Rev. 29 Sept.
2012, Gen. 5
DESCENDANTS
OF JAMES GRAVES AND DOROTHY LASHLEY OF KENT,
ENGLAND
GENERATION
1
James Graves (1) was born about
1833 in Walmer, Kent (about 7 miles northeast of Dover, on the coast). He married Dorothy Lashley, possibly
about 1856 in Barbados, British West Indies. She was born about 1835 in Barbados. Several members of this family were
agents and dealers of various kinds, with a strong mechanical/motor engineering
thread, and owned various businesses.
They were in the 1871 census for
Minstry, Kent, when he was listed as Gunner, RA (probably Royal
Artillery). They were in the 1881
census for Woolwich, London, England, and in the 1891 census for Portsea,
Hampshire. Their first 7 children
were born in Barbados (except for Herbert, possibly born in Trinidad), and the
eighth in Jamaica.
His mother's name is recorded as Mary Graves, probably born
about 1806, and her father's name was William Graves. It appears that James was illegitimate
and his father was part of or connected to some well-to-do family, where Mary
was 'in service'. She married
later, in 1837, to Robert Town and had more children. The Towns and the Graveses remained in
close contact when James returned from the West Indies. One of James' daughters married a Town. (R‑1)
Children - Graves
+2. Alfred Graves, b.c. 1857, m(1) Jane E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
m(2) Elizabeth C. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+3. James Graves, b.c. 1859, m. Annie Beatrice ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
4. Louis Graves, b.c. 1861.
5. Herbert Graves, b.c. 1862.
+6. Laban Graves, b.c. 1865, m. Louisa Grimmer.
+7. Maria Graves, b.c. 1867, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Town.
+8. William Adolphus Graves, b.c. 1868, m. Ann Selina
Whybrow, 25 Dec. 1889.
9. Eugenia Graves, b.c. 1872, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Metzger.
GENERATION
2
CHILDREN OF
JAMES GRAVES (1) AND DOROTHY ------
Alfred Graves (2)
was born about 1857 in Barbados, West Indies. He first married Jane E. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1844 in Sholden,
Kent. He married second Elizabeth
C. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1865 in Woolingford, Berkshire. He was in the 1891 census for Charlton,
London, with his first wife. He
was in the 1901 census for Portsmouth, Hampshire, with his second wife. He was a tinsmith. Both his children were born in New
Cross, London.
Children - Graves
10. Charles B. Graves, b.c. 1892.
11. Dorothy M. Graves, b.c. 1895.
James Graves (3)
was born about 1859, probably in Barbados but possibly in Jamaica, West Indies[1]. He married Annie Beatrice ‑‑‑‑‑‑. Her name was given as Annie B. in the
1891 census and as Beatrice in the 1901 census. She was born about 1863 in Woolwich, Kent. They were in the 1891 and 1901 censuses
for Charlton, London. In 1891, his
aunts, Mary Moore, 55, and Joanna A. Moore, 45, were living with them. In the 1901 census, living with them
were his aunt Joanna Moore, his widowed sister Maria Town and her 2 children,
and his widowed sister Eugenia Metzger.
Their first 2 children were born in Woolwich, Kent, and the next 2 in
Charlton, Kent.
Children - Graves
12. Mabel L. Graves, b.c. 1886.
13. Ethel A. Graves, b.c. 1889.
14. Louise Graves, b.c. 1893.
15. Irene Graves, b.c. 1901.
Laban Graves (6)
was born about 1865 in Barbados, West Indies. He married Louisa Grimmer, daughter of F. K. Grimmer and
Jane ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1862 in the West Indies. Her father was a staff sergeant in the
Army and apparently served all over the world, judging by where his children were
born. He was only found in the
1871 census for Plumstead, Kent, and had died by 1881. The 1891 census for Plumstead, London,
showed Laban, Louisa, and their 2 children living with her widowed mother.
Children - Graves
16. Cecil H. Graves, b.c. 1888
(Woolwich, Kent).
17. Fred Oscar Graves, b.c. 1889
(Bermuda). In 1901 he was living
in a boarding school in Chelsea, London.
Maria Graves (7)
was born about 1867 in Barbados or Jamaica, West Indies. She married ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Town. She was in the 1901 census
for Charlton, London, widow, living with her brother James. Both her children were born in
Sandwich, Kent.
Children - Town
18. Herbert Town, b.c. 1897.
19. Laban Town, b.c. 1899.
William Adolphus
Graves (8) was born about 1868 in Barbados, British West Indies. He married Ann Selina Whybrow on 25
Dec. 1889. She was born about 1870
in Deptford, London. They were in
the 1901 census for Elswick, Northumberland, when he was an iron worker. Their first child was born in Woolwich,
London, the next 2 in Plumstead, London, and the others in Newcastle on
Tyne. (R‑1)
Children - Graves
20. Charles Graves, b.c. 1891.
21. William Graves, b.c. 1892.
22. Alfred Graves, b.c. 1894.
23. Edward Graves, b.c. 1896.
24. Norman Graves, b.c. 1897.
25. Violet Graves, b.c. 1898.
+26. Herbert Laban Graves, b. 29 Dec. 1899, m. Alice Emily
Taylor, 5 June 1921, d. 17 Nov. 1973.
GENERATION
3
CHILDREN OF
WILLIAM A. GRAVES (8) AND ANN S. WHYBROW
Herbert Laban
Graves (26) was born 29 Dec. 1899 in Newcastle on Tyne, and died 17 Nov.
1973. He married Alice Emily
Taylor on 5 June 1921. She was
born about 1901-02 and died 7 Sept. 1984.
(R‑1)
Children -
Graves
+27. Ronald Labon Graves, b. 29 Sept. 1924, m(1) Joan Hill,
Sept. 1945, m(2) Edith ‑‑‑‑‑‑, m(3) Jean ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
d. 26 May 1995.
28. Lillian May Graves, b. 1926, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑
Roberts.
29. Roy Herbert Graves, m. Rose ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
30. Ann Christine Graves
Return to Alphabetical Ancestor Listing
Return to Main Page
[1] The birthplace of James was given as Barbados in the 1881 census but as Jamaica in the 1901 census.