See also
| Husband: | John Prettejohn PITTS (1864-1910) | |
| Wife: | Charlotte Cecilia CARTER (1867-1911) | |
| Children: | Charles Lawrence PITTS (1894-1977) | |
| Leslie Loye PITTS (1897- ) | ||
| Marriage | 17 Sep 1891 | Congregational Church - Devonshire Street - Surrey Hills - Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Name: | John Prettejohn PITTS1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | William Lawrence PITTS (1839-1898) | |
| Mother: | Ann Elizabeth Cole LOYE (1842-1884) | |
| Birth | 22 Sep 1864 | Stokenham, Devon, England2 |
| Baptism | 18 Oct 1866 (age 2) | Stokenham, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Master Butcher, then Publican /Barman | |
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 6) | Stokenham, Devon, England3 |
| Muckwell | ||
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 16) | Stokenham, Devon, England4 |
| Muckwell | ||
| Occupation | 9 Mar 1898 (age 33) | Butcher |
| When probate of his father's will was granted to John, he was described as a butcher. | ||
| Death | 27 Feb 1910 (age 45) | Camberwell Infirmary, London, England |
| Cause: Pulmonary Tuberculosis exhaustion | ||
| Name: | Charlotte Cecilia CARTER1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Charles CARTER (c. 1829-1877) | |
| Mother: | Annie BROWN (c. 1840- ) | |
| Birth | 24 Jun 1867 | Dundalk, Louth, Ireland5 |
| Baptism | 28 Jul 1867 (age 0) | Dundalk, Louth, Ireland |
| Occupation | Domestic Servant | |
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 4) | Wath on Dearne, Yorkshire, England6 |
| Townend | ||
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 (age 13) | Hampstead, London, England7 |
| Soldiers Daughters Home, Rosslyn Hill | ||
| Occupation | 3 Apr 1881 (age 13) | Scholar; Hampstead, London, England7 |
| Death | Q1 1911 (age 43) | Kensington, London, England8 |
| Name: | Charles Lawrence PITTS1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Edith Maud STEELE (1896- ) | |
| Birth | 4 Feb 1894 | New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation | Gunner | |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 17) | Westminster, London, England9 |
| Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 (age 17) | Club Waiter; Westminster, London, England9 |
| Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall London W! | ||
| Death | Q1 1977 (age 82-83) | Battle, Sussex, England10 |
| Name: | Leslie Loye PITTS1 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 22 Dec 1897 | Paddington, London, England |
| Census | 2 Apr 1911 (age 14) | Camberwell Southwark, London, England11 |
| 67 Mosedale Street, Camberwell SE Leslie is boarding with Albert and Rose Gray - a labourer, in Camberwell. The Grays have three grown up children with them, and another boarder, Robert Taylor, a labourer, as well as Leslie. He has wrongly recorded his place of birth as Devon, which suggests they spent some time there after the family returned from Australia. |
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| Occupation | 2 Apr 1911 (age 14) | Scholar; Camberwell Southwark, London, England11 |
In 1881 John is at home at Muckwell.John went to Australia between 1881 and 1891, where he married Charlotte Cecilia Carter, and had one son Charles L. Pitts.
By 1897 he is back in England,living at 39 Tavistock Crescent. By 1901 at Bankside, London, where he is a publican, with two sons, and wife. At his death in 1910 he is a Barman of 25 Mansion Street - his work address? Charlotte is informant of his death, and her address is given as 40 Earls Court Road West Kensington.
At the time of their marriage John is a merchant of Newtown Sydney, and Cecilia is a Domestic Servan, of Croydon NSW. They are married in a congregational church. Three years later John is described on Charles BC as a Butcher -
In 1881 John is at home at Muckwell.John went to Australia between 1881 and 1891, where he married Charlotte Cecilia Carter, and had one son Charles L. Pitts.
By 1897 he is back in England,living at 39 Tavistock Crescent. The Booth map of London shows Tavistock Crescent as an area of fairly comfortable dwellings, with occupants on good ordinary earnings. By 1901 he is at 60 Bankside, London, where he is a publican, with two sons, and wife. At his death in 1910 he is a Barman of 25 Mansion Street - his work address? Charlotte is informant of his death, and her address is given as 40 Earls Court Road West Kensington.Have they separated?
