Person:Joseph Bliss (3)

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Joseph Bliss
 
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Name Joseph Bliss
Gender Male
Christening[2] 12 Jan 1844 Deddington, Oxfordshire, England
Census[3] 30 Mar 1851 Deddington, Oxfordshire, EnglandPhilcock Street
Census[4] 7 Apr 1861 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England128 Grey Friars Walk
Census[5] 2 Apr 1871 Luton, Bedfordshire, EnglandThe Welcome Stranger Lodging House, Duke Street
Census[6] 3 Apr 1881 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, EnglandMill Road
Census[7] 5 Apr 1891 Luton, Bedfordshire, England47 Chase Street
Census[8] 31 Mar 1901 Bedford, Bedfordshire, England19 All Hallows Lane
References
  1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

    b. Joseph BLISS, March Quarter 1844, Woodstock Registration District, Volume 16, page 137, mother's maiden name Tims

  2. Baptisms register, in Deddington, Oxfordshire, England. Parish Registers.
    BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Deddington in the County of Oxford in the Year 1844
    No.When BaptizedChild's Christian NameParents' NameAbodeQuality, Trade, or ProfessionBy whom the Ceremony was performed
    ChristianSurname
    4961844 January 12thJosephWilliam & SusannaBlissDeddingtonLabourerN. Cotton Risley, Vicar
  3. England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
    Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
    The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
    Class HO107; Piece 1730; Folio 31; Page 54, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Philcock Street, Deddington, Oxfordshire
    William Bliss, head, married, male, 46 [1804/5], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Deddington, Oxfordshire
    Susanna Bliss, wife, married, female, 44 [1806/7], b. Deddington, Oxfordshire
    Sarah Bliss, daughter, female, 13 [1837/8], b. Deddington, Oxfordshire
    Joseph Bliss, son, male, 7 [1843/4], Scholar, b. Deddington, Oxfordshire

  4. England. 1861 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 RG9; Piece 991; Folio 130; Page 24, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: 128 Grey Friars Walk, Bedford (St Paul), Bedfordshire
    George Kenning, head, married, male, 29 [1831/2], Confectioner, b. Watford, Northamptonshire
    Ann Kenning, wife, married, female, 31 [1829/30], b. Deddington, Oxfordshire
    Mary J. Kenning, daughter, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
    Susannah Kenning, daughter, female, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
    Thomas Kenning, son, male, 5 [1855/6], Scholar, b. Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
    Matilda A. Kenning, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Bedford, Bedfordshire
    Rebecca Kenning, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Bedford, Bedfordshire
    Joseph Bliss, visitor, unmarried, male, 19 [1841/2], Confectioner, b. Deddington, Oxfordshire

    Ann Kenning's maiden name was Bliss, so presumably she was a relative of Joseph's.

  5. 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 1573; Folio 70; Page 26, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: The "Welcome Stranger" Lodging House, Duke Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
    [many guests, incuding:]
    Joseph Bliss, guest, married, male, 24 [1846/7], Sugar Boiler, b. Deddington, Oxfordshire

  6. 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 1641; Folio 13; Page 19, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Mill Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
    [household headed by Thomas Eggelton, market gardener and common lodging house keeper with several lodgers, including:]
    Joseph Bliss, lodger, married, male, 40 [1840/1], Confectioner, b. Deddington, Oxfordshire
    Jane Bliss, lodger, married, female, 41 [1839/40], b. Bradwell, Buckinghamshire

  7. England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 1273; Folio 98; Page 34, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: 47 Chase Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
    Two rooms occupied
    Susan Linney, head, single, female, 46 [1844/5], General Shop Keeper, employer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
    Joseph Bliss, boarder, married, male, 50 [1840/1], General Labourer, employed, b. Bedford, Bedfordshire

    Joseph was living with Susannah Linney in both the 1891 and 1901 censuses in two different towns, suggesting they may have been in a relationship rather than lodgers as they told the census enumerators.

  8. England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 1492; Folio 149; Page 22, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: 19 All Hallows Lane, Bedford (St Paul), Bedfordshire
    Four rooms occupied
    Joseph Bliss, head, married, male, 73 [1827/8], Sugar Sweet Boiler, own a/c, working at home, b. Banbury, Oxfordshire
    Susan Linney, boarder, single, female, 56 [1844/5], Straw Plaiter, own a/c, working at home, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire