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CommentsJane Washer born 1833 Berrow
published by - 11 years 2 months 12 days ago. | | | Hi from NZ
I am putting together a Washer family book - It would be great if you could provide a few words on what happened to Jane Washer? - I understand she married a Mr Cook and had a 4 children locally as outlined below? Most of the family who lived at Marsh Farm, Berrow and a servant went to NZ abt 1876. They named their NZ house and NZ farms "Brent Knoll" which after 138 yrs in NZ we now know where this comes from...
Have you ever heard of a local "Birkenwood"? or maybe pronounced Burtonwood? as this place name below has eluded me
FYI: Copied below is the Berrow to NZ direct line history which included our shared GGG Grandfather
9. GEORGE WASHER (Berrow, UK) abt 1700-17
Born: abt 1700 in England.
Family: George's brother was Richard Washer "Chudliyh Cleric us" Vicar of Hemisk who married Alice Champneys at Topsam in Devon 1708.
Married: To Joan Washer (Nee Drake - Please refer to Sir Francis Drakes brother (life long sailing partner) commentary above).
Died: Living 1700's.
Notes:
• Owned 13 acres of land at Berrow, Somerset.
• (Greatx7 Grandfather of Laura)
JOHN WASHER (Birkenwood) 1720-1799
Born: 1720 in Bircham Wood, near Newland village near Crowcombe England.
Family: John the eldest inherited the Bircham Wood farm and James Washer became a Farrier in Berrow (below)
Married: To Priscilla Washer (Nee unknown).
Died: 1799.
Notes:
• Yeoman (farmer and land owner) in Bircham Wood.
• (Greatx6 Grandfather of Laura Washer).
13. JAMES WASHER (Berrow, Somerset) 1769-1855
Born: 1769 in Crowcombe Somerset.
Family: Had ten children (5 boys and girls).
Married: To Elizabeth (aka Betty) Washer (Nee Hawkinas) 1769-1844.
Died: 1855 buried in Berrow, Somerset UK.
Notes:
• James was a Farrier (Blacksmith) in Berrow. He was the second eldest son and the Bircham Wood farm went to his older brother John Washer (born 1763 - died 18 Oct 1833) who first married Anne (3 children: William 1790, Chas 1792, James 1794 to 1826). John Washers 2nd wife Mary Hewitt (1 child: John Washer 30th Oct 1796 married Sarah who died in Berrow 1870).
• Greatx5 Grandfather of Laura.
• THE EIGHT CHILDREN OF JAMES & BETTY WASHER ARE LISTED BELOW:
• 1) John Washer (born 1794) went to the USA.
• 2) George Washer (born 1798) is the father of Benjamin Washer in Otago, NZ. George moved to Winscombe, Somerset. George's son Benjamin (born 1837, Winscombe, Somerset) went to Australia and then Port Otago, NZ in 1862 for gold - Ben's obituary 1904 (Died Dunedin) is below.
• 3) Ann WASHER (born 1802) married James ASHLEY (A stone mason). Anne was born . abt. 1802 in Berrow, Somerset, England Father: James Washer Mother: Betty Clothier. Ann was married: 20 Dec 1828, in St. Michael's Church, Bristol, England. Died. 5 Jan 1877 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Buried. 9 Jan 1877 (Wrington Parish register) - Wrington is a small village c.20km north west of Berrow in Somerset Wrington, Somerset, England.
• Notes: 1841 Census, Wrington:- James Ashley , 35 , Mason , Wrington Ann (nee Washer), 40 , Wife, Jane , 12 , Daughter , Warington Edward , 10 , Son , " Elizabeth , 8 , Daughter , " Thomas , 6 , Son , " Fred , 4 , Son , " Ruscombe , 2 , Son ,".
• 1851:- Census, Wrington: James Ashley, 46 , Mason, Ann (nee Washer), 49 , Straw bonnet maker, Jane , 22 , Shoe binder Elizabeth , 18 , Shoe binder, Fred , 13 , Son Ruscombe , 11 , Son, Sophia , 9 , Daughter, Emma , 5 , Daughter.
