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Benjamin Pollock - Family History

Samuel Pollock	= (Lambeth Q3 1847) (4 275)	Louisa Diana Bradley
	Mary A Pollock
	Samuel Pollock
	Frederick W Pollock
	George A Pollock
	Selina Pollock
	Susan Pollock
	Benjamin Pollock	=	Eliza Redington
		Eliza Louisa Pollock
		Mary Ann Pollock	= Edward Carter
		Selina Pollock
		Samuel Pollock
		Benjamin Pollock	= Florence Whitehead
		Susan Pollock
		William Pollock
		Walter Pollock	= Dorothy West

Benjamin Pollock was born in about 1857 in Holborn, Middlesex (record not found) the son of Samuel Pollock and his wife Louisa (nee Bradley). His parents were married ten years earlier in the Lambeth District in the September quarter of 1847 (Ref 4 275).

Marriage solemnized at St John’s Church in the Parish of ST John’s Waterloo in the County of Surrey
Date	Names	Age	Condition	Occupation	Abode	Father	Father’s Occupation
25^th Sep	Samuel Pollock	Full Age	Bachelor	Furrier	York Road	Benjamin Pollock	Mathematical Instrument Maker
1847	Louisa Diana Bradley	Full Age	Spinster		York Road	Thomas Bradley	Surgeon

On the 1861 Census he appears at 21 Ratcliffe Row, St Lukes.

Census Extract 1861

RG9-204 Folio 117

21 Ratclifee Row, St Lukes, Finsbury, London

Name	Relation to Head of Household	Age	Occupation	Where Born
Samuel Pollock	Head	32	Furrier	Stepney, Middlesex
Louisa D Pollock	Wife	35		Peterborough
Mary A Pollock	Daughter	8		Clerkenwell
Sam’l Pollock	Son	6		Clerkenwell
Fred’ck Pollock	Son	4		St Andrews, Holborn
Benjamin Pollock	Son	3		St Andrews, Holborn
George A Pollock	Son	9m		St Lukes, Middlesex

On the 1871 Census he appears at 243 Kingsland Road. His brothers Frederick & George don’t appear. Death records show that it is likely they died in the interval, infant mortality being relatively high during this period.

Death records show a George Alfred Pollock – St Lukes MarQ 1862 (Ref 1b 450) and a Frederick William Pollock – St Lukes DecQ 1862 (Ref 1b 452).

Census Extract 1871

RG10-462 Folio ??- Page 50 – Schedule 269

243 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London

Name	Relation to Head of Household	Age	Occupation	Where Born
Samuel Pollock	Head	42	Farrier	Middlesex, Stepney
Louisa Pollock	Wife	45		?
Mary A Pollock	Daughter	19		Middlesex, Clerkenwell
Samuel Pollock	Son	18		Middlesex, Clerkenwell
Benjamin Pollock	Son	14	Scholar	Middlesex, Holborn
Slina (sic) Pollock	Daughter	5	Scholar	Middlesex, Islington
Susan Pollock	Daughter	3		Middlesex, Edmonton

In the June Quarter of 1877 Benjamin Pollock married Eliza Redington (June Quarter 1877 – Hackney 1b 629)

Marriage solemnized at St Michael & All Angels in the Parish of South Hackney in the County of Middlesex
Date	Names	Age	Condition	Occupation	Abode	Father	Father’s Occupation
28^th May	Benjamin Pollock	20	Bachelor	Furrier	64 Albion Road	Samuel Pollock	Furrier
1877	Eliza Redington	23	Spinster		73 High St, Hoxton	John Redington	Printer (deceased)

Census Extract 1881

RG11-0394 – Folio 72 – Page 19

73 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, London

Name	Relation to Head of Household	Age	Occupation	Where Born
Benjamin Pollock	Head	24	Publisher of Juvenile Prints	Holborn, Middlesex
Eliza Pollock	Wife	26		Shoreditch, Middlesex
Eliza L Pollock	Daughter	3		Shoreditch, Middlesex
Mary A Pollock	Daughter	1		Shoreditch, Middlesex
Selina Pollock	Daughetr	3m		Shoreditch, Middlesex
Susan Pollock	Sister	13		Edmonton, Middlesex

Census Extract 1891

RG12-0248 – Folio ?? – Page 8

73 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, London

Name	Relation to Head of Household	Age	Occupation	Where Born
Benjamin Pollock	Head	34	Juvenile Historical Print Publisher	Holborn, Middlesex
Eliza Pollock	Wife	37		Hoxton, Middlesex
Eliza Louise Pollock	Daughter	13	Scholar	Hoxton, Middlesex
Mary Ann Pollock	Daughter	11	Scholar	Hoxton, Middlesex
Selina Pollock	Daughetr	10	Scholar	Hoxton, Middlesex
Benjamin Pollock	Son	6	Scholar	Hoxton, Middlesex
Samuel Pollock	Son	4		Hoxton, Middlesex
Susan Pollock	Daughter	2		Hoxton, Middlesex

Benjamin Pollock appears as a widower on the 1901 Census.

There was a son Walter aged 6, therefore Eliza must have died between 1895 and 1901.

Death Records show Eliza Pollock (aged 42) died in the Shoreditch District in MarQ 1896 (Ref 1c 68).

Census Extract 1901

RG13-0274 – Folio 50 – Page 11

73 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, London

Name	Relation to Head of Household	Age	Occupation	Where Born
Benjamin Pollock	Head	44	Juvenile Print Publisher	London, Holborn
Benjamin Pollock	Son	16	???	London, Hoxton
Samuel Pollock	Son	14	???	London, Hoxton
William Pollock	Son	8		London, Hoxton
Walter Pollock	Son	6		London, Hoxton
Eliza L Pollock	Daughter	23	Dressmaker	London, Hoxton
Mary A Pollock	Daughter	21		London, Hoxton
Selina Pollock	Daughter	20		London, Hoxton
Susan Pollock	Daughter	12		London, Hoxton

Benjamin Pollock died August 1937.