William
Thomas Dover was born on 31st October 1852 at Stradishall
in Suffolk to Thomas and Mary nee Durrant.
On the 1861 census
William is shown as a scholar aged 8 living at Brookside Cottage, Moulton,
Suffolk, with his parents and 3 younger sisters.
In 1871 he is recorded as
a Footman aged 18 in service at Mansion, Pampisford, Cambridgeshire with a William Parker Hamond
– a 77 year old Justice of the Peace.
William married Sarah Ann
Freeman on 24th April 1876 at the Parish Church in Pampisford whilst he was working as a Butler and she as a
Domestic Maid. His marriage certificate
shows his address as Pampisford and their witnesses
as Frederick Freeman, Kitty Freeman and W.Parker Hamond. Their fathers were shown as Thomas Dover, Inn
Keeper and Frederick Freeman, Engineman respectively.
In 1880 on his father’s will he
is noted as a Railway Servant of 22 Snead Street, New Cross.
At the time of the 1881
census William and Sarah are still at 22 Snead Street, Deptford and had three
children:- William Frederick born 1877 at New Cross,
Frank F. born 1879 in Pampisford and Ellen M. born
1880 at New Cross. He was working as a
Ticket Collector on the Railways and they had a boarder – Jane Hilyard aged 25, a railway stores worker from Bedfordshire.
By 1891 William was
working as a Railway Guard and they were living at Bruno House, Cross Street, Strood. Two of their children - Frank F. and Ellen M.
are not shown and appear to have died in infancy. Their eldest child is listed as William F.
aged 14, Errand Boy, and the others are:- Harry born 1882, Lillian born 1884, Fred born
1887, Maud born 1890 all born in Dartford.
On the 1901 Census
William and Sarah are shown as living at 52 Wykeham
Street, Strood and he was a Railway Guard. Their children living with them are
Frederick, a bookstall boy aged 14, Maud aged 11, and new additions to the
family – Frank born 1891 and Rose born about 1895 both born in Strood.
Their eldest son William
F. is shown on the 1901 census as a Railway Goods Guard at 46 Bryant Road, Strood with his wife Sarah E. from Gainsboro’,
Lincs. In the 1926 and 1929 Kelly’s directorys William F.Dover is
shown at 73 Kitchener Road, Chatham.
Although William Thomas Dover has
not yet been found on the 1911 census, his wife is listed as Sarah Ann Dover,
Head, aged 58, married for 34 years from Sawston,
Cambs. With her at 27 Stanhope Road, Strood were
children Fred and Rose Emily (Railway porter, 24 and Shop Assistant, 16
respectively) and a boarder – Alfred Rowley, Railway porter aged 21.
There is a possible death
record in the Maidstone Registration District for a William T Dover aged 86 in
Apr-Jun 1939 Vol 2a Pg
1211.
Great Great Grandfather
Thomas Dover was born in Fordham,
Cambridgeshire between 1815 and 1819.
Thomas married Mary Anne Durrant on 10th April 1852 at the Parish Church,
Moulton, Suffolk.
He marked his name with a ‘x’ and is noted as a
widower (nothing is known about his previous marriage as yet). Their occupations are shown as Servant,
addresses as Moulton, and their fathers are shown as William Dover and Robert Durrant, both labourers.
Both are shown as residing in Moulton and their witnesses were William Wybrow and Mary Ann Boxdale.
Their address at the time
of the birth of their son William in October 1852, was
given as Stradishall and Thomas’ occupation is given
as Inn Keeper.
On the 1861 census Thomas
and Mary were living in Brookside Cottage, Moulton, with five other families,
one of which is that of William Whybrow, a 50 year
old Gardener, most probably the witness at their marriage. Thomas, a Servant – Butler? and Mary had at least 4 children
who are all shown on the 1861 census:- William born 1852, Ellen born 1855 in Stradishall, Emma born 1856 and Hannah born in 1859.
All were born in Stradishall except Hannah who
was born in Moulton.
On the 1871 Census Thomas
and Mary are shown in the village of Moulton aged 56 and 55 respectively, with daughters
Emma Mary aged 14, a servant, and Hannah aged 12, a scholar. Also with them is a Grandson – Herbert Dover Rivett aged 5 born in Fulbourn,
Cambs. This could be the child of their
daughter Ellen Dover, or perhaps a daughter by Thomas’ previous marriage?
Thomas died on 5 Jun 1880. His will was found on
Ancestry.co.uk and states “Dover Thomas, Personal Estate under £500. 16 June
1880. The Will of Thomas Dover late of Moulton in the County of Suffolk, Innkeeper
who died 5 Jun 1880 at Moulton was proved at Bury St Edmunds by William Blinker
of Moulton Shepherd and William Thomas Dover of 22 Snead-street, New Cross in
the County of Surrey Railway Servant the Son the Executors.” It is believed
that ‘under £500’ signifies just under £500, as other entries say ‘under £450,
under £200’ etc.
Jones
Family (of Richard Jones)
Grandmother
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Nellie ~ 1900 (front right) at Richard and Polly’s
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Ellen (Nellie) Jones known
as Nellie, was born on 13 Jan 1894 to Richard and
Ellen Jones, nee Jones in Clashnasmut, Tipperary,
Ireland (about 10km north of Carrick-on-Suir). Her mother died
soon after her birth and Nellie
and her siblings were cared for by their older sister Mary (born in 1876).
The 1901 census shows the family living at 9
Gethin Terrace, Bettws Y Coed, Carnavon, Wales. Her father
Richard is the head of the family and noted as widower, a Blacksmith aged 47,
born at Llandeiniolen, Wales. The three children listed are David aged 13,
Robert aged 8 and Ellan aged 7, all born in Tipperary, Ireland. There is also an unmarried Housekeeper living
with them – Catherine Jones aged 35. Ellen’s older sister Mary married Robert
William Reid on 2nd May 1901 at St.John’s
Parish Church, Boscombe, Hampshire. She was a nurse aged 25 and he was a
carpenter aged 24.
In 1911 Ellen is shown as a 17 year old
Children’s Nurse living with her sister Mary and her husband Robert William
Reid at 78 New Chester Road, New Ferry, Cheshire. With them are six of Robert
and Mary’s children:- Eric born 1903, Cyril Alfred
born 1905, Arnold Neville David born 1906, Jessica Gwendoline
born 1908, William Ainslie born 1909 and Dilys Gaynor
Mary born 1910.
Nellie married Frank Ernest Dover on 9th June 1917 at St.Mark’s Parish
Church, New Ferry, Chester. At this time
she was living at 78a New Chester
Road with her sister Mary and her husband
Robert. Their witnesses were
Robert William Reid (Mary’s husband) and Margaret Ward.
Ellen’s older sister Mary died on 15th
November 1925 at 78a New Chester Road, New Ferry, Cheshire
of a Gastric Ulcer.
Nellie died on 11th July 1964 of
lung cancer at 5 Gordon Road, Chatham, where she lived with her husband
Joe. It gives her age as 63 years and
that Joe worked as a Stoker (War Department).
