Family of William Attfield and Jane Adams
Husband: William Attfield
| Name: |
William Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
c. 1833 |
London City |
| Occupation |
14 May 1857 (age 23-24) |
Engineer, Montpellier Road, Peckham (on marriage cert.) |
| Occupation |
17 Apr 1859 (age 25-26) |
Servant, 1a Bristol Mews, Paddington |
| Census |
1861 (age 27-28) |
Cabman, 26 Shouldham St, Bryanston Square, Marylebone (aged 27, b.London) |
| Occupation |
7 Jul 1861 (age 27-28) |
Engineer, 26 Shouldham Street, Marylebone |
| Census |
1871 (age 37-38) |
Cab driver, 8 St Leonards Gdns, Paddington (aged 37, b.City) |
| Census |
1881 (age 47-48) |
Cabman, 56 Formosa St, Paddington (aged 46, b.London) |
| Census |
1891 (age 57-58) |
Cab driver, 18 Netley St, Paddington (aged 58, b.London City) |
| Death fact |
1894 (age 60-61) |
1894 Dec Qtr, Paddington, 1a/10 (aged 61, Arthur William Attfield) |
| Death |
1894 (age 60-61) |
Paddington |
Wife: Jane Adams
| Name: |
Jane Adams |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
James Adams (c. 1810-1851) |
| Mother: |
Mary Grout (c. 1813-1853) |
| Birth |
6 Jul 1833 |
Saffron Walden, Essex |
| Baptism |
8 Sep 1833 (age 0) |
St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden, Essex |
| Census |
1851 (age 17-18) |
General servant, 57 Blackfriars Road, Southwark |
| Census |
1861 (age 27-28) |
Wife in household (aged 26) |
| Census |
1871 (age 37-38) |
Wife in household (aged 38) |
| Census |
1881 (age 47-48) |
Wife in household (aged 48) |
| Census |
1891 (age 57-58) |
Wife in household (aged 58) |
| Census |
1901 (age 67-68) |
Needlewoman, 18 Netley St, Paddington (widow, "Hatfield") |
| Death fact |
1907 (age 73-74) |
1907 Mar Qtr, Paddington, 1a/11 (aged 73) |
| Death |
1907 (age 73-74) |
Paddington |
| Name: |
Eliza Jane Attfield |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
22 Jan 1859 |
Paddington |
| Baptism |
17 Apr 1859 (age 0) |
St Saviour, Paddington |
| Birth fact |
1859 (age 0) |
1859 Mar Q, St George Hanover Square, 1a/208 |
| Death fact |
1861 (age 1-2) |
1861 Mar Q, Marylebone, 1a/398 |
| Death |
1861 (age 1-2) |
Marylebone, Middlesex |
| Name: |
William Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
1860 |
Marylebone, Middlesex |
| Death fact |
1860 (age 0) |
1860 Dec Qtr, Marylebone, 1a/322 |
| Birth fact |
1860 (age 0) |
1860 Jun Qtr, Marylebone, 1a/395 |
| Death |
24 Oct 1860 (age 0) |
26 Shouldham Street, Marylebone |
| Name: |
Caroline Jane Attfield |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
5 Apr 1861 |
Paddington |
| Baptism |
7 Jul 1861 (age 0) |
Saint Mary, Bryanston Square |
| Census |
1861 (age 0) |
Living with parents (aged 2 days) |
| Census |
1871 (age 9-10) |
Living with parents (aged 9) |
| Census |
1881 (age 19-20) |
Housemaid, domestic, living with parents (aged 19) |
| Census |
1891 (age 29-30) |
Domestic servant, living with parents (aged 30) |
| Census |
1901 (age 39-40) |
Needlewoman, living with mother (aged 39) |
| Census |
1911 (age 49-50) |
Needle woman at home, Paddington Workhouse, 5 Woodfield Road, Paddington, W (unmarried) |
| Death fact |
1940 (age 78-79) |
1940 Dec Q, Brentwood, 4a/1231 (aged 79) |
| Death |
1940 (age 78-79) |
Brentwood, Essex |
| Name: |
Henry Charles Attfield |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Rebecca Wilson (c. 1866-1946) |
| Birth |
21 Aug 1864 |
26 Shouldham Street, Marylebone, Middlesex |
| Birth fact |
1864 (age 0) |
1864 Sep Qtr, Marylebone, 1a/450 |
| Census |
1871 (age 6-7) |
Living with parents (aged 6) |
| Census |
1881 (age 16-17) |
Letter porter, living with parents |
| Occupation |
23 Apr 1888 (age 23) |
Postman, Hope Cottage, Bury Street |
| Census |
1891 (age 26-27) |
Postman, 199 Miles Bldgs, Marylebone |
| Census |
1901 (age 36-37) |
Postman, 200 Miles Buildings, Marylebone (Hatfield) |
| Census |
1911 (age 46-47) |
Postman, 207 Miles Buildings, Edgware Road |
| Death fact |
1937 (age 72-73) |
1937 Jun Qtr, Kensington, 1a/180 (aged 72) |
| Death |
1937 (age 72-73) |
Kensington, Middlesex |
Note on Husband: William Attfield
This William Attfield is an enigma. He married in 1837 Jane Adams, the elder of two sisters, while the younger sister Eliza married another William Attfield in 1839. Eliza's husband ("William Attfield junior" on his marriage certificate) is unquestionably the son of William Attfield and Martha Barnett, as shown in this tree, and the two Williams were evidently well acquainted because William Attfield and Eliza Adams were the witnesses at William and Jane's wedding.
William is described on his marriage certificate as an "engineer", and his father is also named as "William Attfield, engineer", but it is not known who such a person might be. William has also not been traced in the 1841 or 1851 censuses, and later census entries offer no further clues.
A possibility is that William was adopted by the Attfield family and took on the surname, even though there was already another William in the family. But this is only speculation.
