See also

Family of Edward Shemmings and Rosa Canham

Husband: Edward Shemmings

  • Name:

  • Edward Shemmings2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • seaman / mariner3 4

  • Birth:

  • 1854 (app)

  • Shottisham, Suffolk, England3 4

  •  

  • 1891 census syas born in Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 26-27)

  • SS Ransome, River Orwell, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • aged 25 married, able seaman living on board SS Ransome in the Ipswich River. Born in Shottisham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 37)

  • 36 Woodhouse Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • widowed brother-in-law working as a seaman and living with his brother-in-law Arthur Berry, his sister Emma, nephews Arthur, Frederick, Charles and Percy Berry, niece Ada Berry, and daughter Grace. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Mar 1897 (age 42)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England5 6

  • Burial:

  • 6 Mar 1897

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 42 as Edward Shimmings

Wife: Rosa Canham

  • Name:

  • Rosa Canham7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Eli Canham (1821?-1884)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Ann Lambley (1820?-1888)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • silk winder8

  • Birth:

  • 1858 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England7 9

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 2-3)

  • Cowper Street, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • daughter aged 3, attending school and living with parents and three siblings. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 12-13)

  • Samuel Terrace, Caldwell Hall Road, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • daughter aged 13 unmarried, silk winder living with parents, two siblings and a brother-in-law. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 22)

  • 3 Samuel Terrace, Caldwell Hall Road, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • married daughter living with her parents John and Mary Ann, daughter Grace Shemmings, and nephew George Warren. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Jan 1882 (age 23)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England11 6

  • Burial:

  • 30 Jan 1882

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • aged 23

Child 1: Grace Florence Shemmings

  • Name:

  • Grace Florence Shemmings12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Frederick William Cook (1879-1952)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailor / tailoress13

  • Birth:

  • 13 Aug 1879

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England12 9 4 13 14 15

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • 3 Samuel Terrace, Caldwell Hall Road, St. Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • granddaughter living with her grandparents John and Mary Ann, her mother Rosa Shemmings, and cousin George Warren. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • 36 Woodhouse Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • niece attending school and living with her uncle Arthur Berry, her aunt Emma, cousins Arthur, Frederick, Charles, Percy and Ada Berry, and her widowed father Edward. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  • 36 Woodhouse Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder as Grace Shimmings working as a tailoress and living with her uncle Arthur Berry, her aunt Emma, and cousins Charles, Percy and Herbert Berry. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 30)

  • 20 Lees Lane, Forton, Hampshire, England14

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband Fredrick, sons Frederick and Leonard, daughter Ethel, and a boarder. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for seven years with three children, all of whom are still living

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 60)

  • Midland Bank, 12 Tavern Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frederick, and son Sidney. Born on 13th August 1879

  • Death:

  • Q4 1953 (age 74)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England16

Child 2: Edward Shimmings

  • Name:

  • Edward Shimmings17 18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Dec 1881

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England17 19

  • Death:

  • 20 Mar 1882 (age 3 mns)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England18 19

  • Burial:

  • 23 Mar 1882

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • died 20th March aged 3 months and of Woodhouse Street, funeral service held at St. Helen's Church

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1878 quarter:2 volume:4a page:947.

2.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

3.

Ibid. National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1874 folio:141 page:.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1471 folio:26 page:6 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

5.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1897 quarter:1 volume:4a page:522.

6.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

7.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1165 folio:27 page:15.

8.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

9.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1875 folio:36 page:27 schedule:292. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

10.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1755 folio:25 page:7.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1882 quarter:1 volume:4a page:470.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1879 quarter:3 volume:4a page:692. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.

13.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1778 folio:78 page:5 schedule:36. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

14.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:5635 class:RG78 piece:255 registration district:91 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13 schedule:64. Cit. Date: 14 February 2022.

15.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6607H page:9 line:12 letter code:TVNU. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

16.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1953 quarter:4 volume:4b page:743. Cit. Date: 16 February 2022.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1882 quarter:1 volume:4a page:770. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1882 quarter:1 volume:4a page:474. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.

19.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Ipswich Cemetery and St. Helens. Cit. Date: 13 January 2022.