ADDENDUM : GEORGE BLISS : 1847 - c. 1873
SOURCE DATE(S) LOCATION OF GEORGE BLISS & FAMILY
tithe map 1847 'Bulls Head' Farm, Eakley Lanes, Stoke Goldington, Bucks,
census March 1851 Eakley Lanes, Stoke Goldington, Bucks. (exact location not stated)
parish registers June '52-'61
census Apl. 1861 'The Plough Inn', Hartwell, Northants. (Dates based on baptisms of children.)
trade dictionaries 1854 & 1861
*plaque on house 1863 the present 'Forest Retreat' approx 150 yards due north of the 'Bulls Head' above
census Apl. 1871 Eakley Lanes, Stoke Goldington, Bucks (exact location not stated)
headstone Nov. 1872 parish of Stoke Goldington - burial of Sarah Bliss, wife of George, aged 50
passenger lists c. 1873 on emigration to Australia - research in progress
*The plaque is inscribes 'VR 1863'. The house is identified from an old photograph handed down by descendants of George Bliss, now in Australia.
Notes
  1. George Bliss & family moved from the 'Bulls Head' at Eakley Lanes to 'The Plough' at Hartwell late 1851 / early 1852
  2. Geoge Bliss & family moved from 'The Plough' at Hartwell to the 'Forest Retreat' at Eakley Lanes c.1863, after about 11 years.
  3. The Duke of Grafton owned the 'Bulls Head' and probably also 'The Plough' and possibly influenced the move to Hartwell.
R.H. Bliss 7th June 1987