The Plumbe Family

Albert Edward Plumbe

Albert Edward Plumbe
Albert Edward Plumbe
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Birth: 30 December 1861, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 30 May 1862, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Occupation: Brewery Clerk

Death: 6 May 1886, aged 24, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

Buried: 12 May 1886, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Alexandra Plumbe

Birth: 8 March 1863, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 23 November 1864, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Occupation: Governess

Death: 17 October 1912, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Buried: 23 October 1912, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Alice (Plumbe) Widdowson

Alice (Plumbe) Widdowson
Alice (Plumbe) Widdowson
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Birth: 1867/8, in Islington, Middlesex, England

Father: James Plumbe

Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

Married: Joseph James Widdowson in 1895, in Amersham district, Buckinghamshire, England

Children: Occupation: Dressmaker (1891) and later landlady of the King's Head in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. This 15th century inn is now in the hands of the National Trust, but is still run as a public house.

Census:
1881: Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire
1891: 18 Gery Street, Bedford St. Cuthbert, Bedfordshire
1901: Slough, Buckinghamshire

Death: 1948

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Alice Christine Norah Plumbe

Birth: 1896, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Alice Jane (Leaker) Plumbe

Death: 1980

Census:
1901: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire; Age: 6; Place of Birth: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

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Andrew Reed Plumbe

Birth: 5 May 1835, in London, Middlesex, England

Baptism: 28 June 1835, in Wycliffe Chapel Philpot Street-Independent, Stepney, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Ann Serena (Payne) Plumbe

Death: 1881, in Reigate district, Surrey, England aged 45

Notes: Andrew Reed Plumbe was named after Andrew Reed, a minister at the Wycliffe Chapel on Philpot Street with which the Plumbes were associated. Andrew Reed was a well known philanthropist, is credited with writing a number of hymns, and was later to work with Ann Serena Plumbe in the establishment of one the first hospitals for the insane in England.

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Anne (Plumbe) Ive

Birth: 9 January 1819, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptised: 8 February 1819, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Simmons Plumbe

Mother: Charlotte (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: Alfred Ive on 20 July 1840, in St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by John Simmons Plumbe, Jane Billingham, Lucy Ann Ive and Emma Plumbe.

Children: Occupation: Wine Merchant

Death: 4 September 1892, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Buried: 9 September 1892, in Holy Trinity, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Hart Street, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Anne Clarissa (Plumbe) Seager

Baptism: 11 April 1821, in St. Martin in the Field, Westminster, London

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Anne Clarissa (Perkins) Plumbe

Married: Thomas Whittaker Seager

Death: 1858

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Anne Richardby Strange (Plumbe) Duggua

Birth: 8 January 1855, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 28 February 1855, in St Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Married: George Oxley Duggua on 17 May 1888, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Children: Notes: Claire Freestone's data has Anne's middle name as Richway. The middle names of Richardby Strange are from the Henley baptism register and the marriage record (which has Richardby S.)

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Annie Plumbe

Birth: 1824/5, in London, Middlesex, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Caroline (Payne) Plumbe

Notes: Annie is referred to in Rolls Plumbe: An Authentic Memoir of a Child in A Series of Letters to a Child, and on on page 48, dated April 24 1832, we learn that Annie is seven years old.

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Annie Ethelreda (Plumbe) Gosnell

Annie Ethelreda (Plumbe) Gosnell
Annie Ethelreda (Plumbe) Gosnell
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photo from Jerry Gosnell
Birth: 22 October 1859 in Cookham, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 6 December 1859, in Maidenhead Chapel, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The sponsors at the baptism were Mrs Charretie (perhaps her great-aunt Kitty (Lloyd) Charretie?), Mrs Bellis (wife of her father's medical practice partner), and Captain Seager (uncle)

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Married: Arthur William Gosnell on 21 February 1889 in the Church of Holy Trinity, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The engagement took place in December 1886.

Children: Death: 13 June 1943, in Bridgwater, Somerset, England

Will:
  MY WILL.

1, Annie Ethelreda Gosnell, make hereunder my last
will and testament.
I leave all I possess, completely and entirely, to
my husband Arthur William Gosnell, but if he
should predecease me I desire my assets to be
divided amongst my children as follows:-

A. To Wilfrid - I leave the four cottages, Nos 1,2,3,&4
   Park View, Harefield, which originally belonged to
   his Godfather Willie Kennell, subject to Wilfrid
   repaying to my estate the sum of £300 (Three
   Hundred Pounds) which is deemed by me to have
   been advanced to him.

B. The remainder of my assets, including the above £300,
   I wish to be divided equally amongst my remaining
   children, viz. Enid, Kenneth, Alan, Phyllis, and Joan.
   The amount left to Enid is not to be given her as
   a lump sum, but should be paid out in weekly
   or monthly instalments at the discretion of the
   Executors. The Executors shall decide in what
   manner this shall be done.

      I appoint Kenneth and Phyllis as co-executors,
   but in the event of Kenneth being detained abroad
   Phyllis shall act as sole executor, referring to
   Kenneth in case of difficulty.
                                                                   May  A.E.G.
     Signed at Bexhill-on-Sea this third day of April 1935
        Annie E. Gosnell
   in the presence of.
Witness. Benjamin Lister Oswell  Gentleman
                 17 Knebworth Road Bexhill on Sea
                                              3 May 1935
Witness. Lucy Oswell.   Wife.   Same address
          May 3rd 1935         as above

Addresses:
1888: "Monkendons", Maidenhead, Berkshire (letters written to her from Hobart by her fiance, Arthur Gosnell). One letter, arriving in Maidenhead on 27 July 1888, was forwarded to the home of her sister Harriet (Plumbe) Whitfield, in Uxbridge, where Annie must have been visiting, following the birth of Harriet's first child in June 1888.
1890: "Monkendons", Shoobridge Street, Glebe, Hobart, Tasmania (birth notice of daughter Enid)

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Annie (Plumbe) Robinson

Birth: 1864, in Islington district, Middlesex, England

Father: James Plumbe

Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

Married: to William Hensman Robinson in 1895, in Cookham district, Berkshire, England

Children: Death: 1937

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Arthur Plumbe

Title: Dr.

Birth: 20 July 1863, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Married (1st): Winifred Hettie Giles in 1896, in Ashfield district, New South Wales, Australia

Children: Married (2nd): Frances Mack

Occupation: Medical doctor. In the 1881 census, Arthur's occupation is recorded as "Medical Student". He became a doctor in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia.

Death: 1944 in Mosman district, New South Wales, Australia

Census:
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: Church Road, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

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Arthur Victor Plumbe

Birth: 12 October 1864, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 23 November 1864, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Married: Fanny Meagher in 1888 in Wandsworth, London, England

Children:
 Occupation: Commercial Clerk

Death: 15 May 1909, in Lewisham district, London, England

Buried: Brompton Cemetery

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Caroline Ada (Plumbe) Thomson

known as "Ada"

Birth: 9 July 1864 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Married: Henry John Phipps Thomson on 18 March 1884, in Cookham, Berkshire, England

Children: Death: 29 April 1944

Notes:
Sponsors at christening were Caroline Plumbe, Elizabeth Hulke, and Mr Montgomery, her father's partner in medical practice. Cut first tooth on 10 February 1865 (from diary)

Ada lived at Kia-Ora in Cooden Drive, Bexhill, Sussex after her husband, Harry Thomson, died in 1907. Her daughters Muriel and Edie also lived there, and her sister Ellen joined them there after the family home at "Monkedons" was sold in 1907.

Census:
1881: High Street, Cookham, Berkshire

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Charles Plumbe

of St. Dioinis, Backhurst, London

Birth: 27 December 1804, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 1 February 1805, in St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Sarah (Simmons) Plumbe

Married: to Mary Simmonds on 14 February 1828, in St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Witnesses were W. Plumbe and Robert Outhwaite. The first is presumably Charles's brother, William, and the second a relative of William's wife, Anne Outhwaite.

Death: 31 December 1875, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

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Charles Strange Plumbe

Charles Strange Plumbe
Charles Strange Plumbe
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Birth: 19 October 1853, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 28 December 1853, in St Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Education: Cleaver House School in Windsor

Married (1st): Frances Elizabeth Gosling on 20 March 1876, in Haverstock Hill, Pancras, London, England

Children: Married (2nd): Velebeth Plumbe on 11 August 1910, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Charles's second wife was his second cousin. The common ancestors were his great-grandparents, John Plumbe and Sarah Simmons.
David Morris notes that the reverse of the marriage certificate to Velebeth Plumbe is stamped by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (19 January 1911) and by the Delta Metal Co. Ltd (dated 27 February 1911).

Children: Occupation: Draper, Accountant, Company Director.

After 2 years apprenticeship in London, Charles entered his father's draper's shop which fronted Market Place & Bell Street. After his father died in 1890, he became outside manager of Henley Brewery and lived at Everly House. In 1909, Charles became Secretary to Henley Water Co. and retired in 1934. In 1910 he became Secretary and Actuary to Henley Trustee Savings Bank which he served for about 20 years. Charles was a Borough Auditor and for many years was administrator for the Green School (a Henley charity founded by John Stevens in 1717) and was still auditor to the Henley Grammar School. He was a director of the former Henley Gas Co. for a number of years and chairman at the time of the amalgamation.

