See also

William Oscar Ablitt (1859- )

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • tailor / tailoress2 3

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1859

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England1 4 2

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 1-2)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son aged 2, living with parents and four siblings. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 12)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England2

  •  

  • son working as a tailor's apprentice and living with his parents William and Eliza, sisters Isabella, Rosa, Agness (sic) and Jane, brother Charles, and niece Ellen. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 21-22)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England3

  •  

  • son aged 22 unmarried, tailor living with mother and a brother. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 14 Sep 1887

  • Needham Market Horticultural Association, Uvedale Hall, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • won first prize best wild flower nosegay (a small bouquet) with best device (note Lewis Simpson, his son Horace, grandson Walter? and cousin James Simpson also competed in this show)

Sources

1.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1859 quarter:2 volume:4a page:558. Cit. Date: 30 June 2017.

2.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1745 folio:71 page:7 schedule:37. Cit. Date: 11 October 2023.

3.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:78 page:8.

4.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1158 folio:71 page:9.

5.

FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich Journal Friday 16 September 1887 page:8.