See also

Family of Edwin Duncan Wilks and Emily Mary Campling

  • Husband:

  • Edwin Duncan Wilks (1801?-1860)

  • Wife:

  • Emily Mary Campling (1817- )

  • Children:

  • Rosa Emily Wilks (1838- )

  • Marriage:

  • 18 May 1835

  • Trinity Church, Marylebone, Middlesex, England1 2 3

  •  

  • Edwin a widower, Emily unmarried, both of this parish, by banns, witnesses Thomas Clements and Louisa Jennings?

  • Address Family:

  • 18 May 1835

  • 24 Great Marlborough Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England3

  • Address Family:

  • May 1836 (app)

  • 24 Silver Street, Golden Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England3

  • Address Family:

  • Jul 1836 (app)

  • 24 Great Marlborough Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England3

  • Address Family:

  • Jan 1838 (app)

  • 344 Oxford Street, Westminster, Middlesex, England3

  • Address Family:

  • Apr 1839 (app)

  • 14 Huntley Street, Bradford Square, Camden, Middlesex, England3

  • Divorce Filed:

  • 18 Sep 18584 3

  •  

  •  

  • citing adultery by Edwin with Rosa Killick and being the father of an illegitimate child, selling all his household goods and effects in September 1841, deserting her without reasonable excuse, living with Rosa Killick as a licensed victualler and having three illegitimate children with her, being intoxicated almost every evening or morning and frequently striking and ill using her

  • Divorce:

  • 13 Nov 18583

  •  

  •  

  • the judge decreed that the case should go before the full court

Husband: Edwin Duncan Wilks

  • Name:

  • Edwin Duncan Wilks5 6 7 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Wilks (1779?-1852?)

  • Mother:

  • Jane Turner (1780?-1864?)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • a clerk who became a police officer then a licensed victualler6 7 8 9 10

  • Birth:

  • 1801 (app)

  • Market Drayton, Shropshire, England5 6 11

  • Baptism:

  • 29 Dec 1801 (age 0)

  • Market Drayton, Shropshire, England11

  •  

  • son of Wm Wilks and Jane

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 39-40)

  • Huntly Street, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex, England12

  •  

  • aged 35, police officer living with his wife, a daughter, three others and a female servant, not born in Middlesex

  • Bankruptcy:

  • 11 Mar 1843 (age 41-42)

  • Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street, City of London, London, England13

  •  

  • having lived at 1 Foley Street, Fitzroy Square, Middlesex for the past twelve months and being an Officer of the Police Court in Marlborough Street, Regents Street, Middlesex

  • Bankruptcy:

  • 2 May 1843 (age 41-42)

  • Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street, City of London, London, England14

  •  

  • at 1pm

  • Bankruptcy:

  • 16 May 1843 (age 41-42)

  • Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall Street, City of London, London, England9

  •  

  • being of 1 Foley Street, Fitzroy Square, Middlesex as an insolvent debtor

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 49-50)

  • 37 Clipstone Street, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England15 16

  •  

  • head of the household aged 49 married, formally police officer living with his wife. Born in Market Drayton, Salop

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 20 Mar 1853

  • Royal Oak, 14 Spencer Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England10

  •  

  • beer seller applied for a spirit license, adjourned for a week

  • Death:

  • 10 Jul 1860 (age 58-59)

  • Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England5 17

Wife: Emily Mary Campling

  • Name:

  • Emily Mary Campling1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • cannot locate her in later census or death records

  • Birth:

  • 19 Jul 18177 8

  •  

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Feb 1818 (age 0)

  • St. James Church, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, England8

  •  

  • daughter of James (gentleman) and Elisabeth Campling of Broad Street

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 23)

  • Huntly Street, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex, England7

  •  

  • aged 25, independent living with her husband, a daughter, three others and a female servant, not born in Middlesex

Child 1: Rosa Emily Wilks

  • Name:

  • Rosa Emily Wilks7 18

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Note:

  •  

  •  

  •  

  • cannot locate her in later census or death records

  • Birth:

  • 9 Sep 1838

  • Westminster, Middlesex, England7 18 19

  • Baptism:

  • 9 Nov 1838 (age 0)

  • St. James Church, Piccadilly, Westminster, Middlesex, England18

  •  

  • daughter of Edwin Duncan Wilks and Emily Mary

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 2)

  • Huntly Street, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Middlesex, England7

  •  

  • aged 2, living with parents, three others and a female servant, not born in Middlesex

Note on Wife: Emily Mary Campling

Emily's parents were James Campling and Elizabeth

Sources

1.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:M00879-8 sys:England-EASy film:580886.

2.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

3.

National Archive Divorce Records. J77/58/W25/C539253.

4.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Karen's family tree.

5.

Kathy Przeniczny's nee Adams Family tree, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Flowchart printed down. Cit. Date: February 2008.

6.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

7.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

8.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

9.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). London Gazette 1843 page 1498 www.findmypast.co.uk.

10.

Ibid. The Era, London 20 March 1853 page 15 www.findmypast.co.uk.

11.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:I03453-7 sys:England-EASy film:1701214.

12.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:686 folio:11/19 page:36.

13.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). London Gazette 1843 page 947.

14.

Ibid. London Gazette 1843 page 947 www.findmypast.co.uk.

15.

Kathy Przeniczny's nee Adams Family tree, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Extracted. Cit. Date: 19 November 2009.

16.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1486 folio:135 page:38.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Clerkenwell 1860 quarter:3 volume:1b page:301.

18.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C14750-5 sys:England-ODM film:1042311.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. James Westminster 1838 quarter:4 volume:1 page:86.