• 1861:- Census, Wrington: James , 57 , Master Stone Mason, Ann (nee Washer) , 59 , Wife, Ellen Tudor (son's wife's child) Orphan , age 7 . Scholar , born Coate , Wiltshire
• 1871:- - Census, Wrington: Wrington is a small village c.20km north west of Berrow in Somerset, James , Married , Head , 67 , Retired Stone Mason, Ann (nee Washer), 69 , Wife, Emma White , ( grand-daughter ) , under , 15 , Gen. Dom. Servant , B. Aberdare
Arthur . E . Ashley , grandson , 7 , scholar , B. Bristol, Walter . J . Ashley , grandson , 5 , scholar , B. Bristol.
• James Ashley first appears in the tax records for Wrington in 1825 , the year after his father's death , owning and occupying a property for which he was paying the sum of - 5- 7 1/2 in taxes. Whether this is his father's old property. In 1826 and 1827 , this property is described as houses and garden and he paid - 4 6 that year in tax.
• From 1828-1831 James Ashley owns the same property but it is occupied by a Jenkins and others . Jenkins could possibly be an uncle or cousin , as there was a John Jenkins in town , at this time , who owned a small property. In 1832 James is back owning and occupying his property for which he still paid - 4 6 , in taxes.
• 4) William Washer 1794.
• 5) the late Charles Washer 1799 - Direct ancestry line - lived at Marsh Farm Berrow
• 6) James Washer 1805, James is the father of Edwin Washer who was in Whangarei in 1880 (Married to Emily) and Parnell Auckland, NZ in the 1881 census.
• 7) Sophia Washer 1808.
• 8) Charlotte - Recorded as born 14 Mar 1818 WASHER, Charlotte, d.o. James & Elizabeth, Berrow, Blacksmith.
15. CHARLES WASHER (Marsh Farm, Berrow, Somerset) 1799-1866
Born: 1799.
Family: Five brothers and three sisters all born in Berrow (see above).
Married: To Elizabeth Washer (Nee Hawkinas).
Died: 1866 buried in Somerset. Marsh-Farm is at 60 Barton Road Berrow.
Notes:
• Born at Marsh-farm Berrow, Somerset County, England in 1799, and his wife in 1809. They were married about the year 1829 and the death of Charles occurred in 1866, two years after that of his wife. They never left Berrow.
• The local paper the Bristol Mercury Bristol, England, 4th Apr 1874, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries - Married "Gabriel Palmer, of ,layliold-houss, Ltighbridge, auctioneer and estate agent, married. to Priscilis, third dautghter of the late Mr. Charlee Washer, n . of Marsh-farm, Berrow".
• Greatx4 Grandfather of Laura.
• THE ELEVEN CHILDREN OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH ARE LISTED BELOW:
• 1) Jane Washer (born 1833 - the eldest) married into the Cook family. She had two boys and two girls. One Emma Jane Sherrin lived at Swansea and the other at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Jane married John Cook in 1861 and had 4 children - 1. George Cook 1862, married Eleanor Saunders Durston and had 7 children. 2. Elizabeth Esther 1864, married John Raines and had 2 children. 3. Edward 1867 married Ada Gould and had 3 children. 4. Emma Jane 1874 married LLewellyn Vaughan Sherrin and had 4 children. Jane's ancestors still live in Somerset.
• 2) Elizabeth Washer (born 1835) married a William Gilling and settled at Auckland NZ. She received £60 from George Washer's estate. Her daughter got £92 from Priscilla Washer's estate in 1923. Herbert, George and Bessie her children got £108 from Edward Washer's estate.
• 3) George Washer (born 1836), Eldest son stayed in Berrow and died a bachelor. Being the oldest boy, George inherited Marsh Farm, though there is no trace of him in the 1881 census.
• 4) Edward Washer (born 1838), 2nd eldest son - Edward Washer luckily married Ellen TALBOT and worked her father's farm - the largest in the village. They lived on "Ham Farm" possibly on Ham Road 3.3 miles inland from Berrow near Brent Knoll (see above). He was married but had no children. In 1918/19 during the war (aged 80) Edward sent a letter to his four Washer siblings who went to NZ asking them to please return to Brent Knoll to keep the Washer family name alive in Berrow. Edward said he would make it worth their while to return to Brent Knoll but none of the four NZ Washers took up the offer. Edythe Washer in a typed letter said Edward owned a nice house in Brent Knoll village.
