George EPPS

George EPPS[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male 1833 -

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  • Name George EPPS 
    Born 18 Jan 1833  Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I3017  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 12 Sep 2017 

    Father George EPPS,   c. 2 Jun 1799, Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Jan 1887, Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Mother Catherine NUTT,   c. 2 Oct 1799, Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 9 Feb 1883, Ospringe, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 20 Jan 1820  Faversham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F1213  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emma WINKLE,   b. Abt 1831, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married June Qtr. 1861  Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Alice Marion EPPS,   b. 1856, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Emma Elizabeth EPPS,   b. Abt 1865, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. George EPPS,   b. Abt 1868, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Alexander ^ EPPS,   b. Abt Feb 1871, Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep Qtr 1871, Faversham District, Kent, England (vol. 2a, p. 424) Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1227  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • At the time of the 1851 census, when George (III) was eighteen, his occupation was stated as being a draper. He became a minister, identified in the 1881 census when he was aged 48, with his occupation being stated summarily as E(vangelist), St Mary (an ancient Anglican church in Warwick). At that time he and his family lived at High Street, Wootton Wawen, Warwick.

      In the 1901 census, George (now aged 68) and his family, were living at Bletchingly, Surrey. In 1901 George’s household included his wife Emma, now aged 70, identified as a “plasterer” (perhaps she moulded plaster figures for a religious purpose), Alice Epps aged 45, identified as a “sick nurse” and Emma Epps, aged 36, identified as a “daily governess”. Both Alice and young Emma appear to be unmarried. Alice, like Emma senior, was born (according to the census data) in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and young Emma was born in Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, as was son George. It is possible that George and Emma had just the two children - “young” George and “young” Emma. As Alice was born in the same location as her mother, and around a decade before the young George and Emma, she may have been the daughter of an earlier relationship, but took the Epps name upon her mother’s subsequent marriage to George. This presumption is strengthened by two pieces of information: a marriage entry for a George Epps in the June quarter of 1861 at Stroud, Gloucestershire, to an Emma Winkle and a birth entry for an Alice Winkle in the June quarter of 1857 in Staffordshire (next door to Worcestershire). All these areas - Kidderminster, Winterbourne, Stroud and Staffordshire are relatively close by.

      In 1911:
      HOUSEHOLD EPPS GEORGE M 1833 78 Godstone Surrey
      HOUSEHOLD EPPS EMMA F 1831 80 Godstone Surrey
      HOUSEHOLD EPPS EMMA ELIZABETH F 1865 46 Godstone Surrey

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] 1851 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Ospringe, Kent, England, E.D. 1a, HO107/1626; Fol 212; P 28; GSU film #0193527, 30 Mar 1851.
      Household schedule #110, Ospringe Street:
      George Epps, head, married, 51, bootmaker, born at Ospringe;
      Catharine Epps, wife, married, 50, born at Faversham;
      Sarah N., daughter, unmarried, 29, dressmaker, born at Faversham;
      Rosetta, daughter, unmarried, 27, born at Faversham;
      George, son, unmarried, 18, draper's apprentice, born at Ospringe;
      William, son, unmarried, 15, shoemaker's apprentice, born at Ospringe;
      Maria R., daughter, unmarried, 11, born at Ospringe;
      John B. Epps, grandson, 2, born at London, Middlesex;
      Thomas Wooley, servant, unmarried, 15, shoemaker's apprentice, born Ospringe, Kent, England

    2. [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Winterbourne, Wadley's End, Gloucestershire, EnglandRG10/2574, p 16, 2 Apr 1871.
      Household Schedule #71:
      George Epps, head, married, 38, rural missionary, born Kent
      Emma Epps, head, married, 40, house duties, born Worcestershire
      Alice Epps, daughter, unmarried, 15, Scholar, born Worcestershire
      Emma E. Epps, daughter, unmarried, 6, Scholar, born Worcestershire
      George Epps, son, unmarried, 2, born Winterbourne
      Alexander Epps, son, unmarried, 9 months, born Winterbourne

    3. [S54] 1881 Census, England, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, England, E.D. 7 , RG11/3104; Fol 80; P 19; GSU film #134174, 3 Apr 1881.
      Household:

      George Epps, head, married, 48, E... St Mary, born Ospringe, Kent, England
      Emma Epps, wife, married, 50
      George Epps, son , unmarried, 12

    4. [S9] 1891 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Bletchingley, Surrey, England, ED #1,RG12/582; Fol 8; P 7; GSU fiche#6095692, 5 Apr 1891.
      Household:

      George Epps, head, married, 58, born Ospringe, Kent
      Emma Epps, wife, married, 60, born Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
      Emma E Epps 26, daughter, unmarried, born Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England

    5. [S13] 1901 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (http://www.census.gov.uk), Bletchingley, Surrey, England, RG13, 31 Mar 1901.
      Household:
      Emma Epps, wife, married, 70, Plasterer, born Kidderminster, Worcestershire
      Emma Elizabeth Epps, daughter, unmarried, 36 Daily Governer, Winterborne, Gloucestershire
      Alice Marion Epps, daughter, unmarried, 45 Sick Nurse, born Kidderminster, Worcestershire

    6. [S118] Parish Register, Church of England, (Not published), RG4, Piece 0879, Partridge Lane Independent Church, Faversham, Kent., 10 Mar 1833.
      George son of George Epps of the Parish of Ospringe, shoe maker and of Catharine his wife who was the daughter of John Nutt of the Parish of Faversham, Dredger, was born in the Parish of Ospringe on the 18th day of January 1833 and baptized March 10th, 1833 by me Henry John Rook.
      Found on Ancestry.com.

    7. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), Volume 35, 1810-1837, 19 Jan 1820.

      Geo Epps of Faversham cordwainer bach & Cath Nutt of the s sp. 19 Jan 1820.