Family of Edward PETTIT and Ann Elizabeth HARRIS

Husband:	Edward PETTIT (1857-1909)
Wife:	Ann Elizabeth HARRIS (1858-1933)
Children:	Henry Mark PETTIT (1880-1925)
	Albert PETTIT (1883- )
	Louie PETTIT ( - )
	Frank PETTIT (1887- )
	Bess PETTIT (1890- )
	Victor Ernest PETTIT (1892-1962)
	Ivy PETTIT (1897-1967)
	Walter PETTIT (1899- )
	Beatrice PETTIT (1901- )
Marriage	17 Aug 1879	Trinity Church, St Mary, Newington

Husband: Edward PETTIT

Name:	Edward PETTIT
Sex:	Male
Father:	Henry Spearpoint PETTIT (1831-1915)
Mother:	Charlotte SCUTT (1832- )
Birth	18 Mar 1857	North Street, Folkestone
Census	1881 (age 23-24)	11 Goat Street, Bermondsey
Death	1 Dec 1909 (age 52)	Guy's Hospital, London

Wife: Ann Elizabeth HARRIS

Child 1: Henry Mark PETTIT

Child 2: Albert PETTIT

Name:	Albert PETTIT
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Maud (?) ( - )
Birth	1883	Horselydown, London

Child 3: Louie PETTIT

Child 4: Frank PETTIT

Child 5: Bess PETTIT

Child 6: Victor Ernest PETTIT

Child 7: Ivy PETTIT

Child 8: Walter PETTIT

Child 9: Beatrice PETTIT

Note on Husband: Edward PETTIT - shared note

1. He was born in North Street, Folkestone in 1857. A transcription of his birth certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/BthEP_01.htm

 

2. By the time of the 1861 census the family had moved to London - see transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen61_006.htm

 

3. He can be found in the 1871 census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen71_002.htm

 

4. He was bound as an apprentice to Henry Juett of Poplar on June 13, 1876. He gained his freedom on completion of his apprenticeship on August 9, 1881.

 

5. I have a copy of his marriage certificate (1879), at which time he lived in Blackman Street, Newington and his profession is Lighterman. A transcription of the certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/MarPH_01.htm

 

6. In the 1881 census he lived at 11 Goat Street, Bermondsey, with his profession shown as Lighterman. His son Henry was aged 5 months. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen81_002.htm

 

7. In the 1891 census he is living in Horselydown with his wife and 6 of their children. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen91_004.htm

 

8. The birth certificate of his son Victor (1892) gives Edward's address as 65, Queen Elizabeth St, Horselydown, Southwark and his profession as Lighterman Journeyman.

 

9. In the 1901 census his family are living at 44 Lafone Street. He is a Lighterman, as ever. All the family are still living with him, from Henry aged 20, down to Walter, aged 1. (His father Henry is at the same address, although listed as a separate household.) See the census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen01_007.htm

 

10. Died December 1, 1909 at Guy's Hospital London, recorded as an Accidental Death as a result of a fall from a barge on November 24, 1909. At the time of his death he lived at 133 Abbey Street, Bermondsey. A transcription of his death certificate can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/DthEP_02.htm

 

11. I checked the National Probate Index for 1909/10 - no entry found.

Note on Wife: Ann Elizabeth HARRIS - shared note

1. A transcription of her birth certificate (1858) can be seen at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/BthAH_01.htm

 

2. By the time of the 1911 census she is widowed but still living with 9 of her children. We are told that there were 12 children born alive, of whom 9 are still living. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen11_009.htm

 

3. In the 1921 census she is living at 34 Fair Street, Bermondsey with 4 of her children. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen21_002.htm

 

4. She came to Wolverhampton to live with her daughter Ivy in later life. When she died, she was taken back to London to be buried in the same grave as her mother and father in Nunhead cemetary. [Note. 'Uncle Frank' ie. her grandson Frank Davis would have been 11 at the time of her death and was present at the funeral. His memory was that she was buried in a 'Family Vault' which had been built to take 26, and that she was the 13th to go in. The reality turns out to be that there are only 5 in the grave and that it only has a standard headstone. Sorry Frank ! ]