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For our reference, the Eleanor Lindsay you mentioned, with Patrick and Helen at 167 Westmount Road in 1937:

Eleanor Lindsay
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Eleanor Lindsay
Electoral Date: 1937
Ward or Division/Constituency: Woolwich
County or Borough: Newham, England

Apologies if posted already - it's easier just to start from scratch than to keep trawling back and forwards:

EDIT:
Yes, already posted by Greyghost on page 2

Alex Lindsay
in the 1891 England Census
Name: Alex Lindsay
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Relationship: Head
Birth Year: 1866
Spouse: Nellie Lindsay
Child: Alex Lindsay
Nellie M Lindsay
Birth Place: Woolwich, Kent, England
Civil Parish: East Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Residence Place: East Ham, Essex, England
Registration district: West Ham
Sub registration district: East Ham
ED, Institution or Vessel: 23
Neighbors:
Piece: 1341
Folio: 161
Household Members:
Name Age
Alex Lindsay 25
Nellie Lindsay 21 - Plumstead
Alex Lindsay 3
Nellie M Lindsay 1


LINDSAY, ALEXANDER SAMUEL mms SPRATT
GRO Reference: 1887 D Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1269

LINDSAY, NELLY MAUD mms SPRATT
GRO Reference: 1889 D Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1233




The first wife's death????

Deaths Mar 1894 (>99%)
Lindsay Ellen Jane 23 W. Ham 4a 83


Births Sep 1870 (>99%)
Spratt Ellen Jane Woolwich 1d 889

To recap - the two marriages:

Marriages Jun 1887 (>99%)
Lindsay Patrick Alexander Woolwich 1d 1645
Spratt Ellen Jane Woolwich 1d 1645


Marriages Sep 1896 (>99%)
Dixon Ellen Woolwich 1d 2196
Lindsay Patrick Alexander Woolwich 1d 2196

Now back to Patrick and Ellen:



Patrick A Lindsay
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Patrick A Lindsay
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Birth Date: 17 Mar 1867
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 167 Westmount Road
Residence Place: Woolwich, London, England
Occupation: Torpets Fitter (Retired)
Line Number: 29
Schedule Number: 307
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: AZSD
Borough: Woolwich
Registration district: 29-3.
Inferred Spouse: Helen Lindsay
Household Members:
Name
Patrick A Lindsay
Helen Lindsay - 23 Nov 1873, Matron, nursing home
Mary Pook - widow, 11 Nov 1859, retired housekeeper
Louisa E Westover - widow, 14 Oct 1848, independent
Jessie L Court - widow, 11 Oct 1862, retired housekeeper
Agnes MacKenzie - widow, 28 Dec 1852, retired housekeeper



Three possibilities for Ellen/Helen's birth:

DIXON
HELEN KEIG
F
1874
638/1 129
Larkhall


DIXON
HELEN MITCHELL
F
1873
644/6 499
Blythswood


DIXON
HELEN GIBSON
F
1874
851/ 17
Tundergarth

There are no births of an Ellen Dixon in Scotland c1873.
Ellen is often a "pet" name for a Helen.

Briefly going back to verify all those Spratt children , now that we have the benefit of the GRO website:

SPRATT, CHRISTINA ELIZABETH mms ROOK
GRO Reference: 1873 M Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1036

SPRATT, PHOEBE mms ROOK
GRO Reference: 1875 J Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 968

SPRATT, MARTHA ANN mms ROOK
GRO Reference: 1868 S Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 882

SPRATT, ELLEN JANE mms ROURKE
GRO Reference: 1870 S Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 889

SPRATT, ADA mms ROOK
GRO Reference: 1877 J Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1060

SPRATT, JOHN mms ROOK
GRO Reference: 1879 M Quarter in WOOLWICH Volume 01D Page 1151


Parents' marriage:

Marriages Mar 1865 (>99%)
Rook Mary Ann Greenwich 1d 779
Spratt William Greenwich 1d 779

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Record Transcription:
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census

19, Sladedale Road, Plumstead, Woolwich, London & Kent, England

Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Patrick Lindsay Head Married Male 34 1867 Blacksmiths Forge Labourer Woolwich, Kent, England
Ellen Lindsay Wife Married Female 27 1874 - Scotland
Alexander Lindsay Son Single Male 13 1888 - Plumstead, Kent, England
Nellie Lindsay Daughter Single Female 11 1890 - Plumstead, Kent, England

PATRICK ALEXANDER LINDSAY married ELLEN DIXON JULY 1896 WOOLWICH KENT
1901c Patrick Lindsay 34
Ellen 27
Alexander 13
Nellie 11

Cannot find 1911c

1918 and 1919 census shows he is with Helen ? I have looked on BMD but cannot find another marriage, nor a death of his wife Ellen.

Do you think that Ellen decided to use the name Helen?

Patrick died 1/3/1950 in Brighton, Helen died 27/12/1965 also in Brighton.


While I am on the same family I saw that on the 1937 census Patrick and Helen
living 167 Westmount Road S.E.9 there was also Eleanor Lindsay in same property. Only gives names and address cannot tell if people are related.
Can you help me please?

