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George, the oldest son of George KIRBY (born 1824) (my 3x great-grandfather) married Sarah Gammon in 1842.<\/p>\nGeorge, the oldest son of George KIRBY (born 1824) (my 3x great-grandfather) married Sarah Gammon in 1842.<\/p>\n
1851 census<\/strong> shows\u00a0George (27) was a pork butcher living in the Ville of Dunkirk (a village next to Blean) with his wife, Sarah and their children.<\/p>\n They lived next door to George\u2019s widowed father, Joseph, also a pork butcher. George\u2019s mother Ann had died in 1848 (age 73).<\/p>\n 1857<\/strong> Joseph Kirby, George\u2019s father, died (age 85).<\/p>\n 1861 census<\/strong> shows George, a pork butcher, and his family living at 18 Whitstable Road, Blean.<\/p>\n 1871 census<\/strong> shows George (47) a pork butcher living at 18 Blean Bottom with his wife and children and a border, Sion Gilbert, a blacksmith.<\/p>\n 1881 census<\/strong> shows George (57) a pork butcher and a farmer of 70 acres of land employing 4 men and 1 boy, living at 24 Whitstable Road, Blean with his wife and children. Sion Gilbert, the blacksmith, is now living next door (at No 25) with his wife, George\u2019s daughter, Emma, and their children.<\/p>\n The photo of George\u2019s wife, Sarah, (on the right) was taken in her later years.<\/p>\n On 16\u00a0October\u00a01886<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>George\u00a0committed suicide (age 63). The inquest was held at the Hare and Hound pub (close by at 30 Whitstable Road) and reported in the Kentish Gazette:<\/p>\n 23 October 1886<\/strong><\/p>\n BLEAN. SUICIDE On Friday East Kent Coroner (R. M. Mercer, Esq.), held an inquest at the Hare and Hounds. on the body of George Kirby, aged 63 years.\u2014Thomas Kirby said I reside in this parish and am a labourer. The deceased was my father. He resided in this parish, and was a pork-butcher. On going into my father\u2019s stable about 6.45 a.m to-day to see about the horse, I found the deceased hanging to the side of the door, his toes touching the ground. I found he was attached to a rope tied round the beam and from there round his neck. I went and got assistance and then got him down. Life was quite extinct, but he was just warm. My mother told me he got up a 6 o’clock and left the house and she never saw him again alive. His usual time for getting up was 6.30 a.m or 6 am. There was a small footstool lying overturned about two feet from him as if he had kicked it over. I know he was in pecuniary difficulties.\u2014Sion Gilbert said : I am a \u00a0blacksmith residing in this pariah, and the son-in-law of the deceased. I was called by the last witness about 6.45 to go to Mr. Kirby\u2019s barn. He said his father had hung himself. I found the deceased hanging with rope round his neck from beam. I helped the last witness to get his father down, and he was quite dead. A verdict of \u201cSuicide by hanging whilst a state of temporary insanity\u201d was returned.\u2014 Mr. George Collard appeared the inquest on behalf of the relatives of the deceased, who is said to have been rendered despondent through losses sustained farming.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n 1891 census<\/strong> shows Sarah living in Tunbridge Wells at the home of her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, with her husband and family. \u00a0Sarah died later than year in Tunbridge Wells, aged 68.<\/p>\n Here is the family bible stated by George and Sarah.<\/p>\n George and Sarah had 14 children:<\/p>\n (1) George<\/strong> (1843-1921) This was my 2x great-grandfather \u2013 see more about his life HERE.<\/p>\n (2) Sarah Ann<\/strong> (1844-1904)\u00a0In 1868 Sarah Ann married Thomas John Taylor, a carpenter journeyman. They lived in Canterbury.<\/p>\n (3) Fanny<\/strong> (1847-1908)\u00a0In 1867 Fanny married Abraham Bishop, a butcher, and they had 10 children. They lived in Blean.<\/p>\n (4) Thomas<\/strong> (1848-1927)\u00a0In 1878 Thomas married Frances Ann Wood and they had 11 children. They owned Honey Hill Farm in Blean. The photo on the right is of Thomas and Frances Ann Kirby.<\/p>\n (5) Emma<\/strong> (1850-1901)\u00a0In 1874 Emma married Sion Gilbert in 1874, and they had 2 children.<\/p>\n (6) Ann<\/strong> (1852-1931) Ann was unmarried.<\/p>\n (7) Susan<\/strong> (1854-1894)\u00a0In 1872 Susan married Frederick Wood, a woodman, and they had 9 children.<\/p>\n (9) William<\/strong> (1861-1947)\u00a0In 1886 William married Amy Petley and they had 6 children. They lived in Folkestone.<\/p>\n (10) John<\/strong> (1863-1864) died at 6 months old.<\/p>\n (11) Albert<\/strong> John<\/strong> (1865-1865) died at 6 months<\/p>\n (12) Frederick<\/strong> (1866-1867)died at 6 months<\/p>\n (13) Elizabeth<\/strong> (1868-1941)\u00a0In 1886 Elizabeth married James Lyndsey Ballatyne, and they had 5 children.<\/p>\n\n\n
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(8) Joseph<\/strong> (1856-1935)\u00a0In 1881 Joseph married Katherine Miles, and they had 1 child, Joseph. In 1896 he married Eliza King.\u00a0The photo on the left is of 3 generations: Joseph Kirby, his father, George Kirby<\/strong>, and his son Joseph Kirby.<\/p>\n