PUBV34/1/75

Removal Order and settlement examination for Elizabeth Whiteman, widow and her three children namely George aged 11 years, Alfred aged 6 years and Charles (being a bastard) aged 2 years. Removal from St Paul, Bedford to St Mary, Bungay, Suffolk.

26 November 1841

From: 1841 To: 1841

Examination of Elizabeth Whiteman, widow: I am now actually chargeable to the parish of St Paul in the town of Bedford. I was married on Whit Monday 15th May 1826 at the parish church of Redenhall in the County of Norfolk by my maiden name of Elizabeth Francis to my late husband George Whiteman by whom I have two children now living namely George aged 11 years and Alfred aged 6 years. My husband died 25th October 1834 at Bungay St Mary in the County of Suffolk where he was buried. He was bound apprentice by Indentures which I now produce dated 6th April 1809 to Thomas Marston of Bungay, bookbinder, to serve from the same 6th April 1809 for the term of 7 years and I have heard and believe that my said husband served the full term of his apprentcieship at Bungay and residing at Bungay in the last 6 weeks of his apprenticeship. In the Spring two years after we married my husband hired a house in Earsham Street in Bungay of Mr How for a year at the rent of £12. He occupied that house about a year and a half during which he paid the full rent and taxes for the same and also the poor rates. He then hired another house in th same street of Mr How at the rate of £10 a year for which he he was duly rated for the poor rates and he occupied the latter house and paid all rent and taxes for the same until his death in October 1834., since I continued in the occupation of the same house abouty half a year after his death. I was married again on 8th May 1838 in the parish church of St Dunstan in the West in the City of London to Samuel Whiteman (the brother of my first husband) by whom I have one child now living - Charles born 24th April 1839 in Bale Court, Guildspur Street, St Sepulchre, London. Mr How sold the second house during our occupation to Mr Grigg. We had no lodger during either occupation but actually occupied both houses ourselves.

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Whiteman, Elizabeth,
Francis, Elizabeth,
Whiteman, George,
Whiteman, Alfred,
Whiteman, Charles,
Whiteman, Samuel,
How,
Grigg,
Marston, Thomas

BEDFORD, Bungay, Redenhall with Harleston, St Pancras Cromer Street, City of London, POVERTY, Poor Law Unions, Settlement, removal, Overseers, MARRIAGE, employment, rentals, tenancy, magistrate, apprenticeship, bookbinder