Born at Cowfold in Sussex Joseph Gillam was son of John Gillam and his wife, Elizabeth Dowlen. [1] He became a carpenter like his father.
On 13 February 1848 at St Nicholas in Brighton he married Mary Ann Davy. [2] They made their home in Henry Street.[3] By 1861 however they had moved to Plumstead in Kent. [4]
By 1871 Joseph was back in Brighton without his wife or his daughter, Grace. He was living with his brother, Jesse, in Dawson Rd. [5] Mary and Grace have not been located in the 1871 Census. Ten years on and he was an inmate in the Cuckfield Union Workhouse. [6]
Joseph died in the summer of 1891. [7]
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
John | Gillam | - | - | Male | 40 | Carpenter | Sussex |
Elizabeth | Gillam | - | - | Female | 40 | - | Sussex |
Joseph | Gillam | - | - | Male | 15 | - | Sussex |
Sarah | Gillam | - | - | Female | 12 | - | Sussex |
Jabez | Gillam | - | - | Male | 10 | - | Sussex |
Eunice | Gillam | - | - | Female | 8 | - | Sussex |
Jesse | Gillam | - | - | Male | 7 | - | Sussex |
Ebeneezer | Gillam | - | - | Male | 4 | - | Sussex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Joseph | Gillam | Head | Married | Male | 27 | Carpenter | Cowfold, Sussex |
M A | Gillam | Wife | Married | Female | 28 | - | Ditchling, Sussex |
G | Gillam | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | - | Brighton, Sussex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Joseph | Gillam | Head | Married | Male | 37 | Carpenter | Cowfold, Sussex |
Mary A | Gillam | Wife | Married | Female | 41 | - | Ditchling, Sussex |
Grace | Gillam | Daughter | - | Female | 11 | Scholar | Brighton, Sussex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Jesse | Gillam | Head | Married | Male | 36 | Wood sawyer | Cowfold, Sussex |
Sarah | Gillam | Wife | Married | Female | 50 | - | Arlington, Sussex |
Joseph | Gillam | Brother | Married | Male | 48 | Carpenter | Cowfold, Sussex |
Joseph Vennie | Booth | Nurse child | Unmarried | Male | 5 | Carpenter | Brighton, Sussex |
Daniel | Frances | Visitor | Married | Male | 48 | Clerk and office keeper. Commissioner in lunacy | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Joanna | Frances | Visitor | Married | Female | 39 | - | Kingsland, Middlesex |
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