Hello There,
The above person was one of my 4x Great Grandad's.
He had a son also called Frederick William Spooner. One of my 3x Great Grandad's was born according to his birth certificate at: "113, Britannia Street, Hoxton, New Town". Frederick junior was born on the 9th of September. The birth was registered in the Shoreditch district.
On most of the Census returns, Frederick junior's birth date and place had been put down as: "St. Luke's Middlesex", in either 1837/38.
Frederick's senior's occupation at the time of Frederick's birth was a: "Warehouseman".
His Mother's name and maiden was: "Esther Spooner - formerly Marsden".
I looked up Frederick Spooner junior, on the Census returns from 1841, and 1851. On the 1841 Census, he appears to be with his Grandmother, Elizabeth Marsden, and her family. I could not see an Esther Spooner, or another Frederick Spooner there though, his Father. In the 1841 Census, Frederick w Spooner, junior was at: Southwark, St. George The Martyr, Lambeth Road.
In the 1851 Census, Frederick junior was also with a Marsden, and this Marsdens sister, Henrietta Stanley at: Howley Street, Lambeth.
I looked up a baptism for Esther Marsden. I found out that she was probably born at Stepney, on the 12th of December 1810: The Mother's name was Elizabeth, and the Father's name was William.
But the problem is, I can't seem to find Frederick William Spooner, Senior on the Census returns, or a baptism for him. Frederick William Spooner, junior married Ellen Pocock, in December 1860, in Putney. On his marriage record for his Father's name and occupation, Frederick put: "Frederick Spooner - Linen Draper". I also can't find a record of a marriage between Esther Marsden, and Frederick William Spooner, Senior. The fact that on Frederick junior's birth certificate it says for his Mother: "Esther Spooner - formerly Marsden", would suggest that they had been married.I am assuming that Esther may have died when Frederick junior was very young? That is why he seems to have been possibly brought up by his Aunts.
But I don't know what became of Frederick William Spooner, Senior. Possibly married again?
Any information regarding the above, would be gratefully accepted.
Thank you very much.