James Henry PETCH

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1851, Swaffham, Norfolk. Lynn Street with parents

• Census, 1861, Swaffham, Norfolk. London Street, Swaffham, tailor

• Census, 1871, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 6 Ruby Street, Wisbech. tailor

• Census, 1881, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 6 Ruby street, Wisbech , tailor

• Census, 1891, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 5, Upper Hill Street, Wisbech, tailor

• Census, 1901, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Upper Hill Street, Wisbech, tailor

• Census, 1911, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 19 Marsh Walk, Walsoken, Wisbech. master tailor. James and Matilda had been married 49 years and had 14 children, 12 still living

• Probate, 1913, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. James Henry Petch of 19 Marsh Walk, Walsoken, Cambridgeshire tailor, died 23 october 1913. Probate Peterborough 19 December to Walter Ellis Hardingham railway clerk Effects £267 12s 11d

James married Matilda CODMAN, daughter of James CODMAN and Harriett MUTIMER, in 1861 in Swaffham, Norfolk. (Matilda CODMAN was born in 1844 in Little Dunham, Norfolk and died in 1930 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.)