Dear Bryant,
A reply at last to my request for info! Thank you.
Yes, you have the right information, but Wm. Henry Snr's first son was propbably born just prior to July 1837 as I think his birth would have been traced more easily.
Wm. Hry. Franklin married Ann Corbett (b. 25 Jun 1812). Their children were:
1. John, who was around 14 years old in 1849 when his father died and he ran away from home.
2. Emma, (b. 1838)
3. Eliza, (b. 1843)
4. William Henry, (b. 24 Jan 1846)
5. Esther Ellen, (b. 1849)
William Henry's death certificate states that he was a bootmaker of 12 Upper St. Martin's Lane. I have not found an entry yet in the 1841 census.
The 1851 census records Ann Franklin, a widow, living on parish relief, living in Hart Street with all the children except John.
The 1861 census records Ann Franklin in business in Hart Street as an upholsteress with her growing family and a "fancy worker" employee.
The 1871 census records Ann still living in Hart St., while Wm.Hry. Jnr is living on the Strand with his son, William Henry John Franklin (b. 1870).
The 1881 Census records Wm. Hry. living at 44 Marlee Terrace, Lambeth with his family and a servant. His daughter, Jane Annie (my grandmother) was 14 years old.
Ann Franklin died 12 April 1890 in Red Lion Square, Soho.
William Hnry Jnr. married Jane Eadon (b. 25 Jan 1846 at 36 Regent Street). They were marrried 1 June 1865 in St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
Jane's father was indeed Thomas Eadon (b. 1809 in Cogges, Witney, Oxfordshire), a greengrocer, apprenticed as a baker to Joseph Williams (his future father-in-law) of 1 Lambeth Walk, Lambeth before his marriage to Elizabeth (b. 23 Aug 1817 in Chatham, Kent).
The old couple retired to 2, Cumberland Villas, Battersea where they both died.
Jane was the fourth child of 10.
1. John (b. 1840)
2. Elizabeth (b. 1842)
3. Thomas (b. 1842)
4. Jane (b. 1846)
5. Annie (b. 1850)
6. Eliza (b. 1852)
7. George (b. 1854)
8. Charles (b. 1857)
9. Alice (b. 1858)
10. Charlotte (b. 1861)
Is this enough info for you at the moment? Please keep in touch.
Bob.
