Thomas Sylvester Lankshear Family
(Ron's grandfather - T.S.L. died 1933 Ron born 1937
Lankshear Genealogy Blog: Follow their houses in Maps of Thomas Sylvester Lankshear and family
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear Birth 1847 | Initial confusion over Thomas birth as also a registration
in 1853 sometimes agrees with census age but at death he was 85 agrees
with birth in 1847 - 1853 GRO was another Thomas Sylvester Lankshear -
7 Jun 1847 @ 16 St John's Sq., Clerkenwell / Thomas Sylvester / Father - John Lankshear (Pocket Book Maker) / Mother Elizabeth Lankshear (formerly Shaw) Elizabeth SHAW & John Lankshear - 1838 1851 Thomas Sylvester Lankshear age 3 with Aunt Harriet LONG (formerly SHAW) This was a fantastic find as Aunt Harriet confirmed which SHAW family |
 means a link
to my Hard Drive for a larger picture of full document which will not work
on web |
| 1870 Marriage Thomas and Caroline | ||
| Caroline Caswell or what happened to Caroline ????? | ||
| 1871 Flora Elizabeth Lankshear Birth and Baptism 1873
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 Flora Elizabeth
born 15 Dec 1871, 23 Park Street Thomas Sylvester Lankshear, Ironmonger Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 23 Park Street, Liverpool Road Registered 26 Jan 1872 (Islington West, Islington, Middlesex) 
1909 Florrie Elizabeth LANKSHEAR Marriage 1891 Florence Elizabeth Lankshear |
1901 census - Florrie Larkshear
1909 Florrie Elizabeth LANKSHEAR Marriage Flora Lankshear - Marriage 1895 (not Florrie)
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| 1873 Patty Hendy LANKSHEAR - Birth and Baptism |  Patty Hendy
 born 15 Oct 1873, 54 Foreign Street Thomas Silvester Lankshear, Salesman Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 54 Foreign Street, Brixton Registered 25 Nov 1873 (Kennington 2nd, Lambeth, Surrey) Note - Caroline's sister Mrs Patience Thomas in 1881 was at 58 Foreign Street Foreign St is now Wickwood - note Caroline later lived in Flaxman just across the railway
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Patty LANKSHEAR - Marriage 1894
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| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear 1881 - Family
1880s Shakespeare Rd and Percy Terrace Brixton - my grandfather's home |
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| 1882 George Henry Lankshear |  
George Henry Lankshear |
George went to Wales and married in Neath
As yet cannot find him in 1911 census |
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| 1883BCLANKSHEARAdaMary.jpg | 
 Ada Mary Lankshear born 14 Jul 1883, 287 Shakespeare Road Thomas Sylvester Lankshear, Commercial Traveller Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 287 Shakespeare Road Registered 24 Aug 1883 (Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey) 1880s Shakespeare Rd and Percy Terrace Brixton
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| All plain sailing to here - now we have the Grey Period Indications are of family change before birth of Lottie | But Birth Certificates for Lankshear
children still show as Caroline Townsend whereas she could
now be Caroline Caswell (???)
Clement's children added with this colour so we can compare to Thomas's |
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Births Jun 1886 Lankshear Dorothy Caswell Lambeth 1d 465 Dorothy died 1889 so my guess is Caroline moved in with Clement 1886ish As Dorothy at death is still shows father as Thomas I suppose she is his daughter BUT perhaps Caroline was just staying with the official record |
Birth detail (Janette has BC)
3 Mar 1886 at 37 Flaxman Road
Flaxman was just across the railway from Foreign St where Patty
was born |
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| Births Sep 1887 LANKSHEAR Clementi__ Caswell Lambeth 1d 479 | 18 Aug 1887 at 37 Flaxman Road (again),
Loughboro' Junction, Lambeth Clementina Caswell Lankshear Father Thomas Silvester Lankshear (again the spelling of the middle name), Commercial Traveller Mother Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Registered 28 Sep 1887 by Caroline Lankshear, mother, 37 Flaxman Road, Loughboro' Junction [1yr 2mths 6dys after birth of Dorothy] |
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| Lottie (Charlotte) Ellen Lankshear Births Mar 1889 0 Greenwich Kent 1d 1121
Lottie Ellen Lankshear was born 24 Oct 1888 |
 Lottie Ellen
 born 24 Oct 1888, 24 Creed Place Thomas Lankshear, Commercial Traveller Catherine Lankshear formerly Townsend C. Lankshear mother, 24 Creed Place Registered 8 Jan 1889 (Greenwich East, Greenwich, Kent) NOTE: Don't know who was the Catherine Lankshear formerly Townsend on Lottie's birth certificate but still guessing Elizabeth. |
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| Annie Dorothy Caswell was born 10 May 1889 [only 6 months and 17 days later] - unless Lottie was very premature she was not Caroline's daughter.
