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WEST, William Fundry
- 1895 Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.
1828 - 1915 (87 years)-
Name WEST, William Fundry Gender Male Death 1895 Doncaster Registration District, Yorkshire 
Person ID I4589 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family HORRY, Mary Bacon, b. 1828, Wellingore, Lincolnshire, England d. 25 Aug 1915, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England (Age 87 years) Marriage 1846 Wisbeach Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. WEST, Mary Elizabeth, b. 1848, West Walton, Norfolk d. 15 Jan 1934, Doncaster Registration District, Yorkshire (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F1245 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM FUNDRY WEST 1823-1895
A Fundry WEST was born on 13 March 1823 and baptised at West Walton, Norfolk, on 16 March 1823, son of Thomas and Elizabeth WEST.
(West Walton baptisms online)
The marriage between Mary Bacon HORRY and William Fundry WEST was registered in 1846.
(GRO June Q 1846 Wisbech 14 217)
Their daughter Mary Elizabeth WEST was born in 1848.
(GRO September Q 1848 Wisbech 14 170)
From the 1851 census of Green, Ramsey, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire:
*William WEST, head, married, aged 27, agricultural labourer, born at Walton, Norfolk;
Mary Bacon WEST, wife, married, aged 22, born at Wellingore, Lincolnshire;
Mary Elizabeth WEST, daughter, aged 2, born at Walton, Norfolk;
John Thomas WEST, son, aged 7 months, born at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire.
(HO107/1748/102/23)
From the 1861 census of the Saracens Head, Whaplode, Lincolnshire:
William F. WEST, head, married, aged 34, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
*Mary B. WEST, wife, married, aged 32, born at Wellingore, Lincolnshire;
John T. WEST, son, unmarried, aged 10, scholar, born at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire;
James WEST, son, unmarried, aged 7, scholar,born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Susanna WEST, daughter, unmarried, aged 4, scholar, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Hannah WEST, daughter, unmarried, aged 1, born at Whaplode.
(RG9/2330/89/1)
The 1881 census of 105 Catherine Street, Doncaster, Yorkshire:
William F. WEST, head, married, aged 56, general laboror [sic], unemployed, born at Walton, Norfolk;
*Mary B. WEST, wife, married, aged 52, born at Wellingor [sic], Lincolnshire;
William F. WEST, son, unmarried, aged 18, railway engine cleaner, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Hannah T. WEST, daughter, unmarried, aged 13, scholar, born at Whaplode;
George A. WEST, son, unmarried, aged 9, scholar, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Henry WARDLE, lodger, single, aged 32, railway engine driver, born at Tadcaster, Yorkshire;
Charles Stales, lodger, single, aged 18, railway carriage fitter's apprentice, Born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire.
(RG11/4691/112/18)
William Fundery [sic] WEST died in 1895 aged 72, i.e born circa 1823.
(GRO March Q 1895 Doncaster 9c 486)
William Fundry WEST died on 1 February 1895 aged 71 (sic) and was buried in Doncaster's Hyde Park Cemetery.
(Find-A-Grave, photograph of gravestone)
NOTES & QUERIES:
It has not been possible to verify that Fundry WEST and William Fundry WEST are synonymous. A Fundry WEST aged 15 was at West Walton in the 1841 census but not living with his family. He has not been traced in the 1851 census.
(revised 27.02.2016)