6th Gen - Hazzard / Cooke

Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandparents)

James Hazzard and Anne Cooke

Fanny Hazzard (1853 – 1917)

Walter Charles Dudley (1881 – 1962)

Noreen Dudley (1907 – 1981)

Dudley John Andrews (1929 – 2010)

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George IV (1820 – 1830)

William IV (1830 – 1837)

Victoria (1837 – 1901)

James Hazzard

James is the son of Joseph Hazzard and Sarah Goss and was born in 1828 in Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire. He died before 1901.

In this year, 1828;

King George IV invites the Duke of Wellington to form the next government. The hero of Waterloo reluctantly agrees to be prime minister.
In Edlesborough, apart from James’ birth 1828 was the year of the lightning strike when on the 21st of March the spire of the church of St. Mary the Virgin and the interior of the tower was destroyed by fire following the strike.

Edlesborough is a village presently in the civil parish of Edlesborough Northall and Dagnall, in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. It is also next to the village of Eaton Bray just over the county boundary in Bedfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) from Dunstable. The village name is derived from the Old English for "Eadwulf's barrow". The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Eddinberge.

In 1841 James was living with his parents ‘On The Green’ in Edlesborough and his siblings Matthew 18, Ann 10 and Jane 5.

Apart from those living ‘On The Green’ it has been thought that James had seven siblings in total, Matthew b 1822, Thomas b 1825, Ann b 1830, Charles b 1833, Jane b 1836, Eliza b 1833 and Harriett b 1840. However it has only been possible to confirm Matthew, Ann and Jane as siblings.

By the 1851 census the address is just given as Edlesborough and James at the age of 23 is still living with his parents and he is working as a straw plaiter. Still with him at the family home is Jane.

On the 5th of November 1852 James and Anne were married in Totternhoe in Bedfordshire and in the following year their first child, Fanny was born in Northall, a hamlet near Edlesborough.

Totternhoe is an ancient village in the south of Bedfordshire, and just three miles from Edlesborough. Totternhoe Knolls has been a fort for many peoples including Romans and Normans. The Domesday Book of 1086 recorded the village as Totene Hou, meaning "look out house" and "spur", presumably describing forts on the Knoll.

In 1855 on the 6th of June the couple had a son, Joseph also in Northall. They christened him the following year on the 9th of April in Edlesborough.

Their daughter, Jane was born on the 5th of March 1859 in Edlesborough, she was christened on the 18th of September also in Edlesborough.

By the time of the 1861 census James is now the head of his own household with his wife and children. Their address is given as Edlesborough Green in Edlesborough, possibly the same area or place that he lived in 1841. James was now working as an agricultural labourer and Ann was a straw plaiter. Fanny their eldest child was just eight years old but she was already working as a straw plaiter. Joseph aged 5 was a scholar and Jane was just two years old.

The family continued to grow in the 1860s and in 1864 William was born. They christened him on the 1st of May that year in Edlesborough. Then three years later in the first quarter of 1867 another daughter, Sarah was also born in Edlesborough and she was christened on the 1st of September 1867 in Edlesborough. Three years later they christened Frederick on the 9th of September 1870 also in Edlesborough. Sadly Frederick was to die shortly afterwards in 1871 before the census was taken on the 2nd of April.

On that census the family were now in Northall, a small hamlet in the Parish of Edlesborough, and James was now classed as a labourer and not agricultural, though he is still likely to be an agricultural labourer. Ann and Fanny were both straw plaiters and Joseph was now also labouring. Jane and William both aged 12 and possibly twins, together with Sarah aged 4 were all scholars.

On the 1st of September 1874 their eldest child married Joseph Dudley and the marriage certificate gives James’ occupation as labourer. By 1881 they had returned to Edlesborough where their address is given as ‘Round Green’. In the household were now James, an agricultural labourer, Ann, Jane aged 22 and a straw plaiter and Sarah aged 14 also a straw plaiter.

In the 1891 census the Hazzard family are in Leighton Road, Northall, which is in the Parish of Edlesborough and James is now classes as a farm labourer. Ann doesn’t have an occupation listed at this time and Jane who is now 31 and single is a straw plaiter whilst William who is 27 and back with the family is also single and working as a gardener.

In late 1894 their daughter Sarah, who at the time of the 1881 census was a domestic servant to the Rudge family at Abbey Manor in St. Lawrence in Evesham, Worcestershire, married James Turberville in Pershore in Worcestershire.

Between 1891 and 1901 James sadly dies since on the on the 1901 census James' wife Ann is now classed as a widow. Ann now 68 years old, is still found at Leighton Road, Northall and again has no occupation. However their son William is now the head of the household and he too is a widower. This means that he was married and widowed between 1891 and 1901. Still with them is Jane, sister aged 42 and housekeeper, and son Albert aged 4 years who must be the son of William and Ann's grandson.

There is a record of a William Hazzard marrying Ann Thorne in Edlesborough on the 3rd of June 1894. Though it has not been possible to confirm that this our William it does seem likely.

In 1911 Ann is still with William, a labourer on a farm, but at Main Road, Northall a six roomed house. Still with them is Jane, now 52 but still housekeeper and Albert aged 14, who now works as a ploughboy on a farm.

Noted events in his life were:

* Living: 1841, On The Green, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* Living: 1851, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* He worked as a Straw Plaiter in 1851.

* Living: 1861, Edlesborough Green, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* He worked as an Agricultural Labourer in 1861.

* Living: 1871, Northall, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* He worked as a Labourer in 1871.

* He worked as a Labourer on 1st January 1874.

* Living: 1881, Round Green, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* He worked as an Agricultural Labourer in 1881.

* Living: 1891, Leighton Road, Northall, Buckinghamshire.

* He worked as a Farm Labourer in 1891.

James married Ann Cooke on the 5th of November 1852 in Totternhoe, Bedfordshire.

Children from this marriage were:

i. Fanny Hazzard – (1853 – 5/11/1917)

ii. Joseph Hazzard – (1856 - )

iii. Jane Hazzard – (5/3/1859 - )

iv. William Hazzard – (1864 - )

v. Sarah Hazzard – (1867 - )

vi. Frederick – (1870 – 1871)

Ann Cooke

Ann is the daughter of William Cooke and Elizabeth Dymock and was born about 1832 in Stanbridge, Bedfordshire. She was baptised on the 9th of December 1832 in Stanbridge, Bedfordshire. She died in 1914 and was buried on the 17th October 1914 in Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

In this year, 1832;

Sir Walter Scott the author died.

Noted events in her life were:

* Living: 1861, Edlesborough Green, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* She worked as a Straw Plaiter in 1861.

* Living: 1871, Northall, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* She worked as a Straw Plaiter in 1871.

* Living: 1881, Round Green, Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire.

* She worked as a Straw Plaiter in 1881.

* Living: 1891, Leighton Road, Northall, Buckinghamshire.

* Living: 1901, Leighton Road, Northall, Buckinghamshire.

* Living: 1911, Main Road, Northall, Buckinghamshire.