John Akiens 1795-1845 Belgrave

[DCB]

I found some odd things about William Green Akiens, in case of interest:-

Leicester Chronicle 1st June 1844
TOWN HALL, FRIDAY.--Wm. Aikens was fined 5s. for an assault on Louis Aikens.

William Green Akins, son of John Green Akins, married Lois Bull on 15th March 1842 at All Saints.

Children:-
Mary Jane Atkins mmn Bull Q1 1849
Elizabeth Green mmn Bull Q3 1851

On the census, they had the surname of Green

1851 High Cross Street
William Green Head Married Male 34 1817 Bricklayers laboro Leicestershire
Lois Green Wife - Female 35 1816 - Leicestershire
Henry Green Son - Male 8 1843 Scholar Leicestershire
Mary J Green Daughter - Female 2 1849 - Leicestershire

Leicester Mercury 6th November 1858
DEATHS
On the 1st inst., aged 42 years, Mrs Lois Green, Church Gate
Buried in Welford Road Cemetery on ? November 1858

Then, as Akiens, he married Susannah Puryer, of Church Gate, in 1859
She was a widow, having married Cornelius Allsop in 1850
In 1851, Susannah Allsop was a Band Box Maker in Churchgate, born in London

Again, after marrying, William and Susannah went by the name of Green.

1861 16, Church Gate
William Green Head Married Male 31 1830 Band box maker St Margaret's, Leicestershire
Susannah Green Wife Married Female 31 1830 Band box maker - Shoreditch, London
Elizabeth Green Daughter Unmarried Female 10 1851 Scholar St Margaret's, Leicestershire

1871 Lanvy (Sanvey) Gate Court, St Margaret
William Green Head - Male 59 1812 Box maker Leicestershire
Susannah Green Wife - Female 45 1826 Box maker London, Middlesex
Elizabeth Green Daughter - Female 19 1852 Winder of worsted Leicestershire

David

[Annie65115]

Lois Green was buried in plot uN909 at Welford; this is the list of people buried in that plot:

GREEN   LOIS   1858, NOV 5     age 43   CHURCH GATE   SAINT MARY   
GOODYER   FRANCIS   1861, MAR 20     age 4MTHS   BURGESS STREET   ALL SAINTS   
GREEN   HENRY   1871, JUN 10     age 28   CAUSEWAY LANE   ALL SAINTS   
LOCKTON   ALBERT HENRY   1877, JUL 31   age 12DAYS   PASTURE LANE   SAINT MARGARET   
LOCKTON   JOSEPH   1878, JUL 9     age 3WKS   JOHN STREET   SAINT MARGARET   
LOCKTON   JAMES   1879, SEP 19     age 15DAYS   SAINT JOHN STREET   SAINT MARGARET   
GREEN   WILLIAM   1881, JAN 15     age 69   SAINT JOHN STREET   SAINT MARGARET      

This is probably the Lockton link:

Marriages Dec 1876   (>99%)
Green    Mary Jane         Leicester    7a   553    
LOCKTON    James         Leicester    7a   553    

[DCB]

I wondered what happened to Henry Green after the 1851 Census. I now see that he was living with Lois's father, David Bull, in 1871, and then I found him as Henry Gren in 1861, with both of Lois's parents in Causeway Lane.

I see that William was buried with his first wife. I am not sure what happened to his second, Susannah.

Several trees with the Lockton family, although none are direct relatives of Mary Jane. The two of her surviving children, Edwin and Francis, were living together in 1921: Edwin with wife, Lily, and children, Ivy and William, and Francis with wife Maud Alice and son, James Arthur.

Sadly, Maud Alice was in the Swain Street Wokhouse in 1939 and son, James, in Stoney Stanton. I can't find Francis, although he died in 1954.

Edwin and his wife were in Leicester with daughter, Ivy, and her husband Samuel Halse.

David

[DCB]

The Leicester Mercury, 29th November 1928

COLLAPSED IN DOCK
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Young Man Who Left Family in Workhouse
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Francis Bernard Lockton (30),...collapsed in the dock at Leicester Police Court today when wilfully neglecting his wife and three children who were chargeable to the Guardians.
Claimed that he had left the institution to look for rooms etc.
The Bench remanded Lockton to the Poor Law Institution. As he left the court, Lockton shouted, "It is a shame for me, a young man, to spend my days there."

Some nice messages from her daughter and family when Maud passed away in 1979.

It seems as though William Green was also in the Workhouse when he died

Leicester Journal, 14th January 1881
On the 12th inst., Mr William Green, Union Workhouse, aged 69 years.

David

[Annie65115]

And yet the Welford Rd burial record gives William's abode  mas St John St (as per post above). The workhouse was on Sparkenhoe St, a mile or so away. Perhaps William wasn't an inmate per se of the workhouse, but only went there briefly for his terminal illness?

[Annie65115]

I forgot that I have info re workhouse admissions!

Is this William? The age isn't quite right but neither, I think, is the age on burial?

Admission 8-Dec 1880   
Green William   age 64, Box Maker   St. Margaret's   
Roman Catholic   
Reason for admission; Illness

Disharge 12 Jan 1881
William Green
Deceased

(Being RC would also account for the fanily being in the unconsecrated section at Welford Road)

[Tuggybear]

Wow, you guys have been busy.  I've been looking at John and Susannah's children.
I think they had a second set of twins. Elizabeth Susannah and Thomas  were both born in 1833..
I also have Harriet Akiens aged 2 on the 1841 census but can find no birth for her. I'm wondering if she wSSusanna Akiens' (Green) grandchild as she wS born in 1939, 6 years after John's death.
Thanks again for all the information you've found. I'm very grateful.

[Annie65115]

I'd guess that Harriet was probably an illegitimate daughter of either Mary or Sarah.

I see Thomas (Thos) in the household, with the same given age as Betsy, but he's at the bottom of the household list rather than arranged in age order with the others so I wonder if he might have been a nephew or something like that maybe? I haven't seen a baptism for him.

[Annie65115]

Just for interest, I've found the grave of William's second wife,Susannah Puryer- in Welford Rd, plot cK227. I'd guess she's buried with her parents:

PURYER   JOHN   1860   DEC   23   75   CHURCH GATE   SAINT MARGARET      
PURYER   SARAH   1861   FEB   17   68   CHURCH GATE   SAINT MARGARET   
GREEN   SUSAN   1871   OCT   8   44   SANVY GATE   SAINT MARGARET   
BOSTOCK   ELISE MAY   1899   AUG   30   15MTHS   CLAY ROAD   LEICESTER