George Close 1818–1903 – Close Ancestry

George Close, 1818–1903 (aged 85 years)

Name

George Close

Name: George /Close/

Source: Contributor: Stan Close

Sex Male

Events of close relatives
Birth	about 1818 Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Baptism	8 March 1818 (aged 0) Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Note: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: George Close Gender: Male Baptism Date: 8 Mar 1818 Baptism Place: Bishop Thornton,York,England Father: George Close Mother: Esther
Death of a sister	Matilda Close 25 May 1838 Leyburn, Yorkshire, England Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Name: Matilda Close Registration Year: 1838 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Leyburn Inferred County: Yorkshire North Riding Volume: 24 Page: 260
Occupation	Schoolmaster at Ilton-cum-Pott, Yorkshire. Source: White's 1840 History Gazeteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. 1840 Ilton-cum-Pott, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Death of a father	George Close between 1832 and 1841 Masham, Yorkshire, England Note: Estimate.
Census 1841	1841 Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Source: George Close (1818) 1841 Census, Census Type: 1841 English Census, Census Place: Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire Note: Living with the Ascough family at Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire. Schoolmaster. 1841 Census
Note	between 1842 and 1843 Yorkshire, England Source: George Close (1818) 1844 Marriage Register, Name Of Person: George Close, Second Person: Jane Ingham, Registration District: Leeds, St Peter, Document: Marriage Register Note: Appears to have been married. Recorded as a Widower when he remarried in 1844.
Marriage	Jane Lake — View this family 26 December 1844 (aged 26 years) Leeds, Yorkshire, England Source: George Close (1818) 1844 Marriage Register, Name Of Person: George Close, Second Person: Jane Ingham, Registration District: Leeds, St Peter, Document: Marriage Register Note: Recorded as widower and widow. Marriage Record
Occupation	Trained as a national Schoolmaster at the Westminster Training College for Schoolmasters and Practising Schools. 1845 London, Middlesex, England Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Occupation	Appointed to the Langroyd Bridge School in Huddersfield. between 1845 and 1850 Langroyd Bridge School, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Birth of a son	George Herbert Close 25 April 1848 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Source: George Herbert Close (1848) Baptism Register, Record Type: Baptism Register, Name Of Person: George Herbert Close (1848), Parish: All Saints, Paddock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Baptism of a son	George Herbert Close 15 May 1848 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Source: George Herbert Close (1848) Baptism Register, Record Type: Baptism Register, Name Of Person: George Herbert Close (1848), Parish: All Saints, Paddock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Baptism Register
Death of a mother	Esther Shann about 1849 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Note: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915 Name: Esther Close Registration Year: 1849 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Huddersfield Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding Volume: 22 Page: 278 Death Index
Birth of a daughter	Eliza Jane Close 18 October 1850 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Source: George Close (1818) 1851 Census, Census Type: 1851 English Census, Census Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire Source: Eliza Jane Close (1850) Baptism Register, Record Type: Baptism Register, Name Of Person: Eliza Jane Close (1850), Parish: All Saints, Paddock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Baptism of a daughter	Eliza Jane Close 1 December 1850 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Source: Eliza Jane Close (1850) Baptism Register, Record Type: Baptism Register, Name Of Person: Eliza Jane Close (1850), Parish: All Saints, Paddock, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Baptism Register
Census 1851	1851 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Source: George Close (1818) 1851 Census, Census Type: 1851 English Census, Census Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire Note: Living with wife Jane and family at Huddersfield, Yorkshire. National Schoolmaster. 1851 Census
