Annotated Family Tree

There is a concise version of this tree, which has the genealogical information but omits the historical and biographical detail.

Contributions have been made by many members of the family. Information also came from a search of the IGI (the International Genealogical Index, made available by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; numbers such as c074851 in the text generally refer to IGI entries), with a bit of guesswork as to marriages. Other valuable sources are freebmd (an index of births, marriages and deaths in the UK) and familyhistoryonline, which has the 1881 census plus many other Bomford records.

The tree has been available in several forms. As a diagram, it occupies several sheets of paper, totalling about three metres wide by 0.8 metres high. About seventy copies were circulated in this form in the 1970s. An extract from an early typed and handwritten tree is attached. The tree has been converted to an electronic database, as a GED file (right click on the link and select Save Target As or similar to save it to your computer. It will not open properly using an internet browser, but it can be read (sort of) with a text editor and can be opened properly with software such as FamilyTreeMaker, or FamilyTreeMaker starter edition, a free 16MB download). The trees on this internet site were derived from Peter Bomford's original tree, with additional information from Kim Bomford, and have been updated since 2005 with information provided by members of the family and others interested in it.

Four digit 'I' numbers in this tree corresponded with the electronic number given to each individual in the original GED database file.

If you have corrections, updates, or biographical information that can be added to the tree please contact us. It would be useful if contributors could provide some information as to the authority of the source, for the record. Links to other family trees, particularly those of the female lines that lost the Bomford name, and to Bomford or related family websites or other relevant information on the internet would be most welcome. More specific dates of births, marriages and deaths would be most welcome, but we would like an assurance that living people have given consent to having more specific information about themselves published on this site. As a rule, we will not put direct contact information onto this website, but are happy to include links to personal websites.

David Bomford in Adelaide, South Australia, is putting together a collection of pictures of Bomfords, old and new. If you have any which you would be able to share, please send him an email.

A note on spelling. Spelling of names has generally followed that in Peter's database, though alternatives are occasionally given where they have been used in other versions of the family tree. To take one example, I0007 Mary Hiron has also been recorded as Maria Hyerne. There is a local family called Hirons, pronounced in the area 'Iyerns'. At this stage it is hard to tell which was the 'correct' spelling at the time. The name Heming is common in the tree, but is sometimes spelt with one m and sometimes with two. Peter Heming Bomford says, 'All the people I know who hold that name spell it with one m so I suggest using that. However, the original Hemming family used two ms. The single m version probably arose because of a convention by which a double letter used to be written as a single with a horizontal dash above.'

For a map of the area, you might go to Mulitmap.com and search for a map of Evesham at around 1:200,000 scale.

It has been said that between 1216-1272 Henry III gave lands to the Bomfords. The records of the College of Arms show there is a place called Bamford in Derbyshire; another Bamford originally Baumford which is old Norman French and would have been pronounced Bomford, near Bury, Lancashire. These lands were held by Thomas de Baumford.

The name has been spelt in different ways, Bamford, Bomford; Bumford. This was down to the scribe who would have written the names down at the time.

We have early records of other Bomfords living at Arrow and at White Ladies Aston, but cannot yet link them to the tree below.

The earliest identified Bomford from whom we can trace the living family is:

1b I0003 Laurence Bomford, b 1617, d 1720 at County Meath, Ireland, m 1650 I0006 Eleanor Chevenix, b 1633, d 1722. Laurence went to Ireland and started the Irish branch of the family.

Thomas and Laurence both fought for Oliver Cromwell at the battle of Worcester in 1651. Tradition has it that Oliver Cromwell called in at the farm house where the Bomfords lived on his way to Worcester on 22 August 1651, and there was entertained. The legend continues that he tethered his horse and sat under a yew tree, were he read his Bible. He went into the house were he is said to have written a letter. The farmhouse still survives to today as two dwellings. Alternatively, I0935 Nicholas Bomford advises [email 7 Mar 2007] that Peter Bomford's father Christopher wrote to him in 1990: "The house ... at Wyre, used to be down the lane towards the Mill – when I first tried to find it, about 1938, I was told that it had been cleared away a few years before that. It had been a timber framed house with soft ‘wattle and daub’ fillings – similar to the oldest ones at Atch Lench – I should expect." Nicholas couldn't make the dates work and Christopher agreed no Bomfords were likely to have been at the house at the time of the battle, 1651. They hadn't yet moved from Arrow. The visit would have been on August 29 because J.W. Willis Bund reconstructed Cromwell's movements and where he stayed during the week he moved on Worcester, setting his troops, and that is the date he would have passed the house. Alternatively, it might have been the Bomfords of White Ladies Aston who enjoyed Cromwell's company.

