RICHARD OFFEN was born in 1823 in Peasmarsh (source : 1891 census).
He was baptised in 1823 in Peasmarsh (source : Collette Kendall).
He married HANNAH SMITH
in 1845 in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). This marriage was registered in June quarter 1845
(source : Free BMD, district Rye, volume 7, page 605 ).
She was born circa 1824 in Beckley, Kent (source : 1871 census) or Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : 1891 census).
On the 1871 census, Richard (head, 48, ag lab), wife Hannah (47, labourer's wife), and their three children
GEORGE, HANNAH and RICHARD
are all at Witterham Road, Cottage 1, Peasmarsh, Sussex, just next door to
Richard's sister Ruth and family.
On the 1891 census, Richard (head, 68, born Peasmarsh Sussex), his wife Hannah (67, born Peasmarsh Sussex) and their
daghter Hannah (32, born Peasmarsh Sussex) were all at Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : 1891 census CD,
household needs checking).
On the 1901 census, Richard (78, born Peasmarsh, Sussex) is in Peasmarsh, Sussex, with 13-year-old domestic nurse,
ELLEN OFFEN (source : 1901 census index, household needs checking).
There is a death listed for 79-year-old RICHARD OFFEN in March quarter 1902, which is presumably him
(source : Free BMD, district Rye, volume 2b, page 2).
The Children of RICHARD OFFEN and HANNAH SMITH:
LYDIA OFFIN SMITH
was baptised in 1844 in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). She was born before her parents' wedding.
EDWARD OFFEN was baptised in 1847 in Peasmarsh, Sussex
(source : Collette Kendall). His birth was registered in March quarter 1847 (source : Ancestry
England and Wales, Civil Registration Index , county Kent Sussex, volume 7, page 495).
He died in 1847 (source : Collette Kendall).
EDWIN OFFEN was baptised in 1848 in Peasmarsh, Sussex
(source : Collette Kendall). There is a birth registered in December quarter 1848, which may be him (source : Ancestry England
and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent Sussex, volume 7, page 461).
He married SARAH ANN P GLADWISH in June quarter 1869
(source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent Sussex, volume 2b, page 13).
They had two daughters,
SUSAN LIZZIE OFFEN (baptised in 1876 in Peasmarsh, Sussex,
married CHARLES JOSEPH GILBERT (born circa 1875) in Tenterden, Kent, in
1897), and
AMELIA OFFEN (baptised in 1880 in Peasmarsh, Sussex)
(source : Collette Kendall). On the 1871 census, Edwin, a 22-year-old ag lab (born Peasmarsh Sussex)
, and his wife Sarah A (21, born Beckley Kent),
are with Sarah's parents and family atKitchener's Cottage in Beckley, Kent.
On the 1881 census, Edwin, a 32-year-old ag lab, his wife Sarah A (32),
and their two daughters(Lizzie, 4 and Amelia, 7 months) all show up at Mackerel Hill in Peasmarsh, Sussex.
GEORGE OFFEN
was baptised in 1851 in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
On the 1871 census, George, a 20-year-old unmarried ag lab, was at Witterham Road, Cottage 1, Peasmarsh, Sussex,
with his parents and siblings, just next door to his aunt Ruth and family. He married
SARAH ANN (SALLY) DENNIS in June quarter 1871 (source : Ancestry
England and Wales, Civil Registration Index, county Kent Sussex, volume 2b, page 1).
She was born circa 1851 in Beckley (source : Collette Kendall). George died in 1925 in Brookland, Kent and Sarah Ann
died in 1932 in Wadhurst, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
They had four children,
ANNIE OFFEN (baptised in 1871 in Peasmarsh, Sussex,
married VICTOR GUSTAVE NEVE (born circa 1869) in Brookland in
1893),
FANNY OFFEN (baptised in 1873 in Peasmarsh, Sussex - on the 1891 census, Fanny was an 18-year-old domestic
servant for the HUTCHINGS family in Church Street, Willingdon, Sussex ),
ISABELLA CLARA OFFEN (baptised in 1876 in Peasmarsh, Sussex,
married CHARLES PRENTICE (born circa 1863) in Brenzett, Kent in
1907), and
GEORGE EDWARD OFFEN (baptised in 1880 in Brookland, Kent)
(source : Collette Kendall).
On the 1881 census, George, a 30-year-old corn factor and grocer, his wife Sarah Ann (30), and their four children
(Annie, 9, Fanny, 7, Issabel Clara, 5, and George Edward, 1) are at Brookland, Kent.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH OFFEN
was baptised in 1853 in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). She died in 1855 (source : Collette Kendall).
There is a birth listed for Catherine Elizabeth Offen in September quarter 1853 and on the same page a death in
March quarter 1855 (source : Ancestry England and Wales, Civil Registration Index , county Kent Sussex, volume 2b page 4).
ORLOW OFFEN was born circa 1856 in
Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : 1871 census). She was baptised in 1855 in Peasmarsh, Sussex
(source : Collette Kendall). On the 1871 census, Orlo, a 15-year-old domestic housemaid, is at Mill House,
Hunton, Kent, at the home of WILLIAM and MARY HAMMOND.
She married THOMAS MILHAM
(born circa 1856) in 1876 in Northiam, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). This marriage was registered in
March quarter 1876 (source : Free BMD, district Rye, volume 2b, page 3 ). She died in 1883 in Northiam, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall).
They had two children,
RICHARD MILHAM (born circa 1877 in Northiam, Sussex), and
MABEL MILHAM (born circa 1880 in Northiam, Sussex)
(source : Collette Kendall).
On the 1881 census, Orlo (sic) (25), her husband Thomas Millham (25, shepherd) and their two children (Richard,
4, and Mabel, 11 months) are all at Cottage, Northiam, Sussex.
HANNAH OFFEN was baptised in 1858 in Peasmarsh, Sussex
(source : Collette Kendall). On the 1871 census, Hannah, a 12-year-old scholar, was at Witterham Road, Cottage 1, Peasmarsh, Sussex,
with her parents and siblings, just next door to her aunt Ruth and family.
On the 1891 census, aged 32 and unmarried, she appears
with her parents in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : 1891 census, household needs checking). She married
WILLIAM JESSE NEWSHAM in 1882 (? the 1891 census seems to contradict this -
1892 would seem much more logical, from the 1891 census and their children's ages)
in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). They had two children,
AMY CAROLINE NEWSHAM (baptised 1892 in Peasmarsh, Sussex), and
PERCY GEORGE NEWSHAM (baptised 1894 in Peasmarsh, Sussex)
(source : Collette Kendall).
RICHARD OFFEN
was baptised in 1861 in Peasmarsh, Sussex (source : Collette Kendall). On the 1871 census, Richard,
a 10-year-old scholar, was at Witterham Road, Cottage 1, Peasmarsh, Sussex,
with his parents and siblings, just next door to his aunt Ruth and family.
He may have died young, since he does not show up
on the 1881 census. There is a death registered for 12-year-old RICHARD OFFEN in June quarter 1873
(source : Free BMD, district Rye, volume 2b, page 4 ).