Occupation	Shool teacher at the Docaster Church School. between 1852 and 1855 Doncaster Church School, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Marriage	Jane Blatchley — View this family 20 June 1857 (aged 39 years) Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Note: England, Select Marriages, 1538û1973 England, Select Marriages, 1538û1973 Name: George Close Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1857 Marriage Place: Doncaster, York, England Father: George Close Spouse: Jane Blatchley
Death of a wife	Jane Lake between 1852 and 1857 Yorkshire, England Note: Estimate
Birth of a daughter	Charlotte Elizabeth Close 8 April 1858 Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Occupation	South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: George Close Gender: Male Residence Date: 7 Jan 1859 Residence Place: Industrial School Occupation: Schoolmaster Spouse: Jane Child: Charlotte Elizabeth Close Church: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Officiant: H.A. Douglas Collection: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Baptisms, 1849 - 1970 7 January 1859 Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Baptism of a daughter	Charlotte Elizabeth Close 7 January 1859 Cathedral of St George, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Note: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: Charlotte Elizabeth Close Gender: Female Baptism Age: 0 Event Type: Baptism Birth Date: 8 Apr 1858 Baptism Date: 7 Jan 1859 Baptism Place: South Africa Father: George Close Mother: Jane Church: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Officiant: H.A. Douglas Witness 1: Ralph Close Witness 2: Hugh Eaton Witness 3: Emma Blatchley Witness 4: Lydia Stow Collection: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Baptisms, 1849 - 1970 NOTE: We have Ralph Close as a witness, but not sure who he was.
Death of a brother	John Close 22 January 1862 Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Source: John Close (1826) 1862 Gravestone, Location: Lowdham, Nottinghamshire Death Index
Burial of a brother	John Close after 22 January 1862 Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Source: John Close (1826) 1862 Gravestone, Location: Lowdham, Nottinghamshire Gravestone
Birth of a son	John Edwin Paul Close 25 January 1863 Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Birth of a son	Ralph William Close 27 October 1867 Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Note: South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005 South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005 Name: Ralph William Close Event Type: Marriage Birth Date: 27 Oct 1867 Birth Place: Cape Town Residence Year: 1929 Marriage Date:16 Dec 1897 Father: George Close Mother: Close Spouse: Florence Agnes Mills Occupation: Advocate Notes: Other: 1 daughter. ; B.A., L.L.B., K.C., M.L.A
Birth of a son	Henry Alexander Close 24 June 1869 Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Death of a brother	Ralph Close 16 October 1887 Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Death Index
Death of a son	Henry Alexander Close 12 June 1889 Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Burial of a son	Henry Alexander Close 13 July 1889 Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Note: Cape Town, South Africa, Maitland Cemetery Records, 1888-1959 Cape Town, South Africa, Maitland Cemetery Records, 1888-1959 Name: Henry Alexander Close Age: 20 Death Date: abt 1889 Burial or Cremation Date: 13 Jul 1889 Burial or Cremation Place: Cape Town, South Africa Burial Register: Maitland Cemetery Records 1888-1950 Name of Minister: Reverend Dean Clarke Allotment Name: Episcopalian Grave Number: 236C Particulars: Purchased Plot Page Number: 3
Marriage of a son	John Edwin Paul Close — Edith Dale — View this family about 1894 South Africa Note: Estimate
Death of a sister	Elizabeth Mary Close about 1895 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Death Index
Note	1903 Note: NOTE: The age of George here in 1903 implies that this is actually a son or nephew born around 1838.
Death	about September 1903 (aged 85 years) Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Burial	11 September 1903 (0 after death) Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Source: George Close (1838) 1903 SA Internment Register, Name Of Person: George Close (1838), Registration District: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa Note: Cape Town, South Africa, Maitland Cemetery Records, 1888-1959 Cape Town, South Africa, Maitland Cemetery Records, 1888-1959 Name: George Close Age: 65 Death Date: abt 1903 Burial or Cremation Date: 11 Sep 1903 Burial or Cremation Place: Cape Town, South Africa Burial Register: Maitland Cemetery Records 1888-1950 Name of Minister: Reverend Lightfoot Allotment Name: Episcopalian Grave Number: 236 B Particulars: Close's Plot Page Number: 134 SA Internment Register

