Henry John WIMBLE

1854 - 1921  (~ 67 years)

• Name	Henry John WIMBLE
  Birth	Jun 1854	Deptford, London   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9BB040E67AAC4F878FD8C2207C978255A0B9
  Death	Jun 1921	Woolwich RD   [2]
  Burial	1 Jun 1921	Greenwich, London   [3]
  Notes	1891 census: at 39 Coolfin Road, West Ham, Essex (both WIMBLE), Henry (head, married, 36, AB seaman, born Deptford, Kent) and Mary A (daughter, 9, scholar, born Millwall). As explained below, Henry's second wife Harriet (married, 37, laundry woman, born Bermondsey) and her daughter Florence (6, scholar, born Plumstead) were at the Home for Friendless Young Women, 459 & 461 Holloway Road, Upper Holloway, Islington, London. 1901 census: at 43 East Street, Charlton, London (all WIMBLE), Henry J (head, 46, compounder chemical, born Deptford, Kent), Eliza (wife, 47, born Bethnal Green, London), Annie A (daughter, 8, born Custom House, London) and William H (son, 5, born Woolwich, Kent). Second wife Harriet ("widow", 44, cook, born Bermondsey) and her daughter Florence H (16, housemaid, born Plumstead) lived at 13 St Andrew's Road, Portsmouth, the home of a retired ex-Indian Army major general, Vincent W TREGEAR. 1911 census: at 9 Tamar Street, Charlton, London (4 rooms) (all WIMBLE), John H (head, 56, compounder, born Deptford, Kent), Eliza (wife, 45, married 21 years, 8 children, 6* still living, born Bethnal Green, London), Mary A A (daughter, 29, brander(?), born Millwall), Annie A (daughter, 19, brander(?), born Custom House, William H (son, 15 instrument, born Woolwich, Kent), Katharine (daughter, 10, school, born Charlton), Winifred (daughter, 5, school, born Charlton) and Dorothy (3, born Charlton). * Of the two children who died, one was Alfred Francis (1899 - 1900). The other was probably the unnamed female who was born in Q4 1888 (with mother's maiden name BRIDGES) and died in the same quarter. It's clear that Henry John WIMBLE had three partners. After his first wife died he married Harriet SYMONDS in April 1883 and had two children with her, Florence Maud Harriet in 1885 and William James in 1886. Gwyn Davie then takes up the story: "Henry John and Harriet’s marriage fell on bad times and the couple split up. Harriet ended up in the poor house on Holloway Rd in London taking Florence Maud. She was unable to handle her son William James and placed him in the care of Barnardo’s home for children, and he was eventually sent to Canada where he didn’t have an easy time of it. It seems he had an aversion to work and kept running away from the homes where he was placed. William James eventually returned to London as a teen and joined the military. Henry John started to keep company with the sister of his first wife Mary Ann. Her name was Eliza and she eventually shacked up with him and they lived as married and had five children. Annie, William Henry who married a Minter, Catherine my gran, Winifred and Dorothy. I can remember my gran referring to her sisters as Annie, Kitty, Winnie and Dolly. She never spoke of her brother William Henry. Also, grans name was misspelled on the census as ‘Katharine’. Her given name was Catherine Florence and never went by the name Kate. Funny how these things evolve. The reason I said ‘shacked up’ as Henry John was never divorced from Harriet and only married Eliza in 1910 after having 5 children. Harriet died in Portsmouth in 1906. I’m guessing they got wind of her death and figured the coast was clear. If you look at the 1911 census, the ‘years married’ column is very smudged out. Guess a quick change of mind as to how long the marriage actually was. So by now it’s evident that all of my gran’s brothers and sisters were born out of wedlock. Shock! The last child, Dorothy was born in 1908, and the marriage was in 1910. Hmmmm…. I contacted Barnardo’s and received some interesting info about Henry James’s time in Canada. He was sent to a boys home for about 3 years, and then shipped to Canada. He returned to London, did a stint in the army, got married and had two daughters. He settled in Portsmouth where his entire family died from a bomb hitting his house in 1941. After Harriet passed away in 1906, her daughter emigrated to the US and settled in New York City. She married an English fellow named Dickinson. I have been in touch with that branch of the family. It was intimated to me that she never spoke about her childhood and was fond of telling ‘tall tales’, I’m guessing much like her father Henry John senior. I researched the deaths of Henry John 1921 and Eliza 1946, and they were both buried in paupers graves in south London. Very sad as they both had children who lived locally at the time."
