#30.23 David Frank Horsnell (1955-2020)

#30.23 David Frank Horsnell

Father  Frank William Horsnell (1916-2002)
Mother 30.2 Freda Mary Burn (1918-1991)

Birth December Quarter 1955 in Edmonton district, Middlesex, England. His mother's maiden name was Burn. birth record (freeBMD)

Death 1st February 2020. Probate was granted in Newcastle on 14th May 2020. probate record (probatesearch)

Residences
2002 - David F Horsnell was on the electoral roll in 2002 at 4 Kingsway, Ferndown, Dorset, England electoral 2002 (findmypast)

#12.1 David John Webb (1947-2020)

#12.1 David John Webb

Father 12 Eric John Webb (1923-2011)
Mother 13 Gwendoline Mary Alderman (1920-2013)

Birth June Quarter 1947 Swindon district, Wiltshire, England. His mother's maiden name was Alderman. birth record (freeBMD) [His middle name is taken from the Probate Record linked below] 

Death 27th April 2020 in Swindon district, Wiltshire, England. Probate was granted in Liverpool on 23rd August 2000.

Residences
David appeared on the electoral roll between 2010 and 2019 at 2 The Acorns, Marlborough Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, England. electoral 2002-2019 (findmypast) [The electoral roll entry on findmypast actually shows the address as 2 Marlborough Road, but Zoopla confirms the postcode on the electoral roll entry actually belongs to The Acorns, just off Marlborough Road].

#30.11 Michael Frederick Burn (1938-2017)

Michael Frederick Burn (1938-2017)

Birth September Q 1938 in Edmonton district, Middlesex, England birth record (freebmd)

Death 19th June 2017 Probate was awarded by grant and will on 20th Nobvember 2017. probate record (probatesearch)

Marriage December Q 1965 in Enfield, Greater London, England marriage record (freebmd)
Michael's wife is still living, and they now have 10 known descendants over 2 generations.

Residences
2002-2010 Between 2002 and 2010 Michael was on the electoral roll at 69 Hill Rise, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England electoral roll (findmypast)

Appointments
Before 11th March 1992 - Michael was appointed a director of Mayfield Athletic Club, Kenmare Gardens, Palmers Green, London.
3rd September 2004 - Michael was appointed the secretary of Picketts Lock IBC Limited
25th April 2006 - Michael resigned as the secretary of Picketts Lock IBC Limited. The company went on to be dissolved in 2013.
29th March 2016 - Michael resigned as a director of Mayfield Athletic Club
Michael's appointments (companies house)

Focus on the female line

In the year we mark 100 years of suffrage, and in which equality and women's rights are forefront in the media it seems appropriate to think a little about matrilineal genealogy.

Matrilineal (or uterinal) genealogy is a genealogy traced through the female line, whereas most published genealogies are patrilineal, that is they are traced through the male line. Matrilineal genealogy has significance in the world of genetics because almost every cell in the body has a small blob called a mitchondria in it, which contains mitochondrial DNA which is always passed from mother to child, and almost always unchanged by mutation, so all the people in a matriline have a very real connection because they share this genetic material with each other, and may therefore have similar traits as a result. A matrilineal line is usually also the line with which genealogists can claim most certainty, despite the surname usually changing with every generation, becuase although biological paternity can often differ from the man named on the birth certifcate, who may differ again from the man who actually brought the child up, it is very rare for someone's maternity to be in doubt due to the fact that the woman gives birth to the child.

This blog is focused on the genealogy of my nephew, but since I'm his maternal uncle we share a matrilineal genealogy, and it's this genealogy I will now detail.

We start, unless I ever identify her parents, with one Elizabeth Emmeney (or Emmeney, Emony or even Emery) who married Robert Godbold in Dennington, Suffolk on 10th October 1814.

