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Descendants of John Gorst

Generation No. 1

 

1. JOHN1 GORST He married PHOEBE FISHER 14 July 1689 in St James, Dukes Place, London.

 

Children of JOHN GORST and PHOEBE FISHER are:

i. JOHN2 GORST, b. Bef. 11 November 1691, St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London.

2. ii. GILBERT JAMES GORST, b. Abt. 1699, Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London (IGI); d. 18 April 1781, St Marys The Virgin, Leyton, Essex (PR).

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. GILBERT JAMES2 GORST (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1699 in Saint Dunstan, Stepney, London (IGI), and died 18 April 1781 in St Marys The Virgin, Leyton, Essex (PR). He married MARY Bef. 1736.

 

Children of GILBERT GORST and MARY are:

3. i. JAMES3 GORST, b. 10 September 1736, St Marys The Virgin, Leyton, Essex (PR); d. February 1802, Leyton, Essex.

4. ii. RICHARD GORST, d. November 1768, Leyton, Essex.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. JAMES3 GORST (GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 10 September 1736 in St Marys The Virgin, Leyton, Essex (PR), and died February 1802 in Leyton, Essex. He married (1) ELIZABETH BRIDGES 20 August 1765 in St Mary the Virgin, Leyton, Essex (IGI). She died 16 November 1781 in Leyton, Essex. He married (2) JANE HAYSLER 23 February 1784 in St Mary the Virgin, Leyton, Essex (IGI). She died September 1793 in Leyton, Essex.

 

Children of JAMES GORST and ELIZABETH BRIDGES are:

i. WILLIAM4 GORST, b. Abt. 1767, Leyton, Essex.

ii. ELIZABETH GORST, b. Abt. 1769, Leyton, Essex; m. JOHN TATUM, 16 June 1800, St Edmund the King & Martyr, Lombard Street, London.

iii. MARY GORST, b. Abt. 1770, Leyton, Essex.

iv. PHOEBE GORST, b. Abt. 1771, Leyton, Essex; d. April 1771, Leyton, Essex.

v. LUCY GORST, b. Abt. 1772, Leyton, Essex; d. February 1773, Leyton, Essex.

vi. JAMES GORST, b. Bef. 1774; d. March 1774, Leyton, Essex.

vii. JAMES GORST, b. Abt. 1774, Leyton, Essex.

viii. ANNA MARIA GORST, b. Abt. 1778, Leyton, Essex; d. August 1779, Leyton, Essex.

 

Children of JAMES GORST and JANE HAYSLER are:

ix. GEORGE4 GORST, b. Abt. 1791, Leyton, Essex.

5. x. JOHN GORST, b. Abt. 1792, Leyton, Essex; d. 06 November 1873, Shoreditch Infirmary, Haggerstone, Shoreditch, London (cert).

xi. JOSEPH GORST, d. Abt. 1793, Leyton, Essex.

xii. JANE GORST, d. May 1797, Leyton, Essex.

 

4. RICHARD3 GORST (GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) died November 1768 in Leyton, Essex. He married (1) MARY. She died Bef. 1763. He married (2) ANN Bef. 1763. She died June 1768 in Leyton, Essex.

 

Child of RICHARD GORST and MARY is:

i. MARY4 GORST, b. Abt. 1761, Leyton, Essex.

 

Child of RICHARD GORST and ANN is:

ii. JOHN4 GORST, b. Abt. 1763, Leyton, Essex; d. February 1764, Leyton, Essex.

 

Generation No. 4

 

5. JOHN4 GORST (JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1792 in Leyton, Essex, and died 06 November 1873 in Shoreditch Infirmary, Haggerstone, Shoreditch, London (cert). He married (1) KITTY PARKER 1813 in St Dunstan, Stepney (Pallots). He married (2) CATHARINE UNKNOWN Bef. 1827. He married (3) ELIZABETH PARKER 18 September 1864 in St Stephen's Church, Spitalfields, Middlesex, daughter of WILLIAM PARKER. She died Bef. 1871.

 

Children of JOHN GORST and KITTY PARKER are:

6. i. JOHN5 GORST, b. 18 March 1814, Whitechapel, London( as per 1851 Census).

ii. GEORGE GORST, b. 03 May 1815, St Luke, Chelsea, London; m. FEMALE UNKNOWN.

