The Manfield Family

Jane Matilda Manfield

Birth: 14 February 1860, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 10 June 1860, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Father: Wilson Manfield

Mother: Sophia (Clarke) Manfield

Occupation:
Servant (1881)

Census:

1861: Street, Drinkstone, Suffolk
1881: Rattlesdon Mill, Rattlesdon, Suffolk

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Laura (Manfield) Blake

Birth: 1861, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 7 May 1862, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: Wilson Manfield

Mother: Sophia (Clarke) Manfield

Married: John Bennington Blake on 26 March 1892, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Walter Reader and Edith Flora Blake. John is recorded as a widower, of full age, a gardener of Drinkstone. Laura is recorded as a spinster, of full age, of Drinkstone, the daughter of Wilson Manfield, a labourer.

John was born in 1840/1, in Bacton, Suffolk. He is listed in the 1881 census as a gardener and grocer. John was previously married to Sophia Revens (or Nevens?) on 8 May 1868 in Drinkstone, Suffolk. That marriage was witnessed by William Revens and ? Revens. John  was recorded as a bachelor, of full age, a labourer of Drinkstone, the son of John Bennington, a labourer. Sophia was a spinster of full age, a spinster of Bury St Edmunds, the daughter of George Revens, a labourer. They had two children listed in the 1881 census, Herbert W. Blake and Edith F. Blake.
1881: Street, Drinkstone, Suffolk

Occupation:
Housemaid (1881). By the 1891 census, following the death of her mother, Laura returned to Suffolk to keep house for her widowed father.

Census:
1881: Craven Gardens; Uxbridge Road, Ealing, Middlesex
1891: Gedding Road, Drinkstone, Suffolk

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Mary Alice Manfield

Birth: 1900, in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England

Father: William Wilson Manfield

Mother: Alice Maria (King) Manfield

Census:
1901: Poy Street Green, Rattlesden, Suffolk

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Walter Manfield

Birth: 1864, in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 1 May 1864, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: Wilson Manfield

Mother: Sophia (Clarke) Manfield

Death: 24 May 1866, in Stow district, Suffolk, England, aged 2

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Walter George Manfield

Birth: 6 January 1897, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 21 February 1897, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Father: William Wilson Manfield

Mother: Alice Maria (King) Manfield

Census:
1901: Poy Street Green, Rattlesden, Suffolk

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William Wilson Manfield

Birth: 1865, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 27 May 1866, in Tostock, Suffolk, England

Father: Wilson Manfield

Mother: Sophia (Clarke) Manfield

Married: Alice Maria King on 6 June 1894, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by John King and Herbert Haggar. William is recorded as a bachelor, of full age, a thatcher of Drinkstone, the son of Wilson Manfield, a labourer. Alice is recorded as aged 19, a spinster of Drinkstone, the daughter of John King, a labourer. Alice was born in 1875, in Rattlesden, Suffolk, and died on 8 November 1959. She is buried in Rattlesden Baptist Cemetery.

Children:
Occupation: Thatcher

Death: 26 December 1935

Buried: Rattlesden Baptist Cemetery, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England

Census:
1881: Green, Drinkstone, Suffolk
1891: Gedding Road, Drinkstone, Suffolk
1901: Poy Street Green, Rattlesden, Suffolk

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Wilson Manfield

Birth: 1834-6, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 22 May 1836, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Father: Joseph Manfield, a farmer (1858) and labourer (1872)

Mother: Matilda (Winter) Manfield

Married (1st): Sophia Clarke on 22 October 1858, in Tostock, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by William Clark and Mary Clark. Wilson is recorded as a single labourer of Tostock, aged 23, the son of Joseph Mansfield, a farmer. Sophia is recorded as aged 29, single of Tostock, the daughter of Samuel Clark, a thatcher.

Children: Married (2nd): Harriet Fisher on 25 May 1872, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England. The marriage was witnessed by Jonathan Garner and Sarah Garner. Wilson is recorded as a widower, of full age, a labourer of Drinksone, the son of Joseph Wilson, a labourer. Harriet is recorded as a spinster, of full age, of Drinkstone, the daughter of Benjamin Fisher, a labourer. Harriet was born in 1833/4, in Hitcham, Suffolk, and died in 1891, in Stow district.

Occupation: Agricultural labourer (1858, 1860, 1861, 1872); Thatcher (1881, 1891); Labourer (1892, 1894)

Death:
1910, in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Census:
1841: Drinkstone, Suffolk
1861: Street, Drinkstone, Suffolk
1881: Green, Drinkstone, Suffolk
1891: Gedding Road, Drinkstone, Suffolk

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Wilson John Manfield

Birth: 19 August 1895, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Baptism: 1 September 1895, in Drinkstone, Suffolk, England

Father: William Wilson Manfield

Mother: Alice Maria (King) Manfield

Census:
1901: Poy Street Green, Rattlesden, Suffolk

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