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Joseph Furze  bc 1795 at Batcombe, Somerset. UK  married  Elizabeth / Bessie / Betsey
News  December 2004    Simple tree here 2006
[we now have the marriage info for them thanks to a kind researcher named Peggy on www.rootsweb.com]

"Joseph FURZE married Betsey LAMBERT on 3 Feb 1823 at Shepton Mallet.
                 Witnesses William Lambert, Elizabeth Wiltshire [probably her father &/ or  siblings]
(from S. Mallet Parish register).
Their children all born  Somerset, England.
  1. Frederick FURZE [1824-1825] son of Joseph and Elizabeth, schoolmaster.
  2. Francis FURZE [1826-1826] son of Joseph and Elizabeth, schoolmaster.
  3. June Elizabeth FURZE [1827- ?]  daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth, schoolmaster.

    4.  m SIRCOM - ch: Henry Fuze SIRCOM bc 1850
  4. Henry Furze  b 1832 of Bristol, Heathcote, Nagambie and Avenel. Victoria
  5. Frederick Furze [1834- 1858] death in Bristol, Dec quarter , Volume  6a, page 31- aged about 24 - 2 years back from the Crimean War.>
  6. Ellen Mary  [1836 - 1857 ]
Searching for Joseph's baptism record  near Batcombe Somerset and his will  [ Dec 2004]
It is not in the  Bristol City index of wills 1793 - 1858 [no mentions of any Furze] here

2005
Batcombe Somerset was visited by our cousins Bill and Prue Spaul 2005 and here are some of their photos - it is hard to find Batcombe - "on a single lane road winding through farm country with high hedgerows on either side of the road its way down in the  valley but the church is on top of a hill."


Church  Batcombe Somerset  - on top of a hill.


Prue at the font inside
 

Directory Information:
[From The London & Provincial Medical Directory 1949]
1815 Registered surgeon named Joseph Furze  before 1815. - not our Joseph surely.
1849 "Tower Hill", [there is one in Devon, Pembroke, and Hertford and Bristol!] yes it is a street very close to Narrow Plain Road, Bristol where he lived in 1851.
 

Could our Joseph Furze have  become a surgeon by 20-221 years of age? I think not  since  investigating the  history of surgeons..
"To become a true (medical) Doctor, one had to rain at  London, Edinburgh or Dublin. But anyone could become a surgeon - or "barber and surgeon", as the trade started, with a red-and-white spiral-striped pole outside the shop to represent the blood and soap as advertisement! But being untrained and without a diploma, surgeons had to call themselves 'Mr', not 'Doctor'. Commonly  they were both Surgeon and Apothecary.  See history of surgeons here

Note Joseph Furze lived at Tower Hill Bristol  not Clifton House.

Part of page of  Hunts 1850 Post Office Directory for Bristol and South Wales -thanks to  this great web site of online directories!

1854  "Clifton House,  Clifton, Bristol" UK [Laurie Hocking's "The Furze Family in Australia"]
[ I do not think this is so - see history of this house below]


Modern map of Bristol with St Philips & St Jacobs church, address is Tower Hill..
Perhaps there was a hospital  at the site of the health clinic  when Joseph lived nearby 1850s.

1858 Slaters Directory of Gloucester,  [fiche GLS  81 AIGS] [No Furze in their Bristol 1881 dir.]
Bristol:
Joseph Furze, chemist and surgeon, Narrow Plain street, St Philip parish.
Frederick Furze, marble mason, Hutwells [?] road, [perhaps a cousin or Henry's brother as Dierectorys are often out of date fast]]
Frederick Furze: fought in the Crimean War and died 2 years after returning, of a chest complaint. [source: family]
Death of a  Frederick Fuze in the freebmd shows one died Bristol Dec qrtr 1858  Vol 6a Page 31.

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Deaths March Quarter, 1878-- NB  big blanks in data for deaths aroudn thsi time. 1858-70
Furze  Joseph   aged 72  Newton Abbott, [Torquay?] .district  / 5b vol / 128p   -not so  likely him  as this is in Devon where there are a lot of Furzes- need to get this death certificate? No

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NEW  28 Jan 2004
Baptismal records from BATCOMBE sent by a kind man via internet: See  all about Batcombe Vale  -with photos here
This  new set of baptisms is  our family  although  our Joseph  Furze was not known to be a  school teacher in 1824.
[Batcombe, is about 3 miles from Shepton Mallett]

Email : 23 Jan 2004, "I have in my records of BATCOMBE
 

    1. Frederick Furze baptised 38th March 1824, burial 7th September 1825

      2.                son of Joseph and Elizabeth, schoolmaster.
    2. Francis Furze   baptised 22nd January 1826,  burial 8th November 1826

      3.                daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth, schoolmaster.
    3. June Elizabeth  Furze  baptised 29th October 1827.

