Jeremiah Larkins
Son of John Larkins and Mary Ryan, born on the 5th of May 1833 at Lambeth, baptised on the 26th May 1833 at St George's Chapel, Bermondsey 2
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Married Ann Catherine Holmes on the 25th of October 1857 at St Andrew's Church, Holburn 3 Children 4 John, born on the 13th of June 1858 at St Pancras Died 1907 |
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Baptised a Catholic - his mother was Irish - and named
after his Godfather, Jeremiah married in the Established Church of
England. He was working as a bookbinder
at the age of 18 and progressed
to owning his own business. Ann Holmes is described as a former
bookfolder so Jeremiah and Ann may have met through their work.
At one time a partner in Cecil & Larkins before continuing in business on his own. 6
They can't have been regular churchgoers since Walter Jeremiah wasn't baptised until he was nearly three years old.
Notes
1
1861 census at 6, Ann Street, Clerkenwell
1877 living at 16, Viaduct Buildings (Holborn)
1881 census at 7, McNeil Road, Camberwell
1891 census at 96, Cambridge Street, Newington
1898 6, Liverpool St, Newington (George's marriage)
1901 census at 6, Liverpool Street, Newington
(1909 246 Walworth Road - Kate and Annie's marriages)
2 JAS transcript of the Baptism Certificate states "Catholic Cathedral of St George, Southwark" but the building of the cathedral was only started in 1840 and finished in 1848, so the record must belong to St George's Chapel, Bermondsey, where the first mass was celebrated in 1793.
3 Jeremiah's signature on his marriage certificate could easily be misread as Lustkins or similar by a modern reader.
4 The death of Jeremiah Larkins aged 74 was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1907 in the district of Croydon, Surrey. (FreeBMD 2a 126)
5 "J. Larkins Register of Births 1891" . The list, apparently compiled by Jeremiah himself, gives Jeremiah's date of birth as 21st May 1834 but the baptismal certificate states 5th May 1833. The list gives Mabels d.o.b. as 16 Sep 1881 but Mabel herself stated 16 Sep 1880 aqnd this is confirmed by FreeBMD and the 1881 census.
6 More notes on Jeremiah's bookbinding business
7 JAS Red book provided the foundation for much of the above.
8 The picture above was obtained on Ebay along with a business card and a note which reads
6 Charles Street
Hatton Garden
London EC
Oct 13 - 08
Dear Sir
I have much
pleasure in sending
you a copy of my
fathers photograph
as you requested.
It was the last one he
had taken & is an
excellent likeness.
Yours faithfully
G.F. Larkins
To
A. Swasey Esq
These were obtained from a dealer in New Hampshire, USA
There was a William Larkin, bookbinder at 30, St Andrew's Hill, Blackfriars 1799, 14 & 15 Little Britain 1805-1822. He had a son Robert http://bookhistory.blogspot.com/2007/01/london-1775-1800-l.html
An Ann Holmes Larkins, daughter of Daniel and Sarah Larkins was baptised on the 28th of October 1832 at St Mary, Battersea, Wandsworth - almost certainly coincidence.
From Margaret Swindale in 2010.
Jeremiah would not allow card games to be played in the house. When he was a young man an argument broke out and one of the group fell, hit his head on the fender and died.
The family changed the name from Larkin to Larkins to sound less Irish - but Jeremiah was baptised Larkins in 1833. She also says that Jeremiah was a member of the London Irish (Association?)
Towards the end of Jeremiah's life he began to wander away from home and and he was put in a nursing home in Peckham. However entually the home had to tell Mabel that Jeremiah's money (a lump deposit?) had run out but she was not to worry because he had been moved to the free portion of the home 'which was just as good'. However, when he died this resulted as him being described as 'pauper' on the death certificate. Maud had not mentioned the move to her brothers who were very upset at this description of their father!