DIFFEY Chart 0600

This is a Chart for John Diffey and Susannah Harvey

  married
19th February 1835
St Nicholas and St Magnus
Moreton, Dorset
witnesses
George KELLAWAY
Martha HUNT
1
JOHN  DIFFEY
born about  
1810
Wool, Dorset
occupation
1841, 1851,  1861, 1871 Ag Lab
died
 
December quarter 1877
 Dorchester District, Dorset
Age 68.
  2
SUSANNAH HARVEY
born about
1815
Moreton, Dorset
occupation
1851 Labourers wife
died
 
June quarter
1876
 Isle of Wight District, Hampshire 
Age 62

3
Ann
DIFFEY
born
about
1836
Wool
Dorset

married
23rd December 1856
Holy Rood
Wool, Dorset
witnesses
Ambrose
BISHOP
Mary
DIFFEY
 
James 
LUCAS


4
Mary
DIFFEY
born
about
1838
Wool
Dorset
baptised
14th April
1838
Wool, Dorset
occupation
 1861 Servant
1871
Domestic
Servant
1881
Dairywoman
possibly
died about
1905
Brading
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
Aged 68

married
26th July
1864
Holy Rood
Wool, Dorset
witnesses
Henry LILLEY
Sarah ???
registered
September
quarter
1864
Wareham
district
Dorset
John 
SPRACK

born about
1838
Newport
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
occupation
1871
General
Servant
Domestic
1881
Coachman
(Domestic
Servant
5
Joseph
DIFFEY
born
about
December quarter
1838
Wool
or
Woolbridge
(1881, 1901)
or
Poole
(1891)
Dorset
baptised
30th December
1838
Wool, Dorset
died
March quarter
1917
Poole district
Dorset
Aged 78

married
14th August
1862
St Mary
East Stoke
Dorset
witnesses
John HIBBS
Sarah Anne?
HIBBS
registered
September
quarter
1862
Wareham
district
Dorset
Elizabeth
Mary
WELLSTEAD
6
Henry
DIFFEY
born
5th September 1840
(9 months on the 1841 Census)
Wool
Dorset
or 
Poole (1881)
Dorset
baptised
15th November
1840
Wool, Dorset
died
8th April 1926
Isle of Wight District, Hampshire 
Age 85

 married
1st November
1865
in the
National 
Schoolroom
Wool
Dorset
witnesses
James LUCAS
Ann LUCAS
registered
December quarter
1865
Wareham
district
Dorset
Sarah
THORNE
7
Jane
DIFFEY
born
about
1844
(registration not found
see notes)

Wool
Dorset
baptised
29th December
1844
Wool Chapel
Wool, Dorset
occupation
 1861 House Servant
 died 
 December
quarter
 1868 
Wareham District
 Dorset 
Age 23

 married
1st November
1865
in the
National 
Schoolroom
Wool
Dorset
witnesses
John SPRACK
Mary SPRACK
registered
December quarter
1865
Wareham
district
Dorset
 
William WELLSTEAD
8
George 
DIFFEY
born about March quarter
1846
Wool, Dorset
died
June quarter
1914
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire
Aged 71

married
30th April
1866
St Mary
the Virgin
East Stoke
Dorset
witnesses
Samuel COBB
Mary Ann BILES
Theresa
(Thirza)
COBB
9
Robert
DIFFEY
born about
1847
baptised
28th
February
1847
Holy Rood
Wool Dorset
died
May
1853
Wool
Dorset
buried
7th
March
1847
Holy Rood
Wool
Dorset
Aged
1
month

10
William 
DIFFEY
born about December
quarter
1848
Wool
or
Corfe Castle
(1871)
Dorset
occupation
 1871
 Clay Digger


11
Esther
(Hester)
 Louisa 
DIFFEY
born about
March quarter 1851
(1 month on the 1851 Census)
Wool, Dorset
baptised
7th March
1851
Holy Rood
Wool Dorset
died about
1894
Godshill
Isle of Wight
Hampshire

married
Register Office
Newport
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
registered
December quarter
1869
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
William
John
WELLSTEAD
12
Elizabeth
DIFFEY
born 
about
1852
baptised
3rd
February
1852
Holy Rood
Wool Dorset
(private
baptism)
died
May
1853
Wool
Dorset
buried
14th
May
1853
Holy Rood
Wool
Dorset
Aged
8
months

