William Austin & Jane Jones of Herefordshire.
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William Austins, b. 1819 at Tedstone Wafer, Herefordshire, d. circa 1870
+Jane Jones, chr. 21 Feb 1830 at Wichenford, Worcestershire, m. 17 Apr 1849 at Tedstone Delamen, Herefordshire ├── Mary Ann Austin, b. 1850 at Whitbourne, Herefordshire ├── Ebenezer Austin, b. 14 Apr 1854 at Brockhampton, Herefordshire, d. 9 Jun 1943 │ +Emily Mary Jane Poyner, b. 1852 at Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire, m. 1 Sep 1872 at Barbourne, d. 7 May 1908 │ ├── Ebenezer Ambrose Austin, b. 16 Sep 1873 at Ross, Herefordshire │ │ +Sophia (--?--), b. at Totnes, Devon, m. before 1901 │ │ └── Bert Austin │ ├── Emily May Eugena Austin, b. 19 May 1876 at Gloucestershire, d. 1960 │ │ +(--?--) Corrigan │ ├── Maggie Maud Grace Austin, b. 4 Nov 1878, d. Jun 1879 │ ├── Ida Liliian Austin, b. 1881 at Swindon, Wiltshire │ │ +Sydney Seaford │ │ +Vernon Barker │ ├── Frederick William Wallace Austin, b. 31 Mar 1883 at Swindon, d. 3 Jan 1979 │ │ +Fanny (--?--) │ │ +Edith Rose │ │ ├── Minnie Austin │ │ └── Bill Austin, b. 1920 │ │ +Elizabeth Annie Stroud │ ├── Arthur Albert Austin, b. 14 May 1885 at Swindon, d. Feb 1947 at Swindon │ │ +Florence Stratton, m. 1922 │ │ ├── Arthur Austin, b. 28 Jul 1924 │ │ │ +Margaret Yates │ │ │ └── Rebecca Austin │ │ │ +Ian Buck │ │ └── Bill Austin, b. 28 Jul 1924 │ ├── Archibald Reginald Horace Austin, b. 17 Oct 1886, d. 7 Jan 1963 │ │ +Gladys Maud Webb │ │ └── Betty Austin │ │ +Jack Dowdeswell │ ├── Elsie Beatrice Maggie Austen, b. 23 Feb 1889 at Swindon, d. 23 Dec 1920 │ │ +Tom Hunt, m. 29 Jan 1910 │ └── Dorothy May Austin, b. 31 Oct 1895 at Swindon, d. Aug 1979 │ +Frederick John Gundry, m. 24 Nov 1915 │ +Florence Ellen (--?--), b. 1881 at Redmarley, Gloucestershire, m. after 1908 ├── Sarah Jane Austin, b. 1 Feb 1859 at Thornbury, Herefordshire ├── Albert William Austin, b. 2 Dec 1860 at Thornbury, Herefordshire │ +Alice M (--?--), b. 1871 at Trowbridge, Willtshire │ ├── Harold W Austin, b. 1893 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire │ ├── Graham F Austin, b. 1901 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire │ └── Bernice M Austin, b. 1904 at Trowbridge, Wiltshire │ +unknown spouse │ └── Bill Austin, b. 1920 at Stratton │ +unknown spouse │ ├── Roger Austin │ └── Geoff Austin ├── Walter Austin, b. 7 Nov 1862 at Thornbury, Herefordshire ├── Jesse Austin, b. 5 Oct ├── Ellen Austin, b. 19 Mar 1865 at Thornbury, Herefordshire ├── Reuben Austin, b. 26 May 1867 at Thornbury, Herefordshire │ +Selina (--?--), b. 1869 at Somerset, m. circa 1894 │ ├── Muriel E M Austin, b. 1895 at Wells, Somerset │ ├── Doris M Austin, b. 1896 at Wells, Somerset │ └── Ethel D Austin, b. 1901 at Wells, Somerset └── Hester Austin, b. 21 Feb 1869 at Thornbury, Herefordshire Printed on: 11 Oct 2014 |
William Austin was an agricultural labourer; two of his sons and a grandson was closely associated with the railway.
The Railway Village was planned when the Great Western Railway Company's 7ft-wide, broad gauge line reached Swindon in 1840.
From the outset there was considerable difficulty in providing accommodation for the employees at the Swindon railway works and the solution was to build a model village, using Bath stone (most probably from the cutting out of Box tunnel) and stone from the Swindon quarries. Brunel's foresight: ear ly designs of the Railway Village Driven by commercial considerations (the GWR was not a philanthropic organisation!), builders Rigby's constructed the housing to a standard which they considered would warrant the rent which skilled engineering workers could be expected to pay. Each road was named after the destinations of trains that passed nearby - Bristol, Bath, Taunton, London, Oxford and Reading among them - and was built in two blocks of four parallel streets, not dissimilar in appearance to passing trains. From Guide to Swindon. http://www.swindonweb.com/index.asp?m=8&s=116&ss=341 |