Thomas Boorman and Mary Fuller are the parents of my Great Grandmother Mary Jane Boorman.  This is a brief glimpse into their lives.  For more information on Boormans see Nigel Masters website. 

note:  these pictures are thumbnail, click on each picture to enlarge

Thomas Boorman and Mary Fuller about 1861
Born: 2 December 1819; Yew Tree Farm, Lamberhurst, Kent, England. 
Christened: 30 January 1820; Lamberhurst, Kent, England.
Married: 22 April 1846; Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Died: 22 May 1907; Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Father: William Boorman
Mother: Ruth Hickmott
Occupation: Farmer; Newnhams Farm, Wadhurst; 58 acres; employed 5 Labourers.

Mary Fuller
Born: 7 June 1823; Ticehurst, Sussex, England.
Christened: 10 August 1823; Ticehurst, Sussex, England.
Died: 4 February 1914; Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Father: William Fuller
Mother: Ann Forward

Yew Tree Farm, Lamberhurst, Kent, UK
birthplace of Thomas Boorman
 

Possibly Silver Wedding Anniversary: of Thomas Boorman and Mary nee Fuller 1871.
Back Row: Thomas 1858; James 1852; John 1856.
2^nd Row: Sarah 1854; Thomas 1819; Mary nee Fuller 1823; William 1849.
Front Row: Mary Jane 1860; Alfred 1863; Cadelia 1865.
Note: Mary Jane is my Great Grandmother.

Children of Thomas and Mary Boorman:
This is a picture of daughter Cadelia with her parents Mary and Thomas Boorman, taken about 1900.





William Boorman: Born:  29 March 1849, Sodom, Cousley Wood,  Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Collector of Taxes and Lay Preacher
Pastor of Lamberhurst Calvin Baptist Church for 45 years
He was a farmer’s son working on the Farm
Married:  Eliza Sivyer 03 May 1870 at Ticehurst Wesleyan Chapel, Sussex, England.
Died:  26 September 1926.

Mary Ann Boorman: Born:  22 November 1850, Sodom, Cousley Wood, Wadhurst, Sussex, England and died 06 September 1860 in Wadhurst.

James Boorman:  Born:  13 October 1852, Nutlands, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Coach Builder, Camberley, Surrey.  He was also known as the "father" of the Camberley Methodist church.
Married:  1.  Sarah Ann Olds 03 January 1877 at Yorktown Baptist, Surrey, England.
2.  Mary E Bell 1932 Camberley Methodist Church.
Died:  15 October 1937, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.



Sarah Boorman: Born: 2 September 1854; Nutlands, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Married: 19 November 1875; to David Smith; Ticehurst, Sussex, England.
Died: 23 January 1923; Wadhurst, Sussex, England.





John Boorman: Born:  09 September 1856, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Married:  Mary Ann Julia Lovelace 17 November 1880, Wesley Chapel, Hastings, Sussex, England.
Left Liverpool on April 14, 1904 with his wife Julia and 7 of their 9 children plus 2 future members of the family Maude and Charlie; arrived in Halifax April 23, 1904; settled in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
Died:  07 December 1929, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.
These pictures of John Boorman and Julia Lovelace Boorman were sent to us from Carol Edwards in February 2005.

Thomas Boorman: Born:  23 August 1858, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Married:  1.  Caroline Couchman, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
2.  Elsie May Piegns 12 August, 1933.
Farmer’s son; Newhams Farm, Wadhurst, Sussex.
Died:  23 April 1940, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.

Mary Jane Boorman: Born:  11 December 1860, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
Dressmaker.  (my Great Grandmother click here go to her story)
Married:  Charles Stephen Deeprose 15 August 1889 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
September 1889 sailed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Died:  25 February 1933, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.


Mary Jane Boorman 1882.

Alfred Boorman: Born:  26 October 1863, Newnham Farm, Wadhurst, Sussex, England,
Married:  Sarah Ann Offen, Halisham, Sussex, England.
Head coach Painter, Frimley, Surrey, England
Carriage Builder
He owned Mount Hermon Garage, Woking, Surrey
Died:  08 March 1937, Woking, Sussex, England.
Picture:  Ethel, Alfred, Doris, Sarah, Ken taken 1902 courtesy of David Boorman.

Cadelia Boorman: Born:  14 October 1865, Newnham Farm, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
never married and cared for parents at Newhams Farm, Wadhurst, Sussex.
Died:  25 January 1942, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
These pictures of Cadelia are from left to right: (approximate age) 25, 16, and 40.



 

High Street, Wadhurst, Sussex, England
Check out the above website to see more pictures of Wadhurst.  Click on Wadhurst in the listing of towns at the top of the site.

This page was updated April 26, 2006