7. iii. HENRY GORST, b. 19 May 1817, St Luke, Chelsea, London.

iv. WILLIAM GEORGE GORST, b. 10 July 1817, St Luke, Chelsea, London; m. JANE UNKNOWN.

8. v. BENJAMIN GORST, b. 1830, Hackney, London; d. June 1912, Poplar, London.

 

Child of JOHN GORST and CATHARINE UNKNOWN is:

9. vi. JOSEPH5 GORST, b. Bef. 06 April 1827, St Luke, Chelsea, London; d. Bef. 1869.

 

Generation No. 5

 

6. JOHN5 GORST (JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 18 March 1814 in Whitechapel, London( as per 1851 Census). He married (1) ELIZA MORGAN Bef. 1846. She was born 1818 in Stepney, London. He married (2) ELIZA BROWN Aft. 1857.

 

Children of JOHN GORST and ELIZA MORGAN are:

i. GEORGINA6 GORST, b. 13 October 1846, 2 Clarehall Gardens, Mile End Old Town, Stepney; m. WILLIAM DIXON, 06 November 1871, St James The Great, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; b. 1839, Dec 1838, St Geo in the East, Vol 2, Page 66; d. 03 January 1900, 9 Grove Street, Bethnal Green.

ii. JOHN THOMAS GORST, b. 05 April 1849, 1 Wellington Passage, Mile End Old Town, Stepney; m. FEMALE UNKNOWN, June 1873, Bethnal Green.

iii. DAVID JAMES GORST, b. 01 July 1851, 3 Fair Street, Mile End Old Town, Stepney.

10. iv. CHARLES JOSEPH GORST, b. 10 March 1854, 16 Collingwood Terrace, Bethnal Green (Cert).

11. v. EDWARD ORLANDO GORST, b. 16 September 1857, 6 Temple Terrace, Bethnal Green, Middlesex; d. 03 October 1907, West Ham Union Infirmary.

 

Child of JOHN GORST and ELIZA BROWN is:

vi. ELIZA ANN6 GORST, b. 20 July 1860, 6 Temple Terrace, Bethnal Green, Middlesex.

 

7. HENRY5 GORST (JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 19 May 1817 in St Luke, Chelsea, London. He married ELIZABETH HIGGS Bef. 1828.

 

Children of HENRY GORST and ELIZABETH HIGGS are:

12. i. HENRY6 GORST, b. Abt. 1829, Stratford, Essex.

ii. ELIZA GORST, b. 1835; m. ROBERT ALDIS, 06 May 1852, Parish Church, Limehouse, Stepney, Middlesex (Cert).

iii. MARY ANN GORST, b. 12 October 1837, Poplar; m. ALFRED COOK, 28 November 1859, The Parish Church of Bromley St Leonard, Poplar, Middlesex; b. Bef. 1838.

13. iv. BETSY GORST, b. 18 August 1842.

v. LOUISA GORST, b. February 1847, 4 ? Court, High Street, Poplar, Middlesex.; m. MALE UNKNOWN, June 1872, Mile End, Vol 1c, Page 996.

vi. ELIZABETH GORST, b. Bef. 1843; m. JAMES WILLSON, 22 February 1864, St Thomas, Stepney, London.

 

8. BENJAMIN5 GORST (JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 1830 in Hackney, London, and died June 1912 in Poplar, London. He married JANE BLUNDELL 04 August 1851 in The Parish Church, Stepney, Middlesex (Cert), daughter of WILLIAM BLUNDELL and HANNAH SUNSHINE. She was born Bef. 01 May 1837 in St Leonards, Shoreditch.

 

Children of BENJAMIN GORST and JANE BLUNDELL are:

i. BENJAMIN JAMES6 GORST, b. 08 April 1854, 2 John Street, Bethnal Green (cert).

ii. JAMES GORST, b. 04 September 1857, 1 Mill Row,Shoreditch, Middlesex.

iii. WILLIAM GORST, b. 20 August 1859, 2 Lomas Buildings, Mile End Old Town.

iv. SARAH EMMA GORST, b. 18 March 1861, 2 Lomas Buildings, Mile End Old Town Eastern (Cert).

v. MARY ANN GORST, b. 03 August 1864, 2 Lomas Buildings, Mile End Old Town Eastern (Cert).

vi. AMELIA HARRIET GORST, b. 23 October 1867, 5 Catbourne Street, Limehouse.

vii. GEORGIANA GORST, b. 10 August 1870, 24 Dalglish Street, Limehouse, Stepney (Cert).

viii. HENRY GORST, b. Abt. 1866; m. SARAH QUTTEN, 25 December 1890, Parish Church, West Ham; b. Abt. 1869.

