The TODD family

from Waterford,

Ireland

Great grandfather George TODD 1859 - 97

His wife, Maria, and their grown-up children, including my mother, Evelyn, as a young child. My grandfather Gerald is on the far left, next to Trix, the twin of Bernard above her. My grandmother Edith is behind Maria and Wyn is on her right. Her first husband Paddy CRIMMINGS is next to her and brother Jack is behind him.

The TODD family
John TODD (2)        = ?
of Waterford         ¦
Ireland              ¦
b?                   ¦
Saddler              ¦
Freeman 27 Jan 1802  ¦
d c 1857             ¦
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                   ¦                              ¦
Margaret WALSH  =  William      = Mary DART       Anne
of Waterford    ¦  of Waterford ¦ of Waterford    of Waterford
b 1784/5        ¦  b 1787/9     ¦ b 1791/2        b 1800/1
m 11 June 1813  ¦  Weaver       ¦ m 5 April 1823  Pawnbroker
d 16 April 1821 ¦  Freeman 16   ¦ d 8 Oct 1847    d 18 March 1887
aged 36         ¦  Sept 1829    ¦ aged 75         aged 77
                ¦  d 9 Feb 1848 ¦
       _________¦  aged 61      ¦ aged 74
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Maryanne         James         = Margaret    William       John         Eliza
of Waterford     of Waterford  ¦ BARNETT     Henry         of Waterford of Wat.
b 22 Oct 1818    b 29 Jan 1825 ¦ of Maypark  of Waterford  b?           b 1824/5
d 1 April 1860   Saddler       ¦ Ballinakill b 2 Nov 1829  Saddler      d 29 Dec 1891
m 28 July 1857   Freeman       ¦ b ?         Saddler       Freeman      m = (1) John BOYCE
= Daniel COWMAN  27 Sept 1849  ¦ Dressmaker  Freeman       4 Aug 1860     = (2) John DAVIS
  Pawnbroker     d?            ¦ m 15 Nov    27 Mar 1852   d?
                               ¦ 1855        d 25 Jan 1868 
                               ¦ Ballinakill               
                               ¦ d?                        
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¦               ¦                 ¦ (3)                           ¦
William         John              George         = Maria          John James
Barnett         of Waterford      of Waterford   ¦ Margaret       of Waterford
of Waterford    b 12 April 1858   b 9 Sept 1859  ¦ CHISHOLM       b 7 Aug 1864
b 31 May 1857   ?                 Excise Officer ¦ of Nottingham  ?
?               d?                d Gt Yarnmouth ¦ b 1859/60      d?
d?                                11 Feb 1897    ¦ m Nottingham
                                                 ¦ 3 Aug 1882
                                                 ¦ d Ousden, Suff.
                                                 ¦ 5 June 1934
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Gerald               =  Edith          Winifred   Bernard     Beatrix    Jack
Barnett              ¦  FLETCHER       Maria      Chisholm               Duncan
of Swineshead,       ¦  of Derby       Margaret
Lincs                ¦                 of         of          of         of
b 17 Oct 1884        ¦  b 12 Jan 1892  b          b           b          b
Carpenter/joiner     ¦  m Christchurch
Tottenham BC         ¦  West Green     Teacher    Rep.        Teacher    Chauffeur
d The War Mem. Hosp. ¦  Middx.         Hargrave,  Nottingham  Hargrave   Hilperton
Edmonton, London     ¦  24 Mar 1913    Suffolk.               Suffolk    Trowbridge
29 Aug 1957, aged 72 ¦  d Walton Hosp. m          m           d Ousden   Wilts.
                     ¦  Merseyside     Patrick    Lily                   m Charlotte
                     ¦  7 Mar 1969     Crimmings  (Elizabeth             d Wilts ?
                     ¦  aged 77        d Ousden   Towser ?)
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¦                   ¦                         ¦
Maud                Evelyn                    Betty
Margaret            Annie                      
of Tottenham,       of Tottenham,              
London              London                     
b ?                 b 1916              
d (a few days old)  m Edward John CASSELDEN    
                    1939,            
                    at St Philip's Church,     
                    Philip Lane,              
                    Tottenham, London.         
                    d Exeter 1994       
Notes
(1) (reserved)
(2) I commissioned the Waterford Research Survey to research the Todd family
in Waterford and the first part of the tree up to George's wedding to Maria
in Nottingham refelects this. The Todds were a Church of Ireland family and 
may have settled from Scotland. More research is needed on this.
(3) I got hold of George and Maria Margaret TODD's wedding certificate in Nov
1994 with the help of the Notts Family History Society and to my amazement
they were married in Nottingham at the church which took over from the 
Independent Chapel in Castle Gate, where the Rev BURTON first joined!
The certificate revealed details of their respective fathers.
The Archivist at the Customs and Excise Office first sent me an extract of a
record showing that in 1884 George Todd was the Excise Officer for Donington,
near Boston, Lincs.He entered the service in 1881 in Nottingham and was 
probably moved about before taking up the 1884 job. An Excise Officer 
exercised control over traders in an area that could be comfortably covered 
in a day on horse back! The post was equivalent to today's Higher Executive 
Officer, although the pay was relatively better!
George died on 11 Feb 1897 at Cobholm, Gt Yarnmouth from a wasting illness 
associated with either lung cancer or TB. He was only 37. He was described as
a 'Superannuated Excise Officer' on the death certificate. Their address was
16 Stone road, Cobholm, Gt Yarnmouth.
George's career was traced through the year books. After Donington, he was 
in Kings Lynn with his family by 1887 and stayed there until 1891. In 1892 he
was in Cottenham, Cambridge and by 1893 he was in Great Yarnmouth. He appeared
in a list of superannuated officers up to 1 Nov 1895 and was in an obituary of
superannuated officers, to 1 Nov 1897.  
Just after I found Alex CHISHOLM's family in the censuses at Nottingham, I 
searched the 1881 census for George, a year before he married Maria. I found
him at a lodging house with another colleague described as a Ride Officer 
with the Inland Revenue, from Dublin. George was described as a '2nd class 
Assistant, Inland Revenue.' His place of birth was given as Waterford, Ireland.
George's marriage certificate gave details of his father, James, and one 
witness was a John J TODD (John James), who was his younger brother. The C
& E Archivist confirmed that George joined the Nottingham office of the 
Excise Service in 1881 and that his post was a trainee one.
Record books are now at The Customs National Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4AQ
where they can be inspected.
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