It is said that there were Bomfords living at Wyre or Wyre Piddle near Pershore. They were probably puritans and sympathetic with Parliament in the great struggle for Faith and Freedom in the 17^th century.

The elder son, I0002 Thomas Bomford of Arrow, b 1612, stayed in the area. Thomas was probably a tenant farmer of the Earl of Coventry who lived at Croome Court. Thomas Coventry b 1629 d 1699 was known as the Hon Thomas Coventry from 1687 to 1697, when he was made Viscount Deerhurst and the 1^st Earl of Coventry. Thomas married and had two sons.

2a I0004 John Bomford of Arrow, b 1655, d Arrow m 1675 I0007 Mary Hiron (or Maria Hyerne), b 1645 and had issue. A special licence from the Bishop of Worcester was necessary for them to be married, but it is not known why. Perhaps John was 20, or perhaps banns hadn't been read.

4a I0010 John Bomford b 1714 (?), m I1273 Hannah Wright in 1725 (he would have been aged 11 if these dates are right) and had a son.

5a I1274 John b c1728 (the father would have been 14 when his son was born if these dates are correct)

4b I1268 Hannah Bomford b c1704 (I0008 John Bomford, Hannah's father, would have been 18 when Hannah was born if this date is correct, and even younger when his first son, Hannah's elder brother I0010 John, was born.)

3a I0014 John Bomford, b 1691, d 1767 m 5 Feb 1714 at Fladbury I0016 Susanna Quarrall (?= Susanna Quarrell, daughter of George Quarrell, christened 8 Sep 1693 at Wick near Pershore?), and had issue.

4c I0991 Thomas Bomford, b 1719 or b 1721, m 20 Aug 1748 at Worcester Cathedral I0995 Sarah Surman (Kim Bomford email 27 Feb 2007), and had issue.

5a I0996 Thomas Bomford, b 9 Oct 1748, m 25 Feb 1770 at St Andrews Pershore I0997 Ann Cotterill (she was a minor) (Kim Bomford email 27 Feb 2007), and had issue.

6d I1001 Bentley Bomford, b 1778, m 19 Jan 1803 at St Andrew Holy Cross Pershore I1004 Martha Andrews (Kim Bomford email 27 Feb 2007), and had issue.

3b I0015 Thomas Bomford, b 1693 at Wyre, d Wyre, buried at Pershore, m (m040331) 24 May 1724 at Throckmorton I0017 Elizabeth Heming, b Atch Lench, d Wyre buried at Pershore. They had seven children. The house where Thomas lived in Wyre has now disappeared. He and Elizabeth were buried at Pershore Baptist Chapel, but the grave is lost. Early chapel records no longer exist. He might have been born about 1702. There is an IGI entry for the marriage of Thomas Bomford and Elizabeth Heming of Atch Lench on 24 May 1724, at Throckmorton. Elizabeth's parents had 'The Firs' farm at Atch Lench. As the only child, the farm passed to her and eventually to her son Heming. 'Mrs Heming' is recorded as having made a contribution to the funds of the Pershore Baptist Chapel in 1725. This is the earliest recorded instance of a family member making a financial contribution to the Baptist cause. She was probably Elizabeth's mother, widow of John Heming (d 1713), copyholder of the manor of Atch Lench, who lived at 'The Firs'. Elizabeth inherited the copyhold, which passed to her son Heming. Lords of the manor were the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey.

