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John Charles Swan ("Charles") INMAN

John Charles Swan ("Charles") INMAN

Male 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 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born 19 Feb 1873  Taplow Common, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Birth certificate for John Charles Swan Inman
    Baptised 24 Feb 1873  St. Nicholas’ Church, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1891  18, Edward Street, Newington, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Clerk O.C. 
    Occupation From Sep 1899 to 1902  Lewes, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Master of the Lewes Union Workhouse 
    Occupation to Sep 1899  The Union Workhouse, Cranbrook, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Store Keeper 
    Occupation Jul 1906  The Union Workhouse, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Charles and his wife were living with his father-in-law, Thomas Bishop, at the time of the census.
    Occupation 1911  Thanet, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Poor Law official 
    • for the local gov board
    Occupation From 1 Oct 1913 to 1932  The Union Workhouse, Baldock Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Siblings 2 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John INMAN, [Parents?],   b. Abt 1753, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1931, 17, Belmont Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Other Partners: Rose Annie DOLLIMORE  m. Dec Q 1910  
    Mother Jane SWAN,   b. 3 Mar 1844, St. Gregory by St. Pauls, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1900, The Golf Club House, Hengrove, Margate, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 1 Nov 1872  St. George’s Church, Hanover Square, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Certificate for the marriage of John Inman to Jane Swan
    Actual PR entry (i.e. with original signatures) can be viewed on Ancestry
    Photos
    John Inman and his first wife Jane Inman nee Swan (my great grandparents)
    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 John
    Family ID F49  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jessie Emma BISHOP,   b. 18 Apr 1885, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 1917, 64, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married Jun Q 1908  Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec Q 1967, Bradford Reg Dist, Yorkshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1919  Registrar’s Office, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Feb 1873 - Taplow Common, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clerk O.C. - 1891 - 18, Edward Street, Newington, London, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Master of the Lewes Union Workhouse - From Sep 1899 to 1902 - Lewes, Sussex, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Jun Q 1908 - Thanet Reg Dist, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1911 - 64, Tivoli Road, Margate, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Poor Law official - 1911 - Thanet, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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  • Photos
    John Charles Swan Inman ('Charles')
    My grandmother's brother Charlie