George & Sarah Cheshire
From Lacey Green History
George Cheshire was the son of John & Ann Cheshire
Sarah Steel was the daughter of John & Hannah Steel
George and Sarah married in 1865.
George and Sarah had 4 girls and 4 boys.
Annie Elizabeth Cheshire born 1866. She remained single. She died in 1945 aged 89. She left £670, her executors being Margaret Millward and Dorothy Witcher
John Steel Cheshire born 1868, died aged 9 month.
Susan Cheshire born 1869, married Jabez Smith. In 1911 they were living at the Whip.
Sydney “John” Cheshire born 1871, married Jessie Attwell in 1901. See John & Jessie Cheshire. They lived at the Windmill. John died 1951 aged 80, leaving £502-6s-11d, executors Alfred and Dorothy Witcher. John's wife Jesse died in 1907 when their only child, Dorothy Lucy Cheshire born 1904, was 3 years old. She lived with her aunt Margaret at Windmill Farm until her marriage to Alfred C Witcher in 1932. Alfred and Dorothy Lucy moved to Princes Risborough.
Walter Cheshire born 1873, was a jobbing gardener, he moved to Bushey.
George Cheshire born1875. – no information.
Lucy Cheshire born 1878. She died 1916.
Margaret Cheshire born 1880, married William H Millward in 1926. Margaret inherited Windmill Farm and the Windmill in 1923 when her father, the miller, died
WINDMILL SAILS STOP TURNING
When George Cheshire died in 1923, the windmill ceased to be worked.