      4.           daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth, schoolmaster "
    • Henry Furze  baptised  26 August 1832 ? son of  "Bessie" and Joseph FURZE
    • Frederick Furze   baptised  27 July, born 10 June, 1834 son of Joseph & Elizabeth FURZE

      • " from LDS-  IGI Birth: FREDERICK FURZE: born10 JUN 1834 , Christening:
      27 JUL 1834   Wesleyan, Glastonbury, Somerset, England"
       
    • Ellen Mary  baptised  17 April 1836  daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth FURZE

      •   Baptismal records of a Wesleyan church  Glastonbury, Somerset England,
        mother    entered  as "Bessie" for Henry and Frederick and Ellen Mary only at this church.
       "Death:     March quarter, 1857      Ellen Mary Furze    Bristol [district]  6a [vol]   23 [page]"
         Free bmd- no age probably her]

      Elizabeth Furze bpt  [see above red]  m 1849
      [name indexed freebmd as Jane Elizabeth,  Bristol, June qrtr, Vol 11, page 232
      to Henry SIRCOM [source email from M.Sircom. UK  March 2003]
                        (son of John SIRCOM [1792-1867, whose eldest son John SIRCOM arr. Vic. "1855")
                                         = eldest son Henry Furze SIRCOM  [http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.html#som-glo sircombe web site]
      Henry SIRCOM, b. ca. 1825 at Bristol, Gloucestershire,
      m. 23 Jun 1849 at St. Phillip and St. Jacob, Bristol,
      Jane Elizabeth FURZE (b. ca. 1827 at Bristol or Westcombe, [actually 1851 census Batcombe] Somerset, daughter of Joseph FURZE).
      [Their son was Henry Furze SIRCOM in 1851 census aged 1.]

        1. Henry Furze SIRCOM, b. ca. 1849 at Bristol,

          2. m. reg. Q3 1868 at Bristol R.D., Kate Mary OWEN[freebmd](b.c. 1849 in Somerset).

          In 1881, a commission merchant, living at 16 Wells Terrace, Bedminster, Somerset, with his wife Kate, their sons Francis, Harold, and John, and a general servant. In 1891, a manager to timber merchants, living with his parents, together with his sons Francis, Harold, and John.

              1. Francis William Henry SIRCOM, b. ca. 1876 at Dursley, Gloucestershire, b. reg. Q4 1876 at Dursley R.D., d. 17 Dec 1944, bur. at Truro, Cornwall. In 1881, living with his parents. In 1891, living with his father.
              2. Harold S. SIRCOM, b. ca. 1878 at Bristol. In 1881, living with his parents. In 1891, living with his father.
              1. John C. SIRCOM, b. ca. 1880 at Bristol. In 1881, living with his parents. In 1891, living with his father.
        1. Jane E. SIRCOM, b. ca. 1855 at Bristol. In 1881, living with her uncle Richard SIRCOM.
        2. Ellen Mary SIRCOM, b. ca. 1859 at Bristol. In 1881 and 1901, living with her parents.
NB June or Jane see census on Henrys page well the writer leaves his a s like a u see Batcombe looks like Butcombe

One banckrupcy ! < "[29 Apr 1903, p. 11, col. f] Bankruptcies - Sircom, Henry Furze -- entry in Palmer's index, complete article not yet obtained> from http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe-news.html

1851 Census for Gloucestershire Bristol: Parish of St Phillips & St Jacobs,Bristol -[ HO/107/1954, part 3, Enumeration district 1z, page 31.] (or st philips and st Jacobs Glouc. HO 107/375 for 1851 Bristol.)

# 172 Narrow Plain Street, Clifton , Bristol
Joseph Furze,  head of house, M ,    age 56,  Surgeon & apothecary, born Somerset, Batcome
Elizabeth  Furze ,    wife ,        M,     age 57                                            ditto    ditto
Ellen Mary  ditto,    dau,                   age 14                 scholar                 ditto    ditto
Frederick ditto,     son ,                    age 16          Apprentice to Father     ditto    ditto
Henry ditto,            son ,                 age 18           Printer                     ditto    ditto
Maria xxx        servant,                    age 15                                            born Bristol

I note one   Jane  Elizabeth xxxx  born Batcombe Somerset, was living in the house next door to Joseph Furze and co in the Bristol Census - and they had a son listed, Henry Furze xxx aged 1 - her husband's name is Henry  SIRCOM.
I did  see the St Caths British Marriage Indexes  28-1-2004 and confirmed that the Henry SIRCOM   married "Jane Elizabeth FURZE"   Bristol District, pg 232 June quarter 1849.  A marriage certificate would confirm this but is unnecessary as she is living next door to her parents  in the 1851 census.
See Dewelling before  Furzes:  Henry SIRCOM  aged 25,  accountant, born Bristol, wife June Elizabeth aged 23  born Batcombe, Somerset, Henry Furze SIRCOM  aged 1 born Bristol.

