The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Charles Marriott Merritt (1834-1910)

Personal data Charles Marriott Merritt 

  • He was born in the year 1834 in Dunmow, Essex. England.
  • He was baptized on December 27, 1835 in Great Dunmow, Essex, England.
    NAME: Charles Merritt GENDER: Male BAPTISM DATE: 27 Dec 1835 BAPTISM PLACE: Great Dunmow, Essex, England
    FATHER: John Merritt MOTHER: Lucy FHL FILM NUMBER: 1472220

    Name: Charles Merritt
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 27 Dec 1835
    Baptism Place: Great Dunmow, Essex, England
    Father:
    John Merritt
    Mother:
    Lucy
    FHL Film Number: 1472220
    Reference ID: item 1-8 p 179
  • Profession: from 1871 till 1901 Marble Polisher.
  • Retired in the year 1881, 8 Ponsonby Place, Westminster, London.
    Name: Sarah J. Merrett Age: 35 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Relationship to Head: Wife Spouse: Charles Merrett Gender: Female Where Born: West Dean, Hampshire, England Civil Parish: St John the Evangelist
    County/Island: London Country: England Street Address: 8 Ponsonby Pl Marital status: Married
    Registration District: St George Hanover Square ED, institution, or vessel: 26b Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 115
    Folio: 138 Page Number: 55 Household Members: Name Age Charles Merrett 45 Sarah J. Merrett 35
    Maria J. Merrett 13 Annie Merrett 9 Sarah Merrett 7 Ada Merrett 4 Walter J. Merrett 8Mth. Charles W. Merrett 8 Mth.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Dunmow Down, Great Dunmow, Essex.
      Name: Charles Merrick [Charles Merritt] Age: 5 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 Gender: Male Where Born: Essex, England Civil Parish: Great Dunmow Hundred: Dunmow County/Island: Essex Country: England
      Registration District: Dunmow Sub-registration District: Thaxted Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 328 Book: 7
      Folio: 16 Page Number: 26 Household Members: Name Age
      John Merrick 30 Lucy Merrick 30 George Merrick 12 Elizabeth Merrick 11 Lucy Merrick 9
      Maria Merrick 7 Charles Merrick 5 Jack Merrick 3 Hannah Merrick 2 William Merrick 4 Mo
    • in the year 1851: .
    • in the year 1861: Dunmow Down, Great Dunmow, Essex.
      Name: Charles Marrett Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: 1836 Relation: Son Father's Name: John Marrett
      Mother's Name: Lucy Marrett Gender: Male Where Born: Great Dunmow, Essex, England Civil Parish: Great Dunmow
      Town: Great Dunmow County/Island: Essex Country: England Registration District: Dunmow Sub-registration District: Dunmow ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Household Schedule Number: 83 Piece: 1117
      Folio: 27 Page Number: 16 Household Members: Name Age
      John Marrett 53 Lucy Marrett 51 Charles Marrett 25 Henry Marrett 18 William Marrett 15
    • in the year 1871: 37 Wilton Street East, Westminster, London.
      Name: Charles Marriott Age: 35 Estimated Birth Year: 1836 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Dunmow, Essex, England Civil parish: St John The Evangelist Ecclesiastical parish: St John Town: London County/Island: London
      Country: England Registration district: St George Hanover Square Sub-registration district: St John Westminster ED, institution, or vessel: 3 Household schedule number: 105 Piece: 117 Folio: 59 Page number: 14 Household Members Age Relationship Charles Marriott 35 Head Sarah Marriott 25 Wife Maria Marriott 3 Daughter
    • in the year 1891: 47 Wood Street, Westminster, London.
      Name: Sarah Marrett Gender: Female Age: 45 Relationship: Wife Birth Year: 1846 Spouse: Charle Marrett
      Child: Hannah Marrett Ada Marrett Walter J Marrett Charles W Marrett Birth Place: West Dean, Wiltshire, England
      Civil parish: St John the Evangalist Westminster Ecclesiastical parish: St John Residence Place: St John the Evangalist Westminster, London, England Registration district: St George Hanover Square Sub registration district: St John Westminster
      ED, Institution or Vessel: 3 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 78 Folio: 68 Household Members Age Relationship
      Charle Marrett 55 Head Sarah Marrett 45 Wife Hannah Marrett 19 Daughter Ada Marrett 14 Daughter
      Walter J Marrett 10 Son Charles W Marrett 10 Son
    • in the year 1901: 47 Wood Street, Westminster, London.
      Name: Sarah J Merritt Age: 55 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846 Relation to Head: Wife Gender: Female
      Spouse: Charles W Merritt Birth Place: Salisbury, Wiltshire, England Civil Parish: St John
      Search Photos: Search for 'St John' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Ecclesiastical parish: St John the Evangelist
      County/Island: London Country: England Registration District: St George Hanover Square Sub-registration District: St Margaret and St John ED, institution, or vessel: 03 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 91 Folio: 75 Page Number: 35
      Household Schedule Number: 278 Household Members: Name Age Charles W Merritt 66 Sarah J Merritt 55
      Hannah Merritt 29 Ada Merritt 24 Walter John Merritt 20 Fred J Summers 14
  • He died October 1910 in Kensington, London. England, he was 76 years old.
    Name: Charles Merritt
    Age: 75
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Death Registration Place: Kensington, London, United Kingdom
    Death Date: Dec 1910
    Inferred Death Place: London, United Kingdom
    Volume: 1a
    Page: 106
  • This information was last updated on March 30, 2022.

Household of Charles Marriott Merritt

He is married to Sarah Jane England.

They got married on 2ND Q 1867 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, London., he was 33 years old.

Name: Sarah England Registration Year: 1867 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration District: Westminster St Margaret Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: London Volume: 1a Page: 662 Records on Page: Name Charles Allen Sarah England
Elizabeth Howlett Charles Merritt

Notes about Charles Marriott Merritt

On 1861 census Richards parents shown as James Carpenter a thatcher aged 41 from Upham Hants. and his mother as Caroline aged 38 from Bishops Stoke. Hants

On 1881 census shown as being married to Sarah with 2 children Florence aged 4 born Dean Hants. and Caroline aged 2 born Fernhurst Sussex.

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Christening day December 27, 1835

  • The temperature on December 27, 1835 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1835: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • January 8 » The United States national debt is zero for the only time.
    • February 1 » Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.
    • May 5 » The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
    • August 30 » Australia: Melbourne, Victoria is founded.
    • November 27 » James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
    • December 17 » The second Great Fire of New York destroys 50 acres (200,000 square meters) of New York City's Financial District.

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