4b I1359 Susanna Bomford b c 1727 d c 1754, m 1747 I1360 Francis Wagstaff (son of Francis Wagstaff b 1693 m 1717 Sarah Ricketts) and had issue. I1360 Francis Wagstaff m(2) 11 Nov 1754 Mary Bushell and they had 8 children including I1354 James Wagstaff b 1769 who married I1353 Ann Bomford, and including also Charles, Susannah, Robert, William, Anne and Mary. (Kim Bomford email 1 Mar 2007; IGI has an entry for Susanna Bamford)

4d I0020 Thomas Bomford, b 2 Feb 1732 at Wyre, d 23 Oct 1798 at Wyre, ?m I0024 Mary Wagstaff b 1748. Thomas' wife Mary Bomford d 4 Jun 1805 at Wyre. They had issue. (A Thomas Bomford m a Mary Stone 14 Jun 1763 at Pirton (IGI: m046131) which fits with the birth of daughter Mary in c1764; Mary Wagstaff b 1748 would have been 15 in 1763 and c16 in c1764 when daughter Mary was born. Note also that one of the grandchildren, I0041, is William Stone Bomford). Probate record for Mary Bomford d 4 Jun 1805.

5b I1350 Susanna Bomford b c1766, m I1352 Richard Smith (or perhaps m I1351 William Smith - see the probate record) on 4 Apr 1793

5c I1353 Ann Bomford b c1768, m 11 Nov 1794 I1354 James Wagstaff b 1769 (son of Francis Wagstaff and Mary Bushell - see above)

5e I1355 Hannah Bomford, b c1773. Hannah is known from the probate record, which includes 'To my Daughter Hannah I Give the sum of two hundred pounds 100£ part of which is a legacy given to her by late Husband's Will'. (It is presumed that the 'late husband' is Hannah's mother Mary's late husband (Thomas) and 'Will' a reference to his will ie 'by my late Husband's Will' - the d's in Husband's is not entirely clear in the manuscript.)

5f I0025 William Bomford, b 14 Jun 1776 at Wyre, d 17 Nov 1835 buried at Fladbury, m (m040191) 1 Sep 1801 at Elmley Castle (Fladbury?) I0983 Eleanor Summers, b 8 Jun 1776, d 4 Mar 1864 at Wyre buried at Fladbury, and had children.

6b I0035 Thomas Bomford, b 16 Apr 1804 at Wyre, d 14 Sep 1862 at Wyre, m (m074851) 15 Apr 1835 at Wyre I0949 Mary Howse, b 1806 at Wyre, d 10 May 1858, and had issue.

7b I0951 Emma Bomford, b 10 Jul 1838 at Wyre, d 1861, m at Wyre I0953 Henry East of Bevington Hall, b 1830, d 17 Dec 1872 at Pebworth (gravestone: the writing on the side may indicate that Emma is buried with her husband)

7c I0952 Thomas Martin Bomford, b 13 Apr 1842 at Wyre (c074852), d 14 Nov 1861 at Wyre

6c I0036 Jane Bomford, b 3 May 1806 at Wyre, d 24 Feb 1870 at Little Alne buried at Alcester Baptist Church, m 26 Sep 1840 at Wyre I0948 John Davis

6e I0038 I0730 Mary Bomford, b 4 Oct 1808, d 29 Jan 1848 buried at Evesham Baptist Church, m 6 Jun 1833 at Wyre I0947 I0055 John Bomford, b 1811, d 1854 at Evesham

6f I0039 I0736 Anne Bomford, b 2 Nov 1810, d 30 Apr 1852 at Dodderhill nr Droitwich buried at Pershore Baptist Church, m 24 Oct 1838 I0946 I0060 Jacob Bomford

6g I0040 I0737 Susannah Bomford, b 25 Aug 1812, d 1893, m I0945 I0062 Benjamin Bomford, b 1820 at Little Alne.

6h I0041 I0258 William Stone Bomford, b 14 Aug 1814 at Wyre (c074852) buried at Powick, m I0938 I0107 Katherine Ann Bomford, b 1828 at Atch Lench, and had issue.

7c I0941 Frank Oliver Bomford, b 1854 at Pershore, d 8 Jun 1924 (probate) at Leigh Sinton, near Malvern, m 1900 I0944 Someone, said by Bruce to be 'his second cousin, also a Bomford, aunt to James' father at Springhill'. None of EGCB's aunts is possible. Kim Bomford's tree (as at 2005) records this 'Someone' as Edith Wenden London. P robate records for Frank Oliver Bomford indicate his widow was Edith Bomford. An Edith Bomford of Malvern is recorded separately in probate as dying as a widow on 8 Jun 1935: probate was granted to Sydney Evans. No children. For a case involving land in which it appears this Frank Oliver Bomford was a co-defendant, see papers Pl E15/2/3 in the Portland (London) Collection: Catalogue of Deeds and Documents from the Estates of the Dukes of Portland, 1304-1933.

