ALFRED OFFEN was born circa 1820 in Smarden, Kent
(source : 1871 and 1881 censuses). He was baptised in 1820 in Smarden, Kent
(source : Collette Kendall).
He married ANN ? (source : Collette Kendall). She was born circa 1824 in
Bredhurst, Kent (source : 1871 and 1881 censuses).
On the 1851 census, Albert is a 30-year-old farmer of 135 acres and shows up,
with his wife, children and four servants, at Bethersden, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1861 census,
Albert, a 40-year-old farmer, his wife, children and 4 servants are at Harps Farm, Boxley, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1871 census, Albert, a 50-year-old farmer of 290 Acres Employing 4 labourers & 2 Boys,
his wife Ann (47), eight children and four servants are all listed at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, Albert, a 60-year-old farmer of 257 Acres Employing 4 Men & 1 Boy,
his wife Ann (57), three daughters, a son and four servants are all listed at Harp Farm in Boxley, Kent.
Alfred died in 1887 (source : Collette Kendall).
On the 1891 census, Ann was at Frindsbury, Kent with daughters Cecilia and Alice (source : Pete Bradshaw).
The Children of ALFRED OFFEN and ANN ?:
HARRIET OFFEN was born in
December quarter 1845 in Bethersden, Kent (source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index,
county Kent, volume 5, page 10 and 1871 census). She was baptised in 1845
in Bethersden, Kent (source : Collette Kendall).
On the 1851 census, Harriet, aged 5, is with her family at Bethersden, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1861 census, she is with her family at Boxley, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1871 census, Harriett, 25,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, Harriot, 35, an unmarried farmer's
daughter, was at her parents home at Harp Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1891 census, Harriet, 45, was housekeeper to uncle George at Lenham, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1901 census, Harriet, 53, an unmarried housekeeper domestic,
was with her cousin GEORGE OFFEN and his sons in Lenham, Kent.
ELIZABETH ANN OFFEN was baptised in 1848
in Bethersden, Kent (source : Collette Kendall). On the 1851 census,
Elizabeth, aged 3, is with her family at Bethersden, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1861 census,
Elizabeth, a 13-year-old scholar, is with her family at Boxley, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
She married
RICHARD BROOKER (born circa 1848 in Higham)
(source : 1881 census). They had three children,
NANCY BROOKER (born circa 1873 in Higham),
ALFRED J BROOKER (born circa 1876 in Higham), and
ALICE L BROOKER (born circa 1871 in Higham)
(source : 1881 census).
Pete Bradshaw gives them a fourth child : ANN BROOKER but
I think Ann and Nancy may be the same child.
On the 1871 census, Elizabeth, her husband (farmer, 23) and daughter are at Higham, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1881 census, Elizabeth (34, farmer's wife, born Besenden Kent ), her husband Richard (33, farmer in partner),
their three children and Elizabeth's sister are all in Higham, Kent. On the 1891 census, Elizabeth,
Richard, Nancy and Alfred are at Higham, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1901 census,
Elizabeth is a widow and appears, with Alice and Alfred, at Higham, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
DORCAS ROSINA OFFEN was born in 1850
in Bethersden, Kent (source : Collette Kendall).
WILLIAM OFFEN was baptised in 1853
in Bethersden, Kent (source : Collette Kendall). He died in 1858 in Boxley, Kent (source : Collette Kendall).
KATE OFFEN was born circa 1853
in Bethersden, Kent (source : 1871 census). On the 1861 census, Kate, a 7-year-old scholar,
is at Boxley, Kent, with her family (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1871 census, Kate, 18,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent. She married
JOHN HENRY HUMPHREY (born circa 1854 in Biddenden, Kent) in 1880
(source : Collette Kendall). On the 1881 census, Cate (27, brother's wife) and her husband John (27, butcher) are
with John's widowed sister ELIZA BARLOW and her family at North St in Biddenden, Kent. On the 1891 census,
Kate, a 37-year-old housekeeper, is with her husband John (journeyman butcher, 37)
at Ira Offen's home (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1901
census, Kate (47) is at Cranbrook, Kent with her husband (painter, 47) and a nephew
called CHEESEMAN (source : Pete Bradshaw).
JULIA OFFEN was baptised in 1855
in Boxley, Kent (source : Collette Kendall). On the 1861 census, Julia, a 5-year-old scholar,
is at Boxley, Kent, with her family (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1871 census, Julia, 16,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent. On the 1881 census, Julia, 26, an unmarried farmer's
daughter, was at her parents home at Harp Farm in Boxley, Kent. There is a marriage listed for JULIA OFFEN and
WALTER HOMEWOOD in June quarter 1889, which appears to be her (source : Ancestry
England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent, volume 2a, page 1189). This WALTER HOMEWOOD is
in fact a "cousin" of Julia's, son
of EDWARD HOMEWOOD and ELIZABETH ANN OFFEN . On the 1891 census,
Julia and Walter (farm bailiff, 37) are at Smarden, Kent with their daughter (source : Pete Bradshaw).
