John Old (1845-1917)

  • Name:

  • John Old

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1845

  • St Mirren, Cornwall

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 55)

  • East Stinehouse, Devon1

  •  

  • Address: 20 Admiralty Street

    John was a lodger having moved from Newquay to work as a shipwright in an East Stonehouse shipbuilding yard. He moved his family to East Stonehouse before the next census.

  • Death:

  • 1917 (age 72)

  • Newquay, Cornwall2

Marriage

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1881, 1891 Census for Household of John Old in Newquay, Cornwall

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1911, 1911 Census for Household of John Old in East Stonehouse, Devon

  • Spouse:

  • Eliza Jane Rounsavell (1845-1916)

  • Marriage:

  • 1882 (age 36-37)

  • St Columb, Cornwall3

  • Census for household:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 46)

  • Newquay, Cornwall4

  •  

  • Address: Beach Lane

    The household consisted of John, his wife Elisa, Eliza's children from her previous marriage to George Hockin - Nellie (age 20) and Jasper (age 17), John's son from his previous marriage Joseph (age 15), and John and Eliza's sons Harry (age 7) and Norman (age 6).

  • Census for household:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 66)

  • East Stonehouse, Devon5

  •  

  • Address: 16 Durnford Street

    The household consisted of John and his wife Eliza. They were living in 2 rooms sharing the house with 2 other families, one of 2, the other of 3.

Sources

1.

1901 England, Wales & Scotland census, 20 Admiralty Street, East Stinehouse, Devon, head of household: John Old, National Archives.

2.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, John Old, Q1 1917, St Columb, Vol. 5c Page 140, General Register Office.

3.

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, John Old and Eliza Jane Hockin, Q4 1882, St Columb, Vol. 5c, Page 179, General Register Office.

4.

1891 England, Wales & Scotland census, Beech Lane, Newquay, Cornwall, head of household: John Old, National Archives.

5.

1911 England, Wales & Scotland census, 16 Durnford Street, East Stonehouse, Devon, RG14/13009, head of household: John Old, National Archives.