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Maria Elizabeth Carpenter (1814-1856)

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Daughter of James Carpenter and Sarah Carpenter (née Neal)

 

Born on 27th February 1814 at 10.30am[1].

 

Baptised 29th January 1816 at St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London[2].

 

Maria Elizabeth Carpenter (spinster) married William Litfoot (bachelor) on 17th February 1831 at St Ann Blackfriars[3].

 

Maria Elizabeth Litfoot (widow, of full age) married Daniel Willock (widower, of full age) on 31st December 1839 at the Parish Church in the Parish of Saint Leonards Shoreditch, London[4]. At the time of their marriage Daniel was a labourer resident in Castle Street, whilst Maria was a servant resident in Charlotte Street.

 

1841: Gun Street, Liberties of the old artillery ground[5], Tower Hamlets, London [6].

On the night of 6th June 1841 Maria Willock[7] (25) was living with her husband Daniel Willock (30), a Gas Lighter, and Diana Willock[8] (6), Daniel's daughter from his previous marriage.

 

March 1842: 49 Gun Street, Old Artillery Grounds, Whitechapel, London.

Daniel Willock, a Gas Lighter, and his wife Maria Willock were living at 49 Gun Street when their son Daniel Henry Willock was born on 10th March 1842[9].

 

April 1842: 6 New Inn Yard

Daniel Willock, a Lamp Lighter, and his wife Maria Elizabeth Willock were living at 6 New Inn Yard when their son Daniel Henry Willock was baptised on 6th April 1842[10].

 

Maria's husband, Daniel Willock, died on 31st December 1843 in the Lunatic Asylum, Bethnal Green[11].

 

1851: 21 Ashby Street, St Pancras, London - Charwoman[12].

On the night of 30th March 1851 Maria Keatley (36), a charwoman from St Martins, was living with her husband Charles Keatley (47), a brick labourer from St Pancras, their daughter Maria (2) and Maria Elizabeth's son from her second marriage, Daniel (9), a scholar . Daniel (9) was born in Spitalfields[13] whilst Maria (2) was born in St Pancras.

 

On 21st June 1851, a few months after the census was taken Maria gave birth to her son Charles at 21 Ashby Street, Camden Town.

 

A description of Ashby Street published by George Godwin in 1854 gives an insight into the conditions the family would have lived in: 'Ashby-street, commencing at the upper end of Weller's-court, and running parallel with St. Pancras-road, consists of about twenty-nine houses: most of them, particularly those on the further side from the road, are in a most dirty and filthy state, the cesspools in most instances full, and the smell exceedingly offensive. The street is without a drain, and strewed with animal and vegetable matter. Scarlet fever of a very malignant form, as well as small-pox, has been raging here.'[14]. 

 

Maria Elizabeth Willock (Widow, full age) married Charles Kateley[15] (Bachelor, full age) on 6th February 1854 at St Pancras Church, London[16]. At the time of their marriage Charles was a crossing sweeper[17] living in Ashby Street, St Pancras, London.

 

Maria Cately (42) - the wife of Charles Cately, crossing sweeper, died on 24th April 1856 at 21 Ashby Street, Camden Town, St Pancras, London[18]. The cause of death was recorded as peritonitis (3 weeks).

 

Buried St Pancras Ground, Finchley[19] on 29th April 1856[20].

 

Children:-

 

 

