James Thomas SUFFIELD

1850 - 1927  (76 years)

• Name	James Thomas SUFFIELD
  Birth	Sep 1850	Poplar, London   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	2DD68E8722264CCDA7EB66D68186900EEC5B
  Death	Jun 1927	Rochford RD   [2]
  Notes	1881 census(1): at 34 Bloomfield Road, Mile End Old Town, London (all SUFFIELD), John (head, 54, fire wood merchant, born Liverpool, Lancashire), Ellen (wife, 55, born Poplar, Middlesex), James T (son, unmarried*, 30, timber merchants clerk, born Bromley, Middlesex), Arthur C (son, 21, carpenter & joiner, born Bromley, Middlesex) and Sidney R (son, 19, solicitors clerk, born Beaulieu, Hants). Also Susanna Sansom (mother in law, widow, 80, born Southsea, Hants). 1881 census(2): at the Merry Cricketers, Lower Road, Deptford, Robert MINTER (66, licensed victualler), Susan (65), Maude (26), Ruth (25) and Frederick (11, barman). Also married daughter Emily SUFFIELD (30) and her three children Florence SUFFIELD (2), Frederick SUFFIELD (2) and Alfred SUFFIELD (7 months). * James is shown as unmarried, and his wife and 3 children were living with with Emily's parents. It seems that at the time of the 1881 census James and Emily had split up, although they had two children in the 1880s before Emily petitioned for divorce on 8 December 1885. She was granted a decree nisi on 8 March 1886 and a final decree on 14 December 1896. The divorce papers (at ancestry.com) indicate that the decree was granted on the grounds of "adultery coupled with cruelty towards the petitioner." Emily's petition for divorce mentions three women with whom her husband was alleged to have committed adultery, Alice Alwood, Lydia Campbell and another, unnamed. 1891 census: James, now 40 and single, was still living with his by-now-widowed father at 97 Plaistow Road, West Ham. Emily, calling herself a widow, lived with two of her children in Lewisham - see her Notes. 1901 census: in High Street, Rayleigh, Essex (all SUFFIELD: James Thomas (married, 50, carpenter, born Poplar, London), Esther Annie (wife, married, 50, dress maker, own account at home, born Rayleigh) and Rosa Isabel (daughter, 8, born Plaistow, Essex). Note: Rosa was the daughter of James's second wife Emily Caroline SCOTT nee COLBORNE. They married in 1892 but Emily Caroline died the following year in the same quarter as daughter Rosa ws born. James married again in 1896, to Esther Annie DENNIS - it's she who appeared with James and his daughter Rose in the 1901 census. 1911 census: at St Johns, Eastwood, Essex (7 rooms) (all SUFFIELD: James Thos (married, 61, carpenter on own account at home, born Poplar, London), Esther Annie (wife, 62, married 15 years, no children, born Rayleigh) and Rosa Isabel Helen (daughter, 18, born West Ham, Essex).
  Person ID	I275	Whitstable, Kent
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Emily Sarah Minter,   b. Sep 1849, Deptford, Kent d. Mar 1923, Bromley RD (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	30 Sep 1875	St Anne, Limehouse, London   [3, 4]
  	Married after banns. James Thomas Suffield, full age, bachelor, clerk for timber merchant of 23 Pigott Street, father John Suffield, draughtsman. Emily Sarah Minter, full age, spinster of 23 Pigott Street, father Robert Minter, licensed victualler. Both signed full names. Witnesses Robert Minter, Maud Minter, Ellen Suffield.
  Children	1. Florence Mabel SUFFIELD,   b. 24 Sep 1876, Bow, London d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Frederick George SUFFIELD,   b. Mar 1878, Rotherhithe RD d. Yes, date unknown   3. Frederick SUFFIELD,   b. Abt 1879, Rotherhithe, London d. Yes, date unknown   4. Alfred Thomas Robert SUFFIELD,   b. 12 Jul 1880, Rotherhithe, London d. Yes, date unknown   5. Maud Beatrice SUFFIELD,   b. 9 Feb 1883, Peckham, London d. Yes, date unknown   6. Alice Emily SUFFIELD,   b. Dec 1885, Camberwell RD d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F76	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Emily Caroline COLBORNE,   b. Jun 1865, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk d. Mar 1893, West Ham RD (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1892	Canning Town, Essex   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Rosa Isabel Helen SUFFIELD,   b. Mar 1893, West Ham, Essex d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family 3	Esther Ann HAINSWORTH,   b. Jun 1849, Rayleigh, Essex d. Mar 1930, Maldon RD (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1896	Rochford RD   [7]
  Family ID	F260	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] BMD index, Q3 1850 Poplar 2/346. (Reliability: 3). [S7] BMD index, aged 76, Q2 1927 Rochford 4a/583. (Reliability: 3). [S7] BMD index. [S60] London Metropolitan Archive at Ancestry.co.uk, September 2009 and later. [S111] Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960 at ancestry.com. [S7] BMD index, Q1 1892 West Ham 4a/8 (Reliability: 3). [S7] BMD index, Q2 1896 Rochford 4a/767. (Reliability: 3).