Susannah (Gardiner) Mullins (1802 - bef. 1879)

Born 1802 in Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of George Mullins — married 5 Jan 1835 in St Pauls Church, Bristol, England,

Descendants

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Biography

Susannah was born in 1802 and died in 1879. She is buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 28 November^[1]

She was baptised on 27 June 1805 in Bristol by parents Joel and Mary Ann Gardiner. ^[2]

Susannah Gardiner and George Mullins, of Box in Wiltshire, Clerk, married on 5 January 1836 in Bristol St Paul. Witnesses were: George Mullina,m Edw Mullins, MA Gardiner, Mary Jane Mullins. ^[3]

In 1851 Susannah and George were living at Corsham Alms House, Wiltshire with 7 children (and a servant). George was Rector of Ditteridge and Master of Corsham Alms Houses, ^[4]

"The second episode of David Olusoga's 'A House Through Time' on BBC 2 in the UK... included accounts of the riots in Bristol when the Reform Bill was defeated in 1831. Robert John's mother, Susannah Gardiner, aged 26, would have been living there at the time (she did not marry the Revd George Mullins until 1836). The programme didn't mention (there was no reason why it should) that her uncle John Gardiner was the city's Postmaster who famously successfully evacuated all the Post Office's money assets in a coach to Bath thus saving them from the looters." ^[5]

There is little history obtainable of the postmasters until the time of Mr. John Gardiner, of whom it is related that, born October [Pg 71]15th, 1777, he held the office of postmaster of Bristol from 1825 till his death in 1832. It is believed that he obtained his appointment in a great measure through friendship with Mr. Francis Freeling. Mr. Gardiner had to bear the brunt of the Bristol Riots (1831), in so far as they affected the Post Office administration of the city. In order to save the mails and belongings which were portable, such as the books, post dating stamps, etc., he set off with them in a coach and four for Bath Post Office. He got safely through the mob and reached Bath, where the Bristol Post Office business was carried on until the riots had been quelled. Mr. Gardiner, in addition to being postmaster, was also an exporter of woollen and Manchester goods, chiefly to the West Indies until the slave trade was abolished. He then traded with Newfoundland. He was High Sheriff of the city in the year 1820, residing at that time in Berkeley Square. Later, however, he was enabled to live quietly at the Old Manor House, Easton-in-Gordano. He was buried at St. Peter's Church, Bristol.^[6]

Sources

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Footnotes

1. ↑ burial recorded in the parish register of St Giles’s Church.
2. ↑ Baptism

   Name Susanna Gardiner

   Gender Female

   Baptism Age 4/12

   Event Type Baptism

   Birth Date 1805

   Baptism Date 27 Jun 1805

   Baptism Place Portland Square, St Paul, Bristol, England

   Register Type Parish Register

   Father Joel Gardiner

   Mother Mary Ann Gardiner

   Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/St P/R/1/1

   Source Information

   Ancestry.com. Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

   Ancestry uk Record 61666 #1512839

3. ↑ Marriage

   Name Susannah Gardiner

   Record Type Marriage

   Marriage Date 5 Jan 1836

   Marriage Place Portland Square, St Paul, Bristol, England

   Parish as it Appears St Paul

   Spouse George Mullins

   Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/St P/R/2/9

   Source Information

   Ancestry.com. Bristol, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938

   Ancestry uk Record 61686 #91537935

4. ↑ 1851 Census

   Name Susannah Mullins

   Age 45

   Estimated Birth Year abt 1806

   Relation Wife

   Spouse's Name George Mullins

   Gender Female

   Where born Bristol, Somerset, England

   Civil parish Corsham

   Town Corsham

   County/Island Wiltshire

   Country England

   Registration district Chippenham

   Sub-registration district Castle Combe

   ED, institution, or vessel 7a

   Household schedule number 84

   Piece 1836

   Folio 262

   Page number 21

   Household Members (Name) Age Relationship

   George Mullins 50 Head

   Susannah Mullins 45 Wife

   Robert J Mullins 12 Son

   Henrietta J Mullins 11 Daughter

   Mary A Mullins 11 Daughter

   Joel F Mullins 9 Son

   Edwin H Mullins 6 Son

   Elizabeth S Mullins 5 Daughter

   Harriett L Mullins 2 Daughter

   Emma Neale 18 Servant

   Class: HO107; Piece: 1836; Folio: 262; Page: 21; GSU roll: 220983

   Source Information

   Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census

   Ancestry uk Record 8860 #16873201

5. ↑ communication with Peter Mullins
6. ↑ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/34197/34197-h/34197-h.htm#Page_71