Person:Justus Timothy (1)

Justus Theophilus Timothy was born on 23rd February 1848 and baptised the following month in the parish of St Giles without Cripplegate in the City of London. He was the son of Jane Timothy, formerly Cassanet, and her husband David Timothy, a feather and bedding merchant. The family lived on the street called Barbican. Justus was his parents' youngest child, having seven surviving older siblings, the eldest of whom was over 24 years his senior. The 1851 census finds Justus living with his parents, siblings, and a servant at 1 Redcross Street, on the corner with Barbican.

By 1861 the family had moved out to Peckham in the parish of Camberwell, to the south of London. The 1861 census finds Justus living with his parents, a brother, and a servant at 5 York Grove in Peckham. Justus's mother died in Peckham in 1863.

Justus was educated at King's College School, and in 1866 he was admitted to King's College itself. He did not complete his degree at that university; the following year he transferred to Cambridge University, being admitted to Corpus Christi College in October 1867.

Back in London, Justus's father died in 1868.

Justus completed his degree at Cambridge in 1871. The census taken in April of that year finds Justus lodging with a clergyman and his family in the small village of Chignall Smealy in Essex. A couple of months later, in June 1871, Justus was ordained a deacon and appointed to the post of curate to the parish of St Peter, in Colchester, Essex. He served there for about three years.

Justus appears to have decided fairly soon after his appointment to Colchester that a permanent career as a clergyman was not for him. He had correspondence in 1872 with the church authorities about relinquishing his Holy Orders. The following year he was elected a member of the College of Preceptors, by which time he was attached to the London Institution, a college based at Finsbury Circus.

The 1881 census finds Justus at Bloomsbury Chambers on Dyott Street in the Bloomsbury area of London, described as a private tutor.

By 1891 Justus was living at a small private school run by a Charles Wood and later by Charles's wife Catherine (Kate). In 1891 they were based at 11 Richmond Terrace in Lambeth, before moving just around the corner to 338 Clapham Road, where Justus appears living at the school in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses. The school was named in the 1911 census as Lawn House School.

Justus died in the south-western suburbs of London in 1919, aged 71.

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

   b. Justus Theophilus or Theophilas TIMOTHY, September Quarter 1848, East London Registration District, Volume 2, page 217, mother's maiden name Cassanet

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Church of England. St. Giles Cripplegate Church (London). Parish registers of St. Giles Cripplegate Church (London), 1559-1936. (London: London Metropolitan Archives).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of ST. GILES, WITHOUT CRIPPLEGATE, in the CITY OF LONDON, in the Year One Thousand, Eight Hundred, and 48
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   915	March 22 B[orn] 23 Feb 1848	Justus Theophilus	David & Jane	Timothy	Barbican	Feather Merchant	H.B. Foster

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 1525; Folio 344; Page 32, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 1 Redcross Street; Parish: St Giles without Cripplegate; City: London
   David Timothy, head, married, male, 49 [1801/2], Bedding Warehouseman, b. St George East, Middlesex
   Mary Timothy, widow [sic], widow, female, 78 [1772/3], supported by son, b. Wales
   Jane Timothy, wife, married, female, 48 [1802/3], b. Bethnal Green, Middlesex
   Peter V. Timothy, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1831/2], Medical Student St Barth[olomew']s Hospital, b. Cripplegate, London
   Jane Timothy, daughter, unmarried, female, 9 [1841/2], Scholar at Home, b. [blank]
   Justice T. Timothy, son, unmarried, male, 3 [1847/8], Son of a Bedding Warehouseman, b. Cripplegate, London
   Isabella Spaul, servant, unmarried, female, 21 [1829/30], Serv[ant], b. Southwold, Suffolk

