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The
LANE Family with C18th Taunton, Somerset origins>
Descendant
families in C19th-C20th Bristol & Plymouth, SW England,
Canada & US
Origin of
surname: Possibly Old Gaelic or Cornish, 'Llane', meaning a plain
or barren sandy level lands, or simply a geographical reference
to a family living in a lane.
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Distribution of the family
name in 1881
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General
Synopsis - Updated October 2009:
The family has known early
C19th origins in the Taunton & Wellington area of Somerset,
SW England. Ancestral families probably exist in the area in the
C18th as there are numerous LANE references, with the name
present in Taunton as far back at the C16th. Records do not
provide an integrated picture, so any researchers who can trace
their LANE families back to the area are of interest.
Until the C20th, the main
family trade of the LANEs was iron foundry or iron (sometimes
brass) moulding, so this long established tradition suggest the
same in the C18th Taunton area. Later, some family members were
linked with careers at sea and in the C19th the army.
While some descendants
probably remained in the Taunton area, my main family branch
migrated first to the north coastal Somerset towns of Watchet (by
1860) and Dunster (by 1861), back to Taunton (1870/71) and then
the Bristol districts of Totterdown (1871) and Bedminster (1874
until the 1900's) and Easton in 1901. Other Taunton family
members also migrated to Bristol, and due to the size of families
a large numbers of relatives and their descendants will still
live in the greater Bristol area. One sub-branch is known to have
gone to Plymouth & Devonport, Devon, and there may still be
an extended family there. At least one son of this branch
emigrated to the US.
At some stage before 1904 my
sub-branch of the family was in Walsall (STS) and then Birmingham
by the 1930's.
Note
on family names:
The LANE family, as many
others in the Victorian period, often have the order of their
first and second names reversed in census returns compared to
their official birth registry, which can cause confusion when
searching for them in the BMD versus census. Where found, both
are given (and on rare occasions all three names), but it appears
in life they were mostly known by their second names within the
family.
Current heads of this LANE
family tree are my 4xGGF John LANE, who was probably an
iron moulder born around 1775 in the Taunton area, and his wife
Mary of unknown surname. John probably married one or both
of Mary PHILLPOTT (6.10.1801) and Mary OXENHAM
(22.9.1808) at Taunton St Mary. Baptismal records suggest there
were two children born after 1808:
William
LANE (1809-89), whose career was
at sea, heads the "Maritime branch" of the LANEs. He
married a Susan
of unknown surname (1810-88) from Lawhitton, Cornwall, sometime
between 1826 & 1837. The marriage is not found in England,
so may have occurred overseas or onboard ship. The birth records
of their children provide the maritime connection. The family
are not present during the 1841 census (their son John born
overseas in 1840) and in 1851 East Stonehouse, Devon, William is
away from his family, presumably at sea. He retired sometime
before 1861. In 1871, William was a land-based smith, with the
1861 & 1881 census confirming his status as a Greenwich
Pensioner. Admiralty records may reveal more history of
William's career and where his family were in the period around
1840:
Jemima
Elizabeth LANE (1838 Stonehouse,
DEV), m. James PAVEY
of Hambridge, SOM, a labourer/mason in 1857 Taunton;
John
LANE (1840 Ascension island). In
1861, John was a gunner in the Royal Marine Artillery based at
Portsea, HAM. By 1871 he was a stonecutter living in
Whitchurch, DEVON, after which he disappears from records. He
may have rejoined the Navy or emigrated;
Charles
Robert LANE (1848 Stonehouse). In
1871 Charles was registered as a seaman onboard RN vessel
"Nimble" in Zanzibar. In 1875 Tavistock, DEV, he
married Mary Elizabeth CRUSE
(1848-92). They appear to have been childless. In 1881, Charles
is recorded as RN Seaman, a member of Ships Police, in
Tranmere, Cheshire and in 1891 an Admiralty Messenger living in
Battersea London. In 1901 Fulham, London, he was a messenger
and confirmed Naval pensioner. In 1893 Wandsworth, London he
married Fanny,
widow COBB.
Her son Leonard Francis COBB
(1889) was recorded as adopted Francis
L LANE in 1901;
Robert
LANE, the son of Robert &
Mary, (1811-71) was c. 30.6.1811 at the Octagon Chapel, Taunton.
[Note: Another Robert LANE, child of Robert & Hannah LANE c.
