Gregory & Pepperell
Family History

Last updated 13th May 2000

Harriet Gregory

Harriet Gregory

My paternal grandmother was Harriet GREGORY. Granny viewed the new-fangled telephone with distrust throughout her life - the mind boggles at what she would have thought of the Internet!

GREGORY

COULSON

PEPPERELL

GREGORY:

Name
Date of Birth
Place of birth
1.Samuel GREGORY c. 1817 Borough
m. Harriet COULSON    
    2. Thomas GREGORY c. 1856 Hoxton, Middlesex
    2. William Henry GREGORY 10th Oct 1855 Haggerstone West, Shoreditch, London
    m. Emma PEPPERELL16 Jul 1877 4/5 Jan 1853 St Saviour, Christ Church, Surrey
        3. Harriet GREGORY 22nd Apr. 1878 Holborn, London
        m. Percy Frederick MARSHALL 21st Feb. 1880 Bourton on the Hill, Glos.
            4. Reginald Frederick MARSHALL 6th October 1908 Bexhill, Sussex
        3. William James GREGORY 1880 Holborn, London
        3. Henry George GREGORY 1881 Holborn, London
        m. Mary STAMPTON    
        3. Emma GREGORY 1883 Islington, London
        m. John IRONSIDE    

 

The only sighting I have of Samuel is in the 1881 census, where he is listed as a widower, born Borough c. 1817, living with son Thomas Paul. I am reasonably confident that this is my Samuel because he is a comb-maker - as he is also described on his son's birth and marriage certificates.

I have not yet traced the marriage of Samuel GREGORY and Harriet COULSON, nor an entry for them on the 1851 census.

 

COULSON:

There is a possibility for Harriet COULSON on the IGI, but further investigation is obviously required.

Name
Date of Birth
Place of birth
1.Daniel COULSON    
m. Ann Mary FORD 1835    
    2. Harriet COULSON bap. 28 Mar 1824 Shoreditch
    m. Samuel GREGORY    
    2. Emma COULSON bap. 3 Aug 1828 Shoreditch
    2. Catherine Elizabeth COULSON bap. 22 May 1831 Shoreditch
    2. Daniel COULSON bap. 21 Apr 1833 Shoreditch
    2. John COULSON bap. 22 May 1836 Shoreditch
    2. Ann Mary COULSON bap. 22 May 1836 Shoreditch
    2. Sarah Louisa COLSON bap. 10 Jun 1838 Shoreditch

PEPPERELL:

Emma PEPPERELL was Dad's Gran. He knew her well and put her birthday - 4th January - in his diary. From the 1881 census and her marriage certificate, she should have been born in 1855. However, I was unable to find a civil registration of her birth. I then came across a baptism in 1859, and to my surprise found five brothers and sisters baptised on the same day. Fortunately the vicar noted the birth dates down and her birthday co-incides with Dad's diary, although when I finally found her birth registration, her birth certificate notes her birthdate as the 5th January, 1853. She evidently docked a couple of years from her age when she married!

Name
Date of Birth
Place of birth
1.William PEPPERELL    
m. Ann HUNT c. 1845?    
    2. Eliza Sophia PEPPERELL 20 Mar 1845  
    2. Anne PEPPERELL 28 Mar 1847  
    2. James PEPPERELL 25 Jan 1849  
    2. Emma PEPPERELL 4/5 Jan 1853 St Saviour, Christ Church, Surrey
    m. William Henry GREGORY 16 Jul 1877 10th Oct 1855 Haggerstone West, Shoreditch, London
    2. Amos George PEPPERELL 24 Jan 1855  
    2. William PEPPERELL 3 Mar 1857  

The Baptism Register gave the family's address as 2 Maidenhead Court, but my PEPPERELL family do not figure at 2 Maidenhead Court, Moor Lane, Cripplegate on either the 1851 or 1861 census. Emma's birth certificate gives their address as 3 Paradise Row, but they weren't there either in 1851. Ah well!

William PEPPERELL's occupation was noted as a baker on both Emma's birth and marriage certificates. No luck with them so far on the 1851 census.

From the 1881 census, I see that there is a widowed William PEPPERELL, born c. 1820-1 in St Pancras, living with his married daughter Sophie C. PECKETT. Back to the GRO to see if this daughter's birth was registered, and if this might just be my William. Watch this space!

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