Agnes FLEXNEY

Abt 1828 - 1902  (74 years)

• Name	Agnes FLEXNEY
  Birth	Abt 1828	Witney, Oxfordshire   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Christening	14 Sep 1828	Witney, Oxfordshire
  Gender	Female
  Census	07 Jun 1841	Corn Street, Witney, Oxfordshire   [1]
  	Age: 12
  		1841 Flexney
  Event	24 Dec 1846	Witney Parish Church, Oxfordshire
  	Witness at the marriage of sister Mary Ann to John WOODCOCK
  Census	30 Mar 1851	Wood Green, Witney, Oxfordshire   [2]
  	Dressmaker
  	Age: 22
  		1851 Flexney
  Residence	15 Mar 1856	32 Colston Street, Bedminster, Bristol   [8]
  		Map showing numbering of Colston Street
  Census	07 Apr 1861	Redcliff Parade East, Bristol   [9]
  	Dressmaker
  	Age: 32
  	Living with 2 brothers in next dwelling to sister, Mary Ann WOODCOCK. Listed as Agnes FRANCIS, widow. Her daughter is listed as Agnes FLEXNEY.
  		Redcliffe Parade, showing corner of Jubilee Place, leading down to Guinea Street.
  		Agnes FLEXNEY & family 1861
  Census	02 Apr 1871	14 Guinea Street, Bristol   [4]
  	Milliner
  	Age: 42
  		10 and 12 Guinea Street, Bristol
  		Mary FLEXNEY, Agnes HUTCHINGS & Agnes FRANCIS 1871
  Census	03 Apr 1881	14 Guinea Street, Bristol   [5]
  	Age: 48
  		1881 Hutchings
  Census	05 Apr 1891	14 Guinea Street, Bristol   [6]
  	Age: 60
  		1891 Hutchings
  Census	31 Mar 1901	14 Guinea Street, Bristol   [7]
  	Age: 71
  		1901 Hutchings
  Death	17 Dec 1902	14 Guinea Street, Bristol
  	Age: 72
  	Cause: Bronchitis, certified by John A. Norton M.D.
  	Wife of William HUTCHINGS, a Seaman. Informant: W. HUTCHINGS, widower of the deceased, present at the death.
  Person ID	I183	Gadd
  Last Modified	28 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Edward FLEXNEY,   b. Abt 1795, Witney, Oxfordshire d. Q2 1853, Witney Reg'n District, Oxfordshire (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Mary GODFREY,   b. Abt 1796, Hailey, nr. Witney, Oxfordshire d. Q3 1878, Bristol Reg'n District (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1815	Witney Parish Church, Oxfordshire
  	Both make mark [X]. Witnesses: William STRONG and Joseph COLLIER.
  Notes	The mad poet, Christopher Smart (1722-1771) wrote in his poem Jubilate Agno: "Let Flexney, house of Flexney rejoice with Triopthalmos". The meaning of this, and indeed the meaning of the rest of the poem, is somewhat obscure!
  Photos		Witney Town Band 1850 Edward Flexney (b.1825) was a professional trumpeter in 1881. Band-playing in Witney was encouraged by blanket factory owners such as William Early, whose band was in existence by the 1840s. The Witney Temperance Band was founded in about 1850 "for society purposes and religious festivals".
  Histories		FLEXNEY Musicians
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	James FRANCIS,   b. 08 Jan 1809, St. George's Hanover Square, London, Middlesex d. 17 Mar 1874, 2 Kent Terrace, Ventnor, Isle of Wight (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Almost certainly not married. Daughter took mother's maiden name until her own marriage. Mother described as Agnes Francis, widow, in 1861 census. The description "James FRANCIS, Solicitor" comes from daughter Agnes's marriage certificate, but no James FRANCIS exists on relevant Law Lists. Agnes's father is described on her birth certificate as a "solicitor's clerk". This James FRANCIS has been chosen as the only person of the name working in the legal profession at the time and of an appropriate age - we have no other evidence that he was Agnes's father. James was remarried and resident in Bushey before Agnes's pregnancy. Agnes was resident in Witney in 1851, but may have followed her sister (Mary Ann WOODCOCK) to Bristol shortly afterwards. It is possible that James would have been required to lodge in Bristol if his employer was involved in the Assizes [in 1855 there were no Spring Assizes, the Summer Assizes began on 2nd August]. A William FRANCIS (quite possibly James's son) was lodging in a hotel in Clifton in 1871 in his capacity as Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex, along with a number of others involved with the Assizes. Alternatively, Agnes might have been employed in some capacity in Bushey, or she may have worked in James FRANCIS's household while he was still resident in London, and transferred with him to Bushey. This is not entirely unlikely: Charlotte HUNT, a dressmaker from Witney living in Regent's Park District in 1851 was in 1841 the domestic servant of a solicitor (Joseph BLUNT) in Upper Gower Street, St. Pancras. Agnes had two brothers who had settled in London by this time: 1. Richard, whose wife Emma was visiting Fanny WRIGHT (nee FLEXNEY) in Bournemouth in 1891 - perhaps coincidentally very near to the home of James's daughter, Sibella FRANCIS. 2. Frederick, who married in 1854, and whose daughter born in Islington in April 1855 was named Priscilla Agnes.
  Event	Jun 1855
  	Daughter conceived
  Children	+ 1. Agnes FRANCIS (alias FLEXNEY),   b. 15 Mar 1856, 32 Colston Street, Bedminster, Bristol d. 21 Mar 1932, Bristol Reg'n District (Age 76 years)
  Photos		Map of Bristol in 1937, before many roads were obliterated by the Blitz and post-War redevelopment.
  Family ID	F64	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2009

  
  

  Family 2	William Chipperfield HUTCHINGS,   b. Abt 1835, Ilfracombe, Devon bur. 28 Aug 1909, St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol
  Marriage	1 Jan 1871
  Family ID	F65	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S377] 1841 Census, (7th June 1841). [S46] 1851 Census, (30 March 1851). [S361] 1861 Census, (7 April 1861). [S354] 1871 Census, (2 April 1871). [S355] 1881 Census, (3 April 1881). [S360] 1891 Census, (5th April 1891). [S359] 1901 Census, (31 March 1901). [S428] FRANCIS, Agnes - Birth Certificate. [S1] Census.