Person:Emma Mitchell (12)

Emma Mitchell was born in 1864 in Warwick, the seventh (but fifth surviving) of eight children of a maltster named Samuel Mitchell and his wife Mary Ann (known as Ann) King. She spent her childhood living on the street in Warwick called Saltisford, being the main road out of the town towards Birmingham. She worked as a laundry maid.

At the age of 18 she married a soldier named George Wassell, who was seven years her senior. He was originally from Birmingham, but at the time of their marriage was based at Budbrooke Barracks, just outside Warwick. Their first child, Rose Ann, was baptised eight months later, but died when she was less than a year old. George then left the army and the couple then moved to Birmingham, where George worked as a porter and they had another three children. However, Emma appears to have died shortly after giving birth to her fourth child - her death was registered in March quarter 1889, whilst the baby was not baptised until the May. She was 24.

After Emma's death, George and the eldest two surviving children lived in Birmingham, whilst the youngest went to live in Warwick with Emma's mother and childless sister Fanny.

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Emma MITCHELL, March Quarter 1864, Warwick Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 539

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Warwick, 1538-1928. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Warwick in the County of Warwick in the Year 1864
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   172	1864 March 27	Emma	Samuel & Ann	Mitchell	Saltsford	Laborer	T. Cochran

3. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3199; Folio 79; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 4 Saltisford Buildings, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 42 [1828/9], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Ann Mitchell, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, male, 15 [1855/6], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Fanny Mitchell, daughter, female, 13 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   John Mitchell, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Emma Mitchell, daughter, female, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriet Mitchell, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire

4. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3088; Folio 84; Page 19, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 42 Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 52 [1828/9], General Labourer, b. Warwick
   Mary Ann Mitchell, wife, married, female, 53 [1827/8], Laundress, b. Warwick
   William T. Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 25 [1855/6], Man Servant Dom, b. Warwick
   Emma Mitchell, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1863/4], Laundry Maid, b. Warwick

5. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Emma WASSELL, March Quarter 1889, Birmingham Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 92, aged 24 [1864/5]