Death: 17 August 1939

Buried: 22 August 1939, in St Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

Notes: Charles was at one time a member of the Henley Rowing Club and won several prizes. He has always taken a keen interest in rowing and never missed viewing Henley Royal Regatta, usually from the river. He was a sidesman and regular attendant at St Mary's Church.

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Charles Leaker Plumbe

Birth: 9 July 1866, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Married: Muriel K. Chaffers-Welsh in 1911, in Inverell district, New South Wales, Australia

Occupation: Charles became a pharmacist's assistant, then an Insurance Agent for AMP in Pagewood, Sydney.

Death: 1936, in Hornsby district, New South Wales, Australia

Notes: Lost top of his finger in an accident.

Census:
1871: Manor House, Meysey Hampton, Gloucestershire
1881: King Alfreds College, Wantage, Berkshire

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Charles James Plumbe

Charles James Plumbe
Charles James Plumbe
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Birth: 1878, in Islington, Middlesex, England

Father: James Plumbe

Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

Married: to Ellen Fensom in 1903, in Bedford district, Bedfordshire, England

Children: Occupation: Undertaker

Death: 1960

Census:
1881: Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire
1891: 18 Gery Street, Bedford St. Cuthbert, Bedfordshire

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Charlotte (Plumbe) Coombs

Birth: 1828/9

Baptism: 11 March 1829, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Simmons Plumbe

Mother: Charlotte (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: William Walter Coombs on 8 July 1856, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Witnesses were C. Plumbe, Wm Plumbe and Mary Strange. The first two witnesses are probably Charlotte's mother, Charlotte (Aldworth) Plumbe, and her brother William.

Children: Death: 2 April 1868, in Weymouth, Dorset, England, aged 39

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Ebenezer Erskine Plumbe

Birth: 8 June 1832, in Devon, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Caroline (Payne) Plumbe

Occupation: Labourer

Death: 24 May 1891, at Maitland St., Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, aged 58, of inflammation of the groin.

Buried: 25 May 1891

Probate: Granted in London on 13 July 1892 to Mary Ann Millar, wife of  George Robert Millar. Effects £37 10s.

Notes: Emigrated to Australia (ship record entry found in 1860). Ebenezer's death certificate claims that he had been in Australia for 40 years, while this entry date would indicate 31 years. Possibly he arrived earlier and this is a re-entry, but more likely the death certificate, which contains several other incorrect entries, is a bit out.

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Elizabeth Plumbe

Father: Samuel Plumb

Mother: Mary (Goff) Plumb

Buried: 25 November 1769, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

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Ellen Plumbe

Birth: 7 April 1824, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 7 May 1824, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Anne (Outhwaite) Plumbe

Buried: 12 April 1827, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, aged 3

Notes: Baptised as Ellen, buried as Eleanor.

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Ellen (Plumbe) Cobb

known as "Nellie"

Birth: about 1865, in Islington, Middlesex, England

Father: James Plumbe

Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

Married: to Thomas Cobb

Death: 1938

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Ellen Augusta Plumbe

Birth: 26 August 1867 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Notes:
Diary notes show that Ellen had a rash in March 1876!

Ellen lived at "Monkendens" in Maidenhead until her brother Samuel Thomson Plumbe died in 1909. The house was sold in September 1909, and Ellen appears to have moved to Kia-Ora in Cooden Drive, Bexhill, Sussex to live with her widowed sister (Caroline) Ada, whose own husband, Harry Thomson, had died in 1907. Her nieces Muriel and Edie also lived there.

Census:
1881: High Street, Cookham, Berkshire
1891: 86-90 High Street, Cookham, Berkshire
1901: living in Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 34; Place of Birth: Maidenhead, Bucks

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Emily Plumbe

Birth: 23 February 1859, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 3 March 1859, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Death: 3 March 1859, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

Burial: 5 March 1859, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

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Emma (Plumbe) Kinch

Birth: 30 April 1823, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 28 May 1823, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Simmons Plumbe

Mother: Charlotte (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: Charles Kinch on 12 August 1844 in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. John Simmons Plumbe, the brides's father and Charlotte Plumbe, presumably the bride's sister, were witnesses.

Children: Notes: Emma is recorded on a Return of Owners of Land, 1873 in Oxfordshire as having land in Henley-on-Thames of 4 acres and 27 poles (1 pole = 37.25 square yards) with a rental value of £191 16s.

Census:
1881: 6 The Elms, Toxteth Park, Lancashire (note: appears as Emma Kinck)
1901: Seaton Carew, Durham, living with her married son, William

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Emma Charretie (Plumbe) Seager

Birth: 1 July 1828 in Lower Bedford Place, London, England

Baptism: 29 July 1828, in Old Church, St. Pancras, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Emma (Lloyd) Plumbe

Married: Thomas Whittaker Seager on 2 July 1863 in Chancelry of Neuchatel (Switzerland?)

Death: 4 November 1870, in Brighton district, Sussex, England, aged 42

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Eric Ashton Plumbe

Birth: 1903

Father: Thomas Plumbe

Mother: Susan (Argent) Plumbe

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Ernest Langley Plumbe

Birth: 12 May 1868

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

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Ernest Augustus Plumbe

Birth: 15 February 1869, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 25 February 1876, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England (recorded as being aged 7)

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Death: 27 June 1890, aged 21, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Buried: 30 June 1890, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Ethel Plumbe

Birth: about 1888, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Arthur Victor Plumbe

Mother: Fanny (Meagher) Plumbe

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Fanny (Plumbe) Talbot

Birth: 9 May 1808, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 3 June 1808, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: _____ Talbot in Calcutta, India. Fanny went out to India to stay with her brother Dr Robert Plumbe, a surgeon in the East India Company, and while there met and married Colonel Talbot.

Notes: After the death of her husband in India, Fanny retuned to live in Kensington, London, possibly with her widowed sister-in-law, Louisa (nee Davies), although the 1881 census finds her living in Somerset.

Census:
1881: 4 Oxford Terrace, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset

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Fanny Plumbe

Birth: 29 March 1826, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 3 May 1826, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Anne (Outhwaite) Plumbe

Death: 1896

Census:
1881: Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire

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Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Langley

Birth: 1830, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Baptism: 22 September 1830, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth (Neate) Plumbe

Married: Noah Beldom Langley in 1869 in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England.
Noah was born in 1831, in Harrow Weald, Middlesex, and baptised on 15 May 1831 in Great Stanmore, Middlesex, the son of George Langley and Ann. Noah was a surgeon and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons London and a Licentiate of the Apothecaries Hall of London,

Death: 1891, in Cricklade, Wiltshire, England, aged 60

Census:
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1881: High Street, Cricklade St. Sampson, Wiltshire

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Fanny Maria Grace (Plumbe) Moore

known as "Grace"

Birth: 1850/51, in South Veney, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Thomas Plumbe

Mother: Ellen (Moss) Plumbe

Married: James Sinclair Moore in 1881, in Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset, England

Census:
1881: Abbey Villa, Lyncombe & Widcome, Somerset

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Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs

Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs
Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Hobbs
scan courtesy of Liza Hobbs
Birth: 20 September 1852, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Married: Robert William Hobbs in 1874, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Children: Death: 1890, in Faringdon district, of pneumonia after being caught in a heavy downpour on a return journey to Kelmscott from a family visit to Meysey Hampton. She was 37.

Buried: Kelmscott Churchyard, Kelmscot, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1871: Westham Farm, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire
1881: Kelmscot, Oxfordshire

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Fanny (Plumbe) Fensom

Fanny (Plumbe) Fensom
Fanny (Plumbe) Fensom
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known as "Flo"

Birth: 1873, in Islington, Middlesex, England

Father: James Plumbe

Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

Married: John Thomas Fensom in 1902, in Maidenhead district, Berkshire, England

Children: Census:
1881: Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire

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Florence Plumbe

Birth: about 1891, in Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Arthur Victor Plumbe

Mother: Fanny (Meagher) Plumbe

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Frances (Plumbe) Sanders

Birth: 3 March 1771, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 27 March 1771, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumb

Mother: Mary (Goff) Plumb

Married: to William Sanders on 2 February 1796 in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Children: Notes: It was around this time that the surname changed from Plumb to Plumbe. Frances' baptism record still uses Plumb.

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George Plumbe

George Plumbe
George Plumbe
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Birth: 1861, in Islington, Middlesex, England

Father: James Plumbe

Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

Occupation: Dairy Farmer

Death: 16 February 1900, killed in action at Dordrecht, in South Africa during the Boer War. George was in A Squadron, 2nd Regiment, Brabant's Horse.