• 5) Priscilla Washer 1839 (5th eldest) married a widower (Gabriel Palmer) who already had son John Palmer and daughter named Sarah Palmer. Charles Washer her brother (# 6 below direct line) who immigrated to Mangere, NZ married this Sarah Palmer his non blood relative. Charles then travelled to NZ in 1876 aged 32 with his wife Sarah (nee Palmer) and their 4 eldest children.
• 6) Charles Washer 1844 - 1932 direct ancestry line and wife Sarah (nee Palmer) left for New Zealand in 1876 on the clipper ship "Dunbritton" (See below). They had 5 sons and 3 daughters all who lived in Taranaki.
• 7) William Washer 1841 3rd eldest son born 1841-1926 (established the Waikato /Horotiu Washer's (see section below). Arrived in Auckland on 31 Jan 1870 on the ship “City of Auckland' and lived at Horotiu (near Hamilton) until 1926. The late William Washer was married to Jane Clow in Papatoetoe in 1871. They lived in Papatoeoe and Horotiu and had 11 children. The Horotiu Washers' owned the farm land on which the Horotiu AFFCO Meatwork's now sits until 1915 when they sold part of it and kept two corner blocks. The Horotiu/Te Puke Washer's eldest son went to Gallipoli.
• 8) James Washer 1846 left Berrow for Cardiff, UK 20km away across Bristol Channel. He had one daughter (Mrs Millie Tiplin) who then had two sons (Jack and Gilbert) and they all lived at Cardiff.
• 9) Sophia Washer 1848 - married into the Hodges and lived at Brent Knoll, Somerset and had 6 children. Sophia and two of the children (Frank and Ada) both drowned in the English Channel. One of her other children married but had no children. Gertrude had three girls. Nellie and Anne lived at Brent Knoll and Annie was blind. remained in Brent Knoll, Somerset. Sophia Washer was drowned while crossing the English channel.
• 10) Alfred Washer born 1851 and arrived at Port Otago, NZ on the ship "Undaunted" in 1869. He moved to Opotiki and then established the Tauranga Washers' who later owned the GM car dealership in Tauranga in the 1950's. Alfred had seven children: George, Alfred, Fred, Victor, Harold, Charlie and Ethal. Dennis Washer is the grandson of George, son of Alfred Washer born 1851. I.e. Alfred Washer- George Lemon senior - George Lemon junior - Dennis. It was George senior who settled in Whakatane in 1929. There was a very popular pie cart on Shortland Street in central Auckland in the 1950's. This pie cart, known as the White Lady, was set up in the 1950s by George senior's son Bryan Alfred and still operates today (2014) under the ownership of Bryan's son Peter.
• 11) John Washer 1855 - the youngest went to Bangor Township near Bay City, Michigan. USA in 1872. His children were Charles and Myrtle and then by another marriage had a son Edward C. Washer. ARTICLE: Among the American citizens of English birth and parentage who have helped to make Bay County USA prosperous and progressive, we find Mr. Washer, who lives on section 8, Bangor Township. His parents, Charles and Elizabeth Washer (John parents), were born at Marsh-farm Berrow, Somerset County, England, the former in 1799, and the latter in 1809. They were married about the year 1829 and the death of the father occurred in 1866, two years after that of his wife. John's parents never left their native home. John was born February 16, 1855 at Berrow, Somerset County, England and when seventeen years old came to this country, reaching American April 18, 1872. He worked for E. B. Dennison for four or five years and made his home on a farm in Kawkawlin Township for several years. He had a farm of ten acres which he had under good cultivation. His marriage which occurred November 17, 1880 united him with Ada D, daughter of Freeman Curtiss a resident of West Bay City. They had two children, Charles F., who was born October 23, 1881, and Myrta Elizabeth who came to them September 21, 1883. For three years he has been Supervisor of the township, and for three years prior to that time he was Township Clerk. Socially he belonged to the Independent Order of Foresters.
17. CHARLES WASHER (Marsh Farm/Auckland/Inaha) 1844-1932
Born: 1844 (Greatx3 Grandfather of Laura)
Family: Charles Washer (4th youngest) had six brothers and three sisters all born in Berrow UK. He immigrated to NZ in 1876 on the Dunbritton aged 32 with his wife Sarah and 4 eldest children.
Married: Charles married Sarah Washer (Nee Palmer) below. Had eight children
Died: Charles died in 1932 and is buried in Hawera.
