The Warhurst Family of London in Census Returns

Craftsmen of Aldermaston and Sherborne St John

The parish register of St Anne Soho, Westminster (microfilm at the City of Westminster Archives, London) recorded the marriage by banns on 24 September 1837 of Joseph Warhurst, full age, bachelor, saddler, residence: Mercer Street, son of William Warhurst, cotton worker; and Ann Macklin Amor, full age, spinster, residence: Harrison Street, daughter of Robert Amor, solicitor; witnesses: John Wilson, Julia Rebecca Amor. A note on the Amor family is below. Children of Joseph and Ann Warhurst, recorded in the baptism register of St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road, Camden (microfilm at the London Metropolitan Archives), were: Name Born Baptised Residence Sarah Ann Warhurst 26 May 1839     16 Jun 1839     Grafton Street East     Joseph Warhurst 11 Feb 1841   7 Mar 1841 Grafton Street Amor Warhurst   4 Jun 1845 16 Jun 1845 Brewer Street George William Warhurst     13 Jun 1848 24 Jun 1848 Drummond Street The records gave the father’s profession as ‘saddler’. Another son named Stephen Warhurst was born in 1843 (FreeBMD website). Sadly, the child with the charming name Amor Warhurst died in 1847 (FreeBMD website). Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website. Note: In the 1841 census, the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over.
Name			Age	Occupation	Born in County?
1841 census – Grafton Street East, St Pancras [London]     Reference: HO107/686/13 (folio 5, p. 4)
Joseph Warhurst			30	Saddler	N
Ann Warhurst			30		Y
Sarah Warhurst			2		Y
Joseph Warhurst			1		Y
Name and relation to Head of household		Marital Status	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
1851 census – 78 Charrington St, Somers Town, St Pancras     Reference: HO107/1496 (folio 1000, p. 63)
Joseph Warhurst	Head	Married	44	Saddler	Ulverston, Lancashire
Ann Warhurst	Wife	Married	41
Sarah Warhurst	Daughter		11	Scholar	St Pancras, Middlesex
Stephen Warhurst	Son		9	Scholar	St Pancras, Middlesex
George Warhurst	Son		2		St Pancras, Middlesex
Henry Yateman	Visitor	Widower	43	Saddler	St Georges, Middlesex
Mary A Barnett	Servant		13	Servant
1861 census – 5 St Stephens Terrace, Camden Town     Reference: RG9/115 (folio 64, p. 69)
Joseph Warhurst	Head	Married	55	Saddler	Ulverston, Lancashire
Ann Warhurst	Wife	Married	53		London
Stephen Warhurst	Son	Unmarried	18		London
George Warhurst	Son		12		London
Lucy Barrett	Servant	Unm	15	Servant	Stratford, Essex
Henry Yeatman	Visitor	Widower	54		London
Edwin Livermore			16	Errand Boy	London
Note: In July 1863 the house address was renamed to 93 Camden Street. Photographs of 93 Camden Street can be viewed. The house was facing the church of All Saints, Camden Town, where Joseph Warhurst’s daughter Sarah Ann married John Whistler on 27 September 1860.
1871 census – 93 Camden St, Camden Town     Reference: RG10/230 (folio 45, p. 12)
Joseph Warhurst	Head	Married	65	Harness Maker	Ulverston, Lancashire
Ann Warhurst	Wife	Married	61		Middlesex
Fanny Hiett	Servant	Unm	17	Domestic Servant	Middlesex
1881 census – 93 Camden St, Camden Town     Reference: RG11/205 (folio 48, p. 19)
Ann Warhurst	Landlady	Widow	70	Living by the produce of house	London
Stephen Warhurst and Family
1871 census – 16 Coventry St, St James Westminster     Reference: RG10/140 (folio 44, p. 31)
Stephen Warhurst	Head	Married	29	Saddler & Harness Maker	Gravesend, Kent
Emily Warhurst	Wife	Married	31		Middlesex
Joseph Warhurst	Son		6 months		Haymarket
Emily F Warhurst	Daughter		6		High Holborn
Evangeline Newton	Visitor	Unm	19	Long Lane, [Smithfield, London EC1]
James F Swaine	Lodger	Unm	20	Saddler	Yorkshire
George Gillingham	Lodger	Unm	21	Saddler	Dorsetshire
Note: Coventry Street, by Haymarket, runs from Piccadilly Circus to Leicester Square.
