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Census transcript for John Witpen (1827-1881) and family
1841
:
Norris
Street,
St
Leonard,
Shoreditch,
London.
Michael
Witpen,
age
40,
born
in
County
-
Y
occ
Porter.
William
Witpen,
age
19,
born
in
County
-
Y
occ
Porter.
George
Witpen,
age
17,
born
in
County
-
Y
occ
MS
[male
servant]
.
Mary
Witpen,
age
15,
born
in
County
-
Y.
John
Witpen
,
age
14,
born
in
County
-
Y.
Eliza
Witpen,
age
10,
born in County - Y.
NA ref HO107/708/1 page 17 sch 27
.
1851
: No trace.
1861
:
St
Matthew
Place,
Hornsey,
Middlesex.
John
Witpen
(head,
widower)
age
34,
born
Whitechapel
Middlesex
occ
Paperhanger.
Emily
Witpen
(dtr)
age
5,
born
Hackney
Middlesex.
Fanny
Witpen
(dtr)
age
6,
born
Hackney
Middlesex.
Eliza
Witpen
(sister)
age
31,
born
Whitechapel
Middlesex
occ
Housekeeper.
Mary
Cockram
(servant)
age 14, born Shoreditch Middlesex occ House servant.
NA ref RG9/792/66 page 124 sch 676
.
1871
:
19
Matthias
Road,
South
Hornsey,
Middlesex.
John
Whitpen
[sic]
(head)
age
44,
born
Whitechapel
occ
House
Decorator
employing
2
men,
2
boys.
Agnes
Whitpen
(wife)
age
39,
born
St
Helier
Jersey.
Fanny
Whitpen
(dtr) age 17, born Dalston. Emily Whitpen (dtr) age 16, born Dalston.
NA ref RG10/1337/48 page 6 sch 474
.
1881
:
16
Leconfield
Road,
Islington,
London.
John
Witpen
(head)
age
54,
born
South
Hornsey
Middlesex
occ
Builder.
Hannah
M.
Witpen
(wife)
age
58,
born
Clerkenwell
Middlesex.
Frances
Dawson
(dtr)
age
35,
born
Hoxton
Middlesex.
Mary
Ann
Newman
(visitor)
age
32,
born
Chelsea
Middlesex.
Elizabeth
Brignell
(servant)
age
19, born Islington Middlesex occ General servant.
NA ref RG11/249/21 page 37 sch 196
.
1841
:
Norris
Street,
St
Leonard,
Shoreditch,
London.
Michael
Witpen,
age
40,
born
in
County
-
Y
occ
Porter.
William
Witpen,
age
19,
born
in
County
-
Y
occ
Porter.
George
Witpen,
age
17,
born
in
County
-
Y
occ
MS
[male
servant]
.
Mary
Witpen,
age
15,
born
in
County
-
Y.
John
Witpen
,
age
14,
born
in
County
-
Y.
Eliza
Witpen,
age
10,
born in County - Y.
NA ref HO107/708/1 page 17 sch 27
.
1851
: No trace.
1861
:
St
Matthew
Place,
Hornsey,
Middlesex.
John
Witpen
(head,
widower)
age
34,
born
Whitechapel
Middlesex
occ
Paperhanger.
Emily
Witpen
(dtr)
age
5,
born
Hackney
Middlesex.
Fanny
Witpen
(dtr)
age
6,
born
Hackney
Middlesex.
Eliza
Witpen
(sister)
age
31,
born
Whitechapel
Middlesex
occ
Housekeeper.
Mary
Cockram
(servant)
age 14, born Shoreditch Middlesex occ House servant.
NA ref RG9/792/66 page 124 sch 676
.
1871
:
19
Matthias
Road,
South
Hornsey,
Middlesex.
John
Whitpen
[sic]
(head)
age
44,
born
Whitechapel
occ
House
Decorator
employing
2
men,
2
boys.
Agnes
Whitpen
(wife)
age
39,
born
St
Helier
Jersey.
Fanny
Whitpen
(dtr) age 17, born Dalston. Emily Whitpen (dtr) age 16, born Dalston.
NA ref RG10/1337/48 page 6 sch 474
.
1881
:
16
Leconfield
Road,
Islington,
London.
John
Witpen
(head)
age
54,
born
South
Hornsey
Middlesex
occ
Builder.
Hannah
M.
Witpen
(wife)
age
58,
born
Clerkenwell
Middlesex.
Frances
Dawson
(dtr)
age
35,
born
Hoxton
Middlesex.
Mary
Ann
Newman
(visitor)
age
32,
born
Chelsea
Middlesex.
Elizabeth
Brignell
(servant)
age
19, born Islington Middlesex occ General servant.
NA ref RG11/249/21 page 37 sch 196
.