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John Charles Swan ("Charles") INMAN
1873 - 1932 (59 years)
Has 39 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name John Charles Swan ("Charles") INMAN Nickname Charles Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 19 Feb 1873 Taplow Common, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England 
- GRO ref: Inman, John Charles S q1 1873 Eton RD 3a 515; GRO online index shows 3rd Christian name as Swan and mother's maiden name also as Swan
Birth certificate for John Charles Swan Inman Baptised 24 Feb 1873 St. Nicholas’ Church, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England Gender Male Occupation 1891 18, Edward Street, Newington, London, England Clerk O.C. Occupation From Sep 1899 to 1902 Lewes, Sussex, England Master of the Lewes Union Workhouse - Charles was Master of the Workhouse at the time of the 1901 census, and remained there until it closed the following year.
121 others were living in the workhouse at the time of the 1901 census.
The website "The Workhouse: The story of an institution ..." has a page with detail about the Lewes Union Workhouse.
Occupation to Sep 1899 The Union Workhouse, Cranbrook, Kent, England Store Keeper Occupation Jul 1906 The Union Workhouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England Temporary Master - An item in the Berkshire Chronicle of 7 July 1906 about the appointment of a new master for Wokingham Union Workhouse, refers to a "Mr C. Inman, who was now acting temporarily as Master of the Henley Union"
(from image on FMP, viewed 3 Aug 2018)
Occupation Aft 3 Jul 1906 The Union Workhouse, Wokingham, Berkshire, England Temporary Master? - At a meeting re appointing a new master there was a question re what should be done between then and when the new Master and Matron were appointed. It was noted that "Mr C. Inman ... had written offering to act as Master in the interim.
The matter was left in the hands of the Chairman to make the necessary arrangements."
It is not clear whether the offer of "Mr C. Inman" (who I taken to be this Charles) was taken up.
Residence 1911 64, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent, England - Charles and his wife were living with his father-in-law, Thomas Bishop, at the time of the census.
Occupation 1911 Thanet, Kent, England Poor Law official - for the local gov board
Occupation From 1 Oct 1913 to 1932 The Union Workhouse, Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, England Master of the Royston Union - See the page about Royston's Workhouse.
My Dad said his uncle was Master of the Workhouse here - I now realise he can't have known him well, my Dad would only have been 11 when his uncle died, but it is confirmed by the report of Charles' second marriage in 1919 (item in the local paper when he remarried - Cambridge Independent Press, 19 Sep 1919).
A newspaper report shows he was appointed Mater to take effect from 1 Oct 1913, after spending time as temporary Master.
Although the Workhouse system officially ended in 1930 in 1937 the casual wards were still in use, and when he died Charles was described as 'Master of the Poor Law Institution'.
Died 13 May 1932 Royston House, Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, England Cause: 1. (a) Heart Disease/(b) Myocarditis - GRO ref: Inman, John C q2 1932 aged 59 Royston RD 3a 843; GRO online index shows middle name as Charles
Siblings2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
John INMAN, [Parents?], b. Abt 1753, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England, d. Between 1834 and 1836 (Age ~ 81 years) (Great Grandfather) 
Ann, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandmother)Notes - In 1891 boarder with his aunt Margaret Hemmings nee Swan & her family at 18 Edward St., Newington.
See http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ for info on workhouses (guardians minutes exist for Lewes for when John would have been there)
Resident in St. Ann's, Lewes (St. Ann's is a part of Lewes) in 1900 when his mother died - though was present at her death and informant of it.
He met and in 1908 married Jessie who was from Garlinge - where his father and sister lived. Did he meet her through visits to his family or was he by this time living in Garlinge himself? Twelve years younger than him, she was closer in age to his sister so may have been a friend of hers.
In the 1911 census he was living with his wife and father-in-law in Margate - presumably working here now.
Daddy thought this Uncle and Aunt had a son but I have found no evidence of his uncle having a child with either of his wives, nor any evidence that Margaret, who was 38 when she married, had previously had a child.
With Jessy, there was no child by time of 1911 census, no Inman birth with mother's maiden name of Bishop on FreeBMD (mother's maiden name recorded from Q3 1911), and no Inman born on Thanet at the right time, including the small window between the 1911 census and the start of recording the mother's maiden name. (A child could have been born away from Thanet at this time, but the chance has to be small).
A comment in my Dad's diary in 1938/9 that he cycled to Royston and visited "auntie" made me wonder if "uncle" had died by then - and a death in 1932 seems a good fit (age, place and middle initial).