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 384; Folio 27; Page 9, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 5 York Grove, Peckham, Camberwell, Surrey
   David Timothy, head, married, male, 59 [1801/2], Retired Feather Merchant, b. St George in the East, Middlesex
   Jane Timothy, wife, married, female, 58 [1802/3], b. Bethnal Green, Middlesex
   Felix Festus Timothy, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1843/4], Clerk to a Corn Broker, b. St Giles Cripplegate
   Justus Thioplus [sic] Timothy, son, male, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. St Giles Cripplegate
   Martha Baker, servant, unmarried, female, Domestic Servant, b. Dover, Kent

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 1663; Folio 105; Page 15, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: The Rectory, Chignal Smealy, Essex
   William Gibbens, head, married, male, 50 [1820/1], Rector of Chignal Smealy, b. Taunton, Somerset
   Elizabeth Gibbens, wife, married, female, 40 [1830/1], Rector Wife, b. Warnham, Sussex
   Elizabeth B.P.C. Gibbens, daughter, female, 9 [1861/2], b. Brinstowe, Devon
   William R. Gibbens, son, male, 6 [1864/5], b. Chelmsford, Essex
   Ada J.C. Gibbens, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], b. Chelmsford, Essex
   Justus T. Timothy, lodger, unmarried, male, 23 [1847/8], Gentleman & Bachelor of Arts, b. London
   Lucy Johnson, servant, unmarried, female, 19 [1851/2], Domestic Servant, b. Chignal St James, Essex

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 321; Folio 125; Page 18, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Bloomsbury Chambers, Dyott Street, St George Bloomsbury, Middlesex
   [many lodgers, including:]
   Justus Timoth [sic], lodger, unmarried, male, 33 [1847/8], Tutor (Private), b. London, Middlesex

7. ↑ 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 399; Folio 67; Page 20, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 11 Richmond Terrace, Lambeth, London
   James F. Richardson, stepson, single, male, 20 [1870/1], Electrician, employed, b. London
   Charles A.A. Wood, head, married, male, 40 [1850/1], Army tutor School, employed, b. Levenshulme, Lancashire
   Catherine Wood, wife, married, female, 42 [1848/9], b. London
   Samuel J. Davidson, boarder, single, male, 50 [1840/1], Retired librarian, b. Belfast
   Henry S. Summers, boarder, single, male, 24 [1866/7], Tailor, worker, b. London
   William H. Gardner, boarder, single, male, 31 [1859/60], Clerk, employed, b. Shirwell, Devon
   Justus T. Timothy, boarder, male, 43 [1847/8], Clergy Clerk in holy orders, b. London
   Franz Walther, boarder, single, male, 20 [1870/1], Wool merchant Woolstapler, employed, b. Germany
   Wilhelm Kogerup[?], boarder, single, male, 25 [1865/6], Clerk, employed, b. Germany
   Carl L. Langenbacker[?], boarder, single, male, 24 [1866/7], Clerk, employer, b. Germany
   Jane Pitt, servant, single, female, 41 [1849/50], Dom[estic], employed, b. Poplar, London

8. ↑ 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 417; Folio 110; Page 48, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 338 Clapham Road, Lambeth, London
   Cha[rle]s A. Wood, head, married, male, 49 [1851/2], School Proprietor, employer, working at home, b. Levenshulme, Lancashire
   Thulia H. Kennion, friend, single, female, 76 [1824/5], Living on own means, b. Bow, Middlesex
   Edward T. Cretchley, assistant, single, male, 22 [1878/9], Resident School Ass[istan]t Master, worker, b. Strood, Kent
   Justus T. Timothy, friend, single, male, 53 [1847/8], Living on own means, b. London
   Sam[ue]l J. Davidson, friend, single, male, 60 [1840/1], Living on own means, b. Belfast, Ireland
   Horace K. Banks, assistant, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Resident School Ass[istan]t Master, worker, b. Plymouth, Devon
   Fred. P. Taylor, pupil, single, male, 11 [1889/90], b. Peckham, London
   Arthur J. Taylor, pupil, single, male, 7 [1893/4], b. Lambeth, London
   Rob. Chaussaignes, pupil, single, male, 13 [1887/8], b. Marseille, France
   Reg Brightwell, pupil, single, male, 12 [1888/9], b. Tooting, London
   Eliza E. Hodson, cook, widow, female, 60 [1840/1], Cook - Domestic, b. Camberwell, London
   May Hadley, housemaid, single, female, 18 [1882/3], Housemaid Domestic, b. New York, America

