| John Kirk | [1818 - 1886] | MMFFF |
Born: 1818 Birmingham
Father: Thomas Kirk
Siblings: (For dates, etc, see the extended family)
Married 1: Frances Bloore 1 January 1837
Her Death Certificate includes
When and where died 13 November 1847, 18 Ashby Street Name and Surname Frances Kirk Age 32 years Occupation Wife of John Kirk, Engraver Cause of Death Childbirth. Pueperal fever 9 days.
This may have been the birth of the Thomas Kirk whose death is recorded as 4th qtr 1847, Clerkenwell vol 3 page 106.
Marriage Entry:
| Church | Birmingham St Martins |
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| Date | 1 January 1837 | |
| Name | John Kirk | |
| Of | this parish bachelor | |
| and Name | Francis Bloore | |
| Of | this parish spinster | |
| By | Banns | |
| Witnesses | Willm Wood, Ann Nicklin
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Children of first marriage:
There was a John Kirk who married Frances Yates in Coventry in 1828, and had many children by her. Confusion between the two John and Frances Kirk families is very possible.
Married 2: Martha Blower 20 November 1848
Marriage Certificate:
| Registration District | St Pancras |
| Solemnized at | St Pancras Church |
| in the Parish of | St Pancras |
| in the County of | Middlesex |
| When Married | 20 November 1848 |
| Name and Surname | John Kirk |
| Age | Full age |
| Condition | Widower |
| Rank or Profession | Engraver |
| Residence | Guilford Street |
| Father's Name | Thomas Kirk |
| Father's Profession | Dead |
| Witnesses | Robert Walton, Hephzibah Walton Bride's sister and brother-in-law. Neighbours to the Kirks, living at 41 King Street in the 1851 census |
It is possible that his first two wives were sisters, in which case the 2nd marriage was illegal: the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act, first brought before Parliament in 1846, was not passed until 1907.
Children of second marriage:
Married 3: Ann Lee
Marriage Certificate:
| Solemnized at | The Parish Church of St Peter Regent Square |
The only reasonably likely reference to Ann Lee listed in censuses is in 1861; when an Ann Lee, born circa 1826 in Tamworth, was a servant to Helen Laurie at 2 Tavistock Lane, Marylebone (RG9/103 f135 p42).
There is also a Hannah Lee of the right age, daughter of William, listed in Tamworth in 1841 (HO107/981/1 f213 p17). The household included Eliza Lee, whose daughter Jane Moore was living with John and Ann in 1881, suggesting that Hannah Lee and Ann Lee were the same woman. | |||
| in the County of | Middlesex | ||||
| When Married | 5 November (1870) | ||||
| Name and Surname | John Kirk | Ann Lee → | |||
| Age | full | full | |||
| Condition | widower | spinster | |||
| Profession | Engraver | - | |||
| Residence | Heathcote Mews | Heathcote Mews | |||
| Father's Name | Thomas Kirk | William Lee | |||
| Father's Profession | Engraver Deceased | Gardener Deceased | |||
| Witnesses | Edward Nicholls, Mary Lee | ||||
Died: 28 May 1886
Death Certificate:
| Registration District | Islington |
| in the Sub-District of | Islington South East |
| in the County of | Middlesex |
| When and where died | 28 May 1886, 11 Sudely Street |
| Name and Surname | John Kirk |
| Sex | Male |
| Age | 67 years |
| Occupation | Engraver Master |
| Cause of death | Bronchitis some months, Senile Decay, certified |
| Informant | Fanny Field, Daughter, present at the death, 145 Isledon Road Islngton |
| When Registered | 31 May 1886 |
Will:
Entire estate left to wife Ann Kirk
Probate: 31 August 1886
Addresses:
| 1841 | Great Sutton Street, Finsbury |
| 1848 | Guilford St, St Pancras |
| 1851 | 43 King St, Clerkenwell |
| 1858 | 14 Coles Terrace Barnsbury St |
| 1861 | 26 Lower Smith St, Clerkenwell |
| 1871 | 108 Liverpool Rd, Islington |
| 1881 | 14 Travers Road, Islington |
| 1886 | 11 Sudeley Street, Islington |
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