Lindsay
10-12-10, 14:19
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Edward Burton
Date and place of birth
Before 22 May 1796 Brenchley Kent
Names of parents
(Probably) John Burton and Margaret nee Splayford or Playford
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Brenchley, Kent 22 May 1796 (from the IGI - haven't seen the original record)
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Married Frances Green at St George Bloomsbury on 23 Jan 1823
Occupation(s) - if any
Servant/labourer/messenger before about 1846.
After 1846, up-market lodging-house keeper till his death; called himself a gentleman on children's marriage certs
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1820s and 1830s - various addresses in the St Pancras area, London
1841 - Warwick Street, Westminster
1851 through to the 1880s - 7 St Alban Place, St James, Westminster
Date, place and cause of death
Died 15 May 1882 at 7 St Alban Place, Westminster; decay of nature
Date and place of burial.
Not found
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Not found. Which is odd, because the family story is he was wealthy and bought quite a lot of land in Surrey/south London. In family papers I also have a handbill from about the 1860s concerning the sale of an estate in that area which might back up that story
Memorial inscription - if any
Not found
Edward Burton
Date and place of birth
Before 22 May 1796 Brenchley Kent
Names of parents
(Probably) John Burton and Margaret nee Splayford or Playford
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Brenchley, Kent 22 May 1796 (from the IGI - haven't seen the original record)
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Married Frances Green at St George Bloomsbury on 23 Jan 1823
Occupation(s) - if any
Servant/labourer/messenger before about 1846.
After 1846, up-market lodging-house keeper till his death; called himself a gentleman on children's marriage certs
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
1820s and 1830s - various addresses in the St Pancras area, London
1841 - Warwick Street, Westminster
1851 through to the 1880s - 7 St Alban Place, St James, Westminster
Date, place and cause of death
Died 15 May 1882 at 7 St Alban Place, Westminster; decay of nature
Date and place of burial.
Not found
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Not found. Which is odd, because the family story is he was wealthy and bought quite a lot of land in Surrey/south London. In family papers I also have a handbill from about the 1860s concerning the sale of an estate in that area which might back up that story
Memorial inscription - if any
Not found