In the news....Caffyns Field

http://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/local/littlehampton-tree-planting-drive-springs-into-action-1-4906571

As part of the Big Tree Plant initiative (which aims to see one million trees planted nationally) sixty trees have been planted in Caffyns Field in Littlehampton.

10th March

Some Caffyns connected to the 10th March:

Walter Caffin 1844-1907

Walter was christened on the 10^th March 1844 at St Peter the Great in Chichester.  He was the youngest child of Benjamin Charles Caffin and his wife Mary Ann Gilbert (nee Swan).  Benjamin was a successful tailor living in East Street but he died in 1855 when Walter was nearly 11 years old leaving Mary to earn a living renting out part of their property whilst Walter began working as a clerk for a brewer.  Later Walter moved to Lewisham with his mother where he was soon working for a bank, working his way up to manager for the London County and Westminster Bank.  Walter never married, his mother died in 1876 and he continued to live on his own although he employed Emily Richards as a servent and cook - she remained with him until he died in 1907.

Thomas Caffyn 1859-1923

Thomas was christened in Send and Ripley in Surrey on the 10^th March 1859, the fourth child of Thomas Caffyn and Sarah (nee Mitchell).  He remained with his parents until his mid 20s, working as an errand boy when he was younger and a gardener when he was a little older.  Thomas moved to London and was lodging in Croydon where he was working as a general labourer, he remained in Croydon but never married and by 1911 was resident in the workhouse.  He died in 1923 at the age of 60 years.

Peter Caffyn c1824-1842

Peter Caffyn died of TB at Guys Hospital on the 10^th March 1842 at the age of 18 years.  A year earlier he was living with John Caffyn in Southwark, possibly his brother but little else is known about him.

Lawrence Caffyn 1883-1976

Lawrence Albert Caffyn was born in 1883 in Eastbourne, youngest son of William Morris Caffyn and Harriet (nee Williams).  He followed his father into the ironmongery business but soon became a draper.  He married Emily Florence Duke in 1911 in Eastbourne and they had two children; Donald Duke born in 1915 and Edwina Joy in 1928.  Lawrence lived to 1976 and was buried on the 10^th March in Eastbourne.