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1844 baptism of Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of Find My Past) |
St Leonard's is a lovely church on the outskirts of Deal. More information about its history can be found here.
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St Leonard's church in Deal (picture: Steve Goodsell) |
On the 1851 census Dennis is living with his parents and 5 of his siblings in a house in Exchange Street in Deal.
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1851 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Ancestry) |
There is a house at the same address which is along a very narrow street near the sea front. I'm not sure if it's the original house which was there in 1851.
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Exchange Street in modern times (courtesy of Google Maps) |
Louisa Thomsett 1834 - 1847
William Thomsett 1836 - 1894
Henry 1838 - 1914
Joseph 1841 - 1916
George 1846 - 1922
Emma Elizabeth 1849 - 1928
Thomas John 1851 - 1930
On the 1861 census Dennis and his family had moved house. This time they were living in Silver Street which is just two roads along from Exchange Street.
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1861 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Find My Past) |
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Silver Street in modern times (courtesy of Google Maps) |
On 13th December 1868 Dennis married Mary Elizabeth Williams at the parish church of Great Mongeham near Deal. Dennis' profession is given as shipwright.
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St Martin's church, Great Mongeham (picture: John Lawrence) |
By the time of the 1871 census Dennis and Mary were living in a cottage in Albert Street in Ramsgate. They had one son, George, who was about a year old. Dennis is still a shipwright by profession.
Quite a few modern houses have replaced the older ones on Albert Street in modern times so it appears that the house is no longer in existence.
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1871 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Find My Past) |
On the 1881 census Dennis is living with his wife, Mary, and 5 of their 10 children in a house in Townley Street in Ramsgate.
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1881 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Ancestry) |
The children of Dennis and Mary were:
George Williams 1869 - 1957
Mary Elizabeth 1871 - 1871
Thomas Henry 1872 - 1925
Mary Elizabeth 1875 - 1960
Julia Eleanor 1877 - 1877
Ellen Fanny 1879 - 1967
John Betts 1881 - 1951
Florence May 1883 - 1981
William 1885 - 1919
Lillian Maud 1887 - 1958
The family are living in the same house in Ramsgate on the 1891 census and Dennis is a shipwright.
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1891 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Find My Past) |
On the 1891 census the Dennis and his family have moved home to Cambridge Terrace, in Church Road, in Ramsgate. The family are split over two pages of the census. I think the house was at one end of the road but I'm not sure which one it was.
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1901 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Find My Past) |
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1911 census Dennis James Nicholass (courtesy of The National Archives and Find My Past) |
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Church Road in Ramsgate (picture: Google Maps) |
Dennis died in 1927 in Ramsgate at the age of 82.