Longstanton & District Heritage Society

The Heritage Society of Longstanton, Northstowe, Oakington & Westwick, RAF Oakington & Oakington Barracks, Cambridgeshire

Townsend Family

TOWNSEND/TOWNSHEND Family – Longstanton All Saints Parish Registers

Compiled by HAE Stroude, 2010

Baptisms

1764    Jun       24        Elizabeth dau of William & Elizabeth

1766    Oct      5          Mary dau of William & Elizabeth

1775    Feb      9          William son of William & Elizabeth

1829    Mar      22        William son of William & Hannah otp blacksmith

1834    Sep      28        Ann dau of William & Emma otp blacksmith born 23 Mar 1834

1837    Mar      5          Henry son of William & Hannah otp blacksmith

1854    Oct      1          John James son of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith

1858    Aug      8          William Henry son of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 3

 1854   Mar      25        Henry Charles son of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 5

1854    Mar      25        Annie Elizabeth dau of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 3

1872    Mar      29        Hannah Sarah dau of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 7

1872    Mar      29        Harriet Gertrude dau of Henry & Edith otp blacksmith aged 4

1903    Jan       10        May dau of John James & Annie Eliza otp vet born 31 May 1883

1904    Apr      5          Ethel Maud dau of John James & Annie Eliza otp vet

born 16 Sep 1884

Marriages

1682    Oct      17        Alsop William to

                                    Townsend Elizabeth

1779    Feb      11        Towshend [signature Townsend] Charles of Fen Stanton to

                                    Warwick Sarah servant to Sir Th Hatton otp by lic

1853    Apr      6          Townsend Henry [blank] bac blacksmith otp son of William

                                    blacksmith to

                                    Chapman Edith (x) [blank] sp [blank] opt dau of Newman lab

by lic

1903    Sep      29        Horrox Frank 36 bac accountant of St Gabriel Middleton Junction

                                    Lancs, son of James builder to

                                    Townsend Lilian John 26 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet

                                    Wits: John James Townsend, Harrison Percy Johnson

1905    Mar      15        Ennals Sydney Walter 25 bac draper of Olney Bucks son of

                                    Richard Walter deceased to

                                    Townsend May 21 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet

                                    Wits: John James Townsend, Selby Ennals

1905    Jun       1          Shepperson Thomas Morton 28 bac farmer of March son of

                                    William farmer deceased to

                                    Townsend Edith Mary 26 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet

by lic.  Wits: Elizabeth Murfitt, John James Townsend

1909    Apr      14        Jackson Sidney bac farmer of Wilburton son of George farmer to

                                    Townsend Ethel Maud 24 sp [blank] otp dau of John James vet

                                    Wits: John James Townsend, George Jackson

Burials

1746    Sep      14        Mary infant

1794    Apr      21        Sarah 27 [BT sp]

1798    Jul        17        William blacksmith

1812    Mar      16        Mrs Elizabeth 68

1834    Nov     6          John James otp 24

1838    Apr      8          John James of St Andrew the Less Cambridge 1

1840    Aug      6          Elizabeth Hannah of St Andrew the Less Cambridge 7 months

1846    Nov     12        Hannah otp 72

1859    Feb      28        William otp 83

1876    Aug      23        Henry Charles otp 17

1882    Nov     22        Henry otp 66

1895    Dec      17        Edith of Fakenham 66

1930    Apr      12        Annie Eliza of Huntingdon Rd Cambridge 77

1935    Feb      15        John James of 146 Huntingdon Rd Cambridge 81

1943    Jun       17        Annie Elizabeth of Hills Rd Cambridge 82

Banns

1763    Jul        17        Townsend William otp to

                                    Rust Elizabeth of Mepal

1807    Sep      27        Townsend William otp to

                                    Newman Hannah of All Saints Cambridge

Longstanton St Michael’s

 

Baptisms

1877    Jul        22        Lillian Ida dau of John James & Eliza of All Saints farrier

1878    Dec      22        Edith May dau of John James & Eliza otp farrier

Marriages

1676    Oct      17        Townsend Thomas rector of Mepal to

                                    Scott Elizabeth of Cambridge

Local residents will notice that Major Charles Townsend, the renouned horse vet who lived at Melrose house, is missing from the above list – even though he is buried at All Saints’ church. The parish registers we are using do not cover the period in which Major Townsend died.