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From an email received 7 November 2023.
Regarding George Samuel Spenceley.
2 April 1871 Census. 43 High Street, Rochester. Butcher, 21, born
at Whitstable. Household of Joseph Ord Moore [3 Dec 1819 - 1 Jan
1893], 51, Butcher Shop, his wife, Martha [Hopkins, 1824 - 27 Feb
1895], 46, and their children.
18 Jan 1872. Whitstable. Occupation. Shoeing Smith [ie Farrier =
responsible for the preparation and fitting of the shoe on the
horse. Source: Army Attestation].
5 April 1891 Census, Cavalry Barracks, Hulme, Lancashire. He was
a Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant. The Census lists his wife, Emily
Annette, aged 23, born in Portsmouth; their daughter, Emily Rose,
aged 1, born in Colchester; and their daughter, Alice Sarah, aged 3
months, born in Manchester.
31 March 1901 Census, 20 Broomfield St, Swanscombe. George S,
Head, 60, Weigher, Portland Cement, b. Whitstable; Emily A, 38, b.
Portsmouth; Emily R, 16, b. Colchester; Alice S, 10, b. Manchester;
George H, 8, b. Gillingham; Lester J, 6, b. Gillingham; Bessie [my
grandmother], 4, b. Gravesend; Roland, 11 months, b. Swanscombe.
2 April 1911 Census, 40 Edward St, Deptford. George, Head,
Widower, Army Pensioner, Inspector Cattle Market, b. Whitstable;
Alice, 20, b. Manchester; Lester, 16, b. Gillingham; Bessie, 14, b.
Gravesend; Roland, 11, b. Swanscombe; George, 9, b. Swanscombe;
Arthur, 7, b. New Cross.
19 June 1921 Census, 23 Wellington Street, Deptford. Boarder,
aged 70 y 5 m, widowed, retired army, b. Whitstable. Household of
Eleanor Whitewood, aged 45, and her two sons and one daughter.
He was buried at Brockley Cemetery on 29 Nov 1922. The register
states “Plot 460. Labourer, age 71, 23 Wellington Street, Deptford”.
His wife, Emily Annette Tobin, was buried at Brockley Cemetery on 12
Apr 1910. The register states “Plot 62A. Wife of George, a cattle
market inspector, age 47, 357 Evelyn Street, Deptford.”
Three of my grandmother Bessie’s six children, became butchers:
Kenneth Baker and Brian Baker, who owned the butchers at Riverview
Park, Gravesend; and my father, Laurence, who joined them when they
opened Ice Age Frozen Foods in Erith. Brian was the spitting image
of George Samuel Spenceley.
Regards, Trevor Baker. |
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