The Mudd Family

Edith Sarah Mudd

Birth: 1868, in Elmsett, Suffolk, England

Baptised: 7 February 1869, in Elmsett, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Census:
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Mill Hill, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1891: Hadleigh Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1901: Farm House, Hadleigh Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1868 vol 4a p464); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch C062941

Edith Hilda Mudd

Birth: 1890, in Great Chishill, Essex (now Cambridgeshire), England

Father: William Thomas Mudd

Mother: Minnie (Pamplin) Mudd

Census:
1891: Barley Road, Great Chishill, Essex
1901: High Street, Knapwell, Cambridgeshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1890 vol 3a p447); exact place from 1891, 1901 census

Elizabeth (Mudd) Read

Birth: 1867, in Elmsett, Suffolk, England

Baptised: 25 August 1867, in Elmsett, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married: Robert Read in 1892 in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Children:

Ettie Pearl Read (1896 - ? )
Frederick Stanley Read (1899 - ? )

Census:
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Mill Hill, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1891: Hadleigh Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1901: Onehouse, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1867 vol 4a p478); exact place from 1881 census
Baptism: IGI baptism extracts Batch C062941
Marriage: England Marriage Index (4Q1892 vol 4a p1486)

Emma (Mudd) Sawyer

Birth: 1863, in Wattisham, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married: Albert Sawyer in 1885 in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Children:

Adelaide Sawyer (1885 - ? )
Florence Sawyer (1887 - 1899)
Laura Sawyer (1889 - ? )
William Albert Sawyer (1891 - ? )
Reginald Frank Sawyer (1895 - ? )

Occupation: Dressmaker (1881)

Census:
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Bury Sreet, Stowmarket, Suffolk
1891: Brettenham Road, Buxhall, Suffolk
1901: Buxhall, Suffolk. Buxhall Sawyer Emma H Wid 37 SFK Wattisham

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1863 vol 4a p466); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1885 vol 4a p695)
Occupation: 1881 census

Kate (Mudd) Godbold

in the 1861 census, Kate is listed as "Charlotte Kate" but all other census records as well as her birth and marriage records, list her name simply as Kate.

Birth: 1860, in Wattisham, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married: Herbert Godbold in 1880 in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Children:

James Robert Godbold (1881 - 1925)
Herbert William Godbold (1882 - 1957)
Harry George Godbold (1883 - ? )
Lilly May Godbold (1885 - ? )
Percy Walter Godbold (1886 - ? )
Frank Charles Godbold (1888 - 1940)
Ernest Stanley Godbold (1889 - 1969)
Florence Kate Godbold (1891 - ? )
Charles Frederick Godbold (1892 - 1983)
Gertrude Gladys Godbold (1894 - 1894)
Gladys Gertrude Godbold (1894 - 1949)
Edward Victor Godbold (1901 - 1959)

Census:
1861: Bildiston Road, Wattisham, Suffolk
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Bury Sreet, Stowmarket, Suffolk
1891: Bury Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk
1901: Stowupland Street, Stowmarket, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1860 vol 4a p449); exact place from 1861, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (3Q1880 vol 4a p857)

Laura (Mudd) Ranson

Birth: 1865, in Wattisham, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married: Arthur John Ranson in 1886 in Cosford district, Suffolk, England

Children:

Occupation: Schoolmistress (1891); Assistant School Teacher (1901)

Census:
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Mill Hill, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1891: Albert Street, Crondall, Hampshire
1901: All Saints & St Nicholas School, South Elmham, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1865 vol 4a p420); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1886 vol 4a p679)
Occupation: 1891, 1901 census

Louisa Jane (Mudd) Fayers

Birth: 1855, in Wattisham, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married: George Arthur Fayers in 1877 in Stow district, Suffolk, England

Children:

Nettie Louise Fayers (1879 - ? )
Bessie Maud Fayers (1880 - ? )
George Chase Fayers (1884 - ? )
Alan Beckford Fayers (1889 - ? )
Eileen Pearl Fayers (1893 - ? )

Census:
1861: Bildiston Road, Wattisham, Suffolk
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Pot Ash Farm, Stanton, Suffolk
1891: Hindle Farm, Thelnetham, Suffolk
1901: Hannell's Farm, Newton, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (2Q1855 vol 4a p394); exact place from 1861, 1881 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1877 vol 4a p627)

Martha Susannah Ophelia (Mudd) Brook

Birth: 1852, in Combs, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married: Robert Brook in 1871 in Cosford district, Suffolk, England.

