Josiah Chivers SOMNER

1849 - 1940  (~ 91 years)

• Name	Josiah Chivers SOMNER
  Birth	Mar 1849	Devizes, Wiltshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	96CB844A44884823B53523CD67363BB9D1AD
  Death	Mar 1940	Bristol RD   [2]
  Notes	1871 census: Josiah SOMNER (22, coach bady maker, born Devizes, Wilts) was one of three men staying with Sophia TOMKINS (widow, 61) and her children at 8 Newport Street, Lambeth, London. The relationship of the 3 men to Sophia isn't stated. 1881 census: at 28 Goldney Road, St Mary Paddington, London (all SOMNER), Josiah (head, 31, coach body maker, born Devizes, Wiltshire), Eliza H (wife, 33, born Devizes, Wiltshire), Walter F (son, 6, scholar, born Lambeth, Surrey), Hedley W P (son, 4, scholar, born Derby, Derbyshire, and Elvina F K (daughter, 2, born Leeds, Yorkshire). 1891 census: at 28 Goldney Road, St Mary Paddington, London (all SOMNER), Josiah (head, 42, coach builder, born Devizes, Wiltshire), Eliza (wife, 44, born Salisbury, Wiltshire), Walter (son, 16, scholar, born Wandsworth, London), Hedley (son, 14, scholar, born Derby, Yorkshire (sic)), Katie (daughter, 12, scholar, born Leeds, Yorkshire) and Eva (daughter, 9, born Paddington, London). 1901 census: at 61 Marylands Road, St Mary Paddington, London (all SOMNER), Eliza (head, married, 54, lodging house keeper, born Salisbury, Wiltshire), Katie (daughter, 22, draper's assistant, born Leeds, Yorkshire), Eva (daughter, 19, draper's assistant, born Kensington, London) and Elvana (granddaughter, 5, born Kensington). Also 3 boarders. 1911 census (indexed by ancestry.com as SAMNER: at 61 Marylands Road, St Mary Paddington, London (3 rooms), Eliza SOMNER (head, widow, 64, married 38 years, 5 children 4 living, private means, born Salisbury, Wiltshire). Eliza is shown as a widow yet her husband didn't die until 1940. 1939 Register: Josiah SOMNER born 14 Mar 1850 (sic - should say 1849), widower, carriage builder, was a patient at 100 Eastville Institution Fishponds Road, Bristol C.B., Gloucestershire
  Person ID	I520	Eyke, Suffolk
  Last Modified	3 Nov 2016

  
  

  Family	Eliza Harriet LUXTON,   b. Jun 1846, Salisbury, Wiltshire d. Jun 1919, Paddington RD (Age ~ 73 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1872	St George the Martyr, Southwark, London   [3]
  	Married after banns. Josiah Chivers Somner, full age, bachelor, coach bodie maker of Lambeth Road, father David Somner, baker. Eliza Harriet Luxton, full age, spinster of great Suffolk Street Bow, father Henry Luxton, white smith. Both signed. Witnesses Amos Odd, Eliza Odd.
  Children	1. Walter Francis SOMNER,   b. 2 Jul 1874, Wandsworth, London d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hedley William Percival SOMNER,   b. 3 Aug 1876, Derby RD d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elvina Fanny Kate SOMNER,   b. Mar 1879, Leeds, Yorkshire d. Yes, date unknown   4. Eva Lily SOMNER,   b. Jun 1881, Kensington RD d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] BMD index, Q1 1849 Devizes 8/365. (Reliability: 3). [S7] BMD index, aged 90, Q1 1940 Bristol 6a/401. (Reliability: 3). [S28] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later.