Biography:
John Orchard
1866 –06/05/1946
John Orchard
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John Orchard was born to Thomas and Mary Orchard in Nether Winchendon in Buckinghamshire in 1866.
In 1881 he was a fifteen year old agricultural labourer, living at Manor Farm, Lower Winchendon, with his parents and siblings.
In 1891, in Berkhamsted he was a groom; in 1901, a coachman at Horseheath Lodge, and in 1911 a ‘cab driver for a job master’, back in Berkhamsted.
Horseheath Lodge is a substantial country house, built in the early 19th century, with owners with close connections with horse racing. In 1901 there was a substantial household, including a butler, and two grooms: the owners are not recorded on the census.
John died at his daughter’s home in 51 Baker Street, Luton, of heart disease, on 7 May 1946, aged 80
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John Orchard was born to Thomas and Mary Orchard in Nether Winchendon in Buckinghamshire in 1866.
In 1881 he was a fifteen year old agricultural labourer, living at Manor Farm, Lower Winchendon, with his parents and siblings.
In 1891, in Berkhamsted he was a groom; in 1901, a coachman at Horseheath Lodge, and in 1911 a ‘cab driver for a job master’, back in Berkhamsted.
Horseheath Lodge is a substantial country house, built in the early 19th century, with owners with close connections with horse racing. In 1901 there was a substantial household, including a butler, and two grooms: the owners are not recorded on the census.
John died at his daughter’s home in 51 Baker Street, Luton, of heart disease, on 7 May 1946, aged 80
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