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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1860 vol
4a p314); exact date from John Nichols; exact place from 1861
census; 1881 census
- Baptism: John Nichols
- Occupation: 1881 census
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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1861 vol
4a p443)
- Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch
C062741
- Marriage:
John Nichols; England Marriage Index (1Q1892 vol 4a p767); John's first
marriage from John Nichols and England Marriage Index (2Q1868
vol
4a p685)
- Occupation: 1881, 1891 census
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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1900 vol
4a p892); exact
place from 1901 census
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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1864 vol
4a p537)
- Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch
C062741
- Death: England Death Index (2Q1866 vol
4a p337); IGI
baptism extracts Batch C062741
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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1897 vol
4a p853); exact date from baptism record; exact
place from 1901 census
- Baptism: John Nichols
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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1865 vol
4a p471); exact
place from 1881 census (Birth Index indexed as Wilson William Manfield)
- Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch
C062741
- Marriage: John Nichols; England Marriage Index (1Q1894 vol 4a p913); Alice details from England Birth Index (4Q1875 vol 4a p537), 1901 census, John Nichols
- Occupation: 1881, 1891, 1901 census; marriage record (1894), baptism record of sons Wilson (1895) and Walter (1897)
- Death: John Nichols
- Burial: John Nichols
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
Sources:
- Birth: 1841; 1861 census; 1881 census
- Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch
C132561
- Marriage (1st): John Nichols;
England
Marriage Index
(4Q1858 v4a p1133); IGI marriage extracts Batch
M062741
- Marriage (2nd): England
Marriage Index
(2Q1872 vol 4a p761); 1881 census; Harriet death - England
Death
Index (1Q1891 vol 4a p497)
- Occupation: Marriage
records; baptism record of daughter Jane (1860); 1861, 1881,
1891 census; marriage record of children Laura (1892) and William (1894)
- Death: England Death Index (3Q1910 vol 4a p387)
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
Sources:
- Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1895 vol
4a p820); exact date from baptism record; exact
place from 1901 census
- Baptism: John Nichols
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