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Kate Rossiter (b. 1866) née Hitchcock

Genealogy

Birth

Siblings

Marriages

Alfred Rossiter (b. 1861)

  • born 1861 in Shoreditch, London
  • son of "bonnet shape maker" Charles Rossiter (b. ~1825) and Caroline Rossiter (b. ~1821) née ?
  • brother of George Rossiter (b. ~1855) and Frederick Rossiter (b. ~1858)
  • worked as a linen collar cutter
  • married 25/Dec/1892 to Catherine Hitchcock at St. Saviour, Forest Gate, West Ham[2] — witnesses were Charles Alexander Harris[3] and Mary Hudspeth[4]

Children

  • not found

Death

  • not known

Family Tree

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Census Data

1871

Enoch is a greengrocer living with his wife and 5 children.

  • address: 50 Forest Street, Stratford, West Ham
  • Enoch Hitchcock (26), occupation: greengrocer
  • Kate Hitchcock (27), wife
  • Sarah Hitchcock (8), daughter, occupation: scholar
  • Susan Hitchcock (5), daughter, occupation: scholar
  • Kate Hitchcock (4), daughter, occupation: scholar
  • Enoch Hitchcock (3), son, occupation: scholar
  • Henry Hitchcock (2), son
  • Mary Cunningham (19), occupation: domestic servant, born Stratford[5]

1881

Likely entry for Kate, now working as a domestic servant.

  • address: 69 Wellington Road, Enfield
  • Edward Brown (aged 39) — head, occupation: architect & surveyor
  • Mary Ann Brown (aged 37) — wife
  • Ada M. Brown (aged 19) — daughter
  • Edward G.G. Brown (aged 16) — son
  • Florence M. Brown (aged 9) — daughter
  • Pergy G. Brown (aged 6) — son
  • Edward L.H. Davis (aged 27) — visitor, occupation: dental surgeon
  • Ellen Woodhouse (aged 27) — servant
  • Kate Hitchcock (aged 15) — servant, house maid (domestic)

1901

It appears Kate is now working as a domestic servant to Jane Lyon and that her husband is living with her (although listed as a boarder).

  • address: 51 Maitland Park Road, St Pancras, London
  • Jane Lyon (aged 55) — head, widow, living on own means
  • Pierre le Clerg (aged 46) — boarder, occupation: average adjuster
  • Catherine Rossiter (aged 32) — domestic servant
  • Alfred Rossiter (aged 39) — boarder, occupation: linen collar cutter

Other Documents

Marriage (25/Dec/1892)

Research Notes

  • A different Kate Hitchcock was born to Enoch's brother Joseph Hitchcock (b. ~1829) in West Ham in 1872, and the local marriage of a Kate Hitchcock to Albert Kipping in 1896 was hers.
  • No definite entries found for the 1891 Census and no definite records found after the 1901 Census.
  • Other Kate Hitchcock's born around the same time:
    • Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1864) Lexden, Essex
    • Kate Piller Hitchcock (b. ~1864) Basingstoke, Hampshire
    • Kate Hitchcock (b. ~1865) Wellington, Somerset — died 1884 aged 19
    • Kate Emily Hitchcock (b. ~1865) Kensignton, London — she was the daughter of Mary Hannah Hitchcock and she married Henry Burnup Jefferies on 11/Dec/1913 in Dauntsey, Wiltshire
    • Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1866) Kensington, London
    • Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1867) Islington, London — likely baptised 08/Dec/1867 at Islington St Mary, daughter of George William Hitchcock and Mercy Hitchcock
    • Catherine Alice Hitchcock (b. ~1867) — baptised 05/May/1867 at St Martin Vintry, daughter of Edward Hitchcock and Emma Adelaide Hitchcock
    • Kate Hitchcock (b. ~1868) Braintree, Essex
    • Kate Alma Hitchcock (b. ~1868) Cricklade, Wiltshire — died 1871 aged 3
    • Catherine M. Hitchcock (b. ~1868) who died March 1936 Battersea, London
    • Kate May Hitchcock (b. ~1865), daughter of William Hitchcock (deceased), married John Herdis Farley (aged 35) at Twickenham Holy Trinity, Richmond Upon Thames

Notes & References

  1. Birth registered Q2 1866 West Ham.
  2. Marriage registered Q4 1892 West Ham.
  3. Born around 1842. Married to Louisa. By 1891, was working as a "shirt collar cutter" and living at 3 Susan Villas, Woodhouse Road, Wanstead, West Ham. Died 1897.
  4. There were two people by this name in West Ham. Firstly, Mary Hudspeth (b. ~1869), daughter of Robert & Elizabeth, worked as a domestic servant and who married 1894 to railway locomotive labourer Harry Clarke. Secondly, Mary Hudspeth (b. ~1877), wife of railway clerk Henry Hudspeth (b. ~1866).
  5. Very likely a relative on Kate's side of the family.