Family of Edward Emerson and Maria Butcher

Husband: Edward Emerson

Name:
Edward Emerson²
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Father:
-
Occupation:
seaman / mariner³
Birth:
2 Nov 1800
Ipswich, Suffolk, England^2,4,5
Baptism:
28 Dec 1800 (age 0)
St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England²
son of Ernest and Mary Emerson
Census absence:
6 Jun 1841 (age 40)
presumably away at sea
Miscellaneous:
13 Jul 1843 (age 43)⁴
of Ipswich, m 51/336 13th July 1843 Dexterrous
Miscellaneous:
4 Jan 1845
Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁵
ref 141,077 a seaman 5' 4¾" tall light brown hair light complexion and grey eyes, first went to sea as an apprentice in 1814, served in the Royal Navy for 3 years 6 months with 8 months foreign service, resides in Ipswich, can write
Death:
31 Dec 1847 (age 45)
Hospital Ship, Greenwich, Kent, England⁶
Burial:
5 Jan 1848
St. Alphege's Church, Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, Kent, England⁶
aged 45 of Hospital Ship

Name:
Maria Butcher^7,8
Sex:
Female
Father:
Thomas Vincent Butcher (1770?-1836)
Mother:
Mary Boyden (1765?-1837)
Occupation:
laundress / washer woman^9,10
Birth:
1795 (app)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England^{7,8,9,10,11,12}
Baptism:
17 Jul 1795 (age 0)
St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England^7,8
daughter of Thomas and Mary Butcher
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 45-46)
Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹¹
aged 40, living with two daughters and a son. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 55-56)
17 Princes Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁹
head of the household aged 54 widow, a laundress living with two daughters. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 65-66)
Causeway, St. Helen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁰
head of the household aged 65 widowed as Maria Emmerson, a laundress living with a boarder. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 75)
2 White's Yard, Church Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹²
widowed mother living with her son-in-law William Bishop, daughter Elizabeth, granddaughter Sarah, and grandsons Charles, William and Richard. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Death:
23 Mar 1872 (age 78)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England^13,14,15
Burial:
27 Mar 1872
Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England^14,15
aged 78 of Ipswich Union House St. Helen Ipswich

Name:
Maria Emerson³
Sex:
Female
Occupation:
stay maker⁹
Birth:
1831 (app)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England^3,9,11
Baptism:
4 Dec 1831 (age 0)
St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England³
daughter of Edward Emmerson (seaman) and Maria of Albion Street Ipswich
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 9-10)
Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹¹
aged 10, living with her mother and two siblings. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 19-20)
17 Princes Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁹
daughter aged 20 unmarried, a stay maker living with her mother and a sister. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Name:
Elizabeth Mary Ann Emerson³
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Richard William Bishop (1834?- )
Occupation:
stay maker / machinist^9,12
Birth:
1835 (app)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England^{3,9,11,12,16,17}
Baptism:
7 Jun 1835 (age 0)
St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England³
daughter of Edward Emmerson (mariner) and Maria of Duke Street Ipswich
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 5-6)
Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹¹
aged 7, living with her mother and two siblings. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 15-16)
17 Princes Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁹
daughter aged 16 unmarried, a stay maker living with her mother and a sister. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 35)
2 White's Yard, Church Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹²
married wife working as a machinist and living with her husband William, her widowed mother Maria Emmerson, daughter Sarah, and sons Charles, William and Richard. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 46)
Foundry Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁶
married wife living with her husband William, sons Charles, William, Richard and Albert, and daughter Jessie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 56)
50 Dorkin Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁷
married wife living in four rooms with her husband William, son Albert, and daughter Jessie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Parents Ernest Emerson (c1762-1825) and Mary née Girling (c1793-1869). Brother of Elias Fairweather Emerson (1790-1884)^2,18

1.: Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:6b page:19.

2.: Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1754-1812, (2012 SFK-BPI-06/P2 own copy). Cit. Date: 16 April 2018.

3.: Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy).

4.: FindMyPast Britain, merchant seaman 1835-1857 transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). series:BT112 piece:21 1841-1844.

6.: Ancestry London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials 1813-2003, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Alphage Greenwich 1848 page:162.

7.: Paula Hadgraft's Family tree, (on-line at members.optusnet.com.au/~phadgraft/familytree/pafg40.htm#16099).

8.: Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1754-1812, (2012 SFK-BPI-06/P2 own copy).

9.: England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1800 folio:265 page:3.

10.: England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1166 folio:28 page:4.

11.: England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1043 book: 2 folio:54 page:6.

12.: England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1754 folio:19 page:32 schedule:174. Cit. Date: 25 August 2022.

13.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1872 quarter:1 volume:4a page:403.

14.: Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

15.: The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

16.: England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1870 folio:68 page:4 schedule:234. Cit. Date: 25 August 2022.

17.: England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1471 folio:88 page:26 schedule:175. Cit. Date: 25 August 2022.

18.: Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Cit. Date: 16 April 2018.