Elizabeth Kirk (1852-1929)

Elizabeth Kirk was born in 1852 in Mattersey. After moving to nearby Rotherham, she had an illegitimate son in 1870 and then married George Blackett later that year. She had one more son with George, who died in 1875. Elizabeth married her second husband, Alexander Vicary, also in Rotherham, and they had 4 children. The

Charles Povey and Emily Harman

Charles Povey lived all his life in (west London). He married Emily Harman, whose parents were from Brighton (Sussex). They had 8 children, with 5 or 6 of them surviving to adulthood. Most of the children stayed in west London, though one granddaughter emigrated to the USA. Charles was a labourer (1896 and 1901), a

Assistant letter carrier GPO

On the 1901 census, 14-year-old Louisa Howlett was an ‘assistant letter carrier GPO’ and listed as living with Mary Ann Crow [née Markwell]. Louisa’s relationship to Mary is described as ‘companion’. I haven’t come across the job of assistant letter carrier before. The rest of this post provides some more information about Louisa and Mary.

Why was John Nelthorpe at this marriage?

Mary Fuller (1825-1855) married William Johnson in Methwold (Norfolk) on 23 June 1849. One witness was John Nelthorpe. I presume that this was John Nelthorpe (1770-1858). His son, my 4 x great grandfather James Nelthorpe (1796-1884), married Elizabeth Roberts (1799-1871) of Methwold in 1821 in Mundford. James Nelthorpe and Elizabeth went on to live in