The Cranborne Lockyers
William Lockyer
William married his first wife, Martha, in Damerham. She was from South Newton in Wiltshire, the eldest
daughter of Frank Blake and his wife Elizabeth. William and Martha had three children, shown below. The youngest,
Edgar, was just one year old when, sadly, his mother died. She is buried in the churchyard of St.George's
Church at Damerham. Clara Alice lived until 1978.
William and Martha's family
 | Name | Birth/*Baptism | Married |
| Parents | William Lockyer | *30 August 1857 | 25 September 1878 |
| Martha Blake | *14 April 1854 |
| Children | Clara Alice | 3 July 1879 |
| Sidney William | *28 August 1881 |  |
| Edgar Ernest | 29 January 1884 | |
William was a brewer and, after Martha's death, he moved a few miles up the road to Fordingbridge in Hampshire to manage the brewery there.
Later, he set up a carter/carrier's business in the town. Being left with three young children to bring up, it is not surprising that William
married again and it was in Fordingbridge that he married his second wife, Louisa.
William's second wife, Louisa Devenish
William bought about half an acre of land with the intention of building four pairs of semidetached houses, but managed to build just one pair,
one of which became the family home. With his second wife, William had two more children, shown below. He was Captain of Bellringers at St Mary's
Church in Fordingbridge for many years and eventually died from tetanus.
William and Louisa's family
| Name | Birth/*Baptism | Married |
| Parents | William Lockyer | *30 August 1857 | 17 February 1887 |
| Louisa Devenish | 1858 |
| Children | Elsie Anne Louise | 1892 | |
| Donald Richard Hugh | 10 May 1900 | |
In the 1891 census, William's parents are recorded to be living in Fordingbridge. I do not know what happened
to their son John, William's younger brother, who was living with them in Damerham ten years earlier. If anyone
can provide any information about him I shall be grateful.
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