The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Alexander Edwin Ashby, son of Adam Ashby, millwright and Eleanor Sarah Ashby [Richardson]
Generation No. 1
  1. Alexander Edwin Ashby was the son of Adam Ashby, millwright and Eleanor Sarah Ashby [Richardson]. He was born 12th Sep 1845 at Croydon, Surrey, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1845 Q4 Vol 4 Page 96; emigrated 1876 to South Africa, on board SS Anglican to Cape and then SS Natal to Durban; died after 19th Jun 1878
  He married Clara Orchard on 9th May 1868 at Church of All Saints, Upper Norwood, Middlesex. She was born c 1846 at Bristol, Gloucester, daughter of William Orchard; emigrated 1876 to South Africa, on board SS Anglican to Cape and then SS Natal to Durban. They had the following children:
  iAmy Ellen who was born July to Sep 1869, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1869 Q3 Vol 2a Page 219; christened 15th Nov 1869 All Souls, Marylebone, London; died 2nd Feb 1884
2 iiJessie Kate who was born 24th Aug 1877 at Durban, South Africa
3 iiiNellie Francis who was born 12th Jul 1879 at Addington, Durban, South Africa; died 21st Oct 1909 South Africa
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Jessie Kate Forrester [Ashby] was the daughter of Alexander Edwin Ashby and Clara Ashby [Orchard]. She was born 24th Aug 1877 at Durban, South Africa
  She married James Thomas Forrester [Ashby] on 19th May 1894 at Greyville, Durban, South Africa. He was born c 1875
   
  3. Nellie Francis Ashby [Ashby] was the daughter of Alexander Edwin Ashby and Clara Ashby [Orchard]. She was born 12th Jul 1879 at Addington, Durban, South Africa; died 21st Oct 1909 at Durban, South Africa
  She married Leonard Frederick Ashby on 14th Dec 1895. He was born Oct to Dec 1869, registered at Croydon District, Surrey, ref: 1869 Q4 Vol 2a Page 177; emigrated 1876 to South Africa, on board SS Anglican to Cape and then SS Natal to Durban; died 1932 at Zambia. They had the following children:
4 iLucy Clara who was born 1896; died 1954
5 iiFrederick Guide Edwin George who was born 1900; died 1967
  iiiLeonard Alexander who was born 1902; died 1922
6 ivWinifred Diana Orchard who was born 1903
   
Generation No. 3
  4. Lucy Clara Field [Ashby] was the daughter of Leonard Frederick Ashby and Nellie Francis Ashby [Ashby]. She was born 1896; died 1954
  iRex
  iiTrevor
  iiiCynthia
  ivValerie
  She married William Ernest Field on 30th Dec 1915 at Durban, South Africa. He was born c 1895. They had the following children:
  iNorman Alexander who was born 31st Mar 1918; died n/k New Zealand
   
  5. Frederick Guide Edwin George Ashby was the son of Leonard Frederick Ashby and Nellie Francis Ashby [Ashby]. He was born 1900; died 1967
  He married Violet Rose Weaver. She was born Sep 1908 at Bristol, Gloucester; died 1967 at South Africa
   
  6. Winifred Diana Orchard Crosley [Ashby] was the daughter of Leonard Frederick Ashby and Nellie Francis Ashby [Ashby]. She was born 1903
  She married Herbert Crosley. He was born 1897, son of James Crosley and Rose Francis Nunn
   

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