See also

Charles William Gillingham (1860- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • inn waiter becoming an office housekeeper4,5

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1860

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England1,4,5,6,7,8,9

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Feb 1860 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England2,3,10

  •  

  • son of William Gillingham (labourer) and Mary Anne of Nacton

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 1)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living with his parents. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 11)

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents William and Mary, and sisters Alice, Elizabeth and Laura. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 21)

  • 109 Clifton Street, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England11

  •  

  • aged 21,unmarried. Born in Suffolk, Waiter (Inn), lodging with Priscilla Barnes.

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 31)

  • 78 Sandringham Road, Hackney, London, England4

  •  

  • unmarried head of the household working as an office housekeeper (caretaker?) living with his aunt the widowed Elizabeth Gillingham, and cousins Clara and Alice. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 41)

  • 14 Downs Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney, London, England5

  •  

  • unmarried head of the household working as a house keeper for city offices (caretaker?) living with his widowed aunt Elizabeth Gillingham, cousin Elsie, and a boarder. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 50)

  • 17 Powerscroft Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney, London, England9

  •  

  • unmarried head of the household working as a night watchman for a general contractors and living with his sister (actually a cousin) Alice Ellen Gillingham. Born in Nacton Suffolk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1860 quarter:1 volume:4a page:636. Cit. Date: 11 November 2017.

2.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C13204-1 sys:England-VR film:952455 -2:118LNWF.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Nacton St. Martin baptisms entry:797. Cit. Date: 9 July 2021.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:187 folio:41 page:13 schedule:72. Cit. Date: 7 May 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:216 folio:128 page:33 schedule:220. Cit. Date: 7 May 2022.

6.

Sian Plant (One Name Study) personal communication.

7.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG9 piece:1168 folio:152 page:13. Cit. Date: 11 November 2017.

8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1758 folio:163 page:17 schedule:90. Cit. Date: 11 November 2017.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:1088 class:RG78 piece:36 registration district:11 sub-district:3 enumeration district:15 schedule:351. Cit. Date: 8 May 2022.

10.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

11.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:0383/89/32.