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HUDSON, James Vessey
1842 - 1906 (64 years) Has 12 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
1812 - 1891 (79 years)-
Name HUDSON, James Vessey Birth 1842 West Walton, Norfolk 
Gender Male Death 1906 West Walton, Norfolk Person ID I1431 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father HUDSON, James Vessey, b. 1814, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1895, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 81 years) Mother SMITH, Eliza, b. 1812, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England d. 1891, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 79 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1836 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F658 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family CLARK, Eliza, b. 1841, Crimplesham, Norfolk, England d. 1937, West Walton, Norfolk, England (Age 96 years) Marriage 1868 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HUDSON, Townshend Vessey, b. 1869, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1946, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 77 years)Family ID F832 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 1842 - West Walton, Norfolk 
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JAMES VESSEY HUDSON 1842-1906
The birth of James Vessey HUDSON was registered in 1842.
(GRO September Q 1842 Wisbech 14 161)
The 1851 census return of Boroughfield, West Walton, Norfolk:
James HUDSON, head, aged 36, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 38, born at Stow Bridge, Norfolk;
William HUDSON, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Newton, Norfolk (sic);
Eliza HUDSON, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at West Walton;
*James HUDSON, son, aged 9, scholar, born at West Walton;
Townsend HUDSON, aged 5, scholar, born at West Walton;
Augustine HUDSON, aged 3, born at West Walton;
Hannah HUDSON, aged 11 months, born at West Walton
(HO107/1766/577/9)
The 1861 census of Dam Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
James V. HUDSON, head, aged 46, born at Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 48, born at Stowbridge;
*James V. HUDSON, son, aged 19, born at Walton;
Townshend V. HUDSON, son, aged 16, born at Walton;
Augustine G. HUDSON, son, aged 13, born at Walton;
Eliz A. HUDSON, daughter, aged 7, born at Walton.
(RG9/1050/10/35)
The 1871 census of West Walton:
James Vessey HUDSON, head, aged 56, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 58, born at Stow Bridge (sic), Norfolk;
*James Vessey HUDSON, lodger, aged 29, born at West Walton;
Elizabeth A. HUDSON, daughter, aged 17, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/76/7)
A James Vessey HUDSON married in 1868.
(GRO December Q. 1868 Wisbech 3b 1409)
His wife may have been Eliza CLARKE.
Townsend Vessy (sic), son of James Vessy HUDSON and Eliza, was baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 10 October 1869.
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The 1871 census of West Walton:
James Vessey HUDSON, head, aged 56, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 58, born at Stow Bridge (sic), Norfolk;
*James Vessey HUDSON, lodger, aged 29, born at West Walton;
Elizabeth A. HUDSON, daughter, aged 17, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/76/7)
The 1881 census returns for West Walton, Norfolk:
*James HUDSON, head, aged 39, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 39, born at Crimplesham, Norfolk;
Townshend HUDSON, son, aged 11, scholar, born at West Walton.
(RG11/1697/89/8)
James V. HUDSON was living at Dr. Kate's Cabin, Dam Road, West Walton, in 1891 with is wife Eliza. James Vessey HUDSON was 49 years old, i.e. born 1841 or 1842, born West Walton. His wife Eliza was also 49, born at Crimplesham in Norfolk. Next door were James Vessey HUDSON senior, aged 76, a fruit dealer, born West Walton and his wife Eliza aged 78, born Stow Bardolph, Norfolk (RG12/1306/60/8).
The 1901 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
*James Vessey HUDSON, head, aged 59, gardener, born at West Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 59, born at Crimplesham, Norfolk;
James V. HUDSON, grandson, aged 10, feeble minded imbecile, born at East Greenwhich.
(RG13/1557/57/7)
James Vessey HUDSON of River Road was buried at West Walton on 22 October 1906 aged 64.
(FreeReg)
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