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Catherine Punshon in 1871

1871 Census

Name: Catherine Punshon
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Where born: South Shields, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Westoe
Ecclesiastical parish: St Hilda
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: South Shields
Sub-registration district: Westoe
ED, institution, or vessel: 8
Household schedule number: 59
Piece: 5030
Folio: 9
Page Number: 12

Catherine Punshon 30 Engine Fitter's Wife
Sarah Punshon 8

Address:- 24 Franklin Street


EDT:-

NO NO ....... this is NOT William's wife ...............

Marriages Jun 1861 (>99%)

PUNSHON Ralph S Shields 10a 727
Reaburn Catharine S. Shields 10a 727
Reaburn Catherine S. Shields 10a 727

In 1911, Catherine says Married 37 years, and NO children.

There is also a notation that she was Totally Blind

Lionel's birth:

PARKER, LIONEL HESSE mms HESSE
GRO Reference: 1873 J Quarter in TYNEMOUTH Volume 10B Page 189

Catherine is also shown as Blind in 1901, but not before that

Catherine said they had been married 37 years in 1911, that translates to a marriage around 1874


Marriages Mar 1874 (>99%)

Forster Catherine Gateshead 10a 1007
Punshon William Killingworth Gateshead 10a 1007


BUT was that a second marriage??????

Marriages Dec 1873 (>99%)

Forster Catharine Sunderland 10a
PUNSHON William Sunderland 10a 980

Thanks for help this far.

I don't know where this Catherine Forster is coming from ? A relation maybe, but not who I am looking for at this moment.

Emily Hesse marriage to William Punshon is the one I want to find please.....

Marcus ...............

please read VERY carefully.

Several helpers have commented that it looks as though William and Emily Hesse did NOT marry, and that the children were illegitimate although William apparently agreed to them being registered under his name.

Indications include that every child appears to have the second name of Hesse.

Plus the fact that NO marriage has been found


We have found what looks like a marriage for that William with Catherine Forster in 1874 ............... ie, after he was having children with Emily.

Pleas don't dismiss all the work that we have spent hours on this family.

And please note that Lionel's birth surname was Parker, whereas his older and younger brothers were Punshon.

This is the birth of Bertram but I cannot find him after this. I assume he is the child who died but I can only find one death. Can anybody else find a death that is more likely?

First name(s) Bertram Hesse
Last name Punshon
Gender Male
Birth year 1871
Birth place -
Baptism year 1872
Baptism date 08 Jan 1872
Place Stepney
County London
Country England
Father's first name(s) William
Father's last name Punshon
Mother's first name(s) Emily


England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

First name(s) BERTRAND ISADORE
Last name PUNSHON
Gender Male
Birth year 1871
Age 2
Death quarter 4
Death year 1873
District Stepney
County London
Volume 1C
Page 398

He must have died before 1881, when Lionel and Percy are in school together.

That death doesn't come up on a search on the GRO site - but does on FreeBMD.

It must be the right one - I don't see any other possibility..

Re William Killingworth Punshon -

there's this birth ???:

Births Jun 1875 (>99%)
Punshon Bertram Killingworth Uxbridge 3a 37


Can't see that on the GRO website either.

EDIT:

NO, his parents are Jonathan and Elizabeth, per 1881 census.

I found that Bertrand Isadore Punshon death referenced on an ancestry tree, allied to Bertram

The only thought I have is that they may have done a name change at baptism???????????

Or should it be Bertram Theodore Punshon,as Emily had a brother and other relatives called Theodore.


Maryb.

Can't see a birth of a Bertrand Isidore, so it does look as if they changed his name between birth and death.

Deaths Sep 1920 (>99%)
PUNSHON William K 83 Brentford 3a 99

Birth
HESSE, EMILY (MMN)COLE
GRO Reference: 1846 D Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 455

Name: William Killingworth Punshon
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Sep 1836
Baptism Date: 23 Oct 1836
Baptism Place: Long Benton, Northumberland, England
Father: William Punshon
Mother: Ann



Name: William Kellingworth Punshon
Age: 85
Record Type: Burial
Birth Date: abt 1835
Death Date: 29 Jul 1920
Burial Date: 29 Jul 1920
Burial Place: Saint Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, Richmond Upon Thames, England



Name: William Killingworth Punshon
Death Date: 26 Jul 1920
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Probate Date: 29 Nov 1920
Registry: London, England
Probate to his Solicitor

Erika .........

I posted baptism details for William K on 4th July.

His death has also been posted before.

I wonder if Marcus will ever come back after he has digested all this information, or whether he still believes that we are all wrong?

So sorry - didn't see the earlier posts - but surely, confirmation is good? Or do you wish me to delete?

Erika .

yes confirmation is good, but posting and re-posting the same results can sometimes confuse people.

your call!