Individual Details
John SWINSTEAD
(15 Jan 1820 - 5 Jan 1901)
Events
| Birth | 15 Jan 1820 | Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt Apr 1840 | (Registration District), Newington, Surrey, England - Rosa Matilda HILLYARD | | ||
| Census | 1841 | Milliner - Blackman, St Mary Newington, Surrey, England |  | | |
| Census | 1851 | Milliner - 30 Blackman Street, Newington, Surrey, England | | | |
| Census | 1871 | Draper - 16 Church Street, Swanbourne, Buckinghamshire, England | | | |
| Occupation | Abt Jul 1872 | Gentleman | | ||
| Occupation | Abt Jul 1875 | Gentleman | | ||
| Census | 1881 | Income Derived from Lands - Rookery Farm, Titchfield, Hampshire, England | | | |
| Occupation | Abt Sep 1889 | Gentleman - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England | | ||
| Marriage License | 5 Sep 1889 | Diocese of London, London, Middlesex, England - Annie GASKIN | | | |
| Marriage | 7 Sep 1889 | Islington, Middlesex, England - Annie GASKIN | | | |
| Occupation | Abt Nov 1895 | Of Independent Means | | ||
| Death | 5 Jan 1901 | Heath Park, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England | | ||
| Probate | 28 Jun 1901 | Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | | |
Families
| Spouse | Annie GASKIN (1845 - 1923) |
| Spouse | Rosa Matilda HILLYARD (1817 - 1889) |
| Child | Emma SWINSTEAD (1840 - ) |
| Child | Rosa SWINSTEAD (1842 - 1845) |
| Child | Charles Frederick SWINSTEAD (1844 - ) |
| Child | Bernard Walter SWINSTEAD (1847 - 1933) |
| Child | Ellen SWINSTEAD (1848 - ) |
| Child | Frederick Arthur SWINSTEAD (1849 - 1850) |
| Child | Edgar William "William" SWINSTEAD (1853 - 1939) |
| Father | Bernard SWINSTEAD (1785 - ) |
| Mother | Sarah PURSER (1782 - ) |
| Sibling | Charles SWINSTEAD (1815 - 1890) |
| Sibling | Bernard SWINSTEAD (1817 - 1875) |
Notes
Census
At the same address:Mary Hearon 20 - Assistant Milliner - born out of county
Susan Page 15 - Apprentice Milliner - born out of county
Mary Hanrahan 15 - F.S. - born in county
Census
At the same address:Emma Starley 25 - Assistant - Milliner - born: Greenwich, Kent
Mary Grimley 22 - - Domestic Servant - born: Bermondsey, Surrey
Census
Listed as married (no wife present) a visitor in the following household:George Belgrove 51 - Head - Farmer of 214 acres employing 5 men & 5 boys - born: Stewkley, Bucks
Louisa M Belgrove 44 - Wife - - born: Heath & Reach, Beds
Mary E Belgrove 23 - Daughter - Farmer's daughter - born: Swanbourne, Bucks
George W Belgrove 22 - Son - Farmer's son - born: Swanbourne, Bucks
Catherine C Belgrove 8 - Daughter - - born: Swanbourne, Bucks
Frederick J Belgrove 2 - Son - - born: Swanbourne, Bucks
Elizabeth Collett 15 - Servant - General Servant - born: Murcot, Oxon
Census
Listed as married (no wife present) - at the same address:Ann Gaskin - Servant - Housekeeper - born: Leighton Buzzard, Beds
Marriage License
Extract from London/Surrey Marriage Bonds & Allegations:Diocese of London - 5 September 1889
Appeared personally Ann Gaskin of the parish of Saint Mary Islington, in the county of Middlesex, a spinster, of the age of twenty one years and upwards and prayed a licence for the solemnization of matrimony in the parish church of Saint Mary Islington, aforesaid, between her and John Swinstead of the parish of Leighton Buzzard, in the county of Bedford, a widower and and made oath that she believeth that there is no impediment of kindred or alliance, or of any other lawful cause, nor any suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court to bar or hinder the proceeding of the said matrimony, according to the tenor of such licence. And she further made oath, that she the said appearer hath had her usual place of abode within the said parish of Saint Mary Islington for the space of fifteen days last past. Ann Gaskin (signed). Sworn before me. George Tyler Townsend, surrogate.
Marriage
Extract from parish register: 1889 Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Islington in the county of MiddlesexNo: 105
Date: 7 September 1889
Name: John Swinstead - Ann Gaskin
Age: 66 - 44
Condition: Widower - Spinster
Occupation: Gentleman - -
Address: Leighton Buzzard, Beds - 3 River Street
Father: Bernard Swinstead - John Gaskin
Father's occupation: Gentleman - Farmer
married in the parish church according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church by Licence by: Chas. ? Makepeace, Officiating Minister
Bride & groom signed their names - witnesses: Henry Pettit & Lucy Fell?
Probate
Extract from probate calendar - Year: 1901Swinstead John of Heath Park Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire gentleman died 5 January 1901 Probate Northampton 28 June to Bernard Walter Swinstead architect William Edgar Swinstead fruit grower and Ann Swinstead widow. Effects: £49312 13s 10d.
Endnotes
1. England & Wales - Christening Records (1530-1980) (AKA Christening Index), Place: Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, Eng.; Collection: Dr. William's Library; Nonconformist Registers; Date Range: 1820 - 1822; Film Number: 815938.
2. FamilySearch.Org , "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JMLX-R5J : accessed 25 March 2015), John Swinstead, 15 Jan 1820; citing Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 815,938..
3. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1840 Apr/Jun - Newington - Vol: 4 Page: 375.
4. 1841 Census of England and Wales, Class: HO107; Piece: 1065; Book: 4; Civil Parish: St Mary Newington; County: Surrey; Enumeration District: 7; Folio: 14; Page: 17;.
5. 1851 Census of England and Wales, Class: HO107; Piece: 1566; Folio: 194; Page: 10;.
6. 1871 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 3582; Schedule Number: 218.
7. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Saviour, Paddington, Register of marriages, P87/SAV, Item 009.
8. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Holy Trinity, Newington, Register of marriages, P92/TRI, Item 034.
9. 1881 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG11; Piece: 1170; Folio: 75; Page: 1; .
10. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Islington, Register of marriages, P83/MRY1, Item 1255.
11. London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921, Reference Number: MS10091/266.
12. FamilySearch.Org , "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NJM9-LZY : accessed 25 March 2015), John Swinstead and Ann Gaskin, 07 Sep 1889; citing Islington, Middlesex, England, reference 105 p 53; FHL microfilm 2,232,225..
13. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932, London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Islington, Register of marriages, P83/MRY1, Item 1255.
14. GRO (England & Wales) Marriage Registration Index , 1889 Jul/Sept - Islington - Vol: 1b Page: 532.
15. England & Wales, Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1911, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes, later Supreme Court of Judicature: Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Files; Class: J 77; Piece: 858; Item: 6090.
16. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1901 - Swinstead, John.
17. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1901 Jan/Mar - Leighton Buzzard - Vol: 3b Page: 248.
18. England & Wales - National Probate Calendar 1858-1966, 1901 - Swinstead, John.