MUNSON Chart 0400

This is a Chart for James Munson, Mary Ann Thorogood and Caroline Dolton

married(1)
19th July 1845
Parish of Speen
Berkshire
witness
G H BECKHUSON?
Harriet DOLTON 		(2)married
21st March 1858
(34)Felsted Chapel
Felsted, Essex
witnesses
Joseph THOROGOOD
Martha WALSH 		 
7,16,17CAROLINE DOLTON
born about 
1818
Berkshire
died before
26th December 1853
Dunmow district
Essex

 

 

 2,4,5,7,8,30
JAMES MUNSON
born 
21st October 1814
Langham, Essex
2Age 1881 Census IGI - 44
(should be 56 but definitely the correct family)
4 Age 1891 Census 76
5 Age 1901 Census 86
Langham, Essex
occupation
1845 Servant
1858, 1861, 1862, 1871, 1881
Police Constable
 
above: James MUNSON's
Police Truncheon
1885 Policeman
1891 School Attendance Officer
 Ex P.C.
 1901 Police Pensioner
address
2Cottage 4,5Village
Felstead, Essex
died
9th April 1904
Felsted, Essex
Aged 89 years
of
Senile Decay, Synscope
informant
J MUNSON, son
Railway Station, Tuxford, Nottinghamshire
buried
Congregational Burial Ground
Chelmsford Road
Felsted, Essex 		2,4,5,7,8
MARY ANN THOROGOOD
born  
21st March 1832
Felsted, Essex
baptised 10th June 1832
Felsted Parish Church
Felsted, Essex
occupation
1861
Policeman's Wife
died 
17th July 1916
Rose Cottage
Felsted, Essex
Age 84 years
of
(1) Corcinoma of Colon
(2) Heart Failure
informant
Annie MUNSON, daughter
Rose Cottage, Felsted, Essex
buried
Congregational Burial Ground
Chelmsford Road
Felsted, Essex
James MUNSON and
Mary Ann Thorogood
Grave "Marker" in
Felstead Cemetery
Felstead, Essex
Rose Cottage, Felsted, Essex
The home of James and Mary Ann MUNSON and family
7,13,14
Charles Arthur
MUNSON
born
6th October
1846
Great
Dunmow
Essex

married
December
quarter
1872
Westminster
district
Mary
 Elizabeth
WHITWORTH 
 		25
Henry
Dolton
MUNSON
born about
December
quarter
1848
Dunmow
district
Essex
died
8th July
1849
Speen
Berkshire 		7,10,28
George
MUNSON
born
30th June
1850
Felsted
Essex

married(1)
September
quarter
1872
Westminster
district
Harriet
COOPER

 married(2)
Elizabeth
???
 		7,8,12,18
Alfred
MUNSON
born
7th August
1852
Felsted
Essex
occupation
1861
Scholar
1871
Miller
Journeyman
1881
Stoneman
1891
Miller

married
between
1881 and 1891
???
died
before
1891 		7,8,19
Henry
James
MUNSON
born
13th April
1859
Felsted
Essex

possibly
married
September quarter
1886
West Ham
district
Mary A
POULTER
 		7,8,21,27,29
John
Clemence
MUNSON
born
2nd December 1860
(4 months on 1861 Census)
Felsted
Essex
died
19th November 1947
Underwood Selston
Nottinghamshire
Age 87

married(1)
24th March
1886
Forest Gate
Essex
Ellen
O'BRIEN
26
married(2)
12th April
1894
Stoke Newington
Middlesex
Mary Ann
BUSHELL
 née
COLYER
 		3,8,31,32
Emily
MUNSON
born
10th February 1862
Felsted Village, Essex
died
5th March 1932
37 Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex

married
 14th February 1891
The Felstead Chapel
Felstead, Essex
witnesses
John C MUNSON
James MUNSON
Frederick
THOROGOOD

 8,9,20
Albert
MUNSON
born
8th July 1863
Felsted
Essex
died
6th April 1951
Guilfoyle, South Heath, Great Missinden, Bucks.

married
25th January 1885
St Matthews Church
Newington, Surrey
witnesses
John Noss?
Constance Janet JIGGINS
Eliza
JIGGINS
(JIGGENS)
 		2,8,22
Ellen
(Constance)
MUNSON
born
28th March
1867
2Cottage
Felsted, Essex
died
20th January
1894
Pembroke
Dock
Wales

married
March
quarter
1886
Dunmow
district
Essex
Thomas
WILLIS
 		2,11,23
Caroline
MUNSON
born
(6)10th May 1873
2Cottage 4Village
Felsted, Essex
died
3rd August
1915

married
December
quarter
1900
Dunmow
district
Essex
Edward
George
TAYLOR
 		2,4,24,35
Annie
MUNSON
born
(6)10th May 1873
2Cottage 4Village
Felsted, Essex
occupation
1901
Cook
Domestic
Servant
died
8th August
1957

married
Jack
BARBER
a widower
 		2,4,15,33
William
MUNSON
born
23rd September  1875
2Cottage 4Village
Felsted, Essex
died
1st November 1960

