william edward killwick
William married Florence Mallindine at St Saviour in Hoxton on 2 May 1920 and on the marriage register, he listed his age as 22 years, his address as 8 Branch Place and his father as William Edward Killwick, a Carman.
Unfortunately, there is no matching birth or baptism record for a William Edward however, the balance of evidence would suggest that William Edward was actually William Robert, the son of Edward William Henry Killwick and Henrietta Lathrope. William Robert was born in Holborn in early 1899 and baptised at Christ Church Southwark on 26 February 1899. The baptism register listed his parents as William Edward, a Carman, and Henrietta and their address as 8 Roby Street, Old Street in Finsbury. Edward Killwick seems to have used the name William in most records although he occassionally used the name Edward as well.
In 1911, William and Henrietta were living at 53 Bastwick Street in St Lukes with their five children: Henrietta, William (transcribed as William B.), Clara, Robert, and Arthur Charles. Between 1918 and 1933, William appeared in the Electoral Registers at 8 Branch Place in Shoreditch and from 1927, his sons Robert and Arthur also appeared in the registers. This is the same address as the one William Edward listed on his marriage certificate.
In 1939, William Edward was living at 20 Wenlock Street in Shoreditch and also living in the same house was Clara, sister to William Robert Killwick, and her husband Charles Manley. The numerous connections between William Edward and William Robert indicte that they are the same person and if this is confirmed, the Killwick family line can be taken back several more generations.
edward thomas killwick + mary quarles clubb
Edward was born in Southwold, Suffolk and baptised on 26 December 1756 and one of four known sons born to Joseph Killwick and Mary Craddock. Little is known of Joseph and Mary but they were married in Chatham, Kent in 1741 and settled in Southwold by 1754.
Edward joined the Royal Navy and by 1796, he had reached the rank of Commander. He married Mary Quarles Clubb, who was born in 1764 to John Clubb and Mary Smith also in Southwold, on 11 March 1784 and they had nine children. Their eldest son, John Arthur, followed his father into the Royal Navy and it is possible son Edward did as well although no official record has been found.
Son James left Southwold for India were he worked as an Indigo Planter and Hide Dealer along with nephews Frederick Arthur and James King. Their daughter Mary stayed in Southwold where she married Thomas Calver and had eight children and daughter Sarah lived in nearby Beccles with her husband George Wright, a Baptist minister, and their four children until her untimely death in 1820 at the age of twenty-nine.
After retiring from the navy, Edward rejoined his family in Southwold and although he was collecting a pension, he continued to work as a agent for the Vice Counsel to the Netherlands and later for Lloyd’s of London. He died in Southwold on 10 August 1835 and was buried in the church yard of St Edmund’s. His wife received the bulk of his estate but he also left legacies for headstones of himself, his wife and her parents as well as for his grandchildren born to his son Edward and daughter Sarah but the largest went to his youngest son, George Clubb. His will directs his executors to ensure his son is cared for and if he chose to marry, he would have to receive the consent of the executors in order to continue to receive funds from the £600 annuity. The wording of will indicates that George required more care or support than his siblings so it is possible he suffered from a disability.
Mary Quarles remained in Southwold after Edward’s death and in 1841, she was living on East Street along with son George and one house servant, Rachel Botwright. She died two years later and was buried at St Edmund’s.
edward killwick + sally isabella williams
Edward was born in Southwold and baptised on 18 April 1789; he was the third of nine children born to Edward Killwick and Mary Clubb. He married Sally Isabella Williams in Falmouth, Cornwall on 19 August 1809 but the transcription of the marriage record contains only limited information - that Edward was from Southwold and Sally was a minor, or under the age of 21, when they married.
There are two baptism records in Falmouth that could relate to Sally. The first is for a Sarah Isabella Williams, the daughter of William and Sarah Williams, who was baptised on 10 April 1785 and the second is for Sally Isabella Williams baptised on 8 June 1794 with the parents again listed as William and Sarah. Sally is considered a diminutive of Sarah so the two records could be related; perhaps their first daughter named Sarah died and they named their second using the diminutive. If the second record does relate to the Sally who married William Killwich, she would have been just 15 years old at the time of their marriage.
They returned to Southwold where their first son, Edward Thomas, was born on 8 February 1816; he was baptised on 13 March in Southwold.