At the time of their marriage John is a merchant of Newtown Sydney, and Cecilia is a Domestic Servan, of Croydon NSW. They are married in a congregational church. Three years later John is described on Charles BC as a Butcher -
In 1881 Charlotte has swapped her names round and is at the Soldiers Daughter Home, Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, London, where she is a scholar.At various times her place of birth is given as Dundalk, Rotherham and Doncaster.The 10th Royal Hussars were on duty in Ireland dealing with "Fenian" troubles after 1863.Her birth is registered for 1867 in Dundalk.
On 8 Sept 1885 Charlotte Cecilia sailed from Plymouth on the SS Belgic to Sydney, arriving on 25th October 1885. She is described as an 18 year old housemaid, from York, Church of England, able to read and write, and is listed amongst the single women on the journey. She took an assisted passage.
Australia
The church where they married in Australia was between present-day Sydney Cricket Ground, and Sydney Harbour.
The addresses where they lived all seem to be around Sydney in 1891 and 1894
| 1 | "Nick Heard". www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |
| 2 | "GRO". Kingsbridge 5b 196. Cit. Date: Q4 1864. |
| 3 | "Census 1871 WLPitts1871". |
| Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place William Lawrence Pitts Head Mar 31 Farmer of 116 acres Stokenham, Devon Ann Elizabeth Cole PittsWife Mar 28 Kellaton - Stokenham, Devon John Prettejohn Pitts Son Unm 6 Scholar Stokenham, Devon Kate Pitts Dau Unm 3 Stokenham, Devon Ann Gillard Grandmother-in-law W 74 Annuitant Stokenham, Devon |
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| RG10/2100 Folio 56 Page 2 Kingsbridge, Stokenham ED5. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 4 | "Census 1881 William 81". |
| Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place William Lawrence Pitts Head Mar 41 Farmer of 120 Acres employing 2 men & 2 boys Stokenham, Devon Ann Elizabeth Cole Pitts Wife Mar 38 Farmers Wife Kellaton - Stokenham, Devon John Prettejohn Pitts Son Unm 16 Stokenham, Devon Anna Elizabeth Cole Pitts Dau Unm 9 Scholar Stokenham, Devon Letitia (Lettie) Isabella Pitts Dau Unm 6 Scholar Muckwell - Stokenham, Devon Kate Pitts Dau Unm 13 Scholar Stokenham, Devon |
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| RG11/2181 Folio 52 Page 2 Kingsbridge, Stokenham ED 2. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 5 | "GRO Regimental Birth Indices". 10th Huss. Vol 272 P 16. |
| 6 | "Census 1871 Carter3". |
| Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Charles Carter Head Mar 42 Chelsea Pensioner ,London Annie Carter Wife Mar 31 St Helier, Jersey Catherine Carter Dau Unm 11 Scholar Aldershot, Hampshire Percy George Carter Son Unm 10 Scholar Norwich, Norfolk Jessie Carter Son Unm 6 Scholar Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland Charlotte Cecilia Carter Dau Unm 4 Scholar Dundalk, Louth, Ireland Carlyle Alfred Charles Carter Son Unm 1 Wath on Dearne, Yorkshire |
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| RG10/4710 Folio 45 Page 4 Rotherham, Wath ED3. Cit. Date: 2 April 1871. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 7 | "Census 1881 Carter 4". |
| Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Charlotte Cecilia Carter Head Unm 13 Scholar Dundalk, Louth, Ireland |
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| RG11/167 Folio 35 Page 7 Hampstead ED6. Cit. Date: 3 April 1881. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 8 | "GRO". Kensington 1a 64. Cit. Date: Q1 1911. Assessment: Questionable. |
| 9 | "Census 1911 Westminster, London, England RG14/505 RG78/17 RD6 SD1 ED11 SN54 (Charlers Pitts)". |
| Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Charles Lawrence Pitts Head Unm 17 Club Waiter ,New South Wales, Australia |
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| RG14/505 RG78/17 RD6 SD1 ED11 SN54. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |
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| 10 | "GRO". Battle Vol 18 Page 0055. Cit. Date: Q1 1977. |
| 11 | "Census 1911 Camberwell Southwark, London, England RG14/2498 RG78/84 RD27 SD3 ED14 SN217 (Leslie Loye Pitts)". |
| Text From Source: Name Related Cond Age Occupation Birth Place Leslie Loye Pitts Head Unm 14 Scholar Paddington, London, England |
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| RG14/2498 RG78/84 RD27 SD3 ED14 SN217. Cit. Date: 2 April 1911. Assessment: Secondary evidence. |