Notes:
Papers in the deceased estate of George Plumbe, filed 18 May 1901
Final Liquidation and Distribution Account
Personal effects, clothing, nicknacks sent to England (relatives) in terms of the last will of the deceased valued at £26/5/-
Sold cream from cattle held on shares with Messrs F & B Ainslie £6/12/3 since death
Sale of shares in certain stock in hands of Messrs F and B Ainslie £140
Share of profits of dairy at Emerald Hill from January up to part of May 1900 £84/16/10
Out of hand sales of various items inc horses, ox, guns, cart, saddle, butter washer, gun cartridges, cheese presses, etc
Value of estate £1022/10/10
Amount available for distribution £814/18/4
The following disbursements were made in accordance with the will
     William Plumbe,  brother        £116.1.2
     Annie Robinson, sister        £116.1.2
     Ellen Plumbe, sister            £116.1.2
     Alice Plumbe, sister            £116.1.2
     Velabeth, sister        £116.1.2
     Fannie, sister                £116.1.2
     Charles James Plumbe, brother     £116.1.2
 
The sum of £2/6/6, being 2% succession duty, was deducted from each of the above sums.
The difference between the value of the estate and the amount available for distribution is accounted for by the settlement of numerous small debts, mostly to traders in the areas or towns of Port Elizabeth, Bedford, Adelaide, Cradock, Grahamstown.

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Harold Plumbe

known as "Harry"

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Caroline (Payne) Plumbe

Death: Probably around 1825. Although Philip and Annie are mentioned often in Rolls Plumbe, no mention is made of Harold except as an unnamed younger brother who died when Rolls was about four.
from Rolls Plumbe p8
When (Rolls) was about four years old...
Some time after this, his little brother, less than he, died. He was very much affected by his death and would look frequently into the coffin and weep. His mother consoled him by saying, "Your brother is gone to heaven."...

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Harold Plumbe

Father: Henry Plumbe

Harriet Charlotte (Plumbe) Whitfield

Birth: 24 April 1861 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Baptism: Christening sponsors were Mrs Venables, Charlotte Hulke and Fred Hulke (Deal); the latter two are presumably her uncle Frederick Thomas Hulke and his wife Charlotte (Backhouse) Hulke.

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Married: George Sydney Whitfield on 30 June 1886, in Cookham, Berkshire, England

Children: Death: December 1937, in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England

Notes: Harriet travelled quite extensively for this period. In October 1879 she went to Paris, and in October 1881 she went to New Zealand for two years, returning in November 1883.

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Henry Plumbe

Birth: 7 June 1830, in St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Emma (Lloyd) Plumbe

Married (1st): Caroline Stafford

Children: Married (2nd): Mary Louisa Newman

Children: Occupation: Solicitor
Slaters Commercial Directory for Cheltenham, Gloucester, 1858-1859 lists:
Attorneys:
Plumbe Henry, Essex place, and at Winchcomb

Death: 10 August 1878 in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England

Census:
1851: "The Elms", Bray, Berkshire

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Henry Martyn Plumbe

Birth: 25 September 1836, in London, Middlesex, England

Baptism: 12 February 1837, in Wycliffe Chapel Philpot Street-Independent, Stepney, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Ann Serena (Payne) Plumbe

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Henry Frederick Shepherd Plumbe

Birth: 7 June 1855, at "Monkendons", Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Death: 1858, in Cookham district, Berkshire, England

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Henry Plumbe

known as "Harry"

Birth: 27 November 1861, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Census:
1881: Church Road, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

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Irenie Plumbe

Birth: 1893, in West Green, Edmonton district, Middlesex, England

Father: Thomas Plumbe

Mother: Susan (Argent) Plumbe

Death: 1913

Census:
1901: named as Irene; living in Leyton, Essex; Age: 8; Place of Birth: West Green, Middlesex

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James Plumbe

James Plumbe
James Plumbe
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James Plumbe
James Plumbe
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Birth: 10 July 1829, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 4 September 1829, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father:William Plumbe

Mother: Anne (Outhwaite) Plumbe

Married: Velebeth Chibnall on 24 December 1857, in All Saints, Kempston, Bedfordshire, England. James was aged 28 at his marriage.

Children: Occupation: Ironmonger

Death: 1894, in Bedford district, Bedfordshire, England

Census:
1891: 18 Gery Street, Bedford St. Cuthbert, Bedfordshire

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James Ashton Plumbe

Birth: 1893, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Alice Jane (Leaker) Plumbe

Census:
1901: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire Age: 8; Place of Birth: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

Death: 1945

Notes: The Gloucester records office has numerous items of miscellania from James's youth such as school report cards at Cirencester Grammar School (D4128/F11/7) and cricket fixture cards (D4128/F11/8)

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John Plumbe

Birth: 12 January 1764

Baptism: 25 January 1764, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumb

Mother: Mary (Goff) Plumb

Married: Sarah Simmons on 8 February 1792, in Turville, Buckinghamshire, England

Children: Occupation: Draper. In 1778 John was apprenticed to Robert Rathill of Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire, a tailor and salesman. This seven year indenture contains terms that seem astonishing when viewed from a modern point of view. In 1792 John became a Burgess of Henley and became an Alderman in 1812. In 1812 and 1824 he was the Mayor of Henley.


Apprenticeship:
                     THIS Indenture Witnesseth,That John Plumb Son of Samuel
                                                    Plumb of Wantage in the County of Berks Clothier By and
                                                     with the approbation and consent of his said Father
                                                     testified by his executing these presents
                             doth put him self Apprentice to Robert Rathill of Henley upon Thames
                   in the County of Oxford Taylor and Salesman
                                                            to learn his Art, and with him after the manner of an Apprentice to serve from the Twelfth
                     day of January last past     - - - - - -          unto the full End and Term of
                           Seven Years from thence next ensuing, and fully to be compleat and ended, during which Term the
                                                            said Apprentice his  Master  faithfully shall serve, his  Secrets keep, his  lawful
                                                           Commands every where gladly do ; he shall do no Damage to his said Master nor see it be done
                                                            of others, but to his Power shall let or forthwith give notice to his said Master of the same.
                                                            The goods of his said Masterhe shall not waste, nor the same without Licence of his to
                                                            any give or lend. Hurt to his said Master he will not do, cause, or procure to be done ;
          he shall neither buy nor sell without his Masters Licence. Taverns, Inns, or Alehouses he shall not haunt. At Cards, Dice,
          Tables, or any other unlawful Games he shall not playMatrimony he shall not contract
            ~     nor from the Service of his said Master Day nor Night absent himself, but in all things as an honest and faithful Appren-
          tice shall and will demean and behave himself toward his said Master and all his during all the said Term. And the said
          Robert Rathill in Consideration of the Sum of Six pounds to him in hand paid by the Said
          Samuel Plumb before the Execution hereof the Receipt whereof the said Robert
          Rathill doth hereby acknowledge  -   -   -   -   -     the said Apprentice in the Art of
Taylor & Salesman which he now useth shall teach and instruct, or cause to be instructed, the best Way and Manner that he
          can, finding and allowing unto his said Apprentice sufficient Meat, Drink, Apparel, Washing, Lodging, and all other Necessaries
          during the said Term

          And for the true Performance of all and every the Covenants and Agreements aforesaid, either of the said Parties bindeth himself &
     themselves firmly by these Presents. In witness whereof the Parties abovesaid to these Indentures interchangeably have set their
          Hands and Seals, the Second Day of March in the EighteenthYear of the Reign of our
          Sovereign Lord George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith,
          and in the year of our Lord 1778

                                                                                                 John Plumb
                                                                Saml Plumb

N.  B.  The Indenture, Covenant, Article, or Contract, must bear Date the Day it is executed ; and what
    Money or other Thing is given or contracted for with the Clerk or Apprentice, must be inserted in
    Words at Length ; and the Duty paid to the Stamp Office, if in London, or within the Weekly Bills of
    Mortallity, within one Month after the Execution; and if in the Country, and out of the Bills of Mor-
    tality, within two Months, to a Distributor of the Stamps, or his Substitute; otherwise the Indenture will
    be void, the Master or Mistress forfeit Fifty Pounds, and another Penalty, and the Apprentice to be disa-
    bled to follow his Trade, or be made Free.

Death: 23 August 1840

Burial: 29 August 1840, in St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

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John Simmons Plumbe

Birth: 5 December 1792, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 11 January 1793, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Sarah (Simmons) Plumbe

Married: Charlotte Aldworth on 14 December 1815, in SS Peter and Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Children: Death: 14 February 1854

Burial: 3 March 1854, in Holy Trinity, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Occupation: Draper, JP and Alderman. From 1833 to 1834, John Simmons Plumbe was the Mayor of Henley
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John Plumbe

Birth: 3 January 1797, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Baptism: 30 January 1797, in SS Peter and Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married (1st):  Elizabeth Neate on 29 August 1822, in Cherhill, Wiltshire, England.

Children: Married (2nd): Matilda

Occupation: Draper and Coal Merchant. John is described as a draper at the baptism of his first two children and by the baptism of the third he is an "agent". In the census of 1841 and 1851, and a bond issued by his son in 1851, he is a coal merchant.

Census:
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

Death: 1868, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

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John Philip Plumbe

Birth: 29 May 1823, in Holborn, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Caroline (Payne) Plumbe

Notes: Probably known as Philip. The boy is referred to many times in Rolls Plumbe: An Authentic Memoir of a Child in A Series of Letters to a Child, but is always referred to as Philip.

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John Plumbe

Birth: 27 February 1825

Baptism: 8 April 1825, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Simmons Plumbe

Mother: Charlotte (Aldworth) Plumbe

Death: November 1825

Burial: 2 November 1825 in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

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John Plumbe

Birth: 31 May 1826, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 28 June 1826, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage Berkshire

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth (Neate) Plumbe

Married: Elizabeth Jane Richards on 21 July 1851

Children: Occupation: Farmer. John farmed the Ashton Fields farm, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire. Many of the records of this farm are held in the Gloucestershire Record Office (Reference: D4128).