Footnotes

  1. Carpenter Family Record Book ▲
  2. Carpenter Family Record Book and Parish Registers of St Martin in the Fields. The entry in the Parish Register records that Maria Elizabeth was the daughter of James and Sarah Carpenter of Mores Yard. The entry also gives James' trade as umbrella maker. ▲
  3. Parish Registers, St Ann Blackfriars. William Litfoot signed his name with a signature whilst Maria signed her name with a mark. The witnesses to the marriage were Ann Lucy Gay and George Gay. ▲
  4. Marriage Certificate. Daniel's father was named as James Willock (deceased), a lamplighter. Maria's father was named as Ja[me]s Carpenter, an umbrella maker. Daniel signed his name with a signature, whilst Maria signed her name with a mark. The witnesses to the marriage were James Carpenter and Sarah Dyckhoff. ▲
  5. A map and description of the old artillery grounds was published in 'The precinct of St. Mary Spital: The Old Artillery Ground', Survey of London: volume 27: Spitalfields and Mile End New Town (1957), pp. 24-38. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50150 ▲
  6. 1841 Census - Class: HO107; Piece 659; Book: 1; Civil Parish: Old Artillery Ground; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 7; Folio: 9; Page: 11; Line: 14; GSU roll: 438776. It is worth noting that there is another Daniel and Maria Willock in London. the other Daniel Willock (74) was living with his wife Maria Willock in Bell Street, Marylebone in June 1841. This Daniel Willock was a gentleman who died later in 1841 leaving his wealth to his wife Maria, son John and a number of other named individuals. Daniel's will refers to Maria's three sisters, which does not fit our family. ▲
  7. The census schedule appears to show the name of Daniel's wife as Margt. However, we have assumed that this is Maria as the age matches and the address corresponds with the location that we know they were living in 1842. However, the entry also shows that Margt was not born in this county which would not fit with our Maria. ▲
  8. Diana Willock was born on 22nd April 1834 and baptised on 11th May 1834 at Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London according to the IGI (entry in parish register not checked). Diana's parents were given as Daniel and Frances Willock. ▲
  9. Birth certificate. ▲
  10. Parish Register. ▲
  11. Death certificate. The death of Daniel Willock, male, a lamp lighter aged about 35 years was recorded on 31st December 1843 at the lunatic Asylum in Bethnal Green. the cause of death was given as paralysis. The death was registered on 13th January 1844 by John Miller, Surgeon, in attendance, Lunatic Asylum, Bethnal Green. Although there is nothing on this certificate that provides a definite link with the family the occupation is consistent with that given in other documents (e.g. Daniel's son Daniel Henry states that his farther was a lamplighter when he marries). ▲
  12. 1851 Census - HO107; Piece: 1497; Folio: 418; Page: 29 ▲
  13. No matching reference can be found in the GRO index so the birth may not have been registered at this early stage in civil registration. ▲
  14. The remainder of the paragraph provides a description of the houses in the area: 'Let us look into a house in an adjoining street. This consists of five small rooms, and a back kitchen or washhouse, and is occupied by five families, numbering thirty-three individuals, distributed as follows, viz.-seven in the kitchen, which is underground, a man, his wife, and five children; seven in the room over the kitchen, a man, his mother, wife, and four children : in the room behind this are four labourers, who sleep upon two small beds, which fill the room eight in the top front room, a shoemaker, his wife, and six children seven in the top back room, six men and [-41-] women, with one child, occupying only two beds. The kitchen is very dirty, has two sinks, both untrapped, communicating with the drain, and contains the water-butt for the supply of water to the several families. The house itself is filthy, the walls besmeared with dirt, and the yard contains an open cesspool and stagnant water. No wonder that cholera has already been busy in this house!' London Shadows by George Godwin (1854). Chapter VII. ▲
  15. Charles' surname appears as Kateley in this record but is given as Keatley in the 1851 census. On the birth certificates of his children Charles and Sarah Maria the name is recorded as Kately. Another variant, Cately, is given on Maria Elizabeth's death certificate. ▲
  16. Marriage certificate. Charles signed the register with a signature whilst Maria signed with a mark. Maria's father was named as James Carpenter (Dead). Charles' father was named as William Kateley (Dead). The witnesses to the marriage were James Cartwright and Emma Cartwright. ▲
  17. The website http://www.victorianweb.org/periodicals/punch/17.html states that crossing-sweepers 'swept horse manure and other filth out of the way so men and especially women of the prosperous classes (who wore dresses that swept the ground) would not soil their clothes when stepping off sidewalks.' The trade of the crossing sweeper is further explained in a chapter from Sketches of London Life and Character, by Albert Smith et. al., [1849] - The Crossing Sweeper at http://www.victorianlondon.org/publications/lifeandcharacter-8.htm ▲
  18. Death Certificate. The death was registered on 13th May 1856 by Thos Mumby, in attendance, of Wheatsheaf [Court?], Pancras Road. ▲
  19. Carpenter Family Record Book ▲
  20. The cemetery register (entry no. 2507) dated 28th April 1856 records that Maria Catley of 21 Ashby Street was buried on 29th April 1856 and that the ceremony was performed by Reverend N.P. Wilkinson. A second name was given in the entry - J. Langley, St Pancras Workhouse - which may indicate that she spent some time in the workhouse whilst she was ill. Our notes from the time do not include the column headings so it is difficult to be certain of the exact nature of the second name or its significance without re-checking the registers. ▲

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