13
Ellen
DIFFEY
born about
1852
baptised
3rd
February
1852
Hoy Rood
Wool Dorset
(private
baptism)
died
May
1853
Wool
Dorset
buried
14th
May
1853
Holy Rood
Wool
Dorset
Aged
8
months
14
Francis 
DIFFEY
(son)
born about 1854
Wool Dorset
(registration not found)
baptised
31st July
1854
Holy Rood
Wool, Dorset
widower on 1901 Census
died
March quarter
1925
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire
Aged 70

married(1)
1879
Register Office
Newport
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
registered
September
quarter
1879
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire
Emily
BUTCHERS

married(2)
1903
Bible Christian Chapel
Sibden Road
Shanklin
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
registered
September
quarter
1903
Isle of Wight
district
Hampshire
Alfreda
(Elfreda)
Edith
NICHOLLS
15
Jordan
(Charlton)
Frederick
DIFFEY
born about September
quarter
1860
Wool, Dorset
(3 months on 1861 Census)
baptised
26th August
1860
Parish Church
Wool, Dorset
died
September
quarter
1862
Wareham
district
Dorset
buried
18th
July
1862
Parish
Church
Wool
Dorset
Aged
2
years
(as
Frederick)

16
Margaret
DIFFEY
born about
1862
Wool
Dorset
baptised
28th
September
1862
Holy Rood
Wool, Dorset
died
June quarter
1935
Portsmouth
district
Hampshire
Aged 72

married
1882
Bible Christian Chapel
Newport
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
registered
1882
Isle of Wight
Hampshire
William Henry
WESTMORE
 
