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The Kensington and Chelsea District School/ Cottage Homes was in Fir Tree Road Banstead on the North Downs in Surrey. The London Metropolitan Archives hold many records for the children who resided at the school as well as some entry registers. Some children spent 15 years or more in the school. The local history group (Banstead History Research Group) published a 100-page book on the history of the school, in Dec 2010. Just search for 'BHRG' to find their website.
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if you are using ancestry.

Place-England surrey ewell in residences, then search 1901 cencus.

richard.

Richard
Why could I not bring up the info you found in 1901 census??

Barbara

barbara

I think they deleted marriage info because it was the wrong person.

This was the marriage.

Name: Jessie Edith Davis
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Spouse Name: Hubert Thomas Hallam
Spouse Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 17 Jul 1909
Parish: Saint Andrew, Alexandra Park
County: Middlesex
Borough: Haringey
Father Name: Samuel Drake Davis>>>>commercial clerk
Spouse Father Name: William Hallam

richard

YOUR'E ALL GREAT PEOPLE

Looks like my grandmothers family is coming together with the help of you all.
Choccy if he Samuel died in 1881 why was he named on my grandmothers birth cert in 1885?
Vera Sounds like the children were all sent to a home of sorts - how sad.
I can put Bessie in the picture now & search for where she spent her childhood.
Thankyou everybody for your contributions dont know why whoever it was deleted his info about Jessie's marriage though.

Barbara

well done vera.

Theres also this one in 1901.

Name: Bessie Davis
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Relation: Pauper Scholar (Pauper)
Gender: Female
Where born: Unknown Probably Kensington or Chelsea

Civil parish: Ewell
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary the Virgin
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Epsom
Sub-registration district: Epsom
ED, institution, or vessel: Kensington and Chelsea Schools
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 1

richard

looks like they are also going by middle names.

Name: Eugene Samuel Davis
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 11 Feb 1874>>>>>>>>born 13.9.1873
Father's Name: Eugene Samuel Davis
Mother's Name: Emily Davis
Parish: Saint Luke, Chelsea
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
County: Middlesex

Name: John Charles Davis
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 6 Mar 1881>>>>>b20.12.1880
Father's Name: Samuel Davis
Mother's Name: Emily Davis
Parish: Saint Luke, Chelsea
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
County: Middlesex

richard

Well done, Vera!

The Edith Dove in the transcription is actually Edith Davis on the image, aged 6 which ties up with this birth:

Births Mar 1884 (>99%)
DAVIS Edith Jessie Chelsea 1a 328

still looking.

Name: Emily Elizabeth Sarah Davis
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 1 Sep 1872
Father's Name: Samuel Davis>>>>carpenter.
Mother's Name: Emily Davis
Parish: Saint Jude, Chelsea
Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
County: Middlesex

richard

Found this one with a James Davis..... age 12 Also in the school a John Davis aged 9 and a George aged 6

1891 Census
Bessie Davis
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1887
Relation: Scholar
Gender: Female
Where born: Chelsea, London, England

Civil parish: Ewell
Ecclesiastical parish: Banstead
Town: Banstead
County/Island: Surrey
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Epsom
Sub-registration district: Epsom
ED, institution, or vessel: Kensington and Chelsea District School and Cottage homes
Neighbors: View others on page



Regards Vera

Yes Richard that is the family, I cannot find the family again in except for Emily & William.

Potty
William was age 13 & b in Chelsea.

I am puzzeled as to why I cannot find Bessie on ANY census age 6 in 1891 or 1901
Barbara

is this samuel & emily,s marriage, Samuel is a carpenter.


Name: Samuel Eugene Davis
Age: 24
Estimated birth year: abt 1847
Spouse Name: Emily Kirk
Spouse Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 25 Dec 1871
Parish: Christ Church, Battersea
County: Middlesex
Borough: Wandsworth
Father Name: Joseph Davis
Spouse Father Name: Thomas Kirk

richard

Tree on Ancestry has Samuel dying in 1881!


From same tree, supposedly

Marriages Dec 1871 (>99%)
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Davis Samuel Eugene Wandsworth 1d 881a
Kirk Emily Wandsworth 1d 881a

1901 England Census
Name: Emily Davis
Age: 51
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Pimlico, London, England

Civil parish: Tooting Graveney
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints Tooting Graveney
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Wandsworth
Sub-registration district: Streatham
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 256
Household Members: Name Age
Emily Davis 51
Wm Davis 23
Jas Davis 22
Jno Davis 20




Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 469; Folio: 125; Page: 41.

so emily is a widow by 1891.

Name: Emily Davis
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: abt 1850
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Pimlico, London, England

Civil parish: Chelsea
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

View image

Registration district: Chelsea
Sub-registration district: Chelsea, North
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Emily Davis 41
William Davis 13

richard

is this the family in 1881?

Name: Samuel Davis
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1848
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Emily
Gender: Male
Where born: Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Civil parish: St Lakes
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address: 3 Strewan Sq
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status:

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Occupation: House Carpenter

Registration district: Chelsea
Sub-registration district: Chelsea, South
ED, institution, or vessel: 3a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Davis 33
Emily Davis 31
Emily Davis 8
Samuel Davis 7
William Davis 3
James Davis 2
John Davis

richard

Barbara, if you give us the name, age and place of birth of the son in the 1891, we can look it up and post it here.

By 1901 the girls could well be in service and not with the family.

What was the mother, Emily's, maiden name? Possible the girls are with their grandparents and have been mistranscribed.

Richard
I would if I knew how to do it. Sorry.
I am 99.9% sure that I have the correct parents as I have worked my way back from certs, I found Samuel & Emily on Ancestry in 1881 living with 5 children & yes he was a carpenter.
Then on 1901 census Emily was living with just 1 son & looks like she was a widow.
I have searched & doubled searched for Bessie but just cannot find her on any census .
Is there anything else that I need to tell you?
barbara

Sometimes inmates of institutions like workhouses were only listed by their initials.