James Akehurst of Heathfield
(Abt 1831-1886)
Ann Cornwell
(1833-1919)
Thomas Butler
(-)
Caroline Richards
(-)
Thomas James Akehurst of Heathfield
(1851-1935)
Elizabeth Butler
(1850-1909)
William Edward Akehurst of Heathfield
(1882-1971)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Ansley Kate Leeves

  • Dorothy Kate Akehurst

William Edward Akehurst of Heathfield

  • Born: 15 Jan 1882, Burwash, Sussex, England 1
  • Christened: 2 Apr 1882, Burwash, Sussex, England 1
  • Married: 24 Dec 1903, Heathfield, Sussex, England 2
  • Died: 9 Jan 1971, Pine View, Hugletts Lane, Heathfield, Sussex, England 3 4

  Research Notes:

William Edward son of Thomas Akehurst of Burwash, labourer, and Elizabeth (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1891 England Census William E Akehurst, age 9, born in Burwash Sussex, scholar, was with his parents in Quay Lane Cottage, Burwash Sussex.

At the time of the 1901 England Census William Akehurst, age 19, born in Burwash Sussex, carman, was lodging at 2 The Rock, Heathfield Sussex.

At the time of the 1911 England Census William Akehurst, age 28, born in Etchingham Sussex, general carrier's carter, and wife of 7 years Kate, age 27, born in Heathfield Sussex (mother of 1 child), were living in Narfolk Cottage, Heathfield. With them was daughter Dorothy (6) of Heathfield, school.

In the 1939 Register William E Akehurst (b. 15 Jan 1883*), lorry driver, coal & goods delivery, and wife Anslie K Akehurst (b. 30 Aug 1883), unpaid domestic duties, were living at Pine View, Hugeletts Lane, Heathfield, Sussex.

* Per the Parish Register for baptisms and the GROE birth & death indexes, the correct year is 1882.

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William Edward Akehurst of Pine View Hugletts La Heathfield Sx died 9 January 1971. Probate Brighton 5 August. Effects £5310. 4

  Marriage Information:

William married Ansley Kate Leeves, daughter of Isaac Leeves and Emily Harriet Burgess, on 24 Dec 1903 in Heathfield, Sussex, England. (Ansley Kate Leeves was born on 30 Aug 1883 in Heathfield, Sussex, England and died on 12 Mar 1963 in Pine View, Hugletts Lane, Heathfield, Sussex, England, aged 80 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Edward Akehurst, age 21, bachelor, carman, resident of Heathfield, son of Thomas Akehurst, labourer, and
Anslie Kate Leeves, age 20, spinster, resident of Heathfield, daughter of Isaac Leeves, carpenter

Married after Banns

Witnesses: Isaac Leeves, Josephine Emily Leeves

Sources


1 Burwash Sussex Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms, p. 41, no. 325.

2 Heathfield Sussex Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 125, no. 249.

3 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007, Hailsham district, 1st Quarter, vol. 5h, p. 997 (date of birth recorded).

4 England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, 1971, p. 41.


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