GEORGE WOMBWELL MARRIED ANNE MORGAN, SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX, UK Founded "Wombwell's Menagerie" - descendants in UK, New Zealand, USA

BAILEY   BELL   BERRY   BISHOP   BOSTOCK   BRAMSTON   BRIGHT   CROZIER   DURRANT   EDMONDS   FITT   FROST   INGHAM   JOHNSON   LEGERTON   MORGAN   NATHAN   NICHOLLS   PORTER   POSFORD   QUITTENBOURNE   REDHOUSE?   SERGENT   SMITH   TRAYLEN   WOMBWELL   WOODARD

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1  George Wombwell

      b: 24 Dec. 1777 at Saffron Walden

      Moved to Langley when a few weeks old

      d: 16 Nov. 1850 Northallerton Market (bronchitis)

      Buried Highgate Cemetery, London

      Started the Wombwell Menagerie

      (Later Bostock & Wombwells' Menagerie)

 + Anne MORGAN (m: circa 1811) b: 1788 d: 3 Oct. 1876

      May have been the widow of another circus owner named MORGAN?

      George may have been married previously to a Mary?

2  Amelia Ann Wombwell (may have been stepdaughter)

      b: 18 Apr. 1808 d: 9 Jun. 1859

      Buried Highgate Cemetery; took on Menagerie No. 1

 + Edmund BRAMSTON (Army accoutrement maker)

2  Mrs REDHOUSE ?

2  Mrs BRIGHT ?

3  Ellen BRIGHT - "The Lion Queen" - b: 1833

      d: 1850 killed by tiger at Chatham

 

1  Frederick Wombwell b: 1802 d: 1837

1  William Wombwell b: 1790 d:29 Dec. 1854

      Buried at Tollesbury, Essex

 + Hannah b: 1789 d: 11 Sep. 1854 Buried at Tollesbury, Essex

2  Mary Ann Wombwell b: 1811 d: 3 Sep. 1881

      Buried Tolleshunt Knights, Essex

 + John POSFORD (m: 17 Feb. 1842) b: 1807 d: 21 Feb. 1893

      Buried Tolleshunt Knights, Essex

      3 Had 2 sons and 2 daughters - See POSFORD tree.

      

2  Harriet Wombwell b: 1815 d: 1890

      Ran menagerie No. 2

 + James EDMONDS b: 1805 d: 1871

      Inherited menagerie No. 2 in 1850

3  Amelia Wombwell

3  Annie Wombwell d: 1925

3  James Wombwell

      Ran menagerie No. 2 for a while before it was

      disposed of to the BOSTOCK family

3  Hannah Wombwell

3  Maggie Wombwell

3  Two other children - died young?

 

2  Joseph Wombwell d: 5 Jul. 1873 Buried Tollesbury, Essex

 + Charlotte CROZIER d: 1879 Buried Tollesbury, Essex

2  George Wombwell b: circa 1818 d: 1909

      Ran menagerie No. 3

2  James Wombwell b: 1819 d: 23 Nov. 1846

      Buried with his mother at Tollesbury

2  Eliza Wombwell b: 1828 d: 5 Mar. 1846

      Buried with her mother at Tollesbury

2  Charles Wombwell b: 1829 d: 1912

 + Spouse

3  Sarah Wombwell

3  Emily Wombwell

3  Kate Wombwell

 + Spouse ??

4  Fred (Lion tamer "Captain Fred Wombwell")

      b: Aug. 1877 d: 4 May 1942

 + Mary TRAYLEN, married 1909 (No children)

 

2  Frederick Wombwell b: 1832 d: 1869 Buried in Shrewsbury

 + Letitia SERGENT (m: 6 Apr. 1852 at Tolleshunt Knights)

      d: 1867 in childbirth in the poorhouse

3  George Henry Wombwell b: 1863 d: 1933 Tollesbury, farmer

 + Caroline LEGERTON b: 1864 d: 1946

4  George Frederick Edmonds Wombwell b: 1888

 + Susan FROST b: 1886

5  Gwen Wombwell

 + Keith SMITH

6  Timothy SMITH

 

5  Pauline Wombwell

 + Harrison BELL

6  Gareth BELL

 

4  Florence Caroline Wombwell

4  Lillian Jessie Wombwell

 + Charles

4  Elsie Wombwell

 + William JOHNSON

4  Sydney Wombwell

 + Ethel SMITH

5  Frank Wombwell

 + Brenda

6  Mandy Wombwell

 + Paul INGHAM

7  Richard INGHAM

7  Gary INGHAM

7  Alex INGHAM

7  Elizabeth INGHAM

 

