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Glenbrook from the R624 near Carrigalore cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ian S - geograph.org.uk/p/5837006 |
Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Nicholas Jones and Ellen Brennan (otherwise White)
John Frederick Rickman and Ellen Tooze
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St James the Less, Bethnal Green cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/4167332 |
John Frederick Rickman (b. 1838 in Homerton), son of George and Maria Rickman, married Ellen Tooze (b. 1837), daughter of Thomas Tooze and Mary James, at St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green, on 5 Aug 1858. Witnesses were John Benn and Elizabeth Tooze, who will have been Ellen's sister.
In 1861, John Rickman (27) Police Officer and Ellen Rickman (24) Dressmaker, were living in the High Road, Loughton, Essex.
In 1871, John F Rickman (32) Coachman and Ellen Rickman (34) Dressmaker, were Lodgers in Blackheath, Lewisham. The couple don't have children.
In 1881, John Frederick Rickman (43) Labourer, Ellen Rickman (44) and Ellen M A Leys (14) Niece, were at 42, Sedgwick Street, Hackney.
Ellen Rickman died, aged 48, in 1885 J Qtr in HACKNEY Vol 01B Page 348.
John Frederick Rickman then remarried to Lydia Ann Hazell. (bap. 12 Dec 1845 in Brooke, Norfolk), daughter of James Hazell and Emma Yallop, in Ongar, Essex, in 1886. However, John Frederick Rickman died, aged 51, in 1890 D Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 413.
In 1891, Lydia Ann Rickman (44) Widow, was a Housekeeper, living at 31 St Stephens Square, Norwich, Norfolk, along with her two sons Frederick James Rickman (4) b. 23 Apr 1887 (1887 J Quarter in WATFORD Volume 03A Page 570) and George Hazell Rickman (1891 M Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 527), who, at just 4 months, was a posthumous child.
Lydia Ann Rickman died at 83, in 1929 S Qtr in HENSTEAD Vol 04B 181.
Monday, 4 August 2025
Henry Staines Wilton and Amelia Palmer
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Bridge Street, Bishop's Stortford cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Bill Boaden - geograph.org.uk/p/6410237 |
- William Palmer Wilton b. 19 Sep 1869 (1869 D Quarter in THE BISHOP STORTFORD UNION Volume 03A Page 265), bap. 28 Nov 1869 at St Michael's, Bishop's Stortford. The Essex Herald of 28 Sep 1869 announced the birth, "WILTON: 19th inst, at Bridge Street, Bishop's Storford, the wife of Henry Staines Wilton, of a son."
- Mary Henrietta Wilton b. 8 Feb 1871 (1871 M Quarter in OF THE BISHOP STORTFORD UNION Volume 03A Page 282), bap. 30 Apr 1871 in Bishop's Stortford. Her birth was announced in the press.
- Olive Martha Wilton b. 25 Dec 1872 (1873 M Quarter in BISHOP'S STORTFORD Volume 03A Page 295), bap. 28 Feb 1873 in Bishop's Stortford. (Olive Martha Wilton, artist, died, aged 45, on 14 Apr 1918 in Ringwood, Hampshire. She is buried at Hampstead Cemetery.)
- John Staines Wilton b. 17 Feb 1874 (1874 M Qtr in BISHOPS STORTFORD Vol 03A Page 295), bap. 24 Apr 1874 in Bishop's Stortford. (Died 6 May 1936 (1936 J Qtr in WESTMINSTER Vol 01A Page 521), at 62, buried on 11 May 1936 at Hampstead Cemetery.)
- Margaret Staines Wilton b. 22 Dec 1876 (1877 M Quarter in SAINT GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE Volume 01A Page 365), daughter of Henry Staines Wilton, Saddler and Harness Maker of 261 Oxford Street, bap. 18 Mar 1877 at St Thomas, Portman Square, Marylebone. (Died aged 81 in 1957 D Quarter in CHAPEL EN LE FRITH Volume 10A Page 932. She was buried, on 31 Dec 1957, in Hampstead Cemetery.)
This was but one of many Patents that Henry Staines Wilton applied for, including: "An Improvement in Side Saddles" in 1893; for "Improvements in and connected with Saddle Bars", in 1895; "Improvements in Trace and Pole Chain Attachments" in 1896; "Improvements in the Heads or Pommels of Side Saddles" in 1903 and "An Improved Machine for Centrally Punching and Spacing Holes in Leather Straps, and for like purposes" in 1905, are those I can find records for. The first was just in his name, the rest were applied for by Henry Staines Wilton in conjunction with Benjamin Samuel Weston.
