Parents
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James Ezekiel Wakefield
Mary Gardner

George was baptized on the 3 July 1839, at St Lawrence's Church, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

He married Sarah Dodwell, on the 1 March 1859, at St Luke's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Known Children
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Mary Sarah Wakefield Lucey 1860 - 1940
Christopher Frank Wakefield 1863 - 1938
Eva Blanche Wakefield Fitch 1864 - 1925

1861 Census - George (who was a grocer), Sarah, and their daughter Mary Sarah, were living in Cheltenham with Sarah's parents. Her father, John Dodwell was a Chemist.

Sometime between 1864 and early 1865, George and his family moved to Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, where he continued his business as a grocer.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A TRADESMAN - Leamington Spa Courier - 13 May 1865
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On Thursday afternoon, a young man who had only recently commenced business as a grocer, in High Street, met with an accident, which unhappily proved fatal.

The deceased (Mr Wakefield) left home in the morning with one of his assistants named Belcher, in a horse and four wheeled carriage, for the purpose of going to Henley in Arden, and some neighbouring villages.

They left Henley about half past two, and arrived at Bishopton Hill (about two miles from Stratford) at half past six.

They descended a hill at a trot, and the dashboard pressing on the hind quarters of the horse caused it to kick, and smashing the dashboard it broke into a gallop.

At the onset, the young man Belcher jumped out, and escaped unhurt; but the owner, Mr Wakefield, in attempting to do so, was thrown to the ground with great violence, and with his feet catching in the reins, he was dragged about five yards.

The assistant ran and found him perfectly insensible. He was taken away to Stratford, where Mr T. S. Burman, surgeon, attended, but his aid was useless, the poor young man having, he pronounced, been dead some three quarters of an hour.

An inquest was held on Friday, at the Shakespeare Hotel, before H. O. Hunt Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury, of whom Mr Cranmer was the foreman, when the evidence was given as above narrated, and a verdict of "accidental death" was returned.
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George died aged 27.
Sarah died in 1888 in Surrey.

Parents
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James Ezekiel Wakefield
Mary Gardner

George was baptized on the 3 July 1839, at St Lawrence's Church, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

He married Sarah Dodwell, on the 1 March 1859, at St Luke's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Known Children
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Mary Sarah Wakefield Lucey 1860 - 1940
Christopher Frank Wakefield 1863 - 1938
Eva Blanche Wakefield Fitch 1864 - 1925

1861 Census - George (who was a grocer), Sarah, and their daughter Mary Sarah, were living in Cheltenham with Sarah's parents. Her father, John Dodwell was a Chemist.

Sometime between 1864 and early 1865, George and his family moved to Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, where he continued his business as a grocer.

SHOCKING DEATH OF A TRADESMAN - Leamington Spa Courier - 13 May 1865
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On Thursday afternoon, a young man who had only recently commenced business as a grocer, in High Street, met with an accident, which unhappily proved fatal.

The deceased (Mr Wakefield) left home in the morning with one of his assistants named Belcher, in a horse and four wheeled carriage, for the purpose of going to Henley in Arden, and some neighbouring villages.

They left Henley about half past two, and arrived at Bishopton Hill (about two miles from Stratford) at half past six.

They descended a hill at a trot, and the dashboard pressing on the hind quarters of the horse caused it to kick, and smashing the dashboard it broke into a gallop.

At the onset, the young man Belcher jumped out, and escaped unhurt; but the owner, Mr Wakefield, in attempting to do so, was thrown to the ground with great violence, and with his feet catching in the reins, he was dragged about five yards.

The assistant ran and found him perfectly insensible. He was taken away to Stratford, where Mr T. S. Burman, surgeon, attended, but his aid was useless, the poor young man having, he pronounced, been dead some three quarters of an hour.

An inquest was held on Friday, at the Shakespeare Hotel, before H. O. Hunt Esq., Coroner, and a respectable jury, of whom Mr Cranmer was the foreman, when the evidence was given as above narrated, and a verdict of "accidental death" was returned.
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George died aged 27.
Sarah died in 1888 in Surrey.