Family of Samuel James MIDDLETON and Ellen Harwood MAJOR

Husband:
Samuel James MIDDLETON (c. 1839-c. 1913)
Wife:
Ellen Harwood MAJOR (c. 1860-1916)
Marriage:
24 Mar 1900
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk¹

Husband: Samuel James MIDDLETON

Name:
Samuel James MIDDLETON
Sex:
Male
Father:
Robert MIDDLETON (1814-c. 1903)
Mother:
Eliza GOWING (c. 1818-c. 1892)
Birth:
c. 1839
Beccles, Suffolk²
Baptism:
12 Apr 1840 (age 0-1)
Beccles, Suffolk
Census:
1851 (age 11-12)
Topcroft³
Address: The Hall, Topcroft

living with parents Robert (36, master builder employing 3 men) and Eliza (32), and siblings Eliza (12), Maria (9), Elizabeth (5, scholar) and James (1)
Census:
1861 (age 21-22)
Topcroft⁴
Address: The Street, Topcroft

carpenter, living with parents Robert (47, farmer of 39 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy) and Eliza (44), siblings Justina (19), Elizabeth (16), James (12, scholar), Harry (4, scholar), Jane (2) and William (4mths), and visitor Theodocia JONES (14)
Census:
1871 (age 31-32)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk⁵
journeyman carpenter, living with wife Harriet (28) and daughter Maria (1)
Census:
1881 (age 41-42)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk⁶
Address: 121 Middlegate Street, Great Yarmouth

carpenter, living with wife Harriet (38, shopkeeper), sons Harry R (9, scholar), Ernest J (6, scholar), Samuel W (4, scholar) and Walter Jacob (2), and general servant Elizabeth MANNEL (16)
Census:
1891 (age 51-52)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk⁷
Address: Middlegate Street, Great Yarmouth

house carpenter, living with wife Harriet (45), sons Harry R (19, apprentice to carpenter), Ernest (16, apprentice to stationer), Samuel W (14, errand boy) and Walter (12, scholar), niece Martha (14), and domestic servant Harriet HEWITT (18)
Census:
1901 (age 61-62)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk⁸
Address: 74 Middlegate Street, Great Yarmouth

carpenter, living with wife Ellen H (41), sister-in-law Priscilla MAJOR (49) and niece Martha Ann (24)
Census:
1911 (age 71-72)
Broome, Suffolk⁹
Address: Lugg Lane, Broome, Suffolk

retired carpenter, living with wife Ellen H (51) and sister-in-law Priscilla MAJOR (59)
Death:
c. 1913 (age 73-74)¹⁰

Wife: Ellen Harwood MAJOR

Name:
Ellen Harwood MAJOR
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1860
Caister-On-Sea
Census:
1901 (age 40-41)
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk⁸
Address: 74 Middlegate Street, Great Yarmouth

living with husband Samuel J (61, carpenter), sister Priscilla MAJOR (49) and niece Martha Ann (24)
Census:
1911 (age 50-51)
Broome, Suffolk⁹
Address: Lugg Lane, Broome, Suffolk

living with husband Samuel J (71, retired carpenter) and sister Priscilla MAJOR (59)
Death:
13 Feb 1916 (age 55-56)^11,12

Note on Husband: Samuel James MIDDLETON

There is some confusion over the given names but are from Samuel, James and Gowing

Sources

1.: Parish register - marriage. Great Yarmouth. Cit. Date: 24 March 1900.

2.: Civil Registration - birth. 1840 Q1 Wangford 13 496. Cit. Date: Q1 1840.

3.: 1851 Census. HO107 1820 753 23. Cit. Date: 1851.

4.: 1861 Census. RG09 1230 115 12. Cit. Date: 1861.

5.: 1871 Census. RG10 1785 42 23. Cit. Date: 1871.

6.: 1881 Census. RG11 1909 145 9. Cit. Date: 1881.

7.: 1891 Census. RG12 1499 19A 33. Cit. Date: 1891.

8.: 1901 Census. RG13 1809 121 5. Cit. Date: 1901.

9.: 1911 Census. RG14 PN11392 RD229 SD1 ED4 SN109. Cit. Date: 1911.

10.: Civil Registration - death. 1913 Q4 Mutford 4A 1174. Cit. Date: Q4 1913.

11.: Find A Grave.

12.: Civil Registration - death. 1916 Q1 Mutford 4A 1377. Cit. Date: Q1 1916.