Notes for Thomas East:
Maids Moreton Parish Registers (Christening):
3-11-1816 East, Thomas, s. of Richard & Maria, Labourer.
Notes for Martha Coleman:
Blakesley Parish Registers (Christening):
20-5-1821 Martha, Colman d. Jeremiah & Sarah, Woodend, Labourer.
Thomas East & Martha Coleman:
(Marriage Certificate): 18-10-1838, Bradden, Towcester R.D.
Thomas East, ofa, b, Farming, Maids Moreton, Bucks., s. Richard East, Labourer.
Martha Coalman, 18, sp, Servant, Maids Moreton, Bucks, d. Jeremiah Coalman, Labourer.
wit: Thomas Coalman, Edward Fletcher.
- Zilphah East
- Baptism: 20 Jan 1839, Maids Moreton, “d. Thomas & Martha, Maids Moreton, Labourer”.
- Buried: 3 Apr 1842, Maids Moreton, “Zilphah East, infant”.
(1841) Address: Maids Moreton, Bucks. East |Thomas |25 |Ag-lab |Y |Martha |21 | |Y.
- Lucy East
- Baptism: 12 Dec 1841, Maids Moreton.
- Buried: 16 Feb 1847, “Lucy East, aged 5.”
- George Jeremiah East
- Baptism: 12 Jun 1845, Maids Moreton.
- Buried: 15 Jun 1845, Maids Moreton, “George Jeremiah East, aged 1m.”
(1851) Address: Akeley Road, Maids Moreton, Bucks. East |Thomas |Head |Mar |34 |Ag. lab. |Maids Moreton, Bucks. |Martha |Wife |Mar |30 | |Wooding Green, Northamp.
- Elizabeth East
- Baptism: 18 Jan 1852, Maids Moreton.
- Married: Francis Beckett, 19 May 1870, Elsfield.
- Died: after 1911.
- Tom George East
- Born: 28 Dec 1854/5 (from Sarah Sophia & Tom George’s Family Bible).
- Baptised: 20 Jan 1859, Tingewick, “s. Thomas & Martha, Tingewick, Labourer”.
- Married: Sarah Sophia Basson, 19 Sep 1876, Elsfield.
- Died: 28 Jan 1884, Royal Southern Hospital, Liverpool, aged 29.
- Jane Maria East
- Born: 12 days before the Census!
- Baptism: 4 Aug 1861, Tingewick.
- Married: Edwin Downing, 21 Apr 1881, Elsfield.
- Died: between 1891-1901.
(1861) Address: Tingewick, Bucks. East |Thomas |Head |Mar |43 |Ag-lab |Maids Moreton, Bucks. |Martha |Wife |Mar |40 | |Woodend, Northampton. |Elizabeth |Daur | |9 |Scholar |Maids Moreton, Bucks. |Thomas G. |Son | |5 |Scholar |Tingewick, Bucks. |Jane M. |Daur | |12d| |".
Not sure what prompted the move to Elsfield, but whilst there, Elizabeth and Tom George got married.
(1871) Address: Oxford Rd, Elsfield, Oxon. East |Thomas |Head |Mar |53 |Ag Labourer |Maids Moreton, Bucks. |Martha |Wife |Mar |50 | |Woodend, Northampton. |Tom George |Son | |15 |Labourer |Tingewick, Bucks. |Jane M |Daur | |10 |Scholar |Tingewick, Bucks.
… and then they moved back.
(1881) Address: 21 Duck Lake, Maids Moreton, Bucks. East |Thomas |Head |Mar |64 |Farm Labourer |Maids Morton, Bucks. |Martha |Wife |Mar |61 | |Woodend, Northamptonshire. |Jane M. |Daur | |20 |Dressmaker |Tingewick, Bucks.
The 1881 Census was taken on the 3rd of April, on the 21st, Jane married Edwin Downing in Elsfield.
(1891) Address: Duck Lane, Maids Moreton, Bucks. East |Thomas |Head |Mar |75 |Ag Labourer |Maids Moreton, Bucks. |Martha |Wife |Mar |72 | |Wood-End, Bucks. King |Fanny |Lodger |S |17 |General Servant |Maids Moreton, Bucks. |Clara |Lodger |S |15 |" |".
(GRO Death): Mar 1899,
Martha East, 79, Buckingham 3a 522.
Headington Quarry Parish Registers (Burial):
12-12-1899 Thomas East, 82yrs, Windmill Road.
Note: Thomas’s daughter Elizabeth was living in Headington in 1901.