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  • Name George Matthews
    Christening 5 May 1850  St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Son of Eliza Matthews, single woman, of the Union Workhouse; no father named.
    Baptismal Record: George Matthews (1850)    		 Baptismal Record: George Matthews (1850)
    Gender Male
    Census 7 Apr 1861  Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age: 11 
    1861 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset    		 1861 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset
    Person ID I1653  Cocks/Baker
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2026

    Father John King,   b. Abt 1836, Street, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Sep 1899, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Relationship Stepchild
    Mother Eliza Matthews,   b. Bef 27 Sep 1826, West Horrington, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Jan 1906, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 79 years)
    Marriage 7 Apr 1867  St Benedict’s Church, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867)    		 Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867)
    Notes 
    • Eliza Matthews’s children before her marriage were baptised as Matthews with no father named: George (Wells, 1850, born in the workhouse), Eliza (I1578), Elizabeth (1862), and John and Joseph (both 1864). John King was head of her household by 1861, so he may be the father of John, Elizabeth and Joseph (marked putative); in 1871 and 1881 they are entered as Kings.
    Family ID F549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 5 May 1850 - St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 11 - 7 Apr 1861 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1443] Baptismal Record: George Matthews (1850), Wells St Cuthbert baptisms 1839-1860, p. 240, no. 1913 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S42] 1861 Census, RG 9/1666, f. 107, p. 15 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1382] Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867), Glastonbury St Benedict marriages 1838-1914, p. 69, no. 138, D\P\Gla.B/2/1/10. (Reliability: 3).