 

9. JOSEPH5 GORST (JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Bef. 06 April 1827 in St Luke, Chelsea, London, and died Bef. 1869. He married (1) ELIZABETH ELEANOR GREENFIELD 13 March 1848 in Spitalfields Christ Church, Stepney, London (Cert), daughter of JAMES HENRY GREENFIELD. She was born 1827 in Whitechapel, London as per 1851 Census, and died Bef. 1853. He married (2) MARY ANN WARD 10 May 1853 in Parish Church, St. George in the East, Middlesex (Cert), daughter of ROBERT WARD.

 

Children of JOSEPH GORST and ELIZABETH GREENFIELD are:

i. ANN JANE6 GORST.

14. ii. ANNIE SARAH GORST, b. 26 January 1849, 2 Kings Head Court, Shoreditch, Middlesex.

iii. WILLIAM GORST, b. Abt. 1859.

 

Children of JOSEPH GORST and MARY WARD are:

iv. ELIZA6 GORST, b. 24 February 1854.

15. v. MARIA GORST, b. 24 February 1854, St. Georges East, London.

16. vi. JOSEPH ROBERT GORST, b. 18 January 1856, 7 James Place, Ratcliff, Stepney, London (cert); d. Bef. 1901.

vii. JOSEPH THOMAS GORST, b. 18 January 1856, 7 Batty Gardens, St Georges in the East, Middlesex.

viii. BENJAMIN ROBERT GORST, b. 03 March 1858, 16 Pimlico Walk, Hoxton Old Town , Shoreditch.

ix. MARY ANN GORST, b. 05 December 1859, 1 Princes Court, Bethnal Green (Cert).

x. MARY ANN ELIZABETH GORST, b. 05 December 1859, 1 Prices Court, Bethnal Green , London (cert).

xi. FREDERICK JOHN GORST, b. 14 July 1862, 1 Princes Court, Bethnal Green.

xii. ALBERT GORST, b. 06 September 1864, 34 King Street, Bethnal Green, Middlesex.

xiii. ALBERT GORST, b. 10 September 1876, 34 King Street, Bethnal Green (Cert).

xiv. CHARLOTTE REBECCA GORST, b. Bef. 1848; m. THOMAS SAUNDERS, 22 August 1869, St George, Camberwell (Cert).

 

Generation No. 6

 

10. CHARLES JOSEPH6 GORST (JOHN5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 10 March 1854 in 16 Collingwood Terrace, Bethnal Green (Cert). He married MARY ANN UNKNOWN Bef. 1872. She was born 1849 in Whitechapel, Middlesex.

 

Child of CHARLES GORST and MARY UNKNOWN is:

i. JOHN T7 GORST, b. 1872, St Georges in the East, Middlesex.

 

11. EDWARD ORLANDO6 GORST (JOHN5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 16 September 1857 in 6 Temple Terrace, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, and died 03 October 1907 in West Ham Union Infirmary. He married LOUISA SMILES 17 April 1876 in St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green, daughter of RICHARD SMILES and SARAH BLUNDELL. She was born 21 December 1857 in 27 Lomas Buildings, Mile End Old Town, London (then Middlesex), and died 25 February 1914 in West Ham Union Infirmary.

 

Children of EDWARD GORST and LOUISA SMILES are:

i. UNKNOWN7 GORST.

ii. GEORGINA LOUISE GORST, b. 16 November 1878, Stepney, London; d. 24 December 1951, 29 Lynmouth Road, Walthamstow, London; m. WILLIAM JOHN WARD, 10 April 1898, St Faith's church, Stepney, Mile End, London (cert); b. 08 July 1866, 6 Goodland Terrace, Bethnal Green, Middlesex (cert); d. 1950, Walthamstow , London.

iii. SARAH GORST, b. 11 April 1882, 104 North Street, Limehouse, Stepney; m. ALFRED GOSLING, 25 December 1902, St Saviour, Walthamstow; b. Abt. 1880, Stratford, Essex.

iv. ALICE AMELIA GORST, b. 08 January 1885, 104 North Street, Limehouse, Stepney; m. FREDERICK WILLIAM HELDT, 20 August 1907, The Register Office, Bermondsey; b. 16 January 1883, 3 Eliza Villas, Boston Road, Walthamstow.

