See also
Name:
Thomas Fippen
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
1869
The 1881 census give a calculated year of birth of 1869 which is confirmed by his birth registration in the second quarter of 1869.
Census (living with parents):
2 Apr 1871 (age 1-2)
1871 Census - living with parents
Census (living with parents):
3 Apr 1881 (age 11-12)
1881 Census - living with parents
Military Enlistment:
12 Jun 1889 (age 19-20)
Devonshire Regiment; London3
After enlisment he was sent to Aldershot where he joined the Devonshire Regiment as a Private on 14 June 1889. His physical description was as follows:
Height5ft 4ins
Weight120 Lbs (8 stone 8lbs)
Chest33 inches
EyesGrey
HairBrown
Military Service:
frm 12 Jun 1889 to 2 Feb 1897 (age 19-28)
Devonshire Regiment; Home and in South Africa and India3
His medals show that he took part in the First Boer War at the battle of Laing's Nek before moving to India where he served with the North Eastern Column in Upper Burma in 1891-92 and was awarded the India Medal 1854 with clasp inscribed Burma 1889-92. Apart from this his service record gives very little detail except that he forfeited 1d Good Conduct Pay on 17 Apr 1894 which was restored on 17 Oct 1894. The reason is not given but given the circumstances was probably for drunkenness.
Parent:
btw Feb 1891 and Jun 1891 (age 21-22)
Birth of son Thomas
Parent:
19 Nov 1897 (age 27-28)
Birth of daughter Louise Mary
Parent:
btw May 1899 and Sep 1899 (age 29-30)
Birth of son Henry James
Military Service:
frm 7 Oct 1899 to 15 Jun 1902 (age 29-33)
Devonshire Regiment; Home and in South Africa3
His medal records show that whilst in South Africa he took part in the Relief of Ladysmith, the battles of Ingela Heights, Transvaal & Orange Free State. Apart from this his service record gives very little detail except that he forfeited 1d Good Conduct Pay on 20 Nov 1899 and that 2d Good Conduct Pay was restored on 20 Nov 1900. The reason is not given but given the circumstances was probably for drunkenness.
parent:
Jun 1901 (age 31-32)
Death of son Henry James
spouse:
19 Jul 1901 (age 31-32)
Death of spouse Louise
Military Discharge:
15 Jun 1902 (age 32-33)
Devonshire Regiment as unfit for further service; Exeter, Devon4
His military record does not specify why he was considered unfit
Occupation:
frm 16 Jun 1902 to 1908 (age 32-39)
It would appear that after he left the Army he worked initially as fruiterer and then as a costermonger until the family moved from the Shoreditch area sometime between September 1906 and October 1910.
Residence:
2 Nov 1902 (age 32-33)
They were married from this address although how long they had been living there is not known. At the time of the 1901 Census Thomas, who was still married to his first wife Louise, was away at the front and Caroline was living with her parents at 91 Phillip Street, Shoreditch. Whether they lived ther after their marriage is not known.
Parent:
3 May 1903 (age 33-34)
Baptism of daughter Caroline Rebecca
Parent:
22 Jul 1904 (age 34-35)
Baptism of son Arthur William
Occupation:
frm 1908 to 1918 (age 38-49)
Address: Kings Cross, London
It is assumed that he started working at the Midland Hotel sometime between September 1906 and October 1910 when the family moved from Shoreditch to Holborn presumably because he lost his job as fruiterer, and that he worked there until his death in 1918.
Death:
1918 (age 48-49)
Pancras, London13
probably of Spanish 'flu.||Without a Death Certificate it is impossible to be sure of the cause but the quarter in which his death was registered (June 1918) indicate that he may have been caught in the first wave of the pandemic . His sister-in-law died in the second wave in October 1918. The age given in the death registration was 47 but Fippen is such an unusual surname that this is considered to be sufficiently close to his calcuated age of 49
Death:
Jun 1919 (age 49-50)
Pancras, London14
Fippen is an unusual surname so the registered 47 is sufficiently near to the calculated age of 49 to give confidence that this is the correct entry.
1890, Register Entry for Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Louise Dowell
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
27 Jan 1890 (age 20-21)
Address: Bethnal Green, London
It is thought that John Fippen was the groom's brother and that Mary Ann Fippen was the groom's mother.
Family of Thomas Fippen and Caroline Emma Dowell, 1939?
Spouse: Caroline Emma Dowell, 1939?, age 57
1911, 1911 Census for Household of Thomas Fippen in Clerkenwell, London
Spouse:
Children:
Marriage:
2 Nov 1902 (age 32-33)
Address: Hoxton, London
Louisa was her younger sister of the bride; the other witness Thomas Dowell was the bride's father. Why a member of the groom's family did not act as a witness is not known. However, the groom's oldest child from his previous marriage, Thomas Fippen, would have been too young at 11 and his parents although still alive were in the Shoreditch Workhouse so probably did not attend the wedding. From the date of birth of their first child, Caroline (10 April 1903), it seems that the bride may have been pregnant when she went to the altar. As the couple were living at the same address at the time of their marriage there may have been an opportunity for this to happen. Who else was at the wedding is not known but Thomas' wife Rebecca who was the Bride's mother would almost certainly have been present and probably her siblings.
