Notes on Tree 6

The Descendants of John Pluck Jnr
and his first wife Elizabeth Coe

Origins

This tree is directly linked to Tree 2 - the Saffron Walden and Littlebury Pluckroses and Plucks in the period 1700 to 1800.

Detailed Notes

 

PL No
Surname
Forenames
Notes
0332 ABERCROMBIE George father is James Abercrombie, weaver (son's marriage certificate)
0020 ANDREWS Jane SW Guardians Records: May 1840: Widow Pluck aged 40, husband was journeyman shoemaker died in Braintree a year ago, leaving her with 6 children, oldest 13 years and a cripple, youngest 7 months, none earning anything - Union gave her 8s pw now discontinued because she lived out of the Union - had lived in Braintree 18 years and got work there but would have to go into workhouse here, but desperately still needed the 8 shillings from Walden to survive - refer to commissioners.
SW Guardians Records: 12 June 1840: Widow Pluck not in 'urgent necessity' so her 8s discontinued from midsummer.
Edmund Turner's Charity of SW awarded her 5 shillings in 1840.
Jane can not be found in the 1861 census: there is a death in the GRO index: Q3 1858, Braintree 4a 195a which could be her.
3304 BRUNGER Alfred T There is a possible death in the GRO index: Q1 1982, Alfred BRUNGER, Thanet, 16, 1904; born 6 Aug 1896.
3511 CAMPKIN Sydney Barron His father was Walter Campkin and his mother was Emily Baron Campkin (source: marriage certificate). His birth was registered in the fourth quarter of 1891, however, on his Attestation Paper in 1915 he gave his date of birth as 23 Sep 1892. He joined the 126th Peel Battallion of the Canadian Over-seas Expeditionary Force on 13 December 1915.
2479 CHILD Jane Ann Elizabeth C1891; C1901: wid, infirmary scrubber.
She remarried on 24 Feb 1924 in St Stephen, Poplar, to William Henry Cooke (source: Glen Bradford).
2725 COOPER Mary Ann Although found in the 1851 census, apparently married, the only marriage that I can find took place in 1860. Ipswich was Mary Ann's birthplace.
0342 DEBNAM Benjamin C1881: a bricklayer, born Saffron Walden c1843
3308 DUNTON Kathleen Ada P No children found in GRO index.
There is a possible death: Kathleen Pluck, Jan 1991, Tunbridge Wells, 16, 2145. However, the registered date of birth is 12 Dec 1895, almost 5 years too early.
3349 EDWARDS Evelyn M There is a possible birth of a son, Andrew J F, in Chatham in Q3 1951.
1807 EVENDEN Hepzabah Known from 1901 census. Presumably married before because the census includes Violet Evendon, step-daughter, aged 19, and born in Kensington. Hepzabah's surname is an assumption. Marriage is rather late.
1780 FLAWN Alice C1891; C1901; C1911
Alice (aged 17) married William John (aged 19) in 1886. John died in 1902. Alice was married again in 1902 to a widower, Caleb Taylor.
1797 FLYNN Emily The marriage appears to have taken place in Q4 1885, Chelsea 1a 685, which is a little late as they already had two daughters, but this is not impossible. Free BMD has Emily Flynn as spouse. See, also, note for daughter Anne.
C1881: living in the St Pancras area of London with her sister Jane, unmarried, age 34, a book folder.
3344 HARVEY Illona Jean No children found in GRO index
3317 HOCKNEY Sarah A She visits the UK [38 Carisbrook Rd, Harpenden] from Canada with the two children in 1952.
0789 HUBBARD Harriet C1861: age 31, born Witham.
0028 HUNT Harriet C1871: 29; C1881: 39; C1891: 52;
2726 JUNIPER Emily C1901: a widow, on parish relief, living in Springfield, with her 26 year old daughter Annie Juniper. Emily must have been a widow when she married Charles.
There are two possible deaths for Emily in the GRO index, both in the Chelmsford RD: Q4 1917, aged 78 and Q3 1920, aged 80.
