Person:Joseph Mouttell (1)

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Joseph Mouttell
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Name Joseph Mouttell
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Apr 1817 Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Census[1] 1841 Charsfield, Suffolk, England
Marriage 12 Dec 1848 Bermondsey, Surrey, EnglandSouthwark Wesleyan Methodist
to Emma Elizabeth Seymour
Census[2] 1851 Bermondsey, Surrey, Englandbootmaker employs 5 men
Census[3] 1861 Bermondsey, Surrey, Englandbootmaker
Occupation? cordwainer, shoemaker
Death[8] 15 Oct 1886 Wakefield, Clay, Kansas, United States
Burial? Wakefield, Clay, Kansas, United StatesMadura Cemetery,
Religion? Methodist

Birth: Donald White, Caldwell, Kansas gives April.

FGS/Pedigree filled out by a Harris: immigrated March 1869/70.

Joseph Mouttell owned land in Union twp, Clay, Kansas as shown in Historical Plat Book of Clay Co., Kansas, 1881, p. 63.

"The Wakefield Colony" by Wm. J. Chapman, Kansas Publication A, vol. 10, pp. 485-532 shows Mr. Moutelle and family; from London were here in March, 1870, living and building in Wakefield. The first dwellings in town were those of Benjamin Moutelle and R. E. Cowdery on Third Avenue. J. Moutelle was advertized as a carpenter and builder on p. 499. Apparently the Moutelle farm as referred to in this source belonged to Benjamin Moutelle.

Donald White says he was a Cordwainer and a Methodist. Had a boot and shoe shop in London and he and his wife were first cousins according to Frances Morehead.

Ordinance Record of Joseph Mouttell, husband of Emma Elizabeth Seymour, birth <1825> cleared for baptism & endowment. This was from date Viola Call put into the ancestral file.

Birth, Death and Marriage Items From the "Wakefield Advertiser" 1886-1887:

Died-Joseph Mouttell departed this life after a long illness Oct. 15, aged 70 years. He was buried at Madura October, 16, Rev. F. Hoyes officiating. The deceased was born in Ipswich, England, and came to this country in 1870. He was one of the first settlers of Wakefield and built the first house. He was a member of the M. E. church, being one of the first in its organization and to the last was faithful in the discharge of duty. He was ready when the messenger came. Our loss is his gain.

who is this? Mouttell, James, Record Type:Deaths, Quarter:December, Year:1852, District:Ipswich, County:Suffolk, Volume:4a

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1841 England Census, Charsfield, Suffolk, England
    Joseph Mouttell, age 20 shoe M of age 10.
  2. 2.0 2.1 1851 England Census, St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
    Joseph Mouttell (transcribed Monttell) age 35, head, born Suffolk, England, bootmaker employs 5 men.
  3. 3.0 3.1 1861 England Census, Bermondsey, Surrey, England
    Joseph Mouttell head, marr, age 43, bootmaker, born Suffolk.
  4. 1870 Census, Republican, Clay, Kansas
    Joseph Mouttell, age 53, shoemaker, born England.
  5. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1915
    1875, 1 Mar, Republican, Clay, Kansas, Joseph Mouttell, age 58, born England.
  6. 1880 Census, Union, Clay, Kansas (Dist 34)
    Joseph Mouttell, age 64, farmer, born England, parents born England.
  7. Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1915
    1885, 1 Mar, Union, Clay, Kansas, Joseph Mouttell, age 69.
  8. Affidavit of Death for Joseph Mouttell, Clay County, Kansas
    Dated 29 Dec 1886. Died 15 Oct 1886.