Died 2 Dec 1892 |
Birth 
10 May 1889 at 37 Flaxman Road (again), Loughboro' Junction, Lambeth - father Clement Caswell - Inspector on Railway Mother Caroline Caswell formerly Townsend (no mention of Lankshear)
and death Broncho Pneumonia certified by AH Macdonald |
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| Lily Lankshear Birth 1890 -
Bermondsey
[9mths 23dys after Annie Dorothy] |
Lily born 2 Mar 1890, 9 Bermondsey Square Thomas Lankshear, Commercial Clerk Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant T. Lankshear father, 9 Bermondsey Square Registered 11 Apr 1890 (St. Mary Magdalen, Saint Olave, London) |
1908 Lilian Mary (May) Lankshear daughter of Lily |
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear 1891 - Family | ||
| Caroline in 1891 should be 40 but is read as 30 (poss 20) and born Rotherhithe not Cornwall - | So who is this does not match Caroline who was with Clement and really not Elizabeth either | |
| Gerald Lankshear Birth 1892
- Ron's knew as Uncle Tom - his son is Gerald and Gerald is also Ron's second name. |
Gerald (from photocopied certificate Jerry sent to Grace) born 1 Nov 1892, 84 St. James Road Thomas Lankshear, Commercial Clerk Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant T. Lankshear father, 84 St. James Road, Bermondsey Registered 12 Dec 1892 (St. James, district unreadable but I think should be Bermondsey, Surrey)  |
Ron's Uncle Tom (Gerald Lankshear) |
| Frank born 1894 | Frank born 1894 Registered Dec qtr 1894 (St. Olave district) |
died 1917 serving with RFC |
| Edwin (Dick) Lankshear - Birth 1900
Wolseley Buildings - Edwin was born here A web site on Bermondsey
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Edwin born 4 Mar 1900, 86 Wolseley Buildings Thomas Lankshear, General Labourer Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 86 Wolseley Buildings, Bermondsey Registered 17 Apr 1900 (Bermondsey, Saint Olave Bermondsey, London) |
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| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear 1901 - Family | ||
| Elizabeth Skeggs Birth 1862 -
wife of Thomas Sylvester Lankshear by 1901
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23 Nov 1862 @ Halifax, Nova Scotia / Elizabeth Sarah / Father - Henry Skeggs (Gunner in R.A.) / Mother - Elizabeth Sarah Skeggs (no maiden name shown) | |
| Elizabeth Sarah Skeggs and Family | ||
| 1905 death of Caroline Caswell and Clement 1909 | Although Clement lies on the certificate everything
points to this being Caroline Lankshear (Townsend)
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| 1923 Thomas Sylvester Lankshear marriage to Elizabeth Sarah Skeggs | Note: Presumably they were now free to marry | |
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear - Memorial Card 1933 -Aged 85 | ||
| Thomas Lankshear Census Comparisons - The comparison needs more work but it shows anomalies across census re age and place of birth |
The trail of movements is
Lankshear Genealogy Blog: Follow their houses in Maps of Thomas Sylvester Lankshear and family
- 1846 16 St Johns Square Clerkenwell
- 15 Dec 1871, 23 Park Street, Islington
- 15 Oct 1873, 54 Foreign Street, Lambeth
- Note - Caroline's sister Mrs Patience Thomas in 1881 was at 58 Foreign Street
- 1881 6 Shakespere Rd Percy Terrace Lambeth
- 19 Feb 1882, 6 Percy Terrace, Shakespeare Road
- 14 Jul 1883, 287 Shakespeare Road
- 24 Oct 1888, 24 Creed Place
- 2 Mar 1890, 9 Bermondsey Square, Bermondsey
- 1892 84 St James Rd Bermondsey
- 1900 86 Wolseley Buildings
- 1901 100 Hoxton St, St Leonard Shoreditch
1911 early view of census and they appear to be in Bethnal Green - By 1917 13 Poyser St Cambridge Heath Bethnal Green