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Emma Martha Walters

Date Event Source
27 May 1853 Born in Brixton: 3 Alfred Place, South Lambeth. Parents Charles Walters and Sarah Baker. Registered by mother Sarah on 7th July.  Birth Certificate
1861 Living at 26 Alfred Place, Lambeth with her parents and 7 siblings. She was born 1853, Lambeth. 1861 Census
1871 Living in Clapham? There is a Martha E Walters, born c.1852 (19), Clapham Surrey. A Visitor at All Saints, Croydon: 10 Taunton Lane? Fountain Yard? with James Toomer (49, Bricklayer), wife Jane (48, Laundress) and sons James (23, bricklayer) and John (17, Bricklayer). 

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Emma Walters b.1848 (too old?) as a servant in Lambeth, London (born Lambeth)

1871 Census
9 Oct 1871 Married George Beard at St James Church, Clapham. She was living in Clapham, aged 19.

NB The church is on a list of Lost Churches of Southwark.

Marriage Certificate
1872 Son Walter Henry born in Brixton. Registered March, Lambeth (1d 500). FreeBMD / 1881 Census
1873 Son George Benjamin born in Brixton. Registered March, Lambeth (1d 521) FreeBMD / 1881 Census
1874 Son Joseph William born in Brixton. Registered Lambeth, March 1875 (1d 534) FreeBMD / 1881 Census

 

1876 Daughter (Catherine) Elizabeth born in Brixton. Registered March, Lambeth (1d 562) FreeBMD / 1881 Census
1880 Son Alfred born in Brixton. Not registered? 1880 Census
1881 Living at 8 Cornwall Street, London. George was 30 (= incorrect?), a labourer, Emma aged 27. They have 5 children: Walter (9), George (8), Joseph (7), Elizabeth (5), Alfred (1). A widowed laundress from Leeds, Elizabeth Sathland, aged 49, was also at that address. 1881 Census
1882 Son James Charles born in Brixton, London. Not registered? 1901 Census / Marriage Certificate
1884 Daughter Martha Agnes born in Brixton. Registered June, Lambeth (1d 507) 1901 Census / FreeBMD
1889 Daughter Millie born in Brixton. Not registered? 1901 Census
1891 Aged 37 (born Dorset Road, Clapham), living with husband George (47, a general labourer), at 22 Lower Orchard Street, Clapham with children Walter (19), George (18), Joseph (16), Elizabeth (15), Alfred (12), Charles (10), Martha Agnes (7), Amelia (2). 1891 Census
1892 Son Ernest born in Brixton. registered June, Lambeth (1d 329) FreeBMD / 1901 Census
1897 Daughter Edith born in Kingston-upon-Thames. Registered Dec, Kingston (2a 368) 1901 Census / FreeBMD
1901 Living at 31 Cross Road, Kingston, George aged 59, a general labourer. Emma is 49, Walter (29, labourer), Alfred (21, carman's carter), James (19), Martha (17), Millie (12), Ernest (9), Edith (4). 1901 Census
26 Dec 1915 Marriage of son James Charles to Ellen Hall at the Parish Church of St Peter, Norbiton, Surrey. George Beard is retired.  Marriage Certificate

They had at least 10 children....

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