The 1901 census lists
JULIA HOMEWOOD (46, born Moxley Kent) and her husband WALTER HOMEWOOD (47, worker on farm, born Smarden Kent)
in Headcorn, Kent, with their two children, WINIFRED HOMEWOOD
(11, born Smarden Kent) and DULCIE HOMEWOOD (8, born Smarden Kent)
(source : 1901 census index, household needs checking). WINIFRED HILDA HOMEWOOD was baptised in 1889 in Smarden, Kent,
and DULCIE OLIVE HOMEWOOD was baptised in 1893 in Smarden, Kent (source : Collette Kendall).
NANCY OFFEN was born in 1857
in Boxley, Kent (source : 1871 census). Her birth was registered in June quarter 1857
(source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent, volume 2a, page 421).
On the 1861 census, 3-year-old Nancy was with her family in Boxley, Kent
(source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1871 census, Nancy, 14,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, a 24-year-old unmarried dressmaker, listed as ANN,
she was a lodger, along with her sister ROSE, at 25 Wheeler St in Maidstone, Kent. She married
THOMAS BROOKER in June quarter 1886
(source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent, volume 2a, page 755).
On the 1891 census, she is at Aylesford, Kent with her husband Thomas (farmer, 34) and their children,
including CONSTANCE BROOKER (born 1887 in Burham, Kent)
(source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1901 census, Nancy (44, "housewife", born Boxley Kent), her husband Thomas (44, born Higham Kent, farmer) and their
(presumably) two children LEONARD BROOKER (10, born Aylesford Kent) and
ELSIE BROOKER (6, born Aylesford Kent) are all listed at Burham, Kent (source :
1901 census index, household needs checking).
ROSE ELLEN OFFEN was born circa 1861
in Boxley, Kent (source : 1871 census). On the 1861 census, Rose , 1,
was at her parents home in Boxley, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1871 census, Rose E, 11,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, a 21-year-old unmarried dressmaker, listed as ROSA,
she was a lodger, along with her sister NANCY, at 25 Wheeler St in Maidstone, Kent. She married
ROBERT PARKER in 1884
(source : Collette Kendall). They had a daughter CELIA PARKER in 1885
(source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1891 census, Rosy (32) is at Beckenham, Kent with her husband (bricklayer, 35)
and daughter Celia (source : Pete Bradshaw).
On the 1901 census, Rose (41) is at Beckenham, Kent with her husband (bricklayer, 45) and daughter Celia (source : Pete Bradshaw).
ALFRED OFFEN was born circa 1862
(source : Collette Kendall). He died in 1863 (source : Collette Kendall).
CECILIA BERTHA (CECY) OFFEN was born circa 1864
in Boxley, Kent (source : 1871 census). On the 1871 census, Celia B, 7,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, Cecy, 17, an unmarried farmer's
daughter, was at her parents home at Harp Farm in Boxley, Kent. On the 1891 census, aged 27,
she was with her mother at Frindsbury, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw).
She married
CHARLES THOMAS ASHENDEN (born circa 1852) in 1892 in Frindesbury, Kent
(source : Collette Kendall). He was born circa 1852 at Halling, Kent and had previously been married to
ELIZA ?, with whom he had four children : CHARLES (born 1874), ELIZA (born 1876), ADA (born 1878) and
MARIA (born 1881) (source : Pete Bradshaw). On the 1901 census, Cecilia is at Cobham, Kent, with her husband Charles
(wood reve, 48) and their children (source : Pete Bradshaw).
ALICE MATILDA OFFEN was born in 1867
in Boxley, Kent (source : 1871 census). On the 1871 census, Alice M, 4,
was at her parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, a 14-year-old farmer's daughter, she shows up at her sister
Elizabeth's house in Higham, Kent. On the 1891 census, aged 24,
she was with her mother at Frindsbury, Kent (source : Pete Bradshaw). Living next door is her future husband,
an 18-year-old farm labourer (source : Pete Bradshaw).
She married HENRY EDWARD CHEESEMAN
in December quarter 1892 (source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent,
volume 2a, page 949). The 1901 census shows Alice Cheeseman (34, born Boxley Kent) with husband Henry (28, cement
labourer, born Trinsbury Kent) and (presumably) their three children
HENRY CHEESEMAN (8, born Strood Kent),
BERNARD CHEESEMAN (6, born Strood Kent), and
ETHEL CHEESEMAN (4, born Strood Kent) at Strrod intra, Kent, along with
two boarders, including Alice's brother ERNEST OFFEN (source : 1901 census index,
household needs checking and Pete Bradshaw).
ERNEST LEWIS OFFEN was born circa 1869
in Boxley, Kent (source : 1871, 1881 and 1891 census). On the 1871 census, Ernest L, 2,
was at his parents home at Harps Farm in Boxley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, Ernest , 12, a scholar, was at his
parents home at Harp Farm in Boxley, Kent. On the 1891 census, Ernest Louis, 21, unmarried, is a
"Gunner royal artillery" at New Granby Barracks in Stoke Damerel, Devon. On the 1901 census, he was at Strood, Kent,
a 32-year-old cement salesman, boarding with sister Alice (source : Pete Bradshaw).