Edward is believed to have been in the Royal Navy and he was posted to the island of Ceylon which became a British Colony in 1815. While in Ceylon, William and Sally had three more sons: William Christopher was born on 12 February 1818 and baptised at the church of St Stephen in Trincomalee, John Arthur Clubb was born on 8 August 1819, and James King on 6 December 1820.
The ‘List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon’ published by J Penry Lewis in 1913 contains a reference to William in the ‘obituaries of the uncommemorated’ section:
June 10, 1822 - Edward Killwick.
Master Attendant, Trincomalle
Eliza Killwick
Wife of Edward Killwick
(Date of burial) They apparently died the same day,
probably of cholera. Edward Killwick succeeded Francis Dickson as Master of
the Kandyan in 1816. The Kandyan "a beautiful brig of war for the service of
the Ceylon Government," was launced at Calcutta on December 11, 1806. On
June 21, 1816, she left Trincomalee for Colombo with, as passengers,
Assistant Surgeons McNulty and Cassidy, who had arrived there by the Prince
Regent transport a month before with Samson and Mrs Waring. All four of them
were ill-fated; they were dead within two years. In March 1817, on another
voyage from Trincomalee to Colombo, she had another ill-fated passenger -
Alexander Moon, the Superintendent of the Royal Botanical Gardens at
Peradeniya, and Lieutenant Killwick, R.N., probably a brother of the
commander. Edward Killwick was Sitting Magistrate at Mullaittivu in 1818-19,
and succeeded Lurcheon as Master Attendant, Trincomalee, on December 4,
1821. He, too, was ill-fated, for he only held the post for six months.
Edward’s wife was referred to as Sarah in their two eldest sons’ baptism records so it is unclear where the reference to Eliza originated but subsequent records provide additional evidence that Edward and Sally lived and died in Ceylon. The ‘Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature, vol 19’ contains a reference to a £40 payment to ‘Mr Killwick for his four grandchildren’ under the ‘Statement of Salaries and Pensions paid by the Agent for the Island of Ceylon in London, during the year 1826’. A second reference from the 1840 issue of the Accounts and Papers of the colony of Ceylon lists the pensions, superannuations and retired allowances paid to former employees and one notation records a retired allowance of £30 paid to ‘Captain Killwick’s three orphan children’ beginning in January 1823 and the reason for the allowance was ‘Later Master Attendant, Trincomalee’.
Edward and Sally’s children returned to England and became wards of their paternal grandfather, Edward Killwick. According to record in the National Archives’ online Discovery catalogue, their grandfather successfully petitioned the Greenwich Hospital School to admit his three grandsons. The school was a charitable endeavour set up to provide free education to the children of mariners and was housed in the Royal Naval College buildings, now the National Maritime Museum, in Greenwich. The summary of William’s application in 1829 notes that his parents died in Ceylon on the same day from cholera leaving his paternal grandfather to care for their four children while John’s 1831 application includes the reference to his parents’ marriage in Falmouth in 1809. James’ application from 1832 notes that he was born in Ceylon and the family bible was accepted as proof of this as no other record existed as well as confirming his parents’ wedding date as 19 August 1809 in Falmouth. There is no reference to Edward and Sally’s eldest son Edward Thomas beyond his baptism in 1816.
John Arthur married Rosamund Church in Southwold in 1848 but no children of the marriage has been found. John appears to have joined the Merchant Marine as there are a number of records relating to Mates’ certificates. He was serving as a Chief Mate when he died in Singapore of smallpox on 14 February 1869.
James joined his uncle in Purnia, West Bengal as an assistant in his business as an Indigo Planter but he died on 3 December 1843 at the young age of 22.
william christopher killwick + eliza timothy
William was born in Trincomalee, Ceylon on 12 February 1818 and returned to England follwing his parent’s death in 1822 and attended the Greenwich Hospital School.There is a possible entry for him in the 1841 Census at Fore Hill in Ely, Cambridgeshire for a William Killwick, born out of the county, working as a Draper and living in a house with two other young men who were also Drapers.
William married Eliza Timothy on 5 August 1843 at St Dunstan in Stepney and att the time, he was working as a Draper and living in Stepney, although no specific address was listed. He gave his father’s name as William Killwick, occupation Gentleman and Eliza’s father was listed as John Timothy, also a Gentleman which was a term used to describe someone whose wealth meant they no longer needed to work.