7e I0943 Catherine Mary Bomford, b 1861 at Pershore, dunm 1899. Lived at Brush Farm, Callow, Worcs.

6i I0042 Eleanor Bomford, b 31 Aug 1816 at Wyre, d 24 Oct 1872 at Morpeth, Northumberland, m 4 Jun 1844 at Pershore Baptist Church I0043 (Rev?) Ayre William

6j I0044 Charles Bomford (twin), b 9 Nov 1818 at Wyre, d 10 Jun 1883 at Ruberry Asylum, Birmingham. Charles was certified insane and became an inmate of a private asylum in Droitwich in about 1841. He died a pauper patient in Ruberry Lunatic Asylum.

6k I0045 James Bomford (twin), Dr, b 9 Nov 1818 at Wyre, d 1898 at Oxford m(1) 1851 I0905 Letitia Emily Crause, b 1818 at London, d Oxford, and had children. Became MRCS in 1844. In 1847 he was living in Loughborough Road, Brixton, working as a GP. In 1854 they were living in Woodstock, where he was Medical Officer. He was on the Medical Register from 1859 to 1873. He was a successful GP in Banbury Road, Oxford. By 1875 his address was Wood View, Iffley or Iffrey Road, Cowley, Oxford. In 1881 he was a land proprietor; on his death certificate he was a surgeon.

7a I0907 Katherine Letitia Bomford or Catherine Letitia Phillipa Bomford (probate), dunm at Wood View, 9 Feb 1874

7b I0908 Woodburn James Bomford, Rev, b 17 Aug 1854, d 1897 (suicide) m 19 Apr 1883 I0910 Katharine Johnson (of Lancashire), b 26 Dec 1858, d 12 Sep 1925 (probate) buried at Woodmansterne, Surrey, and had issue. He was educated at Magdalen College School, then Queens College for BA (1877), MA (1887). Ordained in Caterham in June 1885. Bought Homefield School, Sutton, in 1868. After his death in 1897, Katharine kept the school going and it was still in business in the 1970s. Lived in City Road, Middlesex, in 1881. He committed suicide by swallowing acid. It is said that Katherine tried to make it look like hanging, but with the acid in his stomach the body broke in half. Katherine retired and sold Homefield School in 1912, by which time it was the best preparatory school in Sutton.

8a I0911 Maurice Crause Bomford, b 18 Feb 1884 at Kensington, d 25 Feb 1936 (probate) buried at Woodmansterne, Surrey, m 4 Feb 1911 at St Mary Abbots, Kensington I0920 Pleasance Enid Johnson, b 29 Jun 1887 at Kensington, d Jun 1968 at Abbots Langley, Herts buried at St Mary's Wimbledon, and had issue. In his mother's probate documents Maurice is described as 'retired commander, RN'.

9a I0921 Katherine Jeanette Bomford, b 2 Sep 1912, d 10 Sep 1996 at Wimbledon, m 9 Apr 1937 at Foots Cray, Kent, I1207 Richard Knight Evans, b 14 Feb 1909 at Edinburgh, d 4 Aug 1992 buried at St Marys, Wimbledon

9b I0922 Mary Elizabeth Bomford, b 9 Feb 1915 at Worcester Rd, Sutton, Surrey, d 30 Jul 1990 at Pen Selwood, Somerset, m 13 Mar 1937 I1208 Kenneth Frank Leslie Farnfield ARIBA, b 21 Sep 1910, d 9 Jun 1986 at Kinlochewe, Scotland, ashes scattered on Ben Eighe

9c I0923 Philippa Margaret Bomford, b 15 Jan 1919 at Holland Park, d 13 Dec 1996 at Popley, nr Basingstoke

8b I0912 Katherine Edith Monica Bomford, known as Connie, b 8 Jan 1886 at Holland Park, d 1978 at Hoylake, Cheshire m 24 Jun 1920 I0919 Arthur Sainsbury. Returned from Dresden in 1909 to teach French, drawing (Graham Sutherland was a pupil), music and dancing at Homefield school.