Census for household:
2 Apr 1911 (age 41-42)
Holborn, London19
Address: 16 Affleck Street, Kings Cross
The household consisted of Thomas, his wife Caroline and their children Arthur William (age 7), May Elenor (age 5) & Mary Ethel (age 6 months). They shared the house with two other families, one of 4 and the other of 5, each of which had 2 rooms. This made a total of 14 people occupying 6 rooms.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Birth of Thomas Fippen, (FindMyPast website). Custom Id: Births 1869 Q2 St Luke Vol. 1b Page 696; Cit. Date: Q2 1869. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
1881 England Census for Household of Henry Fippen in Bethnal Green, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG11/433, Folio 52, Page 9, Schedule 52; Thomas Fippen son of Henry and Mary Fippen age 12 (i.e. Born in 1869) in Spitalfields, Middlesex. National Archives.
Devonshire Regiment, Military Record for Thomas Fippen, (WO97 Box 4833). Cit. Date: from 12 June 1889 to 3 June 1902. National Archives.
Ibid. Statement of Service. Cit. Date: 15 June 1902. National Archives.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Thomas Fippen and Caroline Emma Dowell, (2 Nov 1902). Custom Id: MXD350258; ParishHoxtonDate of Marriage2 Nov 1902Groom's NameThomas FippenRank or ProfessionFruiterer. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
Rev S. L. Sarel, Register Entry for Baptism of Caroline Emma Fippen in St Saviour, Hoxton, ( P91/SAV, Item 013.). Custom Id: Baptisms 1903 Page 25, No. 220; CountyLondonParishHoxtonDate of Baptism3 May 1903Father's NameThomas FippenFather's OccupationFruiterer. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P91/SAV, Item 013.
Rev. S. L. Sarel, Register Entry for Baptism of Arthur William Fippen in St Saviour, Hoxton, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: Baptisms 1904 Page 60, No. 538; CountyLondonParishHoxtonDate of Baptism22 Jul 1904Father's NameThomas FippenAbode134 St John's RoadFather's OccupationCostermonger. London Metropolitan Archives. Call Number: P91/SAV, Item 013.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Thomas Fippen and Caroline Emma Dowell, (2 Nov 1902). Custom Id: MXD350258; Date of Marriage2 Nov 1902Bride's NameCaroline Emma DowellBride's Residence134 St John's Road. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
1901 Census for Household of Thomas Dowell in Shoreditch, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/278, Folio 11, Page 14, Schedule 88; Caroline Dowell living at 91, Phillip Street, Shoreditch. National Archives.
1901 England Census for Louise Fippen in Hackney, London, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: RG13/227, Folio 126, Page 59, Schedule 362; Louise Fippen married with Husband at the front. National Archives.
1911 England Census for Household of Thomas Fippen in Holborn, London, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/1221; Thomas Fippen employed as a stoker at the Midland Hotel (Kings Cross). National Archives. Call Number: RG14/1221.
CRI(E&W) Entries for Children of Thomas Fippen & Caroline Emma Dowell, Event Type: Births, Registration District: Shoreditch & Holborn, Volume: See extract, Page: See extract, (Period, Jun 1903 - Sep 1912). Births Sep 1906Fippen May Eleanor ShoreditchBirths Dec 1910FIPPEN Mary Eleanor Holborn. General Register Office. Call Number: Births.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Death of Thomas Fippen, (FindMyPast website). Custom Id: Death 1918 Q2 Pancras Vol, 1b Page 27; Cit. Date: Q2 1918. General Register Office. Call Number: CRI(E&W) Deaths.
Ibid. CRI(E&W) for Death of Thomas FippenQuarter and YearJun 1918Registration DistrictPancrasSurnameFippenGiven NamesThomasAge47. General Register Office. Call Number: CRI(E&W) Deaths.
Church of England, Register Entry for the Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Louise Dorsett, (Ancestry). Cit. Date: 27 January 1890. London Metropolitan Archives.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Louise Dorset, (FreeBMD - Marriages Jan-Mar 1890 Registration District: Bethnal Green Volume: 1c Page: 434). Custom Id: Mariage 1890 Q1 Bethnal Green Vol. 1c, Page 434; Cit. Date: Q1 1890. General Register Office.
General Register Office, Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage for Thomas Fippen and Caroline Emma Dowell, (2 Nov 1902). Custom Id: MXD350258; Cit. Date: 2 November 1902. Jack Ward, The Nook, Silver Street
Bampton
Tiverton
Devon
EX16 9NR. Tel: 01398332458, Email: familyhistory@blackwithies.demon.co.uk.
General Register Office, Civil Registration Index (England & Wales) for Marriage of Thomas Fippen and Caroline Emma Dowell, (FreeBMD website). Custom Id: Marriages 1902 Q4 Shoreditch Vol. 1c Page 236; Marriages Dec 1902 Shoreditch ------------------------------Surname First name(s)------------------------------Crowder Alice MaudDowell Caroline EmmaEdson Edward WilliamFippen ThomasNote: It is not possible with current information to determine the husband. General Register Office. Call Number: Marriages.
1911 England Census for Household of Thomas Fippen in Holborn, London, (FMP website). Custom Id: RG14/1221; Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. National Archives. Call Number: RG14/1221.