Person:John Lattermore (1)

John Lattermore was born on 2nd November 1809 and baptised three days later at Ufford in Northamptonshire, son of William and Elizabeth Lattermore.

On 6th November 1831, aged 22, John married Esther Newborn at Barnack, a couple of miles north-west of Ufford. She was about thirteen years his senior. They settled at Pilsgate, a hamlet in the north-west of the parish of Barnack, where John was a cottager and market gardener, farming six acres of land. Quite likely it was the same piece of land on which the modern development called Lattimer's Paddock now stands.

John and Esther had three children together between 1832 and 1835: Mary, Charles and Betsy, although their son Charles died when just a few weeks old.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses each find the family living at Pilsgate.

John and Esther's youngest daughter, Betsy, died of scarlet fever in 1855, aged 19.

The following year, John's only survived daughter, Mary, was married to a farmer called Henry Merryshaw.

The 1861 census finds John and Esther still living at Pilsgate. They had their grandson, John Merryshaw, living with them.

Esther died on 10th March 1865, aged 68.

Six months later, John married again. His second wife was a widow called Christiana Baxter, formerly Littledyke, and they married at the independent chapel in the town of Stamford, just north-west of Pilsgate. After their marriage, they returned to Pilsgate, appearing there in both the 1871 and 1881 censuses. Christiana's granddaughter was living with them in 1871.

In the early 1880s, it would appear that Christiana left John. In January 1882, he placed an advertisement in the local newspaper, the Stamford Mercury, in which he "earnestly entreated" her to "return at once to her home". It is not clear whether she did return home. She appears to have gone to live in Boston in Lincolnshire, where her daughter lived. Christiana died in Boston in 1886. The death notice in the local newspaper described her as "widow of John Lattermore", even though he appears to have been still alive. Perhaps she had presented herself as a widow in Boston rather than explain that she was separated from her husband.

John appears to have moved away from Pilsgate after Christiana left. He went to live at the Bede House at Lyddington in Rutland, about fifteen miles west of Pilsgate. The Bede House was an almshouse, converted from a wing of a former palace of the Bishops of Lincoln. John died there on 30th December 1890, aged 81.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Church of England. Parish Church of Ufford (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1570-1977. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire County Record Office, 1994?).

   1809 Baptisms / John Son of William & Eliz[a]b[e]th Latemy was born Nov[em]b[e]r 2 baptized the 5

2. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 815; Book 3; Folio 2; Page 7, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Pilsgate, Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John Lattimore, male, 30 [1806-11], Farmer, born in county
   Etta Lattimore, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county
   Mary Lattimore, female, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Betsey Lattimore, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county

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 2094; Folio 505; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   John Lattermore, head, married, male, 45 [1805/6], Farmer of 6 acres & market gardener, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Easter Lattermore, wife, married, female, 54 [1796/7], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Betsy Lattermore, daughter, unmarried, female, 15 [1835/6], b. Pilsgate, Northamptonshire

   In both the 1851 and 1861 censuses, Pilsgate is listed as a separate parish for the purposes of the census. Vision of Britain describes Pilsgate as a hamlet within the parish of Barnack at this time. It did later become a civil parish in its own right in 1866, only to be reunited with Barnack in 1887.

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 2314; Folio 61; Page 7, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   John Lattermore, head, married, male, 52 [1808/9], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer] and occupier 6 acres of Land, b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   Esther Lattermore, wife, married, female, 62 [1798/9], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire
   John H. Merryshaw, grandson, male, 3 [1857/8], b. Barnack, Northamptonshire

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 3310; Folio 63; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   John Lattermore, head, married, male, 61 [1809/10], Market Gardener, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Christiana Lattermore, wife, married, female, 51 [1819/20], b. Stamford, Lincolnshire
   Emma Lutton, granddaughter, female, 9 [1861/2], Scholar, b. Hacconby, Lincolnshire

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 3194; Folio 55; Page 11, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Cottage Road, Pilsgate, Northamptonshire
   John Lattemore, head, married, male, 71 [1809/10], Gardener, b. Ufford, Northamptonshire
   Catherine Lattermore, wife, married, female, 61 [1819/20], b. Stamford, Lincolnshire
   John Pinner, lodger, married, male, 51 [1829/30], Gardener, b. Girtby, Bedfordshire

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

   d. John LATTERMORE, March Quarter 1891, Uppingham Registration District, Volume 7a, page 235, aged 81 [1809/10]

8. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 4, 9 Jan 1891.

   DEATHS.
   LYDDINGTON.-Dec. 30, in the Bedehouse, Mr. John Lattemore, 81.