The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Joseph Gurr, son of Reuben Gurr and Sarah Gurr [Alcorne]
Generation No. 1
  1. Joseph Gurr was the son of Reuben Gurr and Sarah Gurr [Alcorne]. He was born 1829 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 13th Dec 1829 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Martha Bates on 25th Apr 1852 at St. Mary's Church, Newick, Sussex, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1852 Q2 Vol 2b Page 136. She was born 1828 at Newick, Sussex. They had the following children:
2 iAlfred who was born 25th Nov 1852 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 30th Jan 1853 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
3 iiStephen who was born 8th Jan 1855 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 28th Jan 1855 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  iiiElizabeth who was born 29th Apr 1857 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 21st Jun 1857 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
4 ivFrank who was born 2nd Jun 1859 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 7th Aug 1859 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
5 vAaron who was born 7th May 1861 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1861 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
6 viMoses who was born 7th May 1861 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1861 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  viiSarah Ellen who was born 3rd Mar 1863 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 3rd May 1863 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  viiiFanny who was born 30th May 1865 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 16th Jul 1865 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
7 ixJoseph Allcorn who was born 1866 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1866 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
8 xJohn Thomas who was born 31st May 1870 at Buckham Hill, Isfield, Sussex; christened 6th Jun 1870 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Alfred Gurr was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 25th Nov 1852 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 30th Jan 1853 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Mercy Jeffrey on Oct to Dec 1879, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1879 Q4 Vol 2b Page 231. She was born 1864 at Little Horsted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iAlfred Ernest who was born 1882 at Little Horsted, Sussex
  iiFrank William who was born 1887 at Uckfield, Sussex
  iiiHarry Benjamin who was born 1890 at Uckfield, Sussex
   
  3. Stephen Gurr was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 8th Jan 1855 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 28th Jan 1855 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann Weston on Apr to June 1889, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1889 Q2 Vol 2b Page 234. She was born 1849 at Rotherfield, Sussex
   
  4. Frank Gurr, carter was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 2nd Jun 1859 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 7th Aug 1859 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Ellen Pitt on July to Sep 1882, registered at Lewes District, Sussex, ref: 1882 Q3 Vol 2b Page 291. She was born 1860 at Lewes, Sussex; died 31st Jul 1937 at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJoseph who was born 20th May 1883 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1888 Inependent Tabernacle, Lewes, Sussex
  iiFrank who was born 4th Mar 1885 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1888 Inependent Tabernacle, Lewes, Sussex
9 iiiAnnie who was born 8th Oct 1888 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1888 Inependent Tabernacle, Lewes, Sussex
   
  5. Aaron Gurr was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 7th May 1861 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1861 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Brown on 9th Apr 1887 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. She was born 1867 at Fletching, Sussex; christened 5th May 1867 at St Andrew & St Mary Church, Fletching, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iEllen who was born 1888 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1888 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge who was born 1890 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 2nd Feb 1890 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  iiiFrederick who was born 1891 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 5th Apr 1891 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  ivAnnie who was born 1892 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 16th Oct 1892 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  vLizzy who was born 1894 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1894 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  viEdith who was born 1896 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 9th Feb 1896 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  viiMabel Grace who was born 1897 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 21st Nov 1897 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  viiiAlbert Frank who was born 1900 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 11th Mar 1900 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
   
  6. Moses Gurr was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 7th May 1861 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 13th May 1861 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Mary Ann Gorringe on July to Sep 1894, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1894 Q3 Vol 2b Page 233. She was born 1862 at Dorking, Surrey. They had the following children:
  iArthur who was born 1896 at Isfield, Sussex; died 4th Jul 1916 Orpington, Kent, Wounded in action in France on 1st July; buried after 4th Jul 1916 Isfield, Sussex
  iiHarold G. who was born 1899 at Isfield, Sussex
   
  7. Joseph Allcorn Gurr, cowman was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 1866 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 9th Sep 1866 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Tamar Kingsland on 23rd Apr 1890, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1890 Q2 Vol 2b Page 267. She was born 1873 at Buxted, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1873 at St. Margaret's Church, Buxted, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iJohn Percy who was born 1891 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 22nd Feb 1891 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex; died 19th Jan 1917 Flanders, France
  iiFrances Mabel who was born 1893 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 15th Jan 1893 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  iiiEdward who was born 1895 at Isfield, Sussex; christened 17th Feb 1895 St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  ivJoseph Walter who was born 1900 at Egerton, Kent
  vGeorge who was born 1904 at Lenham, Kent
10 viBeatrice Rose who was born 12th Jan 1905 at Lenham, Kent
   
  8. John Thomas Gurr was the son of Joseph Gurr and Martha Gurr [Bates]. He was born 31st May 1870 at Buckham Hill, Isfield, Sussex; christened 6th Jun 1870 at St. Margaret's Church, Isfield, Sussex
  He married Frances Emma Kingsland on 13th May 1891, registered at Uckfield District, Sussex, ref: 1891 Q2 Vol 2b page 243. She was born 1867 at Hadlow Down, Sussex; christened 3rd Nov 1867 at St. Mark's Church, Hadlow Down, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iBeatrice Alice who was born 1892 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 4th Dec 1892 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
  iiGeorge Thomas who was born 1894 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 4th Nov 1894 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
11 iiiMaude Lillian who was born 1896 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1896 Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
  ivJohn who was born 1903 at Fletching, Sussex
  vAlbert who was born 1908 at Fletching, Sussex
   
Generation No. 3
  9. Annie Bennett [Gurr] was the daughter of Frank Gurr, carter and Ellen Gurr [Pitt]. She was born 8th Oct 1888 at Lewes, Sussex; christened 18th Nov 1888 at Inependent Tabernacle, Lewes, Sussex
  She married Mr Bennett on c 1910. He was born 1885. They had the following children:
  iFrank Ernest John who was born c 1915; died 1944 India, Commemorated on the Royal West Kent regimental memorial at Kohima
   
  10. Beatrice Rose Golding [Gurr] was the daughter of Joseph Allcorn Gurr, cowman and Tamar Gurr [Kingsland]. She was born 12th Jan 1905 at Lenham, Kent
  She married William Henry Golding on 1925. He was born 1903
   
  11. Maude Lillian Sherlock [Gurr] was the daughter of John Thomas Gurr and Frances Emma Gurr [Kingsland]. She was born 1896 at Uckfield, Sussex; christened 6th Sep 1896 at Holy Cross Church, Uckfield, Sussex
  She married Frederick Walter Sherlock on c 1920. He was born c 1895. They had the following children:
  iDouglas Walter who was born 10th Sep 1921 at Horsted Keynes, Sussex
   

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