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Emma Timson
1848 –24/12/1922
Emma Timson
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EMMA TIMSON; 1848 -1922
Emma was the third of six children born to John and Lydia Timson. Her parents had married in 1841 and Emma was born in Berkhamsted in the third quarter of 1848 and was baptised on 3rd September that year. Her siblings were Ann, born in 1843 and Lydia born in in 1846, followed by Emma herself. Hannah came next in 1851 and was two months old at the time the census of 1851 was taken. Another daughter, Mary, was born in 1854 and finally a son, William, was born in 1857.
The family were living in High Street, not far from St John’s Well Lane and Emma’s father was a gardener, although by 1871 he had become the caretaker of the Town Hall and the family had moved to occupy accommodation at the Town Hall. In 1861 when Emma was twelve, she was unsurprisingly attending school, being noted as a scholar, but ten years later in 1871 and age 22 years, she was working as a dressmaker, an occupation she was to follow for the rest of her life.
Emma’s mother, Lydia, died in 1879, and by 1881 her father, who was himself to die in 1882, was no longer caretaker of the Town Hall, having retired and moved to the east end of Berkhamsted’s High Street. Living with him was not only Emma, but two of her sisters, Hannah and Mary, and also her brother William. Hannah and Mary, like Emma were also dressmakers, and the three sisters must have worked together from their home whilst caring for their elderly father. William was working as wheelwright.
Emma and indeed her sisters and brother are elusive as far as the 1891 census is concerned, but Emma reappears in 1901, now living in the home of her brother William, who had married and moved to Watford where he was working as a coach builder. Emma is noted as working from home as dressmaker. The 1911 census reveals that William had then moved to Harrow and at the date of the census Emma was staying with his family there. She was, however, no longer living with William as she is noted in the census as being a visitor. The 1911 census also confirms that Emma never married; she is recorded as single.
Emma died on 24th December 1922 and her death was registered in Brentford, Middlesex. Notwithstanding that Emma died in Brentford, her body was returned to Berkhamsted and laid to rest in the same grave in which her mother and father were buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery.
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EMMA TIMSON; 1848 -1922
Emma was the third of six children born to John and Lydia Timson. Her parents had married in 1841 and Emma was born in Berkhamsted in the third quarter of 1848 and was baptised on 3rd September that year. Her siblings were Ann, born in 1843 and Lydia born in in 1846, followed by Emma herself. Hannah came next in 1851 and was two months old at the time the census of 1851 was taken. Another daughter, Mary, was born in 1854 and finally a son, William, was born in 1857.
The family were living in High Street, not far from St John’s Well Lane and Emma’s father was a gardener, although by 1871 he had become the caretaker of the Town Hall and the family had moved to occupy accommodation at the Town Hall. In 1861 when Emma was twelve, she was unsurprisingly attending school, being noted as a scholar, but ten years later in 1871 and age 22 years, she was working as a dressmaker, an occupation she was to follow for the rest of her life.
Emma’s mother, Lydia, died in 1879, and by 1881 her father, who was himself to die in 1882, was no longer caretaker of the Town Hall, having retired and moved to the east end of Berkhamsted’s High Street. Living with him was not only Emma, but two of her sisters, Hannah and Mary, and also her brother William. Hannah and Mary, like Emma were also dressmakers, and the three sisters must have worked together from their home whilst caring for their elderly father. William was working as wheelwright.
Emma and indeed her sisters and brother are elusive as far as the 1891 census is concerned, but Emma reappears in 1901, now living in the home of her brother William, who had married and moved to Watford where he was working as a coach builder. Emma is noted as working from home as dressmaker. The 1911 census reveals that William had then moved to Harrow and at the date of the census Emma was staying with his family there. She was, however, no longer living with William as she is noted in the census as being a visitor. The 1911 census also confirms that Emma never married; she is recorded as single.
Emma died on 24th December 1922 and her death was registered in Brentford, Middlesex. Notwithstanding that Emma died in Brentford, her body was returned to Berkhamsted and laid to rest in the same grave in which her mother and father were buried in Rectory Lane Cemetery.
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