Biography:
James Timson
1840 –1912
James Timson
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Unmarked grave James Timson (1840-1912)
James was born in 1840 in Berkhamsted to Joseph and Eliza Timson. His father was a gardener. He was their second child and oldest of their three sons.
By the age of twenty he was a baker, still living in the High Street with his family.
James married widow Sarah Jane Huckett (née Sharp) in 1866 in Ampthill. She had married in London in 1863, but her husband had died in 1864 leaving her with one child, Mary Jane, born in 1865.
In 1881 they lived in the High Street, Berkhamsted. James was a confectioner and employed two boys. His step-daughter Mary J Huckett was his assistant confectioner.
The 1891 census records him as a confectioner at 208, High Street. He employed a male baker and two female shop assistants.
They were still at the same address in 1901. Nieces Emily L Meek and Ellen Amelia Timson lived with them and were shop assistants. There were also two male “Baker’s assistants.”
James died 21 April 1912, aged 72.
He left £1076, and probate was granted to Octavius Paul Timson. As Vestry clerk, and probably a relative, Octavius must have seemed like a safe pair of hand. However. Octavius was very soon to be disgraced for embezzling the Poor Rate. In 1914 a warrant was issued for his arrest, but he had vanished without trace – perhaps to Australia. One can only hope that he dealt honestly with James Timson’s legacy.
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Unmarked grave James Timson (1840-1912)
James was born in 1840 in Berkhamsted to Joseph and Eliza Timson. His father was a gardener. He was their second child and oldest of their three sons.
By the age of twenty he was a baker, still living in the High Street with his family.
James married widow Sarah Jane Huckett (née Sharp) in 1866 in Ampthill. She had married in London in 1863, but her husband had died in 1864 leaving her with one child, Mary Jane, born in 1865.
In 1881 they lived in the High Street, Berkhamsted. James was a confectioner and employed two boys. His step-daughter Mary J Huckett was his assistant confectioner.
The 1891 census records him as a confectioner at 208, High Street. He employed a male baker and two female shop assistants.
They were still at the same address in 1901. Nieces Emily L Meek and Ellen Amelia Timson lived with them and were shop assistants. There were also two male “Baker’s assistants.”
James died 21 April 1912, aged 72.
He left £1076, and probate was granted to Octavius Paul Timson. As Vestry clerk, and probably a relative, Octavius must have seemed like a safe pair of hand. However. Octavius was very soon to be disgraced for embezzling the Poor Rate. In 1914 a warrant was issued for his arrest, but he had vanished without trace – perhaps to Australia. One can only hope that he dealt honestly with James Timson’s legacy.
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