Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Cataloguing people who've lived in John Street, London (in Bloomsbury) over the years.

WIP, may not be fully sourced. Free census data to confirm details at familysearch.org

Contents 1 Street History 2 Families 2.1 1 John Street 2.1.1 Aspin family 2.1.2 Hugman family 2.1.3 Jackson/Reynolds family 2.1.4 Parker family (1870s to 1880s) 2.1.5 Newman family 2.2 2 John Street 2.2.1 Divall family 2.2.2 Kinsey family 2.2.3 Dorris family 2.3 3 John Street 2.3.1 Wiggs family 2.3.2 Bartlett family 2.4 4 John Street 2.4.1 Wills family 2.4.2 Briant family 2.5 5 John Street 2.5.1 Siney family 2.5.2 Skam family 2.6 6 John Street 2.6.1 Lewis family 2.6.2 Whatley family 2.7 7 John Street 2.7.1 Brunsdon family 2.7.2 Tufnail family 2.7.3 Green family 2.7.4 King family (before 1871 to after 1881) 2.8 8 John Street 2.8.1 Sadler family 2.8.2 Carpenter family 2.9 9 John Street 2.9.1 Watts family (1861) 2.9.2 Piper family (1861) 2.9.3 Ward family (1881) 2.10 10 John Street 2.10.1 Moorcroft family 2.11 11 John Street 2.11.1 Rough family 2.12 12 John Street 2.12.1 Browne family 2.13 13 John Street 2.13.1 Edney family 2.14 14 John Street 2.14.1 Goodyear family 2.14.2 Bryant family 2.15 15 John Street 2.15.1 Walker family 2.16 16 John Street 2.16.1 Creighton family 2.17 17 John Street 2.17.1 Jones family 2.18 19 John Street 2.18.1 Smith family 2.19 20 John Street 2.19.1 Adams family 2.20 21 John Street 2.20.1 Hollings family 2.21 22 John Street 2.21.1 Smith family 2.22 23 John Street 2.22.1 Wallace family 2.23 24 John Street 2.23.1 Beck family 2.24 25 John Street 2.24.1 Archin family 2.25 26 John Street 2.25.1 Arnold family 2.26 28 John Street 2.26.1 Best family 2.26.2 Mitchell family 2.27 Unclear address 2.27.1 Jolly family 2.27.2 Road family

Street History

John Street was built up in ...?

It has belonged to the following parishes:

• 1871
  • Parish: St Giles
  • Registration District: Camberwell
  • County: London, Surrey
• 1881
  • Parish: Clerkenwell
  • Registration District: Holborn
  • County: London, Middlesex

Families

1 John Street

Aspin family

• George and Louisa Mary Aspin
  • Elizabeth Aspin
  • George Aspin
  • Francis James Aspin
  • Louisa Mary Aspin
  • Annie Aspin
  • Mary Aspin
• Mary Aspin (mother of George)

Elizabeth is a "Servant Out Of Place".

(1861)

Hugman family

• Eliza Hugman

Washerwoman, lodger.

(1861)

Jackson/Reynolds family

• Joseph and Emma Jackson
  • William Reynolds (son)
  • Joseph Jackson

Not sure why William has a different surname, perhaps is Emma's son from a previous marriage.

(1861)

Parker family (1870s to 1880s)

• John and Emily Mary Parker

John was a schoolmaster. The couple were aged 47 and 46 in 1881. They later moved to Islington where John worked as a school board clerk.

Later addresses:

• 59 Fonthill Road, Islington (1891)

(1871, 1881 but not 1891)

Newman family

• Walter H T and Louisa Newman
  • M J Newman (daughter, 1)

Walter was an 'electro plater'.

In 1891 Walter had moved to 67 Dunlace Road, Hackney, where he was married to "J Newman" and has three younger children plus M J, born 1880, and is still working as an electro plate worker. Presumably Louisa died between 1881 and 1891.

Later addresses:

• 67 Dunlace Road, Hackney (1891)

(1881)

2 John Street

Divall family

• James and Ann Divall
  • John Divall
• Charles and Louisa Divall

Actually two households but probably related. All the men are wood sawyers. Louisa is an 'ironer'?

