“Wesleyan” which was a branch of the Church of England based on the teachings of the brothers John and Charles Wesley, ordained ministers of the Church of England in the 1700’s, and which formed the basis of Methodism. He was first christened in a Wesleyan chapel but later was rechristened along with four of his siblings in the Church of England in Probus in 1829.90
At age 15 he was no longer living with his family in Cornwall and was already assistant to the school master, Charles Baker, with whose family he was living in Wandsworth.129 He later married Charles Baker’s daughter Rebecca.
His occupation was School Master on his son George’s birth certificate. They were living at Church Row, Wandsworth at the time.8
Surname spelt “Gerans” on the tanscription of the 1881 census and living with five of his children at 6 Cambridge Terrace, London, Middlesex.26