Address: 5 Constable Alley

At the time her parents were not married (they married a few weeks later on 8 April 1880) but the birth was registered as if they had been. Her mother's parents were living in 2 New Street, Bethnal Green and her mother got married from there. After her parents married they shared a house with Rebecca's sister Harriett and her husband at 25 Hobbs Place.

Address: Hoxton Old Town, Shoreditch, Middlesex

Her parents shared the house with John Pope's family whose wife Harriett was Rebecca's elder sister. Harriett's and Rebecca's brother Hezekiah was also lodging with the Popes.

Rebecca's sister Alice told her son Jack that Aunt Becky had been trained as a presser. Her training probably started around the age of 14 but she appears to have given it up by the time of the 1901 Census presmably to look after her child. It is also likely that her husband Charles was earning good money as a plasterer.

Cause: senile myrocardial degeneration and diabetes mellitus

Address: 13 Tulse House

Senile myrocardial degeneration is inflammation of the heart muscle probably caused by restriction in arterial blood flow due to a build up in cholesterol associated with old age. At the time of her death she was living with her son Charles who never married. Her sister Alice who visited her when she was ill said that she was living in distressing circumstances.

Address: for Lambeth

Charles Leonard Maskall (1879-1955)

Rebecca Alice Maskall (1900-1980)

Elise Caoline Maskall (1902- )

Charles Edward Maskall (1904- )

Address: Hoxton, London

Thomas was the bride's father and Caroline was her sister. It is known that Thomas was her father (as opposed to her brother Thomas who was only 16 at the time) because he signed the register with his mark X whereas her brother was literate. It was slightly unusual to have the bride's father as a witness but perhaps it was because she was pregnant (her daughter Rebecca's was born the day after the marriage). Why the Groom did not have a relative or friend as a witness is not known. Perhaps his parents did not approve of the bride and the marriage was a 'forced' one. Never-the-less it is highly likely that other members of both families were present.

Address: 48 Gopsall Street

They now had a one year old daughter Rebecca. The census shows that the family lived in a single room, the remainder of the house being occupied by another family and a boarder who do not appear to be related. Where they washed and cooked defies imagination but perhaps they had an arrangement with the principal family.

Address: 35 de Beauvoir Crescent

The household consisted of Charles, his wife Rebecca and their three children Rebecca (age 10), Elise (age 9) and Charles (age 6). The family had 2 rooms in an 8 roomed house which they shared with three other families. In all 17 people lived there and the conditions must have been very crowded.

Address: 17 Oxford Road

The household consisted of Charles, his wife Rebecca, their children Rebecca (age 21), Elsie (age 19) and Charles (age 16), and a lodger Albert Cornish who married Charles' daughter Rebecca three weeks later. They lived in four rooms and shared the house with another family of 12 who had 5 rooms.

Address: 17 Elizabeth Avenue

The household consisted of Charles, his wife Rebecca and their son Charles who was unmarried. Charles (senior) is shown as a stretcher bearer. They shared the house with Albert and Rebecca Cornish and their daughter Elsie. Rebecca Cornish was Charles and Rebecca Maskall's daughter. Although they all lived in the same house it would appear that the two families maintained separate households.