Generation 6

Children of James Head (1798-1884)    Line A 

6. Elizabeth Head (1827-1905)  Line A1

Born: October 9, 1827 in Lexden, Essex. Christened November 4, 1827.
Married: Thomas Martin Staples on August 6, 1855, in the Parish of Marylebone, Middlesex. Witnesses at the wedding were Edward Clarkson and Charlotte Marie Head. In 1881 Elizabeth and Thomas were living at 88 Kentish Town Road, Camden.  Thomas was a painter; his father was a carpenter named Edmund Staples. Thomas died in 1883. Elizabeth died at Pancras South Infirmary on October 12, 1905 of bronchitis and cirrhosis of the liver.

6. James Durrant Head (1829-1891)  Line A2    

Born: June 14, 1829 in Lexden, Essex. Christened July 12, 1829.
Married: Mary Ann Catherine Cundy at Camden Town, Pancras, on December 27, 1860. Mary Ann was born 1843 in Southend, Essex. Her father was Joseph Cundy , born in 1813, who was notable for living in an upturned boat on Shoebury East beach. James' profession was that of bricklayer. He and Mary Ann had fifteen children, two of whom died as infants. 
James died on December 31, 1891 in Shoeburyness of meningitis.
After her husband's death, Mary Ann continued to live at 1 George Street, Shoeburyness, but in straitened circumstances.  It was necessary for her to take in boarders, in the persons of a Mrs. Goose and her five children, who lived, ate and slept in one of the downstairs rooms, which measured 13 x 14 feet.  One of the children got scarlet fever and this brought the over-crowded situation to the attention of the authorities and Mary Ann was taken to court.  She explained that she had tried several times to evict Mrs. Goose, saying "I have been in great distress, with no one to support me but my little boy and what I get from the parish."  Mary Ann was given two weeks to evict the Gooses.  This did not take place within the time frame given as the matter was the subject of a discussion at a later town council meeting.  It was argued that it was the landlord's responsibility to evict the Gooses and the Health Committee should not "persecute a poor widow".
Mary Ann died of cardiac valvular disease on November 29, 1913 at 57 Warwick Street, Woolwich.  She was 69 years old.

6. William Head (1831-1888)  Line A3

Born: July 12, 1831 in Lexden, Essex. Christened August 7, 1831.
Died:  January 10, 1888, in Shoeburyness, Essex, of lung disease, aged 56. Buried January 14, 1888.

6. Mary Ann Head (1833-1858)  Line A4

Born: December 6, 1833, Lexden, Essex. Christened January 12, 1834.
Married: Edward Augustus Shutze, a tailor, July 7, 1857. His father, Augustus, was a sergeant in the Hanoverian Army. Mary-Ann died of phthisis (lung disease) at High Road, Lexden, on April 11, 1858, age 25, nine months after her wedding.

6. Charlotte Marie Head (1836-?)  Line A5

Born: February 18, 1836, Lexden, Essex. Christened March 27, 1836.

6. Harriet Matilda Head (1838-1892)  Line A6

Born: March 10, 1838, Lexden, Essex. Christened April 15, 1838.
Married: Frederick William Fiander, a decorator of St. George's, Hanover Square, November 21, 1859. Witnessed by John Durrant and Beth Emma Head. Harriet and Frederick had six children.
Harriet died in 1892 and Frederick in 1900, both in Hendon.

6. Jane Sophie Head (1839-1863)  Line A7

Born: December 29, 1839, Lexden, Essex and christened there on February 16, 1840.
Married: John Brooks, a staff sergeant in Her Majesty's Forces, 33rd Foot Patrol, November 14, 1857. The Shulzes were witnesses. At the time of their marriage, John was stationed at Colchester. In 1861 he was with the Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Militia. He subsequently joined the Royal Canadian Rifles, saw service in the Crimean War and spent eight of his twenty-one years' service in Canada.  When discharged, he returned to London, England. John and Sophie had two daughters.
Jane Sophie died on November 7, 1863 in London, aged 23. 