In 1840, John had been apprenticed to "Jos. Plowman, Oxford, ironmonger, brush factor, oil and colour merchant, tinman, smith and cooper", but we have no further record of how John came from this apprenticeship to farming the large Ashton Field farm. A bond issued in 1851 "from Jn. Plumbe jnr., Ashton Keynes, yeoman, to Jn. Plumbe snr., Wantage, coal merchant, to secure £1000 and interest" does provide a clue!

Notes: In 1863, John Plumbe was given a "Testimonial presented with a 'handsome purse to Mr. John Plumbe of Ashton Keynes for the trouble and expense...that he has given to the prosecution of a gang of South Cerney thieves'"

John Plumbe's family was clearly close to the family of Charles Hobbs of Meysey Hampton in Gloucestershire. Not only did two of his daughters marry two of Charles's sons, but we see in the 1871 census that Robert Hobbs is visting the Plumbes at the Westham farm and that two of the young Plumbe boys (ages 7 and 4) are visting at the Hobb's farm in Meysey Hampton. Both families appear to have sent at least some of their boys to King Alfreds College in Wantage.

Death: 1871, in Cricklade district, Wiltshire, England, aged 44

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John Plumbe

John Plumbe
John Plumbe
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Birth: 12 September 1852, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 27 October 1852, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Occupation: Draper

Death: 3 January 1898, in New Windsor, Berkshire, England, aged 45

Buried: 6 January 1898, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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John Plumbe

Birth: 20 July 1854, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Married: Alice Jane Leaker in 1891 in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, England

Children: Occupation: Farmer

Death: 20 May 1927, aged 72, at Ablington Manor, Bibury, Gloucestershire

Will: written 1895, proved 1927

Census:
1871: Westham Farm, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire
1881: Church Road, Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire
1901: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire Age: 46; Occupation: Farmer; Place of Birth: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

Notes: John farmed Ashton Fields farm near Ashton Keynes from his father's death in 1871 until 1915. (In the 1871 census, John and his mother are recorded on "Westham farm" but since they are surely on Ashton Fields at this point, either Westham was an earlier or alternative name for Ashton Fields, or there is an error in the 1871 census). In 1915, John moved to Manor Farm in Ablington, Bibury, Gloucestershire which he farmed as a tenant of the Sherborne estate. Farm records (Gloucester Records Office: D4128/F11/4) contain correspondence congratulating John Plumbe on proving the guilt of a shepherd and receiver of stolen lambs in 1892.

According to a short obituary in the "Gloucestershire Graphic" for May 28 1927, he was Chairman of the Parish Council and a prominent Freemason.

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John Hulke Plumbe

John Hulke Plumbe
Major John Hulke Plumbe
photo by Heath and Bullingham, printed in The Royal Navy p475 by William Laird Clowes

John Hulke Plumbe miniature
Portrait Miniature, possibly of Major John Hulke Plumbe
The miniature above, and the one of his wife, was found amongst the effects of my grandfather, Ken Gosnell (John Plumbe's nephew), with a note dated 2 Oct 1977 that reads "possibly Major John Plumbe, brother of Annie Plumbe, and John Plumbe's Wife". Some family members have expressed doubt that this is in fact John Plumbe. To me it looks like an older version of the man in the photograph above, but John died aged 42, and the miniature may be of a man older than 42.
Title: Major

Birth: 2 June 1858, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Married: Florence Hodgson on 15 October 1889 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England

Education: 27 Jan 1873: went to Philberds School.
Attended Kensington School of Art.
6 Sept 1876: went to Military College, Cowley, and then to Sandhurst.

Occupation: Officer, in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. He entered the Royal Marines in 1877, became a Captain in 1880 and a Major in 1885.

John Plumbe is listed in the book "Officers who died in the Boer War 1899-1902 extracted from The "Last Post" being a roll of all officers (Naval, Military or Colonial) who gave their lives for Their Queen, King and Country, in the South African War, 1899-1902." by Mildred G. Dooner:
Plumbe. - Major John Hulke Plumbe, Royal Marine Light Infantry, was killed in action at Graspan, Nov. 25th, 1899. The third son of the late Dr. S. A. Plumbe, of Maidenhead, he was born in 1858, and educated at the Oxford Military College. He entered the Royal Marines in 1877, was promoted capt. 1880, and major 1885, and is stated to have been a highly qualified officer, being a specialist in gunnery, fortification, torpedoes, and other subjects. He served in the Royal Marine Batt. in Egypt in 1882, and was present at every action in which it was engaged from the occupation of Alexandria to the actions of Tel-el-Mahuta, Kassassin, Aug. 28th, Kassassin, Sept.  9th, and Tel-el-Kebir, where he was slightly wounded in the hand and hip. He received the medal with clasp and bronze star. In the battle of Graspan Major Plumbe was in command of the Royal Marines belonging to the Naval Brigade. In this action their losses amounted to forty-three per cent., due to the "unflinching and self-sacrificing heroism of the troops that led the assault." Three officers and 72 men of the Royal Marines were killed or wounded out of a total of 5 officers and 190 men. In the Naval Brigade Major Plumbe, Commander Ethelston, Captain Senior, and Midshipman Huddart were killed, and almost all the petty and non-commissioned officers were struck down. Just before he was killed Major Plumbe said, "Rush for the hill, men," and when mortally wounded his last words were, "Forward! never mind me." A pet dog he took into action with him watched by his body for six hours, until the arrival of the ambulance. Major Plumbe was at first buried on the battlefield, but on the morning of Nov. 26th his body was moved, and he now lies close to Enslin Station beside Commander Ethelston and Capt. Senior. Their graves are marked by a large cross. Major Plumbe's servant, Private Doran, died of his wounds. The names of Major Plumbe and his servant are inscribed on the monument erected in the Cambridge enclosure, St. James's Park, by the officers and men of the Royal Marine Artillery and Light Infantry, in memory of their comrades who fell in South Africa and China.

Death of Major Plumbe
DEATH OF MAJOR PLUMBE AT THE BATTLE OF ENSLIN.
His little terrier followed him up the hill and kept watch by him for hours after he had been mortally wounded, until he was picked up by the ambulance.
The illustration by F.J. Waugh is from "With the Flag to Pretoria" pg 151
Death: 25 November 1899, in Graspan, Cape Colony, South Africa, shot through the heart.

John died in the Battle of Enslin, in the Boer War. This battle was also known as Graspan, and Rooilaagte. In H. W. Wilson's With the Flag to Pretoria (pp150-51), there is an account of the action which took place during the march of Lord Metheun's forces to the Modder River, and the book includes this illustration entitled "Death of Major Plumbe at the Battle of Enslin." which has this note below it, "His little terrier followed him up the hill and kept watch by him for hours after he had been mortally wounded, until he was picked up by the ambulance". Family folklore has it that this episode was the subject of a Rudyard Kipling poem, but I have been unable to find any such poem in Kipling anthologies. His last words, after his wounding, were encouragement to his troops to keep going... span style="font-style: italic;">"Forward! never mind me.".

Another account of the battle, including details of the Graspan memorial on Admiralty Arch can be found here. A memorial to the John Hulke Plumbe can be found at the West End Cemetery in Kimberley, South Africa. The memorial reads: 'In memory of the Officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines of the Naval Brigade who fell at the battle of Graspan, 25 November 1899, Commander A.P. Ethelston, R.N. H.M.S. 'Powerful' Major J.H. Plumbe, R.M.L.I. H.M.S. 'Doris' Captain G. Senior, R.M.A. H.M.S. 'Monarch'', and the HMS Doris "Gun" Memorial in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon has an inscription that reads: ~ This gun captured from the Boers during the South African War 1899-1902 has been erected here by the Officers and Men of HMS Doris in the memory of their shipmates who lost their lives in that campaign.   J H Plumbe, Major, HMLI; C A E Hubbart, Midshipman, RN; John Boyle, Private, HMLI; Francis Doran, Private, HMLI; Francis Coleman, AB; Matthew Wise, AB; Albert C Edwards, AB; John E Hook, Ord; William Lockett, Stores; W J Phillips, 2nd SBS; Lewis Wills, 2nd (Dom).   Ready - Aye - Ready. ~
Another plaque to Major Plumbe can be found in St Mary Church in Upper Walmer, Kent, and his name is inscribed on a monument erected in the Cambridge enclosure, St. James's Park

Buried: 26 November 1899, near Enslin Station, South Africa

Administration:

DEATH ON OR AFTER 1st JANUARY, 1898

    BE IT KNOWN that   John Hulke Plumbe of Ladywell
Herschell Road Walmer in the County of Kent

died on the 25thNove day of November 1899
at Graspan Cape Colony South Africa
intestate
 
 
 

AND BE IT FURTHER KNOWN that at the date hereunder written
Letters of Administration of all the Estate which by law devolves to and
vests in personal representative of the said intestate were granted by
Her Majesty's High Court of Justice at the District Probate Registry therof
to Florence Hulke Plumbe of Ladywell
aforesaid the lawful Widow and Relict
 

of the said intestate.     Resworn July 1902 £1104-19-7
Dated the 20thday of January 1900
Gross value of Estate ... £500.17. 6 .
Net value of Personal Estate £

Notes: John was the "Berger Master" of Deal, Kent.