(1861)

Kinsey family

• Mary Ann Kinsey
  • Mary Ann Kinsey
  • Elizabeth Kinsey
  • William Kinsey
  • Emma Kinsey
  • Charles Kinsey

(1861)

Dorris family

• William and Hannah Dorris

(1861)

3 John Street

Wiggs family

• William and Sarah Jane Wiggs
  • William Wiggs
  • Robert Wiggs
  • Thomas Wiggs
  • Jane Wiggs
  • John Wiggs

(1861)

Bartlett family

• George (69) and Elizabeth (46) Bartlett
  • John Bartlett (17)
  • Emily Bartlett (12)
  • Jane Bartlett (35)

Seems likely Jane is not Elizabeth's daughter based on the ages.

(1861)

4 John Street

Wills family

• Edward and Mary Ann Wills
  • Mary Ann Amy Wills
  • Emily Wills
  • Edward Wills
  • Henry Wills

(1861)

Briant family

• Catherine Briant (listed as 'lodger', aged 60, laundress)
• Elizabeth Briant (aged 70, needlewoman)

They have two separate entries but it seems likely that they're related, tbc.

(1861)

5 John Street

Siney family

• James and Sarah Siney
  • Frederick Siney
• Martha Brown (newborn listed as "nursechild")

Martha was apparently born in New Cross, Surrey. Sarah's occupation is unlisted and she's 57.

(1861)

Skam family

• William and Mary Ann Skam
  • William Skam

(1861)

6 John Street

Lewis family

• George and Sophia Lewis
  • Laura Lewis
  • Thomas Lewis
  • Ann Lewis
  • Emma Lewis
  • Betsy Lewis
  • Sophia Lewis

(1861)

Whatley family

• James Daniel and Elizabeth Whatley
  • William Whatley
  • Henry Whatley
  • Thomas Whatley
  • Maria Whatley
  • Daniel Whatley
  • Emily Whatley

(1861)

7 John Street

Brunsdon family

• William and Elizabeth Brunsdon
  • Elizabeth S Brunsdon
  • Esther C Brunsdon
  • Jane E Brunsdon

(1861)

Tufnail family

• John and Eliza Tufnail
  • Eliza Tufnail
  • John Tufnail
  • George Tufnail

(1861)

Green family

• Amelia Green (boarder, widow, 60)

(1861)

King family (before 1871 to after 1881)

• Thomas and Rebecca King
  • Thomas King
  • John King
  • Sarah Ann King
  • Emma King
  • Walter King
  • Alfred King
  • George King
  • Ellen King

The Kings first appear in the 1871 census with their eldest four children, and are still there in 1881. Thomas Sr, Thomas Jr and John all worked as general labourers, while Sarah had started work as a laundress by 1881. Rebecca and all the children were born in Camberwell, while Thomas came from Kingston on Thames.

(1871, 1881)

8 John Street

Sadler family

• John and Eliza Sadler
  • Eliza Sadler
  • Maria Sadler
  • Caroline Sadler
  • Elizabeth Sadler
  • John Sadler
  • Sarah Sadler

(1861)

Carpenter family

• Harriet Carpenter (53)
  • Lydia Maria Carpenter (21)
  • Henry Carpenter (13)
  • William Carpenter (8)

45yo seems rather late to have a child, but I suppose it's possible.

(1861)

9 John Street

Watts family (1861)

• James and Ann Watts
  • Isaac Watts
  • Mary Ann Watts

Piper family (1861)

• Joseph Thorn (widower)
  • James Piper (son - possibly son-in-law?)
  • Mary A Piper (daughter)
  • Grandchildren of Joseph Thorn
    • Mary F Piper
    • James Piper
    • Joseph Piper
    • Louisa Piper
    • Fanny Piper
    • Henry Piper

Seems most likely that James Piper married Mary A Thorn, Joseph Thorn's daughter, and all the grandchildren are their children.

