Townsend, Lydia Elizabeth 1825 – 1895				Father:	Townsend,	John		1781-1832
				Mother:	Fancett,	Clara		1785-1854
Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Borough
Jul 1825	Deptford	n/a	Kent	Deptford		n/a	17 Jul 1825	St Nicholas	Greenwich
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
Mar-Apr 1895	Greenwich	Mar-Apr 1895	London	Greenwich		Vol 1d, P 519
Skudder, Richard John Deptford 1822-1873	Marriage
	Date	Jul-Sep 1844
	Place	Lewisham
	District
	County	London
	GRO ref.	Vol 5, P 325
Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse	Notes
Sabina Ann Skudder		26 Jul 1844	Deptford	Apr-Jun 1918	Sculcoates	Oct-Dec 1871	Greenwich	Edward Buckley	Mariner
Clara Ann Skudder		24 Feb 1846	Deptford	13 May 1925	Rotherhithe	unmarried
Sophia Elizabeth Skudder		Dec 1847	Deptford	Jan-Mar 1916	Sculcoates	13 Aug 1872	Rotherhithe	John MacDonald	Marine Engineer
Sarah Ann Skudder		10 May 1851	Deptford	Oct-Dec 1904	Bermondsey	Oct-Dec 1871	Sunderland	William Jackett	Shipwright
Henry Skudder		4 Sep 1853	Deptford	11 Feb 1913	Greenwich	18 Aug 1879	Rotherhithe	Caroline Praill
Lydia Amelia Skudder		5 Dec 1855	Deptford	Apr-Jun 1914	Bermondsey	unmarried
Richard John Skudder		27 Aug 1857	Deptford	Oct-Dec 1899	Southwark	unmarried
Jesse William Skudder		4 Jan 1863	Deptford	Jan-Mar 1914	Hendon	29 Apr 1888	Deptford	Laura Anthony
Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
17 Jul 1825	Baptism record		37 Butcher Row, Deptford
6 Jun 1841	1841 census return		Butcher Row, Deptford		Dress maker
25 Aug 1844	Sabina’s baptism		Butcher Row, Deptford
30 Mar 1851	1851 census return		37 Butcher Row, Deptford
25 Sep 1853	Henry’s baptism		Roslyn Street, Deptford
30 Mar 1856	Lydia’s baptism		Evelyn Street, Deptford
14 Feb 1858	Richard’s baptism		Evelyn Street, Deptford
7 April 1861	1861 census return		27 Broomfields, Deptford
2 Apr 1871	1871 census return		27 Evelyn Street, Deptford
28 Sep 1873	Jesse’s baptism (age 10)		27 Evelyn Street, Deptford
3 Apr 1881	1881 census return		27 Evelyn Street, Deptford		Wheelwright business
5 Apr 1891	1891 census return		27 Evelyn Street, Deptford		Wheelwright business
Additional Information There are some uncertainties or discrepancies about some of Lydia and Richard’s children. The 1881 census states Jesse, aged 19, was a daughter. The 1871 census instead records a son, James, age 9. Other records are clear that Jesse was male, and there is no other evidence of Lydia and Richard having a son James. It seems most likely that the name James was actually a reference to Jesse. Another anomaly is that the 1871 census lists a daughter, Gemma, age 15. The 1861 census instead lists a daughter, Lydia, age 5. Again there is no other evidence of Lydia and Richard having a daughter Gemma. The most likely conclusion is that the name Gemma was actually a reference to Lydia. Richard John Skudder senior ran a wheelwright business from 27 Evelyn Street, Deptford, as evidenced by the London Directories. It seems clear from these directories and the 1881 and 1891 census returns that after Richard’s death in 1873 his wife Lydia Elizabeth continued to operate the business. In May 1897 Jesse William Skudder took on the lease of the Walter Arms public house, 1 Addey Street, Deptford, as recorded in the Blackheath Gazette May 14 1897, page 2. He is recorded as proprietor there in 1899 by pubwiki.co.uk.

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