Other events in John's life, mostly from a diary in the possession of Claire Freestone:
2 Feb 1859: cut first tooth.
22 October 1877: diary shows that "John joined at Chatham".
24 July 1879: "ill at Haslar Hospital".
Later "went to Haslar with Scarlet Fever".
29 June 1882: sailed for Egypt Involved in battles at Kassassin and Tel el Kebir, where wounded in hip and hand.
23 Oct 1882: returned to England.
29 April 1883: to Hong Kong (also in Diary).
October 1886: returned to England.

John sailed to South Africa on the Norman on 23 September 1899. The London Times reports on 22 September 1899, pg 8a:
"The Union Steamship Company's steamer Norman leaves Southampton tomorrow with the following officers on board: Maj.-Gen J.D. French, commanding cavalry brigade; Maj. D. Haig, brigade major; Lt. J.P. Milbanke, ADC; Col C. M. Downing; Maj. S.C.N. Grant; Rev. E.G. Macpherson and another chaplain; Maj. H. Earle, D.S.O., KOYLI; Maj. J.H. Plumbe, RMLI; Maj. W.H. Thomas, ASC; Capt. R. Stewart-Wortley; Capt. F.W. Foley, Royal Berkshire Regt.; Capt. I.T. Owen, Royal Berkshire Regt.; Capt. E. Studdart, ASC; Lt. J.G. Dugdale, 18th Hussars; Lt. P.G. Reynolds, 5th DG; Lt.R.G. Jeff, KRRC; Lt. C. de Putson, 1/Loyal North Lancs.; Lt. R.H. Collins, Royal Berkshire Regt; and Lt. Fitzmaurice, RN, Capt. Lord Douglas Compton, 9th Lancers, Miss M. Russell, superintendant of the Army Nursing Service and a staff of nurses, leave for Natal in the Castle liner Tintagel Castle, which leaves Southampton tomorrow."

Census:
1881: Vessel "Duncan", Minster In Sheppey - Sheerness, Kent

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John Cecil Plumbe

known as "Cecil"

Birth: 1888, in West Green, Edmonton district, Middlesex, England

Father: Thomas Plumbe

Mother: Susan (Argent) Plumbe 

Death: 1920

Census:
1901: (named as Cecil) living in Leyton, Essex; Age: 13; Place of Birth: West Green, Middlesex

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John Leaker Plumbe

Birth: 1892, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Alice Jane (Leaker) Plumbe

Occupation: with the Railways. Retired in 1956.

Death: 1961, in Ablington, Bibury, Gloucestershire

Census:
1901: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire Age: 9; Place of Birth: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

Notes: The Gloucester records office has numerous items of miscellania from John's youth such as school report cards at Cirencester Grammar School (D4128/F11/7) and cricket fixture cards (D4128/F11/8)

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Joseph Plumbe

Birth: 27 June 1800, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 25 July 1800, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: Hannah _____. Hannah was born about 1794, in Wick Rissington, Gloucestershire, England

Occupation: Landed Proprietor

Death: in Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, England, of "softening of the brain"

Buried: 9 April 1867, in Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, England

Notes: Said to have gone abroad to South America, came home married but with no children.

Census:
1841: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Kate Plumbe

Birth: 31 July 1831

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Emma (Lloyd) Plumbe

Notes: Died young

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Kate Plumbe

Birth: 23 November 1864, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Death: 1894

Census:
1881: Farm House, Bampton, Oxfordshire

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Kitty Plumbe

Birth: 7 September 1825

Baptism: 5 October 1825, in Old Church, St. Pancras, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Emma (Lloyd) Plumbe

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Laura Kate (Plumbe) Mason

Birth: 21 November 1865, at 37 Lower St, Deal, Kent, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Married: Charles Arthur Mason on 15 February 1890, in Bombay, India. Laura and Charles were engaged in June 1889.

Children: Death: 3 April 1937

Census:
1881: High Street, Cookham, Berkshire
1901: Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 36; Place of Birth: Deal, Kent


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Lillian Mary Plumbe

Lillian Mary Plumbe
Lillian Mary Plumbe
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Birth: 1877, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 31 October 1877, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Charles Strange Plumbe

Mother: Frances Elizabeth (Gosling) Plumbe

Married: Edward Strange Lang

Death: 1928

Notes: At the 1881 census, Lillian, aged 3, is with her grandparents. Her mother had just had another baby.

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Louisa Elizabeth (Plumbe) Thomson

known as "Lily"

Birth: 11 September 1856 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Married: George Osmond Lees Thomson on 18 December 1884, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The couple were engaged in August 1884.

Children: Death: 1900, in Bicester district, Oxfordshire, England, aged 44

Buried: 16 October 1900, in Merton, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: High Street, Cookham, Berkshire

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Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs

Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs
Louisa Jane (Plumbe) Hobbs c1905
(click for full photo)
photo courtesy of Peter Duffill
Birth: 5 May 1859, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

Married: Charles Hobbs

Children: Census:
1881: Farm House, Bampton, Oxfordshire

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Mabel G. Plumbe

Birth: 1869/70, in London, Middlesex, England

Father: Rowland Plumbe

Mother: Fanny Payne (Russell) Plumbe

Census:
1881: 13 Fitzroy Square, St. Pancras, London
1891: 13 Fitzroy Square, St. Pancras, London

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Margaret (Plumbe) Thomson

Birth: 29 December 1826, in London, Middlesex, England

Baptism: 29 January 1827, in Old Church, St. Pancras, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Emma (Lloyd) Plumbe

Married: John Buck Thomson on 11 December 1851, in St Georges, Ramsgate, Kent, England

Children: Death: 1874, in Thanet district, Kent, England

Notes:
Margaret received a legacy of £250 from her uncle, Robert Plumbe, in January 1874.

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Margaret Shepherd Plumbe

Birth: 1864, in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Henry Plumbe

Mother: Mary Louisa (Newman) Plumbe

Married: Edward Waddy in 1888, in Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire, England

Children:
 Census:
1881: 4 Bassett Road, London, Middlesex
1901: Bournemouth, Winchester Age: 37 Place of Birth: Winchester, Gloucestershire; Occupation: Lady Matron

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Marian Charlotte Plumbe

Birth: 17 March 1851, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 28 May 1851, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Buried: 28 August 1920, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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Martha Plumbe

Birth: 9 April 1810, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Baptism: 4 May 1810, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Death: 8 August 1887, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Census:
1841: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Martha Plumbe

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Caroline (Payne) Plumbe

Notes: From clues in Rolls Plumbe we conclude that Martha died young. It is noted on p47 that two siblings of Samuel Rolls', born after him, had died young (and before his death in 1832). Since Philip and Annie are alive at Rolls' death, the conclusion is that Harold and Martha were the ones who died young.

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Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Birth: 26 October 1798, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 28 November 1798, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: Joseph Aldworth on 4 August 1823, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Children: Occupation: School Mistress

Census:
1851: Lock House, Latton, Wiltshire
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Mary (Plumbe) Payne

Birth: 21 July 1800, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 20 August 1800, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Sarah (Simmons) Plumbe

Married: Samuel Payne on 8 October 1831, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by John Simmons Plumbe, Mary's elder brother.

Children: Census:
1881: 1 Premier Place, Exeter, Devon

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Mary Plumbe

Birth: 11 December 1827, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 9 January 1828, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Anne (Outhwaite) Plumbe

Buried: 20 December 1833, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England, aged 6

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Mary Plumbe

Father: Henry Plumbe

Matilda (_____) Plumbe

Birth: 1801/2, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Married: John Plumbe

Census:
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Murray Kinnock Plumbe

Birth: 1837

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Elizabeth (Perkins) Plumbe

Death: 1837

Notes: Died 7 weeks

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Nina Fanny Elizabeth (Plumbe) Ross

Birth: 1890, in West Green, Edmonton district, Middlesex, England

Father: Thomas Plumbe

Mother: Susan (Argent) Plumbe 

Married: Alfred Ross

Death: 1925

Census:
1901: living in Leyton, Essex; Age: 10; Place of Birth: West Green, Middlesex

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Nora Beatrice Plumbe

Birth: 1873, in Pancras, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Rowland Plumbe

Mother: Fanny Payne (Russell) Plumbe

Married: in 1894, in Marylebone, London, England

Census:
1881: 13 Fitzroy Square, St. Pancras, London
1891: 13 Fitzroy Square, St. Pancras, London

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Percival Charles Plumbe

Percival Charles Plumbe
Percival Charles Plumbe
photo from www.steelbreeze.net
Birth: 1881, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 11 July 1881, in St Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Charles Strange Plumbe

Mother: Frances Elizabeth (Gosling) Plumbe

Occupation: Missionary. 
Percival was initially apprenticed to Debenham and Freebody, in London. While there he took up religious work in his spare time amongst the poor in London's East End. He later became a full time missionary with the Chinese Inland Mission and, when based there was "three months bullock-cart ride from Peking".

Death: 1910, in Henley district, Oxfordshire, England, aged 28

Buried: 24 January 1910, in St Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire (in the 1881 census, Percival is the unnamed infant, aged 1 month)

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Philip Algernon Plumbe

Birth: 24 February 1863 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Education: Attended school at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex (1877). Philip's brother-in-law, and uncle of his future wife, Rev. George Thomson, was Second Master at the school at the time.

