Henry Stock and Charlotte Byatt

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All Saints, Little Canfield - Chancel, Wednesday, 30 April, 2014

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Henry Stock (bap. 30 Dec 1838 at All Saints, Little Canfield), son of James Stock and Elizabeth Gunn, married Charlotte Byatt (bap. 31 May 1840 also at All Saints, Little Canfield), daughter of William Byatt and Ann Poole, at All Saints, Little Canfield on 13 Oct 1860. (Having read about the brutal assault on Charlotte earlier that year by her Uncle George Byatt - for which he was sentenced to what seems like a very lenient 3 months' hard labour - I was keen to see that she had survived - hopefully relatively intact.)

Charlotte came to this marriage with an illegitimate son, registered as William Moreton Byatt in 1859 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 350 and bap. 5 Jun 1859, as the son of Charlotte Byatt. With this customary naming pattern used, it's probably pretty safe to assume that a Mr Moreton had something to do with it. And while I could be casting aspersions, there was indeed a John Moreton, who was born in Little Canfield in 1840, who looks like the prime suspect. This John Moreton married an Emma Stock in 1862. After Charlotte married, this child was known as William Stock.

Henry and Charlotte Stock went on to have a further eight children:

1. Walter Stock b. 8 Sep 1861 (1861 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 341), bap. 10 Oct 1861 in Little Canfield. On the 1939 Census, Walter listed his DOB as 8 Sep 1862, but the birth registration proves that it had to have been the previous year.
2. Sarah Ann Stock b. 1864 J Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 367, bap. 28 Aug 1864 in Little Canfield
3. Alice Stock b. 1866 S Quarter in DUNMOW UNION Volume 04A Page 340, bap. 7 Aug 1866. Died at 3 wks and was buried on 19 Aug 1866
4. Jane Stock b. 1867 D Quarter in SHOREDITCH Volume 01C Page 70, bap. 3 Nov 1867 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. Died, aged 2, in 1870 M Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 552, and was buried on 17 Jan 1870 at Hackney, Victoria Park Cemetery ('The Resort of Thieves and Harlots'; Victoria Park Cemetery, Bethnal Green), later Meath Gardens.
5. Rose Stock b. 7 Jul 1872 (1872 S Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 712), bap. 24 Feb 1874 at St Matthew's Church on City Road, Islington. The baptism record alleges she was born on 7 Jul 1873, but the birth registration proves that she was born a year earlier.
6. Henry James Stock b. 1874 D Quarter in HOLBORN Vol 01B Page 787
7. Alfred John Stock b. 1876 J Quarter in HOLBORN Vol 01B Page 809
8. Unnamed female Stock b. 1879 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 345. Died 1879 S Quarter in LAMBETH Volume 01D Page 191.

All of these birth registrations have the mother's maiden name BYATT.

On 7 Apr 1861, at 4, High Cross Lane, Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, were Henry Stock (22) Ag Lab; Charlotte Stock (20), and William Stock (2) - obviously, the child registered as William Moreton Byatt in 1859.

In 1871, living at Wharf, Macclesfield St, Holborn, Middlesex, were Henry Stock (~29) Horse Keeper; Charlotte Stock (~28), William Stock (~9), Walter Stock (~8) and Sarah A Stock (~5). At least they were fairly consistent in making everyone's ages around 2 to 4 years younger than they were.

In 1881, at 80, Commercial Road, Lambeth, London, were Harry Stock (41) Horse Keeper from Dunmow, Essex; Charlotte Stock (40), William Stock (21) Book gilder (binder); Walter Stock (19) Boot finisher; Rose Stock (8), Henry Stock (6) and Alfred J Stock (4). 

In 1891, at 80, Commercial Road, Lambeth, were Henry Stock (51) Horse Keeper; Charlotte Stock (50), Henry Stock (16) Coachman; Alfred Stock (14), and Edward Davies (3) Grandson (son of Sarah Ann).

In 1901, still at 80, Commercial Road, Lambeth, were Henry Stock (63) Horse Keeper; Charlotte Stock (61) and Alfred Stock (23) Carman at dust wharf.

Henry Stock died, at 66, in 1904 J Qtr in LAMBETH Vol 01D Page 158.

Charlotte Stock died, at 65, in 1905 S Qtr in LAMBETH Vol 01D Page 151.

