1843 - 1926 (83 years)
Has more than 100 ancestors and 17 descendants in this family tree.
1843 - 1926 (83 years)
Birth |
18 Feb 1843 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Christened |
27 Feb 1843 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Died |
3 Mar 1926 |
Southampton, Hampshire, England |
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Father |
John Jasper Garnett, b. 1814, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Ann Acton, b. 1818, England |
Married |
Abt 1840 |
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Family 1 |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
Children |
| 1. Ann Craven Garnett, b. 3 May 1872 |
| 2. John Jasper Garnett, b. 2 May 1873 |
| 3. Kate Garnett, b. 11 Aug 1874 |
| 4. Marion Garnett, b. 2 Oct 1875 |
+ | 5. Craven Garnett, b. 5 Aug 1877 |
+ | 6. George Edmund Garnett, b. 12 Mar 1880 |
+ | 7. Hubert Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1881, Delamere, Cheshire, England |
| 8. Charlotte Octavia Garnett, b. 29 Jan 1883 |
| 9. Acton Garnett, b. 22 Aug 1884 |
| 10. Ruth Garnett, b. 11 Apr 1886 |
| 11. Isabel Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1888 |
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Family 2 |
Lucy Bryans, b. 1863, England |
Married |
1 Feb 1900 |
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1849 - 1893 (44 years)
Birth |
1849 |
Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Died |
5 Apr 1893 |
Settle, Yorkshire, England |
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Father |
Thomas Leach, b. 1818, Preston, Lancashire, England |
Mother |
Ann Elizabeth Lodge, b. 1817, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England |
Married |
13 May 1847 |
Hawkshead, Lancashire, England |
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Family |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
Children |
| 1. Ann Craven Garnett, b. 3 May 1872 |
| 2. John Jasper Garnett, b. 2 May 1873 |
| 3. Kate Garnett, b. 11 Aug 1874 |
| 4. Marion Garnett, b. 2 Oct 1875 |
+ | 5. Craven Garnett, b. 5 Aug 1877 |
+ | 6. George Edmund Garnett, b. 12 Mar 1880 |
+ | 7. Hubert Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1881, Delamere, Cheshire, England |
| 8. Charlotte Octavia Garnett, b. 29 Jan 1883 |
| 9. Acton Garnett, b. 22 Aug 1884 |
| 10. Ruth Garnett, b. 11 Apr 1886 |
| 11. Isabel Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1888 |
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1863 -
Birth |
1863 |
England |
Died |
England |
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Family |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Married |
1 Feb 1900 |
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1844 - 1910 (66 years)
Birth |
16 Aug 1844 |
Christened |
6 Sep 1844 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Died |
18 Sep 1910 |
Fearndon, Chester, Cheshire, England |
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Father |
John Jasper Garnett, b. 1814, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Ann Acton, b. 1818, England |
Married |
Abt 1840 |
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Family |
John Bell Butler, b. Abt 1843, Brighton, Sussex, England |
Married |
Sep 1871 |
Children |
| 1. Margaret Butler, b. 1875, St. Pancras, London |
| 2. William Bernard Butler, b. 1876, Hargrave, Cheshire, England |
| 3. Geoffrey Butler, b. 1878, Hargrave, Cheshire, England |
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Abt 1843 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
Abt 1843 |
Brighton, Sussex, England |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
Elizabeth Ann Garnett, b. 16 Aug 1844 |
Married |
Sep 1871 |
Children |
| 1. Margaret Butler, b. 1875, St. Pancras, London |
| 2. William Bernard Butler, b. 1876, Hargrave, Cheshire, England |
| 3. Geoffrey Butler, b. 1878, Hargrave, Cheshire, England |
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1845 - 1924 (78 years)
Birth |
27 Aug 1845 |
Christened |
25 Nov 1845 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Died |
1 Jan 1924 |
Hove, Sussex, England |
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Father |
John Jasper Garnett, b. 1814, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Ann Acton, b. 1818, England |
Married |
Abt 1840 |
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Family |
Mary Eleanor Curwen |
Children |
| 1. Frances Garnett |
| 2. Mary Garnett |
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- 1926
Died |
