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HORRY, Henry James
1856 - 1928 (72 years) Has 52 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1832 - 1914 (81 years)-
Name HORRY, Henry James Birth 1856 Holbeach, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 26 Sep 1928 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Person ID I1119 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father HORRY, Henry James, b. 1830, Upwell, Norfolk, England d. 6 Oct 1869, Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Age 39 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Judith Lewin, b. 21 Oct 1832, West Walton, Norfolk d. 16 Jan 1914, Holbeach, Lincolnshire (Age 81 years) Marriage 1 Dec 1852 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F216 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 TYLER, Agnes, b. 1857, Whaplode, Lincolnshire. England d. 1907, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 50 years) Marriage 1883 Holbeach, Lincolnshire Children 1. HORRY, Glenolvia, b. 1885, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1945, Hungerford, Berkshire, England (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. HORRY, Winifred Mary, b. 1891, Holbeach, Lincolnshire d. 1923, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 32 years)Family ID F726 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 MARSHALL, Elizabeth Mary, b. 1858, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 1918, Peterborough Registration District, Northamptonshire (Age 60 years) Marriage 1910 Bromley, Kent, England Family ID F2815 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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HENRY JAMES HORRY 1856-1928
His birth was registered in 1856.
(GRO June Q 1856 Holbeach 7a 350)
Henry James, son of Henry James & Judith HORRY of Holbeach, baker, was baptised at Holbeach, Lincolnshire, on 29 June 1856.
(PR via lincstothepast)
The 1861 census of Littlebury Place, Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
Henry HORRY, head, aged 31, baker (master), born at Upwell, Norfolk;
Judith L. HORRY, wife, aged 28, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Holbeach;
*Henry Jas. HORRY, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Holbeach;
George HORRY, son, aged 3, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
John T. HORRY, son, aged 8 months, born at Holbeach;
Elizabeth COX, servant, aged 13, general servant, born at Holbeach.
(RG9/2330/15/23)
The 1871 census of High Street, Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
Judith HORRY, head, aged 38, widow, baker, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Robert John HORRY, son, aged 17, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
*Henry James HORRY, son, aged 14, carpenter's apprentice, born at Holbeach;
George HORRY, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Holbeach;
John Thurbon HORRY, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Holbeach;
Arthur Horry, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Holbeach;
Stanton HORRY, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Holbeach.
Samuel BUSBY(?), servant, aged 23, journeyman baker, born at Winnock, Hountingdon (sic);
Eliza BARTON, servant, aged 15, general servant, born at Holbeach.
(RG10/3331/72/8)
At the time of the 1881 census the family were living in High Street, Holbeach:
Judith L. HORRY, head, aged 48, baker and corn factor, born at West walton in Norfolk;
*Henry J. HORRY, son, aged 24, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
George HORRY, son, aged 23, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Arthur HORRY, son, aged 19, draper's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Stanton HORRY, son, aged 14, baker's apprentice, born at Holbeach;
Mary A. L. EDGOOSE, sister, aged 44, annuitant, born at West Walton ;
Matthew TOWNS, servant, aged 23, baker's assistant, born at Holbeach;
Mary Ann MASHFORD, servant, aged 16, general domestic servant, born at Holbeach.
(RG11/3211/26/7)
Henry James HORRY married Agnes TYLER in 1883.
(GRO December Q 1883 Holbeach 7a 813)
The 1891 census return for High Street, Holbeach, Lincolnshire includes:
*Henry J. HORRY, head, aged 34, miller and baker, born Holbeach in Lincolnshire;
Agnes HORRY, wife, aged 33, born at Whaplode in Lincolnshire;
Glenalvia HORRY, daughter, aged 5, born at Holbeach;
Eliza SHAW, servant, aged 18, born Whaplode;
A.... SEWELL, servant, aged 19, baker's assistant, born at Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire;
Arthur SEWELL, servant, aged 17, baker's assistant, born at Pinchbeck;
Henry W. DREW, servant, aged 21, baker's assistant, born at Rudham in Norfolk;
Winifred M. HORRY, daughter, aged 3 months, born at Holbeach.
(RG12/2569/107/6)
According to The Mills Archive (www.millsarchive.com) the HORRY Bros. had owned the Penny Hill and High Street Mills in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, in 1900.
The 1901 census of High Street, Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
*Henry Jas HORRY, head, aged 44, baker bread, born at Holbeach;
Agnes HORRY, wife, aged 43, born at Whaplode, Lincolnshire;
Glenolvia HORRY, daughter, aged 15, born at Holbeach;
Winifred M. HORRY, daughter, aged 10, born at Holbeach;
George GREENWOOD, servant, aged 21, baker's assistant, born at Worksop, Nottinghamshire;
John B. DAWSON, servant, aged 16, baker's assistant, born at Sutton St. James, Lincolnshire;
Louisa FARVAGNE, servant, aged 20, general domestic servant, born at Wyberton, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3039/60/1)
The death of his wife Agenes (sic) HORRY aged 49 was registered in 1907.
(GRO September 1907 Holbeach 7a 192)
Henry James HORRY, aged 54, a widower, a corn merchant of High Street, Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and son of Henry James HORRY, miller, deceased, married Elizabeth Mary MARSHALL at the Register Office, Bromley, Kent, on 17 September 1910. She was a 52 year old widow of Ravenscourt, 1 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, Kent, the daughter of Josiah WALKER, deceased, formerly a master baker. Withesses were Jno. E. TAPPER and Irene R. TAPPER.
(GRO September Q 1910 Bromley 02a 1233)
From the 1911 census of Holbeach, Lincolnshire:
*Henry James HORRY, head, aged 54, married less than one year, baker and corn merchant, employer at home, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Elizabeth Mary Marshall HORRY, wife, aged 52, married, no children, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire;
Winifred Mary HORRY, daughter, aged 20, single, shop assistant, worker, born at Holbeach, Lincolnshire.
(RG14/PN19537/RD414/SD3/ED5/SN10)
Elizabeth M. HORRY died in 1918 aged 59.
(GRO September Q 1918 Peterbro. 3b 205)
The death of Henry J. HORRY was registered in 1928 aged 72.
(GRO September Q 1928 Holbeach 7a 360)
"HORRY Henry James of Holbeach Lincolnshire died 26 September 1928 Probate Lincoln 15 January to Glenolvia HORRY spinster.
Effects £3089 12s. 5d."
(National Probate Calendar 1929)
NOTES & QUERIES:
Agnes TYLER and Emma Jane TYLER were sisters. See the 1871 census enumeration above. They married two brothers: Henry James HORRY and Stanton HORRY.
(revised 18.03.2016)