Family
Charles was born on 6 November 1845 at Leicester, Leicestershire, to parents William, a frame work knitter (1861), and Sarah.
Before entering the ministry Charles was an elastic weaver.
He married Rosanna Billington (1847-1943) in the summer of 1866 at Leicester, Leicestershire. Census returns and birth records identify eleven children.
- William Henry (1867-1870)
- Sarah Ann (1868-1869)
- Charles (b1870) – not identified after 1871 census return
- Rosanna (b1872) – a draper’s assistant (1891)
- Mary Ann (1874-1875)
- Joseph Arthur (1876-1910) – a printers apprentice (1891)
- Ethel (b1881) – a draper’s assistant (1901); emigrated to USA in 1912
- William Henry (b1884) – a ships painter (1911)
- Ada Lilian (b1886) – a drapers assistant (1939)
- Laura Ellen (1887-1889)
- Claude Horatio (1892-1893)
Charles died on 26 April 1937 in the Fulham Registration District, London.
Circuits
- 1876 Portadown
- 1879 Ryde & vintner
- 1880 disappears
- 1882 Ripley, Hampshire – Congregational minister
- 1886 Christ Church, Clitheroe
- 1896 Paignton
- 1911 Kidderminster
- 1915 Framlingham
- 1918-1923 Midhurst, Sussex
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Surman Index id: 28611
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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