The following material
on the immediate ancestry of
Joseph Merrick
should not be considered either
exhaustive or authoritative, but
rather as a first draft.
Ancestry of Joseph Merrick | |
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1 | Joseph Carey Merrick ("The Elephant Man"), b. ... , Leicestershire, 5 Aug. 1862, d. London Hospital, London, 11 April 1890 |
PARENTS | |
2 |
Joseph Rockley Merrick,
b. ... , Leicestershire, ... March 1838,
d. ... 30 Jan. 1897
m. Thurmaston, Leicestershire, 29 Dec. 1861 |
3 | Mary Jane Potterton, b. Evington, Leicestershire, 19 May 1837, d. ... 19 May 1873 |
GRANDPARENTS | |
4 |
Barnabas Merrick,
b. Spitalfields, London, 23 Aug. 1792,
d. Leicester 12 April 1856
m. Radford, Nottinghamshire, 19 March 1837 |
5 | Sarah Rockley, b. ... , d. ... |
6 |
... Potterton,
b. ... ,
d. ...
m. |
7 | ... , b. ... , d. ... |
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS | |
1881 Leicestershire, Leicester St. Margaret, The Leicester Union Workhouse, Page 10 Joseph Merrick Inmate Single 19 Hawker Boro of Leicester -------- 1881 Leicestershire, Belgrave, Page 28 30 C Roughton St Joseph R Merrick Head Unm 43 Stoker Forge Work Leicester Emma Do Wife Do 37 Do Silely Annie Antil Daugh Law Do 16 Launderess Do Do Florence Do Do Do 7 Scholar Leicester Eliza Merrick Daught 13 Do Deformed Right Foot Cassandra Do Do 2 Do Dora R Do Do 10 mo Do Belgrave It's not clear why Joseph and Emma are both described as unmarried while at the same time Emma is referred to as Joseph's wife. -------- 1871 Leicestershire, St Margaret, Page 18 161 Birstall St Joseph Merrick Head Mar 33 Stoker Leicester Mary do Wife do 35 Leicestershire Evington Joseph do Son 8 Scholar Leicester Mary do Daur 3 do --------