Person:William Mitchell (152)

William Thomas Mitchell was baptised on 12th September 1853 at St Mary's Church in Warwick. He was the son of a laundress named Mary Ann (known as Ann) Mitchell, formerly King, and her husband Samuel Mitchell, a brewery maltster. William was the couple's second child, although their first daughter had died as a baby before William was born. In each census from 1861 to 1881 he appears living with his parents and siblings on Saltisford in Warwick, the main street leading out of town to the north-west. In both the 1861 and 1871 censuses he is listed as Thomas, suggesting he was known by his middle name. His father died in 1883.

William appears in the 1891 census working as a porter and still living with his mother, now at Whiles or Whites or Walls Court, off Parkes Street. In 1894, aged 41, he married a house maid named Annie Haley, who was 34. They had a daughter and two sons together between 1896 and 1900. William's mother died in 1896.

The 1901 and 1911 censuses both find William and Annie and their children at Walls Court or Terrace.

William died in 1931, aged 78. Annie survived him by just over four years.

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

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Warwick in the County of Warwick in the Year 1853
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   83	1853 September 12	William Thomas S[on] of	Samuel & Ann	Mitchell	Saltsford	Maltster	H.H. Miles

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 2225; Folio 84; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 38 [1822/3], Labourer at Brewery, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Anne Mitchell, wife, married, female, 34 [1826/7], b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchell, son, male, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Fanny Mitchell, daughter, female, 4 [1856/7], b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   John Mitchell, son, male, 1 [1859/60], b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Sarah Bromage, mother in law, widow, female, 50 [1810/11], Washerwoman, b. St Mary, Warwickshire
   Charles Bromage, nephew, male, 3 [1857/8], b. St Mary, Warwickshire

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 3199; Folio 79; Page 4, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 4 Saltisford Buildings, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 42 [1828/9], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Ann Mitchell, wife, married, female, 43 [1827/8], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Mitchell, son, male, 15 [1855/6], Ag Lab, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Fanny Mitchell, daughter, female, 13 [1857/8], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   John Mitchell, son, male, 10 [1860/1], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Emma Mitchell, daughter, female, 7 [1863/4], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Harriet Mitchell, daughter, female, 4 [1866/7], Scholar, b. Warwick, Warwickshire

4. ↑ 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 3088; Folio 84; Page 19, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 42 Saltisford, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Samuel Mitchell, head, married, male, 52 [1828/9], General Labourer, b. Warwick
   Mary Ann Mitchell, wife, married, female, 53 [1827/8], Laundress, b. Warwick
   William T. Mitchell, son, unmarried, male, 25 [1855/6], Man Servant Dom, b. Warwick
   Emma Mitchell, daughter, unmarried, female, 17 [1863/4], Laundry Maid, b. Warwick

5. ↑ 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 2468; Folio 88; Page 19, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 1 Whiles Court, Parkes Street, Warwick, Warwickshire
   3 rooms occupied
   Ann Mitchell, head, widow, 64 [1826/7], female, Laundress, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Wm. S Mitchell, son, single, 35 [1855/6], male, Chemists porter, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Alfred Goodman, boarder, married, 48 [1842/3], male, General labourer, b. Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
   Fanny Goodman, boarder, married, 27 [1863/4], female, Laundress, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   George Wassell, grandson, 2 [1888/9], male, b. Birmingham, Warwickshire

6. ↑ 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 2928; Folio 61; Page 28, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 1 Walls Court, Parkes Street, Warwick, Warwickshire
   4 rooms occupied
   William Thomas Mitchell, head, married, 46 [1854/5], Furniture dealers porter, worker, b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Annie Mitchell, wife, married, female, 45 [1855/6], b. Marylebone, London
   Edith Mitchell, daughter, female, 4 [1896/7], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Charles Henry Mitchell, son, male, 3 [1897/8], b. Warwick, Warwickshire
   Thomas George Mitchell, son, male, 4 mo [1900], b. Warwick, Warwickshire

7. ↑ 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 18710; Schedule 198, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 1 Walls Terrace, Parkes Street, Warwick, Warwickshire
   Four rooms occupied
   William Thomas Mitchell, head, male, 55 [1855/6], married, Grocer's Porter Out of Work, b. Warwick
   Annie Mitchell, wife, female, 50 [1860/1], married 16 years, 3 children born alive, 3 children still living, b. London
   Edith Mitchell, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], single, Nurse Maid (Domestic), worker, b. Warwick
   Charles Henry Mitchell, son, male, 13 [1897/8], single, Errand Boy, worker, b. Warwick
   George Thomas Mitchell, son, male, 10 [1900/1], single, School, b. Warwick

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

   d. William T. MITCHELL, December Quarter 1931, Warwick Registration District, Vol. 6d, page 800, aged 78 [1852/3]