John Bristow

[kiterunner]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as John Bristow
Date and place of birth 6th Jan 1827, Horsleydown, London / Surrey
Names of parents Robert James Bristow and Ann Jane (nee Lucey)
Date and place of baptism - if applicable 2 Feb 1827, St John's, Horsleydown
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any 7th July 1852 parish church of Burstow, Surrey, to Elizabeth Mary Ferrier.
Occupation(s) - if any Oil Cooper then Clerk
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1841 Pupil at school in Brixton Hill, Brixton, Surrey
1851 2 Dockhead, Bermondsey, Surrey
1861 Gainsford Street, Horsleydown
1871 27 Hunter Street, St Pancras, London
1881 3 Boleyn Terrace, East Ham, Essex
1891 76 Devonshire Road, Upper Holloway, Islington, London
1899 1 Scouler Street, Poplar, London
Date, place and cause of death 23rd Sep 1899 Sick Asylum, Poplar, London, cancer of scalp
Date and place of burial / cremation. Don't know
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable None that I've found and I have searched
Memorial inscription - if any Don't know

[kiterunner]

I was trying to find out where he lived between 1861 and 1871, and came across this, which I had never seen before:

London Gazette 13 Oct 1865
John Bristow, of No 201, Hampstead-road, in the county of Middlesex, formerly of No 95, East-lane, Bermondsey, then of No 57, Gainsford-street, Horsleydown, both in the county of Surrey, then of Elmer's End, Beckenham, in the county of Kent, Cooper's Clerk and Dealer in Oil, late in the custody of the Sheriff of Surrey, at No. 57, George-street, Blackfriars-road, in the said county of Surrey, and now a Prisoner for Debt in Horsemonger-lane Gaol, having been adjudged bankrupt under a Petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy, in London, on the 10th day of October, 1865, is hereby required to surrender himself to William Hazlitt, Esq, a Registrar of the said Court, at the first meeting of creditors to be held before the said Registrar, on the 31st day of October instant, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, at the said Court. Mr George John Graham, of No 25, Coleman-street, London, is the Official Assignee, and Mr J B Sorrell, of No 63, Great Dartford-street, London, is the Solicitor acting in the bankruptcy.

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This could explain a lot about the Bristow family! I will search through for further info.

[ElizabethHerts]

Good find, Kate.

[ElizabethHerts]

Is this will related to this family?

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D52955

I see it is Southwark, so probably not.

[kiterunner]

Yes, that's his great-uncle, who was going to leave him £200 but reduced it to £100 in a codicil. I think he realised that all his bequests came to more than he had to leave.

[Mary from Italy]

That's a fascinating story: very Dickensian!