John Grave Biggs

abt 1819 - 1891  (~ 72 years)

• Name	John Grave Biggs  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	abt Jan 1819	Reading   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	son of John Biggs & Catharine Grave, marr Caversham 22 Dec 1817.
  Baptism	11 Jan 1819	St Giles, Reading   [5]
  Education	1838 -	Worcester College, Oxford   [1]
  	Biggs, John Grave, 1s. John, of St. Giles, Reading, arm, Worcester Coll., matric. 8 March, 1838, aged 19. [Oxford University Alumni] [no mention of degree]
  Residence	Jun 1841	Kidmore End, Caversham   [6]
  	resid with Catharine Grave, 75, independent, & James Grave, 50, farmer.
  Marriage	27 Oct 1845	St Giles, Reading
  	Anne Kitcat,   b. 04 Jul 1818, Newbury ,   d. Nov 1862, Swansea
  Occupation	Mar 1851	Farmer (200 acres)  [7]
  Residence	Mar 1851	Newell House, Warfield   [7]
  Residence	1853	Warfield   [1, 8]
  Occupation	Apr 1861	Colliery Manager  [4]
  Residence	Apr 1861	6 Richmond Villas, Swansea   [4]
  Marriage	abt May 1868	Croydon ; Jane Hannah de Carle, born Bury St Edmunds abt 1819  [9]
  Residence	Apr 1871	4 Eastern Parade, Southsea   [3]
  Residence	Apr 1881	Brooklands, Dallington   [1, 2]
  Death	18 Mar 1891	Melbourne, Knyveton Rd, Bournemouth   [10, 11]
  Probate	04 May 1891	London ; £4,807 16s. 6d.  [12]
  	Biggs, John Grave, Esq. 4 May [1891]. The Will of John Grave Biggs formerly of Dallington near Hawkhurst in the County of Sussex but late of Melbourne Knyveton-road Bournemouth in the County of Southampton Esquire who died 18 March 1891 at Melbourne was proved at the Principal Registry by the Reverend David Kitcat of Westonbirt Rectory near Tetbury in the County of Gloucester clerk and Robert Coster Dryland of Reading in the County of Berkshire Gentleman the Executors. Personal Estate £4,807 16s. 6d. [NPC]
  Notes	John Grave Biggs, of Worcester Coll., Oxford, (matric. 8 March, 1838, aged 19), and of Warfield, Bucks., and later of "Brooklands", Dallington, Sussex. Mr. Biggs, of independent means, and following no profession, was eldest son of John Biggs, of St. Giles, Reading, and was a life-long friend of Preb. Ralph Raisbeck Tatham, a fact which decided Mr. Biggs to settle in later life at Dallington. [Curtis]
  Person ID	I1696	Tatham | Morris branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2014

  
  

  Family	Anne Kitcat,   b. 04 Jul 1818, Newbury ,   d. Nov 1862, Swansea  (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	27 Oct 1845	St Giles, Reading   [13, 14]
  Notes	8 children, Maria the youngest [Curtis] Resid Mar 1851: James Grave (4), Catherine Ann (2), Henry Grave (1); also James Butler Kitcat (20). Resid Apr 1861: James Grave (14), Henry Grave (11), Elizabeth (7), John Maundy (5), Jane (2), Maria Mary (3m). Resid Apr 1871: Elizabeth (18), Nina (16), John M (15), Jane (12), Maria M (10). Resid Apr 1881: Jane (22), Maria M (20), both b Swansea. dau Jane, b Swansea abt 1859, marr reg Islington 3Q1882 to Ernest Arthur Blackwell Sanders, b Barnsbury abt 1859, vicar of All Saints, Holloway, 1884-1891. He officiated at the wedding of his sister-in-law Maria Mary Biggs to Charles John Willmer Tatham at St Giles, Dallington, on 15 Sep 1887. It was possibly their daughter Ellen B J Sanders who attended Charles Tatham's funeral at Holy Trinity, Long Melford, on 15 Sep 1935.
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Biggs,   b. abt Aug 1853, Warfield ,   d. 30 Aug 1935, Chester Villa, Florence Rd, Shanklin  (Age ~ 82 years) + 2. Maria Mary Biggs,   b. 21 Dec 1860, Swansea ,   d. 05 Oct 1944, The Cottage, Hall St, Long Melford  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2011
  Family ID	F0172	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S04] H Curtis: Notes for a Pedigree of the Tathams of Co. Durham. [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 61 [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 53 [S01] Census, UK, 1861. age 42 [S06] Parish Registers, baptisms, St Giles, Reading, 11 Jan 1819. [S01] Census, UK, 1841. age abt 21, gent [S01] Census, UK, 1851. age 32 b Reading [S01] Census, UK, 1861. dau Elizabeth age 7 b Warfield [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Croydon, 2Q1868. [S02] BMD Index, death reg Christchurch, 1Q1891. age 71 [S14] National Probate Calendar. [S16] Crockford's Clerical Directory. [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Reading, 4Q1845. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, St Giles, Reading (IGI), 27 Oct 1845.