married
9th October
1900
West Ham
district
Essex
May
(Mary)
Ann
BLACK
twins
  1. 1881 Census from information given to me
  2. 1881 Census for whole family RG11/ 1812. Cottage, Felstead, Essex
  3. 1881 Census for Emily only, Rg11 1813/5 On the 1881 Census Emily was  a Housemaid (Domestic) Aged 20 at Bickners, Barnston, Essex. Joseph Fleetwood WELLS, age 30, a Farmer (of 388 Acres, Employing 16 men and 4 boys), born Little Waltham, Essex, his wife was Jessie Matilda WELLS, age 28 born Canada, a Farmer's Wife, Also in the household was Matilda CAMPBELL Age 69 Mother in Law, born Bristol, Somerset and an Emma DIGBY Age 22 Cook (Domestic) born Great Leighs, Essex
  4. 1891 Census RG12/1427
  5. 1901 Census RG13/1730
  6. Shows as June Quarter 1872 on BMD Web Site, 1874 is what the 1881 Census shows also show again on the June Quarter 1873 on the same site. On Ancestry.com BMD area it shows Annie and Caroline registered at Dunmow in the June quarter of 1873. I therefore now assume they were twins.
  7. 1861 Census - Cottages, Felsted, Essex. Ancestry.com has put the 1861 Census etc online. Having today the 6th June 2005 found this family it has given us a completely different picture to what we had. James MUNSON is a lot older than Mary Ann THOROGOOD, and from this Census it has become apparent that he had a previous marriage. The oldest child on the Census is Charles MUNSON aged 14 born Great Dunmow, Essex. We have a marriage for James and Mary in 1858. The only chance of this being the child of Mary Ann THOROGOOD would be if she married in 1848 not 1858, but even then this would not match the age of Charles and in 1848 she would have only been 16, so I think my assumption that he was previously married is correct. None of the children appear on the Chart as we had it. We started with Emily MUNSON born in 1862. There are five children previous to that and seeing we have said James and Mary married in 1858 I think the last two, Henry and John are the children of James and Mary the other three are from the previous marriage. I have therefore redone the Chart above to show what I think is the situation. (A MUNSON 1861 Census Page can be found by going to Munson 1861 Census)
  8. 1871 Census - Village, Felsted, Essex, 
  9. 1891 Census - 111 Chandon Road, West Ham, Stratford, Essex. 
  10. 1891 Census - 34 Sackville Street, St James, Westminster, London. 
  11. 1891 Census - Caroline MUNSON age 17 was a Servant at "Haverings" Braintree Road, Rayne, Essex (Housemaid, Domestic Servant)
  12. 1891 Census - Alfred MUNSON age 40 widowed, born Felstead, Essex a Miller was staying at Kings Head Alley, Leatherhead, Surrey in a Licensed Lodging House. (will try and find on 1881 Census to see married state)
  13. 1891 Census - 46 Charlotte Street, Marylebone, London. 
  14. 1881 Census - 46 Charlotte Street, Marylebone, London.
  15. 1901 Census - 2 Windsor Terrace, Caldwin Road, South Leyton, Leyton, Essex. (no children on the 1901 Census)
  16. Further to my note 7, Robert THORPE my informant for this family in the USA has come back to me and confirmed this first marriage and given me details which I have added to this Chart.
  17. Father - Charles DOLTON
  18. 1881 Hadley, Ombersely, Worcestershire. Alfred was with a Miller in Worcestershire, so assume his occupation "Stone Man" had to do with the Stones used for Milling. He is down as Unm. on this Census. It therefore appears that he married after this and was a widower by 1891. However the only married I can find for an Alfred MUNSON took place in the Sudbury district of Suffolk in the December quarter of 1880.
  19. 1901 Barge House Terrace, Woolwich, London. 
  20. 1901 20 Clarence Road, Leyton, Essex, 
  21. 1901 203 Old Hill Road, Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 
  22. 1891 11 Almond Road, Tottenham, Middlesex. 
  23. 1901 New Road, Hadleigh, Essex. 
  24. 1901 The Priory, Village Street, Ash Priors, Somerset. Annie was a domestic servant (cook)  to a Charles A O Savell Onley born about 1850 Marsham, Norfolk, 
  25. Added this child from the BMD because of the second name DALTON which was the maiden name of Caroline, James's first wife. I have at present not found any other reference to him and as the first child of his second wife was Henry, I would think that he died young.
  26. John Clemence appears to have married twice, as well as having a step daughter on the 1901, so it would appear that his second wife had also been married before. On the BMD for his second marriage there is no partner that comes up for John and there are 720 people listed in that quarter for Edmonton, many of them Mary Ann's so do not know which one is the correct person. However as the Stepdaughter on the 1901 Census was named BUSHELL I think it is likely that was the married name of Mary Ann. 
  27. 1881 Census - 15 Wood Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
  28. 1881 Census - 7 Bolsover Street, Marylebone, London
  29. 1891 Census - 2 Lordship Land? (Lane), Tottenham, Middlesex (Job finding this as Ancestry.com had MUNSON down as MUNTON and birth place as Tebslian, instead of Felstead. Both are quite clear on the Census return as MUNSON and Felstead. 
  30. I found the following on the Essex Police site. I think a trip to Chelmsford is called for to try and find the actual picture as it would appear that they actually have a picture of James MUNSON in police uniform:
    Before the advent of the helmet another hat was in use. The museum has pictures of Constable James Ballard of Shoeburyness, Constable Thomas Luckin of Great, Dunmow, Constables James Munson and Simon Harrington of Felsted and Sergeant Raven of Colchester. All were serving in the 1870's and 1880's and all wore bowler hats. It was originally thought that these were civilian hats worn with uniform but it was then seen that they had chinstraps.  (Robert THORPE has emailed me a picture of James MUNSON without hat which I have included above)
  31. 1901 Census - 37 Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex
  32. 1891 Census - White (Whale) Horse Farm, Baddow Road, Chelmsford, Essex
  33. Have added marriage from the BMD, it is possible that it is not the correct one but only one that appears to be a possible. It could be Mary on the 1901 Census not May. They were in Leyton, Essex on the 1901 Census and West Ham is in that area. They only married months before the 1901 Census was taken.
  34. The marriage certificate says, "Married in the Independent Chapel according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Protestant Dissenters.
  35. Valerie Dust on Genes Reunited says that Annie MUNSON married a Jack BARBER, a widower and brought up his children.

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