1812. Baptised to parents James Kitely Varden & Jane Bolton Harrison on 24/3/1812 St. George, Southwark Ancestry London parish records.
1841C. Richd Varden , 29, is living with his mother , Jane, independent, not born Worcs, and an older brother at Britannia Square, Claines, Whistones, Worcester. Both brothers are architects.
| VARDEN, John | M | 36 | 1805 | ||||
| VARDEN, Jane | F | 70 | 1771 | ||||
| VARDEN, Richd | M | 29 | 1812 | ||||
| PARRY, George | M | 20 | 1821 | ||||
| WILLIAMS, Ann | F | 15 | 1826 | Worcestershire |
1847.Richard Varden marries Elizabeth Susannah Medwin in Old Swinford Stourbridge Sep 1847.
Richard & Elizabeth Varden have the following children:
1849 Elizabeth Jane Varden Worcester
1851 Ellen C Varden Worcester
1852. Catherine C Varden Worcester
1854 Richard Arthur Varden Peopleton
1855 Frederick Medwin Varden Peopleton
1848. Richard Varden of Lansdowne House, Worcester, becomes a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
1849. His mother, Jane Bolton Varden dies Droitwich Mar 1849 - Droitwich includes Claines - but is buried, aged 80, at St George Southwark Ancestry London parish records.
1851C. Richard Varden , 39, civil engineer,is living with his wife- called a cousin! - with friends and her relations, at 28, George Street, Saint Pancras, Middlesex, Marylebone. Looks like Arthur Medwin , likely brother of Elizabeth, has married Caroline Shurry
| SHURY, George | Head | Married | M | 69 | 1782 | Cashier Brewey |
Great Earley, Middlesex | ||
| SHURY, Caroline | Wife | Married | F | 72 | 1779 | London | |||
| MEDWIN, Ellen | Daughter | Married | F | 35 | 1816 | London | |||
| MEDWIN, Arthur | Son In Law | Married | M | 39 | 1812 | Collecton At A Brewery |
Middlesex | ||
| VARDEN, Richard | Visitor | Married | M | 39 | 1812 | Civil Engineer |
Middlesex | ||
| VARDEN, Elizabeth | Visitor's Cousin | Married | F | 35 | 1816 | Worcestershire | |||
| SAWYER, Ann | Servant | Unmarried | F | 30 | 1821 | Sussex | |||
| WIGGINS, Elizabeth | Servant | Unmarried | F | 20 | 1831 | Middlesex |
Meanwhile his 2 daughters are staying with his brother John at Lansdown House, Claines, Worcester.
2 sons are baptised to the couple in Peopleton: Richard Arthur Varden in 1854, Frederick Medwin Varden in 1855
1861C. Again away from his Peopleton home, but actually still listed- mistranscribed- at his home 2 the Grange, Peopleton with his daughters
| VANSTON, Richard | Head | Married | M | 45 | 1816 | Fruit Gardens 24 Acres Employing 41 Men 5 Boys |
Absent Visiting Friends | ||
| VANSTON, Elizabeth S | Wife | Married | F | 40 | 1821 | Absent Visiting Friends | |||
| VANSTON, Elizabeth J | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 12 | 1849 | Scholar |
Worcester | ||
| VANSTON, Ellen C | Daughter | F | 10 | 1851 | Scholar |
Worcester | |||
| VANSTON, Catherine C | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 9 | 1852 | Scholar |
Worcester | ||
| VANSTON, Richard A | Son | Unmarried | M | 7 | 1854 | Scholar |
Peopleton, Worcestershire | ||
| VANSTON, Frederick M | Son | Unmarried | M | 5 | 1856 | Scholar |
Peopleton, Worcestershire | ||
| GEORGE, Maria | Servant | Unmarried | F | 37 | 1824 | Nurse Domestic Servant |
Alfrick, Worcestershire | ||
| ALLEN, Elizabeth | Servant | Unmarried | F | 29 | 1832 | Parlourmaid Domestic Servant |
Stowbridge, Worcestershire |
And at 154, High Street, St George, Southwark- presumably a London house. No idea why it says brother!!
| VARDEN, Richard | Brother | Married | M | 44 | 1817 | Land Holder |
St George Southwark | ||
| VARDEN, Elizabeth | Wife | F | 36 | 1825 | Wife Of Above |
Worcestor Lane | |||
| SITEA, Jane | Housekeeper | Widow | F | 65 | 1796 | House Keeper |
Lambeth, Surrey |
1871C. Richard Varden, 59, is living at Seaford Grange, Peopleton with his wife and 2 daughters
| VARDEN, Richard | Head | M | 59 | 1812 | Surrey | ||||
| VARDEN, Elizabeth S | Wife | F | 54 | 1817 | Worcestershire | ||||
| VARDEN, Elizabeth J | Daughter | F | 22 | 1849 | Worcestershire | ||||
| VARDEN, Catharine H | Daughter | F | 19 | 1852 | Worcestershire | ||||
| WALKER, Eliza | Servant | F | 23 | 1848 | Worcestershire | ||||
| HAINES, Margaret | Servant | F | 19 | 1852 | Worcestershire |
1873.Richard Varden has 240 acres of land, gross est. rental £317 - in a W. Midland trade directory
1873. Richard Varden , civil engineer & architect surveyor, formerly of Worcester but late of Seaford Grange, dies, aged 62, , Worcester 5/5/1873 . Probate <£2000 to Elizabeth Susannah Varden, legateee for life if she does not remarry. Seems to be revised in 1877 to <£5000..