Biography:
Emma Timson
1827 –13/05/1913
Emma Timson
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EMMA TIMSON: 1827 – 1913
Emma was born in Hayes in Middlesex either late in the year of 1827 or early in January 1828. We know that she was baptised in Hayes on 13th January 1828. Her parents were William and Hannah Berry (sometimes spelt as “Berrey”).
The census of 1841 reveals that Emma’s father, William, was a licensed victualler and the family lived at the Yorke & Albany Tavern in Marylebone, London. Emma was then 14 years of age. The census also enables us to identify her older sister, Annie who was 15years old in 1841, and four younger siblings, William age 11 in 1841; James, age 5; Frederick age 4 and Sophia age 1. What the census of 1841 doesn’t tell us is that Emma had at least one older sibling, Lydia, who had been born in 1813. Lydia does not appear on the census as earlier in 1841 she had married John Timson in Berkhamsted and was living with him in Albert Place in Berkhamsted.
In 1852 Emma married John Timson’s younger brother James. Presumably she and James met through Lydia and John. Emma’s wedding took place in Berkhamsted and we know from the 1861 census that John and Emma were living on Berkhamsted’s High Street near Highfield Road. James, like his father and older brother John, was a gardener and may have worked at the nearby Highfield House and in 1871 we know that James and Emma had moved and were then living at the top of Highfield Road next to Highfield House.
In 1881 the couple had moved again and were living in a cottage at Tring Silk Mill. James was still employed as a gardener and must have worked in the gardens of Silk Mill House where the mill manager and his family lived. Emma was housekeeper.
Emma and James were back in Berkhamsted by the time of the next census in 1891. The couple were then living in Castle Street and James was still working as gardener. In 1901 they had moved again and were then living at 50 High Street, and James, at the age of 73 had retired.
James died on 16th July 1907 at the age of 80 years and was buried in Rectory Lane cemetery.
Emma was to remain living at 50 High Street for the rest of her days until she died in 1913. We find her at that address in the 1911 census and in Electoral rolls up to 1913.
The 1911 census tells us that the widowed Emma was living alone at 50 High Street. She was then 83 years of age and is noted as an old age pensioner. The 1911 census also recorded the number of children a woman had given birth to and how many of those children were still living. In this case the census reveals that Emma had not had any children. It is also noted that she had been deaf for forty years.
Emma died at the age of 85 on 13th May 1913. She was buried with James in Rectory Lane Cemetery
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EMMA TIMSON: 1827 – 1913
Emma was born in Hayes in Middlesex either late in the year of 1827 or early in January 1828. We know that she was baptised in Hayes on 13th January 1828. Her parents were William and Hannah Berry (sometimes spelt as “Berrey”).
The census of 1841 reveals that Emma’s father, William, was a licensed victualler and the family lived at the Yorke & Albany Tavern in Marylebone, London. Emma was then 14 years of age. The census also enables us to identify her older sister, Annie who was 15years old in 1841, and four younger siblings, William age 11 in 1841; James, age 5; Frederick age 4 and Sophia age 1. What the census of 1841 doesn’t tell us is that Emma had at least one older sibling, Lydia, who had been born in 1813. Lydia does not appear on the census as earlier in 1841 she had married John Timson in Berkhamsted and was living with him in Albert Place in Berkhamsted.
In 1852 Emma married John Timson’s younger brother James. Presumably she and James met through Lydia and John. Emma’s wedding took place in Berkhamsted and we know from the 1861 census that John and Emma were living on Berkhamsted’s High Street near Highfield Road. James, like his father and older brother John, was a gardener and may have worked at the nearby Highfield House and in 1871 we know that James and Emma had moved and were then living at the top of Highfield Road next to Highfield House.
In 1881 the couple had moved again and were living in a cottage at Tring Silk Mill. James was still employed as a gardener and must have worked in the gardens of Silk Mill House where the mill manager and his family lived. Emma was housekeeper.
Emma and James were back in Berkhamsted by the time of the next census in 1891. The couple were then living in Castle Street and James was still working as gardener. In 1901 they had moved again and were then living at 50 High Street, and James, at the age of 73 had retired.
James died on 16th July 1907 at the age of 80 years and was buried in Rectory Lane cemetery.
Emma was to remain living at 50 High Street for the rest of her days until she died in 1913. We find her at that address in the 1911 census and in Electoral rolls up to 1913.
The 1911 census tells us that the widowed Emma was living alone at 50 High Street. She was then 83 years of age and is noted as an old age pensioner. The 1911 census also recorded the number of children a woman had given birth to and how many of those children were still living. In this case the census reveals that Emma had not had any children. It is also noted that she had been deaf for forty years.
Emma died at the age of 85 on 13th May 1913. She was buried with James in Rectory Lane Cemetery
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