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JANE GARFIELD By Anne Weyers Jane Garfield was most likely the eldest daughter of John Benjamin Garfield and Harriet Heather. Jane was born approx: 1829/1830 in Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex; her actual date of birth is not yet known. Jane married William Blackhall on the 12th June 1848 in St. Anne's Church, Limehouse. Both signed with an 'x'. William's occupation was a Chairmaker Master. Jane Died at 79a Bishops Road, Bethnal Green on the 28th May 1922 age 92 yrs. The death Certificate shows Jane's home address as: New Tysson Street. Cause of death: 1. Senility 2. Chronic Bronchitis 3. Cardiac Syncope. At the time of her death Jane had at least 2 great great grandsons: Anne's first cousins: Frank Pitcock, born 1920 and Thomas George Richard Allaway b 1921 d 1942 (in action) The informant at Jane's death was: William John Blackhall, her son of 13 Hinson Street, Bethnal Green. Jane's Husband William died on the 9th December, 1889 age 59 yrs at The Shoreditch Infirmary, Hoxton Street, Haggerston, Shoreditch. William's cause of death was Bronchitis. Children of Jane and William i WILLIAM JOHN - b: 15th June 1850 Bethnal Green (Anne's Gt. Grandfather) William married (1)Margaret Elizabeth Hooper 6 June 1870 at the Parish Church South Hackney; both signed with an 'x'.(2) Mary Taylor (née Wilding) on 22 December 1884 at St Thomas's Church Bethnal Green. His address was given as 51 Fournier Street and her address as 15 Fournier Street. Each was able to sign the certificate (so, between 1870 and 1885 William had learned to write his name).. William died: March quarter 1925, Shoreditch. Children of William and Margaret i William Hooper, Blackhall, born in Bethnal Green Workhouse on 7th March 1869 when Margaret was 16 and a half. It is unlikely that William Blackhall was the father. No father's name is given on the birth certificate. ii Margaret Jane born 1872. Apart from finding Margaret aged 9 on the 1881 census living at 68 Mount Street, Bethnal Green with her father and a lady calling herself the wife of William (Louise) and brother George, I found no trace of her since. iii George William (Anne's grandfather) born 16th February 1874 iv Harriet, born March 1878 died 29 July 1878 of marasmus (emaciation) Margaret died three weeks after Harriet's birth, aged 25, of thrombosis.. Children of William and Mary At the time of their marriage Mary had 5 daughters by her marriage to Robert Taylor. On her marriage certificate she states she is a spinster and that her surname is Wilding! i Ada Caroline born 24th April 1885 at 51 Fournier Street, Bethnal Green ii James Caleb, Ada's twin, who died in the December quarter of 1885. ii THOMAS JAMES - b: 4th July 1852. iii HARRIET: 3rd January 1856. iv JANE ELIZABETH - b: 30th April, 1856. v SARAH ANN - b: 6th November 1859. vi SUSANNA - b: 21st January, 1864, at 68 Friars Mount, Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex (Audrey's Gt. Grandmother) . Susan (Susanna) married Theodore William Lang on the 22nd May 1881, Susan's address at that time was 19 Union Crescent, Bethnal Green Susan and Theodore apparently had 10 children according to a family member, sadly only 4 survived. Susan Lang (née Blackhall) died 4th April, 1903 age 38 yrs in the Bethnal Green Infirmary Children of Susan and Theodore i Maria Jane b: 1882 in Shoreditch (One of a twin, the other twin died), ii Julia Harriet (Audrey's Grandmother) b: 21st April, 1886 at 32 Fuller Street, Bethnal Green and died in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire at the age of 103 yrs. Iii Catherine Annie b: 1889 Bethnal Green Iv George E. Lang b: 1900 and who died at the age of 17 yrs in 1917. |
