James ASTON

Abt 1820 - 1886  (~ 66 years)

• Name	James ASTON
  Birth	Abt 1820	Bilston, Staffordshire
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AFB7CA1115C14B95A756667136C67F1E6475
  Death	Jun 1886	Bilston, Staffordshire   [1]
  Notes	1861 census: at 3 Lichfield Street, Bilston, Staffs, James ASTON (41, wet cooper employing 1 man & 1 boy, born Bilston), Sarah ASTON (wife, 44, born Basingstoke, Hants), Peter ASTON (brother, 28, wet cooper, born Bilston) and Maria MOODY (visitor, unmarried, 30, dress maker, born Basingstoke). James's first wife died in 1866. They had a son in Q 2 1856 but he died in the same quarter.. 1871 census: at 3 Lichfield Street, Bilston, Staffs, James ASTON (widower, 51, coopers employing 1 boy, born Bilston) and an apprentice, Walter KNOTT (17). James married again in 1877. His second wife was Sarah CHAPLIN, who had two children by her first husband Alfred CHAPLIN (qv). 1881 census: at 87 Church Street, Bilston, James ASTON (61, hatter and cooper, born Bilston), Sarah ASTON (wife, 40, born Stoke on Trent, Staffs), Frederick H CHAPLIN (stepson, 15, assistant in hat shop, born Bilston), Edward H CHAPLIN (stepson, 10, scholar, born Bilston), Eliza H ASTON (daughter, 3, born Bilston) and a general servant, Mary WHITEHOUSE (22, born Darlaston, Staffs). James ASTON died in 1886. His widow continued to live at 87 Church Street: 1891 census: at 87 Church Street, Bilston, Sarah ASTON (widow, 50, fancy draper, born Stoke on Trent, Staffs), Frederick H CHAPLIN (son, 25, hatter, born Bilston), Eliza H ASTON (daughter, 13, born Bilston), John A CHAPLIN (grandson, 4, born Pattingham, Staffs) and Eliza CHAPLIN (mother-in-law, widow, 74, retired hatter, born Bristol, Gloucestershire). Also a general servant, Emma DEAKIN (19, born Bilston).
  Person ID	I69	Thanet (2), Kent
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Peter ASTON,   b. 1777, Brewood, Staffs d. Dec 1860, Darlaston, Staffs (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Ann BIBBINS,   b. Abt 1797, Bilston, Staffordshire d. Dec 1864, Wolverhampton RD (Age ~ 67 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1815	Sedgley, Staffs   [2]
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah HOPE,   b. Mar 1840, Stoke on Trent, Staffs d. Between 1897 and 1900, Bilston, Staffordshire (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1877	Wolverhampton RD   [3]
  Children	1. Elsie Hope ASTON,   b. Mar 1878, Bilston, Staffordshire d. 1967, George Square District, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age ~ 88 years)
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah MOODY,   b. Abt 1817, Basingstoke, Hampshire d. Dec 1866, Wolverhampton RD (Age ~ 49 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1855	Wolverhampton RD   [4]
  Children	1. James ASTON,   b. Jun 1856, Wolverhampton RD d. Jun 1856, Wolverhampton RD (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2011

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index, aged 66, Q2 1886 Wolverhampton 6b/358. (Reliability: 3). [S32] England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 at ancestry.com. [S3] BMD index, Q1 1877 Wolverhampton 6b/612. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, Q3 1855 Wolverhampton 6b/445. (Reliability: 3).