3311 KING Robert W There is a possible birth: Robert Walter H King; Tunbridge, 2a, 781.
1796 LANGWORTHY\PLUCK Lily Elizabeth Her birth was registered in 1888 under the name of Lily Elizabeth Langworthy.
C1891: she is listed as Lily Langworthy, the 3 year old GRAND-daughter of John and Ann; C1901: she is listed as Lily Pluck, the 13 year old daughter of John and Ann. I suspect she is the daughter of Elizabeth, but a certificate would be needed to prove this.
0041 MYNOTT Mary In the 1841 census Mary is living in Church Lane in Saffron Walden with Harry Pluck, aged 15. The 1841 census provides no information about relationships but it would not be unreasonable to regard Harry as her son, born just before her husband was transported. I have been unable to find a baptism or any other information about Harry. The house is shared with John Pettitt, a cordwainer, his wife Martha and their three children.
1808 NEAVES Rose No children found.
2495 PARIS Ada Rosaline C1901
3299 PLAYLE Kerenhappuck The family is in Co Antrim during the 1901 census. Alfred is absent, presumably listed with his army colleagues?
2496 PLUCK Ada Alfreda C1901; GRO death index has Ada E (?Alfreda or Elfrida).
Two sons, Ronald J, 1918 in the Malling RD, and Reginald I, 1921 in the Tonbridge RD.
0032 PLUCK Agnes C1871: 7, scholar; C1881: 16, general servant;
0192 PLUCK Albert Albert is not found in the 1851 census. There is a death recorded in Q3 of 1849 and another Albert christened in 1853.
0190 PLUCK Albert death based on not finding him in 1861 census
0025 PLUCK Alfred C1871: 35, shoe maker; C1881: 51, shoe finisher; C1891: 61, boot finisher
1766 PLUCK Alfred He is a ten year old in the 1851 census living with his parents.
In the 1861 census he is living in the household of William Appleby, son of Ann Pluck (PL19) working as a boot maker.
In 1891 he is living in Fulham, married to Emily, with four daughters and working as a shoemaker. His age is recorded as 40.
In 1901 he is still living in Fulham with Emily and three daughters. His age is recorded correctly as 60 and his occupation is cordwainer. He was difficult to find because he was recorded as Frederick - a big change from Alfred until you realise . . . Al-fred-erick.
He hasn't been found in the 1871 and 1881 censuses yet.
There is a possible (late) marriage in Q4 1885, Chelsea 1a 685 to Emily FLYNN (or Mary BURR): Free BMD.
0029 PLUCK Alfred C1871: 13, boot stitcher; C1881; 25, boot finisher; C1891: shoemaker; C1901: boot finisher.
Can't find birth or death records.
1790 PLUCK Alfred C1901: tea packer - grocer. The CWGC website records him as A J Pluck. The only record in the GRO birth index is for an Alfred William (Q2 1886, St George in the East, 1c, 363) which fits well, apart from the name.
0034 PLUCK Alfred John C1871; (John), 3, scholar; C1881: (Alfred), 14, messenger; C1891 wine cellarman
2481 PLUCK Alfred Sampson 1891; C1901: he was at "St Georges Schools in East Ham. I have not yet found out what sort of school it was, it seemed to be for boarders and catered for both boys and girls; presumably he was there because his widowed mother could no longer care for him.
3298 PLUCK Alfred Thomas C1861: living in Bethnal Green.
Corporal Alfred T Pluck of the Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment was awarded the Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1886. In 1911 he was a publican living at the Hussar in Lenham, near Maidstone.
3300 PLUCK Alfred Thomas Playle C1901: in Co Antrim. He served in the Royal Field Artillery in WW1, being posted to France just before the Armistice was signed. Later he was in Germany. He does not appear to have married.
3532 PLUCK Alice C1861;
3530 PLUCK Alice Happy P In the 1911 census she is one year old and listed as Happy Alice.
1755 PLUCK Amelia Ann C1881: stay maker; C1891: married, with a son Albert
0189 PLUCK Amelia Anne C1881: living at home with parents; C1901: Living in Tottenham with husband, Elijah, and 4 children
0019 PLUCK Ann Three of Ann's orphaned children appear in the 1841 census of Braintree living with Ann's brother James. There is no doubt about their identity. The names and ages are correct.