8c I0913 Gertrude Margeurite (Margie) Bomford, b 8 Mar 1887, d Jan 1977 at Epping, m 1926 I0918 Robert Welford Leamon, b 15 Jul 1890 at Wormly, Herts, d Dec 1969 at Epping

8e I0914 Florence Dorothy (Dordy) Bomford, b 12 Oct 1888 at Holland Park, d 1966

8f I0915 Letitia Constance Joan Bomford, b 12 Jul 1881 [1891?] at Holland Park, d 1978, m 6 May 1916 at Sutton, Surrey I0917 David James Williamson, Dr, b 26 Aug 1881 at Calcutta, d 1963

8g I0916 Herbert James Powell Bomford, known as Jimmy, b 7 Jan 1896 at Homefield, Sutton, Surrey, d 26 Mar 1979 at Bloomfield Terrace, London m(1) 31 May 1923 I0924 Molly Iago, b 5 Mar 1899, d 1977 at St Thomas Hospital buried at Sutton, Surrey, and with her had issue. Divorced 1938; m(2) I0984 Brenda Jane Smith, d 1976; after Jane died, m(3) Jane's sister, I0985 Elizabeth Smith, known as Libber, d 1977. Educated at Homefield school and Epsom College. Served in the Artists' Rifles, then in the RFC, as a navigator photographer. Farmed briefly in South Africa. Married Moll, lived in Carshalton, three boys born. He joined Wedd Jefferson in the stock exchange. He was into: amateur radio; outboard motor boat racing, winning all the major trophies in Europe; a Bentley tourer; and yacht racing. He bought a 1000 ton four masted schooner, followed by several other large craft. Speculated in property in Banstead in the late 1930s. In the war he bought 2000 acres in Wiltshire, farmed it and employed Johnny Morris as Manager. Collected impressionist paintings with the aid of Derain. Later, Henry Moore, Sutherland, Ben Nicholson. Some of this collection was given to the Swindon Art Gallery. In the early 1950s he had about 12 Francis Bacon versions of 'The Screaming Pope', later sold. In the early 1960s he sold the farms and moved to London. Collected Persian Bronzes, which were given to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He also collected ancient glass, which went to the Bristol Museum, with additions from the Bomford Trust.

9a I0925 Richard James Bomford, b 16 Jun 1925 at Sutton, Surrey m(1) 1950 at Johannesburg, South Africa, I0929 Juliana van Wyck and had two daughters.

9a I0925 Richard James m(2) Aug 1956 I0930 Joan Aberson, b 10 Apr 1930, and had a daughter.

9b I0926 John Powell Bomford, Dr, b 31 Oct 1927 at Homefield, Sutton, Surrey m(1) 25 Feb 1950 at London I0934 Jean Elisabeth Metcalfe, b 11 Mar 1931, d 25 Jul 2000, and had issue. Educated Broadstairs School, then Sherborne. MB BS DPM FRANZCP MRCPsych London University. National service RAMC, including the Malayan Emergency; came out as Captain. Emigrated to Australia 1964. Psychiatrist Superintendent at Bendigo Psychiatric Centre, 1964-88; awarded the Public Service Medal 1994 for services to Loddon Campaspe Mallee region.

1g I0935 Nicholas John Bomford, b 13 May 1952 at Warwick Square, London. Educated Woodcote Valley, Downside, Gordonstoun, Geelong Grammar, Bendigo High. BA Melbourne University. Career in journalism, including the Bendigo Gazette and the Herald Sun, where he was sub-editor (1995). Married 12 May 1973 at Bendigo, Victoria, Australia I0986 Janette Margaret Smithson, b 27 Jan 1953 at Bendigo. University of Melbourne BA, Dip Ed. Monash University MA, PhD in history. Teacher, historian and author.

2g I0937 Nancy Madeleine Bomford, b 5 Mar 1960 at Purley, m 9 Feb 1991 at Newlyn I0987 Timothy Graham Osborne, b 25 Aug 1961 and had issue. Nancy and Tim are divorced. Nancy is the licencee of an inn in Cornwall.

