The Orys and Cook Family Tree » Emma Carpenter (1855-1947)

Personal data Emma Carpenter 

  • She was born on October 20, 1855 in Kilmington, Somerset.
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1891: Chicks Lane, Bruton, Somerset.
      Name: George Pitt Gender: Male Age: 40 Relationship: Head Birth Year: 1851 Spouse: Emma Pitt Child: Beatrice Pitt
      Frances M Pitt Lily M Pitt Birth Place: Stoford, Somerset, England Civil Parish: Bruton Ecclesiastical parish: Bruton
      Residence Place: Bruton, Bruton, Somerset, England Registration District: Wincanton Sub registration district: Bruton
      ED, Institution or Vessel: 3 Piece: 1904 Folio: 33 Household Members: Name Age George Pitt 40 Emma Pitt 32
      Beatrice Pitt 14 Frances M Pitt 6 Lily M Pitt 2
    • in the year 1901: 1 Higher Backway, Bruton, Somerset.
      Name: George Ritt [George Pitt] Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Relation to Head: HeadGender: Male
      Spouse: Emma Ritt Birth Place: Staford, Somerset, England Civil Parish: Bruton Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
      Town: Bruton County/Island: Somerset Country: England Registration District: Wincanton Sub-registration District: Wincanton ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 2306 Folio: 43 Page Number: 18 Household Schedule Number: 115 Household Members: Name Age George Ritt 50 Emma Ritt 40
      Francis Ritt 16 Lily Ritt 11 Dorothy M Ritt 1 (ALL SHOULD BE PITT)
    • in the year 1911: 1 Higher Backway, Bruton, Somerset.
      Name: George Pitt Age in 1911: 60 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: Stoford, Somerset Civil Parish: Bruton County/Island: Somerset Country: England Street Address: 1 Higher Backway, Bruton, Somerset Marital status: Married Occupation: Tinman Registration District: Wincanton
      Registration District Number: 310 Sub-registration District: Wincanton ED, institution, or vessel: 03 Piece: 14440
      Household Members: Name Age George Pitt 60 Emma Pitt 49 Frances Pitt 26 Lily Pitt 21 Dorothy May 11
    • in the year 1939: Lower Farm, Langport, Somerset.
      Name: Emma Pitt Gender: Female Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 20 Oct 1855 Residence Year: 1939
      Residence Place: Langport, Somerset, England Occupation: Domestic duties Widow Pensioner Line Number: 44 Schedule Number: 201 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: WPQB Borough: Langport Registration district: 306/1
  • She died January 1947 in Wincanton, Somerset, she was 91 years old.
    Name: Emma Pitt Death Age: 91 Birth Date: abt 1856 Registration Date: Jan 1947 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration District: Wincanton Inferred County: Somerset Volume: 7c Page: 523
  • This information was last updated on December 14, 2020.

Household of Emma Carpenter

She is married to George Pitt.

They got married on October 25, 1883 at Bruton, Somerset, England, she was 28 years old.

Name: George Pitt Gender: Male Age: 34 Birth Year: abt 1849 Marriage or Bann Date: 25 Oct 1883
Marriage Place: Bruton, Somerset, England Parish as it Appears: Bruton Father: Thomas Pitt Spouse: Emma Carpenter

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Birthday October 20, 1855

  • The temperature on October 20, 1855 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 8.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1855: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 11 » Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia.
    • March 2 » Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.
    • March 30 » Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
    • July 1 » Signing of the Quinault Treaty: The Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
    • August 1 » The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
    • November 16 » David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.


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