5  George Wombwell

 + Valmai BULLOCK

6  Clive Wombwell

 + Janice

7  Sarah Wombwell

7  James Wombwell

 

6  Robert Wombwell

 + (1) Birgitta

7  Sven Wombwell

7  Leif Wombwell

 + Catelyn

8  Alexa Wombwell

8  Nicole Wombwell

 

 + (2) Kathryn

8  Jonathan Wombwell

8  Kyle Wombwell

 

6  Nigel Wombwell

 + Mandy

7  Victoria Wombwell

7  Charlotte Wombwell

 

4  Edward Bostock Wombwell

 + Doris

4  Claud Robert Legerton Wombwell

 + Betty

5  Claud Wombwell

 + Pat

6  Simon Wombwell

6  Timothy Wombwell

 

4  Ena Wombwell

 + Kenneth

5  Susan

5  Charles

 

4  Doilice Wombwell

 + Charles BERRY

5  Murray BERRY

 + Joyce

5  Charles BERRY

 

4  Alice Wombwell (died aged 2)

 

3  Frederick Wombwell b: 1857 d: 21 Nov. 1907 Batchelor

      Buried Tollesbury

3  Charles James Wombwell b: 1860 d: 1936 Orphaned at 8

      Fostered by Mrs POSFORD at Tolleshunt Knights

      apprenticed to his uncle Charles, a fisherman

      

 + Ellan DURRANT

4  James Wombwell

 + Spouse?

5  Joseph Wombwell

 + Laly

6  Douglas Wombwell

 + Spouse ?

7  Tracy Wombwell

7  Joanne Wombwell

 

4  Ernest William Wombwell

4  Arhtur Albert Wombwell

 + Nita

5  Arthur Frederick Wombwell

 

4  Albert Edward Wombwell b: 1900 d: 1979

 + Marjorie

5  Kenneth James Wombwell

 + Jean NATHAN

6  Mark Andrew Wombwell

 + Julie NICHOLLS

7  Helen Elizabeth Wombwell

7  Claire Emily Wombwell

 

6  Kerry Suzanne Wombwell

 + Robert WOODWARD

7  Maria WOODWARD

7  David WOODWARD

 

5  Yvonne Wombwell

 + Alan PORTER

6  Richard PORTER

6  Catherine PORTER

 

4  Charles Wombwell

 + Florence

5  Maurice Charles Wombwell

 

4  Frederick Edmonds Wombwell b: 7 Dec. 1899 d: 30 Nov. 1993

 + Edie

5  Alan Wombwell

 + Nancy

6  John Wombwell

6  Michael Wombwell

 

5  Betty Wombwell

 

4  Judith Helena Wombwell, Emigrated to New Zealand

4  Lottie Catherine Wombwell, Unmarried

4  Lettticia Ellen Wombwell

5  Letticia Wombwell

 

4  Alice Harriet Wombwell

 + Mr. WOODARD

5  Bunty WOODARD

5  Eric WOODARD

5  Bernard WOODARD

 

3  Arthur Wombwell d: in Severalls Institution, Colchester

3  Alice Fanny Wombwell b: 1854 d: at Portsmouth

 + George Edward BISHOP

3  Catherine Hannah Wombwell b: 1856

 + Thomas Henry QUITTENBOURNE

4  Alice Wombwell QUITTENBOURNE

4  George Wombwell QUITTENBOURNE

4  Letitia Harriet QUITTENBOURNE

 

2  William Wombwell b:1836 (??) d: 12 Jun. 1849

      Killed by elephant at Coventry

 + Spouse (?)

3  Harriet Wombwell (?)

 

2  Emma Wombwell b: 1839 d: 1909

 + James BOSTOCK m: 6 Oct. 1852 Tollesbury; b: 1814 d: 1878

      Founder of Bostocks Menagerie,

      later Bostock & Wombwells' Menagerie

3  Arthur James BOSTOCK d: infant

3  A. F. W. BOSTOCK d; infant, Buried with grandmother

      Hannah Wombwell at Tollesbury

3  James William BOSTOCK b: 1855 d: 1919

3  George Henry BOSTOCK b: 1857 d: 1859

3  Edward Henry BOSTOCK b: 1858 d: 1940

 + Elizabeth BOSTOCK (cousin)

3  Amelia Ann BOSTOCK b: 1861 d: 1864

3  Emma BOSTOCK b: 1864 d: 1878 Norwich, Buried Tollesbury

3  Francis (Frank) Charles BOSTOCK b: 1866 d: 1912

      "The Animal King" - Went to USA

 + Susan BAILEY of Barnum & Bailey's Circus

3  Fannie BOSTOCK b: 1874 d: 1933

 + Frederick FITT

4  Doris Winifred FITT of Norwich

 

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