Notes:
• Departed London on 6th May 1876 on the Dunbritton (see below). Charles would have had Sarah and four of their children marked in bold below with them on the ship from England (3 months voyage): Ernest Alfred 1870, William Gabriel 1871, Minnie Palmer 1872, Albert Edgar 1874, Caroline Harding 1877, Charles Henry (known as Harry) 1878, Elsie Maud 1881, Sidney Victor 1888 and William.
• The cost of a fare from London to NZ one way was c.£30/family - equivalent to £25,190/family 138 years later at a 5% discount rate.
• Farmed near Little Black Bridge, Auckland and provided milk to the Mangere Dairy Factory near the Auckland Airport for 18 years.
• C Washer is noted as the winner of the heaviest dozen duck eggs of 31lbs at the local Mangere Produce Fair in the Auckland Star paper, Volume XXII, Issue 264, 6 November 1891, Page 3.
• A fifteen-acre cemetery reserve is established at Mangere. On 24 October 1890 trustees are appointed to manage this, the Mangere Public Cemetery. These include some well-known Mangere names: James Robertson (then chairman of the Mangere Road Board), Mathew Middlewood Kirkbride, Joseph Ambury, Charles Washer, and William Ferguson Massey. The cemetery is opened on 1st September 1893.
• The Washers all came to New Plymouth in 1894 on the SS Gairlock departing from Onehunga Wharf (see newspaper article below). They took numerous horses and 80 head of cattle on the steamer.
• Charles Washer swam his cattle to shore off New Plymouth but one started to swim to Australia so he had to jump in the water to turn it around. He then had pneumonia (probably from the cold water) but still walked the cattle and horses 83km to Inaha Manaia over the next week.
• Leased a 158 acre dairy farm from The McCracken Bros at Inaha, called "Langside Farm" which his son Sydney Victor Washer later brought freehold.
18. SYDNEY VICTOR WASHER (Hawera) 1888-1971
Born: 1888 - Great Great Grandfather of Laura
Married: To Edythe Washer (nee Barleyman)
Family: Charles Gordon 1918, Sydney Jack 1919 (died of leukemia at 16), James Victor 1921 (Jim), Edward Palmer 1923 (Ted), Alfred Saxon 1925, (died in infancy)
Died 10/05/71 Hawera
Notes
• Brought a 158 acre dairy farm at Inaha Mania called "Langside" (this is the farm his dad Charles leased) off the McCracken Brothers for £100 per acre (vendor financed) which was the highest land price paid in Taranaki at the time. During the Great Depression the McCracken Brothers allowed Sydney to "pay what he could".
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Charles Gee JONES & The Shipwrecked Fishermen
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Jane Washer
published by - 11 years 2 months 20 days ago. | | | Hi Richard James Wallis,
We have ancestors in common. I am working off a handed down 130 year old family tree diagram which looks accurate - just the one place name seems to incorrect for Bircham Wood. In particular I'm interested in the first Washers in Berrow (George and Joan Washer 1700 below) Do you have any further information on the following which are also your ancestors?:
5. JOHN WASHER (Over Stowey, Somerset ) abt 1580
Born: About 1580 - (9x Great Grand Father of Laura Washer).
Married: 30th Oct 1617 in Over Stowey.
Died: unknown.
Notes:
• Yeoman (land owner - farmer) of Over Stowey, Somerset.
6. ANNE WASHER Nee Leaves (Over Stowey, Somerset ) abt 1580
Born: TBC - (9x Great Grand Mother of Laura Washer).
Married: 30th Oct 1617 at Over Stowey, Somerset..
Died: 1600's - Married to John Washer above.
8. JOHN WASHER (Over Stowey or Berrow?) 1672
Born: Living 1672 location unknown (Parents lived at Over Stowey and son lived a Berrow)
Family: Son George
Married: Priscilla
Died: 1700's buried UK
Notes: (Great x8 Grandfather of Laura)
LOCAL EVENTS AT THAT TIME - The English Civil War (1645 to 1651),
9. GEORGE WASHER (Berrow, UK) abt 1700-17
Born: abt 1700 in England.
Family: George's brother was Richard Washer "Chudliyh Cleric us" Vicar of Hemisk who married Alice Champneys at Topsam in Devon 1708.
