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Steve and Pauline Jones’ Family History
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Census transcript for Walter Cosson Witpen (1854-1940) and family
1861
:
11
Maria
Street
(east
side),
St
Leonard,
Shoreditch,
London.
George
Witpen
(head)
age
40,
born
Whitechapel
Middlesex
occ
Warehouseman.
Elizabeth
Witpen
(wife)
age
42,
born
Barnstaple
Devon.
Rachel
Witpen
(dtr)
age
11,
born
Shoreditch
Middlesex.
Walter
Witpen
(son)
age
6,
born
Haggerston
Middlesex.
Elizabeth
Witpen
(dtr)
age
4,
born
Haggerston
Middlesex.
Florence
Witpen
(dtr)
age
2,
born
Haggerston
Middlesex.
Mary
McAndrew
(servant)
age
18,
born
Barnstaple
Devon
occ
Servant.
NA
ref
RG9/245/40
page
23
sch 176
.
1871
:
3
Staple
Street,
Bermondsey,
London.
George
Witpen
(head)
age
46,
born
Stepney
occ
Collar
Cutter.
Elizabeth
Witpen
(wife)
age
47,
born
Devonshire.
Rachel
Witpen
(dtr)
age
21,
born
St
Leonards
occ
Hat
Trimmer.
Walter
Witpen
(son)
age
16,
born
St
Leonards
occ
Collar
Cutter.
Elizabeth
Witpen
(dtr)
age
15,
born
St
Leonards
occ
Collar
Boxer.
Florence
Witpen
(dtr)
age
11,
born
St
Leonards.
Parston
[sic]
G.
Witpen
(son)
age
8, born St Leonards. Alice R. Witpen (dtr) age 3, born St Leonards.
NA ref RG10/628/91 page 47 sch 211
.
1881
:
117
Preston
Street,
Hulme,
Manchester.
Walter
Wilpen
[sic]
(head,
married)
age
27,
born
Kingsland
London
occ
Shirt
cutter.
Ellen
Wilpen
(wife,
married)
age
27,
born
London.
Olive
Wilpen
(dtr)
age
5
months,
born
Stretford
Lancashire.
Susannah
Standley
(mother
in
law,
widow)
age
66,
born
Norfolk.
NA
ref
RG11/3935/93 page 26 sch 134
.
1891
:
40
Sloane
Street,
Moss
Side,
Manchester.
Walter
Witpen
(head,
married)
age
37,
born
London
Middlesex
occ
Shirt
&
collar
cutter.
Ellen
R.
Witpen
(wife,
married)
age
37,
born
Surrey.
Olive
Witpen
(dtr)
age
10,
born
Manchester.
NA ref RG12/3199/117 page 34 sch 176
.
1901
:
104
Bickley
Street,
Moss
Side,
Manchester.
Walter
Whitpen
[sic]
(head,
married)
age
46,
born
London
occ
Shirt
collar
cutter.
Ellen
Whitpen
(wife,
married)
age
46,
born
Southwell
Surrey.
Olive
Whitpen
(dtr)
age
20,
born
Stretford Lancashire occ Children's costumer.
NA ref RG13/3710/17 page 25 sch 153
.
1911
:
159
Albany
Road,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester.
Walter
Cosson
Witpen
(head,
married)
age
56,
born
London
Middlesex
occ
Garment
cutter
shirts
pyjamas
etc.
Helen
Rebecca
Witpen
(wife,
married
33
years)
children
born
alive
4,
children
still
living
1,
children
died
3.
Born
Surrey.
Olive
Scammell
(dtr,
married
4
years)
children
born
alive
1,
children
still
living
1.
Born
Manchester.
Bertram
Morphet
Scammell
(son
in
law)
age
29,
born
Manchester
occ
Salesman,
tailor.
Cosson
John
Scammell
(g-son)
age
1,
born
Manchester.
NA
ref
RG13/3710/17 page 25 sch 153
.
1939
Register
:
59
Albany
Road,
Chorlton-cum-Hardy,
Manchester.
Walter
Witpen
(male,
widowed)
DoB
4
Apr
1854
occ
Cutter
retired.
Walter
was
still
living
with
his
daughter
Olive
Scammell
and
her
family.
NA
ref
RG101/4469F
RD464 SD2 SCH64 Letter code NJJY
.