George Finnis (buried 1914)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Finnis
First name: 
George
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Male
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
756
Born: 
00/10/1827
Died: 
08/09/1914
Buried: 
11/09/1914
Occupation: 
Police Constable; Boatman of a Barge;

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
2
Cemetery plot: 
34
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of George Finnis died 8th Sep 1914 aged 86 "Until the day break" Also of Sarah Finnis died 7th July 1927 aged 73 years.

Life story

Life story

George Finnis was one of 11 children born to George Finnis of Tarring and Millicent Cooper of Arundel. He was baptised in Broadwater on 6th October 1827.

His father worked as a blacksmith and shoeing smith in Montague Street Worthing. George lived with his family until he married in 1852 aged 24 years.

In Broadwater, he married Rebecca Kent from Hempnall, Norfolk in 1852, she was working as a housemaid in Worthing at the time.

Georges first daughter Millicent was born in Worthing, his second Fanny Sarah in Depwade in Norfolk, before the family settled in London, where George worked as a police constable and having another 6 children, Henry, Caroline, Emily, Mary Ann, Eliza and Mary.

George's career as a Police Constable was in London. He resigned from the Metropolitan Police in Westminster on 1st March 1878 on account of Debility and long service. He moved back to Worthing and lived at 12 Thorn Terrace in Worthing with a pension of £62 and 8 Shillings a year. In 1891 he was living with his wife and 3 of his daughters in Thorn Road at the age of 64.

George died a widow on 8 September in 1914 at the age of 86 he was laid to rest at Heene Cemetery on 11 September close to his daughter Eliza's grave who died in 1901 and close to his wife Rebecca's grave who died in 1908

Later in 1927 his daughter Sarah Fanny Finnis dies and is laid to rest with her father in Heene.

Burial researcher: 
Gail Warner-Clarkson

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/10/1827
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Millicent Finnis
Mother's maiden name: 
Cooper
Mother's year of birth: 
1801
Mother's year of death: 
1879
Father
Father's name: 
George Finnis
Father's year of birth: 
1802
Father's year of death: 
1871
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Rebekah
Spouse one last name: 
Kent
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1852
Marriage one address: 
Worthing, West Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
08/09/1914
Age (at time of death): 
86
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
25 Thorn Road, Worthing, Sussex, England

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1841 census: 

George Finnis Jnr. Aged 14 yrs. lived with his father, a shoeing smith at the The Stable, Montague Street, Worthing. He had 5 siblings, Charles 15, John 14, Mary 6. Caroline 4 and Henry 1.

1861 census: 

George, 33yrs. and Rebekah, 35 yrs. live at 34 Ponsonby Place, Westminster. He is a Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police. They have 5 children, Millicent 8, Fanny Sarah 7, Henry 5, Caroline 3 and Emily 1.

1871 census: 

George, 43yrs. and Rebekah, 45yrs. are still at 34 Ponsonby Place, he is still a Police Constable. They have 5 children, Millicent 18, a pupil teacher, Henry 15, a messenger, Caroline 13, Emily 11, Eliza 7 and Mary 2. They had 2 lodgers, William Firth, Harness Maker and Eliza Firth, Mantle Maker.

1881 census: 

12 Thorn Terrace Worthing, George aged 54, working as a fisherman. Rebecca aged 55, Eliza aged 17 working as a milliner, Mary aged 12 at school

1891 census: 

George, 63 yrs. and Rebekah, 66 yrs. live at 12 Thorn Road, Worthing, he describes himself as a retired police officer, now boatman of a barge. There are 3 daughters , Emily 22 and Eliza 27, both dressmakers and Mary 22, an Assistant Schoolmistress plus a grandchild, Madaline Dubois, 11 and a lodger, William Stainer, 19, a School Tutor.

1901 census: 

George ,73 yrs. and Rebekah, 76 yrs. are still at 12 Thorn Road, Worthing, he is still a boatman. Their 2 daughters, Fanny, 47 and Eliza, 37 reside with them, they are both self -employed dressmakers.

1911 census: 

George Finnis, 83 yrs. now living at 25 Thorn Road, Worthing with daughter, Fanny, a self-employed dressmaker.