Person:Catherine Warren (8)

Catherine Warren appears to have been born around 1839 at Luton in Bedfordshire, daughter of a straw plaiter called Elizabeth Warren, formerly Booth or Bone, and her husband Joseph Warren, a straw plaiter and agricultural labourer. Some time around the early 1840s the family left Luton and moved to the nearby parish of Caddington. The 1851 census finds Catherine (apparently misrecorded as "Caroline") living with her parents and siblings at Folly in Caddington, with Catherine working as a straw plaiter.

On 19th July 1858 Catherine married an agricultural labourer called William Moss at Caddington. Catherine's sister Mary and Mary's husband Joseph Morehen were the witnesses to the marriage.

Catherine and William went on to have five children at Caddington between 1859 and 1864. The 1861 census finds the family living at Tipple Hill, in the part of Caddington parish which at that time was in Hertfordshire. Catherine was working as a bonnet sewer at this time. It seems that Catherine and her siblings were not baptised as infants, and she was baptised at Caddington as an adult on 8th September 1861, on the same day that her daughter Emily was baptised, and also alongside her sisters Mary and Rebecca.

Catherine died from consumption on 26th September 1864 at Caddington. She was said to be 26 years old. Her youngest daughter was only a few months old at the time and died the following month. William survived Catherine by nearly 47 years and remarried the year after her death.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 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 1757; Folio 301; Page 12, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Folly, Caddington, Bedfordshire
   Joseph Warren, head, married, male, 33 [1817/8], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Warren, wife, married, female, 33 [1817/8], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Joseph Warren, son, male, 16 [1834/5], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Mary Warren, daughter, female, 14 [1836/7], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Caroline Warren, daughter, female, 11 [1839/40], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Charles Warren, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Rebecca Warren, daughter, female, 8 [1842/3], Straw Plater, b. Luton, Bedfordshire
   Mathar Warren, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Straw Plater, b. Caddington, Bedfordshire

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 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 1015; Folio 89; Page 3, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Tipple Hill, Caddington, Hertfordshire
   John King, head, married, male, 48 [1812/3], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Cadd[ingto]n, Hertfordshire
   Susan King, wife, married, female, 48 [1812/3], Straw Plaiter, b. Cadd[ingto]n, Hertfordshire
   ~ second household in same house ~
   William Moss, head, married, male, 24 [1836/7], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Cadd[ingto]n, Hertfordshire
   Catherine Moss, wife, married, female, 22 [1838/9], Bonnet Sewer, b. Cadd[ingto]n, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Moss, daughter, female, 2 [1858/9], b. Cadd[ingto]n, Bedfordshire
   Mary Moss, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Cadd[ingto]n, Hertfordshire

3. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1861
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   924	Sept[embe]r 8th	Catharine Dau[ghter] of	Joseph & Elizabeth	Warren	Green	Laborer	W. Mellard, Vicar

   Baptised same day as her sisters Mary and Rebecca, and her daughter Emily. Recorded in the baptism register under her maiden name, although by this time Catherine was married to William Moss.

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

   Superintendent Registrar's District Luton / Registrar's District Luton
   1864 Death in the District of Luton in the Counties of Beds and Herts
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   217	Twenty Sixth September 1864 Caddington Herts	Catherine Moss	Female	26 years [1837/8]	Wife of William Moss Farm Laborer	Consumption Certified	X The mark of Mary Rumble Present at the death Caddington Herts	Twenty eighth September 1864	Charles Maffey, Registrar

5. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Caddington Parish Registers. (Bedford: Bedfordshire Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Caddington in the County of Bedford in the Year 1864
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   74	Catherine Moss	Tipple Hill	Sept[ember] 29	26 [1837/8]	Tho[ma]s Prescott, Vicar