Son of Thomas and Sophie Swindell, born on the 6th of July 1819, baptised on the 7th of September 1819 at the Independent Tabernacle, St Luke, Middlesex
?Married Elizabeth 3
Children
?Elizabeth, born on the 27th of
December 1840,
baptised on the 30th of October 1842 in St John the Baptist, Shoreditch (London), Middlesex
9
?James, born on the
15th of October 1842,
baptised on the 30th of October 1842 in St John the Baptist, Shoreditch
9
?Ann, born 1842 in Shoreditch (died in infancy)
Married Susan
Children
Mary Matilda, born 1847 in Hoxton, Middlesex
Susannah, born 1849 in Hoxton, Middlesex
Emma, born 1851 in Hoxton, Middlesex
Married Edith Phillips Bailey in 1856 (born c.1836 Colchester) (Died 1901)
Edith Phipps Baillie, born 1858 in Islington, Middlesex
Maria, born 1861 in Islington, Middlesex (Maria Swindells Q4 1861 Islington 1b 297)
Walter James, born 1864 in Islington, Middlesex (Walter James Swindells Q1 1864 Islington 1b 304)
Florence Helena, born 1866 in Islington, Middlesex
Thomas, born 1868/9 in Islington, Middlesex (Thomas Swindells Q1 1869 Islington 364)
Edward, born 1872/3
Died 1882 2
A watchmaker like his father until sometime in his fourties
1 The marriage of James Swindells was registered in the third quarter of 1856 in Islington (FreeBMD 1b 330). The marriage of Edith Phillips Baillie is listed on the same page.
2 The death of James Swindells aged 63 was registered in the third quarter of 1882 in Islington (Free 1b 236)
1841 census. 1851 (mis-transcribed as Surndells). 1861. 1871. 1881. 1901 (Edith, Edith, Maria, )
The death of Edith Phillips Swindells was registered in the fourth quarter of 1901 in Hackney (FreeBMD 1b 279)
The death of an Elizabeth Swindell was registered in 'St George in the East' (Stepney) in the first quarter of 1843 (FreeBMD 2 61). The death of an Elizabeth Swindell was registered in St George, Hanover Square (Westminster) in the first quarter of 1847 (FreeBMD 1 32).
3 Consideration of the baptisms at St John the Baptist, Shoreditch presented an anomaly. A James is baptised in October 1842, son of James and Elizabeth. However there is only one birth of a James registered in Shoreditch in that period. The same anomaly exists for James' sister Elizabeth, born 27th December 1840. It would therefore have seemed that James and Elizabeth are not Joseph's children at all though he lists James as his son in both the 1851 and 1861 censuses. An e-mail from Tina Potter has clarified the issue. She has found an annotation in the parish register identifying Joseph, not James, as the father of James. This would also apply to James sister Elizabeth, baptised on the same day.