The Family of George Pluckrose and Miriam Wrightson
Origins
This is a small tree - a single family. George's origins are not clear, he does not appear in a census until the age of 22 and I have not been able to find a birth record in the GRO index, [click here if you would like to read a more detailed investigation of George's origins]. George was very consistent over the years when declaring his age. His declared place of birth, however, moved in a slightly more respectable direction over the years. George's marriage certificate may provide the answer to his parentage.
Year | Census place | Occupation | Age | Place of birth | Census reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1901 | Hammersmith | architect and surveyor | 52 | Chelsea | RG13/41 f.15 p.10 |
1891 | Hammersmith | builder | 42 | Chelsea | RG12/35 f.156 p.55 |
1881 | Willesden | builder's clerk | 32 | Paddington | RG11/1364 f.93 p.7 |
1871 | Chelsea | solicitor's clerk | 22 | Kensal Town | RG10/91 f.48 p.5 |
George met his future wife, Miriam, when he was a boarder in the Wrightson household in 1871. Miriam's parents, William and Anna appear to be running a laundry in Kensal Town that employed four women. Although William was born in Kensal Town he was not living with his parents. Perhaps they were dead.
Brief Notes
PL No |
Surname |
Forenames |
Notes |
3677 | COLLINS | Joan M | A possible birth: Joan M S COLLINS, Q3 1923, Devonport 5b 487, mmn Cundy. |
3659 | HUSSON | Minnie Jane | C1911; |
3671 | MORLEY | Dorothy May | The birth index records her father as Harold Simmonds Morley and mother as Charlotte May Pinwill. |
3661 | OSBORN | Florence Jessie | C1911; |
3664 | PLUCKROSE | Annie Miriam | Two sons: William R (1938) and Edward L (1945). |
2456 | PLUCKROSE | Christine Jemima | C1911: living with parents; C1901 |
3663 | PLUCKROSE | Dorothy Mary | Dorothy, aged 8, was a passenger on the Orama which arrived at Brisbane on 9 Dec 1912. |
3667 | PLUCKROSE | Edward Reynolds | Executor of his father's Will. |
2455 | PLUCKROSE | Ethel Blanche | C1911: draper's assistant; C1901; C1891 |
3670 | PLUCKROSE | Ethel M | Two daughters: Gillian M (1944 in Wells) and Susan K (1946 in Wells). |
2445 | PLUCKROSE | George | C1871: solicitor's clerk; C1881: builder's clerk; C1891: builder; C1901: architect and surveyor; C1911: architect
and surveyor. He was a witness at an enquiry into the collapse of two houses in 1889 - see History section. |
2448 | PLUCKROSE | George Reynolds | C1911: carpenter and joiner; C1891; C1881. Will: 01Oct1949, 24 Southdown Avenue, London, W7, probate granted to Edward Reynolds Pluckrose, local government officer, effects £2001. |
2447 | PLUCKROSE | Gertrude Annie | C1881: C1891; C1901: mother's help; C1911: 36, single, living with parents, b. Kilburn. No marriage or death record found. |
3666 | PLUCKROSE | Gertrude Minnie | C1911; |
2452 | PLUCKROSE | Grace Eleanor | C1911: draper's assistant, living with parents; C1901: mother's help; C1891. She went to St Stephen's Parochial School in Hammersmith starting on 9 Oct 1894; father George of 55 Goldolphin Road, builder, born 9 June 1884. There is a possible death record: Grace E Jarvis, Q3 1960, Dartford, 5b, 318, age 76. |
2449 | PLUCKROSE | Henry Arthur | C1911: House painter; C1901: gas and hot water fitter; C1891; C1881 The family emigrated to Australia in 1912 travelling on the Orana which arrived in Sydney on 5 Dec 1912. Entries for the two children suggest that the family continued to Brisbane, arriving on 9 December. |
3662 | PLUCKROSE | Henry Osborn | C1911; Henry, aged 9, was a passenger on the Orama which arrived at Brisbane on 9 Dec 1912. He is recorded as Henry C but this is almost certainly an error. He moved around a bit: 1925: Fitzroy, Capricornia, 1936: Sherwood, Moreton, 1943: Cairns, Kennedy, 1949: Townsville (all in Queensland), and 1949 in Yackandandah which is in Victoria. |
2451 | PLUCKROSE | Herbert Rowland | C1911: architect and surveyor (assistant), b, Kilburn; C1901: architect's assistant; C1891. |
2453 | PLUCKROSE | Lilian Ruth | C1911: drapers assistant; C1901; C1891 |
2457 | PLUCKROSE | Miriam Florence | C1891; C1881; C1901: married and living in Willesden; C1911: married to Arthur (a taxi driver) with two daughters and two sons and living in Fulham. |
2454 | PLUCKROSE | Olive Claire | C1911: living with parents; C1901. She went to St Stephen's Parochial School in Hammersmith starting on 22 Aug 1898; father George of 20 Ormiston Road Road, builder, born 24 February 1893. |
2450 | PLUCKROSE | Walter William | C1911: dairyman's collector; C1901: plumber; C1891; C1881. Admitted to Latymer's Foundation School on 7 Jan 1889; born on 12 November 1879; living at 5 Ravenscourt Park. |
3668 | PRIEST | Ethel Mary | C1911: teacher for L.C.C. |
2446 | WRIGHTSON | Miriam | C1911: married 39 years, 13 children, 11 still living; C1901: b 1851 St John's Wood; C1891: b 1851 Marylebone; C1881; C1871 living with parents, George is a boarder. |