Joseph Comfort
1805–66
Gardener and coachman. Employed at Down House until 1854; at Kew Gardens from 1854. Victualler at the Crown Inn, Knockholt, Kent, from at least 1861 until 1866.
Sources
Atkins 1974
Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1606/254/19), 1861 (RG9/462/127/16 )
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 August 2016)
England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 August 2016)
Bibliography
Atkins, Hedley J. B. 1974. Down, the home of the Darwins: the story of a house and the people who lived there. London: Royal College of Surgeons.
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