Person:William Mitchell (154)

William Mitchell was born around 1794 at Alcester in Warwickshire, son of a gardener called Thomas Mitchell and his wife Elizabeth. William was not baptised until he was about four years old, being baptised at Alcester alongside two sisters, Jane and Alice.

William’s next sighting is on 21st February 1819, when he married Mary Ann Piggot in the county town of Warwick, about fifteen miles east of Alcester.

William and Mary went on to have seven children together between 1821 and 1839, all born in Warwick. William was described as a brick maker on some of their children’s baptism records and a labourer on others. Their eldest child died in 1826 when he was only four or five years old, whilst staying with Mary’s sister Elizabeth, who had moved to Birmingham. William and Mary’s second child died when she was only four years old in 1828. William and Mary’s other five children all lived to adulthood.

The addresses given for the family suggest they moved around within Warwick frequently, being listed at Friar’s Lane in 1821, Smith Street in 1824, St John’s Place in 1827, Cotton End in 1828 and 1829, Smith Street again in 1832, Market Street in 1834 and Bowling Green Street in 1839.

Back in Alcester, William’s mother died in 1827, and his father died in 1832 (when he was said to be a remarkable 95 years old).

The 1841 census finds William, Mary and some of their children living at Satchell Court on Bowling Green Street in Warwick. By 1851 they had moved to Pigwell Lane, and William was working as a maltster. The 1861 census still described William as a maltster, and lists the family on Saltisford, the main road out of Warwick to the north-west.

In 1862, William’s daughter Emma was admitted to the Warwick County Asylum. She spent six months there until her death in January 1863, aged about 31.

Mary died in 1869, aged about 74. William survived her by five years. He appears in the 1871 census living with his son Thomas and his family on Saltisford. William died on 26th December 1874, aged about eighty.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish registers of Alcester, 1560-1959. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   Baptized 1798 / December 26: Jane D[aughter] & William Son & Alice D[aughter] of Thomas & Eliz[abet]h Mitchell

   Whilst no named connection has been found, this baptism has been linked to the William who married Mary Piggot on the basis that it is in the parish he consistently gave as his birthplace and around the right time. No evidence has been found to suggest that the William baptised in 1798 died young or married anyone else.

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 1155; Book 2; Folio 34; Page 19, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Satchell Court, Bowling Green Street, Warwick, Warwickshire
   William Mitchell, male, 50 [1786-91], Labourer, born in county
   Mary Mitchell, female, 45 [1791-6], born in county
   Samuel Mitchell, male, 15 [1821-6], born in county
   John Mitchell, male, 12 [1828/9], born in county
   Emma Mitchell, female, 10 [1830/1], born in county
   Thomas Mitchell, male, 8 [1832/3], born in county
   Richard Mitchell, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 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 2073; Folio 298; Page 39, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Pigwell Lane, Warwick, Warwickshire
   William Mitchel, head, married, male, 57 [1793/4], Maltster, b. Alcester, Warwickshire
   Mary Mitchel, wife, married, female, 50 [1800/1], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchel, son, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Maltster, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Emma Mitchel, daughter, unmarried, female, 18 [1832/3], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   John Mitchel, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1829/30], Farm Labourer, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchel, son, unmarried, male, 16 [1834/5], Farm Labourer, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Richard Mitchel, son, unmarried, male, 12 [1838/9], Farm Labourer, b. Warwick, Warwickshire

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 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 2225; Folio 71; Page 24, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   William Mitchell, head, married, male, 68 [1792/3], Maltster, b. Alcester, Warwickshire
   Mary Mitchell, wife, married, female, 60 [1800/1], b. Warwick St Mary
   John Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 30 [1830/1], Farm Labourer, b. Warwick St Mary
   Emma Mitchell, daughter, unmarried, female, 29 [1831/2], General Servant, b. Warwick St Mary
   Richard Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1838/9], Farm Labourer, b. Warwick St Mary

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 3199; Folio 69; Page 18, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 74 Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchel, head, married, male, 39 [1831/2], Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriet Mitchel, wife, married, female, 41 [1829/30], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Mary A. Mitchel, daughter, female, 14 [1856/7], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Emma Mitchel, daughter, female, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchel, son, male, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Elizabeth Mitchel, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   William Mitchel, father, widower, male, 74 [1796/7], Labourer, b. Alcester, Warwickshire

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

   d. William MITCHELL, December Quarter 1874, Warwick Registration District, Volume 6d, page 420, aged 80 [1793/4]

7. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish registers of St Mary, Warwick, 1538-1928. (Warwick: Warwickshire County Record Office).

   BURIALS in the Parish of St Mary Warwick in the County of Warwick, in the Year 1874
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   1490	William Mitchell	Saltisford	Dec[embe]r 30th	80	Edward Norman

8. ↑ Warwick, Warwickshire, England. Burial slips from Warwick Cemetery, 1859-1968.

   BURIAL BOARD for the Parish of ST. MARY, WARWICK, in the County of WARWICK
   [summary of information:]
   Name: William Mitchell
   Description: Labourer
   Age: 80 years [1793/4]
   Date of death: Saturday 26th Dec[embe]r [18]74
   Parish in which the death occurred: St Nicholas
   To be buried: Wednesday 30 Dec[embe]r [18]74, 3 o’clock
   Minister: Rev. C.D. Newman