Townsend,
William
1849 – 1897

 

Father:

Townsend,

John

1812-1879

 

 

Mother:

Francis,

Sarah Margaret

1815-1892

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth date

Birth place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Christening

Place

Borough

18 Nov 1849

Rotherhithe

17 Dec 1849

Surrey

Rotherhithe

Rotherhithe

Vol 4, p 442

16 Dec 1849

Holy Trinity Bermondsey

Southwark

Death date

Death place

Registered

County

District

Sub-district

GRO ref.

Cause

 

19 Oct 1897

St Olaves Infirmary

Oct-Dec 1897

London

St Olave Southwark

 

Vol 1d, p 179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ackland,
Lucy


Saint
Marylebone

1852-1916

Second Marriage

 

Cornish,
Sarah
Jane



1849-1874

First Marriage

 

Date

21 Apr 1878

 

Date

27 Aug 1871

 

Place

Holy Trinity, Newington

 

Place

St James, Hatcham

 

District

St Saviour Southwark

 

District

Greenwich

 

County

London

 

County

London

 

GRO ref.

Vol 1d, p 76

 

GRO ref.

Vol 1d, p 1087

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children

Birth date

Birth place

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Samuel

22 Nov 1872

Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children

Birth date

Birth place

Death date

Death place

Marriage date

Marriage place

Spouse

 

Louisa Mary

21 Aug 1878

Rotherhithe

Oct-Dec 1969

Tonbridge

25 Dec 1900

Rotherhithe

Albert Presland

 

Henry James

25 Aug 1880

Rotherhithe

24 Feb 1952

Croydon

unmarried

 

 

 

Elizabeth Florence

Oct-Dec 1881

Rotherhithe

Sep 1958

Lambeth

21 Nov 1903

Bermondsey

Frank Pullen

 

Robert Francis

16 Jan 1884

Rotherhithe

Jun 1971

Brent

1 Aug 1909

Rotherhithe

Dorothy Denyer

 

Ernest Alfred

10 Apr 1886

Rotherhithe

8 Oct 1974

Lewisham

21 Nov 1915

Bethnel Green

Violet Malet

 

Ellen Maud

22 Aug 1888

Rotherhithe

Oct-Dec 1971

Brentwood

23 Apr 1916

Greenwich

George H Hopkins

 

Edith May

Jan-Mar 1891

Rotherhithe

4 Mar 1935

Lewisham

Apr-Jun 1912

Camberwell

Henry Cannell

 

Dorothy Margaret

Dec 1892-Jan 1893

Rotherhithe

Mar 1902 age 9

Bermondsey

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Records

 

 

 

Date

Source

Residence

Occupation

 

 

 

17 Dec 1849

Birth certificate

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

30 Mar 1851

1851 census return

Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

7 Apr 1861

1861 census return

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

Scholar

 

 

 

2 Apr 1871

1871 census return

21 Surrey Place, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

27 Aug 1871

Marriage to Sarah

14 Vance St, Lewisham

Lighterman

 

 

 

12 Jan 1873

Baptism Record, William Samuel

11 Berkeley St, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

19 Nov 1874

Death certificate, Sarah

151 Rotherhithe St, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

25 Nov 1874

Burial: Sarah Jane

Rotherhithe St, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

21 Apr 1878

Marriage to Lucy

Rockingham St, Newington

Lighterman

 

 

 

25 Sep 1878

Birth certificate, Louisa

5 Tissington St, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

24 Aug 1879

Baptism, Louisa

7 Lee Terrace, Deptford Rd.

Lighterman

 

 

 

3 Apr 1881

1881 census return

18 Cornbury Rd, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

23 Feb 1884

Birth certificate, Robert

15 Tissington St, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

12 May 1884

School admission, Louisa and Henry

264 Leven Road, Tower Hamlets

 

 

 

 

23 Feb 1885

School admission, Louisa and Henry

62 Lilley St, Tower Hamlets

 

 

 

 

18 May 1886

Baptism, Robert

20 Cornbury Rd, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

5 Apr 1891

1891 census return

67 Eugenia Rd, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

1891-1892

Electoral register

67 Eugenia Rd, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

3 Jan 1893

Dorothy Margaret’s baptism record

60 Eugenia Rd, Rotherhithe

Lighterman

 

 

 

1893-1897

Electoral register

60 Eugenia Rd, Rotherhithe

 

 

 

 

26 Oct 1897

Burial

Nunhead Cemetery, Southwark

 

 

 

 

23 Apr 1916

Marriage, Ellen Maud

 

Lighterman (deceased)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Information

 

 

 

10 Oct 1865 Rotherhithe: William was bound to his father, John, as apprentice lighterman.

8 Nov 1870: William attained his freedom.

11 Aug 1891 Rotherhithe: William Samuel was bound to his father, William, as apprentice lighterman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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