James Peterken, Edith Sach, Elizabeth Perks & Alice Tummon

All Saints, Church Street, West Ham
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James Peterken (b. 21 Nov 1870 in Poplar, Middlesex), son of James Peterken and Mary Gilpin, married Edith Sach (b. 1872 in Rochford, Essex), daughter of John Sach and Eliza Young, at All Saints Church, West Ham on 23 May 1897.

James and Edith had three daughters:

1. Edith Mabel Peterken b. 20 Aug 1898 in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 105, bap. 20 Nov 1898 at All Saints Church, West Ham.
2. Dorothy Lilian Peterken b. 1901 S Quarter in WEST HAM Vol 04A Page 254
3. Daisy Peterken b. 1902 D Quarter in WEST HAM Vol 04A Page 301

Their address at the time of Edith Mabel's baptism was 15 Walton Rd, Upton Park and James Peterken was employed as a Ship's Fireman.

In 1901, James Peterken (30) Gas Stoker, was at 109 Plashet Lane, Upton Park, with Edith Peterken (27), Edith M Peterken (2) and Lilly R Peterken (2) Niece.

Edith Peterken died, aged 29, also in 1902 D Quarter in WEST HAM Volume 04A Page 136. I think we can guess what the cause or contributing factor to her death was. She was buried at St Mary Magdalene's Church, East Ham on 25 Oct 1902. I've found no further records for the infant Daisy, not even a death.

James Peterken of 140 Howards Rd, Barking, then remarried to Elizabeth Perks, daughter of George Perks, at St Margaret's Church, Barking, on 21 Sep 1903. Elizabeth Perks b. 5 Jul 1882, bap. 26 Jul 1882 at St Mary the Virgin, Plaistow, was the daughter of George Perks, Bricklayer, and Elizabeth Brown.

James and Elizabeth added another five children born in Romford:

4. Elizabeth Florence Peterken b. 1904 S Quarter Volume 04A Page 627
5. Rosina Margaretta Peterken b. 1906 J Quarter Volume 04A Page 620
6. Florence Violet Elizabeth Peterken b. 1908 S Quarter Volume 04A Page 616
7. James Arthur Peterken b. 1910 D Quarter Volume 04A Page 561
8. Albert George Peterken b. 23 Nov 1912, reg. 1913 M Qtr Vol 04A 1149

In 1911, James Peterken (40) General Labourer in the Chemical Manure industry, was living at 29 Kings Road, Barking, Essex with wife Elizabeth Peterken (28), Mabel (12), Dorothy (9), Elizabeth (6), Rose (5), Florence (2) and James (0).

Elizabeth Peterken, died at 32, in 1914 D Quarter in ROMFORD Volume 04A Page 515 and was buried on 23 Nov 1914 at St Mary the Virgin, Great Ilford.

James Peterken, in 1914-20, is listed under Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of First World War Mercantile Marine Medals and the British War Medal, indicating that he had served in the Merchant Marine during World War I.

Next, James Peterken married Alice Gibbs, in Romford, in Q1 of 1918. 

This was also Alice's third marriage. Born Alice Tummon, in Hull on 27 Oct 1883, daughter of William Henry Tummon and Elizabeth Crowley, she was the younger sister of George Tummon, who married Edith Mabel Peterken. Alice Tummon had married Richard Hought (b. 1881), son of Richard Robert Hought and Sarah Jane Staniforth, in Hull, in 1903. They adopted a daughter, Catherine Sherlock (b. 1899), daughter of Walter Sherlock and Olga Lindquest, whose own mother died in 1908. Richard Hought, third hand, died at sea in 1912, when the Steam Trawler 'Stork' was lost whilst fishing in Icelandic waters. Alice Hought then married Ernest Gibbs on 22 Apr 1913 at St Margaret's Church, Barking. (Ernest Gibbs previously married Elizabeth Ellen Knight, in 1897, with whom he had seven children. Elizabeth died in 1911.) Ernest Gibbs also died at sea on 15 Apr 1917.

In 1921, James Peterken (50) Boiler Fireman, employed by De Pass & Co, Guano Merchants, was living at 78, Norman Road, Ilford and the house was overflowing: with Alice Peterken (37) from Hull, Yorkshire; Dorothy Peterken (20), Elizabeth Peterken (16), Rosina Peterken (15), Florence Peterken (12), James Peterken (10), Albert Peterken (8) and step-children: George Gibbs (19), Ellen Gibbs (15) and Edith Gibbs (13), the children of Ernest Gibbs and Elizabeth Ellen Knight. 

In 1939, James Peterken, Chemical Process Worker, Alice Peterken and Albert G Peterken, Chemical Labourer, were living at 78 Norman Road, Redbridge. 

Alice Peterken died, aged 70, in 1954, in Hull, Yorkshire.

