TOMKINS

Links to Tomkins surname history: House of names: Brief description of Tomkins surname Distribution of surname Tomkins in 1881

Starting with my great-grandmother and working backwards:

ADA ELIZA TOMKINS b. 04/08/1884 Woolwich, Kent, England m. George Frederick Cooper 07/08/1910 Woolwich Register Office, Kent, England   d. Apr–Jun 1935 Woolwich, Kent, England

Children: 6
incl George F. b. Apr-Jun 1911 | Ivy Florence b. 17/12/1912
Gladys Eileen m. Victor William Cooper (cousin) Had two children
Dorothy M b. Apr-Jun 1914 | John A b. Jan-Mar 1920 all Woolwich

Employment:
1901: General Servant | 1910: General Servant

Addresses:
1884: 22 Earl Street, Plumstead, Kent, England
1891: 63 Hudson Road, Plumstead, Kent, England
1901: 16 Armstrong Place, Woolwich, England
1910: Glencroft, Liskeard Gardens, Kidbrook Grove, Blackheath, England
1911: 34 Tewson Road, Plumstead
1913: 34 Tewson Road, Plumstead, England
1925: 32 Tewson Road, Plumstead, England

FRANK GRAVENER TOMKINS
b. 1857 Islington, London, England
m. Hannah Reader Jan-Mar 1884 Dartford, Kent, England
d. ?

Children: 7
Ada Eliza b. 04/08/1884 Woolwich | Ethel May b. Jul-Sept 1887 St.Saviour (poss)
Rose Eleanor b. Oct-Dec 1888 Plumstead m. Oct-Dec 1904
Hannah Mabel b. Apr-Jun 1891 Plumstead m. Apr-Jun 1909
Frank Reader b. Oct-Dec 1893 d. Oct-Dec 1893 Plumstead
Annie Elizabeth b. Oct-Dec 1894 Plumstead | Charles Mitchell b. Jul-Sept 1897 Plumstead

Employment:
1871: Coal Dealer | 1891: Machinist-Wood | 1901: Machinist, Wheel Factory Can. Dept.
1910: Machinist, Royal Arsenal | 1911: Wood Turner Machinist, Royal Arsenal

Addresses:
1861: 1 Bloomfield Place, Plumstead, Kent, England
1871: 3 Elmtree Cottages, Plumstead, Kent, England
1884: 22 Earl Street, Plumstead, Kent, England
1891: 63 Hudson Road, Plumstead, England
1901: 63 Hudson Road, Plumstead, England
1911: 10 Coupland Terrace, Plumstead, Kent, England

GRAVENER TOMKINS
b. 1826
chr. 19/11/1826 St. John The Baptist Church, Eltham, Kent, England
m. Elizabeth Eaves 18/06/1856 St. Brides Church, Fleet Street, London, England
d. Apr-Jun 1907 Woolwich, London, England

Children: 4
Frank Gravener b. Jan-Mar 1857 Islington | Edith b. Apr-Jun 1858 Clerkenwell
Harry Mitchell b. Jan-Mar 1860 Lewisham
- Listed in 1901 census as general labourer living in Essex, East Ham
Annie Elizabeth b. Oct-Dec 1863 Lewisham m Herbert Langdale Oct-Dec 1892
- Listed in 1881 census as niece living with Eliza Lacie at St Mary, Islington
in 1901 census living at 96 Dean Street, London (The Bath House Pub)
Had a daughter called Jessie b. 1896

Employment:
1861: Fitter - Engine | 1871: Fitter | 1881: Fitter in gun factory | 1891: Fitter, Royal Arsenal
1901: Widower, retired, living on own means

Addresses:
1841: 3 Camden Row, Lewisham, England
1861: 1 Bloomfield Place, Plumstead, Kent, England (next door to sister Jane Ann Smith)
1871: 3 Elmtree Cottages, Plumstead, Kent, England
1881: 3 Elmtree Cottages, Plumstead, Kent, England
1891: 4 Dagmar Cottages, Plumstead, Kent, England
1901: 96 Dean Street, St. Anne, Soho, London (Bath House Pub - son-in-law Herbert, the licensed Victualler)

RICHARD TOMKINS
b. 1793 (poss Hereford)
m. Elizabeth Mitchell 10/02/1825 St. Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England
Elizabeth b. 1794 Woolwich
d. Jul-Aug 1850 Lewisham

Children: 4, poss 5
Poss Eliza b. 1822 Islington Middlesex
- in 1881 census as widowed fishmonger living in St Mary, Islington
Gravener chr. 18/11/1826 St. John The Baptist, Eltham, Kent
Nancy b. 1829 Eltham, Kent chr. 18/07/1829 St. John The Baptist, Eltham, Kent
Servant to James Cousens Justice of the Peace for Kent - Sidcup House, Chislehurst, Kent in 1851
m. Apr-Jun 1855 Lewisham to John Moulds or Thomas Bell
Jane Ann chr. 03/04/1831 St. John The Baptist, Eltham, Kent m. Jan-Mar 1852 Lewisham to Joseph Smith
Servant to William Barneby, Magistrate, Clater Park, Linton, Herefordshire in 1851
in 1861, living at 1 Bloomfield Place, Plumstead, Kent, next door to brother Gravener Tomkins
Elizabeth chr. 04/09/1836 St. Mary, Lewisham, Kent
poss m. Jan-Mar 1869 Croydon to Henry Curd or William Pearce

Employment:
1841: Servant

Addresses:
1841: 3 Camden Row, Lewisham

Name
b. ?
m. Ann (born Hereford) ?
d. ?

Ann b. c1763 - in 1851: Ann lived at 3 Camden Row, Lewisham with daughter-in-law Elizabeth after Richard died

possibilities off familysearch:

Richard born 20/05/1793 or 30/01/1979 Pencombe, Hereford, England
parents Richard Tomkins and Ann Bagley m. 15/08/1791 Mansell Lacy, Hereford
Siblings would be Ann chr. 30/01/1797, Thomas chr. 16/12/1792

Richard chr 27/01/1794 Canon Pyon, Hereford, England
parents John Tomkins and Ann
Siblings would be Sarah chr. 25/12/1783, John chr. 20/11/1785, Ann chr. 25/01/1789, Elizabeth chr. 08/05/1796, Mary chr. 13/10/1799 Susan chr. 23/03/1804,