13 Apr 1926 |
2-Bel Royal Villas, Millbrook, Jersey, Crown Dependencies |
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Father |
Robert Curwen |
Mother |
Margaret |
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Family |
George Garnett, b. 27 Aug 1845 |
Children |
| 1. Frances Garnett |
| 2. Mary Garnett |
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1814 - 1870 (56 years)
Birth |
1814 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Christened |
7 Aug 1814 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Died |
30 Jun 1870 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Buried |
6 Jul 1870 |
Acton, Cheshire, England |
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Father |
John Jasper Garnett, b. 1775, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Elizabeth Craven, b. 1778, Bunbury, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Married |
25 Apr 1805 |
Bunbury, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
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Family |
Ann Acton, b. 1818, England |
Married |
Abt 1840 |
Children |
+ | 1. Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
+ | 2. Elizabeth Ann Garnett, b. 16 Aug 1844 |
+ | 3. George Garnett, b. 27 Aug 1845 |
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1818 - 1848 (30 years)
Birth |
1818 |
England |
Died |
6 Nov 1848 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Buried |
14 Nov 1848 |
Acton, Cheshire, England |
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Father |
James Acton, b. 1786, Bunbury, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Woodcock, b. Abt 1790, England |
Married |
15 Jun 1815 |
Guilden Sutton, Cheshire, England |
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Family |
John Jasper Garnett, b. 1814, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Married |
Abt 1840 |
Children |
+ | 1. Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
+ | 2. Elizabeth Ann Garnett, b. 16 Aug 1844 |
+ | 3. George Garnett, b. 27 Aug 1845 |
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1849 - 1893 (44 years)
Birth |
1849 |
Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Died |
5 Apr 1893 |
Settle, Yorkshire, England |
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Father |
Thomas Leach, b. 1818, Preston, Lancashire, England |
Mother |
Ann Elizabeth Lodge, b. 1817, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England |
Married |
13 May 1847 |
Hawkshead, Lancashire, England |
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Family |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
Children |
| 1. Ann Craven Garnett, b. 3 May 1872 |
| 2. John Jasper Garnett, b. 2 May 1873 |
| 3. Kate Garnett, b. 11 Aug 1874 |
| 4. Marion Garnett, b. 2 Oct 1875 |
+ | 5. Craven Garnett, b. 5 Aug 1877 |
+ | 6. George Edmund Garnett, b. 12 Mar 1880 |
+ | 7. Hubert Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1881, Delamere, Cheshire, England |
| 8. Charlotte Octavia Garnett, b. 29 Jan 1883 |
| 9. Acton Garnett, b. 22 Aug 1884 |
| 10. Ruth Garnett, b. 11 Apr 1886 |
| 11. Isabel Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1888 |
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1872 - 1879 (7 years)
Birth |
3 May 1872 |
Died |
Jun 1879 |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1873 - 1879 (6 years)
Birth |
2 May 1873 |
Died |
Jun 1879 |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1874 - 1943 (69 years)
Birth |
11 Aug 1874 |
Died |
10 Nov 1943 |
Worcester, Worcestershire, England |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1875 - 1967 (91 years)
Birth |
2 Oct 1875 |
Died |
5 Mar 1967 |
Oxford, England |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1877 - 1955 (78 years)
Birth |
5 Aug 1877 |
Died |
26 Oct 1955 |
Settle, Yorkshire, England |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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Family |
Winifred Marian Harry, b. 15 Nov 1878, Clent, Worcestershire, England |
Married |
21 May 1907 |
Coldhurst, Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire, England |
Children |
| 1. George Evelyn Durant Garnett, b. 21 Jul 1909, Ladywood, Salwarpe, R.D. Worcester |
| 2. Craven Llewellyn Garnett, b. Abt 1908 |
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1880 - 1912 (31 years)
Birth |
12 Mar 1880 |
Died |
22 Feb 1912 |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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Family |
Leda Florence Wade, b. 1878 |
Married |
22 Dec 1903 |
Salwarpe, Worcestershire, England |
Children |
| 1. Fletcher Bath Wade R. Garnett, b. 5 May 1907, 14 Sanderson Road, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England |
| 2. Hubert Edmund Garnett, b. 15 Jan 1908 |
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1881 - 1977 (95 years)
Birth |
28 Nov 1881 |
Delamere, Cheshire, England |
Died |
17 Jul 1977 |
Lachute, Quebec, Canada |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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Family |
Ethel Mairi Clayton, b. 12 Sep 1882, Texas, USA |
Married |
Abt 1900 |
Children |
| 1. Rosamond Garnett, b. Abt 1901 |
| 2. Geoffrey Garnett, b. 27 Aug 1918, Montréal, QC, Canada |
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1883 - 1974 (91 years)
Birth |
29 Jan 1883 |
Died |
25 Apr 1974 |
Oxford, England |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1884 - 1934 (49 years)
Birth |
22 Aug 1884 |
Died |
8 Mar 1934 |
Ubley, Somerset, England |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1886 - 1966 (80 years)
Birth |
11 Apr 1886 |
Died |
13 Apr 1966 |
Oxford, England |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1888 - 1972 (83 years)
Birth |
28 Nov 1888 |
Died |
12 Jan 1972 |
Maine |
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Father |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Mother |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England |
Married |
20 Jul 1871 |
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1863 -
Birth |
1863 |
England |
Died |
England |
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Family |
Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Married |
1 Feb 1900 |
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Name |
Richard Craven Garnett |
Birth |
18 Feb 1843 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Christening |
27 Feb 1843 |
Nantwich, Cheshire, England |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
3 Mar 1926 |
Southampton, Hampshire, England |
Siblings |
2 Siblings |
+ | 1. Richard Craven Garnett, b. 18 Feb 1843, Nantwich, Cheshire, England d. 3 Mar 1926, Southampton, Hampshire, England (Age 83 years) ▻ Charlotte Isabel Leach, m. 20 Jul 1871 ; Lucy Bryans, m. 1 Feb 1900 | + | 2. Elizabeth Ann Garnett, b. 16 Aug 1844 d. 18 Sep 1910, Fearndon, Chester, Cheshire, England (Age 66 years) ▻ John Bell Butler, m. Sep 1871 | + | 3. George Garnett, b. 27 Aug 1845 d. 1 Jan 1924, Hove, Sussex, England (Age 78 years) ▻ Mary Eleanor Curwen | |
Person ID |
I269616 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
12 Aug 2001 |
Father |
John Jasper Garnett, b. 1814, Nantwich, Cheshire, England d. 30 Jun 1870, Nantwich, Cheshire, England (Age 56 years) |
Mother |
Ann Acton, b. 1818, England d. 6 Nov 1848, Nantwich, Cheshire, England (Age 30 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1840 |
Family ID |
F108974 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Charlotte Isabel Leach, b. 1849, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, England d. 5 Apr 1893, Settle, Yorkshire, England (Age 44 years) |
Marriage |
20 Jul 1871 |
Children |
| 1. Ann Craven Garnett, b. 3 May 1872 d. Jun 1879 (Age 7 years) |
| 2. John Jasper Garnett, b. 2 May 1873 d. Jun 1879 (Age 6 years) |
| 3. Kate Garnett, b. 11 Aug 1874 d. 10 Nov 1943, Worcester, Worcestershire, England (Age 69 years) |
| 4. Marion Garnett, b. 2 Oct 1875 d. 5 Mar 1967, Oxford, England (Age 91 years) |
+ | 5. Craven Garnett, b. 5 Aug 1877 d. 26 Oct 1955, Settle, Yorkshire, England (Age 78 years) |
+ | 6. George Edmund Garnett, b. 12 Mar 1880 d. 22 Feb 1912 (Age 31 years) |
+ | 7. Hubert Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1881, Delamere, Cheshire, England d. 17 Jul 1977, Lachute, Quebec, Canada (Age 95 years) |
| 8. Charlotte Octavia Garnett, b. 29 Jan 1883 d. 25 Apr 1974, Oxford, England (Age 91 years) |
| 9. Acton Garnett, b. 22 Aug 1884 d. 8 Mar 1934, Ubley, Somerset, England (Age 49 years) |
| 10. Ruth Garnett, b. 11 Apr 1886 d. 13 Apr 1966, Oxford, England (Age 80 years) |
| 11. Isabel Garnett, b. 28 Nov 1888 d. 12 Jan 1972, Maine (Age 83 years) |
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Family ID |
F108982 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Aug 2001 |
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Notes |
Richard Craven GARNETT, Clerk in Holy Orders for more than 49 years, was born at 5:15 pm on February 18, 1843---the first child of John Jasper GARNETT [q.v. #16] and Ann ACTON [q.v. #17].
