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1847/John Rogers/../../../Post Office Directory ***
1851/Sarah Rogers/Inn Keeper, Widow/72/Winchfield, Hants/Census ***
1851/Elizabeth Elliott/Daughter/33/Swallowfield, Berks/Census
1851/Sarah Elliott/Daughter/12/Finchampstead, Berks/Census
1851/Ellen Barker/Visitor/19/Basingstoke, Hants/Census
1851/Thomas Cane/Lodger, Carpenter Journeyman/70/Heckfield, Hants/Census
1851/George Goddard/Visitor, Farm Labourer/35/Swallowfield, Wilts/Census
1851/Charles Goddard/Visitor, Farm Labourer/23/Swallowfield, Berks/Census
1864/W Rose/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1868/W Rose/../../../Casseys Directory ***
1877/William Rose/../../../Harrods Directory ***
1881/Walter Rose/Publican/53/Yattendon, Berks/Census ***
1881/Georgiana Rose/Wife/56/Reading, Berks/Census
1881/Elizabeth Englefield/Servant, Domestic Servant/18/Swallowfield,
Berks/Census
1883/Walter Rose/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1887/Walter Rose/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1891/Walter Rose/Licensed Victualler/64/Yattendon, Berks/Census ***
1891/Georgianna Rose/Wife/68/Reading, Berks/Census
1891/Charles Saunders/Boarder/60/Oundle, Hants/Census
1891/Ellen Deane/Servant/17/Swallowfield, Berks/Census
1899/Edward Withers/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1907/James Hearn/../../../Kellys Directory ***
The first record we found was the birth of daughter Hilda at the George &
Dragon in 1910. Charlotte & John Hibberd are on the 1911 census at The
George & Dragon. John Hibberd died 1937 (no mention of the pub on his death
cert- just Swallowfield). *
( Charlotte's parent's :- Charles & Priscilla Durman were running The Angel
Inn, North Curry Somerset on the 1911 census, Charles died at the Angel Inn
in 1912 at the young age of 54 years - on earlier records Charles had been
Gamekeeper around the Somerset Villages). *
1911/John Hibberd/Publican/37/Wilton, Wiltshire/Census *
1911/Charlotte Hibberd/Wife/32/Ashill, Somerset/Census
1911/Charlie John Hibberd/Son/9/Burghfield, Berkshire/Census
1911/Henry Francis Hibberd/Son/2/Caversham, Oxfordshire/Census
1911/Hilda May Hibberd/Daughter/4 months/Swallowfield, Berkshire/Census
1920/C S Hibberd/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1924/C S Hibberd/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1928/C S Hibberd/../../../Kellys Directory ***
1931/C S Hibberd/../../../Kellys Directory ***
The 1939 Register lists widow Charlotte S (spelt Hibberth) at George &
Dragon listed as Proprietor of Public House. Charlotte Selina Hibberd died
in Reading Royal Berkshire Hospital October 1960 age 81 years. *
On the The National PROBATE Calendar of Wills etc, 1960/1961 - Charlotte
Selina Hibberd was listed as-OF The George & Dragon Inn Swallowfield . *
* Provided By Karen Wilson
*** Provided By Colin Ager