Person:William Binstead (1)

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William Binstead
chr.14 Apr 1826 Pagham, Sussex, England
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Name William Binstead
Gender Male
Christening[1] 14 Apr 1826 Pagham, Sussex, England
Marriage 15 May 1847 Sidlesham, Sussex, Englandto Harriet Grant
Census[2] 30 Mar 1851 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandMill
Census[3] 7 Apr 1861 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandMill
Census[4] 2 Apr 1871 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Census[5] 3 Apr 1881 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandMill
Census[6] 5 Apr 1891 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandMill Road
Census[7] 31 Mar 1901 Sidlesham, Sussex, EnglandNear Mill
Census[8] 2 Apr 1911 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
Death[9] 1916 Sussex, England

William Binstead was baptised on 14th April 1826 at Pagham in Sussex, son of Thomas and Sally Binstead.

William was married on 15th May 1847, aged 21, to Harriet Grant. She was from the neighbouring parish of Sidlesham, and they settled there. They had a daughter named Harriet in 1848 and a son named Alfred in 1851. The 1851 census finds them living at Mill in Sidlesham.

In 1855 they had a son named William baptised at Sidlesham, but he died as a young boy when he was only two years old in 1857. There was then quite a gap before the couple had any more children; their next child, Edward James, was baptised in 1864, a full nine years after William's baptism. He was then followed by Walter in 1867.

The 1871 census finds William working as a hawker of fish rather than a fisherman - perhaps as he got older he chose not to go to sea any more. In 1891 he was described as a postman, whilst in 1901 he was both "fish hawker and postal letter carrier". In each census from 1851 to 1901 he and Harriet were living at Mill in Sidlesham (the 1871 census does not give the address, but it is clear from the sequence of neighbours that they are in the same house as in 1861).

Harriet died in 1910, aged 82. William outlived her by six years and died in 1916, aged 90 years old.

References
  1. Pagham (St Thomas a Becket) baptisms, in Sussex, England. Online Parish Clerks.

    No. 470
    Name: William
    Parents: Thomas & Sally
    Surname: Binstead
    Abode: Pagham
    Occupation: Labourer
    By whom the Ceremony was performed: E. Goddard

  2. 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 1652; Folio 88; Page 18, 30 Mar 1851.

    Address: Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Binsted, head, married, male, 26 [1824/5], Fisherman, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Harriet Binsted, wife, married, female, 23 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Harriet Binsted, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Alfred Binsted, son, male, 13m [1850], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Stephen Grant, brother in law, unmarried, male, 21 [1829/30], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Alfred Grant, brother in law, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  3. 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 617; Folio 70; Page 13, 7 Apr 1861.

    Address: Mill Village, Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Binstead, head, married, male, 33 [1827/8], Fisherman, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Harriet Binstead, wife, married, female, 32 [1828/9], Fisherman's wife, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Harriet Binstead, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1847/8], Fisherman's daughter, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Alfred Binstead, son, unmarried, male, 10 [1850/1], Fisherman's son, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  4. 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 1111; Folio 70; Page 16, 2 Apr 1871.

    Address: Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Binstead, head, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Hawker of fish, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Alfred Binstead, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Fisherman, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Edwin James Binstead, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Walter Binstead, son, male, 4 [1866/7], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  5. 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.)
    RG11; Piece 1122; Folio 69; Page 11, 3 Apr 1881.

    Address: Village of Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
    William Binstead, head, married, male, 54 [1826/7], Fish hawker, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 52 [1828/9], Wife, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Edward J. Binstead, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1864/5], Letter carrier, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Walter Binstead, son, male, 14 [1866/7], Cowboy, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  6. 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 840; Folio 59; Page 2, 5 Apr 1891.

    Address: Mill Road, Sidlesham, Sussex
    Four rooms occupied
    William Binstead, head, married, male, 65 [1825/6], Postman, employed, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 63 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Edward J. Binstead, son, single, male, 26 [1864/5], Baker, employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex
    Walter Binstead, son, single, male, 24 [1866/7], Fisherman, neither employer nor employed, b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  7. 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 967; Folio 118; Page 10, 31 Mar 1901.

    Address: Near Mill, Sidlesham, Sussex
    Three rooms occupied
    William Binstead, head, married, male, 74 [1826/7], Fish Hawker & Postal letter carrier, b. Pagham, Sussex
    Harriett Binstead, wife, married, female, 73 [1827/8], b. Sidlesham, Sussex

  8. England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 5391; Schedule 76, 2 Apr 1911.

    Address: Sidlesham, Chichester, Sussex
    Four rooms occupied
    Charlotte Butler, head, female, 66 [1844/5], widow, no children, b. Tadley, Hampshire
    William Binstead, boarder, male, 88 [1822/3], widower, Old age pensioner, b. Pagham, Sussex

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

    d. William BINSTEAD, December Quarter 1916, Chichester Registration District, Vol. 2b, page 544, aged 93 [1822/3]