At the time of Richard Craven Garnett's birth, his father John Jasper was farming the estate at Stoke Hall Manor, which had been inherited by John Jasper's mother, Elizabeth Craven Garnett [q.v. #33] from her father Richard Craven upon his death in 1804.
Richard's sister Elizabeth Ann ("Lizzie") was born in 1844, followed closely by his brother George in 1845.
Just three years later, their mother Ann (Acton) Garnett died of consumption on November 6, 1848 at the age of only 30 years. Richard was only 5 years old at the time.
Following the death of his wife Ann, John Jasper took the three young children to live for a while with their grandmother Elizabeth Craven Garnett at Sweetbriar Hall on Hospital Street, Nantwich. A governess, Sarah Charlton was retained to look after the children.
In 1851, grandmother Elizabeth also died (age 73) and afterwards John Jasper and the children went to live in Madeira, Spain.
Richard's bother George later recounts in his family journal that they travelled to Spain on a brig called Comet Captive Earth and the voyage took 17 days.
The children's governess, Miss Major, died in Madeira and was replaced by a new one sent out from England---Mary Elizabeth Pankhurst, who became a "regular nuisance" to the children as well as a paramour to both John Jasper Garnett and later to the children's cousin, John Edward Richardson (from whom she swindled large sums of money and property).
Around 1855, the family returned from Spain and rented a house in the Welsh Row, Nantwich. Their great aunt, Ann Kent also died at this point and so John Jasper and the family took over a small farm house on the Stoke property, called Stoke Bank.
Richard was sent off for tutoring at Mr. Grosvenor's boarding school. He went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge where he received a B.A. in 1866 and and M.A. in 1869.
Upon graduation, Richard Craven Garnett entered the ministry, first as a curate of Leck in Lancashire, then at Mansfield- Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. He was ordained Deacon in 1867 and Priest at Manchester Cathedral in 1869.
On July 20, 1871, the Reverend Richard C. Garnett married Charlotte Isabel LEACH, daughter of Thomas LEACH of Thornton in Lonsdale. The same year, he was made curate of Calveley-under-Bunbury where he and his wife resided until 1873. At Bunbury their first two children were born---Ann Craven Garnett on May 3, 1872, and John Jasper on May 2, 1873.
From 1873 to 1889, Reverend Garnett was Rector of Delamere, and it was there that Kate (August 11, 1874), Marion (October 2, 1875) and Craven (August 5, 1877) were born.
While at Delamere the family also suffered a heartbreaking tragedy when the two oldest of their children, Ann (age 7) and John Jasper (age 6) both died within weeks of eachother in June 1879 from diphtheria. A stained glass window in Delamere Church commemorates the tragic death of these two children.
Between March, 1880 and November, 1888 the remaining six Garnett children came into the world in quick succession, all at Delamere: George Edmund on March 12, 1880; Hubert on November 28, 1881, Charlotte Octavia on January 29, 1883; Acton on August 22, 1884; Ruth on April 11, 1886; and Isabel on November 28, 1888.
In 1889, Reverend Garnett was appointed Vicar of Settle in North Yorkshire, a position he held until 1901. It was at Settle that the children grew up, went to school, made friends and decided their future vocations in life.
And it was also at Settle that Garnett's wife Charlotte died on April 6, 1893 at the young age of 43. Cause of death was recorded as influenza, pneumonia and acute rheumatic endocarditis. She was buried in the churchyard at Settle.