1881 census – 1 Park Villas, Park Road, Leyton [East London]     Reference: RG11/1725 (folio 59, p. 35)
Stephen Warhurst	Head	Married	38	Harness Maker	St Pancras, Middlesex
Emily Warhurst	Wife	Married	40		St Pancras, Middlesex
Emily Warhurst	Daughter		16		Holborn, Middlesex
Fred Warhurst	Son		10	Scholar	St James, Middlesex
George Warhurst	Son		8	Scholar	St James, Middlesex
Annie Warhurst	Daughter		2		St Pancras, Middlesex
Note: An apprenticeship indenture dated 1 May 1884 records that Frederick Oxenham was apprenticed to Stephen Warhurst, saddler and harness maker, of 1 Park Rd., Church Rd., Leyton (Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, accessed at The National Archives Discovery online database).
1891 census – 1 Park Villas, Leyton     Reference: RG12/1343 (folio 63, p. 13)
Stephen Warhurst	Head	Married	49	Harness Maker	St Pancras, Middlesex
Emily Warhurst	Wife	Married	51		St Pancras, Middlesex
Fred J Warhurst	Son	Single	20	Harness Maker	St James, Middlesex
George S Warhurst	Son	Single	18	Harness Maker	St James, Middlesex
Anna A Warhurst	Daughter		12		St Pancras, Middlesex
Herbert F Warhurst	Son		9		St Pancras, Middlesex
Thomas C Lands	Boarder	Single	16	Apprentice	Shoreditch, Middlesex
1901 census – 36 St George’s Av., West Ham [East London]                       Reference: RG13/1587 (folio 105, pp. 9–10)
Stephen Warhurst	Head	Married	60	Saddler & Harness Maker	St Pancras, London
Emily Warhurst	Wife	Married	61		St Pancras, London
Thomas Lands	Boarder	Single	26	Saddler & Harness Maker	Edgware Rd, London
Violet Sykes	Granddaughter		1		Edgware Rd, London
Sidney May	Apprentice	Single	16	Saddler & Harness Maker	Edgware Rd, London
1901 census – 42 St George’s Rd., West Ham [East London]     Reference: RG13/1587 (folio 102, p. 4)
Fredrick J Warhurst	Head	Married	30	Harness Maker	St James
Emily Warhurst	Wife	Married	25		St James
1901 census – 40 Plashet Lane, Upton Park, East Ham [East London]                       Reference: RG13/1597 (folio 36, p. 13)
George S Warhurst	Head	Married	28	Harness Maker	St James, London
Clara E Warhurst	Wife	Married	22		St Giles, London
George W Warhurst	Son		1		East Ham, Essex
Clara L Warhurst	Daughter		3 months		East Ham, Essex
James Lock	Servant		15	Harness Maker	Bethnal Green, London
1911 census – 451 Romford Rd, Forest Gate, West Ham [East London]                       Reference: RG14/9385 Schedule Number: 57
Stephen Warhurst	Head	Widower	69	Saddler & Harness Maker	London
Joseph Warhurst	Son	Married	40	Saddler & Harness Maker	London
Emily Warhurst	Son’s wife	Married	35		Burmarsh
Arthur Warhurst	Grandson		6		Forest Gate, Essex
1911 census – 25 Waterloo Rd, Upton Park, East Ham [East London]                       Reference: RG14/9563 Schedule Number: 111
George Warhurst	Head	Married	38	Leather millhand maker	St James, London
Clara Warhurst	Wife	Married	32		Bloomsbury, London
George Warhurst	Son		11		East Ham, Essex
Violet Warhurst	Daughter		2		East Ham, Essex
The Amor Family of London In 1802 the marriage register of St Luke Old Street, Islington, London, recorded: ‘Robert Amor of this Parish Bachelor & Rebecca Wilkins of this Parish Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this 4th Day of June 1802’ (parish records from the London Metropolitan Archives at the Ancestry website). Children of Robert and Rebecca Amor from parish registers (FamilySearch Historical Records online) were: Name Born Baptised         St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster Elizabeth Hillyer Amor       13 Dec 1804       7 Jan 1810     Robert John Amor   1 May 1806   7 Jan 1810 Ann Macklin Amor 15 Dec 1809   7 Jan 1810         Old Church, St Pancras, London Julia Rebecca Amor 29 Oct 1811   2 Oct 1825 Robert George Amor   4 Oct 1820   2 Oct 1825 Census returns, maintained by The National Archives, can be viewed at the Ancestry family history website.
Name			Age	Occupation	Born in County?
1841 census – Harrison St, St Pancras [London]     Reference: HO107/682/15 (folio 20, p. 35)
Rebecca Amor			55		N
Julia Amor			25		Y
Hillier Amor   [female]			13		Y
Note: In the 1841 census the age was rounded down to the nearest five for those aged 15 or over.
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