3.3.1813 at Taunton is confirmed as a different descendant
family, however the parents of both Roberts (John & Robert)
may be related]. Robert
LANE,
Ironfounder, and my 3xGGM Elizabeth
LOCK
(1809-72) m. 21.7.1831 at the C15th Church of St Mary Magdalene,
Taunton. They appeared to have had at least six children
according to baptismal records and census returns. They were in
Taunton throughout their lives:
Anna
Mary LANE (1832-xx). Not on 1841 census, some presumed to
have died young in the 1830's;
Walter
William LANE (aka William
Walter LANE, 1835 Taunton
-1907 Bristol) my 2xGGF. His story is below;
Jane
Maria LANE (1836-40);
Mary
LANE (c1838 Taunton). In 1841 she
is recorded with member of the LOCK family. She married Edwin
John Beaton SULLY in 1858 Taunton
and continued to live in the town;
John
LANE (c1843 Taunton). His story
is below;
Charles LANE
(1848 Taunton - 1899 King's Norton, Birmingham). Charles was an
Ironmonger's clerk in 1871 Bedminster (Bristol) and was shortly
afterwards involved in the iron trade (as a commercial
traveller) based in Birmingham. In 1875 Birmingham he married
Sarah Ann HALEY.
The couple were childless and lived in Edgbaston;
William Walter LANE
aka Walter William LANE
, my 2xGGF, Iron Founder & Iron Moulder, married Emma
COTTRELL
on 31.12.1855 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton PC (the Mary
LANE witness was likely to be
his sister as it took place a couple of years before her own
marriage in 1858). Both were of Church Square, Taunton. Their
known children, with an extensive extended family in the Bristol
area, are:
Emma
Josephine LANE (1856,
Appley/Stawley SOM - 1932 Bristol), m. 1879 = Thomas
George CHAPMAN in Bedminster. The
CHAPMAN family were in Bedminster in 1901;
Eva
Lavinia LANE (1860 Watchet
SOM - 1933), m. 1881 = Thomas
Charles THATCHER at Bedminster.
The THATCHER family were in Bristol St. George in 1891 &
1901;
Mary
Elizabeth LANE (1862 Dunster,
SOM - 1939), m. 1889 = Frank
GOLDSWORTHY at Bedminster. The
GOLDSWORTHY family were in Bedminster in 1891 & 1901;
Walter
Robert LANE (1863 Dunster -
1940 Birmingham), my GGF - see family below;
Francis
Herbert LANE aka Herbert
F LANE (1865 Dunster). In 1891 he
was a private in the Ordnance Corps at the Anglesea Barracks,
Portsea, Hants. Based on family stories, he is likely to be one
of two brothers who may have been killed in the Boer War
(1899-1902) as he is missing from subsequent records;
Henry
Frederick LANE (1867 Dunster
- 1951 Bristol), m. 1892 = Amelia
Emma BIRD at Barton Regis. In 1901
the family (with Amelia referenced as America E.) were in the
Ashley area of Bristol with their two sons:
George
Frederick LANE (1893 Barton Regis
- 1977 Cheltenham, GLS), m. Daisy
TURNER (1887) in 1923 Cheltenham.
Child:
Reginald
James LANE (1895 Barton
Regis-1995 Cornwall), m. 1922 = Alice
Victoria CARVETH (1901-87).
Children:
Donald
Henry LANE (1924 Bristol), m.
Norah Myfanwy Mary HOWELLS
in 1952 Bristol. Children:
Patricia
Myfanwy Mary LANE (1953
Plymouth), m. John G BRYCELAND
in 1973 High Wycombe, BKS;
David
C LANE (1958 Plymouth);
Jean
Carveth LANE (1927 Bristol);
Malcolm
Reginald LANE (1932 Bristol -
1966 Slough, Berkshire), m. Madeleine
BRAY in 1955 Bury St Edmunds,
Suffolk. Children:
Christina
Madeleine LANE (1957 Banbury,
Oxon);
Jeremy
Gordon Malcolm LANE (1960
Colchester, Essex), m. Helen B
DER AVEDISSIAN in 1984
Bracknell, Berkshire;
Clifford
Pullin LANE (1901 Bristol), m.
Janet SUTHERLAND
c1925 in BC, Canada. Child:
Vera
Doreen Minnie LANE (1905 Bristol
- 1974 Poole, Dorset) m. Arthur
Clifford WARREN (1903-92) in 1931
Bristol;
Oliver
Cromwell LANE (1868 Dunster),
d. unmarried in 1893 Bristol, aged 24;
William
Ernest LANE (c 1.1871 - Q3 1871
Taunton);
Beatrice
LANE (1872 Totterdown,
Bristol), d. 1893 Bristol, aged 21;
Reginald LANE (1874
Bedminster, Bristol). At home in 1891 but not found on 1901
census. Based on family stories, he is likely to be one of two
brothers who may have been killed in the Boer War (1899-1902) as
he is missing from subsequent records;
In 1901 census Walter William
& Emma LANE were in Easton, Bristol at 31 Church Road.