6. Emma Ruth Head (1841 - ?)  Line A8

Born: September 27, 1841, Lexden, Essex, and christened there on December 5, 1841.
Married: Joseph Henry Bond on November 12, 1864, at Haverstock Hill, Middlesex.  Joseph's occupation was Commission Agent.  Emma Ruth and Joseph later moved to Newington, Surrey, where Joseph's occupation was that of tailor.

6. Eliza Head (1844-1911)  Line A9

Born: March 5, 1844, Lexden, Essex, and christened there on May 5, 1844.
Died at the Colchester and District Hospital, Lexden in June 1911, aged 67 and was buried in St. Leonard's Churchyard, Lexden.

6. John Head (1844-1845)  Line A10

Born: March 5, 1844, Lexden, Essex, and christened there on  May 5, 1844.
Died: Lexden in June 1845, aged 15 months and was buried in St. Leonard's Churchyard, Lexden.  John was Eliza's twin brother.

6. John Child Head (1845-1847)  Line A11

Born: December 12, 1845, Lexden, Essex. Christened there on February 7, 1846.
Died in Lexden, February 20, 1847, aged 14 months, of bilious fever. He was buried in St. Leonard's Churchyard, Lexden.

6. David Head (1847-1925)  Line A12

Born: March 6, 1847 in Lexden, Essex, and christened there on June 6, 1847.
Married: Esther Taylor on November 8, 1902 in Colchester, Essex.  Esther was born in 1837 and died in Lexden in 1927, aged 91.  She and her sister Mary Ann were illegitimate, daughters of Eliza Taylor who worked as a servant.  Esther had two illegitimate children prior to her marriage to David - Hercules Taylor, born 1867, and Bussey Taylor, born 1878. The family lived at 53 Lexden Street in Colchester from 1905 to 1925. David was a gardener and died in 1925, aged 78. He was buried in St. Leonard's Churchyard, Lexden. Esther died May 11, 1927, aged 91.  (Her son Hercules married Florence Evans on August 1, 1896, and they had eight children.)

Children of Ann Head (1801-?)    Line B

Born:  1825 in Wymondham, Norfolk.

Born: 1826 in Wymondham, Norfolk.

Born: August 26, 1827, in Wymondham, Norfolk.

Born: 1827 in Wymondham, Norfolk and christened May 20, 1827.
Married: Zebediah Harris on March 25, 1853, in Wymondham. Mary was a shop maid.

Born: 1829 in Wymondham, Norfolk, and christened May 3, 1829.

Born: September 3, 1831 in Wymondham, Norfolk, and christened September 12, 1834, at the same time as his younger brother Thomas.
Died: September 2, 1836 in Wymondham, at age 5.  He is buried with his mother on the grounds of Wymondham Abbey.

Born: October 11, 1833, in Wymondham, Norfolk, and christened September 12, 1834, at the same time as his older brother, William.
Buried: April 5, 1854 in Wymondham.

Born: November 13, 1836, in Wymondham, Norfolk, and christened March 12, 1837. His occupation was that of weaver.
Married: Ann Blazey in May 1856.  Ann was born about 1836.
Married: Sarah Ann Leader in May 1860. Sarah was also born about 1836.

Born: February 12, 1838 at Wymondham, Norfolk, and christened July 7, 1838.
Married: Elizabeth Alice Fife, on June 13, 1859, in the Registry Office in Norwich, Norfolk. Witnesses to the marriage were John Knapp and Mary Ann Fife. Elizabeth was the daughter of James Fife and Mary Ann Whistler, and lived at Baxter's Gardens, King Street, St. Ethelred, Norwich, at the time of her marriage.  James lived on Pottergate Street, St. Gregory, Norwich, at the time of their marriage.  James and Elizabeth had four children.
James was not found in the 1881 census and it is believed he died prior to 1881.

Born: September 20, 1840 in Wymondham, Norfolk and christened on July 11, 1841.
Married: Eliza A about 1868.  Eliza was born in 1839 in Wymondham. The 1881 census shows William as a bootmaker, living in Norwich.