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William RAWLINGSON

William was born in 1838 in Poslingford. William's father was John RAWLINGSON and his mother was Mary LONG. His paternal grandparents were Clement RAWLINGSON and Sarah FULLER; his maternal grandparents were Henry LONG and Ann BIRD. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Henry, George, James, Robert, John, Ann, Sarah, Ellen, Mary and Susan. He was the fifth oldest of the eleven children.

General Notes
- Information about this family also given by Mrs June Burton from Halstead Essex who says that William had 13 children of whom 10 survived. There are only details of 8 of them on this database.

Occupation Details
- From 1901 to 1901 William's occupation was Agricultural Labourer full time in agriculture.
  - Occupation Notes
    - The labouring work on the farm, as hay mowing, hedging, ditching, draining and the like, is performed by hired labourers upon day wages, or upon contracts by piecework. When hired for the whole year round, from half a guinea to 12 shillings a week. Upon the large farms there usually is one or two such labourers, having cottages, for which their wives have to shear. Such labourers may earn from £25 to £30 yearly, besides their harvest wages and food, and generally have extraordinary wages for mowing hay. The hours of labour during eight months are from six in the morning till six in the evening, with one hour for breakfast and one for dinner, at nine and one respectively. In the four winter months of November, December, January, and February, work continues during good light, when frost allows, and breakfast is taken before work begins.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Clement RAWLINGSON
  
  John RAWLINGSON
  - b.1808 in Poslingford d.1846 in Poslingford
  
  Sarah FULLER
  
  William RAWLINGSON
  - b.1838 in Poslingford
  
  Henry LONG
  - b.25 Jan 1766 in Thorpe Morieux d.1827 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  Henry LONG
  - b.1786 in Thorpe Morieux d.1834 in Poslingford
  
  Mary SPIGHT
  - b.1758 in Thorpe Morieux d.1817 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  Mary LONG
  - b.1811 in Thorpe Morieux d.1885 in Poslingford
  
  Edmund BIRD ^*
  - b.1677 in Kettlebaston d.Oct 1728 in Hitcham
  
  Samuel BIRD
  - b.1722 in Hitcham
  
  Sarah SEAGRAVE
  - b.1680 in Buxhall
  
  Edmund BIRD
  - b.1747 in Thorpe Morieux d.Jun 1822 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  John BOORE ^*
  - b.1691 in Preston St Mary
  
  Elizabeth BOORE
  - b.1718 in Preston St Mary d.Sep 1757 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  Elizabeth
  
  Ann BIRD
  - b.1784 in Thorpe Morieux d.1827 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  George BRAGG
  - b.1721 d.1755
  
  Mary BRAGG
  - b.1747 in Brettenham d.1823 in Thorpe Morieux
  
  George BUCKNUM ^*
  - b.1690 d.1731
  
  Mary BUCKNUM
  - b.1722 in Rattlesden
  
  Mary HAYWARD
  - b.1690 d.1736
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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