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Darwin Correspondence Project

George Wynne

1813–74

Gardener. Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s gardener at The Mount, Shrewsbury, probably from about 1858 until her death in 1866. Continued to live in Shrewsbury until his death.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1871 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG10/2777/17/28)

Deidre Haxton, personal communication

England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 11 September 2019)

Correspondence vol. 15, letter from Salt & Sons, 17 July 1867

Susan Elizabeth Darwin’s will, Probate Registry, York.

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

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