Martha Vinall

1804-1881

Martha Biddle was born on the 15^th October 1804, she was baptised on the 30^th December 1804 in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, the daughter of William and Patty Biddle (nee Butler) who were married on the 2^nd November 1798 at St Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire (William was from great Marlow Buckinghamshire).

The 1841 census records Martha (30), as a female servant, living in South Lodge, Upper Beeding, Sussex.

Martha in 1844

Marriage details:

Place: Trinity Church, Lower Beeding, Sussex

Date: 13^th April 1844

Groom: John Vinall, full age, bachelor, occupation, Gardener, abode, Lower Beeding

Bride: Martha Biddle, full age, spinster, abode, Lower Beeding

Fathers: William Biddle, a Bootmaker and George Vinall, a Builder.

Witnesses: John Kay and Jane ? (possibly Norgant)

(John was baptised 27^th October 1811 at Cowfold, Sussex the son of George and Philadelphia Vinal)

The 1851 census records Martha (40) living in Sulhampstead Abbots, Berkshire, with John (37)

In 1871 Martha (60) and John (57) were recorded living in Garden Cottage, Newtown, Hampshire.

Martha died aged 72 on the 25^th March 1881, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 29^th March.

In 1881 John Vinal (62) was living alone in Waterloo Place, Newbury

The 1891 census records John (79) living on own means, in Station Road, Church Gate, Cowfold, Sussex, with his niece Mary Vinall (43), his brother George (72) and his niece Clara Vinall (38).

He died aged 81 in 1893 (death registered in Cuckfield Sussex).

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