Married: Ethel Mary Thomson in 1903 in Portsmouth district, Hampshire, England

Children: Occupation: Bank Clerk; Philip worked solely for the Bank of England: he was elected as unattached Clerk aged 18 on 5 May 1881.  Gradual progression through the ranks, to final high office by 1911 as Principal of the Power of Attorney office.  He was pensioned 23 February 1928 aged 65.

Death: 29 September 1929, in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England

Census:
1881: High Street, Cookham, Berkshire
1891: "The Firs", Harefield, Uxbridge, Middlesex

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Robert Plumbe

Title: Dr.

Birth: 19 November 1803, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 27 December 1803, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England. The IGI has the baptism date as 16 December 1803.

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married: Louisa Mary Davies

Occupation: Surgeon. Robert was admitted M.R.C.S. in 1825, and served initially in the Indian Army. He was surgeon on the 'Countess of Harcourt' 1825-26, surgeon mate on the 'Bombay' from 1827-28 and surgeon on the 'Moira' from 1828-29. After this he joined the East India Company, and was selected by the EIC Board of Examiners for Madras in 1829. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 10 October 1829 and Surgeon on 31 January 1846. Robert retired on 30 September 1849.

Death: 19 December 1873, in Kensington district, London, England, aged 70. Living at the last at 11 Leonard Place, St Mary Abbotts, Kensington.

Notes:
Dr Robert's sisters Mary Aldworth, Widow, and spinster Martha Plumbe, (both stated to be of Wantage) were provided annuities, together with his nieces Mary and Ann Aldworth (Mary's daughters). He settled £1142-17-2d in July 1873 on brothers Dr Samuel A. Plumbe and Col. Thomas Plumbe of Bath, to give a 3.5% annuity to the above poorer relatives.

Robert's  will was proved on 16 Jan 1874, principally in favour of his widow, with  £200-250-300 legacies to his nephews Dr Samuel A. Plumbe, Henry Plumbe (solicitor), and his nieces Grace, and Margaret (Thomson).

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Rosa Louisa (Plumbe) Chalmers

Birth: 29 July 1856, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 22 October 1856, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: William Plumbe

Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

Married: John Chalmers on 6 September 1887, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Notes: The baptism and marriage records show Rosa Louisa. The 1881 census has Rose L., and the 1901 census has simply Rose, indicating that she probably used Rose rather than Rosa.

Death: 1936

Census:
1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
1901: living in Newport, Shropshire; Age 40, born in Henly on Thames, Oxon

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Rowland Plumbe

Birth: 1837/8, in London, Middlesex, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Ann Serena (Payne) Plumbe

Married: Fanny Payne Russell on 14 May 1867, in St. Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex, England

Children: Occupation: Architect. Rowland designed several public buildings and housing estates in and around London. His business must have outlasted his death - an envelope offered for sale on eBay was mailed in 1923 to Mssrs Rowland Plumbe and Partners, 34 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1.

Death: 2 April 1919

Census:
1881: 13 Fitzroy Square, St. Pancras, London
1891: 13 Fitzroy Square, St. Pancras, London

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Rowland Richards Plumbe

Birth: 1886, in West Green, Edmonton district, Middlesex, England

Father: Thomas Plumbe

Mother: Susan (Argent) Plumbe

Occupation:Drapers Warehouseman

Census:
1901: (named as Roland) living in Leyton, Essex; Age: 14; Occupation: Drapers Warehouseman; Place of Birth: West Green, Middlesex

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Samuel Plumbe

Birth: 29 November 1764

Baptism: 14 December 1764, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Plumb

Mother: Mary (Goff) Plumb

Married: Molly Aldworth on 19 November 1794, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England.

Children: Occupation: Wool Merchant and Clothier

Death: 16 January 1852, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

Buried: Wantage churchyard

Will: dated 28 November 1848. Proved 11 May 1852 Court of Archdeacon of Berkshire

Notes: Samuel Plumbe was a wool merchant and clothier of Mill Street, Wantage. He owned cloth mills and held contracts for the supply of cloth for army greatcoats.

Census:
1841: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

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Samuel Plumbe

Samuel Plumbe
This illustration in Rolls Plumbe does not explicitly state that it is of the Plumbe family (Samuel as the father) but it seems likely to be from the context, and if not is at least indicative of the era.
Birth: 25 March 1794, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Baptism: 23 April 1794, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Plumbe

Mother: Sarah (Simmons) Plumbe

Married (1st): to Caroline Payne on 20 May 1818 in St. Botolph Without Aldersgate, London, England

Children: Married (2nd): Ann Serena Payne on 23 June 1834 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, London, England

Children: Notes: Caroline Payne and Ann Serena Payne were sisters. Samuel Plumbe first married Caroline, and went to live in Tiverton, Devon, in about 1827. They had "a pretty cottage out of the town, that they might fully enjoy the country" (Rolls Plumbe p13). Caroline became ill and her sister Ann Serena Payne went to Tiverton and stayed with them, apparently to look after the children during her sister's illness. In November 1831 the family moved back to London (Richard Street, in St. George's in the East), where first Samuel Rolls, and then Caroline died. Ann Serena became Mrs Samuel Payne and had three children in quick succession before she was widowed. Chris Reynolds notes that at the time, this marriage to the sister of a deceased wife was both unacceptable to the Church and illegal.

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Samuel Plumbe

Albert Edward Plumbe
Samuel Plumbe
Birth: 8 October 1795

Baptism: 4 November 1795, SS Peter and St. Paul, Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

Married (1st): Anne Clarissa Perkins on 18 Jan 1820 in St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England

Children: Married (2nd): Emma Lloyd on 26 January 1824 in Old Church, St Pancras, London, England

Children: Married (3rd): Elizabeth Perkins on 31 December 1832, in Broadwater by Worthing, Sussex, England

Children: Occupation: Surgeon and Dermatologist. Samuel was one of the first physicians to make a clear description of the skin disease psoriasis. This disease, at one time known as Willan-Plumbe syndrome, was first described by Willan in 1808, and then by Samuel Plumbe in his book A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, published in London by Underwood in 1824. Samuel was the senior surgeon at the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Children.

In 1814 Samuel entered St. Thomas's Hospital, apprenticed to Mr. Stephen Wentworth of Oxford. The next year he was admitted as M.R.C.S. at the Royal College of Surgeons of London. From 1816 to 1820 he served in the East India Company's Navy. During this time he evidently became interested in skin diseases, and in the following years he started publishing results of his research. In 1821 he published A Practical Essay on Ringworm of the Scalp and the next year published On Diseases of the Skin which won him the Jacksonian Prize from the Royal Colege of Surgeons. In 1824 he published his landmark study "A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin: arranged with a view to their constitutional causes and local characters : including the substance of the essay to which the Royal College of Surgeons awarded the Jacksonian prize, and all such valuable facts as have been recorded by continental authors on these subjects to the present time". Samuel also published A popular and impartial estimate of the present value of vaccination as a security against Small Pox in 1830 and An Address to the Governors of Christ's Hospital on the causes, and means of prevention of the disease called Ring-worm in that establishment. From 1824 to 1830, Samuel was a member of the Medico-Chirurgical Society and from 1827 to 1830 was a surgeon at the Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Children, becoming senior surgeon by 1830.

In December 1836, Samuel was resident at Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, London.

Death: 1837

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Samuel Rolls Plumbe

Samuel Plumbe
This illustration in Rolls Plumbe does not explicitly state that it is of the Plumbe family (Rolls as the child) but it seems likely to be from the context, and if not is at least indicative of the era.
known as "Rolls"

Birth: 20 April 1821, in Holborn, London, Middlesex, England
Baptism: 1 July 1821, in Haberdashers Hall Independent, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Caroline (Payne) Plumbe

Death: 26 April 1832, in London, England. The death is recorded in Rolls Plumbe p51...
"His aunt said, "My dear, you are very ill, and you are about to leave us: is Jesus still precious to you?"
He smiles sweetly, and said, "Yes!"
"Where," he asked, "is mamma, and Philip and Annie!"
They were by his bedside, but they were too much affected to speak
His papa said, "Are you happy, dear?" His voice failed, and he could not answer.
"If you are quite happy, dear," his papa said, "squeeze my hand."
He did so.
His father repeated to him the words of David, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."
Rolls took his hand and drew it towards him, and placed it on his mouth to kiss it; but his powers failed, and without a struggle or a sigh, and with a kiss of filial love on his lips, he expired!"

Burial: 30 April 1832 at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground The burial index, has "Samuel Rolls Plume (sic) age 11, brought from Richard Street, St George in the East and buried Monday 30 May 1832 at 3 o'clock". The month is presumably a typo for April (especially since 30 April was a Monday, 30 May a Wednesday)

Notes: Rolls was the subject of a book Rolls Plumbe: An Authentic Memoir of a Child in A Series of Letters to a Child, written by Dr. Andrew Reed, the minister at his church. The book records the spirituality of the boy who was ill for most of his life, and died young.

