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1 Dore’s Court

1871 Census


Alfred J Main : Waterman : 36 yrs

1835 : 21 January, Baptised at St Thomas’s.  Father Reuben Main, mother Jane

1861 : 21 yrs, living at 5 Seager’s Court with parents Reben Waterman 51 yrs and Jane 49 yrs

1881 : Waterman 46 yrs, living at 1 Court No 1, Broad Street with Eliza 42 yrs, Martha 12 yrs, Reuben 10 yrs, Amelia 9 yrs, Edward 7 yrs, Phoebe 2yrs, Lizzie 10 months

1891 : Waterman Sea Postman 56 yrs, living at 27 Lombard Street with wife Emily 45 yrs, Eliza 26 yrs, Reuben 20 yrs, Amelia 19 yrs, Edward 17 yrs

1901 : Waterman Barge 66 yrs, living at 27 Lombard Street with wife Emily 55 yrs.

1911 : Pensioner (Father-in-law) 76 yrs, living at 21 Alexandra Road, Landport

1917 : died in Portsmouth aged 82 yrs

Eliza : 32 yrs

Eliza J : 6 yrs

Martha : 2 yrs

Reuben : 5 months


1911 Census

Walter Frazer : Wood Sawyer : 46 yrs

Nellie : 38 yrs

Beatrice : 3 yrs


Charles Walton : Dock Labourer : 32 yrs

Annie : 32 yrs

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2 Dore’s Court

1871 Census

George T Cottrell : Waterman : 37 yrs

1841 : 6 yrs, living in West Street with father John, Waterman 45 yrs, mother Mary 35 yrs, Priscilla 15 yrs, Ann 10 yrs, George 6 yrs.

1861 : Stoker, single 24 yrs on board “Princess Royal”

1864 : 23 November, married Mary Jane Ransom at St Mary’s Portsea.

1881 : Waterman 47 yrs, living at 2 Court No 1, Broad Street with wife Mary J 37 yrs, John W 14 yrs, Ellen 12 yrs, Charles 9 yrs, Henry 11 yrs, Julia 8 yrs, Mary A 7 yrs, Joseph 5 yrs, Minnie 3 yrs, Alice 1 yr

Mary J : 27 yrs

John W : 4 yrs

Ellen : 2 yrs

Henry : 1 yr

John H : Waterman : 42 yrs




1911 Census

George Pound : Mariner, Fishing : 41 yrs

Elizabeth : 41 yrs

Violet : 19 yrs

George : Mariner, Fishing : 16 yrs

Bessie : 13 yrs

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