Catherine FREEBODY (1823-1917)

Name: Catherine FREEBODY
Sex: Female
Father: John FREEBODY (1777-1831)
Mother: Catherine HEMMING (1787-1862)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1823 Kintbury
Death 1917 (age 93-94) Wokingham, Berkshire

Marriage

Spouse Henry Hugh DYER (1830-1902)
Children Hugh DYER (1854-1931)
Kate DYER (1856- )
Frances Anne DYER (1861- )
Thomas DYER (1863- )
Marriage 1853 (age 29-30) Hungerford, Berkshire.

Individual Note

Birth: See later note. Marriage (Register Volume no: 2C Page no: 378). Death (Register Volume no: 2C Page no: 566).

 

Parish Records give the following:

parents: John Freebody,? Catherine

name: Catherine Freebody

gender: Female

baptism/christening date: 21 Oct 1823

baptism/christening place: Kintbury, Berkshire, England

 

father's name: John Freebody

mother's name: Catherine

indexing project (batch) number: C15534-2

system origin: England-ODM

source film number: 1279462

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She is mentioned as the only daughter of Catherine in her mother's Will (letters of administration) dated 1862.

 

1841 Census: Catherine was at High Street, West Side, Hungerford.

 

1851 Census: Catherine was in Kintbury, Hungerford, Berkshire living with her mother and brother.

 

1861 Census: The family was at Wickham, Welford, Berkshire.

 

1871 Census: The family was at High Street, Ramsbury, Berkshire.

 

1881 Census: She is shown as the wife of Harry H Dyer a builder, living in Northampton at 42, St Michaels Rd, Northampton with their daughter Kate aged 24, and son Thomas aged 18.

 

1891 Census: Still living with Henry in Northampton at 42, St Michaels Road, Northampton, but he is now an architect and surveyor.

 

1901 Census: Both Catherine and Henry H Dyer (now an architect and surveyor) were still living in Northampton at 42, St Michaels Road, Northampton Priory Of St Andrew.

 

1911 Census: There is a Catharine Dyer at 51 Adnitt Road Northampton aged 87 but shown as being born in Kislingbury, Northants. This is almost certainly Catherine Dyer nee Freebody born in Kintbury, Berkshire.

 

Misc

 

Main Sources of Information: Census Returns, PRO BMD Indexes. PRO Wills Index.