Walter was a home-based employer of an iron foundry.
My GGF Walter
Robert LANE
married Emily
BATEMAN
in Barton Regis, Bristol in 1884. The family moved from Bristol
after 1891. In 1901 they were already at 90 Rutter Street,
Walsall, with two surviving children of their 17 year marriage to
date; Fred
LANE
(1889-1926) and Adeline Elizabeth B
LANE (9), both born Bristol. By
1911 in Regent Road, Handsworth the two surviving children were
Fred & Nora, Adeline having died in 1910 aged 18. Walter was
boarding in Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton in 1911, a newspaper
advertisement canvasser.
Based on a single family picture
and length of marriage, it assumed that the majority of children
of Walter & Emily died in childhood and only Fred & Nora
survived to adulthood, and then only Nora to old age. Many infant
deaths are recorded for LANE in the Walsall & West Bromwich
RDs with possible naming patterns. A Walter William LANE
in 1899-1900 Walsall suggests the family were there by that time.
The key reference photo is show
below. Taken in the period leading up to 1910, it appears to show
Walter & Emily with 5 children. The girl standing is assumed
to be Adeline, who died shortly after this picture was taken. It
is not clear whether the oldest son, Fred, is in the picture
(sitting left, or taking the picture), however there are two
other sons and two daughters. The girl sitting right is the
spitting image of Nora, however she would have been only six
(maximum in 1910) and she would have to be a look-alike older
sister. Other family photos suggest the youngest girl sitting
would be Nora. By 1911 only Fred & Nora will be alive. It is
also possible, the photo is after 1910 and shows Nora visiting
unknown relatives sometime in 1920's. My grandmother recalled
finding at least a couple of her siblings dead in bed, however
the detail was never obtained before her death:
Fred
LANE (1889-1926) married Ada
SMITH in 1917 West Bromwich.
BMD suggests the following possible children (the history of
only one is known):
Edith
LANE (Aston, 1918);
Betty
J LANE (King's Norton, 1921), was
the niece and bridesmaid at my grandmother's wedding in 1927
and married Reginald Geoffrey
CLARKE (1921-97) in 1948
having daughters Bryony
CLARKE (= Stephen BROOKER) &
Lucinda CLARKE;
George
E LANE (King's Norton, 1922);
Sheila
M LANE (King's Norton, 1923);
Their daughter Betty LANE
Adeline
Elizabeth Bateman LANE (1891-1910);
William
Walter LANE (1899-1901);
Elsinora Alicia
Patricia LANE,
(1904-85) my grandmother, was born in Rutter Street, Walsall in
the West Midlands and married William
Sanders GRACE
in 1927. They had only one child, my father.
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Walter
Robert LANE
(early
C20th - date unknown, probably before 1911)
reading
the Nuneaton
Observer
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Elsinora
Alicia Patricia LANE
(around
1920)
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The
Family of John LANE & Fanny PROCTOR of Taunton:
[Taunton
until c1870, then Bristol (1881), Plymouth (1891) & Devonport
(1901)]
John LANE (c1843
Taunton), Iron Moulder, & wife Fanny
PROCTOR (1844 of Wellington,
Somerset) married in Taunton in 1864. BMD & baptism records
show that the couple had at least 13 children, suggesting
significant descendants in the SW of England and possibly
overseas. 5 of their children were baptised on the same day in
1886 at Redcliffe St Mary:
William
Robert LANE (1865 Taunton),
Iron moulder m. 1883 Bristol = Eliza
Jane WHITROW. Both sons, Iron
moulders, were lodging separately in Twerton, SOM. Children
included those deceased by 1911 census:
Unknown
child #1 LANE (n. after 1883, d. by 1911);
Unknown
child #2 LANE (n. after 1883, d. by 1911);
Unknown
child #3 LANE (n. after 1883, d. by 1911);
William
George LANE (1884 Barton Regis),
Iron moulder, m. Mabel Margaretta
LUKINGS c1906 (marriage not
found). Bristol children:
Rosie
May LANE (1907);
William
George LANE (1908-76), Iron
Moulder, m. Martha Ann COLLINS
in 1905 Bath. Family settled in East Twerton, Bath for all
