The Diary of Nathaniel Bryceson (Part 8)

[dee-jay]

I couldn't find a likely William OSMOND, Silversmith, or Ann/Eliza THOMAS, Cook, and I gave up on address searches when I encountered some enumerators' variations of St James Street and James Street in Westminster parishes:  too much for someone without intimate knowledge of the topography!    1851 shows an influx of artists in and around 22 James Sreet, Westminster St Margaret [HO107 piece 1480 folio 477 page 8].

[Ruskie]

I have compliled a list of residents of Richmond Buildings in the 1841 and 1851 censuses.

There is a really interesting selection of nationalities and occupations living there.

I won't bother posting it (unless requested) because I don't think it helps us to work out who was living where in Richmond Buildings. There's no mention of an attic or garret. 

[Ruskie]

Re the Vaggs - I just had to refresh my memory - there is a Catherine Vagg visitor, widow, milliner on the 1851 census ... I can't recall ever finding a death for Richard (or Nathaniel).

[Ruskie]

I am so pleased to have another diary entry today. I love Nat's turn of phrase:
"Received intelligence from Granny Shepard of the death of Mrs Wilcocks"   He makes me smile.

[Siamese Girl]

Susannah Patience Wilcocks of Tottenham Court Road buried at Kensal Green Cemetery 26 November 1846 aged 42.

Thomas Wilcocks married Susannah Patience Jarvis 11 September 1825 at St Pancras Chapel.

Children: Thomas Fry bapt 8 Nov 1826  St Pancras Old church.  Thomas  was a pork butcher of Little Charlotte Street. Ancestry have transcribed Patience as catherine, but it is clearly Patience.

Susannah Elizabeth bapt 17 Sept 1828 St Pancras Old church. Thomas a butcher of Little Charlotte Street.

Elizabeth Fanny bapt 10 July 1831 - the family now in Goode Street

and Arthur Henry bapt 24 September 1843 the family now in Tottenham Court Road and Thomas still a pork butcher.

Oddly the 1841 census has Thomas Wilcocks aged 40 pork butcher living in the Tottenham Court Road with a Mathew Wilcocks aged 57, Eleanor Robinson aged 33 independant and a servant Mary ?Curtin aged 22. Susannah and the children must be elsewhere. In 1851 he's still there but with his children - daughter Susannah is now Susan Adams and a 22 year old widow.

Which is probably more than we need to know anout the Wilcocks family!

Carole

[Ruskie]

Susannah Patience Wilcocks of Tottenham Court Road buried at Kensal Green Cemetery 26 November 1846 aged 42.

Thomas Wilcocks married Susannah Patience Jarvis 11 September 1825 at St Pancras Chapel.

Children: Thomas Fry bapt 8 Nov 1826  St Pancras Old church.  Thomas  was a pork butcher of Little Charlotte Street. Ancestry have transcribed Patience as catherine, but it is clearly Patience.

Susannah Elizabeth bapt 17 Sept 1828 St Pancras Old church. Thomas a butcher of Little Charlotte Street.

Elizabeth Fanny bapt 10 July 1831 - the family now in Goode Street

and Arthur Henry bapt 24 September 1843 the family now in Tottenham Court Road and Thomas still a pork butcher.

Oddly the 1841 census has Thomas Wilcocks aged 40 pork butcher living in the Tottenham Court Road with a Mathew Wilcocks aged 57, Eleanor Robinson aged 33 independant and a servant Mary ?Curtin aged 22. Susannah and the children must be elsewhere. In 1851 he's still there but with his children - daughter Susannah is now Susan Adams and a 22 year old widow.

Which is probably more than we need to know anout the Wilcocks family!
Carole

Not at all Carole. It's all very interesting.  Thanks for chasing them up.
Mrs Wilcocks died on the 21st but wasn't buried until the 26th - I wonder why so long?
Poor Susan/nah, a 22 year old widow in 1851 - oh dear. 

[Ruskie]

Marriages
Mar 1848   
ADAMS  Joseph    St Pancras  1 282   
WILCOCKS  Susannah Elizabeth     St Pancras  1 282

And a possible:
Joseph Adams
buried All Souls Kensal Green on 7 Feb 1849
age 23
of London St, Fitzroy Square, St Pancras

[Ruskie]

Some amazing detail in today's entry. I reckon we could easily find Mr McAuliffe's burial place today (if the burial ground hasn't been razed to the ground  ).

I get the impression that Ann might be trying to cool the relationship with Nat. She stood him up and he had to chase after her ....  What's going on? 

[deb usa]

Hi Ruskie

Lots of detail today ...sounds like Mr. McA may have been important/wealthy?

This is interesting .... re; his grave ...would it have been this deep in order for the rest of his family to be buried on top of him ... not a waste of space, so to speak!? .....

...... "from thence to the grave, which was about 16 feet deep,"

deb

PS ...I have so missed Nat ....