James John Austin

James John Austin

James John Austin was born, 7 July 1853, at 49 Bell Street, Lisson Grove, Registration District of Marylebone (London, UK) - but just steps from Paddington Green, and St. Mary's church (see Marylebone maps).

James John Austin Birth Certificate

He was a tobacconist, working with 'Lambert and Butler' at their Oxford Street factory. He died in the Infirmary at Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire in 1915. The Census of 1911 showed him and wife Monica as living at St. Alban's, Hertfordshire. At the time of his death, they were residing in Braughing. I have the particulars relating to his death and burial in the Braughing parish church. I don't know they had removed to Hertfordshire, from Tottenham and Edmonton in north London. I suspect that he may have been inflicted with the lung disease that killed him and that he was moving farther from the city to try and get better air quality.

James was the son of James Aitkin (alias Attkin or Atkin) Austin and Mary Maria Scarfe. He married Monica Kelly (born ca 1855, parish of St. Martin in the Fields, London) on 26th April, 1874 at the Parish Church of Islington, Middlesex County (London). On the marriage certificate, the father of James is noted as James Atkin Austin, blacksmith and the father of Monica is listed as James Kelly, tailor.

Marriage certificate of James John Austin and Monica Kelly

Monica Kelly

At the time of their wedding in the parish of Islington, 26th April, James John Austin's address is 14 Half Moon Crescent. He was a tobacco manufacterer - bachelor, of age; and Monica Kelly - address 10 Grove Road (see Marylebone maps) - spinster, a minor. The names of the witnesses appear to be: John Chipp and Caroline Bute.

In the 1881 Census James John Austin was listed as 'head,' tobacco cutter, age 27, residing at 101 Usk Road, Battersea, Surrey (Greater London). In the 1901 Census, he is residing in the Civil Parish of Tottenham.

A Barnardo-connection document lists him, in 1907, as living at 8 Bertram Road in Enfield (Greater London). This is St. Andrew's parish. The Municipal Ward was Gren Street and Ponders End, in the 'municipal borough' of Enfield. The Frank King family was living with them (Frank was unemployed at the time.), and thus James was unable to give additional support to his daughter-in-law, Florence Dartnell, who had been abandoned by her husband (James' son), Charles Austin.

In counter-clockwise order, standing - centre: Frank King, Monica Kelly Austin, Lilian Maria Austin King (holding Alfred King), Ellen May King, James John Austin (note cigar), Irene Pretoria King

The children of James John Austin and Monica Kelly were:

1. James Austin - born ca 1875, St. Mary's Parish, Islington (London), England - married Annie (Unknown). Res. South Africa. James served in the Boer War and was later a policeman in South Africa.
2. Charles William Albert Austin - born in 1877 at Westminster (London); christened 22 April, 1877, St. Martin's in the Fields, London - married ca 1899 to Florence Amelia Dartnell, in Strood, Kent. He was an 'engineers' labourer.'
3. Lilian Maria Austin - born 23 May, 1878, 187 High Holborn Street, London; died 17 September, 1956 - Hamilton, ON; - married 11 April 1899 at Edmonton (Greater London) to Francis King (b. Widford, Herts).
4. Monica (Minnie) Austin - born ca 1880 at Battersea, Surrey (Greater London). (1 year old in the 1881 Census - 101 Usk Road, Battersea) In the 1907 Barnardo-related document, she is 26, servant, at Stamford Hill. She was a Lieutenant in the Salvation Army.
5. Alfred Austin - born ca 1881 at Battersea, Surrey. (3 wks old in the 1881 Census - 101 Usk Road, Battersea)

The following shows the school enrolment of two children, Monica and Charles:

London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 about Monica Austin

Monica Austin

Age	12
Birth Date	10 Sep 1879
School	Eltringham Street School
Borough	Wandsworth
Admission	Date: 13 Jun 1892
Parent	James J
Address	22 Hassell (?) Rd
Notes	Eltringham Street School (0684) opened in 1886. Became Eltringham Primary School in 1951. Closed in 1985
Reference Number	LCC/EO/DIV09/ELT/AD/003

London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 about Chas Wm Austin

Chas Wm Austin

Age	11
Birth Date	2 Feb 1877
School	Belleville Road School
Borough	Wandsworth
Admission	Date: 28 May 1888
Parent	James
Notes	Belleville Road School (0405) opened in 1877. Remodelled in 1900. Became Belleville Primary School in 1951
Reference Number	LCC/EO/DIV09/BEL/AD/001

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983

James John Austin

Year of Registration	1853
Quarter of Registration	Jul-Aug-Sep
District	Marylebone (1837-1901)
County	London, Middlesex
Volume	1a
Page	404
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index	1837-1983

James John Austin

Year of Registration	1874
Quarter of Registration	Apr-May-Jun
District	Islington
County	Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume	1b
Page	484
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index	1837-1983

Monica Kelly visited her daughter in Burlington, ON, travelling on the ship S.S. Corinthian

Monica Kelly

Year of Registration	1874
Quarter of Registration	Apr-May-Jun
District	Islington
County	Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume	1b
Page	484

1881 England Census Record

Monica Austin

Spouse	James
Children	James
Birth	abt 1855 in St Martin in The Fields
Residence	1881 in Battersea, London, England

1901 England Census Record

James J Austin

Spouse	Monica
Birth	year in Paddington, London, England
Residence	year in Tottenham, Middlesex, England

SS Corinthian Passenger List

1901 England Census Record

Monica Austin

Spouse	James J
Birth	year in St Martins, London, England
Residence