Married: To Joan Washer (Nee Drake - Please refer to Thomas Drake commentary above).
Died: Living 1700's.
Notes:
• Owned 13 acres of land at Berrow, Somerset.
• (Greatx7 Grandfather of Laura)
10. JOAN WASHER nee Drake (UK) abt 1700's-1730's
Born: abt 1700
Family: Joan Drake's mother was Katherine Stone (married 1698)
Married: Joan was married to George Washer in the early 1700's (above) who owned 13 acres at Berrow.
Died: TBC
Notes:
• Greatx7 Grandmother of Laura
• 5th Generation daughter of Sir Francis Drake's brother and lifelong sailing partner (Thomas). Sir Francis Drake had no children.
• Joan had five siblings
• Joan Drake's 2 brothers were scalped by Indians in North Carolina in 1733 - See red font below.
• Farway Devon (where her father lived) is 32km south from Over Storey where George Washer was brought up. Georges brother Richard was Vicker of Hemisk.
• Bamfield Drake (her father) served as Rector of Farway in Devon and was married twice. Bampfylde also referred to as "Bamfield Drake" a clerk in the Holy orders. The Reverend Bamfylde Drake of Buckland Devon, matriculated March 18, 1688-89 Exeter College, Oxford and received his BA on March 24, 1693/94. He was Rector of Treboro, Somerset, 1696 and of Farway, Devon (Foster "Alumni Oxoniesis," 1891) His will was proved 07-09-1729. the Exeter ordination register shows that he was ordained priest on January 19, 1695/96 and that he was admitted to the rectory of Farway on May 2, 1700. Reverend Bampfield Drake was the Rector of Farway, Devonshire.
Sir Francis Drake's brother and lifelong sailing partner was Thomas Drake - Edmund below was one of his sons and the 5th generation included Joan Drake who married George Washer in the early 1700's.
11. JOHN WASHER (Bircham Wood) 1720-1799
Born: 1720 in Bircham Wood, very near New Newland village, near Crowcombe Village, Somerset England. This is about 4 miles from Over Stowey Village.
Family: Two known sons John and James Washer.
Married: To Priscilla Washer (Nee unknown).
Died: 1799.
Notes:
• Yeoman (farmer and land owner) in Bircham Wood. The family farm was handed to John's eldest son John (indirect line) and James Washer the 2nd eldest (direct line - see below) was a Farrier in Berrow.
• The Bircham Wood Farm went to Jame's older brother John Washer (born 1763 - died 18 Oct 1833) who first married Anne (Children: William 1790, Chas 1792, James 1794 to 1826). John Washers 2nd wife Mary Hewitt (Children: John Washer 30th Oct 1796 married Sarah who died in Berrow 1870).
• (Greatx6 Grandfather of Laura Washer).
12. PRISCILLA WASHER nee Gridley (Bircham Wood, Newland Village ) abt 1729-1793
Born: 1729
Family: Unknown.
Married: To John Washer in 1756 - see above.
Died: 1793.
Notes: (Greatx6 Grandmother of Laura Washer). There is a marriage of a John WASHER to a Priscilla GRIDLEY in Crowcombe in 1757. Transcriptions of Crowcombe Parish registers can be seen on the web page of West Somerset Parishes which is maintained by Martin Southwood. Click on Parish Register Transcriptions and then scroll down until you reach Crowcombe.
13. JAMES WASHER (Berrow, Somerset) 1769-1855
Born: 1769 in Crowcombe Somerset.
Family: Had ten children (5 boys and girls).
Married: To Elizabeth (aka Betty) Washer (Nee Hawkinas).
Died: 1855 buried in Berrow, Somerset UK.
Notes:
• James was a Farrier in Berrow. He was the second eldest son and the Birkenwood Farm went to his older brother John Washer (born 1763 - died 18 Oct 1833) who first married Anne (3 children: William 1790, Chas 1792, James 1794 to 1826). John Washers 2nd wife Mary Hewitt (1 child: John Washer 30th Oct 1796 married Sarah who died in Berrow 1870).
• Greatx5 Grandfather of Laura.
• THE EIGHT CHILDREN OF JAMES & BETTY WASHER ARE LISTED BELOW:
• 1) John Washer (born 1794) went to the USA.