9b I0926 John Powell m(2) 17 Mar 1979 at Warragul, Victoria, Australia, I0936 Nancy Clare Anderson, b 4 Nov 1936. Nancy was a teacher of deaf children in Bendigo, then taught in Papua New Guinea for 11 years. Moved into leadership development and adult training. Special expertise in human relations, assertiveness training and trauma counselling. She became Victorian Moderator of the Uniting Church of Australia in 1992.

9c I0927 Gillian Bomford, b 22 Nov 1929 at Sutton, Surrey, m 3 Nov 1956 at Sutton, Surrey I0928 Alastair Gavin Hamilton, known as Peter, Lt Cdr RN, b 7 Sep 1922. Peter wrote The Restless Wind about his voyage halfway round the world and back in a 25 foot Vertue with Jill. Peter and Gillian had three children.

10a Gail Hamilton m Patrick Dempsey and had Katy and Harry. Gail died and Patrick has remarried and had further issue.

10c Jock Hamilton went to sea, served in the marines and has pilot's licence (the flying variety)

7c I0909 Percy Bomford, d South Africa. There is a suggestion in the family that Percy did something ghastly in England and was banished by the family to South Africa. It has been suggested he had a criminal record there, but no-one has tried to look (as at Mar 2007).

5g I0026 Thomas Bomford, b 1779 at Wyre, d 13 Jun 1841 at Hinton m(1) 23 Jul 1801 at Wyre I0046 Jane Summers, b 1780, d 1805, and had issue.

6a I0047 Thomas Bomford, b 1802 at Wyre, d 1849, m 1827 I0066 E. L. Lamprett (known as Ann?), d 1855, and had children.

7b I0068 Thomas Bomford, b 1832 at Bricklehampton, d 1910 at Drakes Broughton, m(1) on 23 Sept 1852 at Claines I0073 Elizabeth Bayliss, b 1838 at Charlton Kings, Glos, d 1854 (no children) (Kim Bomford email 30 Oct 2008); m(2) I0072 Emma Kirby, b 1838 probably d 13 Mar 1925 (probate) and had issue. The 1881 census shows him as farmer, 52 acres, Drakes Broughton, Worcs. Employed 1 boy, 8 children at home.

8a I0854 Gertrude Annie Bomford, b 1858 at Bricklehampton, m 1895 I0882 Thomas Westwood

8b I0853 Thomas Reginald (Adolphus?) Bomford, b 1860 at Bricklehampton, d 1949, m 1887 I0883 Leonora Best, b 1862, d 1963, and had issue. Lived(?) at Barrol Road, Aston, Hereford.

9b I0885 Thomas Reginald Bomford, b 1891, d 1973 at Allesborough Farm, Pershore, m 1922 I0897 Marjorie Williams, and had issue.

10a I0898 Thomas Edward Bomford, b 1924 at Allesborough Farm, Pershore, d 1951 in a riding accident.

10b I0899 Patrick John Antony Bomford or Patrick John Anthony, known as John, JP, b 1927 at Allesborough Farm, Pershore, m(1) 1955 I0902 Patricia Brenton, b 1928, and had issue. Has remarried. Sheep farmer at Allesborough Farm, Pershore.

10c I0900 Ann Bomford or Anne Bomford, b Allesborough Farm, Pershore, m 1955 I0901 Ingham B Staight

9f I0888 Benjamin Hender Bomford, b 1898, d Bromsgrove, m 1926 I0892 M Irene Simpson, d 1926, and had a daughter.

9h I0890 Phyllis Joan Bomford, b 1904, m 1947 I0891 D J Browning, Dr, b 1885, d 1972

8c I0855 Frederick Henry Bomford, b 1862 at Bricklehampton, d 1910, m 1889 I0878 Elizabeth Bridgwood, lived at Aston Warwick, and had issue.

8d I0856 Avery Robert Bomford, b 1863 or 1864 at Bricklehampton, d 10 May 1927 (probate) from injuries from a motor accident (Kim Bomford email 30 Oct 2008), m 1889 in London I0871 Sarah Sim, b 1866 in Hereford, and had issue. Station master at Walthamstow, last address 7 Orchard Road, Welling, Kent.

