Emma POVEY

Abt 1823 - 1897  (~ 74 years)

• Name	Emma POVEY
  Birth	Abt 1823	Benham, Speen, Newbury, Berkshire
  Gender	Female
  _UID	77317E0C0D3642DEB1F5F7FB7A7C720EA359
  Death	Mar 1897	Brentford RD   [1]
  Notes	I think the reference (in the 1851 and 1861 censuses, as below) to Benham, Berks is a clue to Emma's parents. One of the families I found in the 1841 census living in Marsh Benham, Speen, Berkshire was that of William and Mary Povey. William's age was shown as 50 and his occupation ag. lab. Mary was shown as 40 and there were 6 children ranging from 15 down to Louisa, aged 2 (see 1861 census below). The name William would tie-in with the the name Emma gave as her father when she married William Semper in 1858. 1851 census: at 15 Howley Place, Paddington, London, Emma PERVEY (sic) (28, servant, born Benham, Berks) and Harriet PERVEY (sic) (26, servant, born Newbury, Berks) were servants in the home of Mrs J J A GIRDWOOD (53, physician's wife) and her daughters E A (22) and Mary S (20). Emma was probably the daughter of William and Mary POVEY who lived in Benham, Speen, Berks at the time of the 1841 census. The identity of Harriet hasn't been established. 1861 census: at 11 Howley Place, Paddington, Emma POVEY (unmarried), (38, cook, born Benham, Berks) and Louisa POVEY (unmarried, 22, housemaid, born Benham, Berks), were servants with the GIRDWOOD family (as in 1851 as far as Emma is concerned, and despite the fact that Emma had married in 1858). Louisa POVEY was probably Emma's sister - she appeared with William and Mary POVEY in the 1841 census, aged 2. 1871 census: at 20 Richmond Street, St Marylebone, London, Emma SEMPER (head, widow, 68 (sic - should be 48), born Newbury, Berks) and Agnes POVEY (niece, 15, born Newbury, Berks). Emma's age is very wrong and I suspect Agnes's age is also wrong. She might have been the Agnes whose birth was registered at Newbury in Q4 1842, in which case her parents would have been John POVEY and Sarah nee WATTS. Agnes appeared in the 1881 census, aged 38, born Speen, Berks, a domestic servant in a boarding house for Dulwich College sudents in High Street, Dulwich, London. Emma married John Thomas BROWNE in 1879. They appeared in the: 1881 census: in High Street, Hanwell, Middlesex (both BROWNE), J.T. (head, married, 76, cordwainer, born Chiswick, Middlesex) and Emma (wife, 60(?), born Speen, Berks). 1891 census: in High Street, Hanwell, Middlesex (both BROWNE), John T. (head, married, 86, cordwainer, born Chiswick, Middlesex) and Emma (wife, 70, born Newbury, Berks). These two names are followed by another entry in the same household, which looks like "volf", widow, 76, born Cripplegate, London. John T Browne's death was registered in Q4 1891, and Emma's (as Emma BROWN) in Q1 1897, both at Brentford RD. Whilst researching Emma POVEY, I looked for POVEY in all the 1841 census records for Speen, Newbury, Berkshire.In case they are of any interest to anyone, I'm recording the results here. Each line represents a single household. District 1 John POVEY (50, sawyer); Sarah POVEY (15) Richard POVEY (45, ag lab); Grace POVEY (37); 6 POVEY children District 1a in School Row, Harriett POVEY (15, female servant) District 2 in Wood Speen, Martha (?) POVEY (17, female servant) District 3 none found District 4 in Marsh Benham, William POVEY (30, no occ); Prudence (30, no occ), Charles (5), Mary (5), William (5), Thomas (2), Prudence (9 months) in Marsh Benham, Mary POVEY (35, Ind); Robert (9 months), Caroline (10) in Marsh Benham, John POVEY (95, ag lab) in Marsh Benham, William POVEY (50, ag lab), Mary (40), Henry (15), Frederick (10), Cornelius (5), Joseph (5), Chas (4), Louisa (2) District 5 in Speen, George POVEY (35, wheelwright), Sarah (40), Sarah (2o), Thomas (13), Ann (10), Emily (7), Harriet (5), Louisa (3), Eleanor (6 months) in Dean Wood, Speen, John POVEY (30, ag lab), Sarah (30, ag lab) and 5 children in Bell Mount, Speen Parish, Mary POVEY (63, ag lab) in Neave(?), James POVEY (45, ag lab), Amey (40) and 6 children District 6 in Stock Cross, Michael POVEY (55, ag lab) in Stock Gross, Thomas POVEY (35, ag lab), Elizabeth (35) and 3 children in Stock Cross, Joshua POVEY (35, labourer) in Stock Cross, Joshua POVEY (70, ag lab) in Nalden Hill, Richard POVEY (80, ag lab), Martha (70) District 7 none found.
  Person ID	I60	Thanet (2), Kent
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family 1	William SEMPER,   b. 15 Apr 1834, Bath, Somerset d. Jun 1867, Westminster RD (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	19 Oct 1858	St Mary's, Marylebone, London   [2]
  	William Semper, full age, servant of 49 Shouldham Street, father Edward Semper, trunk maker. Emma Povey, full age, spinster of 49 Shouldham Street, father William Povey, servant. Both signed. Witnesses George Harbord Gyton and Mary Ann Minter.
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family 2	John Thomas BROWNE,   b. Abt 1802, Chiswick, Middlesex d. Dec 1891, Brentford RD (Age ~ 89 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1879	Parish Church, Hanwell, Middlesex   [2, 3]
  	Married after banns. John Thomas Brown, 75, widower, postman of Hanwell, father Charles Browne (deceased), shoemaker. Emma Semper (59, widow of Hanwell, father William Povey (deceased), veterinary surgeon. Both signed full names. Witnesses Richard Burnham, Louisa Briant.
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] BMD index, aged 77, Q1 1897 Brentford 3a/38. (Reliability: 3). [S7] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, October 2009 and later. [S3] BMD index, Q4 1879 Brentford 3a/117. (Reliability: 3).