A few years after the death of his first wife, Reverend Garnett met Lucy BRYANS [q.v. #9-2], daughter of William Bryans a fellow Church of England clergyman. They were married at the Parish Church of Eltham in the county of London on February 1, 1900.
Lucy, age 37 at the time of the marriage was 20 years younger than the groom.
Reverend Richard Craven Garnett was Rector of St. Michael's Church at Salwarpe, Droitwich from 1901 to 1916.
When he retired from that post in October, 1916 at the age of 73, he was presented with a handsome Sheraton sideboard enscribed with a brass plate bearing the following inscription:
"Presented to the Rev. R.C. Garnett, M.A., by the people of Salwarpe, on his leaving after 15 years ministry in the parish, October 7, 1916."
The presentation ceremony was written up in the Berrows Worchester Journal on October 11, 1916. Mrs. Lucy Garnett was presented with a silver coffee pot engraved on one side with her initials "L.G." Miss Kate Garnett was presented with a suitcase and Miss Marion Garnett (in appreciation for her efficient work with the choir) was given a case of fish eaters and carvers.
The Reverend Garnett lived another ten years in retirement, succuming on March 3, 1926 after an attack of Haut Mal and Coma. He died at The Hayes, Park Road, Chandlers Ford, Winchester, County of Southhampton. His son Craven Garnett, living at East Mead Avenue, Greenford, Middlesex, was listed as informant on the death certificate.
Of the children of Richard Craven Garnett, the following information is known:
Ann Craven Garnett and John Jasper Garnett died at the ages of 7 and 6 respectively as a result of a diptheria outbreak in June, 1879.
Kate Garnett died unmarried at New Baskerville, Shubbery, Worchester on about November 10, 1943 at age 69.
Marion Garnett died also unmarried on March 5, 1967. She was living at the time in Oxford, at 28 Bickerton Road Headington, having undergone care at the Gilmore Home for the elderly. Funeral arrangements from S. W. French and Son, with instructions in her Will that she be cremated.
Craven Garnett married Winifred Marion Harry and had two sons: George Evelyn Durant Garnett (b. 1909), and Craven Llewellyn Garnett [died 22 Sept. 1945]. Craven Garnett was a civil engineer and was living in Greenford, Middlesex at the time of his father's death in 1926. He died on October 26, 1955 at age 78 in Settle, Yorkshire of a cerebral haemorrhage, and his wife Winifred Marion Garnett died just a few weeks later on December 12, 1955.
George Edmund Garnett married Leda Florence WADE on December 22, 1903 and had two children: Richard (b. May 5, 1907), and Hubert Edmund (1908-1924). He died February 22, 1912 and was buried at Salwarpe.
Hubert Garnett [q.v. #4] married Ethel Mairi CLAYTON of Settle, North Yorkshire and emigrated to Canada in the early 1900s. He lived near Montreal for the rest of his life, being employed for over 25 years with the Explosives Division of Canadian Industries Limited (CIL). He died July 11, 1977 at Lachute, Quebec and was buried at St. James Anglican Church. Hudson Heights. He left three surviving children: Nancy Isobel LUSBY, Edmund Jasper Garnett and Geoffrey Garnett] and eight grandchildren.
Charlotte Octavia Garnett died unmarried at the age of 91 on April 25, 1974.
At the time of her death, she was a resident of the Greengates Home located at 2 Hernes Road, Oxford.
Acton Garnett was an agriculturist who died of tuberculosis at the age of 49 years on March 8, 1934 at Nordach Sanitorium, Ubley, Somerset. Until shortly before his death, Acton Garnettt lived with his sister Ruth in Headington, Oxford.
Ruth Garnett became a pharmacist by profession. She lived at 28 Bickerton Road, Headington, Oxford following the death of her brother Acton Garnett in 1934. She died at Oxford on April 13, 1966.
Isabel Garnett, a Roman Catholic Nun, was a missionary in China for a number of years. She became blind. Later she moved to the United States where she taught braile at a school for the blind in Maine. She died January 12, 1972 and is believed to be buried in Arlington, Massachusetts.