Also found marriage ELENAOR LINDSAY with ERNEST W SMITH APRIL 1941 Brighton

Thank you
Rose

Hi ArgyllGran, Patrck and Alexander's mother Mary went to live with their sister Lucy(known as Louisa) in West Ham according to the 1891 census and she died 1895 West Ham, Thank you so much for all your help.

Also want to thank Stuart and PricklyHolly for all the information you have found for me

Too much to digest at the moment, need to sit quietly and put it all together.

You have all been fantastic. , Many, Many thanks

Rose

Yes they are!


1881 England Census about Fredrick Suter
Name: Fredrick Suter
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relationship to Head: Son
Father: John Suter
Mother: Elizabeth Suter
Gender: Male
Where born: Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Civil Parish: Woolwich
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 1 Prospect Row
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Woolwich
Sub-registration district: Woolwich Dockyard
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 744
Folio: 31
Page Number: 13
Household Members:
Name Age
John Suter 40
Elizabeth Suter 38
Fredrick Suter 11 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
John R. Suter 9 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
George I. Suter 5
Albert P. Suter 3
William H. Suter
George Young 11
William W. Suter 15

Re Priscilla in 1881 census -

Can't see any birth for a Priscilla Spratt.
Ancestry suggests she is Phoebe Spratt, in which case there's another Suter link:


England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Phoebe Spratt
Name: Phoebe Spratt
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1875
Registration district: Woolwich
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 968



London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 about Phebe Spratt
Name: Phebe Spratt
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 6 Feb 1876
Father's Name: William Edward Spratt
Mother's name: Mary Ann Spratt
Parish or Poor Law Union: Woolwich St Mary Magdalene
Borough: Greenwich
Register Type: Parish Registers


London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 about Phoebe Spratt
Name: Phoebe Spratt
Age: 7
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1875
School: Vicarage Road School
Borough: Greenwich
Admission Date: 19 Jun 1882
Parent: William
Notes: Vicarage Road School (0535) opened in 1881. Closed in 1928 having been an infants school only from 1923
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV06/VIC/AD/003


London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 about Phoebe Spratt
Name: Phoebe Spratt
Age: 8
Birth Date: 27 Apr 1875
School: Vicarage Road School
Borough: Greenwich
Admission Date: 24 Mar 1884
Parent: William
Notes: Vicarage Road School (0535) opened in 1881. Closed in 1928 having been an infants school only from 1923
Reference Number: LCC/EO/DIV06/VIC/AD/003



England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915 about Phoebe Spratt
Name: Phoebe Spratt
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1895
Registration district: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Volume Number: 4a
Page Number: 28
Records on Page:
Name

Phoebe Spratt
Fred Walter Suter



1901 England Census about Phoebe Sater
Name: Phoebe Sater
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Spouse: Frederick W Sater
Birth Place: Woolwich, London, England
Civil Parish: Woolwich
Ecclesiastical parish: St Thomas Charlton
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Woolwich
Sub-registration district: Woolwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 568
Folio: 10
Page Number: 12
Household schedule number: 84
Household Members:
Name Age
Frederick W Sater 32
Phoebe Sater 24
Elsie F Sater 4
Frederick W Sater 2
William G Sater 8 Months



1911 England Census about Phoebe Suter
Name: Phoebe Suter
Age in 1911: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1876
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Plumstead
Civil Parish: Woolwich
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 16 Martyrs Passage, Woolwich
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 15
Estimated Marriage Year: 1896
Registration district: Woolwich
Registration District Number: 30
Sub-registration district: Woolwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Piece: 2868
Household Members:
Name Age
Frederick Walter Suter 41
Phoebe Suter 35
Elsie Phoebe Suter 14
Frederick Walter Suter 12
William Edward Suter 10
Elizabeth Suter 8
Florence Lilian Suter 6


Are Frederick and John Suter brothers??

Hi Chris Ho, wow thank you, wondered if there would have been something in a newspaper etc. Alexander died 7th Feb 1880,cause of death Exhaustion consequence on severe burns received accidentally. Inquiry 9th Feb 1880. I only know that Alexander was born Northern Ireland but finding him listed was out of my depth. If there is no other Alexander Lindsay listed of the same age and discharged Woolwich, think the details you have given seem a good bet? Buried Kensal Green Cementry seems a bit far, expected him to be buried nearer Woolwich where he lived! His wife Mary was also Irish but I have no idea where she came from bcos the entry on census returns just state Ireland.

Not a nice way to die!!

Oh jolly good!

Well done for finding the Lindsay/Spratt marriage ArgyllGran.

Have not found Samuel or Mary either, nor Patrick Alexander and family in 1911. Must be someone around if the Coventry marriage of daughter Nellie Maude is correct! Alexander seems to have lost a few years for his death to be registered aged 44 in 1880.

Births Mar 1873 (>99%)
Spratt Christina Elizabeth Woolwich 1d 1036

Looks like Christina and Ellen were sisters after all.
Their mother Mary was born in Chatham - same on all censuses below. Children's names vary quite a bit.

