FAMILY HISTORY: KNOTT

THE FAMILY OF RICHARD ROBERT & MARY ANN STACEY

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

1871 CENSUS OF ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE, TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Richard R Stacey Head Married M 19 Lighterman London, Middlesex
Mary A Stacey Wife Married F 20 - London, Middlesex
Charlotte Stacey Daughter - F 2 - London, Middlesex
Richard R Stacey Son - M 8 mos - London, Middlesex
NOTES:
1: Living at 2a Cartwright Street, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets. (RG10-524, folio 71, page 23)
2: Mary Ann's mother was also living at this address, a property that was apparently divided into flats.
3: Richard's parents were living next door at number 3 Cartwright Street.
4: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

In the years between the 1871 and 1881 censuses, Richard and Mary Ann lost their son Richard Robert Jr as well as a daughter, Mary Ann Elizabeth, who was born in 1878 and died the following year.

 

1881 CENSUS OF ST GEORGE IN THE EAST, TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Rt Stacey Head Married M 29 Lighterman Aldgate, Middlesex
Mary Ann Stacey Wife Married F 30 - Aldgate, Middlesex
Charlotte Stacey Daughter - F 12 Scholar Aldgate, Middlesex
William J Stacey Son - M 8 Scholar Bromley by Bow, Middlesex
Richard E Stacey Son - M 5 Scholar Bromley by Bow, Middlesex
NOTES:
1: Living at 21 Pell Street, St George in the East, Tower Hamlets. (RG11-450, folio 87, page 17)
2: At the time of the census, Mary Ann would have been pregnant with their 6th child, Sarah Ann Rachel.
3: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

Sometime after the birth of their son James in 1887, Richard moved his family to Plaistow, West Ham:

 

1891 CENSUS OF PLAISTOW, WEST HAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Richard R Stacey Head Married M 39 Lighterman Aldgate, London
Mary A Stacey Wife Married F 40 - Aldgate, London
Charlotte Stacey Daughter Unmarried F 20 - Aldgate, London
William J Stacey Son Unmarried M 18 Pattern Maker Bromley, London
Richard E Stacey Son Unmarried M 15 Errand Boy Bromley, London
Sarah A R Stacey Daughter - F 9 Scholar St George E, London
Edward G G Stacey Son - M 7 Scholar St George E, London
Gertrude Stacey Daughter - F 5 Scholar St George E, London
James Stacey Son - M 3 - Stepney, London
Sarah Ann Knott Mother-in-Law Widow M 63 - Whitechapel, London
NOTES:
1: Living at 600 Barking Road, Plaistow, West Ham. (RG12-1323, folio 56, page 10)
2: Plaistow is now classed as being in East London.
3: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

By 1901 Mary Ann had died and the older children had left home:

 

1901 CENSUS OF PLAISTOW, WEST HAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Richard R Stacey Head Widower M 49 Lighterman Aldgate, London
Charlotte Stacey Daughter Unmarried F 32 - Aldgate, London
Edward G Stacey Son Unmarried M 17 Apprentice St George's, London
Gertrude Stacey Daughter - F 15 - St George's, London
George S Stacey Son - M 9 - Plaistow, Essex
Sarah A Knott Mother-in-Law Widow M 73 - Whitechapel, London
NOTES:
1: Living at 26 Salmen Road, Plaistow, West Ham. (RG13-1574, folio 100, page 54)
2: Edward's full occupation was "Blacksmith's Apprentice".
3: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

On the night of the 1911 Census, Richard and his son Edward were visiting at the home of Richard's married daughter Sarah and her husband George Samuel Graham:

 

1911 CENSUS OF PLAISTOW, WEST HAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Stacey Head Widower M 60 Lighterman (Retired) St George in the East, London
Edward Stacey Son Unmarried M 27 Plumbers Labourer St George in the East, London
NOTES:
1: Visiting at 23 Third Avenue, Plaistow, London.
2: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

 


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