The doctor who certified her death, also
certified Kenneth’s death ten years previously. She is buried in Maidstone Road
Cemetery, Chatham along with Joe and her son Kenneth.
Great
Grandfather
Richard Jones was born in about 1852 at
Llanddeiniolen, Caernarvon, Wales. He married Ellen Jones who was born in 1856
also at Llanddeiniolen. They had at least five
children:- Mary born 1876, William born 1878, Richard
born 1880, David born 1888, Robert born 1893, Ellen born 1894.
The Reid family recall that Richard was a
police constable in Cork, Ireland and also at Dolgellau in Wales. Later he had a small gravel pit in north Wales and sold
gravel. Although various sources give
his occupation as Blacksmith, this can apparently also be a term for a pit/mine
worker.
At the time of their daughter
Mary’s birth on 10 Jan 1876 at Tai Bricks, Richard, a Police Constable and
Ellen Jones (formerly Jones) were living at 3 Constantine Terrace, Carnarvon.
The 1881 census shows Richard, a police
constable aged 29 and wife Ellen aged 25 living at Llwyngwril
Village, Merioneth, Wales with three children:- Mary,
William and Richard. In 1894 at the time of his daughter Ellen’s birth, Richard
is noted as a Blacksmith living at Clashnasmut,
Tipperary, Ireland (about 10km north of Carrick-on-Suir).
The 1901 census shows the family living at 9
Gethin Terrace, Bettws Y Coed, Carnavon, Wales. Richard is
noted as widower, a Blacksmith aged 47, born at Llandeiniolen,
Wales. The three children listed are David aged 13,
Robert aged 8 and Ellen aged 7, all born in Tipperary, Ireland. There is also an unmarried Housekeeper living
with them – Catherine Jones aged 35.
Richard died before 1940.
Jones Family (of Ellen Jones)
Great Grandmother
Ellen Jones was born in about 1855, as calculated from
her death certificate and 1881 census.
The 1881 census shows Richard, a police
constable aged 29 and wife Ellen aged 25 living at Llwyngwril
Village, Merioneth, Wales with three children:- Mary,
William and Richard.
Richard and Ellen had at least 7 children:- Mary
born 10th January 1876 at Tai Bricks in Caernarvon, William born
1878 at Dolgelly in Merioneth,
Richard born 1880 at Dolgelly, David, Hugh (Robert?),
John and Ellen.
It is believed that Ellen died during or
soon after childbirth in 1894.
Freeman
Family
Great Grandmother
Sarah Ann Freeman
was born in about 1852 at Pampisford in
Cambridgeshire to Frederick and Sarah Freeman nee Nunn.
On the 1861 Census she is
shown aged 9 with her parents and five siblings at High Street, Pampisford. Her father is noted as ‘Employed on Railway’.
Incidentally, next door is a Thomas Freeman aged 70, Ag Lab and his wife Sarah
aged 65 from Pampisford and Whittlesford
respectively.
In 1871 she was aged 18 and
working as a servant for widow Maria Fisow, a dressmaker, in Pampisford.
This census entry is just a two pages away from the entry showing the rest of
her family.
Sarah Ann married William
Thomas Dover on 24th April 1876 at the Parish Church in Pampisford whilst she was working as a Domestic Maid and he
as a Butler. The certificate shows their address as Pampisford
and their witnesses as Frederick Freeman, Kitty Freeman and W.Parker
Hamond. Their fathers were shown as Thomas Dover, Inn
Keeper and Frederick Freeman, Engineman respectively.
At the time of the 1881
census William and Sarah are still at 22 Snead Street, Deptford and had three
children:- William Frederick born 1877 at New Cross,
Frank F. born 1879 in Pampisford and Ellen M. born
1880 at New Cross. William was working
as a Ticket Collector on the Railways and they had a boarder – Jane Hilyard aged 25, a railway stores worker from
Bedfordshire.
By 1891 William was
working as a Railway Guard and they were living at Bruno House, Cross Street, Strood. Two of their children - Frank F. and Ellen M.
are not shown and appear to have died in infancy. Their eldest child is listed as William F.
aged 14, Errand Boy, and the others are:- Harry born 1882, Lillian born 1884, Fred born
1887, Maud born 1890 all born in Dartford.
On the 1901 Census
William and Sarah are shown as living at 52 Wykeham
Street, Strood and he was a Railway Guard. Their children living with them are
Frederick, a bookstall boy aged 14, Maud aged 11, and new additions to the
family – Frank born 1891 and Rose born about 1895 both born in Strood.
On the 1911 census, Sarah Ann
Dover is listed as Head of Household, aged 58, married for 34 years from Sawston, Cambs. With her at 27 Stanhope Road, Strood were children Fred and Rose Emily (Railway porter,
24 and Shop Assistant, 16 respectively) and a boarder – Alfred Rowley, Railway
porter aged 21. Her husband William has not yet been found on this census.
There is a possible death record of a Sarah
A Dover aged 76 in in Apr-Jun 1929, Strood Vol 2a, Pg 895.
Great Great Grandfather
Frederick Freeman was
born in about 1827 in Pampisford, Cambridgeshire. He
married Sarah Nunn on 24 Sep 1847 at The Parish Church, Sawston.
They were both of full age living in Sawston and
their witnesses were Emma Freeman and William Westwood. Frederick’s occupation
was Labourer and their fathers were Joseph Freeman and Thomas Nunn, both
Labourers. Sarah signed her name with a cross. A tree found on Ancestry has
Frederick’s mother as Deborah Watts but this has yet to be confirmed.
At the time of the 1851 census
Frederick was shown as an Agricultural Labourer at New Street, Sawston. He was living with his wife Sarah, their children
Deborah aged 3 and Joseph aged 1 and Sarah’s sister Emily Nunn aged 18.
At the time of their daughter Sarah’s birth
in 1852 they were still living at Sawston and
Frederick was a Labourer.
On the 1861 Census
Frederick and Sarah were shown with their six children at High Street, Pampisford. Frederick is noted as ‘Employed on Railway’.
Incidentally, next door is a Thomas Freeman aged 70, Ag Lab and his wife Sarah
aged 65 from Pampisford and Whittlesford
respectively but it is not known if they were related.
By 1871, Frederick and Sarah are living at Pampisford with 7 children:-
Joseph born 1850, Frederick born 1859, Jessie born 1861, Maria born 1864, Emily
born 1866, Thomas born 1868 and Frank born 1870. Thomas and Sarah Freeman are
still living next door aged 85 and 80 respectively.
In 1881, Frederick and Sarah were shown at Pampisford with four of their children:-
Emily, Thomas, Frank and William. Frederick was working as a Fireman.
At the time of the 1891 census
Frederick and Sarah are still at Pampisford with son
Walter aged 18 and Grandaughter Susan Ellen Cann aged 10 from Whittlesford.
