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Martha (Tagg) Rumley (abt. 1834 - 1907)

Martha Rumley formerly Tagg
Born about in Bow, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Died at about age 73 in Tasmania, Australiamap
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Biography

Martha was born about 1834-1835 at Bow, Middlesex, England, the daughter of Alfred Tagg and Esther Tagg.

On the 9th June 1862, Martha and her husband to be Henry Rumsley [sic] were witnesses at the marriage of Martha's sister Rebecca Tagg to Alfred Boulton at All Saints with St. Margaret, Upper Norwood, Surrey, England.[1]

On the 18th August 1862, Martha Tagg married Henry John Rumley at St. Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, England. Henry John Rumley, bachelor, waterman of Greenwich, son of George Thomas Rumley (gardener); and Martha Tagg, spinster of Greenwich, daughter of Alfred Tagg (printer). Witnessed by Cornelius Tagg and Rebecca Button?[2]

In 1896, Martha was a shopkeeper living at Bushy Park, Glenna, Tasmania, Australia.[3]

When Martha wrote her will on the 10th September 1896 she named her husband Henry John Rumley and her brother Cornelius Tagg of Dartford, kent, England and her sisters Rebecca Bolton, of Dartford, widow, Amelia Jane Challise, wife of William Challise of Dartford, Bricklayer, and Esther Stacey wife of Henry Stacey of Dartford, Bricklayer.[3]

She passed away on the 2nd July 1907 at Tasmania, Australia.[4]

Census

1841 Census of England & Wales: 6th June 1841
Overy Street, Dartford, Kent, England

First NameLast NameGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
AlfredTaggMale30 Printer-
EstherTaggFemale30 -Kent
MarthaTaggFemale5 --
RebeccaTaggFemale3 -Kent
CorneliusTaggMale1 -Kent
[5]

1851 Census of England & Wales: 30th March 1851
19 St. Ronans, Dartford, Kent, England

First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
AlfredTaggHeadMarriedMale40 Silk PrinterWandsworth, Surrey
EstherTaggWifeMarriedFemale38-Dartford, Kent
MarthaTaggDaughterUnmarriedFemale16Work in Paper MillBow, Middlesex
RebeccaTaggDaughterUnmarriedFemale13Work in Paper MillDartford, Kent
CorneliusTaggSonUnmarriedMale11ScholarDartford, Kent
AmeliaTaggDaughter-Female4ScholarDartford, Kent
EstherTaggDaughter-Female1ScholarDartford, Kent
JaneSaundersMother-in-lawwidowFemale70-Dartford, Kent
[6]

1861 Census of England & Wales: 7th April 1861
Queen Street, Dartford, Kent, England

First NameLast NameRelationshipMarital StatusGenderAgeOccupationBirth Place
AlfredTaggHeadMarriedMale50 Calico PrinterWandsworth, Surrey
EstherTaggWifeMarriedFemale48-Dartford, Kent
MarthaTaggDaughterUnmarriedFemale25Overlooker of PaperBow, Middlesex
CorneliusTaggSonUnmarriedMale22Mill WorkerDartford, Kent
EstherTaggDaughter-Female11ScholarDartford, Kent
AgnessTaggDaughter-Female7ScholarDartford, Kent
[7]

Sources

  1. "Marriage of Alfred BOULTON & Rebecca TAGG" All Saints with St. Margaret, Upper Norwood, Surrey, England Marriage register 1862 Pg. 96 Entry No. 192. Surrey History Centre; Woking, Surrey, England; Surrey Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: 7583/1/11. Image available at Ancestry.co.uk 4th September 2023
  2. "Marriage of Henry John RUMLEY & Martha TAGG" St. Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, England Marriage register 1862 Pg. 94 Entry No. 187. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P78/ALF/045. Image available at Ancestry.Co.uk (£) Accessed 3rd September 2023
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Will of Martha RUMLEY" shopkeeper of Bushy Park, Glenna, Tasmania dated 10th September 1896 Images available at FindMyPast (£) Accessed 3rd September 2023
  4. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241641607/martha-rumley: accessed 03 September 2023), memorial page for Martha Rumley (1834–2 Jul 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 241641607, citing Red Hills Cemetery, Bushy Park, Derwent Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia; Maintained by Sue McC (contributor 50920935). WITH IMAGE OF MEMORIAL STONE
  5. "1841 England and Wales Census" Class: HO107; Piece: 482; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Dartford; County: Kent; Enumeration District: 6; Folio: 26; Page: 46 Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Image available at Ancestry.co.uk and FindMyPast
  6. "1851 England and Wales Census" Class: HO107; Piece: 1607; Folio: 351; Page: 43 Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Image available at Ancestry.co.uk and FindMyPast
  7. "1861 England and Wales Census" Class: RG 9; Piece: 467; Folio: 50A; Page: 40 Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Image available at Ancestry.co.uk and FindMyPast




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