George Edward Randall

George Edward was the son of John and Sarah Randall (née Talkes). His father John was born in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire, in about 1850 and his mother Sarah in Brant Broughton, Leicestershire, in about 1854. They were married in 1874 (reg. Newark) and had thirteen children of whom twelve survived childhood. Their surviving children, eleven boys and one girl, were: James (also James Horace/Horace James) birth registered 1875 (J/F/M), David Roulston b. 1876, John William b. 1878 and Tom b. 1880 who were born in Sutton in Ashfield; Harry b. Skegby birth registered 1882 (J/F/M) and Ernest birth registered 1886 (J/F/M), Arthur birth registered 1888 (J/F/M), Fred b. 1890, Frances Mary Matilda Rowlston birth registered 1892 (J/F/M), George Edward b. 1894, Albert b. 1896 and Walter b. 1898 who were born in Pleasley. Baptismal records have been traced for all the children except Tom and Harry; George Edward was baptised at Pleasley parish church on 13 May 1894. The baptismal records show that in 1875 John and his wife were living on Forest Street, Sutton in Ashfield, and at New Cross, Sutton in Ashfield, between November 1877 and October 1878. However, by 1881 John, a farm labourer, his wife and their four children were living at Skegby Hill, Skegby, where their son Tom was born the following year. The family had moved to Pleasley by 1888 when Arthur was born and were recorded on the 1891 Census as John, an agricultural labourer, Sarah, and their eight sons, James and David who were also agricultural labourers, John, Tom and Harry who were school age and Ernest, Arthur and Fred. John, now working as a builders' labourer and Sarah were still living in Pleasley in 1901. Two of their twelve children, David and John, had left home; David was a farm worker at Lodge Farm, Pleasley, in the employ of Samuel Downs, while John was working at a colliery as a fireman (boilers) and one of two boarders living with a colliery labourer and his wife in Kirkby in Ashfield. David, a farm labourer, had returned to live with his parents at Deansgate, Pleasley, by 1911. John was working as a contractor's carter as was his son Harry, Ernest was a bricklayer's labourer, Arthur a motor engine cleaner, Fred, George and Albert were employed in the mining industry, Walter was school age and the only daughter, Frances, was assisting her mother at home. John William had married Eliza Ann Wilkinson in 1903 and they and their three sons were living in Kirkby in Ashfield where John was working as a winding stationary engine driver (Butterley Company). Tom, a coal miner hewer, had married Eliza Ann Miller in 1910 and they were living on Church Street, Pleasley. Sarah died in 1919. John probably died in 1934. It is possible that John lived with his son David and his wife Matilda (née Cross m. 1915) after his wife's death.