James John Austin
James John Austin
James John Austin was born, 7 July 1853, at 49 Bell Street, Lisson Grove, Registration District of Marylebone (London, UK) - but just steps from Paddington Green, and St. Mary's church (see Marylebone maps).
James John Austin birth certificate (click for larger image)
He was a tobacconist, working with 'Lambert and Butler' at their Oxford Street factory.
James was the son of James Aitkin (alias Attkin or Atkin) Austin and Mary Maria Scarfe. He married Monica Kelly (born ca 1855, parish of St. Martin in the Fields, London) on 26th April, 1874 at the Parish Church of Islington, Middlesex County (London). On the marriage certificate, the father of James is noted as James Atkin Austin, blacksmith and the father of Monica is listed as James Kelly, tailor.
Banns for the marriage were read on the 5th, 12th and 19th of April by Rev. A. Ewing. "John James Austin, Bachelor and Monica Kelly, both of this Parish." The Parish was Saint Mary and the borough was Islington.
Marriage certificate of James John Austin and Monica Kelly
At the time of their wedding in the parish of Islington, 26th April, James John Austin's address is 14 Half Moon Crescent. He was a tobacco manufacterer - bachelor, of age; and Monica Kelly - address 10 Grove Road (see Marylebone maps) - spinster, a minor. The names of the witnesses appear to be: John Chipp and Caroline Bute.
Monica Kelly
In the 1881 Census James John Austin was listed as 'head,' tobacco cutter, age 27, residing at 101 Usk Road, Battersea, Surrey (Greater London). In the 1901 Census, he is residing in the Civil Parish of Tottenham at #2 Sperling Road. The Frank King family (his son-in-law, is also residing with them at this time (as per the picture just below).
A Barnardo-connection document lists him, in 1907, as living at 8 Bertram Road in Enfield (Greater London). This is St. Andrew's parish. The Municipal Ward was Gren Street and Ponders End, in the 'municipal borough' of Enfield. The Frank King family was living with them (Frank was unemployed at the time.), and thus James was unable to give additional support to his daughter-in-law, Florence Dartnell, who had been abandoned by her husband (James' son), Charles Austin.
(counter-clockwise)
standing - centre: Frank King, Monica Kelly Austin, Lilian Maria Austin King (holding Alfred King), Ellen May King, James John Austin (note cigar), Irene Pretoria King
In the 1911 Census, James John Austin and his wife Monica are living at Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire. James John Austin died at the Union Infirmary in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, 12 January 1915. His death record (see below) indicates that he died of 1. asthma and 2. heart failure. According to details in the probation of his Will (see reference below), he is said to have been living at Green End, Braughing, Herts. I don't know why he was living here, having spent all of his life in greater London, unless he was seeking better 'air' due to his asthmatic condition. Perhaps it is an attempt at a healthier environment, due to this illness, and/or perhaps he was living with and being cared for by a relative. According to St. Mary's Church records, Braughing, John James Austin is buried in that church's cemetery. The Infirmary was originally part of the Union Workhouse which in 1894 became the local infirmary and was renamed 'Haymeads.'
It wass after his death, in January of 1915, that Monica visited her daughter Lillian in Burlington, arriving in April of that year.
A possible reference to Monica's death is:
Monica Austin
Death Registration Month/Year: 1938
Age at death (estimated): 83
Registration district: Shoreditch
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 41
The children of James John Austin and Monica Kelly were:
1. James Edward John Austin - born 1 February 1875 (christened 28 February) St. Mary's Parish, Borough of Islington (London), England (parents' residence: Half Moon Crescent - father is 'tobacco manufacturer); married Annie (Unknown). Res. South Africa. James served in the Boer War and was later a policeman in South Africa.
Possile death record for James: England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
Death Registration Month/Year: 1952
Age at death (estimated): 76
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5d
Page: 258or possibly the following:
Name: James J Austin
Death Registration Month/Year: 1943
Age at death (estimated): 55
Registration district: Edmonton
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 849
2. Charles William Albert Austin - born in 1877 at Westminster (London); christened 22 April, 1877, St. Martin's in the Fields, London - married ca 1899 to Florence Amelia Dartnell, in Strood, Kent. He was an 'engineers' labourer.'
3. Lilian Maria Austin - born 23 May, 1878, 187 High Holborn Street, London; c. 29 March 1885, Parish of St. Faith, Wandsworth, Southwark; (parents residence at time of christening: 16 Connaught Terrace; occ. tobacco cutter); died 17 September, 1956 - Hamilton, ON; - married 11 April 1899 at Edmonton (Greater London) to Francis King (b. Widford, Herts).