1767 PLUCK Ann Maria 1851C; 1861C working as barmaid at her brother in law's pub
1798 PLUCK Anne A birth not found in the GRO index under Ann Pluck, however, there is: Annie Maria FLYNN, Q3 1881 Holborn 1b 707. Emily Flynn was living in this neighbourhood in the 1881 census. There is a problem with this, though, Elizabeth Ann's birth was registered a few months later in Q1 of 1882. The registration of Annie's birth could have been delayed. Alfred Pluck and Emily Flynn didn't marry until 1885.
1779 PLUCK Annie C1871; C1881: one of three servants (a nursemaid) in the household of the Rev James Watts, the curate in charge of St Mary, Crundale, Kent.
On 23 June 1884 she appeared at the Old Bailey charged with infanticide. She admitted concealing the birth, was found not guilty of murder, and was sentenced to 10 months with Hard Labour for the concealment; [see History section]. She married in 1889 and was widowed in 1900. C1901: NF: her 10 year old son Harry is with his (widowed) grandmother in Reigate in the 1901 census.
0035 PLUCK Arthur C1871; C1881: 11, scholar;
2482 PLUCK Arthur C1901
3301 PLUCK Arthur William C1901: in Co Antrim. The 1911 census implies that he died some time between 1901 and 1911. I have not been able to find a record.
0030 PLUCK Caroline C1871: 11, scholar;
0038 PLUCK Caroline C1891: 8, scholar;
3533 PLUCK Carrie Lynn Paul and Carrie have two children: Caitlyn and Brianna.
0224 PLUCK Charles C1851: living in Maldon with Mary Ann (both lodgers); Charles' birthplace recorded as Saffron Walden and age 25 (both fit data from baptism record).
C1861: Charles and Mary Ann living at Railway cottage, Boreham, Essex.
C1871: Charles and Mary Ann still living at Boreham; they have a visitor from Ipswich, Henry Strange, aged 13.
C1881: still at Boreham, Charles now described as a railway labourer.
C1991: Still at Boreham (New Hall Railway Cottage) and married to Emily Juniper.
0798 PLUCK Charles C1861; C1901: bootmaker, unmarried.
0329 PLUCK Charles C1901
3302 PLUCK Edith Lilly C1901: in Co Antrim
1756 PLUCK Elizabeth C1881: a scholar; C1891: a mantle maker;
1778 PLUCK Ellen Sarah C1881; C1901 living with her mother in Reigate, unmarried.
1639 PLUCK Emma C1861: age 14, a shoe binder.
1754 PLUCK Emma C1881: a mantle maker's assistant
1776 PLUCK Emma Present in 1871 and 1881 censuses. 1891C: working as a domestic servant in Tunbridge
0037 PLUCK Emma C1881: 3, scholar; C1891: 13, scholar;
3303 PLUCK Eva Maud C1901: in Co Antrim
1775 PLUCK Frederick Can not find a birth record in the GRO index. There is a birth registered in the Poplar RD at the right time, but the forename is James. C1871; C1881; C1901: occupation 'shoeing and general', living in Hadlow. There is a possible death in Maidstone RD in Dec 1941, the age is about 5 years low, but still possible.
2497 PLUCK Frederick Wilfred C1901
He joined the Territorials in 1912 at the age of 18. He recorded his occupation as 'ball buffer' - Crystalate Works. The company, Crystalate, began in Golden Green in 1902 making billiard balls out of the composite material which gave the firm its name. A few years later (1917) they went into the production of gramophone records at their plant in Tonbridge. He also said that he was married - unlikely.
His service record shows that he attained the rank of Lance Corporal in the Royal Defence Corps.
The Royal Defence Corps was a corps of the British Army formed in August 1917 and disbanded in 1936.
It was initially formed by converting the (Home Service) Garrison battalions of line infantry regiments. Garrison battalions were composed of soldiers either too old or medically unfit for active front-line service; the Home Service status indicated they were unable to be transferred overseas. Eighteen battalions were converted in this way. The role of the regiment was to provide troops for security and guard duties inside the United Kingdom; guarding important locations such as ports or bridges. It also provided independent companies for guarding prisoner-of-war camps. The regiment was never intended to be employed on overseas service. [Source: Wikipedia].
1783 PLUCK Frederick William C1901: age 7, living in Brighton; C1911: age 17, stable lad, living in Tonbridge. He married on 31 Mar 1923 and emigrated to Canada with his new wife on 12 April.
