Person:Benjamin Sapwell (2)

m. Abt Dec 1838
  1. Benjamin Beckham Sapwell1843 - 1929
  1. Dr Benjamin Beckham Sapwell1866 - 1939
  2. Dorcas Gay Sapwell1867 - 1867
m. Abt Sep 1869
  1. Cedric Gay Sapwell1872 - 1895
  2. Dorcas Rosamond SapwellAbt 1877 - 1959
  3. Mary Baldwin Sapwell1879 - 1970
  4. Ruth Evelyn SapwellAbt 1882 - Abt 1888
  5. Joyce Meers Sapwell1888 - 1977
  6. Baldwin Sparrow Sapwell1889 - 1981
Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Benjamin Beckham Sapwell
Alt Name[4] Benjamin B Sapwell
Alt Name[5] Benjamin B Sapwell
Alt Name[6] Benjamin B. Sapwell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Mar 1843 Westminster St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, EnglandRegistration District
Alt Birth[4] 1843 Westminster St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, Englanddescribed simply as "Middx, St. George's"
Alt Birth[6] 1844 Westminster St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, EnglandRegistration District
Census[4] 1861 Westminster St. George's Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
Marriage to Dorcas Gay Baldwin
Marriage Abt Sep 1869 West Ham, Essex, Englandto Rosamond Cubitt Baldwin
Census[5] 1871 Kensington, Middlesex, England
Census[6] 1881 Aylsham, Norfolk, England
Death[7][8] 20 Nov 1929 Aylsham, Norfolk, England

HIs birth record on Freebmd is transcribed as Benjamin Pockham but it looks lik on the original it may be Beckham

Unable to find 1851 Cenus there is one for his parents but he is not listed he would have been about 8. (Could have been at boarding school.)

1861 England Census notes Benjamin living at 9 Shepherd St, St George Hanover Square, Middlesex with his parents John and Louisa and servant Sarah Perry age noted as 18 Occupation noted as "Articled to a Builder" (looks like he worked for his father)

1871 England Census notes Benjamin living at 2 Georges Terrace Kensington with his wife Rosamond his mother Louisa and servants Elizabeth Fennymsa and Alice Green age noted as 28 Occupation Builder Employing 14 Men (looks like he took over his father's building business)

1881 England Census notes Benjamin living at Sankence, Aylsham, Norfolk with his wife Rosamond mother Louisa children Cedric, Dorcas and Mary and Servants Emma Wright, Leah Flood and Caroline Butler age noted as 37 Occupation noted as Landowner and Farmer but living on Proceeds of House Properties in London

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from the National;)
    Class: RG9; Piece: 46; Folio: 11; Page: 29; GSU roll: 542563.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Freebmd.org.uk
    b 1 43.
  3. England. FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1983. (Free UK Genealogy)
    Volume: 1 Page: 43.

    Name: Benjamin Pockham Sapwell
    Registration Year: 1843
    Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Registration district: St George Hanover Square

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from the National;)
    Class: RG9; Piece: 46; Folio: 11; Page: 29; GSU roll: 542563.

    Reg. Dist: St George Hanover Square; Sub-Reg Dist: May Fair, Enum Dist: 13
    Household 209: 9 Shepherd Street, St. George's parish
    John Sapwell, head, mar, 67, builder employs 30 men, born Stafford, Wolverhampton
    Louisa E Sapwell, wife, mar, 57, born Surrey, Bookham
    Benjamin B Sapwell, son, unm, 18, Articled to a Builder, born Middx, St. George
    two domestic servants

    Although there are other parishes named St. George within London, it is most likely that the parish of birth as given in the census is the one in which the family is living. This agrees with the civil registration of the birth.

  5. 5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census (1). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
    Database online. Class: RG10; Piece: 29; Folio: 97; Page: 116; GSU roll: 838757.

    Record for Benjamin B Sapwell

  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census. (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. 1881 British Isles Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the;)
    Database online. Class: RG11; Piece: 1930; Folio: 29; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1341465.

    Record for Benjamin B. Sapwell

  7. .

    Sapwell family tree compiled by Dr John Ireland Sapwell in 1950s.

  8. England. FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1983. (Free UK Genealogy)
    Volume: 4b Page: 98.

    Name: Benjamin B Sapwell
    Death Age: 86
    Birth Date: abt 1843
    Registration Date: Oct 1929
    [Nov 1929]
    [Dec 1929]
    Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
    Registration district: Aylsham
    Inferred County: Norfolk