See also

Family of Edward Emerson and Maria Butcher

Husband: Edward Emerson

  • Name:

  • Edward Emerson2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • seaman / mariner3

  • Birth:

  • 2 Nov 1800

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England2 4 5

  • Baptism:

  • 28 Dec 1800 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son of Ernest and Mary Emerson

  • Census absence:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 40)

  •  

  •  

  • presumably away at sea

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 13 Jul 1843 (age 43)4

  •  

  •  

  • of Ipswich, m 51/336 13th July 1843 Dexterrous

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 4 Jan 1845

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • ref 141,077 a seaman 5' 4¾" tall light brown hair light complexion and grey eyes, first went to sea as an apprentice in 1814, served in the Royal Navy for 3 years 6 months with 8 months foreign service, resides in Ipswich, can write

  • Death:

  • 31 Dec 1847 (age 45)

  • Hospital Ship, Greenwich, Kent, England6

  • Burial:

  • 5 Jan 1848

  • St. Alphege's Church, Greenwich Church Street, Greenwich, Kent, England6

  •  

  • aged 45 of Hospital Ship

Wife: Maria Butcher

  • Name:

  • Maria Butcher7 8

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Thomas Vincent Butcher (1770?-1836)

  • Mother:

  • Mary Boyden (1765?-1837)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman9 10

  • Birth:

  • 1795 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England7 8 11 9 10 12

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Jul 1795 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7 8

  •  

  • daughter of Thomas and Mary Butcher

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 45-46)

  • Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • aged 40, living with two daughters and a son. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 55-56)

  • 17 Princes Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • head of the household aged 54 widow, a laundress living with two daughters. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 65-66)

  • Causeway, St. Helen, Ipswich, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • head of the household aged 65 widowed as Maria Emmerson, a laundress living with a boarder. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 75)

  • 2 White's Yard, Church Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • widowed mother living with her son-in-law William Bishop, daughter Elizabeth, granddaughter Sarah, and grandsons Charles, William and Richard. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 23 Mar 1872 (age 78)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England13 14 15

  • Burial:

  • 27 Mar 1872

  • Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14 15

  •  

  • aged 78 of Ipswich Union House St. Helen Ipswich

Child 1: Maria Emerson

  • Name:

  • Maria Emerson3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stay maker9

  • Birth:

  • 1831 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 11 9

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Dec 1831 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Emmerson (seaman) and Maria of Albion Street Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 9-10)

  • Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • aged 10, living with her mother and two siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 19-20)

  • 17 Princes Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter aged 20 unmarried, a stay maker living with her mother and a sister. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Child 2: Elizabeth Mary Ann Emerson

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Mary Ann Emerson3

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Richard William Bishop (1834?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stay maker / machinist9 12

  • Birth:

  • 1835 (app)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 11 9 12 16 17

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jun 1835 (age 0)

  • St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Emmerson (mariner) and Maria of Duke Street Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 5-6)

  • Albion Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • aged 7, living with her mother and two siblings. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 15-16)

  • 17 Princes Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • daughter aged 16 unmarried, a stay maker living with her mother and a sister. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 35)

  • 2 White's Yard, Church Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • married wife working as a machinist and living with her husband William, her widowed mother Maria Emmerson, daughter Sarah, and sons Charles, William and Richard. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 46)

  • Foundry Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband William, sons Charles, William, Richard and Albert, and daughter Jessie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 56)

  • 50 Dorkin Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • married wife living in four rooms with her husband William, son Albert, and daughter Jessie. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Note on Husband: Edward Emerson

Parents Ernest Emerson (c1762-1825) and Mary née Girling (c1793-1869). Brother of Elias Fairweather Emerson (1790-1884)2 18

Sources

1.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:6b page:19.

2.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1754-1812, (2012 SFK-BPI-06/P2 own copy). Cit. Date: 16 April 2018.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1813-1900, (2011 SFK-BPI-06/P1 own copy).

4.

FindMyPast Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). series:BT112 piece:21 1841-1844.

5.

Ibid. series:BT113 piece:71 1845-1854.

6.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials 1813-2003, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Alphage Greenwich 1848 page:162.

7.

Paula Hadgraft's Family tree, (on-line at members.optusnet.com.au/~phadgraft/familytree/pafg40.htm#16099).

8.

Suffolk Family History Society - Ipswich Baptisms 1754-1812, (2012 SFK-BPI-06/P2 own copy).

9.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1800 folio:265 page:3.

10.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1166 folio:28 page:4.

11.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1043 book: 2 folio:54 page:6.

12.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1754 folio:19 page:32 schedule:174. Cit. Date: 25 August 2022.

13.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1872 quarter:1 volume:4a page:403.

14.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

15.

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

16.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1870 folio:68 page:4 schedule:234. Cit. Date: 25 August 2022.

17.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1471 folio:88 page:26 schedule:175. Cit. Date: 25 August 2022.

18.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Cit. Date: 16 April 2018.