Richard Russell

Notes:

Census Listings:
1861 4 Elder Walk, Islington, Middlesex. son. age 9 Errand Boy [born Islington]
1871 7 Sun Row, Islington, London. son. age 18 ?? dresser [born Chelsea]
1881 7 Carmarten Street, Islington, London. Head, married, age 29 Furrier [born borough Surrey]

Richard married Mary Ann Charter in No Marriage Found. Mary was born in 1852 in Islington,London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 16 May 1877, St John, Hoxton. [Abode, 3 Weymouth Street, Fathers Occ, Furrier]

Notes:

Sarah believed that her birth certificate was actually that of a child who had been born and died the year before her, and her mother used the same certificate for her!!, she supposedly had brothers and sisters who died from smallpox.
Sarah met Lawrence through his sister who was in service with her, Later Sarah threw him out after a neighbour reported that she had seen him speak to a woman at a bus stop, For some months he hung around and gave sweets to this children outside school. Sarah left 124 Margaret St with the children and went to live on a farm in Tintwistle. It was a long walk to school especially during the winter, so they returned to Manchester lodging briefly in Ellesemere St, Gorton before moving to 51 Fleet street. Abbey Hey,
Census Listings:
1881 7 Carmartern Street, Islington, London. daughter, age 4 [born Hoxton]
1901 25 Dorinda Street, Lower Holloway, Islington. wife, age 23 [birth Islington]
1911 124 Margaret Street, West Gorton. Head, married, age 33 Shirt Machinist, Married 15 years, 5 children 3 living.
1939 51 Fleet Street, Manchester, Married, Domestic Duties
Resided:
1896 18 Cambell Road, Islington,

Birth:
Date of birth given by her on the 1939 census 16 April 1878

Sarah married Lawrence Henry Gray on 29 May 1896 in Church of the Sacret Hart (RC), Eden Grove, Islington RD Ref 1b677. Lawrence (son of William Elias Gray and Jane Bailey) was born on 20 Feb 1875 in 3 Devonshire Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England; died on 17 Jun 1951 in Selly Oak Hospital,Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, Abode, 29 Gladstone Street, [Given age 77]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census Listings:
1881 7 Carmartern Street, Islington, London. son. age 1

Other Events:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1897, St Barnabus, Holloway, London. [Abode 87 Binwell Road, Father Occ, China Riviter]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 12 Mar 1899, St Mary Islington, London [Abode 25 Trinity Street, Fathers Occ, China Riveter ]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 2 Dec 1900, St Mary, Islington, London. [Abode, 25 Duranda Street, Fathers Occ, China Dealer.]

Notes:

Lawrence enlisted into the Royal Air Force 22/8/1918,as an aircraft Fitter, Person to be informed of Casualties: Mrs Sarah Gray 51 Fleet Street, Gorton Manchester [Mother]
Description, height 5' 5" hair Brown, eyes Gray, Complexion Pale. Scar of Forehead. Discharged 21/4/19 Phsically Unfit. total service 243 days
Census Listings:
1901 25 Dorinda Street, Lower Holloway, Islington. son. age 5 months [Born Islington]
1911 124 Margaret Street, West Gorton. son. age 11 school.

Lawrence married Fanny Cooper on 19 Sep 1928 in Fairfield Moravian Church, Fairfield Road, Droylsden, Lancashire. Fanny was born on 30 Aug 1900; died in 1988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 19 Oct 1902, St Mary Islington, London [Abode, 3 Barbara Street, Fathers Occ, China Dealer]

Notes:

Edith went to Varna Street school and left when she was 13 after passing the labour exam. Started work in a Cotton Mill. but the damp atmosphere made her ill so after a couple of years she left the MIll abd went to work as a machinist. She met her husband THomas Barber at the Alhambra Palais on Ashton OLd Road.
Census Listings:
1911 124 Margaret Street, West Gorton. daughter, age 9. school.

Edith married Thomas Barber in 1928 in Manchester Register Office,. Thomas was born on 15 Apr 1900; died in 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 20 Jun 1906, St James, Walthamstow, Essex.

Notes:

Census Listings:
1911 124 Margaret Street, West Gorton. son. age 5 school.
1939 51 Fleet Street, Manchester widow General Labourer at Agecroft
Residence:
1933 29 Wood Street, Openshaw
1935 238 South Street, Openshaw.

Buried:
Burial records state that he died 13 May 1970 Philips Park Cemetery Plot DConsecrated 1273

Leslie married Ethel Nelson on 5 Jun 1933 in St Barnabas, Openshaw, Manchester. Ethel (daughter of James Nelson and Margaret Ann Wyatt) was born on 18 Feb 1911 in 28 Wood Street, Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 7 Apr 1938 in Ancoats Hospital, [Abode; 238 South Street, Openshaw] Manchester; was buried on 12 Apr 1938 in Philips Park Cemetery [grave D1273]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 23 Oct 1935, St Barnabus, Openshaw, Manchester

Notes:

Census Listings:
1939 51 Fleet Street, Manchester single, under school age
Addresses:
1962-1965 Fleet St, Abbey Hey, Gorton, Manchester
1965-1971 28 Jack Lane Droylsden.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]