My gx3 grandfather : John Usher 1831

JOHN USHER was born in Wychling (transcribed as Witchland on the census), Kent in circa 1831 (source : 1881 census). He was a farm labourer on the 1881 census, living at Nepicar A Cottage, Wrotham, Kent, with his wife and children.

He married SARAH ? before 1861, judging by the ages of their children. She was born circa 1834 in Wormshill, Kent (source : 1881 census).

Maidstone Telegraph Kent, England

1 Oct 1870

John was robbed by one of his employees in 1870 - three week's hard labour seems like a tough sentence for a 2 shilling handbill though !

The Children of JOHN USHER and SARAH ?:

1. JOHN USHER was born circa 1861 in Wormshill, Kent (source : 1881 census) (There is a birth listed on Free BMD which COULD be him, but may not be – JOHN USHER, March quarter 1860, district Hollingbourne (covers Wormshill), volume 2a page 493). On the 1881 census, he was a farm labourer, living with his parents at Nepicar A Cottage, Wrotham, Kent.

2. THOMAS USHER was born circa 1866 in Wormshill, Kent (source : 1881 census). On the 1881 census, he was a farmer’s boy, living with his parents at Nepicar A Cottage, Wrotham, Kent. (Click through to see his page.)

3. EDWIN H USHER was born circa 1868 in Wormshill, Kent (source : 1881 census). On the 1881 census, he was living with his parents at Nepicar A Cottage, Wrotham, Kent.

4. EMILY F USHER was born circa 1876 in Hollingbourne, Kent (source : 1881 census). On the 1881 census, she was living with her parents at Nepicar A Cottage, Wrotham, Kent.

Census returns for JOHN USHER and SARAH ?:

1881 census (FHL film 1341215 PRO ref RG11 Piece 0903 Folio 47 Page 2)

Dwelling : Nepicar A Cottage
Census place : Wrotham, Kent, England

John USHER, head, M, 50, farm labourer, born Witchland Kent
Sarah USHER, wife, M, 47, born Wormshill Kent
John USHER, son, U, 20, farm labourer, born Wormshill Kent
Thomas USHER, son, U, 16, farmer’s boy, born Wormshill Kent
Edwin H USHER, son, U, 13, scholar, born Wormshill Kent
Emily F USHER, dau, U, 5, born Hollingbourne Kent
Mary A BENNETT, visitor, U, 32, housemaid (unemployed), born Horsemonden, Kent