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HORRY, George
1858 - 1904 (46 years) Has 52 ancestors and 8 descendants in this family tree.
1832 - 1914 (81 years)-
Name HORRY, George Birth 23 Mar 1858 Holbeach, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 14 Apr 1904 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I1123 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HORRY, Henry James, b. 1830, Upwell, Norfolk, England d. 6 Oct 1869, Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Age 39 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Judith Lewin, b. 21 Oct 1832, West Walton, Norfolk d. 16 Jan 1914, Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 1 Dec 1852 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F216 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HALL, Emma, b. 1856, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1923, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 67 years) Marriage 1885 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HORRY, George Cecil, b. 30 Aug 1892, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1954, Norwich Registration District, Norfolk (Age 61 years)Family ID F727 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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GEORGE HORRY 1858-1904
His birth certificate shows him to have been born on 23 March 1858, son of Henry James HORRY baker and Judith LEWIN formerly HEDGOOSE (sic). The birth of a George HORRY was registered in 1858.
(GRO June Q 1858 Holbeach 7a 320).
The 1861 census of Littlebury Place, Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
Henry HORRY, head, aged 31, baker (master), born at Upwell, Norfolk;
Judith L. HORRY, wife, aged 28, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Holbeach;
Henry Jas. HORRY, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Holbeach;
*George HORRY, son, aged 3, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
John T. HORRY, son, aged 8 months, born at Holbeach;
Elizabeth COX, servant, aged 13, general servant, born at Holbeach.
(RG9/2330/15/23)
The 1871 census of High Street, Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
Judith HORRY, head, aged 38, widow, baker, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 17, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Henry James HORRY, son, aged 14, carpenter's apprentice, born at Holbeach;
*George HORRY, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Holbeach;
John Thurbon HORRY, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Holbeach;
Arthur HORRY, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Holbeach;
Stanton HORRY, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Holbeach.
Samuel BUSBY(?), servant, aged 23, journeyman baker, born at Winnock, Hountingdon (sic);
Eliza BARTON, servant, aged 15, general servant, born at Holbeach.
(RG10/3331/72/8)
At the time of the 1881 census the family were living in High Street, Holbeach:
Judith L. HORRY, head, aged 48, baker and corn factor, born at West walton in Norfolk;
Henry J. HORRY, son, aged 24, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
*George HORRY, son, aged 23, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Arthur HORRY, son, aged 19, draper's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Stanton HORRY, son, aged 14, baker's apprentice, born at Holbeach;
Mary A. L. EDGOOSE, sister, aged 44, annuitant, born at West Walton ;
Matthew TOWNS, servant, aged 23, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Mary Ann MASHFORD, servant, aged 16, general domestic servant, born at Holbeach.
(RG11/3211/26/7)
The marriage between George HORRY and Emma HALL was registered in 1885.
(GRO June Q 1885 Wisbech 3b 1311)
At the time of the 1891 census George and Emma HORRY were living in Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire:
*George HORRY, head, aged 33, miller and baker, born at Holbeach in Lincolnshire;
Emma HORRY, wife, aged 34, born at Emneth in Norfolk;
Mildred HALL, niece, aged 16, born at West Walton in Norfolk;
Horace DESBROUGH, aged 12, nephew, born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire;
Mabel EDGOOSE, aged 14, visitor, born at West Walton;
James HOLMES, aged 12, an apprentice miller and baker, born at Pinchbeck.
(RG12/2559/42/4)
Their son George Cecil HORRY was born in 1892.
(GRO September Q 1892 Spalding 7a 386)
The Mills Archive (www.millsarchive.com) lists a George HORRY, miller, at Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire, circa 1900.
The 1901 census of Broadgate, Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire:
*George HORRY, head, aged 43, miller and baker, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Emma HORRY, wife, aged 45, born at Emneth, Cambridgeshire;
George C. HORRY, son, aged 8, born at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire;
George BAILEY, servant, aged 19, journeyman miller, born at Sutton St. Edmunds, Lincolnshire;
Walter HARRISON, servant, aged 18, journeyman miller, born at Holbeach;
Emily STRICHSON, servant, aged 20, general domestic servant, born at Pinchbeck.
(RG13/3036/118/10)
The death of George HORRY aged 46 was registered in 1904.
(GRO June 1904 Holbeach 7a 221)
"HORRY George of Sutton St. James Lincolnshire miller and baker died 14 April 1904 Probate Lincoln 9 June to Emma HORRY widow
Effects £1563 16s. 6d"
(National Probate Calendar 1904)
NOTES & QUERIES:
According to the LFHS Lincolnshire Probate Indexes, George HORRY's will was made on 13 January 1893 whilst he was living in West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
In her will made on 23 November 1905 and proved in 1914 his mother Judith Lewin BYCROFT leaves legacies to all of her sons except George, but makes a point of making a bequest to her grandson George Cecil HORRY, only child of George HORRY (see EDGOOSE, Judith Lewin, for a transcript of the will).
(revised 07.03.2016)