Census details for William Hopkins KENT

William Hopkins KENT and Mary Ann ARNEY's page updated with 1851, 1881 and 1891 census details

Census details for James VICARY

James VICARY and Selina WATERS' page updated with 1881, 1891 and 1901 census details.

More census details for George SALTER

George Frederick SALTER and Harriet RICHARDS' page updated with 1881, 1891 and 1901 census details.

Arthur BROOKS and Harriet BATTON

Tentative page for Arthur BROOKS and Harriet BATTON - but still need to receive certificates to confirm details.

Charles Culverwell KENT and Harriet Jane BROOKS

Updated Charles Culverwell KENT and Harriet Jane BROOKS' entry - with 1881 and 1891 census. Still need to grab 1901 census details. Found details of Harriet BROOKS' parents; Arthur and Harriet BROOKS in 1881 census. Need to collate all of this family's information.

Away on census day

Added 1871 Census Image and 1891 Census Image for Elizabeth LISTER and family (Thomas Sr absent)

John MATTHEWS and Rosetta Churchward MARTIN

John and Rosetta were born in Churston Ferrers and were both children of agricultural labourers. Rosetta's middle name, Churchward, suggests it is a family surname but I haven't found any other Churchwards yet.

1891 Census added for Frederick GOSLING

Added 1891 Census Image for Frederick GOSLING and family.

William Henry MATTHEWS

Family page updated with transcript of 1891 census. Two new sons discovered - George and Charles.

Richard John ALLEN and Matilda Hay BROWN

Richard and Matilda were both born abt 1821 in Gloucester. They were married in St Mary's Chapel, Gloucester on 8th December 1842 "according to the rites and ceremonies of the Huntingdon Connection" - a branch of Methodism in the mid-19th Century. Matilda's father, Samuel Hay Brown, was a muscician.

Their daughter, Mary Ann, married Frederick John Gosling.

Nautical records of the Listers

I visited the National Archives in Kew to see if I could find Merchant Navy records for any of the Listers. No luck with Thomas snr or jnr but I did find Samuel Lister's records on microfilm. I suspect that Thomas jnr didn't qualify as a ships officer.

One thing we do know about Thomas jnr was that he died when he fell into the hold of the SS Wiltshire in Bootle Docks in 1913. A bit of research uncovered that the SS Wiltshire was wrecked in New Zealand nine years later with the crew and passengers (plus a stowaway) being rescued by bosun's chair by a party on the shore. Check Thomas's page on my web site.

Thomas jnr's second son Albert Samuel was also a seaman and died on the D3 submarine in the first world war - after it was bombed by a French airship! So that gives three generations of seafaring Listers but most of the surviving Lister descendants now live in Australia.