9a I0873 Lillian Bomford b 1890, m I1255 William Maskell and had one child, George, b 1919?. Lived at Orchard Road. Sarah, her mother, moved in with Lillian after Avery died as Lillian was in poor health (Kim Bomford email 5 Nov 2008)

9b I0872 Avery Robert Bomford, b 11 Oct 1892 at Islington, London, d 6 June 1956 at Parkstone, Dorset, m(1) in 1916 at Barnet I1430 Maud M Hamilton b 1889 and had issue (Kim Bomford email 30 Oct 2008). Was in the Navy, but left to join the army using the name Robert Hamilton. After the armistice he resumed his real name.

9b I0872 Avery Robert Bomford m(2) in 1922 at Wareham I0875 Emma Wilson, nee Matilda Elizabeth Emma Wescott, b 1889, d 18 Jan 1947, widow of Richard Wilson, and had issue (Kim Bomford email 30 Oct 2008)

10d I0876 Avery Robert Bomford, known as Bob, b 1927, d 2 April 2000, m I0877 Pearl Rose Claudina Dean, b 1926, divorced 1970.

12a I1341 Alison Michelle Bomford, b 12 Nov 1971 as Michelle Bomford and adopted the additional name Alison by which she is known. Married three times (to Jonathan George Swales Hope Stemp, David Hurley and Jamie Peter Snell) and has children.

11b I1204 Kim Bomford, m 1978 I1205 Jeffrey W Neal, b 1948. Kim and Jeff have 3 children from the marriage.

12a I1344 Kelly Jane Neal b 1979 m Neil Thomas Kenny on 25 Jun 2008 in Las Vegas

Jeffrey Neal has 3 other children: Stephanie Neal b 1966; Simon Neal b 1968; and Jeremy Neal b 1972.

9c I0874 Thomas Bomford, b 1900 or 1901, d 1963, m(1) Esther McCarthy, née Esther Palmer, b 20 Sep 1897 [email from Kim Bomford 22 Aug 2007], and had issue.

10a I1418 Gladys Ettie Bomford b 13 April 1919, d 21 Apr 2005, m 23 Aug 1941 I1419 Bert Leslie Grange b 20 May 1920 [email from Kim Bomford 22 Aug 2007] and had issue.

11a I1420 Robin Anthony Grange b 20 Nov 1943, m 16 Apr 1977 Maise Mitchell [email from Kim Bomford 22 Aug 2007]

11b I1421 Sheila Anne Gillian Grange b 13 Mar 1949, m 9 Jul 1983 Richard Hughman b 20 Nov 1950 and had issue [email from Kim Bomford 22 Aug 2007]

12a I1422 Gillian Claire Hughman b 5 Jul 1984 [email from Kim Bomford 22 Aug 2007]

12b I1423 Robin Richard Hughman b 10 Sep 1986 [email from Kim Bomford 22 Aug 2007]

9c I0874 Thomas Bomford m(2) 1925 or 1926 in Dartford I1216 Emma Hancock, and had issue.

10b I1214 Robert William Avery Bomford, known as Bob, b 1935, m I1232 Brenda Hall, and had further issue.

10c I1215 George Raymond Richard Bomford, b 1927, d 1998, m 1949 I1236 Marjorie Walland, and had issue.

11a I1237 Raymond Richard Bomford, b 1953, m 1975 I1239 Lesley Chasey, and had issue.

11b I1238 Martin John Bomford, b 1955, m 1977 I1242 Jean Mansfield, and had issue.

8e I0857 Frank Bomford, b 1866 at Bricklehampton, d 9 Dec 1935 (probate) at Broughton, m I0868 Catherine Mabel Maud Phillips, b 1874, and had issue. He was a fruit farmer.

9a I0869 Frank Bomford or Frank Phillips Bomford (see his father's probate record), b 1895 at Broughton, m I0870 Phyllis Hogg. Farmer.

8i I0861 Miriam Bomford, b 1873 at Bricklehampton m(1) I0863 Staines; m(2) I0864 E Riley

8j I0862 Susan Bomford, b 1874 at Bricklehampton. Probably unmarried and executor of her mother's will in 1925 (probate).

