Thomas Sylvester Lankshear Family
(Ron's grandfather - T.S.L. died 1933 Ron born 1937
Have a look at Photograph of Woman and
Boy I think it is 1859 and photo of Thomas I do not have any other photos of him
but also it is likely to his mother
see Elizabeth SHAW & John Lankshear - 1838
Possible picture of TSL
with his mother or Aunt
Lankshear Genealogy Blog: Follow their houses in Maps of Thomas Sylvester Lankshear and family
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear Birth 1847
Initial confusion over Thomas birth as also a registration in 1853 sometimes agrees with census age but at death he was 85 agrees with birth in 1847 - 1853 GRO was another Thomas Sylvester Lankshear - 7 Jun 1847 @ 16 St John's Sq., Clerkenwell / Thomas Sylvester / Father - John Lankshear (Pocket Book Maker) / Mother Elizabeth Lankshear (formerly Shaw) Elizabeth SHAW & John Lankshear - 1838 1851 Thomas Sylvester Lankshear age 3 with Aunt Harriet LONG (formerly SHAW)
This was a fantastic find as Aunt Harriet confirmed which SHAW
family |
| 1871 Flora Elizabeth Lankshear Birth and Baptism 1873
Flora Elizabeth birth cert 
born 15 Dec 1871, 23 Park Street Thomas Sylvester Lankshear, Ironmonger Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 23 Park Street, Liverpool Road Registered 26 Jan 1872 (Islington West, Islington, Middlesex) Baptism  
1909 Florrie Elizabeth LANKSHEAR Marriage 1891 was wrong - the Florence from Chiswick - at moment I do not know where my Aunt Florrie was in 1891 1901 census - Florrie Larkshear
1901 census - Florrie Larkshear 1909 Florrie Elizabeth LANKSHEAR Marriage Flora Lankshear - Marriage 1895 (not Florrie) |
1873 Patty Hendy LANKSHEAR - Birth and Baptism Birth Cert 
 Baptism  Patty Hendy born 15 Oct 1873, 54 Foreign Street Thomas Silvester Lankshear, Salesman Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 54 Foreign Street, Brixton Registered 25 Nov 1873 (Kennington 2nd, Lambeth, Surrey) Note - Caroline's sister Mrs Patience Thomas in 1881 was at 58 Foreign Street Foreign St is now Wickwood - note Caroline later lived in Flaxman just across the railway
1894 Patty LANKSHEAR marriage to Herbert Sims |
Thomas Sylvester Lankshear 1881 - Family 1880s Shakespeare Rd and Percy Terrace Brixton - my grandfather's home   |
 
1882 George Henry Lankshear
George
Henry Lankshear 1911 1880s Shakespeare Rd and Percy Terrace Brixton |
1883BCLANKSHEARAdaMary.jpg 
 Ada Mary Lankshear born 14 Jul 1883, 287 Shakespeare Road Thomas Sylvester Lankshear, Commercial Traveller Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 287 Shakespeare Road Registered 24 Aug 1883 (Brixton, Lambeth, Surrey) Ada is with Caswell household in 1891 and 1901 census see Caroline Caswell 1880s Shakespeare Rd and Percy Terrace Brixton Ada M Lanksheare Death Age: 69 abt 1884
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| All plain sailing to here - now we have the Grey Period Indications are of family change before birth of Lottie But Birth Certificates for Lankshear children still show as Caroline Townsend whereas she could now be Caroline Caswell (???) Clement's children added with this colour so we can compare to Thomas's |
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Births Jun 1886 Lankshear Dorothy Caswell Lambeth 1d 465 Dorothy died 1889 so my guess is Caroline moved in with Clement 1886ish As Dorothy at death still shows father as Thomas I suppose she
is his daughter BUT perhaps Caroline was just staying with the
official record Birth detail (Janette has BC) 3 Mar 1886 at 37 Flaxman Road
Flaxman was just across the railway from Foreign St where Patty
was born |
Births Sep 1887 LANKSHEAR Clementi__ Caswell Lambeth 1d 479 18 Aug 1887 at 37 Flaxman Road (again), Loughboro' Junction, Lambeth Clementina Caswell Lankshear Father Thomas Silvester Lankshear (again the spelling of the middle name), Commercial Traveller Mother Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Registered 28 Sep 1887 by Caroline Lankshear, mother, 37 Flaxman Road, Loughboro' Junction [1yr 2mths 6dys after birth of Dorothy] Looking for Clementina Caswell - marriage 1912 and .......
