Buswell

[Les275]

Does the information as to the date/place of the marriage (1870, Edinburgh) come from one of the children's birth certificates?

And what is the source of the information that he died in Scotland?

source of info that he died in Scotland is verbal - he disappears between the 1891 and 1901 census and one of his daughters told me in the 60s that he died in 1892

[O1dgobbo]

Hi Les

You mentioned in a PM that Robert and his family were living in Lower Shadwell at the time of the 1851 census. HO 107/1550 441 p3 shows the folllowing family living at 7 Lower Shadwell in St Paul Shadwell:
Thos Buswell Head M 59 Cooper (Journeyman) b Herts, Aldenham
Catherine do Wife M 44 - b. City of London, Blackfriars
Catherine A daur 12
Robert son 10
John Thos son 1 mo
All three children b Middlesex, Shadwell.

The births of the three children were registered in Stepney but under the name Busswell:
Births Jan-Mar 1839 Busswell Catherine Ann Stepney 2 461
Births Oct-Dec 1840 Busswell Robert William Stepney 2 486
Births Jan-Mar 1851 Busswell John Thomas Stepney 2 635

My problem with this Robert Buswell is that he is clearly born in Shadwell in the East end of London and not in Pimlico which is in the West end of London.

All the best

Gobbo

[O1dgobbo]

Hi Les

I have traced the Shadwell Robert Buswell in the 1861 and 1871 censuses and I do not think that he is your ancestor:

1861 RG 9/280 23 p21 (St George in the East, St Paul) living with his parents and brother John
Robert Buswell 20 Druggist's Porter b Middlesex, Shadwell

1871 RG 10/532 49 p35 (St George in the East)
Robert Busswell Head M 30 Druggist Assistan b. Shadwell, Middlesex
Elizabeth do Wife M 25 - b. St George E
Arthur ? do son 4 - b. do
Elizabeth ? do daur 2 - b. do

Freebmd has the following index entries:

Marriages Apr-Jun 1865 Buswell Robert William Shoreditch 1c 477
(probable bride Brown Elizabeth Euphemia)

Births Jan-Mar 1867 Busswell Arthur Robert St Geo East 1c 443
Births Apr-Jun 1869 Busswell Elizabeth Catherine St Geo East 1c 381

In 1881 (RG 11/400 15 p24)
Robert Busswell, druggist assistant and his family (six children) are living at 54 Huntingdon Street, St Leonards Shoreditch.

All the best

Gobbo