George & Clara Ginger
From Lacey Green History
Oliver George Ginger, known as 'George' born 1861 was the son of Daniel Westfield & Sophia Ginger
Clara Williams born 1863 was the daughter of James & Sarah Williams and Sarah, nee Ginger, (daughter of John Ginger)
George and Clara married in 1887
George was recorded in every census as a farm labourer, except in 1871 when he was 9 years old, when he was a shepherd boy.
They lived in a cottage at Idle Corner, Lacey Green.
They had eight children as follows :-
Daniel Rupert Ginger, known as 'Rupert' was born in 1888 . In October 1908 he enlisted as a shoeing smith in the 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish). Rupert died 30th November 1918 of bronchopneumonia at the Military Hospital, Nivelles, Brabant Walloon, Belgium; he was 31. Memorial, Nivelle Communal Cem. Grave 11. Click Families with Fallen WW1 for others who died in the war.
Arthur Walter Ginger, known as 'Walt' born 1891 married Ruth Elizabeth Darvill in 1912. click Walt & Ruth Ginger for their life story.
Cecil Ginger 1894-1933 Married Ethel May Wager, born 1894 in Lacey Green.
Albert Stanley Ginger 1896. Married Lucy Ridgeley. They lived in High Wycombe.
Susan Ginger 1898. Married 1898 to Ernest J Ludlow ?????
Ethel Rose Ginger 1900. died in 1973. Ethel did not marry.
Leslie Jonah Ginger 1903. Married 1946 Janet Copson
Mabel Ginger 1904.
George Ginger died in 1928 at Lacey Green, his wife Clara died in 1955.