Townsend John 1812

Townsend, John 1812 – 1879				Father:	Townsend,	John		1781-1832
				Mother:	Fancett,	Clara		1785-1854

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
Nov 1812	Deptford		Kent	Deptford			15 Nov 1812	St Nicholas	Greenwich
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
22 Sep 1879	St Olaves infirmary	Jul-Sep 1879	London	St Olave Southwark		Vol 1d, p 182

Francis, Sarah Margaret Rotherhithe 1815-1892	Marriage
	Date	27 Nov 1836
	Place	All Saints, Poplar
	District	Tower Hamlets
	County	London
	GRO ref.	Parish record

Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse	Notes
Sarah Townsend		25 Sep 1837	Rotherhithe	May 1896	Southwark	1 Jun 1857	Rotherhithe	Francis Harrison
John Townsend		25 Dec 1839	Rotherhithe	Jul 1842	Rotherhithe	n/a
Clara Townsend		Apr-Jun 1842	Rotherhithe	Feb 1924	Southwark	unmarried
John Townsend		6 Jun 1844	Rotherhithe	Oct-Dec 1848?	Rotherhithe?	n/a
Richard Townsend		28 Jun 1846	Rotherhithe	13 Mar 1877	Southwark	12 Apr 1871	Rotherhithe	Jane M Orom
William Townsend		18 Nov 1849	Rotherhithe	19 Oct 1897	Southwark	21 Apr 1878	Newington	Lucy Ackland
Robert Townsend		10 Feb 1852	Rotherhithe	Jan-Mar 1931	West Ham	18 April 1875	Newington	Ellen Berry
Annie Townsend		Jan-Mar 1854	Rotherhithe	after 1911	unknown	23 Aug 1874	Bermondsey	Joseph J Chapman

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
15 Nov 1812	Baptism record		Butcher Row, Deptford
15 Oct 1837	Baptism record, Sarah		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		waterman
6 Jun 1841	1841 census return		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
26 Jul 1842	Burial: son John age 2		Lower Surrey Place		lighterman
18 Dec 1842	Baptism record, Clara		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		waterman
31 Jul 1844	Baptism record, John		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe
16 Aug 1846	Baptism record, Richard		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
17 Dec 1849	Birth certificate, William		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
30 Mar 1851	1851 census return		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
7 Mar 1852	Baptism record, Robert		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
1 Jun 1857	Marriage: daughter Sarah		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
7 Apr 1861	1861 census return		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
2 Apr 1871	1871 census return		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		lighterman
12 Apr 1871	Marriage, son Richard				lighterman
23 Aug 1874	Marriage: daughterr Annie				waterman
18 Apr 1875	Marriage, son Robert				lighterman

Additional Information The John born in 1839 and the John born in 1844 both appear to have died in early childhood. 10 Apr 1828 Deptford: John was bound to William Thomas as apprentice lighterman. 11 Jun 1835 John attained his freedom. 10 Oct 1865 Rotherhithe: William was bound to his father, John, as apprentice lighterman. 8 Nov 1870: William attained his freedom. 13 Feb 1866 Rotherhithe: Richard was bound to his father, John, as apprentice lighterman. There is no record of his attaining his freedom. He was a carpenter when he married in 1871. 10 Mar 1868 Rotherhithe: Robert was bound to his father, John, as apprentice lighterman. 8 Apr 1873 Robert attained his freedom.