 1855 - 1918 (63 years)
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| Name |
William Masters Sibthorpe |
Relationship | with
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| Birth |
7 Jun 1855 |
Witham, Essex  [1] |
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Draper |
| Residence |
Jan 1860 |
Purley, Surrey |
| Elected to The Asylum for Fatherless Children, Reedham, in Old Lodge Lane |
| Death |
8 Dec 1918 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Will |
12 Feb 1919 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| £23,840 17s 9d to Charlotte Sibthorpe widow and William Earl Sibthorpe draper's manager |
| Notes |
- In January 1860, he was 'elected' to The Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Reedham, nr Croydon Surrey. Description: "Father was a tailor and draper, Essex; eight children dependent on the mother". It signalled a family move south of the river.
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| Person ID |
P122 |
Moss genealogy |
| Last Modified |
15 Aug 2017 |
| Father |
Edwin Sibthorpe, b. 1818, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire d. 19 Feb 1859, Witham, Essex (Age 41 years) |
| Mother |
Jane Masters, b. 1818, Potton, Bedfordshire d. 17 Sep 1912, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Oct 1844 |
Potton, Bedfordshire [2] |
| Census |
1851 |
Witham, Essex |
| Edwin (33, tailor and draper, b Apsley Guise, Beds), Jane (33, b Potton, Beds), Mary Jane (5, b Witham), Kezia (2, b do) and Clara (0, b do). Also mother Sarah (78, annuitant, b Woburn) + 1 servant |
Address:
5 Guithavon St |
| Census |
1881 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Jane Sibthorpe (63, widow, b Potton), Mary Jane (35, b Witham) and Martha (27, b do), all with "Income derived from houses" + Elizabeth Buke (59, visitor, housekeeper, b Lincoln) |
Address:
25, Albion Road,
Tunbridge Wells |
| Census |
1891 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Jane Sibthorpe (73, living on own means, b Potton) Mary Jane (45, do, b Witham) Martha (37, do, do) |
Address:
57 Stone Street,
Tunbridge Wells |
| Census |
1901 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Jane Sibthorpe (83, widow, living on own means, b Potton, Beds), Mary J (35,s, do, b Witham, Essex), Martha (47, s, do, do) |
Address:
53, St James Road, |
| Census |
1911 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| 93 with Mary Jane 65 and Martha 57 + 1 servant |
Address:
8 Park Road
Tunbridge Wells |
| Documents |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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| Family ID |
F42 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Charlotte Earl, b. 1850, Blackheath, Kent d. Abt 1935 (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Dec 1880 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] |
- Particular Baptists
His address: 101 Calverley Rd
Her Address: 5 Woodland Villa, Albion Rd, T.W.
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| Census |
1881 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| William 25, married to Charlotte (30) with 1 servant |
Address:
101, Calverley Road,
Tunbridge Wells |
| Census |
1891 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| William (35 draper), Charlotte (40), Annie (4), Elsie (3), William E (1) + 2 servants |
Address:
10 Calverley Road |
| Census |
Apr 1901 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| William M, Charlotte, Clara, Mary G, Dorothy, Robert K (nephew), + 6 employees (inc Edith Earl) and 2 servants |
| Agency: 1901 Census. PRO Ref. RG Number, Series: RG13, Piece 753, Folio 8, Page 8, Schedule Number 39. |
Address:
10 & 12 Calverley Road |
| Census |
2 Apr 1911 |
Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| William Masters Sibthorpe (55, draper, shopkeeper, employer, b Witham, Essex), Charlotte (wife, 60, b Blackheath, Kent), Clara Martha (29), Mary Gertrude (26), Elsie (23), William Earl (21), Mabel Jessie (19), Dorothy Jane (17), all b Tunbridge Wells, Harriet Nellie Wills (servant, 18) |
Address:
2 Chilston Road |
| Registration |
1939 |
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent |
| Elsie Sibthorpe (18 Mar 1888, s, private means), Mary G (23, s, Jun 1884, do), Mabel J (20 May 1891, s, director & secretary of drapery business), Clara M Nears (22 Sep 1881, m, incapacitated) + 1 servant |
Address:
1 Woodbury Park Road |
| Children |
| | 1. Clara Martha Sibthorpe, b. 22 Sep 1881, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 1974, Havering, Essex (Age 92 years) |
| | 2. Charles Alfred Sibthorpe, b. 28 Oct 1882, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 27 Dec 1952, Camborne, Cornwall (Age 70 years) |
| | 3. Mary Gertrude Sibthorpe, b. 1884, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 27 Aug 1956, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Age 72 years) |
| | 4. Annie Sibthorpe, b. 1886, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 17 Dec 1893, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Age 7 years) |
| | 5. Elsie Sibthorpe, b. 18 Mar 1888, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 16 Oct 1981, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (Age 93 years) |
| | 6. William Earl Sibthorpe, b. 14 Feb 1890, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 12 Jun 1942, London, England (Age 52 years) |
| | 7. Mabel Jessie Sibthorpe, b. 20 May 1891, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 20 Feb 1980, Croydon, Surrey (Age 88 years) |
| | 8. Dorothy Jane Sibthorpe, b. 14 Nov 1893, Tunbridge Wells, Kent d. 20 Jun 1979, Croydon, Surrey (Age 85 years) |
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| Photos |
 | Children of William and Charlotte Sibthorpe
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| Documents |
| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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| Family ID |
F41 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jul 2017 |
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| Photos
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 | William Sibthorpe
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 | York Road Christian Assembly
Around 1890, William Sibthorpe purchased a building at York Road "for the use of some Christians who had been meeting elsewhere in the town. William Sibthorpe was the proprietor of the then well-known Tunbridge Wells haberdashery store W M Sibthorpe & Sons". (Taken from the website… |
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| William Masters Sibthorpe
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| Documents
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| At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
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| William Master Sibthorpe - probate
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| Headstones |
 | William Masters Sibthorpe
WILLIAM MASTERS SIBTHORPE who fell asleep in Jesus December 28th 1918 aged 53 years.
In his presences is fullness of joy
The Lord himself shall come and shout the quickening word
Thousands shall answer from [the tomb] For ever with the Lord*
Also in loving memory of CHARLOTTE SIBTHORPE
widow of the above who fell saleep December 11th 1935… |
| Histories |
 | The Sibthorpes in Tunbridge Wells
The Sibthorpes were originally traders in Bedford, and the move further south started when Edwin the father died just after his seventh child was born. For years the family was split in orphanages and boarding places until it all came together in the draper's shop in Tunbridge Wells. |
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| Sources |
- [S41] GRO.
- [S41] GRO, Biggleswade 1844 4q v6 p133 (Reliability: 3).
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