AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameGeorge MIDSON 
3597, GGG Grandfather
3597, GGG GrandfatherBirth Dateca 1806
Birth PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Memofrom 1851 census
Chr Date19 Oct 18063598 Age: <1
Chr PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Death DateNov 18723599 Age: 66
Death PlaceRisbridge, Suffolk, England
Burial Date30 Nov 1872
Burial PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Occupationagricultural labourer
Alias/AKAMitson
FatherSamuel MIDSON (<1785-1858)
MotherSarah Elizabeth STUBBING (1785-1839)
Spouses
Birth Dateca 1816
Memo1841 census gives age of 25, 10 years younger than husband. Catharine was actually second wife who George married prior to 1841. Ages quoted in 1841 census were generally to the nearest five years.
Death DateMay 18473600 Age: 31
Death PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Burial Date16 May 18473601
Burial PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoSt Mary the Virgin
Marr Date21 Oct 1838
Marr PlaceHelions Bumpstead, Essex, England
Reside Date7 Jun 18413602
Reside PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Memoin Malting End Way lived George Midson, 35, his wife Catharine, 25 and George’s daughters with his first wife Maria, who died in 1837, Harriot, 13, Emma, 10, Susannah, 7 & Charlotte, 4. Also Mary, 1 who was born after and presumably a daughter of Catharine.
Birth Datebef 30 May 1819
Birth PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Chr Date30 May 18193603 Age: <1
Chr PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Death DateMar 18923604 Age: 72
Death PlaceRisbridge, Suffolk, England
Occupationstraw plaiter (1871), Char Woman (1881), Pauper (1891)
Alias/AKACLAYDEN, Susan
FatherWilliam CLAYDON
MotherElizabeth
Marr PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Marr MemoIndependent Chapel, Risbridge. Marriage Certificate shows her name as Garrett (also index) not Garwood, father William Claydon.
Reside Date30 Mar 18513606
Reside PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Memoin Malting Cottage lived George Midson, 46, agricultural labourer, his new wife Susan, 31, his daughters Susannah, 15, Charlotte,14 and Mary Ann, 11, all Straw plaiters. Also living there were Susan’s daughter Charlotte Garwood, 10 and son Joseph, 7 both scholars. Further were daughters of George & Susan, Eliza,2 and Caroline 10 months.
Reside Date7 Apr 18613607
Reside PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoGeorge Midson, agricultural labourer, 52, his wife Susannah, 48 and daughter Eliza, 13, Caroline, 11, Susannah,10, Isabella, 5, where all recorded as Straw Plaiters as was William, 3 but not Fanny aged 8months. All born Steeple Bumpstead. They resided at Malling Cottages, Egg Shell End, Steeple Bumpstead.
Reside Date2 Apr 18713608
Reside PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoLiving in Malting Cottages were George Midson, 62, Agricultural labourer, his wife Susan, 55, Straw plaiter, and children Elizabeth, 16, straw plaiter, William 13, agricultural labourer and Fanny, 11 scholar.
3Maria DARKIN , GGG Grandmother
, GGG GrandmotherBirth Datebef 17 Jul 1805
Chr Date17 Jul 18053609 Age: <1
Chr PlaceHelions Bumpstead, Essex, England
Memoas Maria Darkin. Although surname differs slightly Maria’s first daughter Harriet was baptised in Helion Bumpstead even though she married George in Steeple Bumpstead.
Death DateAug 1837 Age: 32
Death PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoSee burial
Burial Date27 Aug 18373610
Burial PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoSt Mary the Virgin at age of 32 years
FatherThomas DARKIN (<1780-)
MotherDUDLEY
Marr PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
Notes for Maria (Spouse 3)
married as “DARKING”