1871 England Census about Ellen Spratt
Name: Ellen Spratt
Age: 7 Months
Estimated birth year: abt 1870
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William Spratt
Mother's name: Mary Ann Spratt
Gender: Female
Where born: Plumstead, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Plumstead
Ecclesiastical parish: St Nicholas
Town: Plumstead
County/Island: Kent
Country: England
Registration district: Woolwich
Sub-registration district: Plumstead, East
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 12
Piece: 793
Folio: 58
Page Number: 3
Household Members:
Name Age
William Spratt 29 - dealer
Mary Ann Spratt 24 - born Chatham <<<<<
William Spratt 4
Martha Spratt 3
Ellen Spratt 7 Months
Ellen Rooke 10 - sister (???)


1881 England Census about Priscilla Spratt
Name: Priscilla Spratt
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1875
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: William Spratt
Mother: Mary Spratt
Gender: Female
Where born: Woolwich, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Woolwich
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street address: 4 Mount Street
Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Woolwich
Sub-registration district: Woolwich Arsenal
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 747
Folio: 110
Page Number: 16
Household Members:
Name Age
William Spratt 37 - Coke contractor
Mary Spratt 34 - born Chatham
William Spratt 14
Mary Spratt 12 (Martha?)
Elizabeth Spratt 11
Catherine Spratt 8 (Christina?)
Priscilla Spratt 6
Agnes Spratt 4
James Spratt 2



1891 England Census about Christina Spratt
Name: Christina Spratt
Age: 18
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Willm E Spratt
Mother's name: Mary Spratt
Gender: Female
Where born: Woolwich, Kent, England
Civil Parish: East Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: East Ham
ED, institution, or vessel: 23
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1341
Folio: 152
Page Number: 11
Household Members:
Name Age
Willm E Spratt 49 - greengrocer
Mary Spratt 45 - born Chatham, Kent
Martha Spratt 23
Christina Spratt 18
Ada Spratt 14 (Agnes?)
Jack Spratt 13 (James?)
George Spratt 9

Can't see Samuel anywhere after 1881, I'm afraid, Rose.

Can't see his mother Mary after 1881, either.

Patrick Alexander's first marriage (Nellie)??

Marriages Jun 1887 (>99%)
Lindsay Patrick Alexander Woolwich 1d 1645
Spratt Ellen Jane Woolwich 1d 1645

Christina's sister, PricklyHolly???

Births Sep 1870 (>99%)
SPRATT Ellen Jane Woolwich 1d 889

Lindsay Alexander
Burial date 1880
Kensal Green Location
Kensal Green Cemetery (Kensington and Chelsea)

https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch

Dymott
Helenora
Burial date 16 January 1911
Royal Borough of Greenwich - London
Plumstead Cemetery (Greenwich)

Chris :)

British Army Service Records 1760-1915 (Find My Past)

First name(s): Alexander
Last name: LINDSAY
Calculated year of birth: 1831
Parish of birth: Killowen
Town of birth: Coleraine
County of birth: Derry (Londonderry)
Age at attestation: 18 years 6 months
Discharge date: 12 January 1849
Attestation corps:
Attestation soldier number:
Discharge rank: Gunner & Driver
Discharge corps: Royal Artillery
Discharge soldier number: 3128
The National Archives reference: WO97

There are 4 images available for this soldier

(if him, Trade, Labourer, Place of Discharge, Woolwich. Served 4 yrs West Indies, discharge in consequence of being unfit for further service from "Disease of the Lungs")

Oh dear!!

This appears to be his death...

??

Deaths Mar 1880 (>99%)
LINDSAY Alexander 44 Woolwich 1d 854

I saw that 1911 and wondered how Alexander could be connected to John or Christina.

I thought perhaps that his father Alexander's first "wife" (I can't find a marriage to Nellie) Nellie...might be the sister of either John or Christina.

However, looking through the census records.....neither John or Christina appear to have a sister called Nellie.

Illustrated Police News
Publication date:Saturday 24 January 1880

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT PLUMSTEAD
At Plumstead, on Saturday morning, a man named Alexander Lindsay was preparing to tar a fence at 50, Raglan Road, Plumstead, at half past nine o' clock on Saturday morning and placed a pot containing tar upon the kitchen fire to heat it. Whilst his attention was otherwise engaged, the tar boiled over and ignited, and Lindsay, hoping to save the house from destruction, took the blazing vessel in his hands and carried it out of doors. His hands, face and head were fearfully burnt, and the tar splashing over his clothes, he was aflame from head to foot, until the neighbours came to his assistance and drenched him with water. The burns having been judiciously covered with flour and cotton wool, the unfortunate man was conveyed in a cab to the workhouse infirmary, where he remains in a precarious state. Meanwhile, the fire had entirely destroyed the back portion of the house, and rendered the whole of it untenantable. Lindsay is a labourer in the Royal Gun Factories, and about fifty years of age.

(could relate?)

Chris :)