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Section 25 : The grand-children of William of Inglesham

Chapter 24.C

The children of William the Cheesemonger
1814 to 188?

William the Cheesmonger and his wife Charlotte (nee Lawrence) had four children.

Margaret

Baptised in 1814 in Pinner,Margaret married her cousin William Morris Brush (1812), the son of her uncle Thomas and Amey . The witness was Samuel Brush. Possibly Samuel of Harrow, also an uncle, or her cousin Samuel the letter sorter. No children.

Emma

Baptised in 1815 in Pinner, Emma remains unmarried and living with her mother until after the 1861 census. At 1851 still at Strewan Place, in 1861 in Battersea in the same house as her brother William. She has no stated occupation at 1861.

Henry Moolder

Baptised in 1816 in Pinner, Henry remains unmarried and living with his mother until after the 1861 census. At 1851 still at Strewan Place, in 1861 in Battersea in the same house as his brother William. At 1861 his occupation is shown as 'grocer [something]' (see below). Possibly 'as' for assistant?

William

Baptised in 1819 in Pinner, William married Frances in

At the 1851 census,

A son, Henry, is born in 1852.

Frances Sarah is born in 1855/6 though no record has been found of her birth or baptism. In 1861 she is listed as 5 , in 71 as 15, though at her marriage in December 1880 she is 23 - which would put her birth as 1857. A case of understating her age to avoid appearing older than her husband?

Charlotte Elizabeth is registered in Q3 1858 in Lambeth R.D.

A further daughter Caroline is listed in the 1871 census as age 13 - which gives a birth date of 1857/8. There is no birth record. Her birthplace is given as Brixton in 1871 (by her father) and as Chelsea in 1881 (by her or her employer). Since the family had moved back to Chelsea while she was a child (between 1861 and 1871)this may be understandable.

Charlotte is not listed in 1871 which appears to suggest it is Charlotte under a different name. But... we have an 1880 marriage for Charlotte and 1881 census entries for both Caroline and Charlotte. Where Caroline was in 1861 and Charlotte was in 1871 is unknown.

By the 1861 census William and his family - Frances, Henry, Frances and Charlotte - are in Battersea at 5 Bolingbroke Terrace, Bolingbroke Road. He is a 'painter and grainer'. A grainer was apparently a painter who simulated a wood grain effect. His mother Charlotte, his sister Emma and brother Henry were living in the same house though shown as a separate household.

A second son William is born in 1865/6 as he appears in the 1871 census whichshows the family back in Chelsea at ?Brittania? Terrace.

The children of William

In 1871 son Henry enlists in the Royal Artillery. This appears in National Archives reference WO 69/79/8189 "Description of Recruits Enlisted for the Royal Artillery" but this is not a digitised record. The entry appears on page 170; this number is imprinted at the top outer corner page. His Soldier's Number was 33371: It identifes him as 'Henry BRUSH. Born Chelsea, Middlesex. Enlisted 1871 aged 19 years'.

The illustration comes from britishempire.co.uk and is said to be an extract from "P W Reynolds notebook" of the uniform at 1861.(alternative illustration ra1863.jpg) I believe it remained the same or similar at 1871. The fur busby was worn betwen 1855 and 1878 in the Royal Artillery.The small pouch on the front of the cartouche belt contained percussion caps. Henry would not, as a new recruit, have had the medals shown nor the two good conduct stripes on his right forearm.

His military career did not last. By 1891 he was back with the family - working as a and living with his mother in the same house as sister Charlotte and his brother in law Gerald Whiting.

In 1880, on Christmas day, Frances Sarah marries Henry Clarke Groves a mechanic age 23 at St John's church in Chelsea. The Ancestry transcription says his middle name is but I cannot make that out. It is however borne out by later censuses. Their, joint, address is given as 422 Kings Road. Her father William is described as a decorator.

At 1901 Frances, Harry and three chidren are in Chelsea. He is a scietntific instrument maker. His place of birth is given as Stockholm in Swedenbut he is noted as a british subject.

Charlotte Elizabeth also marries in 1880 to Gerald Whiting. In 1881 in Lambeth and in 1891 & 1901 they are living in Chelsea with three children. Her mother Frances and brother Henry are in the same house in 1891. In 1911 in Fulham.

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