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Sophia Blackton

Date Event Source
1795 Born in Deptford, Kent 1851 Census
16 Apr 1816 Married James Chapman in St Leonard, Shoreditch (see a picture and more information). This was the year before the church was one of the first to be lit by gaslight....  Doc from Bob

The parish records are held at the Guildhall London

1817

Son James born on 18 Jan 1817 in the City of London Lying in Hospital. 

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16 Apr 1817 Son James Baptized at St Saviour, Southwark. Doc from Bob
1820 Son Frances William born.
1824 Daughter Sophia born in St John Horsleydown, Sussex.
1827 Son Thomas born 
1827 also? Son William George born
1829 Son Alfred George Garrard born
1832 Daughter Mary Elizabeth Jane born in St Magdalene, Bermondsey.
1836 Son George Nobes born in St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey.
1841 Living in Edward Street, London. St Mary Magdalene District, St James, Bermondsey. She is 40 with James 40 , a lighterman and children Francis (20, lighterman apprentice), William (15, also an apprentice), Thomas and Alfred (10), Mary (9) and George (5). 1841 Census
1851 Living at 3 Arnold Place aged 56, born Deptford Kent with husband James (56, lighterman, born St Saviour) and sons Thomas (23), Alfred (22), George (14) and daughter Mary (18, dressmaker). They were all born Surrey Bermondsey. 1851 Census
1861 Husband James is a widower so must have died by then. 1861 Census

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