v. MARY ANN GORST, b. 22 January 1887, 19 Kirkes Place, Limehouse, Stepney, Middlesex; d. Walthamstow, London; m. WILLIAM JOHN STANMORE, 14 August 1904, St Saviour, Walthamstow (cert); b. 23 May 1883, Union Workhouse, Leytonstone, London (Cert); d. Abt. 1982.

vi. THOMAS EDWARD GORST, b. 01 June 1889, 17 Augusta Street, Poplar, London (cert); m. POLLY BUTTONS.

vii. JOHN JOSEPH GORST, b. 27 November 1894, 63 Blount Street, Limehouse, London (cert); d. 03 February 1940, 50 Tenby Road, Walthamstow, London (cert); m. FLORENCE HARRIET ELIZA SABEY, 23 July 1922, St James The Greater, Walthamstow, Essex (cert(; b. 26 February 1904, 10 Gawber Street, Bethnal Green, London (Cert); d. 03 April 1979, Langthorne Hospital, Leytonstone, London (cert).

viii. WILLIAM ALBERT GORST, b. 31 May 1897, 21 Mary Street, Mile End; d. 25 March 1956, 101 Gosport Road, Walthamstow , London.

 

12. HENRY6 GORST (HENRY5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1829 in Stratford, Essex. He married ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1838 in Bow, Middlesex.

 

Children of HENRY GORST and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:

i. ELIZA7 GORST, b. Abt. 1865.

ii. MARY ANN GORST, b. Abt. 1868.

iii. LOUISA GORST, b. Abt. 1877.

 

13. BETSY6 GORST (HENRY5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 18 August 1842.

 

Child of BETSY GORST is:

i. EMMA7 GORST, b. 14 August 1862, 1 Bow Lane, Bromley (Bow, Poplar) (Cert).

 

14. ANNIE SARAH6 GORST (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 26 January 1849 in 2 Kings Head Court, Shoreditch, Middlesex. She married JOHN WATSON 29 June 1873 in St John the Baptist, Hoxton, Middlesex (cert), son of JOHN WATSON. He was born 1845 in Middlesex.

 

Children of ANNIE GORST and JOHN WATSON are:

i. JOHN R7 WATSON, b. 1874, Hackney, Middlesex.

ii. WILLIAM WATSON, b. 1875, Mile End, Middlesex.

iii. ANNA WATSON, b. 1878, Ratcliffe, Middlesex.

iv. FANNY WATSON, b. 1880, Ratcliffe, Middlesex.

 

15. MARIA6 GORST (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 24 February 1854 in St. Georges East, London. She married RICHARD PITT 22 May 1871 in The Parish Church of St Jude, Bethnal Green, Middlesex (cert), son of THOMAS PIKE. He was born 1847 in St Georges East, London.

 

Children of MARIA GORST and RICHARD PITT are:

i. ANNIE7 PITT, b. Abt. 1882, St Georges East, London.

ii. JOHN PITT, b. Abt. 1887, St Georges East, London.

iii. AMELIA PITT, b. Abt. 1892, St Georges East, London.

iv. ALFRED PITT, b. Abt. 1894, St Georges East, London.

v. CAROLINE PITT, b. Abt. 1898, St Georges East, London.

 

16. JOSEPH ROBERT6 GORST (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JAMES3, GILBERT JAMES2, JOHN1) was born 18 January 1856 in 7 James Place, Ratcliff, Stepney, London (cert), and died Bef. 1901. He married EMMA DOBSON June 1876 in Bethnal Green, Vol 1c, Page 445. She died Aft. 1901.

 

Children of JOSEPH GORST and EMMA DOBSON are:

i. GEORGE ROBERT7 GORST, b. 30 January 1880, London St. Georges East.

ii. JAMES GORST, b. Abt. 1881, Ratcliff, London.

iii. BENJAMIN THOMAS GORST, b. 15 December 1881, 71 Anthony Street, St George in The East; m. ALICE MARSHALL, 25 December 1910.

iv. ELIZABETH GORST, b. Abt. 1884, Ratcliff, London.

v. JOSEPH GORST, b. Abt. 1889, Shadwell, London.

vi. THOMAS JAMES GORST, b. 06 December 1893, 7 James Place, Ratcliff, Stepney (Cert).

 

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