George Girling (1834 - 1913)

Born 9 Jul 1834 in Earlham, Norfolk, England

Husband of Jane Sophia Steel — married 16 Dec 1859 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Died 31 Jan 1913 at age 78 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Biography

George, child of John & Frances Eleanor, was born on 9 July 1834 and baptised on 27 July 1834 in Earlham St Mary and Bowthorpe, Norfolk, England.^[1]

George married Jane Sophia Steel on 16 December 1859 in Calcutta, Bengal, India.^[2]

The Halesworth Times and East Suffolk Advertiser. - Tuesday 11 February 1913
The Rev. George Girling, who died on January 31st at 9, Clarendon Road, and was buried at Yarmouth on February 3rd, came of an old Norfolk family. He was born at Earlham on July 9th, 1834, and went to Dr. Brewer's school, then in Newmarket Road. He was afterwards for a time at the Church Missionary College, Islington, but was not accepted for foreign service because of a severe attack of rheumatic fever. In spite of this, however, he went out to India in the year after the Mutiny, and after being for a time at Bishop's College, Calcutta, was ordained and put in charge of the Rani-galy district under the Additional Clergy Society. After fifteen years of Indian work Mr. Girling returned to England and held several cures in the Norwich diocese. He was in charge of Trunch, Norfolk, for three years, and of St. Andrew's, Great Yarmouth, from 1880-1887, during the vicariate of Canon Venables. In 1887 the Dean and Chapter of Norwich presented him to the benefice of Westhall, where he ministered for twenty years, retiring in 1907. After this date he lived in Norwich, occasionally helping at Holy Trinity, South Heigham. During his long life of seventy-eight years Mr. Girling was widely known and respected for his consistent Christian life and faithful service. A signal proof of this was given in the fact that many of his Yarmouth parishioners attended his funeral after a lapse of nearly thirty years since his ministry among them. ^[3]

George's death (age 78) was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1913 in the Norwich district.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919"
   Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: PD 420/2
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61042 #721271 (accessed 30 July 2022)
   George Girling baptism on 27 Jul 1834 (born 9 Jul 1834), child of John & Frances Eleanor, in Earlham St Mary and Bowthorpe, Norfolk, England.
2. ↑ Marriage: "India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948"
   Ancestry uk Record 9901 #284343 (accessed 30 July 2022)
   George Girling marriage to Jane Sophia Steel on 16 Dec 1859 in Calcutta, Bengal, India.
3. ↑ The Halesworth Times and East Suffolk Advertiser. - Tuesday 11 February 1913 Find My Past, British Library
4. ↑ Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 30 July 2022)
   Girling, George (Age at death: 78).
   GRO Reference: 1913 Jan-Feb-Mar in Norwich Volume 04B Page 185.

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