0195 PLUCK George George Pluck and his family can be found in Tree 106
1770 PLUCK George George is in the 1851 and 1861 censuses. In 1881 he is living (boarder) in the Lambeth household of Herbert and Harriett Smith; occupation bootmaker. I can not find him in the 1891 census but he is in the 1901 census, a bootmaker, born in Hackney about 1851 (which fits).
He has a wife, Hepzabah, aged 49 and born in Norfolk, a stepdaughter, Violet Evenden, aged 19 born in Kensington, and five children George, 13, Emma, 11, William, 10, Daisy, 8, and Annie, 6 all born in Norwood.
It is unlikely that he was married to Hepzabah in 1901 since a ceremony took place in Croydon in 1902.
If George had a previous wife there is a possible marriage in 1886 (Q1 1886, Bethnal Green 1c 364 to either Ada Hills or Annie Prosser). However, I can't find a death recorded for either an Ada or an Annie Pluck between 1886 and 1901.
I suspect that his first wife left him with the children and he then set up house with the widowed Hepzabah. Whether she was the mother of any of the children can only be answered by obtaining birth certificates. Although I found a Violet Evenden of the right age in the 1891 census she didn't fit with regard to birthplace or mother's name.
1802 PLUCK George Frederick The electoral register of 1918 shows George Frederick and Rose Pluck living at 40 Sainsbury Road in Lambeth.
There are two posssible death registrations for George:
1 Q2 1967 George F Pluck Chichester 5h 584 age 79
2 Q1 1957 George F F Pluck Greenwich 5c 759 age 69. The latter seems most likely.
3531 PLUCK Harriet C1861
0031 PLUCK Harriet I have not been able to find a GRO index record of Harriet's birth. Registration was not strictly compulsory until 1875 so perhaps no one bothered.
The certificate for Harriet's first marriage may be wrong. Both parties lived at 14 George Street which may be why her father was named as George Pluck, boot finisher - I believe he is Alfred Pluck. The certificate for her second marriage sets the record straight because here, Harriet Loveridge, widow, names her father as Alfred Pluck, bootmaker.
C1871;
0441 PLUCK Henry C1861; C1871
Continued in Tree 16.
0033 PLUCK Henry C1871: age 5, scholar; C1881: age 18: boot finisher; C1891: age 26, boot finisher; C1901: age 38, pauper patient at the London County Lunatic Asylum in Ilford. No death found yet.
2754 PLUCK Henry C1891; C1901: both Henry and Mary/Maud are in the St George's Schools in East Ham. This is a boarding school. Presumably they are there because their mother can no longer care for them. Their father, Henry, is now in a lunatic asylum, and their mother has two younger children.
3512 PLUCK Jack William Served in the Canadian Air Force. A retired police officer with 37 years service.
0017 PLUCK James 1826 Removal order from Braintree to Saffron Walden for James Pluck with wife and 2 children.
In 1831 he takes on his nephew Nehemiah as an apprentice cordwainer.
1839 Pigot's Directory has James PLACK (sic) as a boot and shoe maker in the High Street, Braintree.
I originally had James linked to a death in the GRO index in 1849 but Essex Search has found the associated burial record: on 4 August 1849 in the Bocking Union, age 72, which gives a year of birth approximately 1877 which is rather different from his baptism in 1791. Obviously the wrong record. He is not in the 1851 census of Braintree but it is not unknown for people to be missed. There is another possible death in Braintree in 1859. A burial record has not been found yet, but he would have been aged 68, which is not unusual for the time. He has not been found in the 1861 census.
0066 PLUCK James Described as 'cordwainer' at baptism of daughter in 1832, 'labourer' in 1834 and 'blacksmith' subsequently.
C1841; C1881 'whitesmith'.
1765 PLUCK James Found in 1851census. In 1861 census is working as cordwainer with/for his father.
0339 PLUCK James Continued in Tree 12.
3335 PLUCK James Henry No marriage found.
1787 PLUCK James Sidney C1901
1757 PLUCK James Walter C1881: a scholar; C1891: a coach painter; C1901
2480 PLUCK Jane Ann E C1891; C1901
0040 PLUCK John Referred to as 'John Pluck Jnr' at baptism of daughter in 1813.
Referred to as 'John Pluck the younger' when found guilty of obtaining money by false pretences in 1813.
