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RICHARD
RAWSTON (1812 - 1889)
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Richard
Rawston was born around 1812 in Little Walsingham and was the son
of William Rawston (1784) and Mary Ann Folker. He married Susannah
Smith in 1832 in Little Walsingham. In 1841 he was living in Common
Place, Little Walsingham, and working as a bricklayer. In 1845 he
was the landlord of the Bull in Little Walsingham. In 1851, as well
as being the landlord of the Robin Hood, he was a farmer of 16 acres
of land, a bricklayer and the employer of five men and three boys.
He was still at the Robin Hood in 1854. In 1861 he was living in Creake
Road and working as a bricklayer employing men and boys. In 1871 he
was still living in the Robin Hood as the head of a household, but
was not the landlord. He was listed as a master bric klayer. By 1881
he was living in Egmere Road in Little Walsingham. He was living with
a Maria Purdy in Egmere Road - probably a relation of his daughter
Ann. He was listed as a bricklayer in 1883. He died in Little Walsingham
in 1889, aged 77.
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| Spouse:
Susannah Smith (1807) |
Children:
William John Rawston (1833) : Henry
Rawston (1837) : Ann Rawston (1838) |
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| Last
updated 9th May 2006 |