They settled on Brill Row in St Pancras after their marriage but William changed occupations and started working as a Cheesemonger.Their first son Edward William was born on 14 March 1845 and baptised at St Pancras Church one month later but by the time second son David was born in the early months of 1847, they had moved to Northampton Place off the Old Kent Road in Bermondsey. William had returned to work in the drapery business and was running a Haberdashers — a shop that sold clothing and dressmaking accessories such as ribbons, buttons, thread and cloth as well as completed items such as gloves and hats — but by 1849 his business had gone bankrupt and it appears this lead to a career change.
When the census was taken in 1851, the family was living on Kent Street in the parish of St George the Martyr in Southwark and William was working as a Master Upholsterer and doing well enough financially to employ a house servant. Ten years later, William was still an Upholsterer but they had moved to 5 St James Place in Bermondsey and no longer had a live in servant.
In 1871, they were living at 87 Jamaica Road in Southwark along with son David who was also working as an Uphosterer and a servant named Jane Timothy — presumably a relative of Eliza’s. Their son Edward had married Clara Ward in Finsbury in 1869 and they set up home down the street at number 81. They were still living on Jamaica Road in 1881 although William appears under the name David, a 69 year old Furniture Dealer born in Ceylon, but his son of the same name does not appear in the household.
In that same year, David moved from the family home and business in Bermondsey and set up his own furniture shop at 2 Watney Street, Commercial Road East in Stepney. He married Jessie Wigglesworth at St Barnabas in Deptford, Kent on 4 July 1883 and they had had four children: George Frederick born on 23 April 1884, Thomas David in 1885, Edith Maud on 18 October 1887, and Emily Phyllis Louise on 28 May 1897. David died on 10 January 1899 and his probate record lists his address as 625, 627, and 629 Commercial Road; probate on his £1300 estate was granted to his wife Jessie. She continued to run the family business with her eldest son George Frederick but by 1912, both had left the East End and settled in Woodford Essex. Jessie died in West Ham on 21 April 1919 and probate on her £3000 estate was granted to son George and daughter Edith.
In 1891, Eliza was living with her son Edward and his wife at 153 Devonshire Street in Mile End Old Town but William has not been located elsewhere. Eliza died in Edmonton, North London in 1894 and William in Brentford in 1909.
edward william killwick + clara ward
Edward was born in St Pancras on 14 March 1845 but grew up in Bermondsey and he seems to have used the names Edward and William interchangeably throughout his life. He was living with his family up until the 1861 census but left to set up his own business as an Upholsterer and he appeared in the 1865 Post Office Directory at 204 Poplar High Street. In 1869, at the age of 24, he married Clara Ward in St Luke, Finsbury and subsequent census records place her year of birth between 1851 and 1858. In 1871, they were living at 81 Jamaica Road in Southwark along with their newborn son Edward William Henry, known as Willie, and Edward was working as a Fishmonger.
Ten years later, they were living on the High Street in Chatham, Kent and Edward had returned to work as an Upholsterer but shortly after, he began working as a Public House Broker & Brewer’s Agent and was responsible for finding manager’s to run the brewery’s pubs. But all was not well as both he and his brother David were summoned to the Rotherhite court charged with conspiring to obtain £25 by fraud. The newspaper report in the Kentish Mercury on 16 October reported that the William represented to the complainant that he was the owner of a free-hold cottage on Lower Road in Deptford and accepted a £25 payment for possession. The newspaper report does not explain David’s role in the affair and ends with a note that the summons was adjourned for two weeks so the outcome is unknown.
By 1890 Edward, Clara and their son had moved to the East End and a notice printed in the East London Observer on 26 July, confirmed Edward’s intention to apply for transfer of the licence of a beer house at 69 Dove Row in parish of St Leonard Shoreditch and it also notes that he had been residing at 141 Jubilee Street in Mile End Old Town for the last six months. Edward was once again in trouble with the law when he was charged with obtaining £5 under false pretences when he presented a forged document and falsely represented that he had an agreement with the owner of the Old Cheshire Cheese to offer the tenancy. George Smith paid for the licence as well as an additional £5 for alterations when no agreement with the owner existed. He appeared at the Old Bailey on 20 October 1890, found guilty and sentenced to two months imprisonment without hard labour.
