Notes on the inhabitants of Doddenham, kept by the
Clergyman of the day, during the latter part of the 19th Century.
Holmes
Thomas
b. 1842 Martley, Doddenham.
Ankerdine
Rebecca
[Rollins]b. 1841 Humber, Herfordshire.
He is now unfit for work
She used to live as a Servant at the Talbot, and before that as
a cook at Knightwick Manor.
He was Waggoner to Mr. Vernalls, for 14 years.
He now keeps Donkey Cart & Garden.
Odd Fellows Club allow him 2/-11 a week.
Have no children.
Son of widow Mary Holmes, of the Leap
Married at Kempsey in 1873.
She is a sister of Phobe Morris.
[In the 1881 census Thomas and Rebecca are both shopkeepers]
C.C. =
K.B. Club = 7d
Charities =They have had a lodger, Harry Ballard, for 9 years.
Worked 5 years for Vernalls, while at the Talbot.Henry Ballard, born, 1844, Broadwas, Worcestershire.
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