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Charlotte Letitia Timson
1877 –21/11/1921
Charlotte Letitia Timson
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CHARLOTTE LETITIA TIMSON; 1877 – 1921
Charlotte was the only child born to William and Harriet Timson. She was born in Berkhamsted in the first quarter of 1877. Her father’s family were from Berkhamsted and her father was a butcher, working with his father, Thomas Timson, who ran a butcher’s shop at 232 High Street. Her mother had been born in Hatfield and prior to her marriage to William had worked in London as a domestic servant, latterly at the Church Missionary Society’s children’s home in Islington.
At the time of the 1881 census, Charlotte was four years old and was attending school. The family were living in Park Street in Berkhamsted. The 1891 census tells us by that date the family had moved from Park Street and were living with William’s father, Thomas, at 232 High Street. Charlotte’s paternal grandmother, also Charlotte Timson, had died in 1884, so it is likely that William and Harriet moved in with Thomas to help care for him and run the butcher’s shop. Thomas himself died in 1894. Charlotte was then 14 years of age.
William, Harriet and Charlotte are to be found in the census of 1901 still living at 232 High Street. William was still running the family butchery business. No occupation is noted against Charlotte’s name; she was then 24 years old and presumably helped her mother keep house.
At some point between 1901 and the next census in 1911, William had the misfortune of becoming paralysed. He was unable to continue running the butcher’s shop, which was taken over by Charlotte’s cousin Joseph Osborn. The family had moved to North Villa in North Road. Harriet and Charlotte were no doubt providing care for the paralysed William. Charlotte’s signature appears on the census return; ordinarily William as head of the household should have signed, but his condition was such that he could not. Charlotte signed the for “William Thomas Timson.”
William died in 1919 and Charlotte herself died two tears later in 1921. She was forty-four years old and had never married. On her death she was buried in the same grave as her father William and the two of them were to be joined by Harriet when she died in 1937.
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CHARLOTTE LETITIA TIMSON; 1877 – 1921
Charlotte was the only child born to William and Harriet Timson. She was born in Berkhamsted in the first quarter of 1877. Her father’s family were from Berkhamsted and her father was a butcher, working with his father, Thomas Timson, who ran a butcher’s shop at 232 High Street. Her mother had been born in Hatfield and prior to her marriage to William had worked in London as a domestic servant, latterly at the Church Missionary Society’s children’s home in Islington.
At the time of the 1881 census, Charlotte was four years old and was attending school. The family were living in Park Street in Berkhamsted. The 1891 census tells us by that date the family had moved from Park Street and were living with William’s father, Thomas, at 232 High Street. Charlotte’s paternal grandmother, also Charlotte Timson, had died in 1884, so it is likely that William and Harriet moved in with Thomas to help care for him and run the butcher’s shop. Thomas himself died in 1894. Charlotte was then 14 years of age.
William, Harriet and Charlotte are to be found in the census of 1901 still living at 232 High Street. William was still running the family butchery business. No occupation is noted against Charlotte’s name; she was then 24 years old and presumably helped her mother keep house.
At some point between 1901 and the next census in 1911, William had the misfortune of becoming paralysed. He was unable to continue running the butcher’s shop, which was taken over by Charlotte’s cousin Joseph Osborn. The family had moved to North Villa in North Road. Harriet and Charlotte were no doubt providing care for the paralysed William. Charlotte’s signature appears on the census return; ordinarily William as head of the household should have signed, but his condition was such that he could not. Charlotte signed the for “William Thomas Timson.”
William died in 1919 and Charlotte herself died two tears later in 1921. She was forty-four years old and had never married. On her death she was buried in the same grave as her father William and the two of them were to be joined by Harriet when she died in 1937.
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