  Person ID	I5626	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Nehemiah James WIMBLE,   b. 23 Sep 1821, Sheerness, Kent d. 26 Feb 1897, Woolwich RD (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Adeline BERRY,   b. 3 Mar 1829, Rotherhithe, London d. Dec 1892, Woolwich RD (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1845	Lewisham RD   [4]
  Family ID	F1591	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ann "Marian" BRIDGES,   b. Sep 1849, Cranbrook, Kent d. Mar 1882, Poplar RD (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	17 Apr 1881	St Paul, Greenwich, Kent   [5]
  	Married after banns. Henry John Wimble, full age, bachelor, machinist of Greenwich Road, father Nehemiah James Wimble, carpenter. Marian Bridges, full age, spinster of Greenwich Road, father John Bridges, butcher. Both signed full names. Witnesses Frederick Warden, Mary Knight [or Wright].
  Children	1. Mary Ann Adeline WIMBLE,   b. Mar 1882, Poplar RD d. Dec 1968, Greenwich RD (Age ~ 86 years)   2. Henry John WIMBLE,   b. Mar 1882, Poplar RD d. Jun 1882, Woolwich RD (Age ~ 0 years)
  Family ID	F1590	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 2	Harriett SYMONDS,   b. 27 Mar 1857, Bermondsey, London d. Dec 1906, South Stoneham RD (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1883	All Saints, Newington, Surrey   [5]
  	Married after banns. Henry John Wimble, 28, widower, moulder of 40 Darwin Street, father Nehemiah James Wimble, carpenter. Harriett Symonds, 26, spinster of 6 Aylesbury Street, father John Symonds (deceased), tanner. Both signed full names. Witnesses Alfred Birt, Alice Elizabeth Birt.
  Children	1. Florence Maud Harriet WIMBLE,   b. 27 Jan 1885, Plumstead, London d. Jan 1979, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 93 years)   2. William James WIMBLE,   b. 13 Sep 1886, Charlton, Kent d. 27 Apr 1941, Portsmouth, Hampshire (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F1592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family 3	Eliza BRIDGES,   b. Mar 1866, Bethnal Green RD d. Bef 22 Jan 1946, Greenwich RD (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1910	Greenwich RD   [6]
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Annie Adeline WIMBLE,   b. Bef 6 Jul 1892, Custom House, London d. Yes, date unknown   2. William Henry WIMBLE,   b. 14 Nov 1895, Woolwich, Kent d. Mar 1957, Greenwich RD (Age 61 years)   3. Alfred Francis WIMBLE,   b. Dec 1899, Woolwich RD d. Dec 1900, Woolwich RD (Age ~ 1 years)   4. Catherine Florence WIMBLE,   b. Dec 1901, Charlton, Kent d. 1981, Canada (Age ~ 79 years)   5. Winifred Bertha "Winnie" WIMBLE,   b. Jun 1905, Charlton, Kent d. Yes, date unknown   6. Dorothy Edith "Dolly" WIMBLE,   b. Dec 1907, Charlton, Kent d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Jun 1854 - Deptford, London Burial - 1 Jun 1921 - Greenwich, London  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index, Q2 1854 Greenwich 1d/542, mother's maiden name BENY [correctly BERRY]. (Reliability: 3). [S3] BMD index, aged 67, Q2 1921 Woolwich 1d/1088. (Reliability: 3). [S289] www.deceasedonline.com, April 2012 and later. [S3] BMD index, Q2 1845 Lewisham 5/394. (Reliability: 3). [S399] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936. [S3] BMD index, Q1 1910 Greenwich 1d/1422. (Reliability: 3).