Catherine Chinn (1836-bef1881)

  • Name:

  • Catherine Chinn

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1836

  • Phillack, Cornwall1

  • Death:

  • btw May 1871 and Mar 1881 (age 34-45)

  • Cornwall or Devon2

  •  

  • She was recorded in the 1871 Census living with her family in Phillack. In the 1881 Census her husband Simon is recorded as a widower living in Plymouth. A search of death registrations did not find an entry which would have fitted her date of birth.

Marriage

  • Spouse:

  • Simon Pearce (1837-1893)

  • Marriage:

  • 23 Apr 1865 (age 28-29)

  • The Parish Church of St Felicitas and St Piala3

  •  

  • Address: Phillack, Cornwall

    William was probably a friend of the groom and Harriet was almost certainly related to the bride - probably her sister or possibly her mother. Simon's parents were dead although his father John is not shown as deceased in the register. If the Bride's parents were alive they would almost certainly have attended. Who else was there is not known.

  • Census for household:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 34-35)

  • Phillack, Cornwall1

  •  

  • Address: Church Town

    The household consisted of Simon, his wife Catherine and their children Mary (age 5), Elizabeth (age 3) and John (age 5 months).

Sources

1.

1871 England and Wales census, Church Town, Phillack, Cornwall, RG10/2328, Folio 22, Page 37, head of household: Simon Pearce, National Archives.

2.

1891 England and Wales census, 26 Anstis Street, Plymouth, Devon, RG12/1731, Folio 22, Piece 2328, Schedule 188, head of household: Simon Pearce, National Archives.

3.

Parish Register for Marriage of Simon Pearce and Catherine Chinn, The Parish Church of St Felicitas and St Piala , Churchtown Road, Hayle, Cornwall, 23 April 1865.