Hello Alex and Jan
I have joined Rootschat about an hour ago and saw your request for help - which is dated in 2007.
The members of the Campion family you list are my forbears. It's not clear to me what you want to know, but I can tell you almost anything you ask - and tell you where you've made a couple of mistakes! Eliza Frances is my great grandmother (she died in 1946). I'm familiar with the lives of all her siblings and their children, etc.
Eliza's husband, Daniel Chillistone was my great grandfather, and my maiden name was Chillistone. Eliza and Daniel Chillistone were staying with William Joseph Campion at 41 Caird Street, during the 1891 Census, with their girls, Ethel & Edith. Also living in the house was Thomas Benjamin (he was a Carpenter and then became a builder employing others. He moved out to Essex and married a girl with the surname Lovell, I think. I can tell you about the whole family - just ask and I tell you what you need to know.
By the way, William Joseph Campion was widowed at the time of the 1891 Census. His wife, Mary Ann died at Caird Street in 1888 of a weak heart. Her maiden name was GRAY, not the name you stated. There were 7 surviving children of the family.
Frederick James did go to Australia, but in 1898, not the date you stated. He went on medical advice because he had TB. He came back to England briefly to see the Coronation and by then had become a successful whole sale jeweller. He married an Australian woman and had a son and daughter. My 89 year old father remembers him on his trip back to England.
Lauren000ful
