Person:James Singleton (21)

James Singleton was born in 1857 at Allington in Lincolnshire, son of Eliza Worth Singleton, formerly Bonser, and her husband Robert Singleton, a coachman and groom. James was the sixth of their eleven children. James grew up in Allington, appearing in the 1861 census living with his parents and siblings in West Allington. In the 1871 census he was a servant to a farmer in East Allington.

In 1871 or 1872 James's parents left Allington and moved to Aston on Trent in Derbyshire, where James's mother Eliza died in 1872, when James was 15.

James's next sighting is in 1881 when he was living alone at Aldburgh, a hamlet just outside the town of Masham in Yorkshire. He was described as a general labourer at this time.

By the following year, James had moved to Sydenham in the southern suburbs of London. He was married to Emily Relf in 1882 at West Farleigh in Kent, close to where she was from, and they returned to Sydenham after their marriage, having a daughter called Emily Ethel there in 1883 and a daughter called Mabel Ada there in 1889.

By 1891 they had moved to Kensington in London's western suburbs. They lived at 25 Astwood Mews, where they stayed for over ten years, still being there in the 1901 census. They had a son called Robert in Kensington in 1892 and a son called Edward there in 1901. Whilst living there James worked as a coachman and groom.

James's father Robert died in 1901 at Bainton in Northamptonshire.

Some time between 1901 and 1911 James, Emily and their family moved to Fulham, where they ran a confectionery and tobacconist's shop at 157 Munster Road.

James died in Chelsea in 1928, aged 70. Emily survived him by nearly 27 years.

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

   b. James SINGLETON, March Quarter 1857, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 318, mother's maiden name Bonser

2. ↑ 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 2481; Folio 12; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Robert Singleton, head, married, male, 42 [1818/9], Groom, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Singleton, wife, married, female, 35 [1825/6], b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   Samuel Singleton, son, male, 14 [1846/7], Ag[ricultural] Boy, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Mary Eliz[abe]th Singleton, daughter, female, 10 [1850/1], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   William Singleton, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Bonser Singleton, son, male, 5 [1855/6], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   James Singleton, son, male, 3 [1857/8], Scholar, b. West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Richard Singleton, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. West Allington, Lincolnshire

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 3544; Folio 8; Page 8, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: East Allington, Lincolnshire
   William Winter, head, unmarried, male, 54 [1816/7], Farmer of 80 acres 2 Lab[ourers] 1 boy, b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Winter, sister, unmarried, female, 56 [1814/5], Houskeeper [sic], b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Martha North, servant, unmarried, female, 18 [1852/3], Servant (Domestic), b. Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire
   James Singleton, servant, unmarried, male, 14 [1856/7], Servant (Domestic), b. Allington, Lincolnshire

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 4872; Folio 78; Page 3, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Aldburgh, Burton on Ure [parish], Masham [urban sanitary district], Yorkshire
   James Singleton, head, unmarried, male, 23 [1857/8], General Lab[ourer], b. Allington, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ 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 33; Folio 47; Page 85, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 25 Astwood Mews, Kensington, London
   5 or more rooms occupied
   James Singleton, head, married, male, 34 [1856/7], Coachman Groom, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Emily Singleton, wife, married, female, 32 [1858/9], b. Chart Sutton, Kent
   Emily E. Singleton, daughter, female, 7 [1883/4], Scholar, b. Sydenham, Surrey
   Mabel A. Singleton, daughter, female, 1 [1889/90], b. Sydenham, Surrey

6. ↑ 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 35; Folio 166; Page 40, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 25 Astwood Mews, Kensington, London
   5 or more rooms occupied
   James Singleton, head, married, male, 44 [1856/7], Coachman Domest[ic], b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Emily Singleton, wife, married, female, 42 [1858/9], b. Chart Sutton, Kent
   Mabel A. Singleton, daughter, single, female, 11 [1889/90], b. Sydenham, Kent
   Robert Singleton, son, male, 8 [1892/3], b. Kensington, London

7. ↑ 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 270; Schedule 323, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 157 Munster Road, Fulham, London
   5 rooms occupied
   James Singleton, head, male, 54 [1856/7], married, Confectionary [sic] & Tobacconist, own account, working at home, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Emily Singleton, wife, female, 52 [1858/9], married 28 years, 4 children born, 4 children still living, working at home, b. Chart Sutton, Kent
   Mabel Ada Singleton, daughter, female, 21 [1890/1], single, Assisting in the business, working at home, b. Sydenham, Surrey
   Edward Singleton, son, male, 9 [1901/2], working at home, b. South Kensington, Middlesex

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

   d. James SINGLETON, March Quarter 1928, Chelsea Registration District, Volume 1a, page 508, aged 70 [1857/8]