ELIJAH GILDING was born at Sporle with Palgrave on September 2nd 1856 and baptised the 28th.

1878 26th October Married ELLEN PERRY at Sporle with Palgrave.

1940 11th March Elijah Gilding was buried in Gaywood churchyard.

1943 3rd December Widow Ellen was buried in Gaywood churchyard.

 

CHILDREN of Elijah and Ellen:

 

ARTHUR GILDING 1879 Born on the 27th of February and baptised on the 30th of March in Sporle with Palgrave.

1899 8th April Burial in the churchyard of Hunstanton St. Mary.

 

ADELAIDE GILDING 1880 Born on the 3rd and baptised on the 24th of June at Sporle with Palgrave.

1905 22nd April Married Ernest Charles Smith, son of William and Eleanor Smith, at Hunstanton.

Children: Doris Madge Smith 1908, Reginald Smith 1912.

 

JAMES GILDING 1882 Born on the 19th of January and baptised on the 2nd of March at Sporle with Palgrave.

1904 23rd July Married Margaret Beverley, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Beverley, at Hunstanton.

Children: John Edwin Gilding 1910, Ivy Gladys Gilding 1912, William Henry Gilding 1913, Herbert James Caledonia Gilding 1915, Basil Ernest Gilding 1919.

 

GEORGE GILDING 1883 Born 26th December. Baptised on the 24th of January at Sporle with Palgrave.

1903 15th May Married Annie Florence Sexton, daughter of Charles and Lettice, at Hunstanton.

Children: Arthur Ernest Gilding 1904, Dorothy Hilda Gilding 1908, Herbert George Gilding 1912, Edward John Gilding 1914.    

 

MARY GILDING 1885 Born on the 12th of October at Sporle with Palgrave.

1885 Died in the Swaffham district.

 

DAISY GILDING 1887 Born on the 9th of February and baptised on the 20th of March at Sporle with Palgrave.

1908 22nd September. Married Arthur Corbey, son of James and Annie Corbey, at Hunstanton.

Child: Phyllis Annie Corbey 1909.

 

ETHEL GILDING 1889 Born on the 3rd of August and baptised on the 3rd December 1891 at Sporle with Palgrave.

1910 19th July Married Frederick Richardson aka Matsell, son of Martha Richardson, Hunstanton.

Children: Cyril Henry Matsell 1913, Eric Matsell 1917.

 

LEONARD GILDING 1891 Born on the 6th of Nov. and baptised on the 3rd of December at Sporle with Palgrave.

1925 April. Married Mary Ann Littlewood at Gaywood.

Children: Joan Irene Gilding 1925, Christopher Leonard John Gilding 1929, Robin Edward Gilding 1935.

 

FLORENCE EVA GILDING 1894 Born on the 14th of March and baptised on the 13th of May at Sporle with Palgrave.

1923 Married James William Corbey, son of James and Annie Corbey, St. Neots, Hunts district.

1969 Married Ernest Starling in the St. Neots district.

 

RUTH GILDING 1896 Born on the 11th of February at Sporle with Palgrave. Twin.

1896 Died in the Swaffham district.

 

RACHEL GILDING 1896 Born on the 11th of February at Sporle with Palgrave. Twin.

1896 Died in the Swaffham district.

 

HILDA MAY GILDING 1897 Born on the 23rd of October and baptised on the 5th of December at Sporle with Palgrave.

1918 25th November Buried in the churchyard of Hunstanton St. Mary.

 

SYBIL ANNIE GILDING 1901 Born on the 19th of December and baptised on the 9th of February 1902 at Hunstanton.

Married John Yardley.

Children: Anthony Yardley 1936, Patricia Yardley 1937.

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