Durrant Family
Great Great Grandmother
Mary Anne Durrant was born in Ixworth,
Suffolk between 1816 and 1819. She was a
spinster when she married Thomas Dover, a widower, on 10th April
1852 at the Parish Church, Moulton, Suffolk. Their occupations are shown as Servant and
Mary’s father is given as Robert Durrant, a
labourer. Both are shown as residing in
Moulton and their witnesses were William Wybrow and
Mary Ann Boxdale.
Their address at the time
of the birth of their son William in October 1852, was
given as Stradishall.
On the 1861 census Thomas
and Mary were living in Brookside Cottage, Moulton, with five other families,
one of which is that of William Whybrow, a 50 year
old Gardener, most probably the witness at their marriage. Thomas, and Mary had at least 4 children who
are all shown on the 1861 census:- William born 1852,
Ellen born 1855 in Stradishall, Emma born 1856 and
Hannah born in 1859. All were born in Stradishall
except Hannah who was born in Moulton.
On the 1871 Census Thomas
and Mary are shown in the village of Moulton aged 56 and 55 respectively, with
daughters Emma Mary aged 14, a servant, and Hannah aged 12, a scholar. Also with them is a Grandson – Herbert Dover Rivett aged 5 born in Fulbourn,
Cambs. This could be the child of their
daughter Ellen Dover, or perhaps a daughter by Thomas’ previous marriage?
Nunn
Family
Great Great Grandmother
Sarah
Nunn was born in about 1829 at Whittlesford,
Cambridgeshire.
She married Frederick
Freeman on 24 Sep 1847 at The Parish Church, Sawston.
They were both of full age living in Sawston and
their witnesses were Emma Freeman and William Westwood. Frederick’s occupation
was Labourer and their fathers were Joseph Freeman and Thomas Nunn, both
Labourers. Sarah signed her name with a cross.
At the time of the 1851 census
Frederick was shown as an Agricultural Labourer at New Street, Sawston. He was living with his wife Sarah, their children
Deborah aged 3 and Joseph aged 1 and Sarah’s sister Emily Nunn aged 18.
At the time of their daughter Sarah’s birth
in 1852 they were still living at Sawston and
Frederick was a Labourer.
On the 1861 Census
Frederick and Sarah were shown with their six children at High Street, Pampisford. Frederick is noted as ‘Employed on Railway’.
Incidentally, next door is a Thomas Freeman aged 70, Ag Lab and his wife Sarah
aged 65 from Pampisford and Whittlesford
respectively but it is not known if they were related.
By 1871, Frederick and Sarah are living at Pampisford with 7 children:-
Joseph born 1850, Frederick born 1859, Jessie born 1861, Maria born 1864, Emily
born 1866, Thomas born 1868 and Frank born 1870. Thomas and Sarah Freeman are
still living next door aged 85 and 80 respectively.
In 1881, Frederick and Sarah were shown at Pampisford with four of their children:-
Emily, Thomas, Frank and William. Frederick was working as a Fireman.
At the time of the 1891 census
Frederick and Sarah are still at Pampisford with son
Walter aged 18 and Grandaughter Susan Ellen Cann aged 10 from Whittlesford.
It is believed Sarah died in 1900.
Great Great Great Grandfather
Thomas
Nunn was a Labourer and it is believed he married Mary Dockerill.
Hollingsworth
Family
Grandfather
Albert Edward Hollingsworth was
born on 10th August 1900 at 24 Taplow
Street, Hoxton-New-Town, Shoreditch to Thomas Alfred
and Emma Hollingsworth nee Simons.
In 1901, Albert is recorded on
the census as 7 months old living at 11 Wenlock
Terrace, Hoxton with his parents and five siblings.
Albert is shown on the 1911
census aged 10 with his family at 44 Anthill Road, Tottenham.
He joined the Royal Navy
as a Stoker on 27th May 1919 and served for 21 years. His address on entry was 61 Roma Road, Forest
Gate, Walthamstow, his trade was Bargeman and his religion was Church of
England. His description was given as 5’2’’, chest 35’’, brown hair, hazel
eyes, dark complexion. On re-entry for C.S. his
description was given as 5’3’’, chest 35’’, brown hair, brown eyes, fresh
complexion and a scar on the back of his hand.
On 6 Mar 1923 he was
awarded a Certificate for the Educational Test Part 1 comprising English and
Arithmetic. His Royal Navy Education Certificate dated 4 Jun 1926 states that A.E. Hollingsworth Stoker 1st Class
at Chatham, K56942, passed the educational examination of rating stoker petty
officer.
On 14 Sep 1934 he received a
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. The ships he served on include:- HMS Vulcan, Ark Royal, Sutton, Valiant and Blanche. He
was aboard HMS Blanche in Nov 1939 when it hit a mine and sunk in the Thames
Estuary. It was the first British Destroyer to be lost to enemy action in World
War II. In May 1940 Albert was declared medically unfit for service. Throughout
his service his character was described as VG (very good) and he was awarded 3 good conduct badges.
Albert married Victoria
May Shingles on 26 Nov 1923 at St James Holloway, Islington, but it is believed
he was widowed sometime after the birth of their first child who died in
infancy in 1929. The marriage certificate gives their ages as 23 and 22, their
addresses as RN Dockyard Chatham and 283 Holloway Road, and their fathers as
Thomas Hollingsworth, Labourer (deceased) and John Thomas Shingles, Bag Maker
respectively. Their witnesses were James Thomas Shingles and Beatrice Mary Baxter.
At the time of his second
marriage to Ivy Florence Rose Grace Callaway on 24th
December 1927 at All Saints Church, Portsmouth, he was recorded as a Leading
Stoker aboard HMS Sutton, widower aged 27. Ivy’s address was given as 32 Church
Street, Landport. Their witnesses were F H W Hoskins
and L A Callaway. Their father’s
were shown as Thomas Alfred Hollingsworth, General Labourer
(deceased) and Leonard Arthur Callaway, Skilled Labourer.
On 22 Jan 1929, Albert’s eldest son by his
first wife died aged 6 of accidental death. The death certificate states he was
the son of Albert Edward Hollingsworth, Leading Stoker Royal Navy, of 32 Church
Street, Portsea and Landport.
He died on 7th June 1963 aged 62 at All Saints
Hospital, Chatham of cardiac failure and anaemia. At
the time he was living at 168 Medway Road, Gillingham
and was noted as a Skilled Labourer Admiralty
Dockyard (retired).
Great Grandfather
Thomas Charles Hollingsworth was
born on 15 Oct 1865 at 18 Old Bethnal Green Road, Hackney to Charles and Sarah
nee Clapham. His father was noted as a
Whitesmith Journeyman and his mother registered the birth with a cross. In
later life he is referred to as Thomas Alfred.
At the time of the 1871 census,
Thomas is shown as a 5 year old scholar living with his family at 26 Duncan
Street, Hackney. At the same address there lived Joseph Cook and family and
Alfred Hollingsworth (smith’s fitter) with wife Sarah A. and their daughter
Amelia aged 6 months. It is very probable that this baby Amelia is in fact Lucy
Amelia who later married Thomas (born 1865) in 1907.
