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Elizabeth Redington |
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John Redington |
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John Redington was
born 9th November 1819 in Hackney and was baptised at St Matthew,
Bethnal Green on 15th May 1820 (IGI-C046981)– the son of John Redington
and his wife Mary Ann.
With records
before 1837 you can never quite sure you have the correct entry in the records,
as cross referencing cannot be achieved easily. The most likely fit for John
Redingon’s parents are John Redington and Mary Ann Hicks. They were married on
21st January 1819 at Christ Church, Spitalfields, Middlesex.
Census Extract 1841
HO107-1055-2 Folio 28 - Page 12
Name |
Age
|
Occupation |
Born in County |
Jno Reddington |
45 |
Journeyman Printer |
No |
Mary Reddington |
43 |
|
No |
Jno Reddington |
20 |
Apprentice |
No |
Thos Reddington |
20 |
Breadmaker |
No |
Jas Reddington |
15 |
Shopman |
No |
Wm Reddington |
11 |
|
No |
Eliza’h Reddington |
4 |
|
Yes |
Jno was often used
as a shortened version of John at this time. Also note that Reddington was
spelt with two d’s, again misspelt names were not uncommon..
John Redington was
described as an “Apprentice”. Unfortunately we don’t know in what trade he was
an apprentice or to whom. The location was close to Lambeth Square, where JK
Green had his workshop. It is quite conceivable that John Redington was
apprenticed to JK Green and if not, then he would have almost certainly come
into contact with him and his toy theatre sheets during the 1830’s. Perhaps
this is why he entered the business in the first place.
Just over a year
and half later John Redington married Eliza Dewey, daughter of shoemaker George
Dewey, on 30th October 1842 at the parish church of St George the
Martyr, Southwark in the County of Surrey. According to the marriage
certificate, John was a 22-year-old “Printer”. His father John was also
described as being a “Printer”.
Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St George the Martyr, Southward in the County of Surrey |
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Date |
Names |
Age |
Condition |
Occupation |
Abode |
Father |
Father’s Occupation |
30th Oct |
John Redington |
22 |
Bachelor |
Printer |
Cole Street |
John Redington |
Printer |
1842 |
Eliza Dewey |
Minor |
Spinster |
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Cole Street |
George Dewey |
Shoemaker |
In the March
quarter of 1848 John Redington senior died. His widow was found on the 1851
census living with her unmarried sister-in-law Mary Redington at No.8 Cleaver
Street.
John Redington and
his wife Eliza had several children, but only one had survived by the time of
the 1851 Census.
The first child to
be born was the survivor John Redington (junior). Followed by Elizabeth, James
and a stillborn child, who was not named, Unfortunately these three all succumb
to illnesses of the time and only went to substantiate the high infant
mortality rate of the early Victorian period.
To lose three of
the their first children at such young ages must have been devastating to young
married couple.
Parish Record (Page 69 Entry No.546) |
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Type |
Church |
Name |
Address |
Date |
Father Trade |
Baptism |
St John the Baptist, Hoxton |
John Redington, son of John & Eliza Redington |
Deverell St |
22nd Sep 1844 (Born 29th Aug 1844) |
Printer |
Parish Record |
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Type |
Church |
Name |
Address |
Date |
Age |
Burial |
Baptist Church Hoxton |
Elizabeth Redington |
Hoxton Town |
23rd Nov 1848 |
21m |
Parish Record |
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Type |
Church |
Name |
Address |
Date |
Father Trade |
Baptism |
St John the Baptist, Hoxton |
James Redington, son of John & Eliza Redington |
Hoxton Town |
25th Feb 1849 (Born 22nd Jan 1849) |
Printer |
Parish Record |
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Type |
Church |
Name |
Address |
Date |
Age |
Burial |
Baptist Church Hoxton |
James Redington |
? |
8th July 1849 |
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Parish Record |
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Type |
Church |
Name |
Address |
Date |
Age |
Burial |
Baptist Church Hoxton |
Stillborn of Mrs Reddington |
208 Hoxton Town |
29th Dec 1850 |
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On the 1851 Census
John Redington appears at 208 Hoxton Old Town, which was just a stones throw
away from the Britannia Theatre, or the “Old Brit” as it was commonly known.
Census Extract 1851
HO107-1536 - Folio 93 - Page 9 - Schedule 34
Name |
R to Head
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Age
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Occupation |
Place of Birth |
John Redington |
Head |
31 |
Printer, Compositor, Tobacconist & Stationer |
Middlesex, Bethnal Green |
Eliza Redington |
Wife |
26 |
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Surrey, Croydon |
John Redington |
Son |
6 |
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Surrey, Newington |
Census Extract 1861
RG9-240 - Folio 67 - Page 19 - Schedule 114
Name |
R to Head
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Age
|
Occupation |
Place of Birth |
John Redington |
Head |
41 |
Compositor |
Bethnal Green |
Eliza Redington |
Wife |
37 |
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Croydon, Surrey |
John Redington |
Son |
16 |
(undecipherable) |
Lambeth, Surrey |
Eliza Redington |
Dau |
7 |
Scholar |
Hoxton |
William Redington |
Son |
1 |
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Hoxton |
John Redington (the
younger) had flown the nest and married by the 1871 Census.
Census Extract 1871
RG10-453 Folio 73 – Page 21 – Schedule 114
Name |
R to Head
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Age
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Occupation |
Place of Birth |
John Redington |
Head |
51 |
Printer Compositor |
Middlesex, Hackney |
Eliza Redington |
Wife |
48 |
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Croydon, Surrey |
Eliza Redington |
Dau |
18 |
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Middlesex, Hoxton |
William Redington |
Son |
10 |
Scholar |
Middlesex, Hoxton |
Census Extract 1881
RG11-0412 – Folio 27 – Page 49
Name |
R to Head
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Age
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Occupation |
Place of Birth |
Eliza Redington |
Head |
57 |
Stationer Line |
Croyden |
William Redington |
Son |
21 |
Printer & Compositor |
Hoxton, Middlesex |
No sign has been found for Eliza on the 1891, therefore it is believe she died in the intervening period
(Most likely - Eliza
Redington (Aged 58 - Mar Quarter 1882 Bethnal Green 1c 173))