Individual Details
Robert John Pettiward
(Abt 1820 - 3 Feb 1908)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1820 | Walcot, Somerset, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Education | 15 Oct 1836 | Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Marriage | 25 Jan 1855 | All Saints, Charlton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - Frances Ann Catherine Nelson |  | | |
| Census | 1861 | Land Owner; Magistrate; Farmer ? acres employing 6 men - Finborough Hall, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Census | 1871 | J.P. ; Major in Militia - Finborough Hall, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Census | 1881 | Magistrate;, Farner of 384 acres - employing 17 men & 4 boys - Finborough Hall, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Residence | Abt Feb 1908 | Finborough Hall, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Death | 3 Feb 1908 | Great Finborough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | | ||
| Probate | 28 Mar 1908 | London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Alt name | Robert John Bussell | |
Families
| Spouse | Frances Ann Catherine Nelson (1826 - 1877) |
| Child | Mary Frances Pettiward (1856 - ) |
| Child | Dorothea Susan Pettiward (1858 - ) |
| Child | Anne Katherine Pettiward (1859 - ) |
| Child | Bertha Caroline Pettiward (1860 - ) |
| Child | Jane Elizabeth Pettiward (1861 - ) |
| Child | Susan Emmeline Pettiward (1862 - 1899) |
| Child | Clara Phoebe Pettiward (1864 - ) |
| Child | Etheldreda Lucy "Ethel" Pettiward (1866 - ) |
| Child | Helen Alice Pettiward (1867 - ) |
| Father | Robert Bussell (1790 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Extract from parish register: 1855 Marriage solemnized at All Saints, Charlton in the parish of Downton in the county of Wilts.No: 9
Date: 25 January 1855
Name: Robert John Bussell - Frances Catherine Nelson
Age: Full (both)
Condition: Bachelor - Spinster
Occupation: Esquire - -
Address: Great Finborough, Suffolk - Standlynch, Wilts
Father: Robert Bussell - Thomas 2nd Earl Nelson
Father's occupation: Esquire - Peer
married in the District Church All Saints according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church by Licence by: John Horatio Nelson, Rector of Trinity ?. Suffolk?
Bride & groom signed their names - witnesses: Nelson?; Mary ? Nelson; Edward F Nelson; Susanna Nelson; Hasseip? Heydall ? & J Arthur? Balington
Census
At the same address:Mary Ann Johnson 38 - Servant - Cook & Housekeeper - born: Coney Weston, Suffolk
Ann Griffith 50 - Servant - Nurse - born: London
Sarah Haines 31 - Servant - Lady's Maid - born: Bedford (St Mary's), Beds
Mary Ann Willers 31 - Servant - House Maid - born: Norton, Suffolk
Harriett Greengrass 22 - Servant - Kitchen Maid - born: Onehouse, Suffolk
Sarah Hare 19 - Servant - House Maid - born: Stowmarket, Suffolk
Sarah Hankins 20 - Servant - Nurse Maid - born: London
Ada Grimwood 14 - Servant - Nurse Maid - born: Great Finborough, Suffolk
George Levett 44 - Servant - Butler - born: Rougham, Suffolk
Robert Poole 20 - Servant - Footman - born: Bushall, Suffolk
Census
At the same address:Fanny E Reaman 25 - Teacher - Governess - born: Livermere, Suffolk
Allhina Jasper 26 - Teacher - Governess (German) - born: Cologne, Prussia
Mary Gotterson 53 - Servant - Cook - born: Aylesham, Norfolk
Anne Griffiths 65 - Servant - Nurse - born: London
Amy Lovelock 24 - Servant - Lady's Maid - born: Dogmersfield, Hants
Margaret Allington 32 - Servant - House Maid - born: Little Saxham, Suffolk
Caroline Levett 24 - Servant - Nurse Maid - born: Great Finborough, Suffolk
Harriet Fairweather 19 - Servant - Kitchen Maid - born: Occold, Suffolk
Hannah Clipperton 23 - Servant - Nurse Maid - born: Happisburgh, Norfolk
Emmet Panting 19 - Servant - House Maid - born: Whitney, Oxon
George Blackburn 17 - Servant - Footman - born: Potherham, Norfolk
Census
Listed as a a widow at the same address his future son-in-law Algernon Bevan plus:Elizabeth Goslin 54 - Servant - Cook - born: Ipswich (St Clements), Suffolk
Isabel Cropen 28 - Servant - Lady's Maid - born: Howarth, Durham
Elizabeth Gaspar 17 - Servant - Lady's Maid - born: Natson, Wilts
Hannah Bartlett 38 - Servant - House Maid - born: Middlesex
Annie Steggall 16 - Servant - House Maid - born: Great Finborough, Suffolk
Maria Euston 20 - Servant - Kitchen Maid - born: Buxhall, Suffolk
Elizabeth Matten 19 - Servant - Scullery Maid - born: Marlesford, Suffolk
Alfred Taylor 19 - Servant - Footman - born: Ely, Cambs
Probate
Extract from probate calendar - Year: 1908Pettiward Robert John of Finborough Hall Suffolk died 3 February 1908 Probate London 28 March to Mary Frances Pettiward spinster Algernon Beckford Bevan banker Orby Russell Mogan Wood doctor of medicine. Effects: £114846 13s 10d. Resworn: £107254 4s 11d.
Endnotes
1. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 (transcript only).
2. England & Wales - GRO Marriage Index, 1855 Jan/Mar - Alderbury - Vol: 5a Page: 243.
3. Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 2747/2.
4. 1861 Census - England, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1146; Folio: 12; Page: 18; GSU roll: 542763.
5. 1871 Census - England, Class: RG10; Piece: 1733; Folio: 4; Page: 1; GSU roll: 830770.
6. 1881 Census - England, Class: RG11; Piece: 1850; Folio: 9; Page: 12; GSU roll: 1341448.
7. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995Rich, 1908 - Pettiward, Robert John.
8. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995Rich, 1908 - Pettiward, Robert John.
9. England & Wales GRO Death Index, 1908 Jan/Mar - Stow - Vol: 4a Page: 572.
10. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995Rich, 1908 - Pettiward, Robert John.
11. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 (transcript only).