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Lottie (Charlotte) Ellen Lankshear Births Mar 1889 0  Greenwich Kent 1d 1121 Lottie Ellen Lankshear was born 24 Oct 1888  Lottie Ellen
 born 24 Oct 1888, 24 Creed Place Thomas Lankshear, Commercial Traveller Catherine Lankshear formerly Townsend C. Lankshear mother, 24 Creed Place Registered 8 Jan 1889 (Greenwich East, Greenwich, Kent) NOTE: Don't know who was the Catherine Lankshear formerly Townsend on Lottie's birth certificate but still guessing Elizabeth. |
Annie Dorothy Caswell was born 10 May 1889 [only 6 months and 17 days later] - unless Lottie was very premature she was not Caroline's daughter. Died 2 Dec 1892 Birth 
10 May 1889 at 37 Flaxman Road (again), Loughboro' Junction, Lambeth - father Clement Caswell - Inspector on Railway Mother Caroline Caswell formerly Townsend (no mention of Lankshear)
and death Broncho Pneumonia certified by AH Macdonald |
| Lily Lankshear Birth 1890 -
Bermondsey
[9mths 23dys after Annie Dorothy] Lily born 2 Mar 1890, 9 Bermondsey Square Thomas Lankshear, Commercial Clerk Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant T. Lankshear father, 9 Bermondsey Square Registered 11 Apr 1890 (St. Mary Magdalen, Saint Olave, London) 1908 Lilian Mary (May) Lankshear daughter of Lily 1912 Lily Lankshear marriage to George Purkiss |
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear 1891 - Family |
| Caroline in 1891 should be 40 but is read as 30 (poss 20) and born
Rotherhithe not Cornwall So who is this does not match Caroline who was with Clement and really not Elizabeth either |
| Gerald Lankshear Birth 1892
- Ron's knew as Uncle Tom - his son is Gerald and Gerald is also Ron's second name. Gerald (from photocopied certificate Jerry ) born 1 Nov 1892, 84 St. James Road Thomas Lankshear, Commercial Clerk Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant T. Lankshear father, 84 St. James Road, Bermondsey Registered 12 Dec 1892 (St. James, district unreadable but I think should be Bermondsey, Surrey)  Ron's Uncle Tom and marriage to Grace 1915 (Gerald Lankshear) and |
| Frank born 4 Oct 1894 Registered Dec qtr 1894 (St. Olave district) They were living 84 Saint James Road Bermondsey father Thomas shown as Commercial Clerk and again Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend  died 1917 serving with RFC |
Edwin (Dick) Lankshear - Birth 1900
 Wolseley Buildings - Edwin
was born here A web site on Bermondsey born 4 Mar 1900, 86 Wolseley BuildingsThomas Lankshear, General Labourer Caroline Lankshear formerly Townsend Informant C. Lankshear mother, 86 Wolseley Buildings, Bermondsey Registered 17 Apr 1900 (Bermondsey, Saint Olave Bermondsey, London) |
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear 1901 - Family |
Elizabeth Skeggs Birth 1862 - wife of Thomas Sylvester Lankshear by 1901 23 Nov 1862 @ Halifax, Nova Scotia / Elizabeth Sarah / Father - Henry Skeggs (Gunner in R.A.) / Mother - Elizabeth Sarah Skeggs (no maiden name shown) |
Elizabeth Sarah Skeggs and Family  |
1905 death of Caroline Caswell and Clement 1909 Although Clement lies on the certificate everything points to this being Caroline Lankshear (Townsend)
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13 Poyser Street, Cambridge Road, Bethnal Green, London N E 17 Bethnal Green South West 1 1418
Frank Lankshear 16 SILVERSMITH, PORTER Edwin Lankshear 11 school
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| Note: Presumably they were now free to marry 1923 Thomas Sylvester Lankshear marriage to Elizabeth Sarah Skeggs |
1905 3 Poyser St to 1910 Electoral Roll  then 1911 to 13  Then 1918 grandma appears but as Caroline  Finally 1925 she is Elizabeth and my father is shown  1932 13 Poyser St  |
| Thomas Sylvester Lankshear - Memorial Card 1933 -Aged 85 |
| Thomas Lankshear Census Comparisons - The comparison needs more work but it shows anomalies across census re age and place of birth |
means a link
to my Hard Drive for a larger picture of full document which will not work
on web 
The trail of movements is
Lankshear Genealogy Blog: Follow their houses in Maps of Thomas Sylvester Lankshear and family
- 1846 16 St Johns Square Clerkenwell
- 15 Dec 1871, 23 Park Street, Islington
- 15 Oct 1873, 54 Foreign Street, Lambeth
- Note - Caroline's sister Mrs Patience Thomas in 1881 was at 58 Foreign Street
- 1881 6 Shakespere Rd Percy Terrace Lambeth
- 19 Feb 1882, 6 Percy Terrace, Shakespeare Road
- 14 Jul 1883, 287 Shakespeare Road
- 24 Oct 1888, 24 Creed Place
- 2 Mar 1890, 9 Bermondsey Square, Bermondsey
- 1892 84 St James Rd Bermondsey
- 1900 86 Wolseley Buildings
- 1901 100 Hoxton St, St Leonard Shoreditch
1911 early view of census and they appear to be in Bethnal Green - By 1917 13 Poyser St Cambridge Heath Bethnal Green
Picture I took in 1989
