Arthur Edward Bulpit 1883-1883

Author: C Gambles
Date published: 08/09/2022
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Arthur Edward Bulpit

1883-1883

Arthur Edward was the son of Edmund Bulpit and his 2nd wife and Elizabeth (nee Collins) who married in 1881 in Newbury.

He died aged 1 month and was buried in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18th May 1883

His father Edmund was born in 1853 in Newbury, the son of Joseph and Mary Ann Bulpit (nee Hamblin). Edmund was a widower when he married Elizabeth, his 1st wife was Maria Wernham (name spelt Wornham at time of marriage in 1873, Maria died aged 23 in 1877).  

His mother Elizabeth was born on the 13th February 1861 in Enborne Berkshire, the daughter of Emmanuel and Elizabeth Collins (nee Bulpit) (Elizabeth’s mother Elizabeth Bulpit was Edmund Bulpit’s half-sister, both were children of Joseph Bulpit born c1805 in Enborne) .

 

Edmund and Elizabeth also had the following children:

May Matilda born 1885

Francis Edmund born 1886 (died soon after birth buried in the NRC on the 15th September 1886)

Florence Daisy born 1895

The 1881 census records Edmund (28) and Elizabeth (20) living in Bartholomew Street Newbury, Edmund was recorded as a Labourer.

In 1891 and 1901 Edmund was recorded as a Lath Render, in 1911 he was recorded as a Lath Render and Cleaver.

The family were recorded living in Sarum House Shop (in/near Enborne Road) Newbury in 1891, 5 Craven Terrace Newbury in 1901 and 59 Berkeley Road Newbury in 1911.

Edmund died aged 73 in 1926 (death registered in Poplar)

The 1939 register records Elizabeth (78) and Florence Daisy (44) living at 53 Andover Road Newbury.

Elizabeth died aged 81 in 1942 (death registered in Newbury)

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