Referred to as 'John Pluck junior' when fined for being drunk and disorderly in 1814.
Transported to Australia in 1827.
0064 PLUCK John 1861C
1763 PLUCK John Found in 1851 census; in 1861 census he calls himself Henry. He works with his father (both cordwainers) so perhaps this is to avoid confusion, or perhaps he just liked the name?
0185 PLUCK John C1871: a baker, living in Hornsey with his wife and two daughters; C1881: in Stoke Newington, a baker, born in Saffron Walden (as were his wife and two eldest daughters, Emma, 19, mantle maker's assistant, and Amelia, 15, staymaker); C1901: baker, aged 59 still in Stoke Newington with wife Anne, 59 and Lily, 13.
2487 PLUCK Kenneth A The family appear to have emigrated to Canada. The incoming Passenger List for the 'Empress of France' arriving from Quebec on 14 May 1958 has Kenneth A Pluck with Graham D and Patrina S, aged 16 and 13 respectively.; destination: 12 Wordsworth Rd, Harpenden.
There is also a record of Sarah and the two children arriving from Canada in 1952.
Kenneth served in the Royal AIr Force during WW2. A passenger list for the voyage between Liverpool and New York in January 1945 lists several dozen RAF personnel, including 1895370 Sgt Pluck, K A, F/E; [F/E = Flight Engineer]. He was almost certainly en-route to RAFU Goose Bay in Canada where many aircrew undertook their flight-training both during and subsequent to WW2.
0027 PLUCK Louisa Had an illegitimate child, Thomas, in 1859
0036 PLUCK Louisa C1881: 6, scholar; C1891: 16, errand girl;
1771 PLUCK Mary In the 1881 census she is a widow, beer and wine retailer, at 342 Upper Street, Islington. She is living with a son John (20), no occupation, daughter Annie (19) a draper's assistant, another daughter, Mary (16) a milliner, her widowed mother Maria Pluck and her unmarried sister Emma Pluck (32) shop assistant.
In 1891 she is still at this address, described as a Publican, her sister Emma (still single) is a barmaid, her daughter Mary is still single and described as retired (probably a mistake) and her other sister, Sarah (42), single, is described as Publican's manageress. In 2010 these premises are the Seraphin Restaurant.
2755 PLUCK Mary She is called Mary in the 1891 census. The only GRO birth record that I can find is for a Sarah Mary A (Q2 1888, St George E, 1c, 361). In the 1901 census she is called Maud. See the Note for her brother, Henry, for more information.
2414 PLUCK Mary A 1901: unm.; living with wid. father and brother Charles. C1891: a domestic servant in the household of a retired Royal Navy captain and his family in Poole, Dorset. (age 27, born Bethnal Green). C1881: this record is less certain: a domestic servant in the household of an accountant and his family in Clapham, London (age 21, born Middlesex). C1871: a domestic servant in Great Wigborough, age 12, born Bethnal Green.
Not found in 1901 census; the death record is only "probable and needs to be confirmed.
1638 PLUCK Mary Ann C1861: age 15, a boot binder.
1784 PLUCK May C1911: age 14, living in Brighton.
2491 PLUCK Mildred Mary No children found in GRO index
1777 PLUCK Morgan John C1881; C1891 a postman, living with his widowed mother; C1901, married, living in West Malling, a brewer's labourer.
3516 PLUCK Patricia Ellen Patricia and Kevin have two children: Brandon and Kayla.
3340 PLUCK Ronald E Ronald E in the birth index, Ronald L in the marriage index, but I am reasonably confident that this is the same person.
3343 PLUCK Ronald W V Ronald and his wife, Illona, have the same GRO death index reference.
0187 PLUCK Rosetta C1881: living in Debden Road, Saffron Walden, 6 children.
1768 PLUCK Sarah 1851C; 1861C living with her brother in law (the Joys) employed as a nurse (aged 13)
1641 PLUCK Sarah Ann C1861: scholar; Her uncle George lived in Witham (her birthplace). Her father died there.
There are two Sara Ann's registered in Witham in successive quarters. This could be a clerical error, or it could be a case of George and Emma (Butcher) having a daughter at roughly the same time.
