Person:Harriett Toy (1)

Harriett Toy was born on 3rd April 1870 at Deptford in Kent, in the south-eastern suburbs of London. She was the daughter of Sarah Toy, formerly Hunt, and her husband, Richard Toy, a factory labourer. Harriett appears in the 1871 census living with her parents and siblings at 56 John Street in Deptford. She was baptised at the age of 12 at Christ Church in Deptford.

Harriett's father appears to have died in 1887 and her mother in 1890, both in the Greenwich area. The 1891 census finds Harriett working as a cook at Hove on the Sussex coast, staying with her father's sister Julia Toy, who was a retired lady's maid.

Later that year, aged 21, Harriett married a labourer named Alfred Hopson. He was from Chiswick in the western suburbs of London, which is where they settled. By the time of the 1901 census they had two children, Charles Henry and Harriett Eliza, although Charles Henry died shortly after the 1901 census, aged four.

Alfred died in 1910 aged 47, leaving Harriett a widow at the age of 40. They had been married for about 19 years. She left London and moved to Luton in Bedfordshire, where she appears in the 1911 census boarding with a bricklayer named William John Linney. Shortly after the 1911 census she married William, who was about 12 years older than her. In 1912 they had a daughter, Marie.

Some time between 1912 and 1934 the family left Luton and moved to Leicestershire, where their daughter Marie was married in 1934 in the Barrow upon Soar district. William died in 1937 in the Loughborough district, aged 79. Harriett and William had been married for about 26 years.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, Harriett was living back in London with a family called Jefferies. She later returned to Leicestershire, where she died in 1946, aged 76.

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

   b. Harriett TOY, June Quarter 1870, Greenwich Registration District, Volume 1d, page 739, mother's maiden name Hunt

2. ↑ 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 743; Folio 15; Page 23, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 56 John Street, Deptford, Kent
   Richard Toy, head, married, male, 47 [1823/4], Labourer Factory, b. Poplar, Middlesex
   Sarah Toy, wife, married, female, 40 [1830/1], Wife, b. Limehouse, Middlesex
   Richard Toy, son, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], b. Deptford, Kent, Imbecile
   Ester Toy, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Deptford, Kent
   Thomas Toy, son, male, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Deptford, Kent
   Amy Toy, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Deptford, Kent
   Eliza Toy, daughter, female, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Deptford, Kent
   Harriet Toy, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Deptford, Kent
   Elizabeth Ward, nurse, widow, female, 62 [1808/9], Nurse, b. Devonport, Plymouth

3. ↑ Baptisms Register, in Deptford, Kent, England. Parish Registers of Christ Church.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Christ Church Deptford in the County of Kent in the Year 1882
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   1767	1882 Nov. 1st, born April 3rd 1870	Harriett	Richard & Sarah	Toy	4 Stanhope Street	Labourer	Robert Pratt

4. ↑ 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 818; Folio 93; Page 1, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 70 Cromwell Road, Hove, Sussex
   Samuel Bartlett, head, married, male, 47 [1843/4], Carpenter & Bird Fancier, employed, b. Brighton, Sussex
   Louisa Bartlett, wife, married, female, 51 [1839/40], b. Portslade, Sussex
   Marrion Bartlett, daughter, female, 21 [1869/70], Assistant in Bird Shop, employed, b. Portslade, Sussex
   William John Bartlett, son, male, 19 [1871/2], Bird Fancier, employer, b. Portslade, Sussex
   Emmie Bartlett, daughter, female, 16 [1874/5], Assistant in Wool Business, employed, b. Brighton, Sussex
   Lillian Bartlett, daughter, female, 15 [1875/6], Mother's Help, employed, b. Portslade, Sussex
   Edith Bartlett, daughter, female, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Brighton, Sussex
   Nellie Bartlett, daughter, female, 10 [1880/1], Scholar, b. Brighton, Sussex
   Julia Toy, lodger, single, female, 60 [1830/1], Retired Lady's Maid, b. Middlesex
   Harriott Toy, visitor, single, female, 21 [1869/70], Cook (Domestic Servant), b. [blank]

5. ↑ 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 1198; Folio 85; Page 25, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 81 Dale Street, Chiswick, London
   2 rooms occupied
   Alfred Hopson, head, married, male, 38 [1862/3], Labourer, worker, b. Chiswick, London
   Harriett Hopson, wife, female, 28 [1872/3], Charwoman, b. Deptford, London
   Charles Henry Hopson, son, male, 4 [1896/7], b. Chiswick, London
   Harriett Eliza Hopson, daughter, female, 1 [1899/1900], b. Chiswick, London

6. ↑ 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 9003; Schedule 218, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 10 Ashton Street, Luton, Bedfordshire
   5 rooms occupied
   William Linney, head, male, 53 [1857/8], widower, Bricklayer, worker, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Harriett Hopson, boarder, female, 38 [1872/3], widow, Laundress, worker own account, working at home, b. Newcross, Kent

7. ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 88 Southville, Wandsworth, London
   Jefferies, William J. / male / 1 Feb 1891 / married / Corn & Forage Heavy Worker
   Jefferies, Amy A. / female / 1 Apr 1894 / married / Office Cleaner
   Jefferies, William A. / male / 21 Mar 1920 / single / Incapacitated
   Jefferies, Marjorie E. / female / 10 Jan 1926 / single / Press Cutter
   Jefferies [crossed out and replaced "Brittain"], Elsie M. / female / 16 Jun 1925 / single / Office Messenger
   Linney, Harriett / female / 3 Apr 1870 / widow / -
   [one record closed]

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

   d. Harriet LINNEY, December Quarter 1946, Melton Mowbray Registration District, Volume 3a, page 717, aged 76 [1869/70]