(1861)

Ward family (1881)

• William and Sophia Ward
  • George J Ward
  • William Ward
  • Emily A Ward
    • and later her husband Robert Abbard and their son William
  • Clara F Ward
  • William S Ward
  • Alfred H Ward
  • Eleanor S Ward
  • Annie E Ward
  • Charles R Ward
  • Arthur Ward
  • Helen S Jolly (granddaughter, aged 3 in 1891, parents ??)
• Visitors over the years
  • Mary A Goves (visitor, 1871)
  • William Ashley (lodger, 1881)

William Ward and Sophia Lewis were married in Hackney in 1851^[1].

In 1871 they were living nearby at Kimpton Road, Camberwell, then by 1881 they were at 9 John Street.

(1881)

10 John Street

Moorcroft family

• Stephen and Elizabeth Sarah Moorcroft
  • Lydia Elizabeth Moorcroft

11 John Street

Rough family

• Alexander and Sarah Rough
  • Emma Sarah Rough
  • Elizabeth Rough
• Edward Dorkins (lodger)

12 John Street

Browne family

• George and Jane Browne
  • George Thomas Browne

George Thomas "in the Trinity Service", whatever that is...

(1861)

13 John Street

Edney family

• George and Elizabeth Edney
  • Mary Ann Edney
• Thomas Cladman (brother-in-law)

(1861)

14 John Street

Goodyear family

• Edward and Eliza Goodyear
• Visitors
  • Elizabeth Bryant (boarder)
  • Sarah Taylor (visitor aged 5)

Eliza is a straw bonnet maker.

(1861)

Bryant family

• Thomas and Elizabeth Bryant

Elizabeth seems to be listed twice, aged 26, laundress, born in Surrey in both entries.

(1861)

15 John Street

Walker family

• George and Caroline Walker

(1861)

16 John Street

Creighton family

• Richard and Mary Creighton
  • Richard Creighton
  • John Creighton
• Moses and Martha Creighton (parents? in their 70s)

Moses and Martha listed in their own household.

(1861)

17 John Street

Jones family

• John Jones
• Caroline Jones (sister)
• Rebecca Jones (sister)
• Jane Jones (sister)

A family of toy makers...

(1861)

19 John Street

Smith family

• James and Elizabeth Smith
  • James Smith
  • Elizabeth Smith
  • Emily Smith
  • Ann Smith
  • Agness Smith
  • Harriet Smith

James Sr was a greengrocer, assisted by his wife and two oldest children (20 and 14). Any relation to the Smiths at 22 John Street?

(1861)

20 John Street

Adams family

• David and Sophia Adams
  • Mary Adams
  • Fanny Adams
  • John Adams
  • Eliza Adams
  • Daniel Adams

(1861)

21 John Street

Hollings family

• Alfred and Annie Hollings
  • Annie Elizabeth Hollings

(1861)

22 John Street

Smith family

• William and Mary Ann Smith
  • Ann Smith

(1861)

Ann, aged 12, has an occupation of "nursing children"...

23 John Street

Wallace family

• James and Harriet Wallace
  • Harriet Wallace
  • Sarah Wallace
  • Henry Wallace
  • James Wallace
  • Albert Wallace

(1861)

24 John Street

Beck family

• Sophia Beck

(1861)

Not sure why she's living alone, image says "Nurses daughter" which is crossed out, then "minding house", and has her listed as someone's "daughter" but also "unmarried" so she's unlikely to be the daughter of the previous entrants surnamed Wallace. Perhaps the head of the household was away on census night.

25 John Street

Archin family

• Thomas and Hannah Archin
  • Sophia Archin

(1861)

26 John Street

Arnold family

• John and Mary Ann Arnold
  • Mary Ann Arnold
  • Emma Jane Arnold
  • Ada Harriet Arnold
  • Alice Caroline Arnold

(1861 census)

28 John Street

Best family

• Charles William Best and Mary Best
  • Elizabeth Alice Best (daughter)
  • Henry Horatia Best (stepson)

(1861)

Mitchell family

• Hersey and Kezia/Rezia Mitchell

(1861)

Unclear address

Jolly family

• Joseph and Mary Jolly
• Dorothy Welson (mother-in-law)

(1861)

Any relation to Helen S Jolly, the granddaughter of the Ward family?

Road family

• William and Eliza Road
  • Fredrick W Road

(1861)