On the 1881 census the family
are shown incorrectly with the surname Hollingwood
living at 8 Little John Street, Shoreditch and Thomas is a 15 year old working
as a Carman’s Boy.
He was working as a Dyer
at the time of his marriage to Emma Simons which took place on 15th
December 1889 at St James Church, Shoreditch.
They were noted as bachelor, Dyer and spinster, Box Maker, living at 28
James Street and 26 James Street respectively. Their fathers were given as
Charles Hollingsworth, Smith and Alexander Simons, Blind Maker, and their
witnesses were John Williams and Caroline Simons. Thomas signed his name with a
cross. They had at least 6 children – Alice Elizabeth born 1890, Louisa born
1891, Rose born 1893, Charles born 1895, Thomas Alfred born 1896 and Albert
born in 1900. Their son Thomas Alfred
served as Private 37297 in 35th Bn Machine
Gun Corps (Inf) and died of
wounds on Friday 22 Jun 1917 aged 21. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
states that he was the ‘step-son of Mrs L A Hollingsworth of 2 Durham Road,
Philip Lane, South Tottenham’. He is buried at Happy Valley British Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas de Calais. This
information confirms that his father Thomas (born 1865) remarried after the
death of his wife Emma – see below.
Their first child, Alice
Elizabeth was born 27 Feb 1890 at 56 Mintern Street,
Hoxton Old Town and Thomas Alfred is noted as a Wool Dyer Journeyman.
In 1891 they were still at 56 Mintern Street with Thomas shown as Drug? Boiler Chem?, Emma shown as a Box Maker and with their daughter Alice E
aged 1.
By 1901 Thomas and Emma had
moved to 11 Wenlock Terrace, Hoxton but strangely their
first names are given as Charles and Alice aged 35 and 34. Their occupations
are General Labourer and Card Box Maker respectively. Listed with them are
their six children
Thomas’s wife Emma died
in 1906 in Shoreditch, whilst he was working as a Gas Fitter, and it is
possible that he remarried. It is
thought that he died in 1917 in Tottenham, whilst working as an Engineer’s
Fitter.
On 14 July 1907, Thomas (born
1865) married a widow, Lucy Amelia Herring, daughter of Alfred Hollingsworth (blacksmith).
Their addresses are given as 3 Beevis Place and 17 Watoms? Place
respectively and Thomas’s occupation is given as Fitter, the same as his father.
Their witnesses were recorded as Charles Hollingsworth and Louisa? Hollingsworth. Further
investigation shows that Lucy’s first husband was Henry J Herring, a
Carpenter’s Labourer from Hackney and it appears that Lucy’s father Alfred may
be the older half-brother of Thomas (born 1865). It is thought that Alfred was
married to a Sarah Amelia Clapham in 1870 (daughter of William Clapham) but it
is not yet known if and how she was related to Sarah Clapham (Thomas’s mother).
In 1911 Thomas, aged 44, is living at 44 Anthill Road, Tottenham with his second
wife of 4 years – Lucy aged 40. Living with them were his children:- Louisa (19, fur machinest),
Rose (18, screw hand), Charles (16, labourer), Thomas (15, van boy) and Albert
(10, scholar). Also there were her children from her previous marriage:- Emily Herring (18, dress maker), Edith Herring (16, box
maker), Henry (13, scholar), Lucy (9, scholar). In addition there was Elsie
Hollingsworth aged 1, presumably the daughter of Thomas and Lucy.
Great Great Grandfather
Charles Hollingsworth was
born in about 1814, possibly in Hertfordshire. The IGI shows a Charles
Hollingsworth christened 1/5/1814 at Hertingfordbury,
Hertford with parents Joseph and Elizabeth but this is unconfirmed.
In 1851 he is recorded as aged
30, Blacksmith Journeyman with wife Susan at Letty
Green, Hertingfordbury, Herts.
With them are their two children Alfred born 1846 and Fanny born 1850. It is
believed, from the 1861 census, that they had another daughter Amelia in 1852.
He worked as a Blacksmith
for most of his life and married Sarah Clapham on 24th October 1858 at the
Parish Church, St.Jude, Bethnal
Green. He was a widower aged 44 living at 3 Anns
Place, working as a Smith, son of Joseph Hollingsworth, Labourer. She was a
spinster aged 32 living at 3 Gloucester Place, daughter of Thomas Clapham,
Carpenter. Their witnesses were George Hollingsworth and Eliza Heal. Charles
signed his name with a cross.
On the 1861 census Charles, 41,
Smith and Sarah, 36, are listed at 33 Laburnum Terrace, Shoreditch with four
children. It is likely that the three eldest were from Charles’s previous
marriage to Susan, and that the youngest, Joseph, born 1959 was from this
marriage. Their birthplaces are given incorrectly as Herefordshire (instead of
Hertfordshire) except Amelia and Joseph born in Shoreditch.
At the time of his son
Thomas’s birth in 1865 he was recorded as a Whitesmith Journeyman.
By 1871 they were living
in Hackney with three more children, and are shown incorrectly on the 1881
census with the surname Hollingwood, living in
Shoreditch. In 1891 Charles and Sarah are shown in Shoreditch aged 77
and 63 respectively with their unmarried son Charles aged 23, also a
Blacksmith.
Great Great Great Grandfather
Joseph Hollingsworth was
shown as a labourer on his son Charles' marriage certificate.
The IGI shows a Charles
Hollingsworth christened 1/5/1814 at Hertingfordbury,
Hertford with parents Joseph and Elizabeth but this is unconfirmed. Other
possible christening entries of children of Charles and Elizabeth on the IGI at
Hertfordingbury are Phanny
c.1804, Charlotte c.1806, Amelia c.1808, Henry c.1810, George c.1812, John Alex
c.1816, Thomas c.1819, Emma c.1823. The IGI also has a possible marriage entry
for a Jos Hollingsworth and Elizabeth Uncle at Albury,
Herts on 19 Jul 1803 – this has yet to be confirmed.
Callaway
Family
Grandmother
Ivy Florence Grace Callaway was born on 8th March 1909 in Portsmouth. She married widower Albert Edward
Hollingsworth on 24th December 1927 at All Saints Church, Portsmouth
and they had five children. She died on
22nd February 1989 at her usual address - 26 Evenlode
Close, Lodge Park, Redditch.
Her occupation was given as ‘widow of Albert Hollingsworth, Petty Officer Royal
Navy (retired).
Great Grandfather
Leonard Arthur Callaway was
named Arthur Leonard Callaway, when he was born on 2 Apr 1882 in Portsea, Hampshire to William and Harriet nee Standing.
