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WINFREY, Emma
1829 - 1911 (81 years) Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1788 - 1873 (86 years)-
Name WINFREY, Emma Birth 22 Dec 1829 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England 
Gender Female Death 1911 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I2010 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father WINFREY, Richard, b. Between 1787 and 1788, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England d. 1873, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 86 years) Mother COOPER, Ann, b. Between 1784 and 1785, Ashwell, Rutland, England d. 1867, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England (Age 83 years) Marriage 16 May 1822 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1051 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GEE, Harry, b. 1833, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1896, Leicester Registration District, Leicestershire (Age 63 years) Marriage 6 Jan 1857 Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F1053 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EMMA WINFREY 1829-1911
Emma, d. of Richard WINFREY of Sutton, hairdresser, and his wife Ann, was born on 22 December 1829 and baptised at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, on 17 October 1831.
(PR)
From the 1841 census of High Street, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Richard WINFREY, aged 50, hairdresser, born in Lincolnshire;
Ann WINFREY, aged 50, NOT born in Lincolnshire;
Marham WINFREY, aged 20, born in Lincolnshire;
Richard WINFREY, aged 15, born in Lincolnshire;
*Emma WINFREY, aged 10, born in Lincolnshire.
(HO107/611/10/17/25)
From the 1851 census of Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Richard WINFREY, head, aged 63, hairdresser and postmaster,born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Ann WINFREY, wife, aged 66, born at Ashwell, Rutland;
Ellen WINFREY, daughter, aged 28, born at Ashwell, Rutland;
Richard WINFREY, son, aged 25, hairdresser, born at Long Sutton;
*Emma WINFREY, daughter, aged 22, born at Long Sutton;
Mary COOPER, visitor, aged 68, farmer's wife, born at Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/2097/245/7 & 8)
Emma WINFREY, daughter of Richard WINFREY, and Harry GEE, son of William GEE, were married at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, on 6 January1857.
(FreeReg)
(GRO March Q 1857 Holbeach 7a 461)
The 1861 census of 53 Market Place, Leicester St. Martin:
Harry GEE, head, aged 28, fancy draper and milliner, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
*Emma GEE, wife, aged 31, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Emma STRATTON, aged 22, assistant milliner, born at Bedford, Bedfordshire;
Ellen GRANT, aged 21, assistant sales woman, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Susan PEAT, aged 23, domestic servant, born at Oakham, Rutland.
(RG9/2296/66/8)
From the 1871 census of Broadgate , Gedney, Lincolnshire:
George FLETCHER, head, aged 35, farmer, born at Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire;
Betsy Ellen FLETCHER, wife, aged 27, born at Sutton St. Mary;
*Emma GEE, visitor, aged 41, tradesman's wife, born at Sutton St. Mary.
(RG10/3329/77/11)
From the 1881 census of Upper New Walk, Leicester St. Mary, Leicestershire:
Harry GEE, head, aged 47, draper, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
*Emma GEE, wife, aged 51, draper's wife, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Emma ROBERTS, servant, aged 23, cook, born at Oakham, Rutland;
Elizth ROBERTS, servant, aged 18, housemaid, born at Oakham, Rutland;
John BILLSON, brother-in-law, aged 49, coal merchant, born in Leicester;
Mary BILLSON, sister, aged 45, born at Peterborough;
Edith M. BILLSON, niece, aged 21, governess, born in Leicester;
Elizth A. BILLSON, niece, aged 19, born in Leicester;
Emma W. BILLSON, niece, aged 12, scholar, born in Leicester;
Ellen F. BILLSON, niece, aged 11, scholar, born in Leicester;
Alexander N. BILLSON, nephew, aged 5, scholar, born in Leicester;
Mary UPTON, visitor, aged 23, domestic servant, born at Bardon Hill, Leicestershire;
Ada BURNHAM, visitor, aged 19, domestic servant, born at Croxton Kerrial, Leicestershire.
(RG11/3173/95/13)
From the 1891 census of London Road, Sutton St. Mary, Lincolnshire:
Richard Francis WINFREY, head, aged 65, farmer, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth WINFREY, wife, aged 63, born at Claxby, Lincolnshire;
Richard WINFREY, son, aged 33, journalist, born at Long Sutton;
Ann WINFREY, daughter, aged 28, born at Long Sutton;
Frank Cooper WINFREY, son, aged 31, draper (master), born at Long Sutton;
Annie WINFREY, daughter-in-law, aged 33, born at Thorp Bywater, Rutland;
*Emma GEE, sister, aged 61, born at Long Sutton;
Dorothy VANSTONE, visitor, aged 32, born at Bath, Somerset;
Mary Jane THOMAS, visitor, aged 33, born at Aberdare;
Charlotte TYE, servant, aged 26, domestic servant, born at Fosdike, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2567/97/22)
From a letter Jemima WADE nee EDGOOSE, daughter of James EDGOOSE and Mary nee WINFREE wrote to her sister Elizabeth O'Connor from Leicester in 1895:
........I want my dear Emma Now but it cannot be I know She
is Better off so I must leave it And Wait Patiently I must tell you Mrs
GEE has never been near us she is often in Leicester but shes never
been to see us before her husband died At xmas she used to give me 5s.
and three yard of flannel but since I have had this little Money she
has stopped it I think she would like Another husband by the way she
goes flurting About I don't think she will get one very soon Because
She is so hard of hearing you have to speak down A trumpet to make her
hear She has been so over twenty years that is so much the Worse for
her...........
From the 1901 census of London Road, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire:
*Emma GEE, head, aged 72, widow, living on own means, born at Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, and deaf.
Rose CAMMACK, servant, aged 24, cook, born at Coningsby, Lincolnshire;
Erly BIGGADYKE, servant, aged 18, housemaid, born at Stanground, Northamptonshire.
(RG13/3037/90/14)
The death of Emma GEE aged 82 was registered in 1911.
(GRO September Q 1911 Holbeach 7a 454)
NOTES & QUERIES:
George FLETCHER, the 15 year old son of Harry GEE's employer in 1851 is probably the 35 year old George FLETCHER whom Emma GEE is visting in 1871.
A George FLETCHER married Betsy Ellen NAYLOR in 1863 (GRO Holbeach 7a 740 December Q 1863).
Without a marriage certificate there is no proof that George is the son of William FLETCHER, draper.
(revised 27.12.2015)