George & Mary Newns of Crudgington
George Newnes, the youngest child of Charles and Ann, was christened in Waters Upton on 25 October 1818. He became a shoemaker, like his father, and in 1841 was still living with his parents in Crudgington, Shropshire.
Mary Gregory was the daughter of William and Elizabeth, near neighbours of the Newns family, and was baptised on 3 February 1822.
On 2 June 1846 George married Mary in High Ercall and they are known to have had nine children (baptisms where known):
Ann
28 Mar 1847
High Ercall
Henry
1 Oct 1848
High Ercall
Emma
9 Jan 1853
High Ercall
George
9 Sep 1855
High Ercall (died 13 Mar 1856)
James
ca. 1858
Mary Emily
Q1 1861
Samuel
21 Dec 1862
Waters Upton
John
1865
In 1851 George and Mary, and their two sons Henry and William, were living with George's father in Crudgington Green. Their daughter Ann was nearby, staying with her grandparents, William and Elizabeth Gregory. In 1861 they had Emma, James and Mary at home, and in 1871 James, Mary, Samuel and John. By 1881 only John was still living with them in Crudgington Green.
George died in 1883, aged 64.
In 1891 Mary was still living in Crudgington Green along with her son James, as they were in 1901 when Mary’s grand-daughter, Martha Price, was also staying with them.
Mary died in 1906, aged about 84.
Of George and Mary's children:
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Ann married George Price in 1877 and in 1881 they were living in Hadley. In 1891 they were in Oakengates and George was working in the rail factory. Ann died in 1891, aged 44. Their children were:
Martha
Q1 1878
Donington
George Henry
Q1 1880
Hadley
Emma
Q4 1882
Hadley ?
Annie
Q3 1886
Oakengates
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Henry married Mary Jones in 1870 and at the 1871 census they were living in Rushmoor with their 3-month-old son George, at which time Henry was a shoemaker. However he was living next door to a railway signalman and by the 1881 census Henry had also become a railway signalman and the family were living at Newpark Terrace in Shrewsbury, along with Henry’s brother, Samuel, and Mary’s brother, Robert Jones.
In 1891 they were at 24 North Street, Shrewsbury, and they had two of Henry’s brothers; Samuel and John, living with them.
In 1901 they were at 58 Queen Street, Shrewsbury, and Samuel was still living with them. Their daughter Martha was staying with her grandmother. Their daughter Mary was a music teacher.
In 1911 they were still in Queen Street and Samuel was still living with them, Henry and Samuel still worked on the railway. Henry died in 1927.
Their children were:
George
Q1 1870
Wrockwardine
Emma
Q2 1874
Wrockwardine
Mary
Q4 1882
Shrewsbury
- William became a Methodist minister and married Louisa Duck in 1879.
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Emma was a servant in Rodington in 1871 and married William Morris, a carpenter, in 1876. They lived in Rodington Heath with their children:
John
Q2 1877
Rodington
Alice Emma
Q3 1879
Rodington
Emma died in 1930, aged 77.
- James was a wood ranger in 1891, living with his mother in Crudgington. He was still there in 1901, still single, and working as a farm labourer.
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Mary was working as housemaid to Elizabeth Hunter at 50 The Mount, Shrewsbury, in 1881. She married her cousin Thomas Newns, a police constable and a son of Benjamin & Elizabeth, in 1887. In 1891 they were living at The Bank, Condover, and in 1901 they were in the hamlet of Walk Mill near Norbury. In 1911 they were living in Whitchurch. Their children were:
Benjamin George
8 Sep 1888
Crudgington
Mary Elizabeth
Q4 1889
Condover
Thomas James
ca. 1891
Condover
Samuel Henry
Q3 1894
Stockton, Salop
Mary died in Manchester in 1936.
- Samuel lived with his brother Henry’s family and does not appear to have married. In 1881 he was a groom but by 1891 he had become a railway inspector. In 1911 he was a ticket collector. Samuel died in 1947, aged 84.
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John was a police officer staying with his brother Henry in 1891. He married Frances Johnson in 1895 and they had one daughter:
Violet Aileen
Q2 1896
Shrewsbury
In 1911 he was a police constable and they were living at 21 North Street, Shrewsbury. John died in 1914.