His Royal Navy service
record confirms his date and place of birth but gives his name as Leonard
Arthur Callaway. At the time of joining up on 2 Apr 1900 his occupation was
Greengrocer, height 5’3’’, brown hair, hazel eyes and fresh complexion. His
service number was 194383 and his ‘Period of CS Engagement’ was given as 12
years. When he left the Navy his tattoos were recorded as Britannia on chest,
and flowers and anchor on arm. He served aboard many ships including HMS Glory,
HMS Surprize, HMS Victory I and HMS Prince Edward VII. On 6 Nov 1913 there is
an entry regarding ‘invalided Haslar, heart disease
and he was declared medically unfit on 22 Oct 1914. His conduct throughout his
time in the Navy was given as Very Good.
He gave his name as
Leonard Arthur Callaway when he married Florence Edith Mears on 6th
June 1905 at the Parish Church, Portsea whilst
working as a Seaman. Their addresses were HMS Thames and 168 Sultan Road and
their fathers were Wiiliam Callaway, Pensioner and
John Henry Mears, Stoker. Their witnesses were Amelia Combs and John Mears.
Leonard and Florence had seven children:- Ivy Florence
Grace born 8 Mar 1909, Arthur, Sidney, Joe, Tim, Ernest and Barbara.
In 1909 at the time of
his daughter Ivy’s birth, he was serving aboard HMS King Edward VII and they
were living at 19 All Saints Street, Landport. He was widowed in 1932 and went on to marry
twice more before his death in 1963.
Great Great Grandfather
William Henry Callaway was
born in 1838 in Portsmouth to William John Callaway and Eliza nee Hicks.
In 1841, the census showed
William aged 2 with parents and five siblings at Town Street, Portsea.
At the time of the 1851 census,
William is recorded as 13 years old with his parents and eight siblings at
Lumps Lane, Portsea.
He is shown on the 1861 census
aged 22, Labourer HM Dockyard with his widowed mother Eliza, Charwoman aged 57
and two younger siblings Charles and Mary at 7 Bow Street, Portsea.
He married Harriet Maria
Standing on Christmas Day 1863 at the Parish Church, Portsmouth, both of full
age and both signed with a cross. Their addresses were both given as 9 East
Street and their fathers were William John Callaway, Ropemaker
and George Standing, Labourer. Their witnesses were John Avis and Ann Avis who
signed with a cross. It is believed Ann Avis was William’s sister who married
Robert Henry Avis in 1835.
Incidentally, William Henry’s brother Charles married Harriet’s sister Lucy Standing at St
Mary’s Portsea on 4 Jul 1876.
They had at least twelve
children:- Caroline Maria born 1865, Charles Edward born 1866, Harriett Lizzie
born 1870, George William born 1872, Lucy Rosena born
1874, Alfred Thomas born 1876 and Lillian Mary born 1878, Arthur Leonard born
1880, Ellenor M. (Nelly) born 1883, Jacob Albert born
1886, Grace born 1888 and Sidney J. born 1889.
At the time of the 1871 census William, aged
32, Dockyard Labourer and Harriet aged 29 were living at Tipmor Road, Portsea
with three children and William’s brother-in-law, George Standing aged 23,
Stoker chemical.
By 1879, at the time of his son Arthur
Leonard’s birth he was a skilled labourer living at 21 Stamshaw
Lane, Portsea. He signed his name as informant with a
cross.
In 1881, William and Harriet are at 21 Stamshaw Lane with eight children and a boarder named Mary
Standing aged 22, possibly Harriet’s sister.
At the time of the 1891 census William and
Harriet were still living at 21 Stamshaw Road,
Portsmouth with five of their children. William’s occupation is given as
Labourer, Navvy. Three other children are shown next door at 23 Stamshaw Road with their eldest sister Caroline Miller aged
26 and her three children William aged 4, Grace aged 2 and Gilbert aged 1.
Caroline’s husband is not shown but is believed to be called Jacob.
On the 1901 census William aged 62,
Pensioner from Dockyard, was living at 23 Twyford
Avenue, Portsmouth with his wife Harriet and five of their children.
He was noted as a pensioner at the time of
Leonard’s marriage in 1905.
Great Great Great Grandfather
William
John Callaway was baptised on 12 Jun 1808 at Portsea, son of
Joseph and Eleanor Callaway (from IGI). It is believed he married Eliza Hicks in
1829. He was working as a ropemaker in 1863 at the
time of his son’s marriage.
Great Great Great Great
Grandfather
Joseph
Callaway worked as a labourer and then as a rigger from 1815. A distant cousin
found a marriage record showing that Joseph (bachelor) married Eleanor Smith (spinster)
on 17 Nov 1805 at St Mary’s Portsea. He signed with a
cross and their witnesses were John Lancaster and Rich George.
Simons
Family
Great Grandmother
Emma Simons was born in about 1867.
According to her elder sister Sarah Elizabeth’s birth certificate, their
parents were Alexander Simons and Elizabeth nee Hardcastle.
Sarah was born on 4th January 1865 at 8 Rutland Court, Cripplegate in East London. Alexander is noted as a Journeyman
Printer. This matches his occupation on the 1861 census when he was living with
his mother and siblings.
At the time of the 1871
census Emma was aged 4 living with her parents and older sister (Sarah)
Elizabeth at 24 James Street, Shoreditch.
Ten years later the family were
at the same address, although by then Emma also had 4 younger siblings. At this
time Emma was
working as a Fancy Paper Box Maker with her older sister Sarah.
Emma married Thomas Alfred Hollingsworth on
15th December 1889 at St James Church, Shoreditch. They had at least 5 children – Thomas (who
died in the First World War), Alice, Rose, Louise, and the youngest - Albert
born in 1900. She died on 9th
October 1906 aged 40 of cancer of womb and exhaustion, at 48 Wenlock Road, Shoreditch. Her husband was present at the
death and was noted as a Gas Fitter.
Great Great Grandfather
Alexander Simons was
born on 13 Oct 1844 at 1 Dean’s Court, St.Luke’s, Middlesex to John Simons and Elizabeth nee Hassell. His birth was registered on 18 Nov by his mother,
who signed her name with a cross. An IGI record shows Alexander born 13 Oct
1844 with a christening date of 26 Apr 1846 at St Thomas Charterhouse,
Finsbury, London. The parents are shown as John Simons
and Elizabeth.
On the 1851 census, Alexander is
shown as a 6 year old scholar with his parents and five siblings at 1 Dean’s
Court.
By the time of the 1861 census
the family have moved to 7 Blands Buildings in the
same area of St.Luke’s. Alexander is shown as a
Printer aged 16.
He married Elizabeth and
they had at least six children:- Sarah Elizabeth born
4 Jan 1865, Emma born 1867, Alfred born 1872, Caroline born 1875, Charles born
1878 and Albert Edward born 1879.
In 1871 Alexander and
Elizabeth are living at 24 James Street, Shoreditch. Their surname is shown as Symmons and his profession is Printer. Their two eldest
children are with them although Sarah is recorded by her middle name,
Elizabeth.
The family are shown at
the same address ten years later in 1881 and Alexander is a Window Blind Maker.
By this time Alexander has 6 children.
By 1891 Alexander and
Elizabeth have moved to 64 Taplow Street, Shoreditch.
He is still working as a Blind Maker and their two eldest children, Sarah and
Emma have left home.