9. ↑ 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 2015; Schedule 227, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Lawn House School, 338 Clapham Road, Lambeth, London
   11 rooms occupied
   Robert Kenny, boarder, male, 13 [1897/8], Scholar, b. America
   Stanley Legardere, boarder, male, 11 [1899/1900], Scholar, b. Brighton
   John Vickerman, Jewison, schoolmaster, male, 30 [1880/1], single, b. Schoolmaster, b. Withington, Manchester
   Justus Timothy, clergyman, male, 63 [1847/8], single, b. London
   Kate Wood, head, female, 63 [1847/8], widow, married 26 years, 3 children born to marriage, all 3 died, Principal of school, b. London
   J.A.W. Hepburn, boarder, male, 26 [1884/5], single, Pharmacist, b. London
   Hugh Lewis Price, boarder, male, 22 [1888/9], Engineer & Draughtsman - Designers of Settlworks Machinery, b. Cape Colony - Resident
   John Cole, boarder, male, 19 [1891/2], single, Assistant schoolmaster, b. Raithby, Spilsby
   Florence Emily Bradley, housemaid, female, 27 [1883/4], single, Domestic, b. Peckham
   Helen Blunt, domestic, female, 35 [1875/6], single, Domestic, b. Minster, Thanet, Kent
   Gertrude M.A. Kelsey, boarder, female, 21 [1889/90], married 1 year, b. not known
   Frederick Grant Thomson, boarder, male, 24 [1886/7], single, Draughtsman - Designer of Steelworks Machinery, b. Aberdeen
   James Stanley Cobb, boarder, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Bank Clerk, b. London

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

    d. Justice Theophilus TIMOTHY, March Quarter 1919, Wandsworth Registration District, Volume 1d, page 898, aged 71 [1847/8]

11.   London Evening Standard, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 6, 29 Jul 1865.

    KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL.
    The usual recitations and distribution of prizes took place yesterday, at King's College, Strand...
    UPPER FOURTH CLASS... Lent, 1865... Justus Theoph. Timothy

12.   Cambridge Independent Press, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 8, 17 Jun 1871.

    ORDINATION.
    ON Trinity Sunday the following members of this University were ordained, in addition to those already published:-
    BY THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.
    Deacons... Justus Theophilus Timothy, B.A., Corpus
    Licensed to Curacies... J.T. Timothy, to St. Peter's, Colchester

13.   University of London Student Records, 1836-1945 (Ancestry.com).

    Timothy, Justus Theophilus. - Matr. June 1866, King's.

14.   Alumni Cantabrigienses (J.A. Venn, 1954).

    TIMOTHY, JUSTUS THEOPHILUS. Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Oct. 1 1867, Of London. matric. Michs. 1867; B.A. 1871. Ord. deacon (Rochester) 1871; C. of St. Peter's, Colchester, Essex, 1871-4. Disappears from Crockford, 1902.

15.   Discovery Catalogue (The National Archives).

    Correspondence and papers on the relinquishment of Holy Orders under the Clerical Disabilities Act, 1870
    Reference: Tait 183 ff. 346-8
    Description: TIMOTHY (Justus Theophilus), Curate of St. Peter, Colchester, Essex - Correspondece on his relinquishment of Holy Orders
    Date: 1872

16.   Morning Post, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 2, 23 June 1873.

    COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS. - A meeting of the council of this corporation was held on Saturday last... and the following persons were elected members of the college... Mr. J.T. Timothy, B.A., London Institution, Finsbury-circus.