George Henry COSLETT

1868 - 1910  (~ 41 years)

• Name	George Henry COSLETT
  Birth	Jun 1868	St James RD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	78ED752B1F5E4B0EBEF6A15932593FA8FB08
  Death	Mar 1910	Shoreditch RD   [2]
  Burial	19 Mar 1910	Chingford Mount Cemetery, London
  Notes	From UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929 at ancestry.com: On 21 October 1893 George Henry Coslett, 26, musician, appeared in court in Westminster and pleaded guilty to stealing, on 22 September 1893, 'a piano and other articles, value £100, the goods of Clara Louise Coslett'. He was bailed for £10 to appear for judgment if called upon. August 2021: Janet Tidman writes: "I found newspaper reports from the London Evening Standard about the trial of George Coslett in October 1893.  He sounds a thoroughly bad lot!  Seems that Clara had spent some of her inheritance from Caroline on furniture which was placed in the 3 rooms they rented at 41 Glengall Road, Kilburn.   Later, when she returned to Suffolk to arrange for a gravestone for her mother, George removed all the furniture, sold some items and even some of her clothes.  She returned to their rooms to find him gone, as well as everything else apart from a box and some curtains. Sounds like he was probably an alcoholic - he said that 'he had been drinking heavily for some time past. Whatever he earned he spent'.  Clara also said that 'she always had to support her husband: he had never given her sufficient to pay the rent.' Poor Clara!  I haven't been able to find either Clara or George in the 1901 census, so I don't know if she went back to him (I hope not!) and as you say, in 1911 she was a patient in Portsmouth infirmary.  I haven't found out when or where she died." George Henry probably died in 1910 (although his wife's 1911 census entry - see below - doesn't say 'widow'). The England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 (at ancestry.com) has an entry: Coslett George H 42 years, 33 Rushton St, Hoxton. Buried in Chingford Mount Cemetery, London, on Saturday 19 March 1910. 1911 census: Clara COSLETT (41, married 20 years, no children, no occupation, born Westminster, London) was a patient in the Parish of Portsmouth Infirmary, Milton Road, Kingston, Portsmouth. Clara's death not found.
  Person ID	I496	Boyton, Suffolk
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	Clara Louise STEBBING,   b. Bef 18 Dec 1870, St James Westminster, London d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 Jul 1891	St Helens Parish Church, Kensington, London   [3]
  	Married after banns. George Henry Coslett, 24, bachelor, musician of 250 Latimer Rd, father Lewis Coslett, butler. Clara Louise Stebbing, 20, spinster of 250 Latimer Rd, no father's name given. Both signed full names. Witnesses Caroline Stebbing, Frederick Journois(?).
  Family ID	F160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index, Q2 1868 St James 1a/434. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, aged 42, Q1 1910 Shoreditch 1c/63. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, Q3 1891 Kensington 1a/237. (Reliability: 3).