 December 1945. probate London 14 September 1946 to National Provincial Bank Limited and Emily Underwood widow. Effects £4767 10s.

Note on Child 7: Frank Ernest Underwood (2) - shared note

I am grateful to Jane Edis for information on the Underwood family.

Note on Child 11: Ralph Underwood

UNDERWOOD Ralph of Elm Lodge Long Buckby Northamptonshire died 25 August 1960. Probate Oxford 1 June 1961 to Alfred Louis Peatman chartered accountant Edward William Underwood and Thomas Ralph Underwood farmers. Effects £14326 13s. 10d.