When the census was taken the following year, they were living in three rooms at 153 Devonshire Street in Mile End Old Town and despite his convictions, Edward was still working as a Business Agent. But he was before the court again charged with obtaining 50/ from Joseph Williams under false pretences on 6 February 1892. He had placed an advertisement for a manager of the Yorkshire Grey beer house in Great Suffolk Street in Borough and when Williams attended he was offered the position on the condition that he pay 50/ as security. Williams agreed and when he returned later to take up the position, Edward did not give him the job nor did he return his money. Edward was found guilty and due to his previous conviction, he was sentenced to 5 weeks hard labour.
On 6 January 1895, their only son Willie married Henrietta Lathrope at Christ Church in Southwark and he listed his father’s occupation as a Furniture Dealer. In 1901, Edward and Clara were living alone in 2 rooms at 3 Longnor Road and he was working as a Furniture Salesman so it appears his final conviction put an end to his career as a Brewer’s Agent.
Edward’s health appears to have taken a turn for the worse and he was admitted to the Tower Hamlets Workhouse in June and again in September 1909. When he was discharged from the workhouse on 5 November, he was transferred to the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum in Barnet where he remained until his death on 15 December 1909. Clara was also admitted to the workhouse in 1909, on 21 August, and her occupation was listed as ’Charing’ which was a term used to describe women who did odd jobs such as cleaning, laundry, or child-minding. She remained in the workhouse until 24 May 1910 when she was discharged at her own request but she does not appear in the 1911 census and the final record relating to her is an admission to the Holborn Workhouse on 10 November 1915 where she remained until her death on 4 December.
edward william henry killwick + henrietta lathrope
Although he was registered under the name Edward, he used the name William Edward or William in most official records. He married Henrietta Lathrope at Christ Church, Southwark on 6 January 1895 with Robert and Margaret Lathrope attending as witnesses. William was working as a Carman and both he and Henrietta were living at 62 Brunswick Street. One year after their marriage, the first of their five children, Henrietta Priscilla, was born at 47 Pocock Street in Southwark followed by William Robert born at 8 Roby Street, St Luke’s in early 1899 and baptised at Christ Church, Southwark on 26 February.
In 1901, the family of four was living in 2 rooms at 1 Peabody Square in Blackfriars Road in Southwark which was a Peabody Trust estate built in 1871 to house the working poor. Within two years, they returned to East London and settled at 132 St John’s Street in Holborn where Clara Margaret was born on 21 January 1903 and baptised at St Luke, Finsbury on 6 February. Robert was born at 10 Gee Street on 28 March 1905, and baptised at St Luke on 5 June, and Arthur Charles was born on 7 January 1907 and baptised at St Luke on 25 January.
The family of seven was living in just two rooms at 53 Bastwick Street in St Luke in 1911 and William was working as a Carman for a Cardboard Box Manufacturer; fourteen year old Henrietta was not working and the four younger children were still in school. Two years later, his wife Henrietta died in Holborn aged just 37 years; she was admitted to the infirmary at the Holborn Workhouse for two months in 1910 and again in October 1912 but no discharge date is listed so she may have died in the workhouse. The losses continued when William’s mother died in 1915 and daughter Henrietta died in Watford, Hertfordshire aged 22.
On 2 May 1920, their eldest son William married Florence Killwick at St Saviour in Hoxton. Clara married Charles Manley at St John the Baptist in Hoxton on 31 May 1925 and they went on to have three daughters. William Sr appears in Electoral Registers at Bastwick Street until 1912 and at 8 Branch Place from 1918 to 1933. His sons Robert and Arthur also appear in the registers with him until they left home to marry. Robert married Ivy Alice Bowden in Shoreditch in the fall of 1931 and they had two children. Arthur Charles married Ada Lilian Cleverley on 1 February 1930 at All Saints in Stepney and at the time, Arthur was working as a Furrier and they were both living on Southampton Street. They also had three daughters.
William hasn’t been located in the 1939 Register but daughter Clara and her husband Charles were living in rooms at 20 Wenlock Street and her brother William was also living in the house. Robert was living alone at 7 Pollard Street in Bethnal Green and working as a Printer’s Packer while Ivy and their children were staying in Cosford, Suffolk. Arthur and Ida had left East London for Barking in Essex and were living alone at 24 Elstow Gardens; Arthur was working as a Fur Porter and Warehouseman.
William died in St Pancras in 1946 and was buried in Islington on 27 March. His son Robert died in Stepney in 1982 and the following year, Arthur died in Barking. Clara died in Holborn in 1989 but William Robert’s death record has not been found.