7c I0069 Elizabeth Bomford, b 1833, school mistress, m 1854 I0071 John Crosley (or possibly Cowley)

5g I0026 Thomas Bomford m(2) 5 Feb 1806 at Worcester I0050 Susanna Summers, b 1783, d 25 Jul 1868 at Wyre, and had issue

6d I0055 I0947 John Bomford, b 1811, d Oct 1854 at Evesham (probate) m(1) 6 Jun 1833 at Wyre I0730 I0038 Mary Bomford, b 4 Oct 1803, d 29 Jan 1848 buried at Evesham Baptist Church, and had issue. John was Mayor of Evesham in 1844

7a I0731 Emily Bomford, b 1834, d 1909 (possible probate: d 6 Dec 1909 at Oxford?)

6i I0059 Esau Bomford (twin), b 1816 at Hinton, d 1870 at Witney (Spirit Merchant) m I0826 Jane Snow, b 1820 at Shaftesbury, d 20 Dec 1881 at Oxford (probate) and had issue. In 1881 Jane is shown living in Kingston Road, St Giles, Oxford with William Henry (age 34) and Walter (age 24). On the birth certificate of Alfred Charles, Esau is described as a druggist.

7a I0827 William Henry Bomford, b 1847. Living in Oxford with his mother in 1881. No profession shown

7b I0828 Alfred Charles Bomford, b 12 Jan 1850 at Witney, d 13 Oct 1931 at Didsbury, Manchester, retired druggist, lived at 170 Newport Lane Burslem, m I0835 Mary Elizabeth Clegg, d 5 Mar 1943 (probate) at Didsbury, Manchester, and had issue

8b I0836 Alfred Roy Bomford, b 1893 at Didsbury, Manchester, d 1967 at Goostrey, m 1 Jan 1927 I0841 Emily Doris Stenton of Goostrey, b 1900 at Ancoats, d 1990, and had issue. There is a website with photos of India and a diary, c 1900, by William George Skinner, b 15 Jul 1869, brother of I0841 Emily Doris Stenton's mother, Eliza Jane Skinner, b 29 Sep 1870. In the 1930s Eliza lived in Goostrey, next door to Alfred and Emily and their family, and her brother Will joined her in his old age (information from I0843 Nov 2005).

9a I0842 Doris Margaret Bomford, b 1928 at Goostrey, m I1201 Gerald Brock, d Cape Town

10a I0850 .. Bomford m I1260.. .., and has issue, two sons and a daughter [Details of I0843, I0849 and I0850 removed 28 Nov 2005 by request of the Bomfords concerned. Contact us with details when ready to be reinstated.]

9c I0844 John Bomford, b 1936 at Goostrey, m Jan 1964 I0846 Patricia Mary Hancock, and had issue.

10a I0847 Andrew John Bomford, b 1964, m 1990 I1202 Catherine Hall, and had issue

8c I0837 Marjorie Bomford, b 1895, d 1977, m I0840 Norman Pointer, b 1893, d 1965

8e I0839 Nora Bomford, b 1902 at Didsbury, Manchester, d 1934 (but see her mother's probate record: she appears to have been granted probate in 1943)

7d I0830 Sidney Bomford, b 1855 at Witney, dunm 1903, struck by lightning. In 1881 he was a Farm Bailiff at Aston Cantlow.

6j I0060 I0946 Jacob Bomford (twin), b 1816 at Hinton, d Hinton, m 1838 I0736 I0039 Anne Bomford, b 1811 at Wyre

6l I0062 I0945 Benjamin Bomford, b 1820, lived at Evesham Street, Alcester, d 1879 at Little Alne, m I0737 I0040 Susan Bomford, b 1812 at Wyre, d 1893, and had issue. In 1881 Susan (Susannah) was living in Alcester with Caroline, Margaret and Rosa.

7d I0822 Margaret Louisa Bomford, b 1856 at Little Alne, d 1935, m 13 Mar 1890 at Alcester I0824 Colin Crystal, Rev

7a I0809 John Alfred Bomford, b 1834, d 1875 at Warwick, m I0816 Augusta, and had issue.

5h I0027 Elizabeth Bomford, b 1782, m 13 Feb 1800 I1349 Benjamin Gibbs (from the probate record and

Worcestershire Bomfords

THE BOMFORDS OF WORCESTER