Street Address 198 St George Street as was in the year 1884...

[sugarbakers]

1881 census 47 Christian St St Geo East

Christopher May 32 General labourer
Bridget 30
Hannah 8
Sarah 2

[Ruskie]

Don't you have the family in any census bastawolfie?

I can see them in 1881 at 47 Christian Street, with daughters Hannah and Sarah. There appear to be two other families also at No 47. let me know if you would like the full details, (though the 1881 census is widely and freely available). 

Added. SB has beaten me to it.

Added: Christopher born in Whitechapel, Bridget in London, Hannah in Deptford and Sarah in Whitechapel. 

[Ruskie]

I wonder if this might be the marriage:
Marriages June quarter 1869
district: Mile End
1c 907
Christopher May and Bridget Barry on the same page

16th May 1869
St Thomas Stepney
Christopher May of full age "Carman" residence Stepney father John May general dealer
Bridget Barry minor with consent residence Stepney father James Barry Bricklayer.
both signed
witnesses: James Barry and Catherine Maycroft

I'm not sure if this is the correct marriage but am just supplying the information in case. Christoper is a "Carman" rather than labourer. 

[sugarbakers]

... and ...

1871 census 12 St Thomas Rd MEOT

Christopher May 21 Carman
Bridget 21
John 4m

<i>added</i> ... but this one says born Shoreditch

[sugarbakers]

Possibly ... Christopher Hammond May s/o John & Ellen 11 Mar / 31 Mar 1850 St Leonards Shoreditch

[Ruskie]

I think that is the right birth sb. 

I found Christopher in 1861 with parents John and Ellen and younger brother William. They are living at 3 Newnham Place St Botolph. John is a fruit seller, as are the rest of the family.

[[Ray]]

Hi
 . . . . . . From Kevan's website . . . . .

https://pubshistory.com/LondonPubs/StGeorgeEast/JollySailor.shtml
Jolly Sailor, 182 St Georges Street ( aka Ratcliff Highway )

I love the foto!
R

[Ruskie]

In the 1861 census Bridget is living at No 5 Crown Court Whitechapel with father James, a Bricklayer aged 36 b Whitechapel - mother Elizabeth aged 34 b Sheerness Kent, sisters Ellen 13, Elizabeth 11, Hannah 5 and brothers James 8 and Richard 3.

[sugarbakers]

I noticed several "sugar" related buildings in the near vicinity.

Ruskie

Sorry to not have responded to your comment, but we've been busy, haven't we 

St Geo East and Whitechapel were at the centre of the East End sugar refining industry. From the very early 1700s, refiners began moving out from the City to beyond Aldgate, and as my maps show there were eventually sugarhouses in many of the streets, with some having quite a concentration, eg. Wellclose Sq, Leman St, Ratcliffe Highway, and later, Christian St.
This post though is set in 1884, at the time when the East End trade had all but collapsed. Just the odd sugarhouse in Christian St, Betts St etc that lasted a few more years, and one up in Dunk St MENT (that actually continued until 1961).
The new refineries of Lyle and Tate out at Silvertown had taken over London's sugar production. With the Bristol trade nearly finished, the competition came from Liverpool and Greenock ... competition that, once Lyle and Tate had become one, they set about buying out.