James Peterken died, aged 84, in 1955, also in Hull.

Arthur William Sawyer and Mary Ann Littlewood

York Terrace, The Esplanade, Sidmouth, Devon
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Arthur William Sawyer (b. 1863), son of William Arthur Sawyer and Ruth Swift, married Mary Ann Littlewood (b. 10 Apr 1863), daughter of Joseph Littlewood and Jane Leckenby, on 14 Apr 1885, at St. Thomas's Church, Hull (another lost church that was damaged in a Zeppelin raid in the First World War and more severely by bombing in the Second World War. Subsequently demolished.) 

Arthur and Mary Ann had five children:

1. Arthur Edward Sawyer b. 1885 S Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 647, bap. 28 Oct 1885 at St Andrew's, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
2. Etheleen Mary Sawyer b. 1887 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 293, bap. in 1890, in Hull.
3. Elsie Verna Sawyer b. 1890 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 241, bap. in 1890, in Hull. Died in the same 1890 D Quarter in HULL Vol 09D Page 171.
4. Olive May Sawyer b. 1891 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 280, bap. in 1891, in Hull.
5. Horace Sawyer b. 1893 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 301, bap. 31 May 1893 at St. Luke's Church, Hull. Died in the same quarter of  1893 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 175.

Clearly they were in Hull in 1891, but I haven't found them on that year's census.

In 1901, Arthur W Sawyer (37) Upholsterer, was living in Denman Street, West Derby, Lancashire - described as "an affluent suburb of Liverpool" - with wife Mary A Sawyer (37) from Strensall, North Yorkshire; Arthur E Sawyer (15) and a John T Bestwich (20) also an Upholsterer from Matlock, Derbyshire, Boarder. That year Etheleen Sawyer (13) was a visitor in the household of Walter Littlewood (35) Schoolmaster from Rochdale, Lancashire at Salisbury Terrace, Wavertree, Lancashire. Presumably, Walter Littlewood was a relative of Mary Ann's. I've not managed to locate Olive May who would have been around 9 or 10.

In 1911, Arthur William Sawyer (46) Upholsterer in the Wicker and Cane Industry was living in Syston, Leicestershire with wife Mary Ann Sawyer (46) Housekeeper, Arthur Edward Sawyer (24) Upholsterer; Etheleen Mary Sawyer (23), Olive May Sawyer (19) Upholstress; Edmund John Timlock (20) Cane Furniture Worker, Boarder and William Alfred Dare (21) Draughtsman from Stepney, London, Visitor.

In 1921, Arthur William Sawyer (58) from Hull, General Upholsterer employed by Saunders House Furnishers, and Mary Ann Sawyer (58) were Boarders in the household of William John Daniell, Blacksmith - whose wife Mabel was the Boarding House Keeper - at 4, The Myrtles, Sidmouth, Devon.

In 1939, they were both living at Snelston, Fortescue Road, Sidmouth, Devon, along with daughter, Olive May and son-in-law, Cyril Bernard Hawes Bloxam.

Mary Ann Sawyer died, aged 85, in Honiton, Devon in  1948.

Arthur William Sawyer died, aged 86, in Honiton, Devon in 1949.

• Arthur Edward Sawyer married Ellen Elizabeth Snell on 2 Aug 1913 at St Andrew's Church, Leicester. Records in 1915 to 1919 suggest Arthur served in the Army during World War I. I cannot find that this couple had any children. Ellen Elizabeth Sawyer died, aged 50, in Leicester, in 1937. Arthur Edward Sawyer died, at 61, in Leicester, in 1947. 
• Etheleen Mary Sawyer married Sidney Charles Odam, in Syston, Leicestershire on 6 Sep 1922. They appear to have had two sons: Norman Sidney Odam on 15 July 1923 and Roy in 1925, both born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Sidney Charles Odam died at 64, in Leicester, in 1952. Etheleen Mary Odam died in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in 1975. Norman Sidney Odam died on 20 Jun 2000 and is buried at Weddington (Saint James) Churchyard. Roy Odam died in Atherstone, Warwickshire, in 2013.
• Olive May Sawyer married Cyril Bernard Hawes Bloxam, in 1917, in Leicester. Their son, Bernard Arthur Sawyer Bloxam was born, on 23 Nov 1919, in Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire and baptised in 1920, in Syston. They were living in Barrow upon Soar in 1921. Olive May Bloxam died in Honiton, Devon in 1964 and Cyril B H Bloxam remarried to Rose Banfield, also in Honiton, in 1965. Cyril Bernard Hawes Bloxam died, in Honiton, Devon, in 1988, aged 98. And a record of a Rose Bloxom (b. 1918), who died, in Exeter, Devon, in 2000. Bernard Bloxam married in Blaby, Leicestershire in 1942 and died in Leicester in 2005.