Not found on the 1881 Census, the Hertford Mercury of 15 Oct 1881, reported on "DAMAGING A WALNUT TREE. Samuel Cowland, John Curtis, John Bush and Arthur Shorter, all young men of Bishop's Stortford, were charged with maliciously breaking part of a walnut tree, growing on enclosed land at Whitehall Farm, Bishop's Stortford, the property of Mr Henry Staines Wilton ..." Of course, owning the farm doesn't mean he lived there.
On 17 Feb 1881, Henry Staines Wilton, Saddler of 261 Oxford Street joined the Gihon Lodge (Freemasonry).
Frederick Thomas Stone and Kathleen Mullarkey
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St Paul Street, Plymouth (number 9 is the darkest caramel coloured one) cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Derek Harper - geograph.org.uk/p/2333440 |
Frederick Thomas Stone (b. 20 Jan 1892 in Stonehouse, Devon), Leading Signalman, H.M.S. Sandhurst, of 9 St Paul's Street, East Stonehouse, son of Tom Stone and Margaret Knapman, married Kathleen Mullarkey (b. 17 Jan 1896 in Stonehouse, Devon), tailoress, of 8 Admiralty Street, East Stonehouse, Plymouth, daughter of Anthony Mullarkey and Maria Gloyne, at the King Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, on 4 Aug 1923. Witnesses were Frederick's first cousin, Charley Stone (best man); Rosina Kathleen Stone, the bridegroom's younger sister (bridesmaid?), and Anthony Charles Mullarkey, the bride's elder brother who probably gave her away. The couple's fathers, Tom Stone and Anthony Mullarkey (both deceased), had both been Royal Marines, as were Charley Stone and Anthony Charles Mullarkey.
Frederick and Kathleen had two sons:
- Frederick Anthony Stone b. 25 July 1924 (1924 S Quarter in EAST STONEHOUSE Volume 05B Page 417)
- Douglas John Stone b. 27 Sep 1927 (1927 J Quarter in EAST STONEHOUSE Volume 05B Page 404)
- Douglas John Stone died, at 58, in DOR Q1/1985 in KINGSBRIDGE (4111) Volume 21 Page 1587.
- Frederick Anthony Stone married Barbara Matthews (1927-1999), in Newport, Wales, in 1950. Frederick Anthony Stone died, on 19 Mar 1985, in Newport, Wales (DOR Q1/1985 in NEWPORT (8362C) Volume 28 Page 994). He will have been 60.
Sunday, 3 August 2025
Edward William Wykes and Mary Jane Austin
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Brixworth Union Workhouse cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Burgess Von Thunen - geograph.org.uk/p/1889562 Erected in 1835-6 to accommodate 265 inmates. Conditions were described as "prison-like and spartan", while food was "meagre and tasteless", according to Brixworth History Society. |
- Kate Mary Austin b. 28 Oct 1880, bap. 23 Nov 1880 in Brixworth
- Bertha Minnie Austin b. 1882 D Quarter in BRIXWORTH Volume 03B Page 117, bap. 16 Sep 1883 in East Haddon, Northamptonshire
- Emily Jane Austin b. 4 Jan 1885 M Qtr in BRIXWORTH Vol 03B 131
- Edward John Wykes b. 16 Feb 1891 J Qtr GREENWICH Vol 01D 1018
- Mary Wykes b. 1897 D Qtr in GREENWICH Vol 01D Page 1029. Died 1897 D Qtr in GREENWICH Vol 01D Page 610.
- Annie Wykes b. 15 Dec 1899 D Qtr in GREENWICH Vol 01D Page 1054, at 6 Charles Place, Kent, London, England, bap. 15 Dec 1899 at St Paul, Deptford. Died 1899 D Qtr in GREENWICH Vol 01D Page 739.
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Richard John Goss and Martha Ayres
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St Anne, Limehouse - East end, Friday, 3 July, 2015 Photo available for reuse under this Creative Commons licence. |
Richard John Goss (b. 16 Jan 1792, bap. 27 May 1792 at St Anne's Limehouse), batchelor, son of Francis Goss, Shipwright, married Martha Ayres (b. 4 Sep 1796, bap. 9 Oct 1796 at St Dunstan's, Stepney), spinster, daughter of Elnathan Ayres and Elizabeth Perry, by banns and with the consent of parents, at St Anne's Limehouse on 30 Jul 1815. They were married by the Rev. James Rudge. Witnesses were John May and Ann Fisher.
This couple had five sons:
- George Richard Goss b. 17 Jun 1816, bap. 26 Jul 1818
- William Henry Goss b. 18 Aug 1821, bap. 2 Sep 1821
- Thomas Hoskins Goss b. 22 Aug 1826, bap. 12 Nov 1826. Died, at 37, in 1861 D Quarter in POPLAR UNION Volume 01C Page 455. Buried at the City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery on 30 Dec 1861.
