George Atterbury was a friend that Henry mentions in the book
and Margaret Atterbury from the UK writes:
"George Atterbury was born in Bow Brickhill in 1826 to Thomas Atterbury
and his wife Sarah nee Banford. He was the only one of their children
to survive infancy and was brought up in the work house when Thomas
died leaving Sarah destitute.
Sarah later married John Butcher in Bow Brickhill and George grew up
to be a friend of Henry Mundy and appears in Henry's memoirs - (see
Munday pages). George moved to Staffordshire and married Sarah Fisher
in Tipton in 1847. They lived in
West Bromwich
and George worked as a coal miner and furnace builder for 30 years.
They had six children Sarah, William, John, George,
Elizabeth
and Edward, all but the last born in
West Bromwich
. George obviously
remembered his roots and friends in Bow Brickhill, as son Edward was
born there and a few years later George and his wife Sarah moved back.
He became a Parish Councillor
in 1894 and continued to live in Bow Brickhill until his death in 1903. Some of his descendants still live in
West Bromwich, but others are scattered as far as
Australia
and America."
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