At the time of the 1901
census Alexander and Elizabeth are still living at 64 Taplow
Street, both aged 59, and with them is one of their sons – Charles aged 24.
Great Great Great Grandfather
John
Simons was born in about 1793 in Holborn, Middlesex.
The name of his first wife is not yet known
but is likely that they had at least 3 children:- Ann
and Charles, twins born 1826 and Elizabeth born 1833.
It is known from his son Alexander’s birth
certificate that his wife in 1844 was Elizabeth nee Hassell
and is likely that they had at least 7 children:-
Sarah born 1837, George born 1839, James born 1843, Alexander born 1844,
William born 1848, Mary born 1850 and Elizabeth born 1854.
A marriage has been found for a John Simons
(widower) and Elizabeth Hepner (widow) on 13 Apr 1834
at St.Mary Lambeth with witnesses Sarah Hassell and Hama?
Hassell.
It is most likely that Elizabeth’s maiden name was Hassell
and that her first husband’s name Hepner for two
reasons:-
- A marriage
record has been found for Elizabeth Hassell
(spinster) and a Godfrey Rodman Hipner
(bachelor) on 25 Aug 1830 at St Bride, Fleet Street, City
of London. Both signed their names with a cross and the witnesses were
James Good and Ann Hassell.
- A burial
record has been found for a Godfrey Hepner (aged
23) on 20 Nov 1831 at St Andrew’s Holborn. His address was given as Onslow Street.
At the time of the 1841 census John and
Elizabeth were living at St Andrew’s (above the bars), Holborn. John is noted
as a 45 year old Brush Maker and Elizabeth, a 30 year old Brush Drawer. Living
with them (in order shown) are Ann and Charles both born 1826, Elizabeth born
1833, Sarah born 1837, George born 1839 and Edward born 1821, a Carver and
Gilder. It is not sure if Edward was their child or another relation as
normally the eldest child would be written down first.
In 1851 they were living at 1 Dean’s Court,
St Luke’s and were both shown as Brush Makers. Living with them were 6 of their
children.
At the time of the 1861 census John was not
shown with the rest of his family. His wife Elizabeth is shown as the head of
the household living at 7 Blands Building, St.Luke’s and her status is shown as married (not widowed).
At this time their eldest daughter Sarah Roylance,
her husband (a 28 year old cabinet maker) and their 2 children, Anne and Emma,
were also living with them.
On Ancestry, another member has John’s date
of death to be 20 Dec 1860 at 7 Blands Buildings but
this has yet to be confirmed.
Mears Family
Great
Grandmother
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Florence Edith Mears was
born on 1st April 1882 at 3 Providence Place, Nile Street in
Portsmouth.
In 1901 Florence was working as a Domestic
Servant for the Langford family at 105 Chichester Road, Portsmouth. She married
Leonard Arthur Callaway on 6th June 1905 at the Parish Church, Portsea and died on 17th April 1932.
Great
Great Grandfather
John Henry Mears was
born on 7th June 1851 in Chalton Street, Portsea to Henry John Mears and Emma nee Bufton. It is likely
that he was christened on 20th May 1855 at St Mary’s Church in Portsea.
At the time of the 1871 census,
John is shown as a 19 year old Hawker at 27 Chance Street, Portsea,
with his widowed mother and his three siblings. At the same address was his
mother’s sister Sophia Slater, also a Charwoman aged 33, her cousin James H
Miller, a hawker aged 33 and Thomas Sturgess, a 22 year old boarder also working as a hawker.
He joined the Royal Navy
as a Stoker and married Barbara Lloyd on 11th September 1879 at the
Parish Church, Portsmouth. At the time
of their marriage they were recorded as a bachelor and spinster both of full
age, and he was serving aboard HMS Asia. She was noted as living at 7 Oyster
Street and their fathers were noted as John Henry Mears, Quartermaster RN and
Robert Lloyd Private RM respectively. Their witnesses were William Mears and
Charlotte Burgess. They had at least
eight children, Emma B. born 1880, Florence Edith born 1882, Rose M born 1887,
John Albert born 1889, Percy Valentine born 1894, Ernest Henry born 1896, Ivy
Violet born 1903 and Leonard Arthur born 1905.
Two years after their marriage in 1881, they
are shown as John Henry and Barbara Myers at 28 Hope Street, Portsea with one child – Emma B. aged 9 months. John is
listed as a Stoker RN aged 30.
At the time of Florence’s birth in 1882, the
family were living at 2 Providence Place, Nile Street, Landport
and John’s occupation was Stoker, HMS Inflexible.
By 1891 John and Barbara were living at 60
Hope Street, Landport. He was a Leading Stoker RN
aged 40
In 1901 John is listed as ‘Stoker on a steam
ship – worker’, aged 48 living at 26 Martha Street, Portsmouth with his wife
and four of their children.
At the time of the 1911 census, John and
Barbara were living with five of their children at 72 Thomas Street, Landport, Portsmouth. It states
they had been married for 21 years and John is shown as a 59 year old Naval
Pensioner SPO RN.
A possible death record has been found –
John H Mears aged 68, Jan-Mar 1920 Vol 2b Page 649
Portsmouth.
Great
Great Great Grandfather
Henry John Mears was
born before 1828.
He married Emma Bufton on 28th June 1848 a St Mary’s Church, Portsea. At the time
of his marriage he is shown as a Seaman aboard HMS Frolic. He is of full age
and his father is recorded as Thomas Mears, Mariner. In 1879, on his son’s
marriage certificate his occupation is stated as Quartermaster RN.
In 1851 on his son John’s
birth certificate, he is listed as a Seaman. He may have died before 1871, as
his wife Emma is shown as a widow on the census.
A possible death record for Emma
Mears has been found in 1873.
Great
Great Great Great Grandfather
Thomas
Mears was shown as a mariner at the time of his son’s marriage in 1848.
Clapham Family
Great Great Grandmother
Sarah Clapham was born in about 1826,
possibly in Hertfordshire, daughter of Thomas Clapham, Carpenter. The IGI shows
a Sarah Clapham christened 29/7/1827 at Cheshunt,
Hertford with parents Thomas and Lucy, but this is unconfirmed. Other
children of Thomas and Lucy found on IGI at Cheshunt,
Herts are Thomas c. 14 Jun 1829 and Lucy c. 13 Feb 1831.
At the time of the 1841
census, Sarah aged 14, and Thomas and Lucy Clapham aged 11 are shown at Sergents Yard, West Hackney with George Holinsworth
aged 25 (blacksmith), Lucy aged 35, Bertha aged 3 and Joseph aged 1. On
later censuses George’s place of birth is shown as Hertfordshire so could
George be Charles Hollingsworth’s brother? Incidentally, the birth certificate
for Joseph David born 16 Feb 1840 at Sarson’s Yard,
West Hackney gives Lucy’s former name as Miles and George’s occupation as
Farrier.
