Birth

John, the third child of John and Elizabeth Genge, was born at Hardington in 1840. He was the younger brother of James Barrett Genge.

Parents

His father, John, was a weaver. His mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of John Barrett, a farmer at Hardington Marsh.

Two years after his father died in October 1846, aged 32, his mother married a farm labourer named. William Park. The census returns of 1861 and 1871 record her as the village schoolmistress.

Occupation

In March 1851, John was a farm labourer at Hardington. Ten years later, he was a railway labourer living at Hardington Marsh.

Disappearance

John has not been found after 1861.