1640 PLUCK Selina C1861: scholar; C1871: a domestic servant in Greenwich, her birthplace (Harlow) is wrong, but everything else fits; C1881: unmarried, 32, living at 6 Bredon Road, Lambeth, with her widowed father and a lodger, George Kydd.
1792 PLUCK Selina There are two possible candidates for her husband: [1] Augustus Clarence Jenkins who was born in Edmonton in 1891 and [2] Augustus Charles Jenkins who was born in Stone (Staffs) in 1868. In the 1901 census Augustus Charles was living in Leytonstone with his wife Minnie V who died in West Ham in 1930 aged 60 (Selina married in Bedford in 1933). Augustus [1] died in Barnet in 1937 aged 46 and Augustus [2] died in Sutton in 1965 aged 97.
Selina witnessed her sister Florrie's marriage in 1917 and her sister Jessie's in 1919.
0065 PLUCK Susan There is a burial of a Susan Plack in SW on 10 Dec 1826, aged 16 years. The record is fairly clear, but the name may have been mis-recorded or mis-heard. Her age, based on date of birth at baptism, would have been 19. The only reason for noting this is that John said he had 8 children when he was transported, but if George is included in the number he should have said 9.
0021 PLUCK Thomas C1841: age 15, cordwainer apprentice; C1861: shoemaker, age 35, born Saffrom Walden; C1881: cordwainer; C1901: wid; bootmaker (retired) living in Witham.
0191 PLUCK Victoria Victoria is recorded in the 1851 census but not the 1861 census. There is a death in Q3 of 1856. Her death record is based on not finding her in 1861 census
0225 PLUCK William C1861: Living in Westminster, a bootmaker.There is a death of a William Pluck in Q1 1885 in the West Ham RD, aged 65. This is a good fit.
The 1881 census has, at 6 Bredon Place, Lambeth:
William Pluck, head, wid, 61, bootmaker, born Saffron Walden
Selina Pluck, dau, u, 32, no occupation, born Spitalfields, MDX
There are many reasons why he could have moved the short distance from Lambeth to West Ham.
2498 PLUCK William Guy C1901
1774 PLUCK William John C1881: living in Tonbridge - baker's assistant; C1891: living in Brighton - groom; C1901: still in Brighton - foreman of livery stables
1764 PLUCK William Stock 1851C; C1861: living in the household of William Appleby, son of Ann Pluck (PL19) working as a boot maker; C1871 working as a bootmaker but whole family seems to be 'visiting' the Jeffries; C1881 he is living in Tonbridge with his family.
Stock, his second name, is found in his marriage and his death record. Mother's maiden name, perhaps?
0216 PLUCK Winifred C1901
1788 RADWELL Mary Ann can not find a birth record.
0182 RICHARDSON Amelia C1881
0330 RIDDLE Arthur Father was Thomas Matthew Riddle, a cabinet maker.
3510 RIDGE Nellie Nellie was a widow when she married Frederick. Her first husband was Sidney Campton who was killed in action in Belgium while serving in the Canadian Army (source: John Pluck). Nellie returned to England after his death.
2486 STAERCK Alice father: Albert Staerck, boot and shoe maker, deceased at time of daughter Alice's wedding in 1914.
1637 STEED Mary Ann Identified via Free BMD and 1861 census. She is the sister of Christy Ann Steed who married Henry Pluck (PL441). Henry and William were first cousins.
C1861: a boot binder.
0442 STEEDE Christiana C1861; C1871
1773 SWEENEY Ann C1871; C1881; C1891 a widow. C1901 living with her daughter, and a grandson, Harry Batchelor, in Reigate.
3032 TAYLOR Caleb C1901: he is living at 11 Curry Wood, in Halstead, Kent. He is an ag lab aged 50, born in Brenchley, Kent. He has a wife, Emily (50) and two daughters, Beatrice (13) and Minnie (10). Emily died in 1907. C1911: a carpenter, living in Tonbridge.
2753 TYLER Mary Ann 1901: widowed [but husband is in the London County Lunatic Asylum] a paper sorter. The two youngest children are with her, the two eldest are in a residential school.
No death found yet.
0398 WALKER Edward Edward was in the army when he married Florence in 1917.
1786 WALTERS Jane Clara C1901

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