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George (Charles) GROWNS
1862 - 1917 (~ 55 years)
Has no ancestors but 20 descendants in this family tree.
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Name George (Charles) GROWNS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Mar Q 1862 Headcorn, Kent, England 
- From the 1891 census where shown as aged 28 (age given as 39 in 1901)
(The following is not this George's birth registration - I thought it might be, no mention of the name George, but he did use the name George Charles Growns when he married.
GRO ref: GROWNS, Charles q1 1862 Hollingbourn RD 2a 509; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Wood
However, checking further I can see that a Charles Growns died in the same RD in q4 1876 aged 14, so that is almost certainly the one whose birth was reg in 1862)
Baptised 30 Aug 1863 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Headcorn, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 7 April 2019)
Shown as George, son of Alfred and Sarah Growns, abode Headcorn, father a labourer
Gender Male Residence 1891 Liverton Street, Lenham, Kent, England - With his wife and 3 children.
Occupation From 1891 to 1911 Agricultural labourer Residence 1901 Ledger Row, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England - With his wife and 7 children
Residence From 1911 to 1919 4, Millcroft Cottages, Cliffe at Hoo, Kent, England - Frances Jane, five siblings, her parents and a grandson of theirs were living at 4 Millcroft Cottages by the time of the 1911 census. The family were still living there in 1919, according to "Alfred's" WW1 service record, though of course some of the children had probably left home by then.
- Role: Occupant
Died Dec Q 1917 Strood (als N Aylesford) Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Growns, George q4 1917 aged 59 Strood RD 2a 828
This agrees with where the family were living, though the date of George's baptism suggests he was only 54. However, when his son Alfred joined up in WW1 he named his father as next-of-kin, but a form listing the relations of deceased soldiers in 1919 shows George had died, so he must have died between 1915 and 1919.
This death is the only one to fit.
It is clear that George died soon after his son Alfred was killed in WW1; one wonders if his son's death precipitated his own.
Person ID I19868 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 7 Apr 2019
Family Fanny Emily ROBINSON, b. Sep Q 1864, Hollingbourne, Kent, England Married 5 Apr 1884 St. Nicholas’ Church, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England - GRO ref: GROWNS, George Charles to Robinson, Fanny Emily q2 1884 Hollingbourn RD 2a 1123
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 7 April 2019)
There seems no doubt this marriage was theirs - Growns is not a common surname, and the place is right and the date consistent with the length of marriage shown in the 1911 census. But the second Christian names are surprising. There is none shown for George when he was baptised or for Fanny when her birth was registered, according to the index. That said, I have not seen Fanny's baptism register entry.
The 1911 census shows that they had had 11 children, 1 of whom had by then died. Actually it was filled in with 10 in total, 10 still living and 1 died! That it was 11 in total was the enumerator's correction - but I guess it could have been 10 in total, 9 still living.
The ages of the children in this family are regularly exaggerated a little in the censuses, may be the age they would be that year (I haven't checked exactly)
Children9 children Last Modified 7 Apr 2019 Family ID F7782 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1891 census where shown as aged 28 (age given as 39 in 1901)