John LANHAM

1865 - 1937  (71 years)

• Name	John LANHAM
  Birth	Dec 1865	Dorking, Surrey   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	3E3CF0AD68B9489A91F3F417E045F9FAC1ED
  Death	Sep 1937	Norwich RD   [2]
  Notes	1911 census: at 4 Mancroft Yard, St Peters Norwich, Norfolk (5 rooms) (all LANHAM), John (head, 45, married, machineman (iron works (pensioner) born Dorking, Surrey), Mary Ann (wife, 41, married 16 years, 7 children, 5 living, 2 dead, born Warley, Essex), John William (son, 14, errand boy at iron works), Leonard Hamilton (son, 11, school boy), Kate Blanche (daughter, 5, school girl), Edith Mary (daughter, 3, school girl) and Annie Louisa (daughter, 1). All of the children were born in Norwich. John's wife died in 1915. I haven't found him in the 1921 census 1921 census: Catherine LANHAM (15 y 8m), Edith LANHAM (13y 9m) and Annie LANHAM (12y 5m), all born Norwich, were inmates of Nazareth House, Home for Aged Poor and Orphan Children, Leicester Road, Northampton. I haven't found the boys, John William and Leonard Hamilton.
  Person ID	I4754	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	William Henry LANHAM,   b. Bef 8 Oct 1834, Dorking, Surrey d. Mar 1915, Wandsworth RD (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Louisa Henrietta PREVOST,   b. 15 Nov 1833, St Marylebone, London d. Dec 1905, Wandsworth RD (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1 Aug 1860	Dorking, Surrey   [3]
  	William Henry Lanham, full age, bachelor, clerk of Dorking, father Henry Lanham (deceased) and Louisa Henrietta Prevost, full age, spinster of Dorking, father John(?) Prevost. Both signed. Witnesses W S Prevost, J Prevost, Robert James Bristow.
  Family ID	F1608	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann JEFFRIES,   b. Abt 1870, Warley, Essex d. Dec 1915, Norwich RD (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1895	Norwich RD   [4]
  Family ID	F1611	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q4 1865 Dorking 2a/116. (Reliability: 3). [S178] BMD index, aged 72, Q3 1937 Norwich 4b/147. (Reliability: 3). [S371] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 at ancestry.com, September 2015 and later. [S178] BMD index, Q1 1895 Norwich 4b/192. (Reliability: 3).