their children:
Florence
Annie LANE (1906);
William
John LANE (1908);
Thomas
James LANE (1909-10) -
confirmed by 1911 census;
Violet
May LANE (1910);
Alfred
E LANE (1912);
Rose
E LANE (1913);
Nellie
I LANE (1917);
Emily
M LANE (1918);
Frederick
H LANE (1920);
Doreen
P LANE (1924);
Thomas
LANE (1911);
Frederick
LANE (1914);
daughter
LANE (1918);
Mabel
M LANE (1919);
Stanley
D LANE (1921), m. Minnie
E LUCAS in 1941 (no known
children) & Doreen B DERRICK
in 1946 Bristol. Children:
Michael
D LANE (1949);
Robert
J LANE (1950);
Raymond
LANE (1923-90);
Dorothy
V LANE (1926), m. Thomas
H COOPER in 1946;
Arthur
LANE (1928);
Thomas
Edward LANE (1885 Barton Regis -
1976), Iron Moulder, m. Julia
LLOYD (1885-1927) in 1910
Bristol. Children include (post 1911 BMD):
Alice
Maud LANE (1887);
John
James LANE (1892);
Emily
A LANE (1896- <1911);
Rose
LANE (1897);
Frederick
Charles LANE (1898);
Henry
Arthur LANE (1900);
Robert
Alfred LANE (1902);
Florence
Mabel LANE (1907);
Walter
Charles LANE (1867 Taunton),
domestic coachman, m. 1900 Barton Regis = Daisy
HATHWAY. The couple were at Filton
in 1901 with no children at that time;
Elizabeth
Fanny LANE aka Fanny
Elizabeth LANE (c1869 Taunton,
possibly indexed as Emily Elizabeth in 1869). Indexed as
Elizabeth Fanny in 1881, nothing is further known;
Florence
Helena LANE (1870 Taunton) m.
1892 Plymouth = William Henry
CLEMENTS. The couple were resident
in Widecombe in the Moor, DEV in 1901;
Rosa
Louisa LANE (1871
Bedminster), m. 1894 Bedminster Walter
John FILER and living in 1901 at
Uplands, Stroud, GLS (her POB incorrect);
Henry
John LANE (1874 Bedminster) -
not on 1891 or 1901 census so may have been in the military and
outside England. Last recorded in 1881;
Frank
Henry LANE (1876). Known from
Redcliffe St Mary baptisms only, where he was baptised in 1882.
The year of birth at baptism appears as 1875 instead of 1876
(BMD). He is not at home in the 1881 census and may have been
away at school. In 1891 he appears to be a scholar "under
detention" on the vessel "Formidable" in
Redcliffe, and a labourer in 1901;
Albert
Edward Proctor LANE (1877
Bedminster), m. 1898 Plymouth = Ellen
Ann W FOLEY. Albert widowed in
1900 & with Arthur in 1901. He remarried in 1901 Liskeard,
Cornwall = Elizabeth HONEYWILL.
Children include (pre 1910 unknown):
Winifred
B LANE (1915 Plymouth), m.
Frederick J H WAKEHAM
inn 1939 Plymouth;
Violet
M LANE (1920 Plymouth), m.
Reginald A STALLARD
in 1942 Plymouth;
Arthur
James Proctor LANE (1878
Barton Regis), m. 1898 Plymouth = Louisa
HEALY. The 1901 census in Plymouth
had Arthur & Louisa LANE
present with their ages but then a list of LANEs and an
Elizabeth HEALY all crossed out. In order, they were William,
Walter, Fanny, Florence, Rose, Harry, Albert, Nellie, Ernest,
Harold & Frederick, which match the age order of Arthur's
siblings, excluding Frank. This was probably an error by Arthur
to fill out his entire family as the siblings were elsewhere. It
does, however, independently confirm the full list of his
siblings. Why Frank was left out is unknown. Perhaps he was
institutionalised?. Sometime after 1901 the couple must have
emigrated to the US, as Arthur (with his full 3 names) is
documented as drafted into the US military for WW1 (1917-1918),
a resident of Stark County, North Dakota;
Lillie
Nellie LANE aka Nellie
LANE (c1880 Barton Regis), m. 1906
Plymouth to William COBBLEDICK;
Alfred
Ernest George LANE aka Ernest
LANE (c1882, Bristol), Butcher's
Assistant, m. Maud Beatrice MILTON
in 1906 Plymouth. Children include:
Beatrice
V LANE (1920);
Rosa
D LANE (1924);
Harold
Edgar Proctor LANE (c1884
Bristol), Barman, m. 1906 Swindon, Wiltshire to either Josephine
SABBATELLA or Beatrice
TRUMAN;
Frederick Thomas LANE
(c1886 Bristol), Barman. Nothing further known. If he was in
Swindon like his older brother, he have married there in 1908
(Beatrice Kate GLASS
& Beatrice Elizabeth REEVES
(2 of 3 females listed, the third missing)) or Bristol in 1915
to Ethel G ALMOND;
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