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Family with parents
father	Links Birth: about 1789 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 13 July 1813 — Ripon, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Schoolmaster at Healey with Sutton, Yorkshire. Source: Baines's Directory of 1823. — 1823 — Healey, Masham, Yorkshire, England Death: between 1832 and 1841 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Esther Shann Esther Close Eliza Close Elizabeth Close George Close Ralph Close Matilda Close Eliza Close John Close Clarissa Close Francis Close Elizabeth Mary Close George Close 1789–1841 Birth: about 1789 — Yorkshire, England Death: between 1832 and 1841 — Masham, Yorkshire, England
mother	Links Birth: about 1794 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 13 July 1813 — Ripon, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Death: about 1849 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Close Esther Close Eliza Close Elizabeth Close George Close Ralph Close Matilda Close Eliza Close John Close Clarissa Close Francis Close Elizabeth Mary Close Esther Shann 1794–1849 Birth: about 1794 — Yorkshire, England Death: about 1849 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 13 July 1813 — Ripon, Yorkshire, England
7 months elder sister	Links Birth: 24 January 1814 — Ripon, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1815 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Esther Close 1814– Birth: 24 January 1814 — Ripon, Yorkshire, England
3 years elder sister	Links Birth: about 1816 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 20 February 1816 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1817 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eliza Close 1816– Birth: about 1816 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
2 years elder sister	Links Birth: about 1817 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 16 April 1817 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1818 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Close 1817– Birth: about 1817 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
2 years himself	Links Birth: about 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 8 March 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Schoolmaster at Ilton-cum-Pott, Yorkshire. Source: White's 1840 History Gazeteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. — 1840 — Ilton-cum-Pott, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Note: between 1842 and 1843 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 26 December 1844 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Trained as a national Schoolmaster at the Westminster Training College for Schoolmasters and Practising Schools. — 1845 — London, Middlesex, England Occupation: Appointed to the Langroyd Bridge School in Huddersfield. — between 1845 and 1850 — Langroyd Bridge School, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Shool teacher at the Docaster Church School. — between 1852 and 1855 — Doncaster Church School, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 20 June 1857 — Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Occupation: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: George Close Gender: Male Residence Date: 7 Jan 1859 Residence Place: Industrial School Occupation: Schoolmaster Spouse: Jane Child: Charlotte Elizabeth Close Church: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Officiant: H.A. Douglas Collection: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Baptisms, 1849 - 1970 — 7 January 1859 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Note: 1903 Death: about September 1903 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Burial: 11 September 1903 — Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Lake George Herbert Close Eliza Jane Close Family with spouse Jane Blatchley Charlotte Elizabeth Close John Edwin Paul Close Ralph William Close Henry Alexander Close George Close 1818–1903 Birth: about 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Death: about September 1903 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
23 months younger brother	Links Birth: 4 December 1819 — Middlesmoor, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Markington, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 27 December 1848 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Halifax, Yorkshire, England Census 1861: 1861 — Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Census 1871: 1871 — Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Death: 16 October 1887 — Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Olivia Batty Ralph Francis Close Charlotte Elizabeth Close George Anthony Close John Battye Close Agnes Close Ralph Close 1819–1887 Birth: 4 December 1819 — Middlesmoor, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Death: 16 October 1887 — Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
3 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1822 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Baptism: about 1822 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Death: 25 May 1838 — Leyburn, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Matilda Close 1822–1838 Birth: about 1822 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Death: 25 May 1838 — Leyburn, Yorkshire, England
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1823 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Baptism: about 1823 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Disappeared: after 1852 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eliza Close 1823– Birth: about 1823 — Masham, Yorkshire, England
3 years younger brother	Links Birth: 18 February 1826 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Baptism: after 18 February 1826 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Bedale, Yorkshire, England Occupation: National Schoolmaster at Queenshead School, Halifax. — 1849 — Queenshead School, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 25 June 1850 — Church of St Anne, Hartington, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England Occupation: National Schoolmaster at St Bartholomew School, Wednesbury, Staffordshire. — from 1850 to 1855 — St Bartholomew School, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Census 1861: 1861 — Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Death: 22 January 1862 — Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Burial: after 22 January 1862 — Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Caroline Fosbrooke Caroline Ann Close John Edward Close Rebecca Fosbrooke Close George Leonard Close John Close 1826–1862 Birth: 18 February 1826 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Death: 22 January 1862 — Lowdham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 12 May 1828 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Baptism: after 12 May 1828 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1829 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Clarissa Close 1828– Birth: 12 May 1828 — Masham, Yorkshire, England
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: 23 April 1830 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Baptism: after 23 April 1830 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1831 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Francis Close 1830– Birth: 23 April 1830 — Masham, Yorkshire, England
14 months younger sister	Links Birth: 29 June 1831 — Healey, Masham, Yorkshire, England Baptism: after 29 June 1831 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Masham, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Census 1861: 1861 — Coneythorpe, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Census 1871: 1871 — Goldsborough, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Census 1881: 1881 — Flaxby, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Census 1891: 1891 — Flaxby, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Death: about 1895 — Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Mary Close 1831–1895 Birth: 29 June 1831 — Healey, Masham, Yorkshire, England Death: about 1895 — Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England

