LAMBERT
The LAMBERT family lived in Trunch from the late 1880s until well into the 20th. Century. It began with an agricultural labourer, Joseph (1816 - 1905) who moved to Trunch between 1871 and 1881. He was born in Swafield, the illegitimate son of Mary LAMBERT and Joseph TUCK, a farmer from Worstead, but he kept his mother's surname. He married Mary Ann HOLT in 1836 and they had at least 8 children. One boy, William Edward became a fisherman and married in Great Yarmouth but sadly died in the Naval Hospital aged only 25. But it was son Joseph who remained in Trunch.
Joseph (1843-1908) was a gunner in the Royal Artillery for over 10 years and then he settled in Trunch as an agricultural labourer after he had married Virtue Frary in 1877. Virtue already had a 2 year old daughter Anna Maria at the time of their marriage and Anna Maria went on to marry a Trunch farmer, John RICHES and this led to several connections between the two families.
Joseph and Virtue had 3 sons together, all born in Trunch. James (1881-1957) was a soldier and may have been in the Channel Islands in 1901. In 1939 he was in Woolwich with his wife Orta and son Horace who was making ammunition. Joseph's other sons, George and Frederick married and stayed in Trunch, working on the land. Newspaper reports show the Lamberts taking an active part in village life and the one below highlights the close link with the FRARY and RICHES families
1951 EDP Jan 24 The funeral service for Mrs. Anna Maria Riches, of Dairy Farm.The immediate mourners were Mr. and Mrs. J. Lambert, sen., Mr. J. Lambert, jun.. Mr. and Mrs. George Lambert. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Lambert. Master Reginald Lambert.
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