Rampton of Whitchurch Family Chart no. 70

	Thomas RAMPTON		Fanny BAXTER
	born circa 1875 at Fulham MDX		born 1891 Grantham RD LIN
			m. 1918 Grantham RD LIN [FreeBMD]
	d. 31 Jan 1919 at Grantham bur. Londonthorpe St John the Baptist churchyard (military headstone)		d. 27 Nov 1942 Bourne LIN, aged 52 [FreeBMD & probate]
	Gunner RN (1901) Mason's Labourer (1911) Private Machine Gun Corps (1918/9)

Their Children

Thomas John Henry
born 1919 Bourne RD LIN [FreeBMD]
m. Nora OVERTON 1953 Grantham RD LIN [FreeBMD]

Additional Information

Thomas had been a Gunner in the Royal Marines in 1901, having joined up 16 Aug 1892 [Ancestry], whilst brother Henry also served in the Royal Marines in Portsmouth. At the time of the 1911 census, Thomas was working as a mason's labourer in Merthyr Tydfil. At some point in the next seven years he joined the Machine Gun Corps as a Private, and married Fanny in Grantham LIN. Details of his service and memorial can be found on the Rampton War Memorial page.

When Fanny died, her will, proved 27 Mar 1943, named the beneficiary as Ena Maria BAXTER; so far I have been unable to establish their relationship.

Family Group Identifiers

Family: RAMOVERTON1
Family Group: whitchurch070