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SILVER / PARROTT

Walter SILVER (So14)
(Son of William SILVER & Mary GALLEHAWK)
Born: 14 Aug 1809, Faversham KEN (see Notes)
Baptised: 15 Oct 1809, Ospringe KEN
Died: 24 Jul 1892, East Tilbury ESS, aged 83
Buried: 30 Jul 1892, East Tilbury ESS, aged 83
Will: proved 12 Aug 1892, London
Occupation: Gunpowder Storekeeper

MARRIED (1)
21 Apr 1826, Tonbridge KEN, by banns
Witnesses: John MATTHEWS, Ann PARROTT, Catherine ??, Thos MACKER
to:

Ann PARROTT (So15)
Born: c1806
Died: 28 Jul 1827, Tunbridge Wells KEN
Buried: 5 Aug 1827, Tonbridge KEN, aged 21
 

Children:

Ann Matilda SILVER (So7)
born: 17 Feb 1827, Erith KEN
bapt: 25 Apr 1827, Tonbridge KEN

MARRIED (2)
5 Oct 1828, Leigh KEN, by banns
Witnesses: John ASHBY, Mary Ann MORGAN
(The groom's name is given as William SILVER in both the register and BTs, but he clearly
signs Walter SILVER and the signature seems similar to that at Walter's earlier marriage.)
to:

Mary Ann MANNS
 

Children:

? Jane SILVER ?
born: 1 Jun 1832; bapt: 22 Jun 1832, Holy Trinity, Newington SRY
(Jane may not be daughter of this Walter and Mary Ann SILVER. The baptism entry
gives her father as a waterman of Suffolk St)

MARRIED (3)
c1836?
to:

Ann WARNER
Born: c1800, Erith KEN
 

Children:

Walter SILVER
bapt: 13 Aug 1837, Erith KEN
died: Jun Qtr 1902, Orsett Reg. Dist., aged 65
buried: 17 Apr 1902, East Tilbury ESS, aged 65
married (1): Emma Amelia TWORT, 24 Jul 1858, Erith KEN
married (2): Maria BAKER, 22 Sep 1873, St Thomas, Stepney MDX
Mary Ann SILVER
born: Jun Qtr 1839, Dartford Reg. Dist. (Erith)
married: George OSBORN (widower), Dec Qtr 1861, St George Southwark Reg. Dist.
Annabella SILVER
born: Sep Qtr 1841, Dartford Reg. Dist. (Erith)
died: Jun Qtr 1894, West Ashford Reg. Dist., aged 52
married: Thomas HOPKINS, 16 Sep 1860, Erith KEN
Edwin Benjamin SILVER
born: 11 Jun 1843, Erith KEN
bapt: 23 Jul 1843, Erith KEN
died: Dec Qtr 1899, Dartford Reg. Dist., aged 60 (as Benjamin SILVER)
married (1): Dinah BIGWOOD, 27 Jul 1863, Bexley KEN (as Benjamin Warner SILVER)
married (2): Mary Ann GOOD, Sep Qtr 1880, Dartford Reg. Dist. (as Benjamin SILVER)

Ann WARNER also had two illegitimate children, father(s) unknown:

Thomas Edward WARNER
bapt: 17 Oct 1830, Erith KEN
John Boyce WARNER
bapt: 7 Apr 1833, Erith KEN

MARRIED (4)
13 Sep 1863, St James the Less, Bethnal Green MDX, by banns
Witnesses: Charles Edmund BAKER, Ann BAKER
to:

Diana Margaret CREAM née CLARK(E)
Baptised: 5 Oct 1803, Rotherhithe SRY (aged 1)
Died: 29 Dec 1878, East Tilbury ESS, aged 78
Buried: 5 Jan 1879, East Tilbury ESS, aged 78
(Married (1): John CREAM, 8 Apr 1837, St John Horsleydown, Southwark SRY)

MARRIED (5)
15 Apr 1883, East Tilbury ESS, by banns
Witnesses: Bessie M. B. BARTER, Herbert F.T. BARTER
to:

Eliza DEEKS née ALEXANDER
Born: c1819
Died: 10 Jul 1890, East Tilbury ESS, aged 71 (sic - see Notes)
Buried: 15 Jun 1890, East Tilbury ESS, aged 71
(Married (1): George "DEAKS", Dec Qtr 1839, Orsett Reg. Dist.)

NOTES

The birth details of Walter SILVER (So14) and his daughter Ann Matilda (So7), and the death details of Walter's first, fourth and fifth wives, are taken from a page of Silver family events photocopied from a small family bible or similar. It is not clear when these details were recorded, but the earlier entries (up to 1836) appear to have been made in the same hand, probably at the same time, and may perhaps have been written by Walter's father, William SILVER (So28), possibly around the time general registration of births, marriages and deaths was introduced. However, although most of the entries are consistent with other records - baptisms, burials, GRO entries, census returns etc - there are a few discrepancies including Walter's birthplace, and the month of death of his fifth wife.

On October 1st 1864 there was an explosion involving the gunpowder magazines at Belvedere, Erith, at one of which Walter SILVER was Storekeeper. He survived this explosion, despite his house collapsing around him, but one of his grandchildren was killed. Details of the explosion and the subsequent inquest can be found in The Times, and a photograph of the ruins of Walter's house was published in The Illustrated London News. These accounts give a fascinating if sometimes gruesome account of the explosion and offer insight into the dangers of working in the gunpowder industry in the 19th century.

CENSUS INFORMATION

 
1841 - Powder Magazine, Erith KEN (HO107 482/12 Fo: 27)

 
1851 - Picardy, Erith KEN (HO 107 1607 Fo: 234)

(John WARNER is living next door but one, as under an Storekeeper)

 
1861 - Magazine Storekeeper's House, Erith KEN (RG9 466 Fo: 40)

(John WARNER, with wife and children, is living next door but one, as under an Storekeeper)

 
1871 - Cottage, East Tilbury ESS (RG10 1654 Fo: 74)

(Next door is Edwin GALLEHAWK, aged 31, also a Storekeeper, and almost certainly Walter's cousin)

 
1881 - East Tilbury St, East Tilbury ESS (RG11 1754 Fo: 71)

(Lucy WARNER is daughter of John Boyce WARNER)

 
1891 - East Tilbury Village, ESS (RG12 1379 Fo: 82)

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