- Richard John Goss b. 11 Jun 1827, bap. 30 Sep 1827
- Henry James Goss b. 25 Aug 1832, bap. 16 Sep 1832
Henry Charles Orton and Dahlia Trevail
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St Mark's Church, North Audley Street, London W1 cc-by-sa/2.0 - © John Salmon - geograph.org.uk/p/1536122 |
- Charles Orton b. 3 Jul 1882 (1882 S Quarter in WATFORD Volume 03A Page 502), bap. 24 Sep 1882 at St Andrew's, Watford
- Emily Maud Orton b. 21 Sep 1884 (1884 D Quarter in WATFORD Volume 03A Page 534), bap. 2 Nov 1884 at St Andrew's, Watford
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The Vauxhall Griffin, Renamed as the "Griffin Belle" in 2018, formerly Builders Arms Image: Ewan Munro | Some rights reserved |
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Charles James Renshaw and Lilian Mary Back
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Church of St Paul, Durnford Street, East Stonehouse cc-by-sa/2.0 - © N Chadwick - geograph.org.uk/p/5625215 |
Charles James Renshaw (b. 10 Feb 1884 in Rugby, Warwickshire) son of James Renshaw and Frances Elizabeth Green, married Lilian Mary Back (b. 4 Nov 1889), daughter of Thomas Back and Elizabeth Mary Horn, both of 11 St George's Terrace, at St Paul's Church, East Stonehouse on 29 Jul 1910.
Charles and Lilian had three children:
- Dorothy May Renshaw b. 28 Jan 1913 (1913 M Q in DEVONPORT Volume 05B Page 519), bap. 13 Mar 1913 at St James, Devonport. Died, at 27, in 1941 M Quarter in PLYMOUTH Volume 05B Page 1024.
- Margery Lilian Renshaw b. 31 Jan 1915 (1915 M Q in DEVONPORT Volume 05B Page 543), bap. 11 Jun 1915 in Stoke Damerel
- Bernard Charles Renshaw b. 23 Jan 1923 (1923 M Quarter in DEVONPORT Volume 05B Page 515), bap. 1923 in Devon.
- Margery Lilian Renshaw married Howard James Ryall (b. 23 Aug 1914 in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland) in 1938, in Plymouth. The couple appear to have had two daughters, born in 1938 and 1944. Both Margery and Howard Ryall died in 2006.
- Bernard Charles Renshaw married Valerie Frances Glanville in Plymouth in 1975. He doesn't appear to have married previously. Born Valerie Frances Bawden (b. 6 Sep 1913 in Barnstaple, Devon), she previously married Edgar Bruce Glanville, in 1936, in St. Germans, Cornwall, with whom she had two children, in 1940 and 1946, but presumably divorced, as Edgar Bruce Glanville (b. 11 Dec 1907), died at 81, in 1988. Valerie Frances Renshaw died, at 82, in 1995. Bernard Charles Renshaw died in 2004, at 81.
Sunday, 27 July 2025
Ephraim Reinhold Seehl and Sarah Perry
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St Andrew Undershaft Photo available for reuse under this Creative Commons licence. |
William Tubb and Sarah Ruff
St Mary's Church, Alverstoke cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Barry Shimmon - geograph.org.uk/p/2255172 |
- William Tubb bap. 30 Mar 1828 at St Mary's Church, Portsea. Died, aged 26, in Alverstoke and was buried on 19 Feb 1854 at St Mary's, Portsea.
- Sarah Maria Tubb bap. 11 Jul 1830 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
- Elizabeth Jane Tubb bap. 30 Sep 1832 at St Mary's Church, Portsea (Jane Tubb (3) was buried at St Mary's, on 22 Mar 1835.)
- James Henry Tubb b. 1 Apr 1834, bap. 6 Jul 1834 at St Mary's, Portsea
- Jane Tubb bap. 21 Aug 1836 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
- Amelia Tubb b. 1838 D Quarter in PORTSEA ISLAND UNION Volume 07 Page 120, bap. 3 Feb 1839 at St Mary's Church, Portsea
- Martha Louisa Tubb b. 1841 M Quarter Volume 07 Page 137
- Mary Ann Tubb b. 1843 M Quarter Volume 07 Page 136
- Alfred Tubb b. 1844 D Quarter Volume 07 Page 129
- Lavinia Tubb b. 1851 M Quarter Vol 07 Page 160. Died, aged 2, in 1853 S Quarter Volume 02B Page 232, buried 2 Oct 1853, in Portsea.