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William King (x159?
10/02/1810 –20/09/1852
William King (x159?
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William King
William King, the son of Edward and Mary King, was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, on 10 February 1810 and was baptised at St Peter’s Church on 25 March 1810. His father Edward was a butcher and also owned freehold cottages in Berkhamsted, as recorded in the Poll records of 1832.
Baptism records indicate that William was the second of eight children born to Edward and Mary King. His siblings were: John Joseph (born 1807), Edward (born 1812), Thomas (born 1814), Emma (born 1817), Mary Ann (born 1820), Elizabeth (born 1822), and Charles (born 1824). Several of the sons, including John, William and Edward junior, followed their father into the butchery trade. (Some later records summarise the family as including Edward, Emma and Charles among William’s siblings.)
William grew up in Berkhamsted and worked as a butcher throughout his adult life. In 1833, he married Mary Sutton in Berkhamsted. Mary Sutton had been born in King’s Langley.
The 1841 Census records William and Mary living in Berkhamsted High Street. Their household included their two-year-old daughter, Mary Maria. In some accounts, they are shown sharing the house with William’s parents at this time. William was recorded as working as a butcher.
By the time of the 1851 Census, William was aged 41 and still living and working as a butcher in Berkhamsted High Street, in a house close to the Red Lion pub. He shared the house with his wife Mary (aged 44), their daughter Mary Maria (aged 12), his brother Edward (aged 38, also a butcher), his mother-in-law Mary Sutton (a 68-year-old widow), and his eight-year-old niece, Georgina Bett (also recorded as Betts).
William King died on 20 September 1852 at the age of 42. He was buried on 24 September 1852 at Rectory Lane Cemetery, following a funeral service at St Peter’s Church conducted by the Rector, James Hutchinson. The housing around the Red Lion pub was known to be unhealthy due to poor water and sewage conditions, and it has been suggested that William may have died as a result of disease linked to these insanitary living conditions.
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William King
William King, the son of Edward and Mary King, was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, on 10 February 1810 and was baptised at St Peter’s Church on 25 March 1810. His father Edward was a butcher and also owned freehold cottages in Berkhamsted, as recorded in the Poll records of 1832.
Baptism records indicate that William was the second of eight children born to Edward and Mary King. His siblings were: John Joseph (born 1807), Edward (born 1812), Thomas (born 1814), Emma (born 1817), Mary Ann (born 1820), Elizabeth (born 1822), and Charles (born 1824). Several of the sons, including John, William and Edward junior, followed their father into the butchery trade. (Some later records summarise the family as including Edward, Emma and Charles among William’s siblings.)
William grew up in Berkhamsted and worked as a butcher throughout his adult life. In 1833, he married Mary Sutton in Berkhamsted. Mary Sutton had been born in King’s Langley.
The 1841 Census records William and Mary living in Berkhamsted High Street. Their household included their two-year-old daughter, Mary Maria. In some accounts, they are shown sharing the house with William’s parents at this time. William was recorded as working as a butcher.
By the time of the 1851 Census, William was aged 41 and still living and working as a butcher in Berkhamsted High Street, in a house close to the Red Lion pub. He shared the house with his wife Mary (aged 44), their daughter Mary Maria (aged 12), his brother Edward (aged 38, also a butcher), his mother-in-law Mary Sutton (a 68-year-old widow), and his eight-year-old niece, Georgina Bett (also recorded as Betts).
William King died on 20 September 1852 at the age of 42. He was buried on 24 September 1852 at Rectory Lane Cemetery, following a funeral service at St Peter’s Church conducted by the Rector, James Hutchinson. The housing around the Red Lion pub was known to be unhealthy due to poor water and sewage conditions, and it has been suggested that William may have died as a result of disease linked to these insanitary living conditions.
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