Hmmm....
in 1901 is this chappie:
1901:Christchurch (St Saviour Southwark) London
Ref: RG13 / P 360 / F 60 / Pg 5
Address: District Workhouse
Inmate: John R MORGAN 56, married, Currier L--a-th (?) b St Georges London
And I have a deep dark suspicion that he was not John Robert MORGAN (though that is clearly stated on the 1881) - but rather John Richard MORGAN and that his first son born abt 1874 was named for him:
And that this could be the marriage:
Sep Qtr 1873 St Saviour
John Richard MORGAN and one of the 2 possible brides is: Emma DASH.
(For elimination, the other couple on the page are Ralph JACKSON and Elizabeth LAVER - there is a Ralph JACKSON in Lambeth 1881 with a wife named Eliza, which may or may not be them!)
Having said that, the most likely birth I can see as possible for the eldest son (off 1881 & 1901) is:
Mar Qtr 1873 St Saviour - John Richard C M MORGAN
This registration precedes that marriage ....
The only other one close is Richard John MORGAN in Mar Qtr 1874 St Olave.
In 1891: St Saviours Southwark, London
Could be the son
Ref: RG12 / PiP 342; /F 90 / Pg 23
Address: 96 Southwark Street
Lodger: John MORGAN 17, Grocers Porter, b Bermondsey
This address cover 1 full page and 2 half pages of Census - 12 servants, and well over 100 Lodgers - it's a Lodging House kept by a 28 yr old Yorkshireman,
In 1891: Dulwich, Camberwell. London
Could be John R himself:
Ref: RG12 / P 472 /F 145/ Pg 30
Address: St Saviours Union Infirmary
Patient: John R MORGAN 46, married, ?---man (-------?) , b Southwark
(I can't make out his occupation?)
And encourgaingly, there is an Emma DASH in 1871, of the right age to be Mrs Emma MORGAN of 1881-1901 - and at a somewhat familiar address:
1871: St George the Martyr, Southwark St Saviour, London (Kent Road area)
Ref: RG10 / P 600 / F 45 / Pg 28;
Address: 11 Noel Street
Head: George DASH 60, Fish Curer, b Surrey
Wife: Ellen DASH 58, b Bermondsey
Dau: Emma DASH 17, unm, Servant, b Bermondsey
Son: WIlliam DASH 29, unm, Driver, b Bermondsey
Cheers
AMBLY
