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George with his housekeeper Home was the Barracks Cottages Chailey 2005
 
   
Harriett Heasman A memorial to Harriett in Chailey Churchyard Son George
 
   
Son William Daughter Anne Daughter Ellen
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Pictures courtesy of Fay Bates whose husband Vernon is a present day descendant.
 
George Walder bap. 12 Aug 1845 Fletching m. 31 Oct 1868 Chailey
Witnesses: Ellen Cornford and Albert Ashdown
Harriett Heasman b. 1843 Chailey d. Jan 1903
MI Chailey St Peter Stone 391 age 59
 
 

George b. 1869 Chailey m. Rose Elizabeth Bentley 26 Oct 1903 Harmondsworth Middx. d. 1950 Hurstpierpoint
James b. 1870 Chailey 1901 -Valet Domestic St George's Hanover Square London -Married (190137)
Anne b. 1872 Chailey 1901 -Parlour Maid Lewes (190138)
Jesse b. 1875 Chailey 1901 -Bombardier Cornwall (190139)
Ellen b. 1879 Chailey 1901 -Nurse Domestic Gillingham Kent (190140)
William b. 1882 Chailey m. Zenie
1901 -Footman Domestic Sevenoaks Kent (190141)
John b. 1884 Chailey 1901 -At Home
 
Census: 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901

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Barracks Cottages
 
Stan Cornford is a present day distant cousin of Samuel Cornford the father of George Walder.

He has traced the Cornford family back to Edward Cornford born about 1664 in Lewes and his wife Mary Whitepayn, they married in 1691 at Lewes.

Many of their descendants lived the area of Chailey and the surrounding villages.

Stan also says that his great-grandfather John Cornford (1829-1907), a second cousin to Samuel, also lived in Barracks Cottages with his wife Caroline Ho(w)ard from some time after 1901 until Caroline died in 1917.

Stan's father Thomas George is also buried at Chailey.

Stan would be very happy to hear from any Cornford researchers, please use the contact link above.
 

1851 Census -Chailey 185175
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
Samuel Cornford Head M 40 Farmer's Lab. Chailey Sussex
Hannah Cornford Wife M 25 Lindfield Sussex
George Walder Son U 5 Born before wedlock Fletching Sussex
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1861 Census -Hamsey 186151
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
Cottages Samuel Cornford Head M 50 Ag Lab Chailey Sussex
Ann Cornford Wife M 34 Lindfield Sussex
George Cornford Son U 15 Ag Lab Fletching Sussex
Ellen Cornford Dau 13 Scholar Barcombe Sussex
Betsy Cornford Dau 6 Scholar Hamsey Sussex

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1871 Census -Chailey 1871182
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
South Street George Walder Head M 28 Bricklayer Chailey Sussex
Harriett Walder Wife M 28 Chailey Sussex
George Walder Son U 2 Chailey Sussex
James Walder Son U 7 m Chailey Sussex
William Evans Lod 8? Chailey Sussex
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1881 Census -Chailey 1881181
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
5 Westgate Row South Street Harriett Walder Head M 38 Bricklayers Wife Chailey Sussex
George Walder Son 12 Scholar Chailey Sussex
James Walder Son 10 Scholar Chailey Sussex
Anne Walder Dau 8 Scholar Chailey Sussex
Jesse Walder Son 5 Scholar Chailey Sussex
Ellen Walder Dau 2 Chailey Sussex
1881 Census -Brighton 1881180
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
24 Tidy Street -Davey Family George Walder Boarder M 30 Bricklayer Chailey Sussex
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1891 Census -Chailey 189175
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
South Street George Walder Head M 46 Bricklayer Fletching Sussex
Harriett Walder Wife M 48 Chailey Sussex
George Walder Son U 22 Labourer Chailey Sussex
Ellen Walder Dau 12 Scholar Chailey Sussex
William Walder Son 8 Scholar Chailey Sussex
John Walder Son 6 Scholar Chailey Sussex

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1901 Census -Chailey 1901245
Address Name Rel. Con Age Profession Where Born
South Street George Walder Head M 55 Bricklayer Chailey Sussex
Harriett Walder Wife M 57 Chailey Sussex
John Walder Son Un 16 Post Office Wkr -Carrier Chailey Sussex
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Parish Record- Fletching Baptism Page 42, No 334.
12 Aug 1845 George Illegitimate Son of Samuel Cornford, Lindfield labourer, and Hannah Walder

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