4. Monica (Minnie) Florence Austin - born in 1879 (birth registered in last quarter in the Registration District of Wandsworth (Battersea, Surrey (Greater London). She was christened on the 29th of March 1885, Parish of St. Faith, Wandsworth, Southwark; (parents residence at time of christening: 16 Connaught Terrace; occ. tobacco cutter); (1 year old in the 1881 Census - 101 Usk Road, Battersea). In 1901 Census she is a servant working in the context of a Draper's firm, in Wandsworth (St. Mark's parish). In the 1907 Barnardo-related document, she is 26, servant, at Stamford Hill. She was a Lieutenant in the Salvation Army.
5. Alfred Edward Austin - born 6 March (baptized 12 March) 1882 at Parish of St. Paul, Battersea, in the Borough of Wandsworth, Surrey. (3 wks old in the 1881 Census - 148 Usk Road, St. John's Hill, Battersea)
England
& Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983
about James John Austin Name: James John Austin
Year of Registration: 1853
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Marylebone (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 404
England
& Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about James John Austin Name: James John Austin
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Islington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 484
England
& Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Monica Kelly Name: Monica Kelly
Year of Registration: 1874
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Islington
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 484
1852
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Marylebone (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 670
Registry of Death - Registration District of Bishop Stortford, Sub-district of Storford
When and where died: Twelfth January 1915, Union Infirmary, Bishop Stortford
Male, 62 years
of Braughing, R.D., (Herts): a Tobacco Cutter
Cause of Death: 1. Asthma, 2. Heart Failure
Informant: A. J. Collins, Master, Haymeads, Bishop Stortford
Registered: Thirteenth January 1915
Registrar: Geo. E. W. Ackerman
1881 England Census Record
Name: Monica Austin
Spouse: James
Children: James
Birth: abt 1855 in St Martin IN The Fields
Residence: 1881 in Battersea, London, England
1901 England Census Record
Name: James J Austin
Spouse: Monica
Birth: year in Paddington, London, , England
Residence: year in Reg Dist. Edmonton; Sub Reg Dist: Tottenham, Middlesex, England; Ecclesiastical Parish: Holy Trinity
1901 England Census Record
Census Records
Name: Monica Austin
Spouse: James J
Birth: year in St Martins, London, , England
Residence: year in Tottenham, Middlesex, , England
London,
England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
James Edward John Austin
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 28 Feb 1875
Father's Name: James John Austin
Mother's Name: Monica Austin
Parish: Saint Mary
Borough: Islington
County: Middlese
London,
England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Lilian Maria Austin
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 29 Mar 1885
Father's Name: James John Austin
Mother's Name: Monica Austin
Parish: Saint Faith, Wandsworth
Borough: Southwark
County:
London
St. Faiths Church, Alma Road, Wandsworth Town, London; Description of boundaries of walk: on the north River Thames; on the east Wandsworth and Battersea boundary; on the south St John's Road, East Hill, Wandsworth High Street; on the west "The Wandle" Parish of St Faith, Wandsworth. John Street, York Road, Eltringham Road. The consolidated chapelry of ST. FAITH was formed from St. Anne's parish in 1884. The church, in Ebner Road, East Hill, is a building of red brick and stone in the style of the 13th century. It has a chancel and nave, both with a clearstory of lancet windows, low aisles, west baptistery and a tall north-west tower with a small flèche above it. There is no churchyard.
London,
England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Alfred Henry Austin
Record Type: Baptism
Date: 6 Mar 1882
Father's Name: James John Austin
Mother's Name: Monica Austin
Parish: Saint Paul, Battersea
Borough: Wandsworth
County: Middlesex
London,
England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 James John Austin
Spouse Name: Monica Kelby (sic: Kelly)
Record Type: Banns
Event Date: 19 Apr 1874
Parish: Saint Mary
County: Middlesex
Borough: Islington
England and Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) 1861-1941
Austin, James John, of Green End, Braughing Hertfordshire, died 12 January 1915 at the Union Infirmary, Bishops Storford, Hertfordshire Administration, London; 22 March, to Monica Austin, widow. Effects: 125 pounds 9s.
I'm grateful to Peter Boyland and the Braughing Local History Society for this information - www.braughing.org.uk
Imperial
Tobacco bought out 'Lambert and Butler' of London Bonded Cavendish Works,
23 Bucknall Street. Note that this company paid for the funeral and related
expenses of John James Austin.
