I was a bit baffled about this week's prompt of 'Random Number' before it was suggested picking a random number between 1 and 100 and blogging about the corresponding person in my family tree. So I asked a friend to pick a number for me, and it led me to John Thompson Argent, my paternal great great grandfather.
John Thompson Argent was born on 3 November 1819 in West Bergholt, Essex, England and baptised 10 December 1819 at St Mary's Church. His father was also named John Thompson Argent, and his mother was Amy, nee Watts.
John became a corn miller like his father, and he married Emma Noble 29 October 1846 in the nearby city of Colchester. Emma was born 6 July 1824 in Brightlingsea, some 11 miles from West Bergholt. The couple lived at Newbridge Mill (pictured below) in West Bergholt (1851-1891 censuses) where their 5 children were all born.
The couple's five children - John Thompson Argent (1848 - 1907), Emma Noble Argent (1849 - 1935), Ada Emily Argent (1851 - 1929), Constance Minna Argent (1857 - 1929) and Isabella Mary Argent (1858 - 1936).
John Thompson Argent died 22 January 1894 at his home in West Bergholt and was buried at St Mary's Church, the same church as his baptism, alongside his wife Emma who had died in 1880.
John's youngest daughter Isabella married Walter Proctor Green of Manor Farm, Fordham in 1879. Their only son, my grandfather Frank, would emigrate to Australia in 1907.
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