Family with Jane Lake
himself	Links Birth: about 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 8 March 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Schoolmaster at Ilton-cum-Pott, Yorkshire. Source: White's 1840 History Gazeteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. — 1840 — Ilton-cum-Pott, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Note: between 1842 and 1843 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 26 December 1844 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Trained as a national Schoolmaster at the Westminster Training College for Schoolmasters and Practising Schools. — 1845 — London, Middlesex, England Occupation: Appointed to the Langroyd Bridge School in Huddersfield. — between 1845 and 1850 — Langroyd Bridge School, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Shool teacher at the Docaster Church School. — between 1852 and 1855 — Doncaster Church School, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 20 June 1857 — Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Occupation: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: George Close Gender: Male Residence Date: 7 Jan 1859 Residence Place: Industrial School Occupation: Schoolmaster Spouse: Jane Child: Charlotte Elizabeth Close Church: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Officiant: H.A. Douglas Collection: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Baptisms, 1849 - 1970 — 7 January 1859 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Note: 1903 Death: about September 1903 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Burial: 11 September 1903 — Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Lake George Herbert Close Eliza Jane Close Family with spouse Jane Blatchley Charlotte Elizabeth Close John Edwin Paul Close Ralph William Close Henry Alexander Close George Close 1818–1903 Birth: about 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Death: about September 1903 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
wife	Links Birth: about 1820 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Marriage: after 1840 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 26 December 1844 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Death: between 1852 and 1857 — Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Close George Herbert Close Eliza Jane Close Family with spouse Unknown Ingham Jane Lake 1820–1857 Birth: about 1820 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Death: between 1852 and 1857 — Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — 26 December 1844 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England
3 years son	Links Birth: 25 April 1848 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 15 May 1848 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1852 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships George Herbert Close 1848– Birth: 25 April 1848 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 18 October 1850 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 1 December 1850 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Disappeared: after 1852 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eliza Jane Close 1850– Birth: 18 October 1850 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Family with Jane Blatchley
himself	Links Birth: about 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Baptism: 8 March 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Schoolmaster at Ilton-cum-Pott, Yorkshire. Source: White's 1840 History Gazeteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. — 1840 — Ilton-cum-Pott, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Census 1841: 1841 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Note: between 1842 and 1843 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 26 December 1844 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Trained as a national Schoolmaster at the Westminster Training College for Schoolmasters and Practising Schools. — 1845 — London, Middlesex, England Occupation: Appointed to the Langroyd Bridge School in Huddersfield. — between 1845 and 1850 — Langroyd Bridge School, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Shool