Custom Field:<_FA#> 27 Feb 1843Acton by Nantwich, by Robt. Mayer, Vicar
GARNET T, Richard Craven
[1843-1926]
Richard Craven GARNETT, Clerk in Holy Orders fo r more than 49 years, was
born at 5:15 pm on February 18, 1843---the first c hild of John Jasper
GARNETT and Ann ACTON.
At the time of Richard Craven Ga rnett's birth, his father John Jasper
was farming the estate at Stoke Hall M anor, which had been inherited by
John Jasper's mother, Elizabeth Craven Gar nett from her father Richard
Craven upon his death in 1804.
Richard's siste r Elizabeth Ann ("Lizzie") was born in 1844, followed
closely by his brother George in 1845.
Just three years later, their mother Ann (Acton) Garnett die d of
consumption on November 6, 1848 at the age of only 30 years. Richard wa s
only 5 years old at the time.
Following the death of his wife Ann, John J asper took the three young
children to live for a while with their grandmothe r Elizabeth Craven
Garnett at Sweetbriar Hall on Hospital Street, Nantwich. A governess,
Sarah Charlton was retained to look after the children.
In 185 1, grandmother Elizabeth also died (age 73) and afterwards John
Jasper and t he children went to live in Madeira, Spain.
Richard's bother George later reco unts in his family journal that they
travelled to Spain on a brig called Come t Captive Earth and the voyage
took 17 days.
The children's governess, Miss Major, died in Madeira and was replaced by
a new one sent out from England--- Mary Elizabeth Pankhurst, who became a
"regular nuisance" to the children as well as a paramour to both John
Jasper Garnett and later to the children's c ousin, John Edward
Richardson (from whom she swindled large sums of money a nd property).
Around 1855, the family returned from Spain and rented a house in the
Welsh Row, Nantwich. Their great aunt, Ann Kent also died at this po int
and so John Jasper and the family took over a small farm house on the
S toke property, called Stoke Bank.
Richard was sent off for tutoring at Mr. Gro svenor's boarding school. He
went on to study at Trinity College, Cambridge w here he received a B.A.
in 1866 and and M.A. in 1869.
Upon graduation, Rich ard Craven Garnett entered the ministry, first as a
curate of Leck in Lancash ire, then at Mansfield- Woodhouse,
Nottinghamshire. He was ordained Deacon in 1867 and Priest at Manchester
Cathedral in 1869.
On July 20, 1871, the Reverend Richard C. Garnett married Charlotte
Isabel LEACH, daughter of Thomas LEACH of Thornton in Lonsdale. The same
year, he was made curate of Calveley-under-Bunbury where he and his wife
resided until 1873. At Bunbury their first two children were born---Ann
Craven Garnett on May 3, 1872, and John Jasper on May 2, 1873.
From 1873 to 1889, Reverend Garnett was Rector of Delamere , and it was
there that Kate (August 11, 1874), Marion (October 2, 1875) and Craven
(August 5, 1877) were born.
While at Delamere the family also suffer ed a heartbreaking tragedy when
the two oldest of their children, Ann (age 7) and John Jasper (age 6)
both died within weeks of eachother in June 1879 from diphtheria. A
stained glass window in Delamere Church commemorates the tragic death of
these two children.
Between March, 1880 and November, 1888 the remaining six Garnett children
came into the world in quick succession, all a t Delamere: George Edmund
on March 12, 1880; Hubert on November 28, 1881, Charlotte Octavia on
January 29, 1883; Acton on August 22, 1884; Ruth on Ap ril 11, 1886;
and Isabel on November 28, 1888.
In 1889, Reverend Garnett w as appointed Vicar of Settle in North
Yorkshire, a position he held until 19 01. It was at Settle that the
children grew up, went to school, made friends and decided their future
vocations in life.
And it was also at Settle that Garnett's wife Charlotte died on April 6,
1893 at the young age of 43. Ca use of death was recorded as influenza,
pneumonia.
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