William Richard Watkins (1840 - 1903)

Born 1840 in St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Eliza (Crampton) Watkins — married 24 Aug 1862 in Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England

Descendants

Died 9 Jul 1903 at about age 63 in Woodford, Essex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

At the time of his marriage, he was living at Mornington Place, Camden, North West London, NW1. Then described as a draper.

There seem to have been eleven children in all: William (1864), Matilda (1865-1949), Arthur (1866-1936), Louisa (1867-1947), Grace, Edgar, Harry (1871), Edith, Albert, Frederick (1876), Ellen (Helen/Nell) (1878-1962). (1) Dates added from Ancestry trees. This Frederick Augustus Watkins was still alive in 1924 and was *not* the Frederick Augustus Watkins who died in France in 1918, who had different parents.(2)

Warehouseman per 1871 census 1881 address Litton Road 5 Litton Terrace, Leyton Commercial Traveller

Sources

Parents names from July 1840 baptismal record. Fathers' names for William and Eliza are on Saint Pancras Church marriage banns.

• London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
• London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 for William Richard Watkins
• 1841 Census. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. Source Citation, Class: HO107; Piece: 678; Book: 9; Civil Parish: St Marylebone; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 9; Folio: 17; Page: 26; Line: 18; GSU roll: 438794
• 1881 census. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27D-SD2G : 20 August 2016), Edith M Watkins in household of William Watkins, Low Leyton, Essex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 28, Piece/Folio 1726/96, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,664.
• England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations

References

• (1) Research of D. T. Lester (1970s)
• (2) Frederick Augustus Watkins in the Web: UK, Campaign Medals Awarded to World War I Merchant Seamen, 1914-1925