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Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Title: Doctor

Birth: 29 October 1824, in London, Middlesex, England

Baptism: 26 November 1824, in Old Church, St. Pancras, London, England

Father: Samuel Plumbe

Mother: Emma (Lloyd) Plumbe

Married: Louisa Burton Hulke on 30 September 1852, in St. Andrew's, Deal, Kent, England

Children: Occupation: Doctor of Medicine

From the Provincial Section of the London and Provincial Medical Directory for 1858:
Samuel Plumbe: Maidenhead, Berks, (Bellis and Plumbe) MD, Kings Coll. Aberd. 1850; MRCS, Eng. 1849; LSA, 1850." (LSA is Licenciate of the Society of Apothecaries)

From the Post Office Directory of Berkshire, 1854
PHYSICIANS: Bellis & Plumbe, High st. Maidenhead
Maidenhead: TRADERS: Bellis & Plumbe, surgeons, High street

1864 Mr Samuel A Plumbe, Surgeon, Union Workshouse
              Samuel A Plumbe, MD, Physician, High Street

From Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Berkshire, 1876 for Maidenhead:
Private Residents:
Plumbe Samuel A., Esq., M.D., High street

Professions and General Trades
Plumbe Samuel A., physician, High st.

Notes: Samuel came to Maidenhead in 1852.

Extract from an article called Victorian Maidenhead in The Maidenhead Advertiser, Wednesday, April 24th, 1935
Monkendons - This large Georgian mansion, better known to many generations of Maidonians as "Dr. Plumbe's", etc....
The Doctors - In Victorian times the place became notable as the residence and dispensary of Dr. Benjamin Bellis and Dr. Samuel Plumbe. Dr. Bellis took up municipal service as his recreation and relief from arduous professional duties and became Mayor of the town in 1847-1860-61. Dr Plumbe senr., seems to have indulged in musical accomplishments; his sudden decease whilst attending a rehearsal of the old Philharmonic Society when under the conductorship of the late Mac Schultz, must yet be as fresh in the memory of my contemporaries as of my own.  My father and sister were present at that rehearsal which would be about the years 1872-4. The late Dr. E.C. Montgomery, father of Dr. E. Cecil Montgomery, became associated with Dr. Plumbe senior, and afterwards with his son who succeeded his father.  The succession of Dr. E. Cecil Montgomery and his work in conjunction with Dr. Plumbe until the latter's lamented removal by death and the transference of the "Monkendons" dispensary to the Marlow-road - Castle Hill corner, belongs partly to a period later than the Victorian era.

A query on "Monkendons" has been posted on www.curiousfox.com for Maidenhead:
"Monkendens" was situated at 151 High St where, I'm told, its roof had a landmark copper dome or cuppola. On the land now, I am told a mere supermarket stands! Dr SA Plumbe served the area in a joint practice from about 1863 till his death in 1876, while his son Dr ST Plumbe took over and must have made his mark till his own early demise in 1909. About 1910 the house-contents were sold, and we think the site was cleared at that time.

A Catalogue of Sale for the house-contents dated 1 September 1909 shows that the house had 5 bedrooms, 2 maid-rooms, Billiard room, Drawing room, Morning room, Library, Dining room, Entrance Hall, Kitchen, Scullery and Larder.

Death: 6 December 1876, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, aged 52

Will:
This is the last Will and Testament of me Samuel Alderson Plumbe of Maidenhead in the County of Berks Doctor of Medicine I revoke all former Wills by me heretofore made I bequeath the household goods furniture plate linen china books pictures wines liquors and provisions which may be in or about the house in which I may reside at my decease to my dear Wife Louisa Burton Plumbe for her absolute use I also bequeathto my said Wife the sum of Fifty pounds which sum I direct my Executors to pay to her within one month after my decease in order to supply her immediate occasions I bequeath to Henry Plumbe of Winchcomb in the County of Gloucester Gentleman and my said Wife Louisa Burton Plumbe All my personal estate and effects whatsoever not herein specifically disposed of And also all my messuages lands tenements hereditaments and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever (except estates vested in me as a Trustee or Mortgagee) To hold the said real and personal estates to the said Henry Plumbe and Louisa Burton Plumbe their heirs executors administrators and assigns according to the nature thereof upon trust that they or the survivor of them their his or her assigns or his or her heirs executors or administrators (my Trustees or Trustee for the time being) shall with all convenient speed after my decease sell dispose of and convert into money so much of my personal estate as shall be in its nature saleable and collect get in and retain and receive the residue thereof And also make sale of all or any part of my real estate by Public Auction or Private Contract altogether or in lots at any time or times and subject or not to any conditions or stipulations as to title or otherwise with power to buy in the same at any such Auction and to rescind or vary any Contract for sale without being subject to make good any loss in price occasioned thereby and shall convey assign and dispose of the property sold to the purchaser or purchasers thereof or as they or he may direct And I declare that the Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall stand possessed of such part of my residuary personal estate as shall consist of money or retained securities and of the monies to arise from the sale or conversion of my real and personal estate Upon the trusts hereinafter declared (that is to say) In the first place to satisfy the costs and expenses attending such conversion and sale and in the next place to pay and discharge all my just debts whether due on Mortgage bond or simple Contract and my funeral and testamentary expenses And lastly to lay out and invest the residue of the said monies in their or his names or name in the Parliamentary Stocks or funds of Great Britain or on real Securities in England (but not in Ireland) or on the Debentures or guaranteed stock of any Railway or other Company or of any Municipal Corporation in the United Kingdom or upon the Loans or securities of any Foreign Government or any English Colony or Dependency or of the United States of America and with full power from time to time to alter and transpose the said securities and any securities retained for others of the prescribed nature And as to the application of the said residuary trust funds and securities upon trust to pay the annual income thereof to my said Wife during her life And after her death I declare that my Trustees or Trustee shall hold the said trust funds and securities In trust for all my children or any child who being Sons or a Son shall attain the age of twenty one years or being Daughters or a Daughter shall attain that age or marry And I declare that the shares of my Daughters shall be for their respective sole and separate use and benefit independent of the debts control or engagements of any Husband with whom they may marry and their receipts alone given after the same shares shall be payable shall be good discharges to my Trustees And I declare that after the decease of my said Wife or with her consent in writing during her life the Trustees or Trustee for the time being shall and may at their his or her discretion pay or advance for or towards the education or the preferment or settlement in the world of any child all or any part of the then presumptive or vested portion under the trusts aforesaid And that my said Trustees or Trustee shall either forthwith sell and convert into money my said residuary real and personal estate or any part thereof or defer such sale and conversion at their or his discretion without being responsible for any loss occasioned thereby the rents and profits of any property remaining unsold being applied in the manner in which the interest of the money to be produced by a Sale would be applied if the same were sold And in case my Son Samuel should not have joined me in my practise at the time of my death it is my express wish that he should have the option of succeeding to my share therein he giving his Bond for payment of the premium (to be arranged on the usual basis) by easy instalments with interest the amount of and period over which such installments shall extend I expressly leave to the discretion of my said Tustees or Trustee whom I specially absolve from all responsibility with reference thereto And I devise all estates which may at the time of my decease be vested in me upon any trusts or by way of Mortgage unto the said Henry Plumbe and Louisa Burton Plumbe their heirs executors administrators and assigns respectively according to the nature and quality thereof respectively Subject to the trusts and equities affecting the same respectively And I appoint the said Henry Plumbe and Louisa Burton Plumbe Executor and Executrix of this my Will. In witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament set my hand this Sixth day of Dec. One thousand eight hundred and seventy five.
Signed by the said Samuel Alderson Plumbe the Testator as his last Will and Testament in the presence of us being present at the same time who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as Witnesses.
Samuel Alderson Plumbe.
S.H. Gascoigne, Lieut. General, Ivybridge, Devon.
Edwin C. Montgomery of Maidenhead, Surgeon.

Proved at Oxford, the Sixteenth day of January 1877, by the Oaths of Henry Plumbe, the Brother, and Louisa Burton Plumbe, Widow, the Relict, the Executors to whom Administration was granted.

The Testator Samuel Alderson Plumbe was late of Maidenhead in the County of Berks, Doctor of Medicine, and died on the Sixth day of December 1876, at Maidenhead aforesaid.

Under £9000 pounds.

Henry Plumbe, Solicitor, Winchcomb.

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Samuel Thomson Plumbe

Birth: 8 July 1853 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England

Father: Samuel Alderson Plumbe

Mother: Louisa Burton (Hulke) Plumbe

Occupation: General Practitioner

1883 Samuel Thomson Plumbe, MD, Surgeon
         Montgomery & Plumbe, Surgeons, 88 High Street
               
1903 Montgomery & Plumbe, Surgeons, 88 High Street
         Plumbe, Samuel Thomson, MD London, MRCS England, Physician & Surgeon 

Death: 7 June 1909, at "Monkendens", Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, aged 55

Buried: 10 June 1909, in Maidenhead cemetery, Midenhead, Berkshire, England

Obituary: British Medical Journal, 26 June 1909, p1578
Dr. PLUMBE, who had practised for thirty-one years at Maidenhead, was found dead in his bedchamber on the morning of June 7th. He had attended as usual to his professional work the day before, and seemed to be well and strong when he retired to rest, but he had suffered from an attack of syncope three years earlier, and it was then discovered that he was already the subject of heart disease. His father died suddenly in December, 1876, at the age of 52, and Dr. Samuel Plumbe himself was only 56 at the date of his decease. He died unmarried. Dr. Samuel T. Plumbe was the son of Dr. Samuel Alderson Plumbe, who settled in Maidenhead in 1852. He studied.at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He graduated M.B.Lond., and obtained the diploma of M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. in 1877, and took the degree of M.D.Lond. in 1882. He held for a time after his first qualification the appointment of House-Surgeon to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital. In 1878 he joined his deceased father's partner, Dr. Edwin Cuthbert Montgomery, in practice. Dr. Plumbe was widely and deservedly popular, being skilful, prompt, punctual, and extremely humane. His funeral, which took place at Maidenhead Cemetery on June 10th, was very largely attended, and the assemblage of persons representative of all classes was a striking testimony to the affection and esteem in which he was held throughout the town and district.

