Townsend Richard 1846

Townsend, Richard 1846 – 1877				Father:	Townsend,	John		1812-1879
				Mother:	Francis,	Sarah Margaret		1815-1892

Birth date	Birth place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Christening	Place	Parish
28 Jun 1846	Rotherhithe	Jul-Sep 1846	London	Rotherhithe		Vol 4, p 421	16 Aug 1846	St Mary	Rotherhithe
Death date	Death place	Registered	County	District	Sub-district	GRO ref.	Cause
13 Mar 1877	Southwark	Jan-Mar 1877	London	St Olave Southwark		Vol 1d, p 188	Variola (Smallpox)

Orom, Jane Mitchell Rotherhithe 1845-1936	Marriage
	Date	12 Apr 1871
	Place	Christ Church
	District	Rotherhithe
	County	Surrey
	GRO ref.	St Olave, Southwark Vol 1d, p 305

Children		Birth date	Birth place	Death date	Death place	Marriage date	Marriage place	Spouse
Jane Townsend		5 Feb 1875	Bermondsey	unknown		4 May 1913	E India Docks	William Pearce

Records
Date	Source		Residence		Occupation
16 Aug 1846	Baptism record		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe
17 Dec 1849	Birth certificate, brother William		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe
30 Mar 1851	1851 census return		Surrey Place, Rotherhithe
7 Mar 1852	Baptism record, brother Robert		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe
7 Apr 1861	1861 census return		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		Apprentice Wheelwright
13 Feb 1866	Watermen Binding Records				Apprentice Lighterman
2 Apr 1871	1871 census return		21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe		Carpenter
12 Apr 1871	Marriage				Carpenter & Joiner
13 Mar 1877	Death registration				Carpenter

Additional Information There is no record of Richard completing either of his apprenticeships. After Richard’s death his wife Jane entered domestic service, and their daughter Jane was raised by her mother’s sister Harriet and her husband William Haswell Payne, living at 30 Dee Street, Poplar. This address was occupied by the family for at least 60 years. In 1901 Jane junior was living there, as was her mother’s fiancé William Brown (stated to be her uncle, but in actual fact her soon-to-be step-father). In 1911 Jane Brown, now a widow for the second time, and her brother William Orom were living there. In 1921 and in 1939 Jane junior was living there, with her husband William Pearce. William Pearce served in the army from Aug 1914 to Mar 1919.