See also

Family of Luther Kent and Emma Heard

  • Husband:

  • Luther Kent (1869?-1906)

  • Wife:

  • Emma Heard (1866-1898)

  • Children:

  • Emma Appleton Kent (1898-1983)

  • Marriage:

  • Q4 1897

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England1

Husband: Luther Kent

  • Name:

  • Luther Kent1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fisherman then a mariner and ships master2 3 4

  • Birth:

  • 1869 (app)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England5 2 3 4

  •  

  • no birth index or baptism record found

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 2)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England5

  •  

  • son living with his mother Ann, sister Constance, and brother Ambrose. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 12)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England2

  •  

  • son working as a fisherman and living with his parents Mark and Ann, sister Constance, and brothers Ambrose, Basil and Gad. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 22)

  • Woolwich Arsenal, Woolwich, London, England3

  •  

  • unmarried master of the Hope a 74 ton sailing coaster and living on board with four crew. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 32)

  • Tilbury Dock, Tilbury, Essex, England4

  •  

  • widowed master of the J A Jackson a 93 ton sailing coaster and living on board with four crew. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • 5 Feb 1906 (age 40)

  • The Pioneer, at sea6 7 8 9

  •  

  • which was last seen on 5th February 1906. The Pioneer was a 97 ton wooden sailing ketch built in Ipswich in 1874

  • Probate:

  • 5 Feb 1906

  • Probate Registry, London, England6

  •  

  • of Tollesbury Essex died 5th February 1906 at sea, limited administration of effects of £67 2s 6d (~£5,300 in 2017) to Mark Mazengarb Kent licensed victualler the guardian of Emma Appleton Kent spinster

Wife: Emma Heard

  • Name:

  • Emma Heard10 11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Benjamin Heard (1837?- )

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Appleton (1840- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cook12

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1866

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England10 13 12

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Sep 1866 (age 0)

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England11

  •  

  • daughter of Benjamin Heard (dredger) and Charlotte of Tollesbury

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 4)

  • Tollesbury, Essex, England13

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Benjamin and Charlotte, sisters Charlotte and Alice, and brother Benjamin. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 14)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 24)

  • 8 Coverdale Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England12

  •  

  • an unmarried servant working as a cook and living with Joseph and Adele Gsfoandl (sic) and family, and another servant. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Death:

  • Sep 1898 (age 32)

  • Maldon "Registration District", Essex, England14 15

  • Burial:

  • Sep 1898

  • St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Tollesbury, Essex, England

  •  

  • aged 32

Child 1: Emma Appleton Kent

  • Name:

  • Emma Appleton Kent16 17

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • shop assistant18

  • Birth:

  • 8 Sep 1898

  • Unity Place, Hunts Lane, Tollesbury, Essex, England16 19 20 18 21

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 2)

  • New Road, Tollesbury, Essex, England19

  •  

  • a boarder living with her aunt Nellie May Heard, and two other child boarders. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Beneficiary:

  • 5 Feb 1906 (age 7)

  • Beneficiary in probate of the will of Luther Kent

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 12)

  • 48 Morant Road, Colchester, Essex, England20

  •  

  • orphaned niece attending school and living in six rooms with her widowed aunt Constance Emily Appleton. Born in Unity Place Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 22 yrs 9 mns)

  • 27 Cromwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • unmarried cousin as Dotts working as a fancy leather shop assistant currently at home and living in five rooms with he cousin Kenric Appleton, her widowed aunt Constance Emily Appleton, and a boarder. Born in Tollesbury Essex

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 41)

  • 4 Prebend Gardens, Chiswick, Middlesex, England21

  •  

  • unmarried doing unpaid domestic duties and lets furnished rooms and living with her widowed aunt Constance Appleton, and Frances Hilok. Born on 8th September 1898

  • Death:

  • Q2 1983 (age 84)

  • Fulham "Registration District", London, England17

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Maldon 1897 quarter:4 volume:4a page:979. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

2.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1778 folio:34 page:11 schedule:532. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

3.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:534 folio:96 page:1 schedule:1. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1661 folio:149 schedule:0. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

5.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1675 folio:34 page:11 schedule:66. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

6.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1909 page:305. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

7.

FindMyPast Deaths At Sea 1891 – 1972, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). archive ref:BT 334 box:37. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

8.

Ancestry UK, Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, 1891-1922 , (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Register of Deceased Seamen 1906. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

9.

Internet Web Site. www.shippingandshipbuilding.uk. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1866 quarter:3 volume:4a page:212. Cit. Date: 16 September 2018.

11.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary baptisms 1862-1876 ref:D/P 283/1/9 image:12 page:19 entry:147. Cit. Date: 18 April 2024.

12.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:42 folio:155 page:21 schedule:136. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

13.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1675 folio:65 page:23 schedule:127. Cit. Date: 18 April 2024.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1898 quarter:3 volume:4a page:390. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

15.

Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Tollesbury St. Mary burials 1813-1904 ref:D/P 283/1/15 image:94 page:180 entry:1438. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

16.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1898 quarter:3 volume:4a page:641. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Fulham 1983 quarter:2 volume:12 page:690. Cit. Date: 20 January 2024.

18.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9420 registration district:213 sub-district:1 enumeration district:28 schedule:254. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

19.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1693 folio:65 page:18 schedule:113. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

20.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10301 class:RG78 piece:543 registration district:198 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17 schedule:216. Cit. Date: 19 January 2025.

21.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0679D page:6 line:18 letter code:BBCZ. Cit. Date: 20 January 2025.