NB First columns is the street and dwelling number- not always the same a the house numbers today.
Second column is the persons name, third column relationship to the head of the household, the next column indicated if the person ie either married or no- this  means they may be  widowed or divorced [no such thing then except for nobility] separated, or never married,
Third column shows age- first of these narrow columns is age of female, second narrow column is for the males age, then the occupation, all people under a certain age were not supposed to be working so the word scholar was put there or the parent would be fined, the next column is for the place of birth,
The far right column is for a  ticks  to indicate a deaf or dumb or blind  or idiot person!
Note only the Furze's have ticks- how could they be like this when one is a surgeon one a printer and one a surgeon's apprentice?


 
 
Possibly  the church Joseph Furze was baptised  or married Elizabeth xxxxx  at St Mary's Church, Batcombe, Map Search   [Near Shepton Mallet]

All these places except Bristol are very close about 5 miles away from Batcombe
In the 1820-1830s there was a great deal of religious/political rioting in this area.
 
Clifton Hill House part of University of Bristol
selected from http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/CliftonHill/architec.htm

Clifton Hill House is an 18th century merchant´s house on Clifton Hill -part of  University in 1909.
Clifton Hill House was built between 1746 and 1750 for Paul Fisher, a  linen draper, wealthy merchant and ship owner.  He was  prominent in the foundation of the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1735.

In 1851 Clifton Hill House was bought by Dr. Symonds, a well-known Bristol physician who was famous not only for his medical proficiency but also for his gift at entertaining the literary and artistic élite of his time. . The house was then filled with distinguished and talented people including  Jenny Lind, the celebrated Victorian singer. She sang several times at the Victoria Rooms and in 1862 stayed at Clifton Hill House and sang in what is now the Symonds Music Room.

Other famous people stayed at Clifton Hill House; John Masefield, the Poet Laureate and Dame Clara Butt who, in 1921, gave a concert in the house to launch a fund for the construction of Manor Hall. When Dr. Symonds died in 1871, the house passed on to his son.


 Bristol 1901 Census Bristol. Sircom and Furze family  - what happend to Henry Furze Sircom? b 1850?

Edmund Sircom  19 Bristol Bedminster Bristol Bristol one only !

    Name  Age Where Born Administrative County Civil Parish Occupation

 ...  Furze  3 Glaston Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Albert Furze  17 Bristol Bristol Bristol Cocoa Operative
 Albert Furze  53 Bristol Bristol Bristol Bootmaker
 Alfred Furze  60 Bristol Bristol Bristol Bankers Clerk
 Anna Furze  51 Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Charlotte Furze  49 Bristol Bristol Bristol Fish Dealer
 Cordelia Furze  70 North Tamerton Cornwall Bristol Bristol Beer Retailer
 Daisy Furze  11 Bristol Gloucestershire Bristol Bristol
 Daisy Furze  20 Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Elizabeth Furze  29 Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Elizabeth Furze  33 Glaston Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Emily Furze  39 Bristol Gloucestershire Bristol Bristol
 Florina Furze  9 Bristol Gloucestershire Bristol Bristol
 George Furze  27 Bristol Bristol Bristol Dock Labourer
 George Furze  36 Plymouth Devon Bristol Bristol Coin Warehouse Manager
 George Furze  64 Bristol Bristol Bristol Rope Maker
 Hannah Furze  60 Monmouth Chepstow Bristol Gloucestershire Bristol
 Henry Furze  23 Bristol Bristol Bristol Oil Cake Labourer
 Henry Furze  28 Bristol Bristol Bristol Circular ...
 Herbert Furze  57 Somerset Long Sutton Bristol Gloucestershire Bristol Sculptor
 Laura Furze  4 Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Mabel Furze  16 Bristol Bristol Bristol Cocoa Operative
 Marian Furze  8 Bristol Gloucestershire Bristol Bristol
 Mary Furze  61 Bristol Bristol Bristol
 Rose Furze  24 Bristol Bristol   Scullery Maid
 Theodore Furze  49 Bristol Bristol Bristol Merchants Clerk
 William Furze  32 Devon Barnstaple Bristol Bristol House Traveller Provision

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