Children:

Robert Charles Brook (1871 - ? )
Philip Brook (1874 - ? )

Census:
1861: Bildiston Road, Wattisham, Suffolk
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (4Q1852 vol 4a p435); exact place from 1861 census
Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1871 vol 4a p515)

Thomas W. Mudd

Birth: 1871, in Elmsett, Suffolk, England

Baptised: 4 June 1871, in Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Occupation: Agricultural labourer (1891); Farmer's Son (1901)

Census:
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Mill Hill, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1891: Hadleigh Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1901: Farm House, Hadleigh Road, Great Finborough, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1871 vol 4a p495); exact place from 1871, 1881 census
Baptism: IGI Bishop's Transcripts Batch C132161
Occupation: 1891, 1901 census

William Mudd

Birth: 1831/2, in Earl Stonham, Suffolk, England

Father: Thomas Mudd, a farmer. This is possibly the same Thomas Mudd who was father of Emma Mudd who married Martha Baker's cousin, Daniel Charles Baker, in Woolpit in 1862.

Married: Martha Eliza Baker on 6 August 1852, in Combs, Suffolk. The marriage was witnessed by Edmd Baker and Eleanor Susannah Mudd. William is recorded as a bachelor of full age, a farmer of Ringshall, the son of Thomas Mudd, a farmer. Eliza is recorded as a spinster, of full age, of Combs, the daughter of Edmund Baker, a farmer.

Children:

Martha Susannah Ophelia Mudd (1852 - ? )
Louisa Jane Mudd (1855 - ? )
William Thomas Mudd (1857 - ? )
Kate Mudd (1860 - ? )
Emma Mudd (1863 - ? )
Laura Mudd (1865 - ? )
Elizabeth Mudd (1867 - ? )
Edith Sarah Mudd (1868 - ? )
Thomas W. Mudd (1871 - ? )

Occupation: Farmer. In 1861 William is listed as farming 55 acres in Wattisham. By 1871 he is farming 85 acres in Elmsett and in 1881 he is farming 185 acres in Great Finborough.

Death: 1889, in Stow district, Suffolk, England, aged 56

Census:
1861: Bildiston Road, Wattisham, Suffolk
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Mill Hill, Great Finborough, Suffolk

Sources:

Birth: 1861, 1871, 1881 census
Marriage: John Nichols; England Marriage Index (3Q1852 vol 4a p665)
Occupation: 1881 census
Death: England Death Index (1Q1889 vol 4a p415)

William Thomas Mudd

Birth: 1857, in Wattisham, Suffolk, England

Father: William Mudd

Mother: Martha Eliza (Baker) Mudd

Married (1st): Ann Charlotte Parkington in 1883 in Thingoe district, Suffolk, England. Ann died in 1885, in Thingoe district, Suffolk, aged 21.

Married (2nd): Minnie Pamplin in 1887, in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire, England. Minnie was born in 1860 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

Children:

Edith Hilda Mudd (1890 - ? )

Occupation: Farm Bailiff. A bailiff was "an overseer or under-steward on an estate appointed to direct husbandry operations, collect rents, etc."

Census:
1861: Bildiston Road, Wattisham, Suffolk
1871: Red House, Elmsett, Suffolk
1881: Mill Hill, Great Finborough, Suffolk
1891: Barley Road, Great Chishill, Essex
1901: High Street, Knapwell, Cambridgeshire

Sources:

Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1857 vol 4a p393); exact place from 1861, 1881 census
Marriage (1st): England Marriage Index (3Q1883 vol 4a p891). Ann's death from England Death Index (4Q1885 vol 4a p391)
Marriage (2nd): England Marriage Index (2Q1887 vol 3b p798). Minnie's birth from England Birth Index (2Q1860 vol 3b p482) and 1891, 1901 census.
Occupation: 1891, 1901 census

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