05. William Loft| cal 1812 | b. Chatham, Kent | censuses |
| 1812-01-19 | bapt. Chatham | England, select births and christenings |
| 1841 | carpenter, living with Mary Ann Lewis in Monyers St, Hoxton New Town, St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex | TNA: HO 107/707/5 f47 p4 |
| 1842-05-28 | builder, of Holme's Cottages (New North Road); m. Hannah Harcourt Stephens (1813–1884, of Moneyer's Street, d. of Joseph Stephens, deceased), at St John the Baptist church, Hoxton, after banns | parish register |
| Children: | Edward (1843–1907), Frederick (1846 – ?), Alfred (1846–1847), Harriett (1848–1849), Elizabeth (1850 – ?), Henry (1851–1852), James (1852 – ?), Emily (1857 – ?), Ellen (1858–1864), and Arthur (1860–1863) | censuses; Loft Family Tree |
| 1851 | carpenter (master employing 2 men), living with his family at 7 Stanley St, Hoxton | HO 107/1535 f161 p4 |
| 1861 | carpenter empg 1 man & 3 sons, living with his family at 25 Eagle Whf Rd | TNA: RG 9/236 f75 p14 |
| 1867-09-06 | carpenter | Loft Family Tree |
| 1871 | builder, living with his family at 26 Eagle Wharf Rd, Hoxton | RG 10/445 f7 p7 |
| 1881 | carpenter, living with his family at 26 Eagle Wharf Rd | RG 11/388 f80 p10 |
| 1885 Q4 | d. Edmonton RD | GRO index |
| cal 1814 | b. Chatham, Kent | censuses |
| 1814-05-01 | bapt. St Mary's, Chatham | England, select births and christenings |
| Child with future husband: | Samuel Horace (cal 1838 – ?), b. City of London | censuses |
| 1841 | laundress, living with her apparent son in Furnivals Inn Court, St Andrew Holborn (above the Bars), Middlesex | HO 107/670/1 f5 p2 |
| 1843-12-24 | of 10 Snow Hill; m. Samuel Burton Pigg (cal 1814 – 1889, b. Norwich, Norfolk, salesman, of 10 Snow Hill), at St Sepulchre parish church, Holborn, London, after banns | GRO index; censuses; parish register |
| 1851 | living with her family and a niece and nephew, Maryann and Alfred Penny, at 5 Beauchamp St, St Andrew Eastern, Holborn | HO 107/1514 f278 p42 |
| 1861 | [no occupation], living in a flat at 43 Westmoreland Pl., Hoxton, Shoreditch, Middlesex, with her nephew Alfred Penny and a lodger | TNA: RG 9/237 f59 p12 |
| 1871 | living with her husband at Forty Hill, Enfield, Middlesex, with five visitors | RG 10/1343 f88 p24 |
| 1881 | living with her husband at 4 Reynolds Row, Forty Hill, Enfield, with two apparently unrelated children | RG 11/1393 f73 p7 |
| 1888 Q2 | d. Edmonton RD | GRO index |
| 1819-05-23 | bapt. Chatham, Kent | England, select births and christenings |
| 1841 | f[emale] s[ervant] in the household of James Peake, in Banks Town, Minster, Kent | TNA: HO 107/474/13 f11 p15 |
| 1846 Q4 | d. Hoo RD | GRO index |
| 1822-11-24 | b. | England, Select Births and Christenings, citing TNA: RG 5/680, 3942 | |
| 1822-12-15 | bapt. Clover Street Ebenezer or Great Meeting-Independence, Chatham, Kent | "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588–1977," database, FamilySearch: 11 December 2014, Eleanor Loft, 15 Dec 1822, Baptism, citing p. 100, Chatham, Kent, TNA: RG 4; England, Select Births and Christenings | |
| 1841 | one of two teenage servants in the household of William Ford, surgeon in the Army, at Front Row, Ordnance Place, Chatham | TNA: HO 107/487/10 f13 p18 | |
| year unstated | -05-02 | banns of marriage between Eleanor Loft and James Kither Colegate read at St Peter's, Saffron Hill, London | banns book |
| -05-09 | |||
| -05-16 | |||
| 1847 Q2 | m. James Kither Colegate (1823–1895), in Holborn RD | GRO index; England, Select Births and Christenings; cemetery records and headstone transcriptions, St Kilda Cemetery | |
| Children: | Eleanor Jane (1844–1930), Emily Elizabeth (1847–1857), both b. London; Elizabeth (c. 1850 – 1918), Henry (c. 1852 – 1890), John (1855–1931, b. Crowlands, Victoria), Alfred (1859–1898, b. Ararat, Victoria), William James (1861–1873, b. Crowlands), and Lucy Mary (1867–1955, b. Rosedale, Victoria) | GRO index; cemetery records and headstone transcriptions, St Kilda Cemetery; Victoria, Australia, birth index; Victoria, Australia, death index; Australia, birth index; Australia, death index; gravestonephotos | |
| 1851 | not found in census | ||
| 1893-05-26 | d. Sale, Wellington Shire, Victoria, Australia | cemetery records and headstone transcriptions, St Kilda Cemetery; Find a Grave | |
| bur. Grave 274, Compartment C, Baptist, St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria | Find a Grave | ||
05. William Loft| 1825-08-24 | b. Chatham, Kent | TNA: RG 4/3952 |
| 1825-09-11 | bapt. Ebenezer Chapel (Independent), Clover Street, Chatham | |
| 1841 | carpenter ap., living with his parents, his brother, and a 2-year-old Louisa Hamlet, in Brook, Chatham | TNA: HO 107/487/2 f13 p19 |
| 1848 Q2 | m. Amelia Meager (1824–1901), in N. Aylesford RD | GRO index; Find a Grave |
| Children: | Alfred William (1848–1852), Charles (1850–1919), William (1852–1934), Emily (1855–1939), Henry William (1857–1926, b. Lexton, Victoria, Australia), George (1858–1939), Alfred (1860–1909), Amelia (1862–1941, b. Sexton, Ballarat, Victoria), and James Edward (1866–1957, b. Beaufort, Victoria); also the adopted Nora Collins (1862–1899) | GRO index; Australia birth index; Victoria, Australia, birth index; Find a Grave; Victoria, Australia, wills and probate records; fraser family tree.FBK |
| 1851 | not found in census | |
| 1854-03-16 | indicted at Maidstone Assizes for larceny by servant; sentenced to 4 months' imprisonment | England & Wales, criminal registers [doubtful identification] |
| 1900-11-24 | licensed victualler, of Beaufort, Victoria, Australia; made his will, leaving to his son Charles two dwelling houses in Humphrey Street, Ballarat, with the associated freehold land; residue to his son James Edward; his wife Amelia to receive £1 per month for the rest of her life, chargeable to the freehold properties | Victoria wills and probate records |
| 1901-08-09 | d. Beaufort, Victoria | |
| bur. Beaufort Cemetery, Beaufort, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria | Find a Grave | |
| 1901-09-23 | will proved at Ballarat; left property in Victoria under £2279 17s. 9d., consisting of real estate of the value of £1740, the balance being personal property | Victoria wills and probate records |
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