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Emily Eliza Carpenter (1838-1923)

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Daughter of William Carpenter and Emily Carpenter (née Cox)

 

Born on 23rd June 1838 at 12.30pm[1].

 

Christened on 15th July 1838 at St. Andrew's, Holborn, London[2].

 

1841: 2 Henry Street, St Pancras, London[3].

On the night of 6th June 1841 Emily Carpenter (3) was living with her parents William (30) and Emily (25).

 

1851: 8 Cook's Terrace, St Pancras - Scholar[4]

On the night of 30th March 1851 Emily Eliza (12), scholar, was living with her parents William (41) and Emily (35) and her brothers: Alfred William (8), scholar; Ernest Lionel (4), scholar; and Francis Colin (1).

 

1861:

 

1871: 1 Grosvenor Villas, Wimbledon, Surrey - General Servant (Domestic)[5]

On the night of 2nd April 1871 Emily Carpenter (33) was a servant in the household of Henry E. B. Harris (42), a general practitioner from Bath. Henry lived in the house with his wife Emma and son Edmund. Emily was the only servant employed by Henry.

 

Emily Eliza Carpenter (36) married Mark Shackleton (45, a widower) on 8th June 1873 at St Peter's Church, Walworth in the Parish of St Mary Newington, Surrey[6]. Emily was Mark's third wife. At the time of their marriage Mark was a 'Railway Waggon Fitter' and both parties were living at Cook's Road. The witnesses to the marriage were Emily's brother and sister - Robert Carpenter and Jessie Sarah Carpenter.

 

1881: 3 Ashbourne Terrace, Gladstone Road, Wimbledon, Surrey[7]

On the night of 3rd April 1881 Emily E. Shackleton (43) was living with her husband Mark Shackleton (54), a railway wagon fitter originally from Leeds, and their children:  Ernest A. (6), Rosetta E. (4) and Lucas[8] (1) - all of whom were born in Wimbledon. Mark's son Edmond[9](9) from his second marriage was also living with the family. Mark's daughter Lucy (24) from his first marriage was working nearby as a cook (domestic).

 

1891: 8 Palmerston Road, Wimbledon, Surrey[10]

On the night of 5th April 1891 Emily Shackleton (53) was living with her husband Mark Shackleton (63), a crane fitter on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), and their children:  Ernest (16), a telegraphist on the London and South Western Railway (LSWR); Rosetta E. (14), a scholar; and Cyrus (11), a scholar. Mark's son Edmund (19) from his previous marriage was also living with the family and working as a low machinist for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR).

 

Mark Shackleton died in 1895.

 

1901: 8 Palmerston Road, Wimbledon, Surrey[11]

On the night of 31st March 1901 Emily Shackleton (62), a widow, was living with her children: Rosetta (24), a dressmaker working on her own account from home; Cyrus (21), a house and estate agent.

 

1911: 32 Florence Road, Wimbledon, London[12].

On the night of 2nd April 1911 Emily Shackleton (72), a widow, was living with her children: Rosetta Emily (34), a dressmaker; Cyrus Frederick (31), a clerk working for a builder. The house had five rooms.

 

Died Tuesday 16th January 1923. Buried in Wimbledon Cemetery[13].

 

Children:-

 

Footnotes

  1. Carpenter Family Record Book.
  2. Carpenter Family Record Book. A note in the book states 'In registering in the Parish books, a blot was caused by the clerk having erroneously entered the date of birth as 20 June, which he then corrected to 23 June. She was not registered by the Registrar of Births & Deaths.'
  3. 1841 Census - HO 107/682/6 Folio 14 Page 22.
  4. 1851 Census: HO 107/1497 392
  5. 1871 Census - RG 10/856 Folio ? Page 36
  6. Marriage Certificate. The certificate also records the names of their fathers as Robert Shackleton (deceased), a waterman, and William Carpenter (deceased), a compositor.
  7. 1881 Census - RG11 0831/27 Page 50
  8. It appears that something was written here then crossed through (and now illegible) with Lucas written over the top. However, this clearly must be Cyrus.
  9. Edmund was born in Battersea on 14th November 1871 to Mark Shackleton and his wife Sarah Susannah Shackleton (formerly Berry). Sarah Susannah Shackleton died in the same quarter at the age of 38 (GRO Ref. Volume 1d Page 415 - certificate not obtained).
  10. 1891 Census - RG 12/606 Folio 64 Page 17
  11. 1901 Census - RG 13/658 Folio ? Page 14
  12. 1911 Census
  13. Carpenter Family Record Book.

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