• 2) George Washer (born 1798) is the father of Ben Washer in Dunedin
• 3) Ann WASHER (born 1802) married James ASHLEY (A mason). Anne was born . abt. 1802 in Berrow, Somerset, England Father: James Washer Mother: Betty Clothier. Ann was married: 20 Dec 1828, in St. Michael's Church, Bristol, England. Died. 5 Jan 1877 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Buried. 9 Jan 1877 (Wrington Parish register) - Wrington is a small village c.20km north west of Berrow in Somerset Wrington, Somerset, England.
• Notes: 1841 Census, Wrington:- James Ashley , 35 , Mason , Wrington Ann (nee Washer), 40 , Wife, Jane , 12 , Daughter , Warington Edward , 10 , Son , " Elizabeth , 8 , Daughter , " Thomas , 6 , Son , " Fred , 4 , Son , " Ruscombe , 2 , Son ,".
• 1851:- Census, Wrington: James Ashley, 46 , Mason, Ann (nee Washer), 49 , Straw bonnet maker, Jane , 22 , Shoe binder Elizabeth , 18 , Shoe binder, Fred , 13 , Son Ruscombe , 11 , Son, Sophia , 9 , Daughter, Emma , 5 , Daughter.
• 1861:- Census, Wrington: James , 57 , Master Stone Mason, Ann (nee Washer) , 59 , Wife, Ellen Tudor (son's wife's child) Orphan , age 7 . Scholar , born Coate , Wiltshire
• 1871:- - Census, Wrington: Wrington is a small village c.20km north west of Berrow in Somerset, James , Married , Head , 67 , Retired Stone Mason, Ann (nee Washer), 69 , Wife, Emma White , ( grand-daughter ) , under , 15 , Gen. Dom. Servant , B. Aberdare
Arthur . E . Ashley , grandson , 7 , scholar , B. Bristol, Walter . J . Ashley , grandson , 5 , scholar , B. Bristol.
• James Ashley first appears in the tax records for Wrington in 1825 , the year after his father's death , owning and occupying a property for which he was paying the sum of - 5- 7 1/2 in taxes. Whether this is his father's old property. In 1826 and 1827 , this property is described as houses and garden and he paid - 4 6 that year in tax.
• From 1828-1831 James Ashley owns the same property but it is occupied by a Jenkins and others . Jenkins could possibly be an uncle or cousin , as there was a John Jenkins in town , at this time , who owned a small property. In 1832 James is back owning and occupying his property for which he still paid - 4 6 , in taxes.
• 4) William Washer 1794.
• 5) Charles Washer 1799 - Direct line.
• 6) James Washer 1805, immigrated to Auckland. James is the father of Edwin Washer in Auckland, NZ.
• 7) Sophia Washer 1808.
• 8) Charlotte 1818.
14. BETTY WASHER nee Clothier (Berrow, Somerset) abt 1769-1884
Born: 1769 in Berrow, UK.
Family: Had nine children (above).
Married: To James Washer (above).
Died: 1844 buried in Somerset.
Notes:
• See James Washer above.
• Greatx5 Grandmother of Laura Washer.
15. CHARLES WASHER (Marsh Farm, Berrow, Somerset) 1799-1866
Born: 1799.
Family: Five brothers and three sisters all born in Berrow (see above).
Married: To Elizabeth Washer (Nee Hawkinas).
Died: 1866 buried in Somerset. Marsh-Farm is at 60 Barton Road Berrow.
Notes:
• The local paper the Bristol Mercury Bristol, England, 4th Apr 1874, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries - Married "Gabriel Palmer, of ,layliold-houss, Ltighbridge, auctioneer and estate agent, married. to Priscilis, third dautghter of the late Mr. Charlee Washer, n . of Marsh-farm, Berrow".
• Greatx4 Grandfather of Laura.
• THE ELEVEN CHILDREN OF CHARLES & ELIZABETH ARE LISTED BELOW:
• 1) Jane Washer (born 1833) (the eldest) may have married into the Cook family. She had two boys and two girls. One Emilie Sherrin lived at Swansea and the other at Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. married John Cook in 1861 and had 4 children - 1. George Cook 1862, married Eleanor Saunders Durston and had 7 children. 2. Elizabeth Esther 1864, married John Raines and had 2 children. 3. Edward 1867 married Ada Gould and had 3 children. 4. Emma Jane 1874 married LLewellyn Vaughan Sherrin and had 4 children.
