Person:Richard Singleton (17)

Richard Singleton was born on 8th March 1859 at Allington in Lincolnshire, son of Eliza Worth Singleton, formerly Bonser, and her husband Robert Singleton, a coachman and groom. Richard was the seventh of eleven children. The family stayed at Allington until late 1871 or early 1872, when they moved to Aston on Trent in Derbyshire. Whilst living there, Richard's mother Eliza died, aged 42. Richard was 13 when his mother died.

Richard's next sighting is on 14th April 1884, aged 25, when he married Mary Ann Garrett at Reigate in Surrey. For reasons which are not clear he gave his name as George when they married, yet in all other records appears as Richard. They went on to have one daughter, Mary Edith, the following year, who was born in the Dulwich / Tulse Hill area of the southern suburbs of London.

The 1891 census finds the family living in Dulwich, with Richard working as a coachman and groom.

By 1901 the family was living at 44 Tamworth Road in Croydon, a shop on the west side of the town centre, where Richard worked as a general grocery dealer. Richard's father died later in 1901 at Bainton in Northamptonshire.

Richard and Mary and their daughter were still living at 44 Tamworth Road in Croydon in 1911, when Mary was described as the shopkeeper, their daughter was assisting the business, and Richard was working as a coachman for the livery stables of a cab proprietor.

At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Richard and Mary were living at 2 Windborough Road in Carshalton, a relatively recently built semi-detached house. They were living there with their daughter and her husband (who do not appear to have had any children). Both Richard and Mary were described as incapacitated.

Mary died in 1940, aged 82. Richard survived her by nearly nine years. He died on 4th July 1949 at Carshalton, aged 90. He was buried at London's South Metropolitan Cemetery was West Norwood.

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

   b. Richard SINGLETON, March Quarter 1859, Newark Registration District, Volume 7b, page 310, mother's maiden name Bouser

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 13; Page 17, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: West Allington, Lincolnshire
   Robert Singleton, head, married, male, 51 [1819/20], Coachman (Domestic), b. Foston, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Singleton, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], Coachmans wife, b. East Stoke, Nottinghamshire
   William Singleton, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Farm Servant, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Richard Singleton, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Ann Singleton, daughter, female, 8 [1862/3], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Frederick Singleton, son, male, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Allington, Lincolnshire

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 461; Folio 17; Page 31, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Tenwood Stables, Sydenham Hill, Dulwich, Camberwell, London
   1 room occupied
   Richard Singleton, head, married, male, 32 [1858/9], Coachman groom, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Singleton, wife, married, female, 34 [1856/7], b. Bonington, Sussex
   Edith Singleton, daughter, female, single, 5 [1885/6], b. Dulwich, Surrey

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 639; Folio 7; Page 6, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 44 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey
   5 or more rooms occupied
   Richard Singleton, head, married, male, 42 [1858/9], General Grocery Dealer, own account, working at home, b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ann Singleton, wife, married, female, 43 [1857/8], b. Boney, Sussex
   Mary E. Singleton, daughter, female, 15 [1885/6], Board School Teacher, worker, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey

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 3300; Schedule 169, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 44 Tamworth Road, Croydon, Surrey [described as a shop in enumerator's schedule]
   4 rooms occupied
   Richard Singleton, head, male, 52 [1858/9], married, Coachman (Livery Stables) - Cab Proprietor, worker, b. Derbyshire
   Mary Singleton, wife, female, 53 [1857/8], married 26 years, 1 child born alive, 1 child still living, General Shopkeeper, own account, working at home, b. Boney, Sussex
   Edith Singleton, daughter, female, 25 [1885/6], single, Assisting in business, b. Tulse Hill, Surrey
   Cecil Garrett, nephew, male, 14 [1896/7], School, b. West Norwood, Surrey

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 General Register Office. 1939 Register
   Carshalton Urban District, 29 Sep 1939.

   Address: 2 Windborough Road, Carshalton, Surrey
   Harris, John / male / 26 Jun 1874 / married / Grocer - Retired
   Harris, Mary E. / female / 13 Oct 1885 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
   Singleton, Richard / male / 8 Mar 1859 / married / Incapacitated
   Singleton, Mary A. / female / 6 Nov 1857 / married / Incapacitated

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

   d. Richard SINGLETON, September Quarter 1949, Surrey North East Registration District, Volume 5g, page 369, aged 90 [1858/9]

9. ↑ West Norwood Cemetery Registers, in Deceased Online - The central database for UK burials and cremations.

   BURIALS in the Year 1949 in the SOUTH METROPOLITAN CEMETERY, established under Stat. 6 & 7 William IV., c. 129.
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   A80090	Richard Singleton	2 Windborough Road Carshalton	1949 July 8	90 y[ea]rs	G.E. Hubbard

10. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

    1949
    SINGLETON Richard of 2 Windborough-road Carshalton Surrey died 4 July 1949 Administration London 8 September to Mary Edith Harris widow. Effects £182 19s. 8d.