Sarah married Charles
Hollingsworth on 24th October 1858 at the Parish Church, St.Jude,
Bethnal Green. He was a widower aged 44 living
at 3 Anns Place, working as a Smith, son of Joseph
Hollingsworth, Labourer. She was a spinster aged 32 living at 3 Gloucester
Place, daughter of Thomas Clapham, Carpenter. Their witnesses were George
Hollingsworth and Eliza Heal. Charles signed his name with a cross.
There is a possible entry on the
1901 census of a Sarah Hollingsworth aged 73, Monthly? Nurse from Bethnal Green. She living with Henry and Eliza
Bates and family and is described as Grandmother. Eliza is noted as a Box Maker
and her year of birth ties in with Thomas Alfred Hollingsworth’s sister but
this has yet to be confirmed.
Great
Great Great Grandfather
Thomas Clapham is
shown on his daughter Sarah's marriage certificate as a Carpenter. I have
found an 1861 entry for a Thomas Clapham born in Hertfordshire, but this is
unconfirmed.
Hardcastle Family
Great Great Grandmother
Elizabeth Hardcastle
was born in about 1846 in the City of London, possibly Cripplegate and was believed to be the wife of Alexander
Simons. There is a good chance her maiden name was Hardcastle,
but more evidence is needed to support this.
Standing/Standen Family
Great Great Grandmother
Harriet Maria Standen
was baptised on 15 Mar 1846 in Amberley,
Sussex to George and Harriett nee Pescott. Amberley is between Pulborough
and Arundel. On some census records her place of birth looks like Grithan? but this may actually be Greatham
which between Pulborough and Amberley.
She married William Henry
Callaway on Christmas Day 1863 at the Parish Church, Portsmouth, both of full
age and both signed with a cross. Their addresses were both given as 9 East
Street and their fathers were William John Callaway, Ropemaker
and George Standing, Labourer. Their witnesses were John Avis and Ann Avis who
signed with a cross. It is believed Ann Avis was William’s sister who married
Robert Henry Avis in 1835.
Incidentally, Harriet’s sister Lucy Standing married William Henry’s brother Charles
at St Mary’s Portsea on 4 Jul 1876.
Harriet and William had
at least twelve children:- Caroline Maria born 1865, Charles Edward born 1866,
Harriett Lizzie born 1870, George William born 1872, Lucy Rosena
born 1874, Alfred Thomas born 1876 and Lillian Mary born 1878, Arthur Leonard
born 1880, Ellenor M. (Nelly) born 1883, Jacob Albert
born 1886, Grace born 1888 and Sidney J. born 1889.
At the time of the 1871 census William, aged
32, Dockyard Labourer and Harriet aged 29 were living at Tipmor Road, Portsea
with three children and William’s brother-in-law, George Standing aged 23,
Stoker chemical.
In 1881, William and Harriet are at 21 Stamshaw Lane with eight children and a boarder named Mary
Standing aged 22, possibly Harriet’s sister.
At the time of the 1891 census William and
Harriet were still living at 21 Stamshaw Road,
Portsmouth with five of their children. William’s occupation is given as
Labourer, Navvy. Three other children are shown next door at 23 Stamshaw Road with their eldest sister Caroline Miller aged
26 and her three children William aged 4, Grace aged 2 and Gilbert aged 1.
Caroline’s husband is not shown but is believed to be called Jacob.
On the 1901 census William aged 62,
Pensioner from Dockyard, was living at 23 Twyford
Avenue, Portsmouth with his wife Harriet and five of their children.
Great Great Grandmother
George Standen
was born in about 1823 in Pulborough,
Sussex. He married Harriett Pescott on 1 Nov 1846 at Amberley, Sussex according to the IGI. George may have been
the son of Thomas Standing and Charlotte Willard of Pulborough.
Harriett may have been the daughter of John Peskett
and Elizabeth Russell. These two facts were found on the internet but have yet
to be confirmed.
They had at least eleven
children:- Harriett Standen baptised on 15
March 1846, George Standen
baptised on 3 June 1849, Lucy Standen born 1852, William Standen was born 1854, Ann Standen born
1857, Mary J. Standen, Susan Standen
born 1860, Esther Standen
born 1862, Thomas Standen
born 1865, Ellen Standen
born 1866, Eliza Alice Standen
born in 1871.
On the 1861 census, George is
shown as a Shepherd from Pulborough, Sussex with wife
Harriett and seven children at 3 Seymour Street, Portsmouth. Harriet’s place of
birth is shown as Amberley.
In 1881 George and Harriet are
shown at Kingston Cross Travellers Joy. He is aged 57, Labourer and Beer
Retailer and his wife is recorded as ‘Assists in the Business (Inn Keeper)’.
With them are two children, Ellen aged 15 and Alice aged 10. On this census,
Harriet’s birthplace is recorded as Rackham, Sussex. Rackham is a hamlet near Amberley.
Lloyd Family
Great
Grandmother
Barbara Lloyd was born on 23rd February 1859 to Robert
Lloyd, a Marine, and Charlotte (formerly Cook) at Crown Court, Portsmouth.
In 1861 she is listed as
‘Marine’s daughter’ aged two at 4 Kent
Place, Portsea with her mother, her sister and 3 of
her mother’s children from a previous marriage to Mr. Gregory. It is assumed that Robert Lloyd was away with the
Marines at the time of the census.
In 1871 Barbara is shown as aged
11 at 14 Moores Square, Landport
with parents aged 60 and 40 respectively. Living with her are her five sisters
and two step-brothers.
She married John Henry Mears on 11th
September 1879 at the Parish Church, Portsmouth. At the time of their marriage she was a
spinster of full age and was living at 7 Oyster Street. They had at least eight children, Emma B.
born 1880, Florence Edith born 1882, Rose M born 1887, John Albert born 1889,
Percy Valentine born 1894, Ernest Henry born 1896, Ivy Violet born 1903 and
Leonard Arthur born 1905.
Two years after their marriage in 1881, they
are shown at 28 Hope Street, Portsea with one child –
Emma aged 9 months.
At the time of Florence’s birth in 1882, the
family were living at 2 Providence Place, Nile Street, Landport.
By 1891 John and Barbara were living at 60
Hope Street, Landport.
In 1901 they were living at 26 Martha
Street, Portsmouth with four of their children.
At the time of the 1911 census, John and
Barbara were living with five of their children at 72 Thomas Street, Landport, Portsmouth. It states
they had been married for 21 years and John is shown as a 59 year old Naval
Pensioner SPO RN.
Great
Great Grandfather
Robert
Lloyd may have been born in about 1821 in West
Derby, a district of Liverpool or possibly on Wrenham,
Derbyshire. He married Charlotte Gregory nee Cook on 10 Jan 1856 according to a
member of Ancestry (Jan-Mar 1856 Vol 2b Pg 568 at Portsea Island).
In 1859 on the birth certificate of his
daughter Barbara, he was recorded as a Marine living at Crown Court,
Portsmouth.
At the time of the 1861 census, Charlotte is
listed as Royal Marine’s wife, Laundress at 4 Kent? Place, Portsea. Robert is not
listed with the family and was probably away with the Marines.