• 2) Elizabeth Washer (born 1835) married a Gilling and settled at Auckland NZ. She received £60 from George Washer's estate. Her daughter got £92 from Priscilla Washer's estate in 1923. Herbert, George and Bessie her children got £108 from Edward Washer's estate.
• 3) George Washer (born 1836), Eldest son stayed in Berrow and died a bachelor. The oldest boy George inherited Marsh Farm, though there is no trace of him in the 1881 census;
• 4) Edward Washer (born 1838), 2nd eldest son - Edward Washer luckily married Ellen TALBOT and worked her father's farm - the largest in the village. They lived on "Ham Farm" possibly on Ham Road at 3.3 miles inland from Berrow near Brent Knoll (see above). He was married but had no children. In 1918/19 during the war (aged 80) Edward sent a letter to his four Washer siblings who went to NZ asking them to please return to Brent Knoll to keep the Washer family name alive in Berrow. Edward said he would make it worth their while to return to Brent Knoll but none of the four NZ Washers took up the offer. Edythe Washer in a typed letter said Edward owned a nice house in Brent Knoll village.
• 5) Priscilla Washer 1839 (5th eldest) married a widower (Palmer) who already had son John Palmer and daughter named Sarah Palmer. Charles Washer her brother (#6 below direct line) who immigrated to Mangere, NZ married this Sarah Palmer his non blood relative. Charles then travelled to NZ in 1876 aged 32 with his wife Sarah (nee Palmer) and their 4 eldest children
• 6) Charles Washer 1844 - Direct line and wife Sarah left for New Zealand in 1876 on the Clipper ship Dunbritton (see below).
• 7) William Washer 1841 3rd eldest son born 1841 (established the Waikato /Horotiu Washers' ). Denise Washer in New Plymouth is related to these Washers. The Horotiu Washers' owned the farm land on which the Horotiu AFFCO Meatwork's now sits. (there are two separate Washer roads one in Te Puke and another in Horotiu, 5km north from Hamilton). The Horotiu/Te Puke Washer's eldest son went to Gallipoli (below).
• 8) James Washer 1846 left Berrow for Cardiff, UK 20km away across Bristol Channel. He had one daughter (Mrs Millie Tiplin) who then had two sons (Jack and Gilbert) and they all lived at Cardiff. They all later apparently went to California.
• 9) Sophia Washer 1848 - married into the Hodges and lived at Brent Knoll Somerset and had 6 children. Sophia and two children (Frank and Ada) both drowned in the English Channel. One child married but had no children. Gertrude had three girls. Nellie and Anne lived at Brent Knoll and Annie was blind. remained in Brent Knoll, Somerset
• 10) Alfred Washer born 1851 established the Tauranga Washers' who owned the GM car dealership in Tauranga in the 1950's. The Tauranga Washer's owned the large GM car dealership in Tauranga, NZ in the 1940's. Seven children George, Alf, Fred, Victor, Harold, Charlie and Ethal. There was a Washer (maybe one of these sons) who owned a very popular pie cart on Shortland Street in central Auckland in the 1950's.
• 11) John Washer 1855 - the youngest went to Bangor Township near Bay City , Michigan, USA in 1872. His children were Charles and Myrtle and then by another marriage had a son Edward C. Washer.
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Cardiff Arms Public House
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Alan Washer - fighter test pilot buried St Marys Berrow 1940
published by - 11 years 3 months 0 day ago. | | | Albert Washer was the father of Alan Washer the gifted fighter test pilot who crashed his plane into an empty school play ground near South Hinksey, Berkshire (just south of Oxford) on 12th June 1940 (1 year into WWII).
