John Gransden ³²⁹

  General Notes:

1841 Census- Kent
Portsea Workhouse
John Bamsden 80 years old. Born in County


CountyKent
PlaceStrood
Church nameSt Nicholas of Myra
Register typeParish Register
Register entry number1200
Burial date18 Apr 1853
Person age93
Burial person forenameJohn
Burial person surnameGRANSDEN
Burial person abodeUnion House
Probable death of John Gransden
http://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58181593e93790ec75bf553e?search_id=5825bc69791e3b6788d1ef91 (Accessed 12th Nov 2016)

Superintendent Registrar's District North Aylesford. Registrar's District Stood. 1853 Deaths in the District of Strood in the County of Kent.
324. Thirteenth April 1853, Union Workhouse Strood. John Gransden. Male. 93 years. Tailor. Cause of Death, Decay of Nature, Certified. M. Metcalfe, present at the death, Union Workhouse, Strood. Registered Sixteenth April 1853. Richard Gates, Registrar.

John Gransden was probably sent back to Kent when he needed support at the Workhouse. At this point, it was common for those who needed support to be sent back to their Parish of Origin.

John married Sarah Wood, daughter of Robert Wood and Sarah Longley, on 1 Feb 1782 in St Nicholas, Strood, Kent, England.³²⁸ (Sarah Wood was christened on 25 Nov 1759 in Strood, Kent, England ²⁹² and died on 5 Jan 1846 in Poor House, Portsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, Kent ³³¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Gransden was living in Strood by the time of his marriage as he is registred as being a member of Strood Parish. Sarah Wood is also living in Strood. John is noted as bachelor and Sarah as spinster. Both John Gransden and Sarah Wood sign the register so both write at least a little and probably read. Both signatures are well formed.
John ? and Martha ?- not Grant, may or may not be the Martha Grant nee Hall that Sarah signed the register for the previous year. If so she is not using her husbands surname or may have re-married.
(Strood Parish register)