Family of John Colyer and Elizabeth Knight
Husband: John Colyer
| Name: |
John Colyer |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
John Colyer ( - ) |
| Mother: |
Ann Unknown ( - ) |
| Birth |
2 Jul 1801 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism |
23 Jul 1801 (age 0) |
Independent, Brigstock, Northampton (IGI) |
| Census |
1851 (age 49-50) |
Grazier (24 acres), Little Brigstock, Brigstock, Northants |
| Census |
1861 (age 59-60) |
Agricultural labourer, Bridge Street, Brigstock, Northants |
| Census |
1871 (age 69-70) |
Grazier, Bridge Street, Brigstock |
| Death fact |
1875 (age 73-74) |
1875 Jun Q, Thrapston, 3b/119 (aged 73) |
| Death |
1875 (age 73-74) |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
Wife: Elizabeth Knight
| Name: |
Elizabeth Knight |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
c. 1803 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Census |
1871 (age 67-68) |
Wife in household |
| Name: |
William Knight Colyer |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Catherine Barker Capper (1833-1924) |
| Birth |
24 Mar 1828 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism |
2 Jul 1828 (age 0) |
Independent, Brigstock, Northampton (IGI) |
| Death |
28 Oct 1909 (age 81) |
Cross Street, West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| Name: |
Elizabeth Colyer |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
21 Dec 1829 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism |
31 Jan 1830 (age 0) |
Independent, Brigstock, Northampton (IGI) |
| Death |
1833 (age 3-4) |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Burial |
5 Mar 1833 |
St Andrew the Apostle, Brigstock, Northants (aged 3) |
| Name: |
Harriet Colyer |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Edward Britten (c. 1801-1860) |
| Birth |
4 Apr 1832 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism |
3 Sep 1832 (age 0) |
Independent, Brigstock, Northampton (IGI) |
| Census |
1851 (age 18-19) |
Governess to children of Francis Spencer, farmer, Claybrooke, Leics (unmarried) |
| Census |
1861 (age 28-29) |
Formerly farmer's wife, widow, living with parents |
| Name: |
Rebecca Colyer |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Thomas Horton (1836-1922) |
| Birth |
20 May 1834 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism |
4 Sep 1834 (age 0) |
Independent, Brigstock, Northampton (IGI) |
| Census |
1901 (age 66-67) |
Wife in household |
| Census |
1911 (age 76-77) |
Wife in household (married 52 years, 8 children, 7 living, 1 dead) |
| Death fact |
1919 (age 84-85) |
1919 Mar Q, Lutterworth, 7a/9 (aged 84) |
| Death |
1919 (age 84-85) |
Lutterworth, Leicestershire |
| Name: |
John Manning Colyer |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Mary Elizabeth Roberts (1839- ) |
| Birth |
1838 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Birth fact |
1838 (age 0) |
1838 Jun Qtr, Thrapston, 15/368 |
| Census |
1851 (age 12-13) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1861 (age 22-23) |
Wheelwright, visiting sister Rebecca & Thomas Horton, Guilsborough, Northants (unmarried) |
| Census |
1871 (age 32-33) |
Wheelwright master employing 1 man, Guilsborough, Northamptonshire |
| Occupation |
1877 (age 38-39) |
Wheelwright, Guilsborough (P.O.Directory) |
| Name: |
Sarah Colyer |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
1842 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Birth fact |
1842 (age 0) |
1842 Jun Qtr, Thrapston, 15/365 |
| Census |
1851 (age 8-9) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1861 (age 18-19) |
Living with parents, unmarried |
| Name: |
Thomas Richard Colyer |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Harriett Hannah Wiggin (c. 1844-1922) |
| Birth |
1844 |
Brigstock, Northamptonshire |
| Birth fact |
1844 (age 0) |
1844 Sep Q, Thrapston, 15/359 |
| Census |
1851 (age 6-7) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1861 (age 16-17) |
Apprentice to grocer & tea dealer, 9 Sheep St, Northampton |
| Census |
1911 (age 66-67) |
Coal dealer, 35 Burlington Street, Aston Manor, Warwickshire |
| Death fact |
1923 (age 78-79) |
1923 Dec Q, Lichfield, 6b/469 (aged 79) |
| Death |
1923 (age 78-79) |
Lichfield, Staffordshire |
Note on Husband: John Colyer - shared note
1861: Agricultural labourer, Brigstock, Northants
