Further information about this family can be found at Tuthill information - research into John Roberts Thurston Tuthill aka Stephens and his wife Lydia Eleanor Wilson and their children, also his 'wife' Anne in Australia and their children.
Biography
Lydia Eleanor Wilson was born on 15 Sep 1824 in Holborn, Middlesex, England and was christened on 30 Sep 1824 in Lying in Hospital, Holborn, Middlesex, England [1]
E35383 Order of admission 23 Jul 1824
Lydia, age 26, wife of Hugh Wilson, Sadler, Kendle, Westminster
Due mid September, came in 15 Sep,
Born 15 September, baptised 30 Sep
Girl, Lydia
Discharged 3 Oct
British Lying in Hospital, Endell Street, Holborn, Middlesex, England
She was baptised again on 18 Jan 1832 at St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, with her brother, George Hugh Wilson[2]
Baptism St Giles in the Fields
P228 - 229 E2731 18 Jun 1832
George Hugh, Parents Hugh and Lydia Wilson
Abode 6 New Compton Street, Father's occupation Saddler
P228 - 229 E2732 18 Jun 1832
Lydia Eleanor, Parents Hugh and Lydia Wilson
Abode 6 New Compton Street, Father's occupation Saddler
John Robert Tuthill married Lydia Eleanor Wilson on 31 Oct 1841 in St Martin's in the Field, Westminster, Middlesex, England.[3]
Groom's Name: John Robert Tuthill
Bride's Name: Lydia Eleanor Wilson
Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1841
Marriage Place: Saint Martin In The Fields,Westminster,London,England
In 1843 John and Lydia had a son baptised on the same day as two Hopkins cousins[2]
Baptisms St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex
P41 E322 10 Jan 1843
Mary Charlotte Sarah parents Richard John and Ure Hopkins
(This baptism firmly connects the Hopkins family to the Tuthill/Stephens family)
Children of Lydia and John as appear in census[4]-
Birth St Martin, TUTHILL John Robert, Jun qtr 1842 Vol 1 p131
Birth St Martin, TUTHILL James Stephens, Jun qtr 1846 Vol 1 p133
Birth St Martin, STEPHENS Robert John, Mar qtr 1847 Vol 1 p137
(William Stephens, born c 1853, St Dunstan's - no birth record found)
John, James and Robert give their father's details at their respective marriages as 'John Stephens, Billiard table Maker', 'John Thurston Stephens, Billiard Table maker' and 'Robert Stephens, Billiard Table Maker'. No marriage record found for William
Lydia never appears with her husband John in any census. In 1851 she is given as married, 1861 as widowed, 1871 as married and in 1881 as widowed. John did not die until 1888 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
She died Dec Q 1890 in Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
[4]
Death Shoreditch, Lydia Eleanor Stephens, 66, Dec qtr 1890 Vol1c P58
(son John Stephens, aged 9, staying with his grandmother Lydia Douglas)
(sons James and Robert Stephens not found satisfactorily, possibly with Banks family in Stepney - no known connections to either Banks family or Stepney)
↑ "1841 Census Returns of England and Wales." 6 Jun 1841 Database. Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data imaged from The National Archives of the UK; Public Record Office (PRO), Kew, Surrey, England. www.ancestry.co.uk : 2006
↑ "1851 Census Returns of England and Wales." Database. Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data imaged from The National Archives of the UK: Public Record Office (PRO), Kew, Surrey, England. www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005
↑ "1861 Census Returns of England and Wales." Database. Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data imaged from The National Archives of the UK; Public Record Office (PRO), Kew, Surrey, England. www.ancestry.co.uk : 2005
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