teacher at the Docaster Church School. — between 1852 and 1855 — Doncaster Church School, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Marriage: 20 June 1857 — Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Occupation: South Africa, Birth and Baptism Records, 1700s-1900s Name: George Close Gender: Male Residence Date: 7 Jan 1859 Residence Place: Industrial School Occupation: Schoolmaster Spouse: Jane Child: Charlotte Elizabeth Close Church: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Officiant: H.A. Douglas Collection: St. Georges Cathedral Cape Town Baptisms, 1849 - 1970 — 7 January 1859 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Note: 1903 Death: about September 1903 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Burial: 11 September 1903 — Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Lake George Herbert Close Eliza Jane Close Family with spouse Jane Blatchley Charlotte Elizabeth Close John Edwin Paul Close Ralph William Close Henry Alexander Close George Close 1818–1903 Birth: about 1818 — Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England Death: about September 1903 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
wife	Links Birth: about 1828 — Bath, Somerset, England Marriage: 20 June 1857 — Doncaster, Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Close Charlotte Elizabeth Close John Edwin Paul Close Ralph William Close Henry Alexander Close Jane Blatchley 1828– Birth: about 1828 — Bath, Somerset, England
Marriage	Marriage — 20 June 1857 — Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
10 months daughter	Links Birth: 8 April 1858 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Baptism: 7 January 1859 — Cathedral of St George, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Death: 10 September 1940 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Charlotte Elizabeth Close 1858–1940 Birth: 8 April 1858 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Death: 10 September 1940 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
5 years son	Links Birth: 25 January 1863 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Marriage: about 1894 — South Africa Immigration: 22 August 1921 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration: 14 June 1926 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Death: 14 July 1935 — Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Cremation: 16 July 1935 — Maitland Crematorium, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Edith Dale Percy Lonsdale Close Hubert Edwin Close Harold George Close James Dale Close John Edwin Paul Close 1863–1935 Birth: 25 January 1863 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Death: 14 July 1935 — Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
5 years son	Links Birth: 27 October 1867 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Immigration: 8 June 1925 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration: 4 November 1929 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration: 1 January 1934 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Emigration: 17 January 1934 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration: 24 January 1934 — New York, New York County, New York, America Emigration: 15 September 1937 — Southampton, Hampshire, England Immigration: 20 September 1937 — New York, New York County, New York, America Emigration: 25 February 1944 — Liverpool, Lancashire, England Death: 21 March 1945 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Cremation: 22 March 1945 — Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Florence Agnes Mills Unknown Close Ralph William Close 1867–1945 Birth: 27 October 1867 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Death: 21 March 1945 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
20 months son	Links Birth: 24 June 1869 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Death: 12 June 1889 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Burial: 13 July 1889 — Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Henry Alexander Close 1869–1889 Birth: 24 June 1869 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa Death: 12 June 1889 — Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa

Unknown Ingham + Jane Lake
wife’s husband	Links Birth: before 1820 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: after 1840 — Yorkshire, England Death: before 1844 — Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jane Lake Unknown Ingham 1820–1844 Birth: before 1820 — Yorkshire, England Death: before 1844 — Yorkshire, England
wife	Links Birth: about 1820 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Marriage: after 1840 — Yorkshire, England Marriage: 26 December 1844 — Leeds, Yorkshire, England Census 1851: 1851 — Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Death: between 1852 and 1857 — Yorkshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse George Close George Herbert Close Eliza Jane Close Family with spouse Unknown Ingham Jane Lake 1820–1857 Birth: about 1820 — Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon, Yorkshire, England Death: between 1852 and 1857 — Yorkshire, England
Marriage	Marriage — after 1840 — Yorkshire, England

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Occupation	Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Census 1841	Source: George Close (1818) 1841 Census, Census Type: 1841 English Census, Census Place: Kirkby Malzeard, Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire
Note	Source: George Close (1818) 1844 Marriage Register, Name Of Person: George Close, Second Person: Jane Ingham, Registration District: Leeds, St Peter, Document: Marriage Register
Marriage	Source: George Close (1818) 1844 Marriage Register, Name Of Person: George Close, Second Person: Jane Ingham, Registration District: Leeds, St Peter, Document: Marriage Register
Occupation	Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Occupation	Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Census 1851	Source: George Close (1818) 1851 Census, Census Type: 1851 English Census, Census Place: Huddersfield, Yorkshire
Occupation	Source: Contributor: Paul Close
Name	Source: Contributor: Stan Close
Burial	Source: George Close (1838) 1903 SA Internment Register, Name Of Person: George Close (1838), Registration District: Maitland Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa

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Baptism	England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: George Close Gender: Male Baptism Date: 8 Mar 1818 Baptism Place: Bishop Thornton,York,England Father: George Close Mother: Esther
Census 1841	Living with the Ascough family at Kirkby Malzeard, Yorkshire. Schoolmaster.
Note	Appears to have been married. Recorded as a Widower when he remarried in 1844.
Marriage	Recorded as widower and widow.
Census 1851	Living with wife Jane and family at Huddersfield, Yorkshire. National Schoolmaster.
Marriage	England, Select Marriages, 1538û1973 Name: George Close Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1857 Marriage Place: Doncaster, York, England Father: George Close Spouse: Jane Blatchley
Note	NOTE: The age of George here in 1903 implies that this is actually a son or nephew born around 1838.
Burial	Cape Town, South Africa, Maitland Cemetery Records, 1888-1959 Name: George Close Age: 65 Death Date: abt 1903 Burial or Cremation Date: 11 Sep 1903 Burial or Cremation Place: Cape Town, South Africa Burial Register: Maitland Cemetery Records 1888-1950 Name of Minister: Reverend Lightfoot Allotment Name: Episcopalian Grave Number: 236 B Particulars: Close's Plot Page Number: 134

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Census 1841	1841 Census
Marriage	Marriage Record
Census 1851	1851 Census
Burial	SA Internment Register
Media object	1851 Census
Media object	1841 Census
Media object	SA Internment Register
Media object	Marriage Record
Media object	Marriage Register

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Family with parents
father Parents John Close Esther Parker	George Close 1789–1841
mother	Esther Shann 1794–1849
elder sister	Esther Close 1814–
elder sister	Eliza Close 1816–
elder sister	Elizabeth Close 1817–
himself	George Close 1818–1903
younger brother Family Olivia Batty Ralph Francis Close Charlotte Elizabeth Close George Anthony Close John Battye Close Agnes Close	Ralph Close 1819–1887
younger sister	Matilda Close 1822–1838
younger sister	Eliza Close 1823–
younger brother Family Caroline Fosbrooke Caroline Ann Close John Edward Close Rebecca Fosbrooke Close George Leonard Close	John Close 1826–1862
younger sister	Clarissa Close 1828–
younger brother	Francis Close 1830–
younger sister	Elizabeth Mary Close 1831–1895

Family with Jane Lake
himself	George Close 1818–1903
wife	Jane Lake 1820–1857
son	George Herbert Close 1848–
daughter	Eliza Jane Close 1850–

Family with Jane Blatchley
himself	George Close 1818–1903
wife	Jane Blatchley 1828–
daughter	Charlotte Elizabeth Close 1858–1940
son Family Edith Dale Percy Lonsdale Close Hubert Edwin Close Harold George Close James Dale Close	John Edwin Paul Close 1863–1935
son Family Florence Agnes Mills Unknown Close Heather Edith Close	Ralph William Close 1867–1945
son	Henry Alexander Close 1869–1889

Unknown Ingham + Jane Lake
wife’s husband	Unknown Ingham 1820–1844
wife	Jane Lake 1820–1857