Joseph CARPENTER

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation. Sarah Carpenter and Mary Ann Carpenter witnessed Martha (Dobinson)'s marriage at Ladbroke Grove 1865.
1841
Sons born Long Stratton Norfolk - however, parents of Forncett St Peter at baptism of George 1844
1851 Folly Lane Wymondham 1817 437 p14
Sarah Carpenter 28 (wife, head, married) dressmaker all b Wymondham
Sons John 8, George 7(scholars), relative Mary Ann Howes 11 b Wymondham, lodger John Foulsham 30 drover
1861 3 Alfreds Place, Shepherds Bush Hammersmith fo82
Joseph Carpenter 46 b Whymondham Nfk coachman = Sarah 36 b Whymondham
John 18, George 16 svts (sons) b Long Stratton Nfk
1871 2 Dove Mews, 1 Glenhow Terrace (not Gledhow Terr!) St Mary Abbotts
Joseph Carpenter 51 b Wymondham, coachman = Sarah 41 b Wymondham
svt William Newman 19 groom b Stratbrook Suffolk
1881 Church St Walsham le Willows Suffolk 1847 124 23
Joseph Carpenter 64 innkeeper =Sarah 51 (b Wymondham), svt Lydia Wade 18 b Thornham
1891 Prince of Wales PH, Chapel St, Cawston Norfolk 1513 137 216
Joseph Carpenter 74 gen shop & licensed victualler =Elizabeth 46 with three of her children
1901 Cawston. Elizabeth Carpenter '36' licensed victualler

The Blue Boar, Walsham-le-Willows. The following incumbents were Joseph and Sarah Ann Carpenter. During their time at the Boar there was a fire.
The Bury Post dated 29th. March 1879 reported, 'A narrow escape in Walsham le Willows - On Sunday morning the hostler at the Blue Boar Inn came downstairs about 7 o'clock to attend to his duties and on going into the tap room found it full of smoke and saw fire. He gave an alarm to his master Mr. Carpenter who directed him to call Mr. John Stevens one of the local fire brigade, who with the help of others stopped the progress of the fire. It appears that some years earlier the fireplace of this room had been made smaller having formerly been a large open one and in making the improvement a brick arch was made to narrow the chimney and improve the draught. There was a very large beam running across the front of the fireplace and Mr. Stevens found a large quantity of soot lodged against the joist which after a long time smouldering had ignited the wood. The joist about 13 inches by 8 inches was directly above the grate and about 4 feet of it and part of the mantlepiece was completely burnt away. The timely discovery prevented a very serious fire as the building is joined to the thatched house of Mr. Blizzard.' The volunteer fireman was John Stevens, a wheelwright, who lived across the road in 'Dages'. Without his help and the actions of the early rising unknown hostler perhaps the Blue Boar would not exist today.
source: online
Sarah Ann died in 1883, likely at this pub.

Joseph married Sarah Ann FLOWERS, daughter of Samuel FLOWERS and Mary LAIN, in 1839 in Norwich NFK. (Sarah Ann FLOWERS was born on 10 Apr 1823 in Wymondham NFK, christened on 16 Sep 1833 in Wesleyan Church New Buckenham NFK and died in May 1883 in Walsham le Willows SFK.)

Joseph next married Elizabeth in 1886 in Forehoe Dist NFK. (Elizabeth was born about 1842 in Besthorpe NFK and died after 1891.)