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Agnes Gurney (887a)
1863 –31/07/1922
Agnes Gurney (887a)
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AGNES GURNEY
Agnes Gurney, nee Rance, was born in 1863 in Potten End and died on 31 July 1922. Her first appearance in official records was when she married William Riddle in 1883. The young couple had four children, two sons and two daughters over the next six years.
Sadly, William died very young in a cart accident in 1890 when he and Agnes were aged 26. The 1891 Census records Agnes as a widow “living on her own means” in Gravel Path Berkhamsted with all four young children in the household plus two “boarders”, William Crocket and David Gurney. Both lodgers were employed at Keys Timber Yard which was situated nearby at the end of Castle Street.
In 1896 Agnes Riddle married her lodger David Gurney and by 1901 they had a daughter and a son who joined the four children from Agnes’s first marriage in Gravel Path. David is described as a foreman at the timber yard and William Crocket is still a boarder in their home along with another boarder. By 1911 another son had been born, and the family had moved to 47 Castle Street.
In the 1921 Census the family are still in Castle Street. All three of Agnes and David’s children are living in the house and in local employment. David remains a foreman at the timber yard and has been joined there by his eldest son who is a driver. The couple’s daughter is a tailoress at the mantle factory and the youngest son works at the Court theatre. They are all working close to home.
Agnes died the following year aged 59 and is buried in the Rectory Lane cemetery. David remarried and lived on for another 22 years.
Liz Railton
3 November 2025
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AGNES GURNEY
Agnes Gurney, nee Rance, was born in 1863 in Potten End and died on 31 July 1922. Her first appearance in official records was when she married William Riddle in 1883. The young couple had four children, two sons and two daughters over the next six years.
Sadly, William died very young in a cart accident in 1890 when he and Agnes were aged 26. The 1891 Census records Agnes as a widow “living on her own means” in Gravel Path Berkhamsted with all four young children in the household plus two “boarders”, William Crocket and David Gurney. Both lodgers were employed at Keys Timber Yard which was situated nearby at the end of Castle Street.
In 1896 Agnes Riddle married her lodger David Gurney and by 1901 they had a daughter and a son who joined the four children from Agnes’s first marriage in Gravel Path. David is described as a foreman at the timber yard and William Crocket is still a boarder in their home along with another boarder. By 1911 another son had been born, and the family had moved to 47 Castle Street.
In the 1921 Census the family are still in Castle Street. All three of Agnes and David’s children are living in the house and in local employment. David remains a foreman at the timber yard and has been joined there by his eldest son who is a driver. The couple’s daughter is a tailoress at the mantle factory and the youngest son works at the Court theatre. They are all working close to home.
Agnes died the following year aged 59 and is buried in the Rectory Lane cemetery. David remarried and lived on for another 22 years.
Liz Railton
3 November 2025
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