A '>' at the end of a line indicates a man in the matriline who is known to have descendants (such descendants not being of the matriline because they descend from Elizabeth Emmeney via the man in question).
Most places are in fact the registration district in which the birth, marriage or death was registered.
Elizabeth Emmney = 10/10/1814 Robert Godbold (d by 1837)
     George Godbold (abt 1815-?)
     Charles Godbold (abt 1817-?)
     Jacob Godbold, twin (abt 1819-March Q 1891 Hoxne) >
     Esau Godbold, twin (abt 1819-June Q 1903 Hoxne) >
     Mary Godbold (abt 1822-?) = 01/11/1845 Hoxne, John Wythe (abt 1815-1884)
          Sarah Wythe (21/03/1846 Hoxne-12/01/1931 Edmonton) = 31/05/1881 Poplar, James Backhouse
               Mary Jane Wythe (17/01/1874 Worlingworth-March Q 1951 Essex SW) = September Q 1903 West Ham, Charles Henry Deards
                    Pte Alfred Charles Wythe (02/04/1897 Poplar-28/03/1918 France & Flanders)
               Frederick George Bloomfield Wythe [later Backhouse] (18/11/1879 Plomesgate-09/03/1961 Saffron Walden)
               Ellen Mary Ann Backhouse (11/07/1881 Poplar-15/01/1958 Bishop Stortford) = December Q 1902 Saffron Walden, William George Burn
                    [Ellen and William also adopted a baby girl in the 1910s]
                    Kenneth William Leslie Burn (March Q 1924 Edmonton-June Q 1926 Edmonton)
               Rose Mary Rebecca Backhouse (November 1883 Poplar-December Q 1956 Bishop Stortford) = June Q 1906 West Ham, Ernest William Burn
                    Leslie Nellie Mary Burn (March Q 1908 West Ham-March Q 1915 Edmonton)
               Ada Jane Backhouse (11/07/1886 Poplar-September Q 1972 Haringey) = 08/12/1912 Edmonton, Frederick Burn
                    Harley Frederick James Burn (15/09/1914 Edmonton-January 1991 Poole) >
                    Freda Mary Burn (30/04/1918-December 1991 Poole) = June Q 1941 Edmonton, Frank William Horsnell
                         *The matriline continues through Freda's three children, all still living
                    Jean Margaret Sarah Burn (13/08/1925 Edmonton-27/03/1999 Enfield) = 24/06/1950 Edmonton, Ronald Knibb
                         *The matriline continues through Jean's two daughters, both still living
          George Wythe (December Q 1848 Hoxne-?)
          Elizabeth Wythe (June Q 1853 Hoxne-June Q 1908 Blything) = December Q 1874 Hoxne, Anthony Freeman
               Rosa Freeman (December Q 1874 Hoxne-December Q 1934) [Rosa must have married at some point a man surnamed Snowling, as she appears at her parent's house on the 1911 census as a widow of this surname, but I have no marriage details, and do not know if she had any children]
               Thomas Freeman (10/08/1876 Hoxne-?)
               Arthur Freeman (30/11/1883 Hoxne-June Q 1968 Samford)
          Thomas Wythe (Bap 1855 Tannington-?)
          William Wythe (04/06/1856 Hoxne-December Q 1943 Hartismere) >[one son who died in 1993]
     Rachael Godbold (abt 1827-June Q 1876 Plomesgate) = March Q 1861 Hoxne, Robert Read
          Jane Godbold (abt 1851-?) [I do not know if Jane married or had children]
          Anna Read (abt 1863-?) [I do not know if Anna married or had children]
          Mary Read (March Q 1866 Plomesgate-?) = December Q 1887 Hoxne, James Holden
               Emily Jane Holden (September Q 1888 Hoxne-June Q 1916 Hartisemere) = September Q 1910 Hartisemere, Frederick E C Sore
                    Jack Holden Sore (10/10/1911 Hartisemere-December 2001 Ipswich) >
                    Frank Henry Holden Sore (June Q 1915 Hartismere-March Q 1916 Hartisemere)

The only known living members of the matriline are thus the children, and female-line descendants, of my grand aunt, Freda, and of my grandmother, Jean. Of the 18 living members of the matriline 10 are female, but only 2 of those 10 will be under 40 by the end of 2018, so probably only two females could realistically further the line beyond the current members. One of those two is my sister, who may yet have one or more daughters, the other is the secondary school aged daughter of one of my second cousins, whose future daughters and female-line descendants (if indeed they ever exist) may in fact turn out to be the only living members of the matrline within the next century or so.

Alternatively there may be other living members I do not yet know about, if Rosa Freeman who married a Snowling did in fact have issue, or less likely if either of the untracable daughters of Rachael Godbold, Jane Godbold or Anne Read, did in fact have issue.

