Biography:
John King
04/09/1842 –23/02/1931
John King
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Plot x297 John King (1842-1931)
John was born 4 September 1842 in Berkhamsted to John and Eliza King and was baptised at St Peter’s, 9 October. His father was the licensee of The Crown in the High Street.
In 1861, aged 18, he was living at The Crown with his parents and was a clerk.
John married Elizabeth Dwight in 1867. Frederick William was born in 1869 and Edith Sarah in 1870.
In 1871 the family were living at Bank Mill, Northchurch. John was a railway clerk employed at Euston Station by the London & NW Railway Company and he was able to afford to employ a 14 year-old nursemaid to help Elizabeth with the two young children. Living with them was his brother Charles, a butcher, and William, Frederick and Sarah Dwight, Elizabeth’s siblings. William and Frederick were pheasant breeders.
Charles E was born in 1873.
By 1881 they had moved to Crown Villas, Ravens Lane. The three children were at school and the family employed a live-in domestic servant.
In 1891 they were living in the High Street. Edith and Frederick were at home but Charles had left and become a pharmaceutical chemist. (He died in Watford in 1935). Also with the family was 10 year old Evelyn Rolph, niece, and a domestic servant.
In 1901 John and Elizabeth lived at 159, High Street, next to the police station. Frederick, a “farmer’s assistant” and Edith were both at home and they still had a live-in domestic servant.
It is likely that John is the John King who served as a churchwarden of St Peter’s Church 1906-1919 alongside George Chilton (plot 224).
By 1911 John had retired. He and Elizabeth were still at 159, High Street with Frederick and Edith and also Sarah King, John’s widowed sister-in-law, and a domestic servant.
The 1921 census records John and Elizabeth with Frederick and Edith and Sarah King at 93, High Street. Frederick was working with his Dwight relations, pheasant breeding.
Elizabeth died 14 March 1929. John survived her until 23 February 1931 and was buried here with her. Edith (died 1947) and Frederick (died 1961) also lie here.
John’s parents and sister Mary lie in plot 9.
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Plot x297 John King (1842-1931)
John was born 4 September 1842 in Berkhamsted to John and Eliza King and was baptised at St Peter’s, 9 October. His father was the licensee of The Crown in the High Street.
In 1861, aged 18, he was living at The Crown with his parents and was a clerk.
John married Elizabeth Dwight in 1867. Frederick William was born in 1869 and Edith Sarah in 1870.
In 1871 the family were living at Bank Mill, Northchurch. John was a railway clerk employed at Euston Station by the London & NW Railway Company and he was able to afford to employ a 14 year-old nursemaid to help Elizabeth with the two young children. Living with them was his brother Charles, a butcher, and William, Frederick and Sarah Dwight, Elizabeth’s siblings. William and Frederick were pheasant breeders.
Charles E was born in 1873.
By 1881 they had moved to Crown Villas, Ravens Lane. The three children were at school and the family employed a live-in domestic servant.
In 1891 they were living in the High Street. Edith and Frederick were at home but Charles had left and become a pharmaceutical chemist. (He died in Watford in 1935). Also with the family was 10 year old Evelyn Rolph, niece, and a domestic servant.
In 1901 John and Elizabeth lived at 159, High Street, next to the police station. Frederick, a “farmer’s assistant” and Edith were both at home and they still had a live-in domestic servant.
It is likely that John is the John King who served as a churchwarden of St Peter’s Church 1906-1919 alongside George Chilton (plot 224).
By 1911 John had retired. He and Elizabeth were still at 159, High Street with Frederick and Edith and also Sarah King, John’s widowed sister-in-law, and a domestic servant.
The 1921 census records John and Elizabeth with Frederick and Edith and Sarah King at 93, High Street. Frederick was working with his Dwight relations, pheasant breeding.
Elizabeth died 14 March 1929. John survived her until 23 February 1931 and was buried here with her. Edith (died 1947) and Frederick (died 1961) also lie here.
John’s parents and sister Mary lie in plot 9.
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