OUR MULLETT FAMILY
It seems likely the Mullett family |
St Marys Church, Rotherhithe, London c.1824 |
was christened in 1783 at the church of St.Mary in Rotherhithe, London. Fanny Millar married James Mullett on March 24, 1805 at Saint Mary, Lewisha, Kent. As their children were all baptised at this church, it seems clear that James Mullett and his wife Fanny moved from Kent to London (possibly to be near her family). |
an island, having two swing-bridges connecting it to the rest of Bermondsey/Southwark. 95% of the industry in Rotherhithe was shipbuilding and breaking, and trades directly allied to this. It was (and still remains) a secular, almost independent part of Southwark. Up to this time (1838) it had been a wealthy area with much open space and garden meadows, the occupied areas being only along the riverfront. Booth's Poverty Map some years later shows a more densely populated area, people having been drawn to the tanning industry of neighbouring Bermondsey, and the new railway which had a major terminus in that area - this had attracted the construction workers who settled in both areas. |
James Robert (b.1807) Henry (b.1809), Thomas John (b.1811), WILLIAM (b.1813) was christened in December 19, 1813 at St.Mary, Rotherhithe. Jane (b.1816), Mary Eliza (b.1819) John (b.1822), Robert (b.1824), twins Catherine and Robert (b.1824), and JOHN (b.1826), was christened in 1826 at St.Mary, Rotherhithe.
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