Lansdown - Bath, Somerset/Warminster, Wiltshire (General)

by m p griffiths , Saturday, May 28, 2011, 11:02 (4996 days ago) @ eastville

Arthur John LANSDOWN - Military records are on Ancestry (about 8 Pages)
+ this letter.

Arthur John LANSDOWN - birth c1887 - born : Cheltenham - Reg: Worcester Regiment - dated 1914 -occupation: Collier

One question asked was: Have you ever been sentenced to Imprisonment by the Civil Power - Yes: Minor Office
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* previous thread on where Mill Hill was

http://www.forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?mode=thread&id=25312#p25357

also Sungreen photos on net - as a 'pic' in the 1950's

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A J Lansdown
Oakwood Mill Hill *
Bream
Glos

date stamped 25 July 1932

Dear Sir

I am applying for a post with the ..... mentioned below and I should be obliged if you would .... me a character of my Army Service as I have to get two of such kind. I should be very glad if you could at your earliest convenience.

I am

Yours faithfully

Late Pte A J LANSDOWN - 15941 -11th Serv. B Worcester

WEST DEAN RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

his war records, say he was born in Cheltenham - and his birth is on FreeBDM

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Military Records: 1914

Francis B LANSDOWN

birth 1882, age 32

Residence: Post Office, Lydbrook, Nr Ross - (Private 19950) occupation Painter & Decorator

1911 census - at Cheltenham

there is Benjamin LANSDOWN - age 70 c1841 - Death FreeBDM - J/F/M Qtr 1915 - age 80 Cheltenham District
Francis LANSDOWN - age 28 - c1883

living in the same house

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1891 Census, Glos. Cheltenham

LANSDOWN

Benjamin - 50 - Marble Mason - born Somerset, Bath
Martha - 41 - born Glos. Taynton (2nd wife)
Francis B - 8 - born Cheltenham (died Cheltenham in 1928) **
Arthur J - 3 - born Cheltenham

Gloucestershire BDM : LANSDOWN - mother's maiden name DORNEY

Florence L 1881, Francis B - 1882, Arthur C - 1886 and Arthur J - 1887

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Frank Benjamin LANSDOWN - one witness at Arthur's wedding in 1919

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1881 Census, Glos. Cheltenham

3 Prospect Place

Arthur SKIDMORE, 21 - Plaster & Decorator, born Glos. Cheltenha
Silvia SKIDMORE - 22 - Dressmaker, born ditto
Emily SKIDMORE - 7 months - born ditto
Benjamin LANSDOWN - Lodger, age 40 - Marble Mason, born Somerset Bath

William R LANSDOWN - son - 8 - Scholar, born Glos. Cheltenham *

On the 1901 Census, Durham, Barnard Castle:

William R LANSDOWN - age 29 - General Labourer, born Cheltenham. Glos
Emily LANSDOWN - age 29 - born Brixham Devon
Douglas 6 and Hilda 2 - also born Brixham Devon

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1871 Census, Glos. St John - Cheltenham
Savour Court

Benjamin LANSDOWN - 30 - Marble Mason, born Somerset, Bath (1st wife)
Ann LANSDOWN - wife - 22 - born. Glos. Taynton

1861 Census, Glos. Bristol St George

Belt Hill?

Samual HAWKINS - 30 - labourer, born Bath
Jane HAWKINS - 31 - born Bath *
Elizabeth HAWKINS - 7 - born Wales
Samuel HAWKINS - 6 - born Wales
Charles HAWKINS - 4 - born Bristol
Richard HAWKINS - 2 - born Odland
Marth HAWKINS - 2 months born St George
Benjamin LANSDOWN - brother in law - age 20 - born Bath, Somerset * - brother & sister

1851 Somerset, Walcot, Landsdown
35 Kinsmead? Street

LANSDOWN

John - 43, General Labourer, born Warminster, Wilts
Elizabeth - 41 - washerwoman, born Trowbridge, Wilts
Jane - 20 - Servant, born Trowbridge, Wilts
Mary - 18 - ditto
John - 12 - Page, born Warminster, Wiltshire
Benjamin - 10 - born Bath, Somerset

1841 Census, Somerset, Lyncombe & Widcombe (Bath Forum)

LANSDOWN

John - 30 - Lab. Railway - all not born in County
Elizabeth - 30
Jane - 11
Mary Ann - 9
John - 2
Benjamin - 6 months

FreeBDM - Benamin LANSDOWN - O/N/D Qtr 1840 - Bath District

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Church of Latter Day Saints;

Baptism at Warminster, Wiltshire - 12 September 1817

John LANSDOWN - parents Robert & Elizabeth

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1841 Census, Wiltshire Warminster

LANSDOWN

Robert - 50 - Gardener - all born in County
Elizabeth - 50
Joseph - 20 - Ag Labr