WWI Charles Henwood, Soldier

My father in law was Charles Ernest Henwood b: 1896 Winchfield, Hartley Wintney Row, County of Hampshire, England, who served in the British WWI army at a very young age because he had become an orphan when a teenager. He was on the census of 1901 in Surrey. I haven't found any records for him as yet but just found a Charles Francis Henwood who was born in Kew, Surrey, who enlisted in WWI (1914-1920) at the age of 18. He was in the RH, RFA. Now why can't I find Charles Ernest?

Henwoods Married, Born in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England

Thomas Henwood married on 3 February 1610 to Dorathe Wesoon in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England.

Richard Henwood married on 26 February 1608 to Mary Wellman in Kingsclere, Hampshire, also.

John Henwood married on 23 April 1629 to Mary Martin in Kingsclere, Hampshire.

Dunant Hynwode had a son, Wylim Hynwode who was baptised on 13 July 1573 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England.

Then John Hynwode had a daughter, Dorathie Hynwode who was baptised on 9 December 1573 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England.



Kingsclere is a large village and civil parish in the county of Hampshire, England. Kingsclere is located near to Watership Down, the setting of Richard Adams' 1972 novel Watership Down.

Reference: Wikipedia

Henwoods in Hampshire Not Identified

I found a William Henwood born in 1742 and christened 1 July 1742 in Hartley Wespall, Hampshire with a father William and mother Anne. I haven't placed them on the tree as yet. These are Hampshire people, too.

Then I found a William Henwood on the Burials in Wield, Hampshire, England who died at age 63 on 23 November 1809 that I haven't placed. They have to be a part of the family as this is in Wield, a place where the family is from.

Weston Patrick, Hampshire, England is the home of other Henwoods I haven't placed that are on a Henwood listing. I just found a 75 yr old Henry Henwood and his 74 yr old wife Eliza on the 1891 census in Shalden, Hampshire. Henry was born in Weston Patrick while Eliza was born in West Worldham. Their 44 yr old nephew William was living with them. He was from Shalden. They lived in The Village and were agricultural workers. Henry was on the 1901 census in the same place but not Eliza. She must have died, however William was still with him at age 55 now.

Must Be a Relative in Prison: Charles Henwood

Oh oh. There are lots of Charles Henwoods on our tree. I just found another one in prison.
Charles Henwood had a trial on October 14, 1851 in Kingston, Surrey, England and was imprisoned. He was charged with stealing from a person.. I don't know how long he was in prison but they also had a choice of fining him or whipping him besides imprisonment. He received 6 cab m......, and I don't know what that was, 6 months, years, or whippings. I believe it could be a Charles born in 1830, making this person only 21 years old. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Henwood. I could be wrong, but it is a Charles Henwood that fits the timeframe. He was born in Basingstoke, a place I have found many Henwoods.

Surrey has a population of approximately 1.1 million people today. The historic county town is Guildford, although the county administration was moved to Newington in 1791 and to Kingston upon Thames in 1893.

The interesting thing is that my children's grandfather was Charles Henwood born in Surrey. He would never steal from anyone. He was a very honest man, a carpenter and gardener.

John Henwood born 1538

I finally worked back to John Henwood born 1538 in Medstead, Hampshire, England. He had a wife named Anne born in about 1540. They had five children:
Sibbel, Joan, Thomisen (a girl), Alice and Guy.
All the Henwoods have managed to stay either in the county of Hampshire or next to it. I've found no one in Cornwall so far, unless it happened before 1538.

Henwood Surname Popularity in USA

According to the USA Federal 2000 census, Henwood was ranked as 23,072 most popular surname with 1,034 Henwoods in the USA. This was a 0.38 out of 100,000 people.

The name seems to be either from the Henwood Village in Cornwall, England, which we are not from, or from Hampshire, England, where I have traced our family. The oldest spelling I have seen is Hynwode found in 1572 in Kingsclere, Hampshire, England. I found a James, John, Wyllm , Dunant and Dorathie there.
12/4/09 From Valerie Henwood, researcher: yes this is the early spelling of the name but Kingsclere is in the North of the county of Hampshire, and as yet [30 years of research] I have not found a connection with these Henwoods and ours in the south of the county, unless it goes further back than the parish records, there are more Henwoods of this early date just on the border in the neighbouring county of Berkshire, and I think these early ones crossed back and forth so to speak,

Valerie on Dunant: She tells me that the Christian name is Conant.

I checked in England and it is not even listed there.

Birth Certificate of Charles Henwood Arrived

Charles Henwood, born in March 1854 in Farnham, Surrey, England, is the great great grandfather of my grandson, Dustin. I just received a copy of his birth certificate today from England sent by researcher Valerie Henwood.

It says that he was born in 1854 in the counties of Surrey and Southampton on the 13 of February 1854. His parents were indeed:
Henry Henwood and Sarah Henwood nee Cooper. Henry was a carpenter.

This verifies what I had deducted as to who his father was, but without papers, wasn't 100% sure. Now I am. This takes us back to 1827.

With Valerie's help, I've gone back about 1739 to seven children. I have to work on who their parents were.