Notes: Samuel began training at St Bartholomews  in Oct 1872. He went to Canterbury May 2 1877 as House Surgeon, and in May 1883, he took M.D. (London). Samuel was one the founding members of staff at the Maidenhead Cottage Hospital n Norfolk Park, Maidenhead, which was opened in 1879, at which time it could accommodate seventy three patients. The cost of the building was met largely by public donations. It was enlarged in 1908, 1911 and 1921, and by the time the final extensions were completed in 1930, it accommodated over five hundred patients. In 1948 it was absorbed into the National Health Service as Maidenhead General Hospital. It was closed in 1974 and its patients moved to St Mark's Hospital, Maidenhead. Samuel worked there until his death in 1909, and a brass memorial plaque was created in his honour reading:
"Samuel Thompson Plumbe, MD, member of the staff of the hospital, 1879-1909. Erected March 1910."              
A query on "Monkendons" has been posted on www.curiousfox.com for Maidenhead:
"Monkendens" was situated at 151 High St where, I'm told, its roof had a landmark copper dome or cuppola. On the land now, I am told a mere supermarket stands! Dr SA Plumbe served the area in a joint practice from about 1863 till his death in 1876, while his son Dr ST Plumbe took over and must have made his mark till his own early demise in 1909. About 1910 the house-contents were sold, and we think the site was cleared at that time.

A Catalogue of Sale for the house-contents dated 1 September 1909 shows that the house had 5 bedrooms, 2 maid-rooms, Billiard room, Drawing room, Morning room, Library, Dining room, Entrance Hall, Kitchen, Scullery and Larder.

Census:
1881: Taplow Mills, Taplow, Buckinghamshire
1891: 86-90 High Street, Cookham, Berkshire
1901: living in Maidenhead, Berkshire; Age: 47; Place of Birth: Miadenhead, Bucks (sic), Occupation: Physician & Surgeon

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Samuel Winchcombe Plumbe

Birth: 1866/7, in Cheltenham, Gloucester, England

Father: Henry Plumbe

Mother: Mary Louisa (Newman) Plumbe

Census:
1881: 9 Johnstone St, Bathwick, Somerset

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  • Birth: Age and place from 1881 census;

    • Sarah (Plumbe) Dunn

    Birth: 25 September 1795

    Baptism: 21 October 1795, in St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Father: John Plumbe

    Mother: Sarah (Simmons) Plumbe

    Married: Thomas Henry Dunn on 11 July 1821, in St. Mary, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. Marriage witnessed by John Simmons Plumbe (bride's brother), Charlotte Plumbe (wife of John Simmons Plumbe) and Mary Plumbe (presumably the younger sister of the bride)

    Children: Death: 17 August 1886

    Notes: Claire Freestone's data has the marriage of Sarah to Thomas Highgate, but I can find no corroboration of this and I believe it to be a transcription error of Thomas Dunn of Highgate.

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    Thomas Plumbe

    Title: Colonel

    Birth: 14 July 1806, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

    Baptism: 8 August 1806, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

    Father: Samuel Plumbe

    Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

    Married: Ellen Moss in 1841, in Marylebone, London, England

    Children: Occupation: Army Colonel in H.M. Bengal Army (NEICS). Thomas served in the 27th Native Infantry. His cadet papers are dated 1824-25 and he retired in June 1858.

    Death: 1894, in Hendon, Middlesex, England

    Notes: Retired to Abbeyville, Lynchcombe Hill, Bath

    Census & Addresses:
    1873: Bath (mentioned as a trustee of annuities established by his brother, Robert)
    1881: Abbey Villa, Lyncombe & Widcome, Somerset

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    Thomas Plumbe

    Birth: 26 January 1828, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

    Baptism: 19 March 1828, in SS. Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England

    Father: John Plumbe

    Mother: Elizabeth (Neate) Plumbe

    Death: 9 November 1844, aged 16

    Buried: in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

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    Thomas Plumbe

    Birth: 1857, in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England

    Father: John Plumbe

    Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Richards) Plumbe

    Married: Susan Argent in 1882, in Hackney district, Middlesex, England

    Children: Occupation: Warehouseman (Silk trade)

    Death:     1936

    Census:
    1901: Leyton, Essex; Age: 43; Occupation: Warehouseman Silk Trade; Place of Birth: Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire

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    Thomas Strange Plumbe

    Birth: 17 September 1865, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Father: William Plumbe

    Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

    Death: 20 November 1865, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

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    Thomas Argent Plumbe

    Birth: 1884, in West Green, Edmonton district, Middlesex, England

    Father: Thomas Plumbe

    Mother: Susan (Argent) Plumbe 

    Married: Violet Danford

    Occupation:     Drapers Warehouseman

    Death: 1967

    Census:
    1901: Leyton, Essex; Age: 17; Occupation: Drapers Warehouseman; Place of Birth: West Green, Middlesex

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    Velebeth Plumbe

    Velebeth Plumbe
    Velebeth Plumbe
    photo from www.steelbreeze.net
    known as "Vi"

    Birth: 27 July 1870, in Islington, Middlesex, England

    Father: James Plumbe

    Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

    Married: Charles Strange Plumbe on 11 August 1910, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

    Children: Death: 1947

    Notes: Velebeth married her second cousin. The common ancestors were her great-grandparents, John Plumbe and Sarah Simmons.

    Census:
    1881: Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire
    1891: 18 Gery Street, Bedford St. Cuthbert, Bedfordshire

    Sources:

    William Plumbe

    William Plumbe
    William Plumbe
    portrait from www.steelbreeze.net
    Birth: 14 April 1798, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Baptism: 16 May 1798, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Father: John Plumbe

    Mother: Sarah (Simmons) Plumbe

    Married: Anne Outhwaite on 7 January 1823, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The marriage was witnessed by John and Mary Plumbe, and James and Robert Outhwaite.

    Children: Occupation: Ironmonger in Henley upon Thames, Oxfordshire

    Death: 6 June 1845, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England. William died at the Henley regatta.

    Burial: 13 June 1845, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Sources:

    William Plumbe

    Birth: 15 February 1802, in Wantage, Berkshire, England

    Baptism: 30 March 1802, in SS Peter & Paul, Wantage, Berkshire, England. The IGI has the baptism date as 19 March 1802; I note that there is a discrepancy of exactly 11 days, and that this is the same as the discrepancy for William's younger brother Robert. It seems quite a coincidence that the Old Style / New Style date discrepancy is 11 days even though this should only ever be a factor for dates before 1752. Keith's data is taken from transcripts prepared by the Oxfordshire Family History Society.

    Father: Samuel Plumbe

    Mother: Molly (Aldworth) Plumbe

    Notes: Died abroad

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    William Plumbe

    Birth: 21 February 1821, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Baptism: 2 May 1821, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Father: John Simmons Plumbe

    Mother: Charlotte (Aldworth) Plumbe

    Married: Ann Richardby Strange

    Children: Occupation: Magistrate Alderman Draper. William was the Mayor of Henley in 1858, 1874 and 1882.

    Death: 14 March 1890, aged 69

    Buried: 20 March 1890, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Census:
    1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

    Notes:
    William is named as an executor in the will of Thomas Strange (his father-in-law):
    Thomas Strange. Personal Estate £2.916.6s.8d. 1 January. The will with a codicil of Thomas Strange late of Swindon in the County of Wilts Gentleman who died 29 August 1883 at Swindon was proved at the Principal Registry by William Strange of Bilbrooke in the County of Somerset Paper Manufacturer the son and William Plumbe of Henley-on-Thames in the County of Oxford and James Lang of Ludlow in the County of Salop drapers and Thomas Coll of Stroud in the County of Glouucester Banker the Executors.

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    William Henry Plumbe

    William Henry Plumbe
    William Henry Plumbe
    portrait from www.steelbreeze.net
    Birth: 31 December 1860, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Baptism: 10 January 1861, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Father: William Plumbe

    Mother: Ann Richardby (Strange) Plumbe

    Occupation: Draper

    Death: 4 April 1894, in Henley, Oxfordshire, England

    Buried: 7 April 1894, in St. Mary's, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

    Census:
    1881: Market Place, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire

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    William Plumbe

    Birth: about 1859, in Islington, Middlesex, England

    Father: James Plumbe

    Mother: Velebeth (Chibnall) Plumbe

    Occupation: Photographer of 76a High Street, Maidenhead. Some of William's work can be found in the National Portrait Gallery

    Death: 1915, in Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, England

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