#60.22 Sidney Victor Burn (1904-2000)

Sidney Victor Burn

Birth 13th September 1904 in Canning Town, West Ham district, Essex, England. The GRO digistised index shows his mother's maiden name was Cornelius. birth record (FreeBMD)

Death 12th October 2000 in Isle Of Wight district, England. Probate was awarded on 25th April 2001 in Winchester. death record (ancestry) probate record (probatesearch)

Marriage September Quarter 1932 in West Ham district, Essex, England to Dorothy Ivy Fearn (1906-1983) marriage record (freeBMD) [Dorothy's records: birth record (freeBMD) 1911 census (ancestry) 1911 census (family search) marriage record (freeBMD) death record (ancestry) probate record (probate search)].

Residences
2nd April 1911 Census - Sidney Burn was a 6 year-old born in Canning Town, Essex. He was the son of printer (letter press) Albert James Burn, and was living at 23 Carson Road, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex, England with Albert James Burn, Albert J's wife Ada Eliza Burn, and three of Albert J's other children, Albert Burn, Elsie Burn and Lily Burn. 1911 census (ancestry) or 1911 census (family search)
29th September 1939 Register - Sidney V Burn (13 SEP 04) was a married Printer Compositor. He was living at 18 Wigston Road, West Ham, Essex, England with Dorothy I Burn (2 AUG 06). A second household at the same address was headed by Thomas H Fearn. 1939 register (findmypast)
2002 Electoral Roll - Sidney V Burn was listed (posthumously) on the electoral roll in 2002 at 8 Butts Road, Ryde, Isle Of Wight, England. electoral roll (findmypast)

#60.211 Iris Margaret Burn (1928-1998)

60.211 Iris Margaret Burn

Birth 14th November 1928 in West Ham, Essex, England. Her mother's maiden name was Petters. birth record (freeBMD)

Death November 1998 in Havering, Greater London, England. death record (ancestry)

Marriage September Q 1964 in Ilford, Essex, England. marriage record (freeBMD)
I'm not aware of any children of Iris and her husband.

Residences
29th September 1939 register - Iris Margaret Burn (later Richards) (14NOV28) was single and at school. She was at 11 Kings Avenue, Blyth, Suffolk, England with George Elliott (10MAR85), Charlotte E Elliott (12NOV85), two locked individuals, Kenneth A Burn (25MAY29) and one more locked individual. 1939 register (findmypast)
1982 - I M Richards was listed in the 1982 BT phone book for the Outer London area of South West Essex at 55 Butler Road, Dagenham. 1982 phone book (ancestry)

#60.21 Albert Frederick Burn (1903-1968)

#60.21 Albert Frederick Burn

Birth 20th July 1903 in Canning Town, West Ham district, Essex, England. The GRO digitised index shows his mother's maiden name was Cornelius. birth record (freeBMD)

Death 11th March 1968 in Havering district, Greater London, England. Administration was awarded on 2nd May 1968 on an estate of £529. death record (freeBMD) probate record (probate search)

Marriage June Quarter 1926 in West Ham district, Essex, England to Bessie Florence Petters (1903-1980). marriage record (freeBMD) [Bessie's records: birth record (freeBMD) 1911 census (familysearch) marriage record (freeBMD) 1939 register (findmypast) death record (freeBMD)].

Residences
2nd April 1911 census - Albert Burn was a 7 year-old born in Canning Town, Essex. He was the son of printer (letter press) Albert James Burn, and was living at 23 Carson Road, Canning Town, West Ham, Essex, England with Albert James Burn, Albert J's wife Ada Eliza Burn, and three of Albert J's other children, Sidney Burn, Elsie Burn and Lily Burn. 1911 census (ancestry) or 1911 census (family search)
29th September 1939 register - Albert F Burn (20 JUL 03) was a married printers comp. He was living at 55 Butler Road, Ilford, Essex, England with Bessie F Burn (1 JUL 02) and Audrey Mavis Burn (later Riley) (28 MAR 35). 1939 register (findmypast)
11th March 1968 - According to the probate record Albert was of 55 Butler Road, Dagenham at the time of his death.