Does "John Canfield" ring any bells?

[Oldhasbeen]

Hi

I've made very good progress on my family tree, but I'm struggling to find out much about my 2nd great-grandfather John Canfield (b c1825, St Pancras; d after 1891).
He didn't marry my 2nd great grandmother Sarah Douglass, but his name appears on their daughter Alice's birth certificate. John was an engineer/engine fitter, and he appears in the 1841,1881 and 1891 censuses, living in Lambeth, but not in the 1851/61/71 censuses.

One suggestion is that he may have been at sea operating/fixing engines during at least some of these periods. Does anyone have any idea where I could pursue this somewhat vague lead?

Or is there anyone with Canfields in their family tree who could offer any information?

Thanks for any help!

[ShaunJ]

Is this him in 1901 - a retired engineer/fitter?

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/7814/images/LNDRG13_401_402-0443

[ColC]

Are these the ones you refer to?

CANFIELD, ALICE       - 
GRO Reference: 1854  S Quarter in LAMBETH  Volume 01D  Page 263

1881 - 4, Oakden Street, Lambeth
John   Canfield   Head   Married   Male   56   1825   Engine fitter   St Pancras, Middlesex
Mary   Canfield   Wife   Married   Female   41   1840   -   St Luke's, Middlesex
Herbert   Canfield   Son   age   3   1878   -GRO Q4/1877 mmn = Morse   Lambeth, Surrey
George   Williams   Nurse child   Single   Male   4   1877   -   Barnsbury, Middlesex

Colin

[ShaunJ]

Probable death registration in 2Q 1904 in Lambeth. John Canfields, aged 80.

[Kay99]

In 1871 the family were living at 52 Murray St when a son was baptised

Name:    James Henry Canfield
Baptism Date:    11 Oct 1871   St John, Hoxton, Hackney
Father:    John Canfield  Engine Fitter
Mother:    Mary Canfield

Kay

[ColC]

John Canfield   Engineer - bachelor
Mary Morse spinster   Both of 2 Packington St
Marriage Date:   12 Aug 1866
Marriage Place:   St Mary, Islington
Father:   John Canfield – stone mason
Father    William Morse – cabinet maker & Witness

Colin

[Kay99]

I think this is John and wife in 1871 - from FindMyPast  living at  52 Murray St  Hoxton

John   Samfield  29   Enginner Fitter  b Lancashire  (but looks like Vauxhall}
Mary   Samfield   29   b Middlesex (looks like St Lukes)

Kay
Registration district    Shoreditch
Parliamentary borough or division    Hackney
Municipal borough or ward    Hoxton
Piece number    446
Folio    28
Schedule    11
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[Oldhasbeen]

Thanks all - I had some of this info but not all of it.

Where John was in 1851 and 1861, however, is still a mystery, as is why he didn't marry Sarah Douglass. I can't find any evidence that either of  them were already married.

[rosie99]

Quote from: ColC on Today at 14:33
John Canfield   Engineer - bachelor
Mary Morse spinster   Both of 2 Pakington St
Marriage Date:   12 Aug 1866
Marriage Place:   St Mary, Islington
Father:   John Canfield – stone mason
Father    William Morse – cabinet maker & Witness

Colin

There is a John Canfield occupation Stone Mason age 52 bn Marylebone with wife Elizabeth in Stanhope Street, St Pancras in 1871 - RG10/205 f23 p27

In 1861 he is at RG9/ 215 f109 p18
1851 - H0107/1525 f379 p36