Charles Frederick Burden and Sophia Baker

Watney Street and entrances to Shadwell Stations
cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Ben Brooksbank - geograph.org.uk/p/3999191

Charles Frederick Burden (b. 22 Oct 1858, bap. 15 Apr 1860 at Holy Trinity (built 1844, demolished 1963), Milton-Next-Gravesend, Kent), Customs Officer, then of 363 Cable Street, son of William Henry Burden, Customs Officer, and Mary Elizabeth Sharland, married Sophia Baker (b. 1858), daughter of Charles Hoile Baker and Amelia Young, at Christ Church Watney Street, St George in the East, on 13 Oct 1878. Witnesses were Charles Richard Baker, the bride's brother, and an Elizabeth Pearson. (Charles' father's occupation was later listed as a Tidewaiter - who was a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.)

Charles and Sophia had six children:

1. Amelia Mary Burden b. 1879 S Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 409. Died, aged 3, in 1883 S Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 275
2. Jessie Edith Burden b. 1881 J Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 402
3. Ethel May Burden b. 1883 J Quarter in ST GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 411
4. Hilda Irene Burden b. 1884 S Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 652
5. Alfred Charles Burden b. 1886 J Qtr in WEST HAM Vol 04A Page 48
6. Christopher Frederick Burden b. 26 Nov 1887, Reg: 1888 M Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 57

All of the registrations show the mother's maiden name as Baker.

In 1881, Charles F Burden (22) Bricklayer was living at 27, Watney Street, St George in the East with wife Sophia Burden (22) and Amelia M Burden (1). Living there also were Dan and Sarah Jane Tompson (formerly Sarah Jane Baker, Sophia's sister); Eliza Louisa Tompson (my great-grandmother); Sarah Sophia Tompson, Mabel Grace Tompson and Mary Adcock Tompson.

In 1891, Chas Fredk Burden (32) Surveyor, Sophia (32), Jessie (9), Ethel (8), Irene (6), Alfred (5) and Christopher (3) were in Stamford Road, East Ham.

On 6 Apr 1892, Charles Frederick Burden, Architect, became a member of St. John Lodge (United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership).

Christine Miller at Gin and Genealogy tells us that Charles Burden had risen to the position of Superintendent of Works at Mile End Workhouse around 1884 and was appointed the Architect for the Guardians of the Poor in 1894. "Then, suddenly, the Eastern Post Newspaper of February 25th 1899, brings news of Charles Burden’s sudden resignation ..." Due to a sex scandal.

No longer surprising then, in July 1900, C F Burden (40) Architect, arrived in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, sailing from Liverpool on the SS Tunisian.

In 1901, Sophia Burden (42) Married, listed as head of the household was living in Daubeney Road, Hackney with Jessie E Burden (19), Ethel M Burden (18), Hilda J Burden (16) and Alfred C Burden (15). Christopher F Burden (13) was staying with his Aunt Amelia, his mother's sister. Having left the UK, Charles Burden was by that time lodging in Massey, Ontario, Canada.

In 1910, Charles Burden (~50), Architect, embarked in Montreal on the SS Barbadian (Leyland Line) travelling from New Orleans to Liverpool, arriving in Liverpool on 27 Oct 1910. Chas Fred Burden arrived in Canada again in Feb 1911, on the SS Sardinian, which I think also sailed from Liverpool, with destination Massey, Ontario and shows he'd previously lived in Canada for 10 years, from 1900 to 1910, which concurs with the 1900 record.

In 1911, Sophia Burden (52) Married and once again head of the household, was living in Lower Clapton, London with Alfred Charles Burden (25), Christopher F Burden (23) and Hilda Irene Burden (26). (Ethel May had married in 1902 and Jessie Edith in 1903). While, Charles F Burden (listed as 56) was again a Lodger in a household in Algoma East, Ontario, Canada.

In 1921, Chas Frederick Burden (62) was, a Boarder (presumably getting fed too) in a household in Algoma East, Ontario, Canada, living with Arthur Albert Hallett (41), Emily Hallett (35) and what appears to be their four children. Sophia Burden (62) Housewife, meanwhile, was living at 173, Chatsworth Road, Hackney, with three young gentleman boarders.

In 1931, C F Burden (~70) Architect, Married, was lodging, it appears still in the household of Arthur A Hallett in Massey, Ontario, Canada.

Sophia Burden died, aged 73, in 1931 D Qtr in HACKNEY Vol 01B 388.

Charles Frederick Burden, Architect, Widower, died, aged 77, in Massey, Ontario, Canada, on 14 Dec 1935 with cause of death given as chronic myocarditis (heart failure). The record specifies his length of residence in Canada as being 35 years, which again agrees with the record of him arriving in 1900. His obituary describes him as "a grand old man, liked by all".