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Inn Keepers where location of Inn is not recorded

Thomas Gear & Mary Eames
Samuel Lawrence
Charles Hooper
Osbornes
Miscellaneous Surnames

 

THOMAS GEAR & MARY EAMES & FAMILY    (married 1798)    
bulletJohn (bapt 1802)
bulletThomas (bapt 1802, buried 1835) 
bulletSusanna (bapt 1802)
bullet Sarah (bapt 1804, married Samuel LAWRENCE 1833, died 1843) - see below for further details
bulletEliza (bapt 1806, married Robert Lawrence 1837, died 1885)
bulletAnna (bapt 1808)
bulletJohn (bapt 1810)
bulletRobert Eames (bapt 1814)                         
1814 Location not given GEAR, Thomas (Noted as a Publican at Baptism of son Robert Eames GEAR)
1841 census Church St, Merriott GEAR, Mary 60
1851 census Higher St, Merriott GEAR, Mary 75 (widow); Robert Lawrence 39 (son-in-law); Eliza Lawrence 43 (daughter).
1868 & 1870 King's Head Inn, Higher St/Church St, Merriott LAWRENCE, Robert Eames Gear (Noted as an Inn Keeper at time of Baptisms of children.) Noted as a Farmer of 30 acres at time of 1871 census.   See Kings Head Inn entry.

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SAMUEL LAWRENCE & SARAH GEAR & FAMILY 
(married 1833; Sarah died 1843 & Samuel remarried Elizabeth unknown)                                                
bullet Samuel (baptised & buried 1836)
bullet Samuel (bapt 1837, married Mary Anna ?, died 1895)  - see detail below
bullet Thomas Gear (1840 - 1841)                                                                                                                          
bulletRobert Eames Gear (born 1842, married Ann MITCHELL 1864) - see King's Head Inn      
bullet Mary Ann (born 1847 to second wife Elizabeth).                                                         
1836, 1837, 1840, 1842,1847 Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel (noted as a Publican at time of Baptisms of Children) 
1841 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel  35 (Publican); Sarah 35; Samuel 4
1851 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel 46 (Maltster); Elizabeth 42 (Samuel's second wife) ; Robert Eames Gear 9 (son of Samuel & first wife Sarah Gear); Mary Ann 3 (daughter of Samuel & second wife Elizabeth); JAMES, Elizabeth 17 (step daughter)
1861 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel 55; (Maltster & Brewer);  Samuel 24; Robert 18
1861 Kelly's Directory Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel, Farmer & Brewer
1871 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel, 65 Landowner, Widower; Mary Ann 22 (daughter).   Note: Samuel died in 1878)
1871 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel 33 (son of Samuel above, Brewer); Mary Ann 25; Samuel 16 m; Benjamin 2 m
1881 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel 44 (Brewer employing 31); Mary Anna 35; Samuel Goodland 11; Benjamin 10; Sarah Mary 5
1891 census Broadway, Merriott LAWRENCE, Samuel 54 (Brewer & Maltster);  Mary Anna 45 (born Lopen); Samuel G 20; Benjamin 20; Sarah Mary 15; Ethel May 2 (niece)

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CHARLES HOOPER & MARY ANN EASON & FAMILY
1861 census Broadway, Merriott HOOPER, Charles 32; Maryann 30; George 9; William 6; Emma 4; John 2
1861 Kelly's Directory  Merriott HOOPER, Charles  (Beer Retailer)
1864 & 1875 Broadway, Merriott HOOPER, Charles (at time of Baptisms of children)
1873 Merriott HOOPER, Charles - Inn Keeper at time of Marriage of son George

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OSBORNES - Inn Keepers/Publicans/ Brewers & their families
1838 Hitchen, Merriott OSBORNE, Samuel (noted as Gardener & Publican at time of Baptism of daughter Emma)
1891 census Broadway, Merriott OSBORNE, Josias 45 (Inn Keeper & Farmer) ; Ann 43; EASON Rose 9 (niece)
1851 census Lower St, Merriott OSBORNE, Richard 69 (late Maltster); Joseph 19 (son)
1851 census Lower St, Merriott OSBORNE, Richard 23 (Brewer's Labourer; son of Richard aged 69 above)
1861 census Lower St, Merriott OSBORNE, Alfred 30 (Brewer); Elizabeth 30

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MISCELLANEOUS SURNAMES - Inn Keepers
YEAR INNKEEPER & FAMILY  LOCATION
1841 census GIBBS, Elizabeth 55 Broadway, Merriott
1845 WEBB, William Simeon (noted as a Publican for baptism of son Robert Benjamin; by 1848 noted as a Plumber & Glazier) Merriott's Ford, Merriott
1854, 1855 HIGGINS, Thomas (at time of Baptisms of Children.  Noted in 1851, 1858 & 1862 Baptisms & in censuses as a Tailor, Higher St, Merriott).  Living at the Blair Athol Hotel at the time of the 1881 census. Broadway, Merriott
1891 census PATTEMORE, Henry 28; Lucy 29 (born Crewkerne); Edward Victor 2; Annie 1 Shiremoor Hill

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Last Updated: 28 August 2008
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Other Data © Sue Osborne 2002-8
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