Susan Barfoot
Biography
Susan Barfoot was born on 25 December 1866,[1] in Hedge End, Hampshire, the fourth child of John and Jane Barfoot. Her family lived in Hedge End where her father was a gardener, and Susan appears on the 1871,[2] and 1881 censuses with them.[3] She went into service with the Bessemer family of Mount House, Hythe, Hampshire, and it was working there in 1883 that she met Henry Thomas Banks, a sailor from Hythe who had worked on Bessemer family ships.[4] They were married at Hedge End parish church on 1 August 1890.[5]
After their marriage they lodged on Hythe High Street with Henry's maternal grandmother, Hester Smith, and this is where their oldest son John was born.[6] By 1901 they had moved to 1 Prospect Place, Hythe,[7] and towards the end of the decade they moved down the road to 4 Prospect Place,[8] where they are found on the 1911 census, together with all eight of their children.[9] Henry died on 28 September 1952,[10] aged 85, only three months after his retirement from the Hythe Ferry,[11] and Susan died on 26 July 1957, aged 90, leaving an estate valued at £2347 1s 11d.[10]
Children
- John Martin Banks (1890–1971). Married Violet Ethel "Queenie" Wilmott (1890–1970).
- Elsie Winifred Banks (1897–1978). Married Harold Arthur Beels (1892–1953).
- Mabel Louise Banks (1899–1979). Married Stephen Biggs (1892–1973).
- Bessie Banks (1900–1957).
- Henry Samuel Banks (1902–2003). Married Jessie Dorothy Green (1901–1958).
- Susan Evelyn Banks (1904–1990). Married Thomas "Paddy" Glenn (1902–1988).
- Arthur Thomas Banks (1905–2002). Married Constance Frances Scheu (1914–1978).
- Hilda May Banks (1909–2010). Married Samuel Crosbie (1904–2001).
Sources
- ↑ Banks, Arthur. Transcript of Banks family bible, circa 1995. Privately held by Richard Smith. (The bible was last known to be in the possession of Susan's son Harry.)
- ↑ The National Archives. 1871 census for Botley, Hampshire, England (RG10/1197), fol 15, p 4. Henry Martin Banks's household. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
- ↑ The National Archives. 1881 census for Botley, Hampshire, England (RG11/1218), fol 28, p 25. John Barfoot's household. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Unknown newspaper clipping, "Hythe Diamond Wedding — Nearly sixty years with Ferry Co.", August 1950. Copy held by Richard Smith.
- ↑ Marriage certificate of Henry Thomas Banks and Susan Barfoot, 1 Aug 1890, at the parish church of Hedge End, Hampshire. Original held by Richard Smith.
- ↑ The National Archives. 1891 census for Fawley, Hampshire, England (RG12/911), fol 9, p 12. Hester Smith's household. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
- ↑ The National Archives. 1901 census for Fawley, Hampshire, England (RG13/1051), fol 6, p 4. Henry T Banks's household. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
- ↑ Information provided to Richard Smith by Arthur Banks, Henry's youngest son.
- ↑ The National Archives. 1911 census for Hythe, Hampshire, England (RG14/5912), sched 18. Digital images on Ancestry.com.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Principal Probate Registry. Index to wills and administrations, 1858–1995. Digital images on Find a will, UK government website.
- ↑ Titheridge, Alan. Hythe Pier and Ferry: A History, p 82. Southampton, 1981.
