GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER

THE DAVID HERD STORY 

born 1836 in Branston, Lincolnshire

At the age of 15 in 1851 David Herd was apprenticed to William Hunt a draper and malster in New Sleaford. (A malster is a brewer, maker or seller of malt)

At the age of 35 in 1871 he was resident at St.Giles Farm, St Peters at Gawt, Lincoln where he was farming 112 acres with a labourer and a boy.

1853 Map showing St Peter at Gawts

At this time he was married to Caroline (b 1836) from Lincoln, and they had 5 children, Grace, ROBERT WILLIAM (Great Grandfather), Annie, Clara and Thomas Herbert. They had three servants.

In 1881census he was described as a 'conservative agent', living with his wife and all the children except Robert William, but with a new addition, Jane, aged 7.

In 1891, he was living with his wife and children, again with the exception of Robert William, but is described as 'living on his own means'. The children Annie now 24, Clara aged 22 and a school mistress, Thomas, now 20 and a bank clerk, and Jane who is now 15. They also had a domestic servant and two boarders, Cooper Pitts, aged 20 who was an engine fitter and Harold Birchall, who was a turner. At the wedding of his son Robert William, to Eliza Frood in Doncaster in 1887 David's occupation was described as an Estate Agent.

David Herd and Caroline Brummitt were married in Lincoln St. Mary Magdalen on 25th January 1858

Lady Magdalen in shadow of Cathedral

The children of David Herd and Caroline Brummitt:

Alice Calvert HERD (b 1861) married William Arthur Howden in 1884. He was a joiner/carpenter and they lived at 45 Beaumont Fee, Lincoln.

Grace Brummitt HERD (b 1863) married Thomas Edward Pearson in 1895. In 1901 they had a daughter named Margery G E and were living in Kettering.

Robert William Herd (b 1865)- is the missing great grandfather, subject of another blog and is the FROOD-HERD connection.

Annie Augusta HERD (b 1867) married John Simmister, a clothier, in Lincoln in 1891. In 1901 they had two children Sidney (b1894) and Doris (b 1899) and living in Longton, Staffordshire.

Clara Gertude HERD (b 1869) married Albert Edward Austin in 1893. He was a jeweller, watchmaker and shopkeeper, residing at 20, Sinsil St. Lincoln and in 1901 had a daughter named Dorothy Gertude.

Thomas Herbert HERD (b 1871 and died 1938 in the USA). He married a US citizen and went to live in Georgia. (Further blog pending). His wife was called Alice Maud, and they had five children, Harry Ernest Herd, Carrie Flo Herd, Gladys Maud Herd, Herbert Austin Herd (b1899-d1987 in Florida), Denis L Herd and Ronald Herd.

Herbert Austin had two children Harry W Herd (b 1915) and Glena Herd, both born in Macon, Georgia, USA. 

Jane Brummitt HERD (b 1874) was married in 1897 in Lincoln to a Lancelot Cheeseborough.

In the 1911 census he is described as an Engineers Clerk, living with his wife Jane, of 14 years, and their four children, Gladys Mary (aged 13), Eleanor (aged 11), Katherine Hilton (aged 9) and Henry Colebrook (6), living at Walkerith, Gainsborough.



The 'missing' Robert William Herd b 1865



Another document shows David HERD as the Secretary/|Manager of the Conservative Working Mens Club at 45 Beaumont Fee, Lincoln.

The assumption is that ROBERT HERD (1802-1880) is the father of David and grandfather of Robert William Herd as there is a census document showing Alice Calvert, at the age of 9 staying at his home -  The Manor House, St Nicholas, Lincoln.