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MOULES, David
1855 - 1927 (72 years) Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1816 - 1875 (59 years)-
Name MOULES, David Birth 1855 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 1927 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I1909 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father MOULES, Thomas, b. 1813, West Walton, Norfolk d. 4 May 1887, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 74 years) Mother ELDERIDGE, Susannah, b. 1816, Tilney St. Lawrence, Norfolk, England d. 1875, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 59 years) Marriage 8 Sep 1835 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F118 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BRIDGES, Mary Jane, b. 1860, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, England d. 1940, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 80 years) Marriage 1894 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F1013 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1855 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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DAVID MOULES 1855-1927
The birth of David MOULES was registered in 1855.
(GRO December Q. 1855 Wisbech 3b 538)
From the 1861 census of the Road from Church End to Roman Bank, West Walton, Norfolk:
Thomas MOLES (sic), head, aged 48, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Susan MOLES (sic), wife, aged 44, born at Terrington, Norfolk;
Mary MOLES (sic), daughter, aged 21, born at West Walton;
Joseph MOLES, son, aged 19, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Thomas MOLES, son, aged 17, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
John MOLES, son, aged 12, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Susannah MOLES, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at West Walton;
*David MOLES, son, aged 5, born at West Walton.
(RG9/1050/79/6)
The 1871 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
Thomas MOULES, head, aged 58, farmer of 26 acres, born at West Walton;
Susanah MOULES, wife, aged 54, born at Terrington, Norfolk;
Joseph MOULES, son, aged 29, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
John MOULES, son, aged 22, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Susanah MOULES, daughter, aged 18, born at West Walton;
*David MOULES, son, aged 15, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/85/9)
From the 1881 census of The Fen End Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
Thomas MOLES (sic), head, aged 68, widower, farmer of 22 acres, born at West Walton.
*David MOLES (sic), son, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton.
(RG11/1697/89/8)
The 1891 census returns for Mill Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
Mary WEST, head, aged 51, widow, born at West Walton;
*David MOULES, brother, aged 35, single, farmer, born at West Walton;
Mary HARNWELL, niece, aged 10, scholar, born at West Walton.
(RG12/1306/68/7)
The marriage between David MOULES and Mary Jane FLANDERS was registered in 1895.
(GRO March Q 1895 Wisbech 3b 665)
From the 1901 census of Walton Common, West Walton, Norfolk:
*David MOULES, head, aged 43, farmer, born at West Walton;
Mary MOULES, wife, aged 40, born at Wiggenhall St. Germans, Norfolk;
Arthur MOULES, nephew, aged 21, horseman of farm, born at West Walton;
Alice M. PEGG, niece, aged 4, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire.
(RG13/1557/64/7)
From the 1911 census of Walton Highway, Norfolk:
*David MOULES, head, aged 55, farmer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Mary J. MOULES, wife, aged 50, married 16 years, born at St. Germans, Norfolk;
Arthur MOULES, nephew, aged 31, single, horseman on farm, born at West Walton;
Alice M. PEGG, niece, aged 14, dairy work at home. born at Peterborough.
(RG14PN9309/RD187/SD3/ED6/SN100)
The death of David MOULES aged 71 was registered in 1927.
(GRO March Q 1927 Wisbech 3b 880)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Whose daughter was Alice M. PEGG?
She was the daughter of Herbert PEGG and Leah née BRIDGES who married in 1889.
(GRO December Q 1889 Downham 4b 927)
Leah BRIDGES was the sister of Mary Jane BRIDGES who married firstly Henry FLANDERS and secondly David MOULES.
Alice Muriel PEGG was born in 1896.
(GRO September Q 1896 Peterborough 3b 246)
"David MOULES b. 1855
According to a written accouny by Norman MOULES, David died c1925. The real-life and graphic events leading up to David's eventual death from a stroke are described vividly by Norman as a small boy. His death may be formally recorded. David was a converted and passionate Salvationist, in whose paper the War Cry his obituary was aparently [sic] recorded."
(Susanne MOULES 09.07.2006)
(revised 28.11.2015)