John Ginn of Farnham d. 1860

John Ginn was a Labourer and son of William in my post of  19th January 2014 .  He always lived in Farnham, and in 1837 the Overseer’s Book notes that an illegitimacy order was made against him in regard to a child.  No further details are given (save that he contributed over £1 to its upkeep).

                                     Farnham Church in 1856

He married Amy Emma Turner at Farnham in 1842.  Amy came from Bishops Stortford.

In 1851 the family (John, Amy and Henry and Edward) were living at Farnham Green.  Their house was shared with Timothy, John’s brother who emigrated to Australia shortly afterwards.

Like the majority of his brothers, John was not one to avoid trouble and there are one or two references to him in the Quarter Sessions records.  The family were often on poor relief.

John Ginn died in 1860; he was 53 and his death was registered under the name of Gin.  Amy Emma remarried in 1861.  In the 1861 Census she was living with Henry and Edward in Bishops Stortford and was a Charwoman. 

Their children

Cornelius and George - two Georges and Cornelius died infancy

Henry - married Mary Bayford at Bishops Stortford in  1863.  Henry was a Carpenter. Henry died 1912 and Mary in 1917.  They had no less than ten children, including four sons - John (a Coachman)  William (who later used the surname Genn) Alfred (a House Painter) and David Cornelius (a soldier)  All married.  David Cornelius was a Sergeant in the 15th Hussars and died in South Africa in 1910

                       

                        

                                                       Cabinet card - Sgt 15th Hussars 1890s

Edward - married Ellen Prior at Farnham in 1868.  I know very little about the couple.  They had for children including three sons, Edward Prior, Cornelius and Alfred Timothy.   Edward died between 1874 and 1880, but I have never found a burial entry.  His widow remarried Ted's first cousin James Ginn  (son of George - see next post) and the whole family eventually moved to the Southend area