In 1871, Robert is shown with the family at
14 Moores Square, Landport
and is listed as a 50 year old Naval Marine Pensioner. Charlotte is shown as
aged 31 and living with them are their children Charlotte born 1857, Barbara
born 1859, Elizabeth born 1862, Helen born 1864, Jane born 1868 and Isabella
born 1870. Also present are two of Charlotte’s children from her previous
marriage – John Gregory born 1850 and William Gregory born 1855, both General
Labourers.
A possible death registration has been found for a Robert Lloyd aged 51
in Jan-Mar 1872 Vol 2b Pg
283 at Portsea Island, Hampshire. A member of
Ancestry has the date of death as 18 Mar 1872, Portsmouth.
Bufton Family
Great
Great Great Grandmother
Emma Bufton was born in about 1826 in Portsea
to William and Elizabeth nee Horne. A probable IGI record gives her christening
date as 5 Feb 1826 at St Mary’s, Portsea.
She married Henry John Mears on 28th June 1848 at the Parish
Church, Portsea. They were both of full age and noted
as bachelor and spinster respectively. He was living aboard HMS Frolic and she
was living in Abercromby Street. Their fathers’ were
noted as Thomas Mears, Mariner and William Bufton,
Bricklayer. Henry signed his name and Emma signed with a cross. Their witnesses were Jane Coker (signed with
a cross) and Thomas Mattry. Henry and Emma had at
least four children:- John Henry born 7 Jun 1851,
Louisa born 1852, Thomas born 1861 and William born 1864.
In 1851, Emma is shown living
with her uncle – Richard Horne aged 45, Shoemaker born North Devon at Chalton Street, Portsea. Also
living there was Richard’s wife Ann aged 46, Shoe Binder and their children Susanah aged 17, a Shoe Binder, and Richard aged 14, and
Errand Boy. Emma is noted as a married Stay/Shoe? Binder.
At the time of the 1871 census,
Emma was shown as a 46 year old widow working as a Charwoman living at 27
Chance Street, Portsea. Living with her were her
children John, a hawker, Louisa, a Domestic Servant, Thomas and William. At the
same address were Emma’s sister Sophia Slater, also a Charwoman aged 33, her
cousin James H Miller, a hawker aged 33 and Thomas Sturgess,
a 22 year old boarder also working as a hawker.
A possible death record for Emma
Mears has been found in 1873.
Great
Great Great Great Grandfather
William
Bufton was born about 1801 in Hampshire and married
Elizabeth Horne on 14th December 1817 at St Thomas, Portsmouth. The IGI has ten
possible christening records at St.Mary’s for the
children of William Bufton and Elizabeth which have
yet to be confirmed:- William Buften
c. 30 Mar 1817, Sarah Rebecca c. 7 Feb 1819, George James Bufton
c. 10 Dec 1820, Elizabeth Jane c. 3 Nov 1822, Elizabeth Mary c. 4 Dec 1827,
James Thomas c. 23 Aug 1829, Sophia c. 5 Jul 1833, John and Richard c. 3 Mar 1837, Susan Ann c. 21 Aug 1842.
On the 1841 census, William is shown as a 40
year old Bricklayer at Duncan Street, Portsea with
his wife Elizabeth (also aged 40) and possibly seven of their children:- James
born 1831, Alfred born 1833, Richard born 1836, Elizabeth born 1827, John born
1837, Sophia born 1834, and Louisa born 1838 (listed in the order shown).
In 1861 William’s daughter Sophia is shown
twice – once at 27 Chance Street with her husband William (Seaman RN) and
daughter, and also at 8 Duncan Street with her father William, her husband and
daughter!
At the time of the 1871 census William’s
daughter Jane aged 47 is shown at 41 Chance Street with her husband John Coker
(Mariner) and their 3 children, and ten years later the same family is shown at
29 Chance Street. By 1891 they are listed at 52 Chance Street and by this time
Jane is a widow living on her own means.
An entry has been found on the 1881 census
for an Elizabeth Bufton, mother-in-law aged 82 living
with Joseph Pratt aged 48, Pensioner RN, his wife Eliza Sophia aged 46 and
their 4 children at 134 Fratton Street, Portsea. This maybe Elizabeth Horne,
which would make her Eliza Sophia’s mother.
Also on the 1881 census is a James T Bufton aged 52, Rigger H M Dockyard at 16 Moores Square, Portsea with wife
Maria and their 5 children. Ten years earlier they were listed at 23 Moores Square.
Cook
Family
Great
Great Grandmother
Charlotte
Cook was christened on 1st Feb 1829 in Randwick,
Gloucestershire, daughter of Nathanial and Sarah. Much of my information
on Charlotte's
life has been given to me by Sharon Davage, my fourth
cousin once removed (I think!). She has discovered tons of information
regarding Charlotte’s life. She married George Gregory, a labourer, on 17th
March 1854 at St.Thomas, Portsmouth after the birth
of at least two of their children. It is thought that they had at least 3
children:- John Gregory born 1850, Sarah born 1852 and
William Gregory born 1855.
Charlotte married Robert Lloyd on 10 Jan
1856 according to a member of Ancestry (Jan-Mar 1856 Vol
2b Pg 568 at Portsea
Island). They had at least six children, all daughters! Charlotte born 1857,
Barbara born 1859, Elizabeth born 1862, Helen born 1864, Jane born 1868 and Isabella born 1870.
In 1859 on the birth certificate of his
daughter Barbara, he was recorded as a Marine living at Crown Court,
Portsmouth.
At the time of the 1861 census, Charlotte is
listed as Royal Marine’s wife, Laundress at 4 Kent? Place, Portsea. Robert is not
listed with the family and was probably away with the Marines.
In 1871, Robert is shown with the family at
14 Moores Square, Landport
and is listed as a 50 year old Naval Marine Pensioner. Charlotte is shown as
aged 31 and living with them are their children Charlotte born 1857, Barbara
born 1859, Elizabeth born 1862, Helen born 1864, Jane born 1868 and Isabella
born 1870. Also present are two of Charlotte’s children from her previous
marriage – John Gregory born 1850 and William Gregory born 1855, both General
Labourers.
By 1881 Charlotte was shown on the census as
married to Jesse Ansell at 46 Hope Street with three children who must be his
from a previous marriage. We think Jesse died in 1882 and in 1887
Charlotte is shown at 46 Hope Street as a shopkeeper.
It is believed that Charlotte died in 1894
and the age of 65 at Portsea Island.
Great
Great Great Grandfather
Nathaniel
Cook was born in about 1806 in Gloucestershire. He married Sarah Cratchley and it is thought that they had at least 9
children. The 1841 census shows them in Randwick,
Gloucestershire with Nathaniel working as an Agricultural Labourer. Living with
them were Jane, John and Mary, all born 1826, Charlotte aged 1828, Beata? Born 1832,
Ann born 1834, Henry born 1835, Elizabeth born 1837 and Eliza born 1840.
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