  1. 1841 Wool, Dorset
    1851 Wool Dorset
    1861 Wool, Dorset as DIFFEY. Living with the family was Ann P HARVEY (14) Niece, Scholar born Wool, Dorset
    1871 Dorset County Asylum, Charminster, Dorset. Shown as Patient, and also Ag Lab
    Although the first Censuses I looked at the surname was spelt DIFFLEY I think the name should be DIFFEY without the L, I have found Georges family in Wool, Dorset on the 1861 Census and they are spelt DIFFEY and later censuses such as the 1891 and 1901 they are all DIFFEY's.
  2. 1841 Wool, Dorset
    1851 Wool, Dorset
    1861 Wool, Dorset as DIFFEY. Living with the family was Ann P HARVEY (14) Niece, Scholar born Wool, Dorset
    1871 Not found
  3. 1841 Wool, Dorset
    1851 Wool, Dorset
    1861 Burton, Winfrith, Dorset. Lodging with them was James HIBBS (58) widower Ag Lab born Wool, Dorset
    1871 East Burton, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset
    1881 East Burton, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset
    1891 Coombe Keynes, Dorset
    1901 Not found
  4. 1841 Wool, Dorset
    1851 Wool, Dorset
    1861 Bindon Mills, Wool, Dorset. Servant to John LLY (?) (64) Miller and Farmer of 210 acres employing 12 men and 6 boys, born Chackbourne, Somerset, his wife Elizabeth (68) born Beaminster, Dorset and  Sarah Mavis? LLY? (26) New Romney, Kent. Living with them was William LUCAS (34) 
    Miller born Pulhern, Dorset and Charles FANCEY Apprentice Miller born Lutton, Dorset
    1871 Little Mottistone, Hampshire. John and Mary wee servant to a Robert Jephett?? a Farmer born Winchester, Hampshire, (no issue on this Census)
    1881 Dodner, St Nicholas, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.  (no issue on this Census)
  5. 1841 Wool, Dorset
    1851 Wool, Dorset
    1861 Wool, Dorset as DIFFEY
    1871 Highwood, East Stoke, Dorset
    1881 Upper Ham Junction Railway House, Hamworthy, Dorset
    1891 Upper Ham Junction Railway House, Hamworthy, Dorset
    Living with them was grandson Thomas DIFFEY (8) born Hamworthy, Dorset
    1901 Hillbourne, Canford Magna, Dorset
  6. 1841 Wool, Dorset age 9 months
    1851 Wool, Dorset
    1865 Henry and his sister Jane married on the same day in the same church, the entries follow each other. It is interesting to note that it actually says they were married in the National Schoolroom in Wool, Dorset. The marriages before and after them were conducted in the Parish Church, so I wonder why they were married in the School.
    1871 Wilkes Road, Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
    1881 5 ?? Terrace, York Road, Brading, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. 
    1891 Enterprise House, Wilkes Road, Brading, Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
    1901 Wilkes Road, Brading, Sandown, Isle of Wight, Hampshire
  7. 1851 Wool, Dorset
    1861 Allen House, Haggerston West, Shoreditch, Middlesex. Indexed on ancestry.com as DEFFY, it is DIFFEY on actual census. Servant to Edmund E HOOPER (43) Gen Prac. M.D, M.R.C.S., London L.S.A.? born Loughton, Essex, his wife Julia C (36) born India, daughter Julia P (17) born Shoreditch,  Middlesex, step-son George T O WOLLANTON (22) Surgeon's Assistant born India, partner  Robert G WATTS (27) unmarried Gen Prac. M.D, M.R.C.S., L.S.A.? born Hampton on Sea,  Gloucestershire. Another servant was Hannah L STEVENS (20) House Servant born  Bethnal Green, Middlesex
    Copies of original registers were searched from 1843-1848 and no Jane DIFFEY registration was found.
    There was a Frances Jane DIFFEY registered in the March quarter of 1847. However, Jane is shown clearly as age 6 on the 1851 census and age 17 on the 1861 census giving birth years of 1845 and 1844. But her brother George was shown as age 8 and his birth was registered in March quarter 1846.
    And when she died in 1868 Jane's age was shown as 23 so born 1848. Therefore, as George was shown as being older than his sister Jane, and because of her age at death, her approximate birth date has been shown as about 1847.
    1865 Henry and his sister Jane married on the same day in the same church, the entries follow each other. It is interesting to note that it actually says they were married in the National Schoolroom in Wool, Dorset. The marriages before and after them were conducted in the Parish Church, so I wonder why they were married in the School.
    More research required!
    Married the same quarter as brother Henry and she married a WELLSTEAD which was the surname of the wife of her brother Joseph.
  8. 1851 Wool, Dorset (age 8 so born 1843)
    1861 Wool. Dorset as DIFFEY
    1871 Cliff Hall Road, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire as DIFFLEY
    1881 Church Place, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire as DIFFEY. At this date George, together with Thirza and their children, are still living all together
    1891 School Green, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire as DIFFEY. Wife was not with him, but he is shown as married. Living with him is a niece, Frances L LUCAS (23) Housekeeper born East Burton, Dorset
    1901 School Green, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Hampshire as DIFFEY. George is shown as married, but Thirza is not living with him and his children. 
    Living with him was a niece Rosa DIFFLEY (18?) possibly a Home Help born Chale, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.
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  10. 1861 Wool, Dorset as DIFFEY
    1871 Scotland Heath, Corfe Castle, Dorset (indexed on ancestry.com as DEFFEY). Lodging with John CAKE (39) Woodman born Lytchett, Dorset, his wife Louisa (48) born Wareham, Dorset and their grandson Levi L SENNICK (6) born Corfe Castle, Dorset
    1881 Not found
  11. 1851 Wool, Dorset Age 1 month as Esther
    1861 Wool. Dorset as DIFFEY
    1871 Not found
    1881 East View, Chale, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. With the family was Margaret DIFFER aged 18 born Dorsetshire.
    It appears that Esther married a William WELLSTEAD and had eight children in total, I would think this was the same William WELLSTEAD that married Esther's sister Jane, Jane died in 1868, so I think he would have remarried her sister as shown in 1869.
    There was an Esther DIFFEY marriage in the Wareham District, Dorset in June 1871, but when looking at the information on the 1881 census the age and place of birth did not match, and information on later census returns could not be found to clarify the matter.
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  14. 1861 Wool, Dorset as DIFFEY
    1871 Not found
    1881 Cottage, High Road, Chale, Hampshire.
    1891 Appleford, Chale, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.  (Francis is down as Frank on this Census)
    1901 42 St James Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Francis was a Widower on this Census. 
    1904 42 Upper St James Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire (Trade Directory)
    1911 42 Upper St James Street, Newport, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.
  15. 1861 Wool, Dorset as DIFFEY Age 3 months
  16. 1881 East View, Chale, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. Margaret was with her sister Esther Louise and family on this Census
    1891 2 East View, Chale, Isle of Wight, Dorset. 
    1901 Cottage, Bowcombe, Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. 
    1911 Bowcombe, Carisbrook, Isle of Wight, Hampshire. 

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