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Parliament House, 63 Forest Street, Forest Gate E7

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The Parliament House, 63 Forest Street by the 1911 census, earlier address is at sometimes at 1 Parliament place. The address is listed as Forest Street in all the Directory entries, and is 63 Forest Street starting in the 1878 Directory *.

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1861/Thomas Thipthorp/Grocer & Beer Shop Keeper/48/Prittlewell, Essex/Census *
1861/Matilda Thipthorp/Wife/47/Fowey, Cornwall/Census
1861/Elizabeth Wenden/Visitor/13/Stratford, Essex/Census

1867/Thomas Thipthorp/grocer & beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *

1871/Thomas Thipthorp/grocer & beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *

1871/Thomas Shibthorpe/Publican/57/Prittlewell, Essex/Census
1871/Matilda Shibthorpe/Wife/57/Fowey, Cornwall/Census
1871/Percy Machonochy/Grandson/11/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1871/Ann Thurston/Domestic Servant/16/Golston, Norfolk/Census

13/9/1872/Thomas Thipthorpe/../../../Petty Sessions

1874/Thomas Thibthorp/grocer & beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *

9/10/1875/George Reader/../../../Petty Sessions

1878/George Reader/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *

James Burren junior (1843 - 1930) is my 2 × great grandfather, he is the youngest son of James Burren senior, at the Five Bells, Rochester and then the Blakeneys Head, St Bartholomew. Thomas Burren was initially at the Providence Inn, 162  Northgate Street, Canterbury ***

James Burren junior described himself as a victualler at Poplar at his marriage on 19 April 1873, but with no address for his premises – source marriage certificate ***

James Burren junior described himself as licensed victualler at the Northey Arms, Northey Street, Limehouse, at the birth of his son James Martin Burren on 25 November 1877 – source birth certificate – so presumably had taken over from (or working jointly with) his brother William John who was there in 1871 ***

15/11/1879/James Barren/../../../Petty Sessions

1881/James Burren/Beershop Keeper/36/London, Middlesex/Census ***
1881/Fanny Burren/Wife/32/Rochford, Essex/Census
1881/Ernest Burren/Son/6/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/James Burren/Son/3/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/William Burren/Son/2/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Jane Talbot/Domestic Servant/19/Forest Gate, Essex/Census

1891/James Burren/Beer Shop Keeper/46/London/Census ***
1891/Fanny M Burren/Wife/45/Rochford, Essex/Census
1891/Ernest Burren/Son/16/Limehouse, London/Census
1891/James Burren/Son/13/Limehouse, London/Census
1891/William Burren/Son/12/Limehouse, London/Census
1891/Ethel Burren/Daughter/8/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1891/Arthur Burren/Son/5/Forest Gate, Essex/Census
1891/Lousia Homes/Domestic Servant/22/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1891/John Martin/Servant, Inn Potman/66/Rochford, Essex/Census

[It is, curiously, not mentioned that the potman was actually James’s widowed father-in-law!] ***

James Burren junior described himself as a beer seller on his wife’s death certificate in February 1892, and was described as a publican on his son James’s marriage certificate in 1899. ***

1896/James Burren/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *

In the 1901 census, James Burren junior was a beer seller (on own account) living at 193 Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow. ***

1906/Mrs Amelia Hankins/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *

1911/Charles Songhurst/Beer Retailer/33/Stratford, Essex/Census
1911/Henry Songhurst/Father/62/../Census
1911/Mary Ann Songhurst/Mother/59/Bromley, Middlesex/Census
1911/John Robert Songhurst/Brother, Fitter Toolmaker/35/Stratford, Essex/Census
1911/Alexander Songhurst/Nephew/9/Stratford, Essex/Census
1911/Emma Carter/Servant/20/Stratford, Essex/Census

1914/Charles Songhurst/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *

1917/Charles Songhurst/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *

1922/Charles Songhurst/beer retailer/../../Kelly's Directory *

1934/Charles Songhurst/../../../Kelly's

1937/Leonard M. Mead/../../../Kelly's

1944/Miss Jane Middleditch/../../../Post Office Directory


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*** Provided By Chris Haines

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