Person ID I156 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The Inman eighth - ancestors and descendants of Philip Inman and Sarah née Craven Last Modified 30 Sep 2024
Father John INMAN, b. 12 Sep 1846, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England , d. 21 Jul 1931, 17, Belmont Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England (Age 84 years)
Other Partners: Rose Annie DOLLIMORE m. Dec Q 1910Mother Jane SWAN, b. 3 Mar 1844, St. Gregory by St. Pauls, London, England , d. 11 Nov 1900, The Golf Club House, Hengrove, Margate, Kent, England (Age 56 years) Married 1 Nov 1872 St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, England - How did John and Jane meet? At the time of the census, i.e. 2nd / 3rd April 1871 Jane was working in Devon; their 1st child was conceived in about May 1872. But families such as the Rolles would generally be in London for the London Season, which started after Easter and went on until 12th August. In 1872 Easter was 31st March, so it may be supposed that Jane accompanied her mistress to London soon after that, and met up with John in London. It would seem likely that she already knew him rather than that a quick courtship led to the pregnancy.
Was John working in Devon too - perhaps for the Rolle family? Or did he accompany his employee on a visit to Jane's and they met as a consequence? If he did work for the Duke of Westminster he could have met when Jane was living in Taplow or visiting her parents there - maybe she had worked in Taplow before taking up the position with the Rolle family.
In 1871 the butler working for the Rolle family, George Mount, was, like John, Yorkshire born. However, George came from Wentworth, about 50 miles from Knaresborough so it is unlikely that he knew John in Yorkshire. (He was also about 13 years older than John) Having their Yorkshire roots in common, though, may have led to a friendship between George and John and may have led to John being introduced by George to Jane.
Witnesses to the marriage: James Kidgers and Margaret Swan (Margaret being Jane's sister)
I had wondered if there had been other children of the marriage, though my grandmother's apparent concern to visit the grave of her sister suggested not. Whilst Inman is a common name in Yorkshire, it was not common 'down south', but with the family living in London there were too many Inman births to be sure, without a mother's maiden name in indexes. With the introdution of this in the new GRO online index (new in Nov 2016) it seems there were no others. (Searching from 1871-1895, but the quality does leave something to be desired; there is no sign of the birth of their son John)
Certificate for the marriage of John Inman to Jane Swan
Actual PR entry (i.e. with original signatures) can be viewed on AncestryPhotos 
John Inman and his first wife Jane Inman nee Swan (my great grandparents)
Unmarked but believed to be this couple by older family members - none of whom would have known Jane but who would have remembered JohnFamily ID F49 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Jessie Emma BISHOP, b. 18 Apr 1885, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, England , d. 10 Jul 1917, 64, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent, England (Age 32 years) Married Jun Q 1908 Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: INMAN, John Charles S to BISHOP, Jessie Emma q2 1908 Thanet RD 2a 2009
Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 Family ID F94 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Margaret Elizabeth TUMILTY, b. 14 Feb 1881, West Derby Reg Dist, Liverpool, Lancashire, England , d. Dec Q 1967, Bradford Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England (Age 85 years) Married 16 Aug 1919 Registrar’s Office, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England - GRO ref: Inman, John C to Tumilty, Margaret E q3 1919 Biggleswade RD 3b 989 (doesn't include Royston but close to it)
Reported in the 'Marriages' column in a local paper, 'The Cambridge Independent Press' on 19 Sep 1919:
"Inman - Tumilty, - On 16th August, 1919, at The Registrar's Office, Biggleswade, Charles J. Inman, Master of the Union, Royston, Herts., to Margaret Elizabeth Tumilty, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Edward Tumilty, 39, Bank-road, Bootle (coaling stevedore of the Cunard Shipping Co.). and Mrs. A. Tumilty, 9, Downing-place, Cambridge, and niece of the late Major Tumilty, of the 1st Lancashire Volunteer Regiment, of "Sunnyside," Merton-road, Bootle, and Cardiff."
(image on FMP, viewed 2018)
Last Modified 28 Jul 2023 Family ID F4151 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - 19 Feb 1873 - Taplow Common, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England 
Occupation - Clerk O.C. - 1891 - 18, Edward Street, Newington, London, England 
Occupation - Master of the Lewes Union Workhouse - From Sep 1899 to 1902 - Lewes, Sussex, England 
Married - Jun Q 1908 - Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England 
Residence - 1911 - 64, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent, England 
Occupation - Poor Law official - 1911 - Thanet, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
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