Family of Robert PITCHER and Rhoda Gardiner HART

Husband:
Robert PITCHER (c. 1838- )
Wife:
Rhoda Gardiner HART (1842-1881)
Children:
Henrietta Margaret PITCHER (c. 1860-c. 1891)
William Gardiner PITCHER (c. 1873- )
Marriage:
6 Mar 1859
Norwich St. Stephens^1,2
married by licence, Robert a miller from Ingworth, Rhoda's age given as 21 - a white lie?, witnesses were Samuel PITCHER and Margaret VILCH?

Husband: Robert PITCHER

Name:
Robert PITCHER
Sex:
Male
Father:
William PITCHER ( - )
Father:
-
Birth:
c. 1838

Wife: Rhoda Gardiner HART

Name:
Rhoda Gardiner HART
Sex:
Female
Father:
Henry Gardiner HART (1812-1875)
Mother:
Margaret BROWNE (c. 1806-c. 1873)
Birth:
17 Nov 1842
Tharston^3,4
Baptism:
28 Jan 1844 (age 1)
Tharston³
Census:
1851 (age 8-9)
Tharston⁵
Address: Railway Cottage, Tharston

8, scholar, living with parents Henry (38, master miller employing 3 men) and Margaret (44), and brother Henry (10, scholar)
Census:
1861 (age 18-19)
Ingworth⁶
Address: Turnpike, Ingworth

18, living with parents Henry (49, miller) and Margaret (55), brother Henry (20, miller) and daughter Henrietta PITCHER (9 mths)
Census:
1871 (age 28-29)
Ingworth⁷
Address: Ingworth Street, Ingworth

26, living with brother Henry Gardiner (30, miller employing 2 men and 1 boy)
Death:
26 Jan 1881 (age 38)
New Buckenham^8,9
Burial:
29 Jan 1881
Bressingham¹⁰
Probate:
31 Dec 1883
Principal Registry⁸
PITCHER Rhoda Gardiner. 31 December [1883]. Administration of the Personal Estate of Rhoda Gardener Pitcher (Wife of Robert Pitcher) late of New Buckenham in the County of Norfolk who died 26 January 1881 at New Buckenham was granted at the Principal Registry under the usual Limitations to William Locke Byne of 12 Abchurch-lane in the City of London Accountant and lawful Attorney of the said Robert Pitcher now residing in the Colony of New South Wales. Personal Estate £589.

Child 1: Henrietta Margaret PITCHER

Name:
Henrietta Margaret PITCHER
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Harry ORFORD (c. 1850- )
Birth:
c. 1860
Erpingham^11,12
Baptism:
5 Aug 1860 (age 0)
Erpingham¹¹
parents given as Robert and Rhoda
Census:
1861 (age 0-1)
Ingworth⁶
Address: Turnpike, Ingworth

9 mths, living with grandparents Henry HART (49, miller) and Margaret HART (55), mother Rhoda PITCHER (18) and uncle Henry HART (20, miller)
Census:
1871 (age 10-11)
Bressingham¹³
Address: High Street, Bressingham

10, scholar, living with grandparents Henry HART (59, farmer of 84 acres employing 7 men and 2 boys) and Margaret HART (64)
Census:
1881 (age 20-21)
Bressingham¹⁴
Address: High Street, Bressingham

20, living with husband Harry (21, farm steward) and brother William G PITCHER (7, scholar)
Death:
c. 1891 (age 30-31)
Bressingham^15,16
Burial:
22 Jan 1891
Bressingham¹⁵

Child 2: William Gardiner PITCHER

Name:
William Gardiner PITCHER
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1873
Bressingham¹⁷
Baptism:
10 Apr 1881 (age 7-8)
Census:
1881 (age 7-8)
Bressingham¹⁴
Address: High Street, Bressingham

7, scholar, living with brother-in-law Harry ORFORD (21, farm steward) and sister Henrietta M (20)

Note on Wife: Rhoda Gardiner HART

There is some confusion over the dates of deaths and marriages! Rhoda married Robert PITCHER in 1859, then Henry SCOTT in 1880 where her condition is widow. The 1883 probate record for her states, 'Wife of Robert Pitcher ..... granted at the Principal Registry under the usual Limitations to William Locke Byne of 12 Abchurch-lane in the City of London Accountant and lawful Attorney of the said Robert Pitcher now residing in the Colony of New South Wales'. (The 'now residing' indicates still living?) With the family name of Gardiner used in the forenames of many of the family members, making quite distinctive full names, there is little chance that there would be two people with the same name, also not with father's distinctive name (Henry Gardiner HART) and occupation (miller) the same. It is not possible to research the Robert PITCHER in New South Wales as there are several appropriately named people in records but with no other indications as to whether they are 'our' Robert PITCHER.

Sources

1.: Parish register - marriage. Norwich St. Stephens. Cit. Date: 6 March 1859.

2.: Civil Registration - marriage. 1859 Q1 Norwich 4B 267. Cit. Date: Q1 1859.

3.: Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 28 January 1844.

4.: Civil Registration - birth. 1842 Q4 Depwade 13 44. Cit. Date: Q4 1842.

5.: 1851 Census. HO107 1821 655 3. Cit. Date: 1851.

6.: 1861 Census. RG09 1207 63 3. Cit. Date: 1861.

7.: 1871 Census. RG10 1804 60 3. Cit. Date: 1871.

8.: National Probate Calendar. 1883 Page 297. Cit. Date: 31 December 1883.

9.: Civil Registration - death. 1881 Q1 Guiltcross 4B 175. Cit. Date: Q1 1881.

10.: Parish register - burial. Bressingham. Cit. Date: 29 January 1881.

11.: Parish register - baptism. Erpingham. Cit. Date: 5 August 1860.

12.: Civil Registration - birth. 1860 Q3 Aylsham Norfolk 4B 72. Cit. Date: Q3 1860.

13.: 1871 Census. RG10 1838 92 12. Cit. Date: 1871.

14.: 1881 Census. RG11 1971 85 7. Cit. Date: 1881.

15.: Parish register - burial. Bressingham. Cit. Date: 22 January 1891.

16.: Civil Registration - death. 1891 Q1 Guiltcross Norfolk 4B 188. Cit. Date: Q1 1891.

17.: Civil Registration - birth. 1883 Q3 Guiltcross Norfolk 4B 227. Cit. Date: Q3 1873.