![]() ![]() The baptism entry in the parish registers records James as the ‘baseborn’ (illegitimate) son of Mary Reeder of Great Ellingham. James Reeder was born in Great Ellingham and baptised at the local Parish Church on the 27th September, 1836. I can only assume that this is the James Reeder mentioned in William Lebbell’s will. 65 year old James Reeder is now described as a builder. James the elder is still living in Town Green with his wife and family members: John, now aged 24, Emma 19, Arthur 16, and 8 year old granddaughter Maud Ketteringham. Was it James Reeder the elder or his son James to whom William conveyed his property – or neither of them?Īlthough the 1901 census finds James’s son James working as a wheelwright, the census captures James junior with his wife and family in Essex. Given that both James Reeder and his son James were carpenters, I wonder whether both James and his son James worked for William. With James is his 47 year old wife Elizabeth (born in nearby Attleborough) and children – James aged 25, also a carpenter and wheelwright, 17 year old Sarah, a dressmaker, and John 14, Emma 10 and Arthur 6 who are all attending school. ![]() The 1891 census captures 54 year old carpenter and wheelwright James Reeder living in Great Ellingham (likely in Town Green). With no other details and documentation, I cannot be certain whereabouts in the village the dwellinghouse and premises (the subject of the conveyance to James Reeder) stood. ![]() However, the 1901 census (undertaken after William Lebbell’s death), shows James Reeder living in Town Green. It would follow that William Lebbell’s dwellinghouse and premises which he conveyed to James Reeder was in Church Street. 20 year old servant Sarah Warren completes the household. The 1891 census describes Lydia as a housekeeper to William. His widowed mother, 83 year old Elizabeth Houchen, is with William along with a visitor, 60 year old housekeeper Lydia Starke.ħ0 year old spinster Lydia Starke is still with William 10 years later. He was said to be employing three men and two boys. The census shows William at a ‘carpenter’s shop’ in Church Street. The 1881 census finds 62 year old William Lebbell a widower. This census captures William’s 12 year old niece, Minnie Bristow, with the couple. William and Elizabeth were still living in Church Street at the time of the next census in 1871. Ten years later in 1861, William has married and is living with his wife Elizabeth in Church Street. Stephen Houchen is described as a thatcher, and step-son William a master carpenter employing four men. The 1851 census finds 32 year old unmarried William Lebbell living with his mother and step-father, Elizabeth and Stephen Houchen, in Town Green. Extract from 28th January 1898 Inland Revenue Account of Succession to real or leasehold property completed by R W H Venn, Solicitor, Attleborough for the Executors of William Lebbell deceased Whereabouts in the village was the property conveyed to James Reeder? ![]()
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