Notes


Note for:   Thomas Harborow INKSON,   1835 - 23 JAN 1905         Thomas Harborow Index
Gravestone in churchyard at Thornham says that THI died aged 70 [hence DoB deduced], that Grannie, his wife, was born on 22/9/1837 and that their son Harry Garner died in Johannesburg.

Thanks to the British Census, we now know quite a bit about the life of THI.




Note for:   Martha GARNER,   1837 - 1909         Thomas Harborow Index

Only real record at the moment is the Thornham gravestone. Where did year of death come from??




Note for:   William Alfred INKSON,   16 APR 1859 - 18 JUN 1913         Thomas Harborow Index
All NZ Inkson dates are hearsay

WAI was apprenticed to Waring and Gillow. He worked in Maples furniture store then went to Christchurch New Zealand where he married the boss's daughter. Founder of the New Zealand Inksons




Note for:   Alice Walters? INKSON,   1863 -          Thomas Harborow Index
Birth of Alice Walters Inkson said to be reported in register for 1863 third quarter, Volume 4b page 299. Place is 'Docking'




Note for:   Percy Stanley INKSON,   11 JUL 1870 - 3 DEC 1916         Thomas Harborow Index
Only proof of dates is from the birthday book of his brother George Harborow.
Killed in action during WWI. The birthday book is in the possession of the family of James Inkson which records the war grave number and the name of the cemetery.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms that Private Inkson, SS/10822 of the 7th Labour Battalion of the Army Service Corps [same as his brother HGI who died in the Boer War] is buried in the Janval Cemetry, Dieppe and that his grave marker is I.E 1




Note for:   George Harborow INKSON,   29 SEP 1873 - 4 DEC 1929         Thomas Harborow Index

DoB recorded in his seaman's Discharge Books [held by MBI]. DoD is hearsay
Harborow is spelt in different ways in different documents.
GHI went to sea when 16. He founded the Union Castle/Southampton Inksons. MBI has quite a bit of Union Castle material.




Note for:   Emily Mary INKSON,   1876 -          Thomas Harborow Index
Birth of Emily Mary Inkson said to be reported in register for 1876 last quarter, Volume 4b page 293. Place is 'Docking'




Note for:   Lottie Garner INKSON,   1868 -          Thomas Harborow Index
Birth of Lottie Garner Inkson said to be reported in register for 1868 second quarter, Volume 4b page 302. Place is 'Docking'




Note for:   Harry Garner INKSON,   1866 - 7 MAY 1901         Thomas Harborow Index
Tombstone in Thornham, Norfolk of Harry's father and mother records that 'Company Seargeant Major A.S. Corp HGI their son, died Johannesburg'. Date of death in George Harborow Inkson's birthday book.

The SA Heritage Resources Agency has a record of his being a Colour Sergeant with Army service number 7833. He is recorded as having died of disease on the date noted and been buried in the Braamfontein Garden of Remembrance, Johannesburg.




Note for:   Arthur Edward INKSON,    - 1927         Thomas Harborow Index

Little is known of this brother, the living nephews/nieces not remembering having heard of him. What we do know comes from public records. He joined the army at 18 and served until 1907 before joining again at the outbreak of the Great War. He too served in South Africa during the Boer War and survived, unlike his brother Harry Garner.




Note for:   Bridget Mary KEATING,   1884 - 1964         Thomas Harborow Index
See the Keating family tree




Note for:   Cyril George INKSON,   14 SEP 1911 - 29 FEB 1992         Thomas Harborow Index
CGI was a good sportsman in his youth and did a lot of work for charity over the years. He played football for St Mary's College and then the Old Simmarians. He played cricket for the Old Simmarians and also Union Castle. He ran the Old Simmarians for many years as Sec + Treasurer and raised money for the school's Scholarship Fund, running a weekly Whist Drive with Jenny his wife. They also raised a lot of money together for Portswood Catholic Church, organising a weekly Bingo evening.

Served in India and Burma during WW2 and was mentioned in despatches.




Note for:   Thomas Henry INKSON,   13 APR 1856 - AFT 1901         Thomas Harborow Index
Thomas Henry - the Forgotten Son - seems to have been kept out of the family, perhaps because he was conceived out of wedlock. He and his family are alive and well in Norwich in 1901 but happens thereafter?