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HORRY, John Thurbon
1860 - 1923 (63 years) Has 52 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
1832 - 1914 (81 years)-
Name HORRY, John Thurbon Birth 1860 Holbeach, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1923 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I1130 Edgoose Last Modified 4 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 BATTERHAM, Ruth, b. 24 Oct 1862, West Walton, Norfolk d. 12 Jun 1940, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 77 years) Marriage 1882 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HORRY, Ethel May, b. 31 Jan 1883, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1960, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 76 years)2. HORRY, Robert John, b. 1889, Boston, Lincolnshire, England d. 10 Nov 1918 (Age 29 years)3. HORRY, Joseph Harold, b. 1889, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1889, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. HORRY, Ruth Evelyn, b. Between 8 and 11 Jan 1893, Boston Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1978, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 197 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F731 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN THURBON HORRY 1860-1923
The birth of John Thurbon HORRY was registered in 1860.
(GRO September Q 1860 Holbeach 7a 324)
John Thurbon, son of Henry James and Judith Lewin HORRY of Holbeach, baker, was baptised at Holbeach on 21 February 1862.
(PR via lincstothepast)
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 John T. HORRY was boarding at 5 Whites Entry, Spalding, Lincolnshire, with Samuel DELAHOY, a cutter and foreman tailor, and his wife Emily DELAHOY, a master watchmaker and jeweller employing 1 boy. Presumably the boy was John Thurbon HORRY.
(RG11/3204/40/5)
The marriage between John Thorborn (sic) HORRY and Ruth BATTERHAM was registered in 1882.
(GRO June Q 1882 Wisbech 3b 1003)
The 1891 census of 44 West Street, Boston, Lincolnshire:
*John T. HORRY, head, aged 30, married, watchmaker & jeweller, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 28, married, born West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 8, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 1, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2574/55/4)
The 1901 census of 11 Market Place, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
*John T. HORRY, head, married, aged 40, watchmaker & jeweller, practical workman, also dealer in gold & silver electroplate &c fruitgrower & farmer, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, married, aged 38, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Ethel M. HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, learning music, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Robert J. HORRY, son, aged 11, attending school, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth E. HORRY, daughter, aged 7, attending school, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/1555/55/4)
John Thurbon HORRY was living at Lyndhurst, 86 Norwich-road, Walsoken, Norfolk, in 1911.
(1911 Electoral Roll)
The 1911 census of Lyndhurst, Norwich Road, Walsoken, Norfolk:
*John Thurbon HORRY, head, aged 50, married, fruitgrower, employer, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Ruth HORRY, wife, aged 48, married 28 years, 4 children 3 living, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 21, single, working on fruit farm, born at Boston, Lincolnshire;
Ruth Evelyn HORRY, daughter, aged 18, single, born at Boston, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/PN9321/RD187/SD5/ED2/SN7)
The death of John T. HORRY aged 63 was registered in 1923.
(GRO December Q 1923 Wisbech 3b 629)
"HORRY John Thurbon of Walsoken Norfolk died 21 October 1923 Probate Norwich 6 December to Ruth HORRY widow.
Effects £13058 6s. 1d."
(National Probate Calendar 1923)
NOTES & QUERIES:
See 1911 census: Who was Ruth HORRY's fourth child born between 1882 and 1911? Possible places of registration are Holbeach (no contenders), Wisbech (no deaths) and Boston (several contenders). A significant fact is that Robert John HORRY an and a Joseph Harold HORRY shared the same birth registration, December Q 1889 Boston 7a 437. Twins or coincidence? Impossible to tell without buying Joseph Harold's birth certificate. A James HORRY died aged 0 in 1901; a Dorothy May agaged 1 in 1900; a Tom HORRY aged 0 in 1901; an Ernest HORRY aged 0 in January, February or March 1911; a Charles William aged 6 in 1892; a George HORRY aged 4 in 1894; and a George Richard HORRY aged 0 in 1894. There is, of course, always the possibility that a death was registered elsewhere.
1939 Register: The connection between Ruth HORRY &/or Roderick S. MATTHEWS with Alan C. BLOORE is unknown. Alan C. BLOORE married Elsie M. LAMIN in 1924.
(GRO June Q 1924 Nottingham 7b 850).
(revised 10.03.2016)