George John Seymour was born Chinnor Oxfordshire in May 1865, the son of John George Seymour (1844-1926) b. Chinnor and Caroline nee Sewell (ca 1846-1924) b. Crowell Oxfordshire.
In 1886 George, the eldest of ten siblings, turned twenty-one and the same year married Annie Stockwell a domestic servant b. Henton. They settled in Bledlow Buckinghamshire, George working as an ag labourer and later a shepherd. It is accounted of him, 'George had a bright, happy disposition with a twinkle in laughing eyes and a good ruddy complexion of the open air.'
And of Annie, 'Annie would clasp us to her ample bosom in a loving bear hug, leaving no doubt how welcome we were.' Together they raised seven children in Bledlow. Their firstborn, Emily Rose Mary Seymour b. 1887 was my paternal grandmother.
When the vicar came to Bledlow, Emily recalled how children in the village were required to stop their work or play and reverently stand by the roadside with heads bowed until he passed.
Emily married my Grandfather, Herbert Guy Fawcett Simmonds at Bledlow in 1909. In 1912, together with their firstborn son, aged two, they left England and arrived on a hot summer's day in the port of Fremantle, Western Australia on board the SS Armadale. Their arrival date was the 4th January 1913.
Children of John Seymour (1844-1926) and Caroline nee Sewell (ca.1846-1924)
(All born Chinnor Oxon)
*George John 1865-1943
Mary Ann 1867- ca 1959
William Henry b. 1870
Edwin James b. 1873
Elizabeth Ann bp. 1875 (Emigrated to Boston Mass USA - Married Edward Harding b. Ireland)
Sarah Jane b. 1878
John 1880-1969
Charles 1882-1978 (Emigrated to Boston Mass USA )
Kate 1885- ca 1984
Harold 1894-1962 (Emigrated with Charles to Boston Mass USA)
Children of *George John (1865-1943) and Annie nee Stockwell (1866-1949)
(All born Bledlow Bucks)
Emily Mary Rose 1887-1951
William J b. ca 1889
Elsie b. ca 1892 (m. Albert Crowther)
Ethel b. ca 1895 (m. William Crowther)
Amy b. ca 1897 (Never Married)
Aubrey b. aft Mar 1901 (m. Adeline)
George b. aft Mar 1901 (m. Alice Webster in 1941)
