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Trying to find Martin
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William | Report | 20 Mar 2007 14:50 |
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I'm searching for information about CHARLES MARTIN, b 1847-9, Lambeth or Hackney. Charles was a 'coal porter' on the Thames, as confirmed in the marriage certificate (1903) we have of his son, William Charles Martin and Emily Sarah Cooper. (Charles was known as 'black daddy' within the family, because he was always covered in coal dust!) In particular we'd like to know whether he was born in Hackney (according the to 1881 and 1891 censuses) or Lambeth (1901 census). At the time of the 1881 census he lived at Cottage Place, Lambeth (Civil Parish: No 1 North Marsh Ward, Ecclesiastical Parish: All Saints, married to Emma, with 5 daughters). By the 1891 census they were at 37 Duke Street. Charles is head of the family, with his wife, Emma (b abt 1851, Lambeth), children: Mary (1873), Katy (1875), Annie (1877), Lizzie (1879), Charles (1881), Frederick (1883), William (1885) and John (known as Jack, 1891). (The daughter, Emma, from 1881 is no longer shown.) By 1901 we find the 4 boys living with a widowed Charles at 36 Goding Street, Lambeth. We have his son William's death and marriage certificates but nothing for the rest of the family. I'm descended via William (b1885) who died in 1912 from a fall from ladder. He was a window cleaner. 2 of his brothers took on his round but we don't know which 2 and have no contact with descendants of any of Charles' other children. We believe that one or more of the borthers emigrated to the USA. Any information about any of them would be much appreciated! |
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