Born: Alton (on parents farm NZ) 11 Oct 10; New Plymouth Boys High School - Archibald Clark, wholesalers, New Plymouth. NZ Army/TF; Embarched for UK mid- 1929 selected for RAF SS Comm; RAF Uxbridge/Depôt as Pilot u/t & SS Comm 13 Sep 29, 5 FTS 28 Sep 29, Pilots Badge, 13 Sqn (Atlas) 9 Sep 30, CFS 28 Sep 31, 2 FTS (various a/c types) as FI 16 Dec 31, sent to Malta & Hal Far Stn Flt (various air craft types) as FI. 18 Mar 32, to UK & Depôt 27 Dec 33, CFS (various a/c types) as FI 20 Jan 34, Res 27 Aug 34 [attained Flt Lt rank]; Bristol Aeroplane Co as test pilot c.e.35 [&/or FI at 'Bristol Flying School' (aka 2E & RFTS) for first 3 yrs?], Baled out when Wellesley caught fire (uninjured) 13 May 38, [relinq RAF Comm 27 Aug 38], kaa 12 Jun 40 (Beaufort). St Mary's Churchyard Cemetery, Berrow, near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. Son of Albert Edgar & Lena Washer (née Hellier), Westown, New Plymouth.
The Times, 14 May 1938
ALAN WASHER (FIRST CRASH - SURVIVED) FIRE IN THE AIR - LOSS OF SECOND EXTREME LONG RANGE TEST AEROPLANE FROM OUR AERONAUTICAL CORRESPONDENT
The second of the Air Ministry’s long-range
monoplanes, intended for an attempt
on the world’s long-distance record, was
lost yesterday. It took fire in the air
during a test flight near Bristol. The pilot,
Flight Lieutenant C. A. Washer, escaped
by parachute and landed safely, but the
other occupant. Mr. P. H. Warren, a test
observer, failed to get out in time and was
killed when the machine struck the ground
in a field at Alveston, near the main road
between Bristol and Gloucester.
This aeroplane, a Vickers Wellesley
Bomber, prepared specially for long•
range experimental work, was out on a
test flight from Filton when the accident
happened. and both the occupants were
employees of the Bristol Aeroplane Company.
The engine, a Bristol Pegasus
XXII, and the special installation were
the responsibility of the Bristol company,
but the air-frame and its main equipment
were the work of Vickers (Aviation)
Limited. Fire is understood to have
occurred in the aeroplane when it was at a
height of about 3,000ft. The cause of the
fire cannot at the moment be precisely
ascertained, but it is said not to have been
due to any fault in the engine or its
installation.
A RARE OCCURRENCE
Fire in the air is very rare occurrence, and
there has been no previous known case in a
Wellesley. Nevertheless, the accident is of
particular importance, both because the
method of construction used in the Wellesley
is of a new and secret type and because the
loss or the other long-range Wellesley off the
coast or Northern Scotland on the morning of
February 24 still remains unexplained. In the
latter case the wireless messages from the
machine, which had been engaged on a flight
round England from 11.50 the previous night,
ceased suddenly at 8 a.m. and nothing further
was heard or seen of the aeroplane until a
wheel identified as belonging to it, was found
on the Norwegian coast. This was not
sufficient to suggest the cause of the disaster,
in which four lives were lost.
In yesterday’s accident the test pilot left
the aeroplane when it became evident that the
fire could not be put out. Why the observer
was unable to get out is of his cockpit in time
to use his parachute is not clear. In this type
of aeroplane, pilot and rear gunner occupy
separate cockpits with a communicating tunnel
between them. Both have sliding transparent
covers, The Wellesley was the first type of
aeroplane to be built on the geodetic system
of construction, which gives a remarkably light
structure and enables a big, useful load to be
carried.
There are a number of documents on Alan Washer held on a file at Personnel Records, NZDF, Trentham.
Figure 46: Bristol Beaufort Mk I L4443 that killed Alan Washer the fighter test pilot in 1940
Alan Washer (Albert Washer's son) was test flying a Bristol Beaufort Mk I L4443 from Bristol which caught fire over Oxford during engine cooling trials. His two senior flight training officer crew members bailed out safely over the Oxford built up residential area and he crashed it into an empty play ground.
Alan crashed is plane on 12th June 1940 which was 1 year into WWII but only 4 days into the Battle of Britain which ended end on 15th Sept 1940 - so it's unlikely he was involved in the Battle of Britain despite the shortage of pilots.
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Cardiff Arms Public House
published by Pat Hase - 11 years 3 months 2 days ago. | | What a great picture Bill, thank you so much. I'm sure Stephen will be delighted with it. The hanging sign is so clear and on the 1911 census Thomas BANWELL - Emily's husband - is listed as the Licenced Victualler at 24 Meadow Street, but no name is given for the Public House.
What a very busy street it was then - I wonder how many other members of this society have links with Meadow Street.
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