GREENACRE
In the 1861 census Charles GREENACRE is listed as a farmer of 93 acres on the Mundesley Road, probably at Brick Kiln Farm, as in 1864 he was listed as a farmer and brick maker in a trade directory. He was on the electoral register for Trunch from 1854 to 1871 as a £50 a year occupier and three of his children were born in Trunch. In 1870 he sold his animals and farm implements and left Trunch for Felthorpe. I think the Trunch farm was probably owned by Charles' father Robert as he is listed as owning land in Trunch in 1868 and 1877.
Earlier William GREENACRE, (probably Charles' uncle) was a farmer in Trunch, when he married Ann LONG in 1818, but by 1841 she was a widow and I don't think that they had children.
Earlier William GREENACRE, (probably Charles' uncle) was a farmer in Trunch, when he married Ann LONG in 1818, but by 1841 she was a widow and I don't think that they had children.
Charles (1827 - 1910) was born in Sea Palling in 1827. His father was Robert, a farmer and miller and his mother was Charlotte Pye. When Robert died in 1878 he left a substantial estate of £2,000. Charles had at least 7 siblings, one of whom, Simon spent the last 25 years of his life in the County Asylum in Norwich. Charles married Sarah GREENACRE (possibly a relative?) in 1848 and they had 5 children.
Of Charles' 5 children, Robert Everard (1850-1920) was a miller and then he married Emily from London, and moved to London becoming a policeman and then a caretaker at a coroner's court. Charles Edward (1852-1937) emigrated to to the USA when he was 21. He worked there as a miller, never married and is buried in America. George Arthur (1861/3 - ?) possibly joined the navy and William James Douglas (1866-1892) died at a young age in Attleborough.