George, Tamar, and Elizabeth Trotman

In 1841, Simon Trotman, an agricultural labourer, was living with his wife Martha, and six of their children. Three more of their children were living elsewhere at the time of the Census. All of the children had been baptised in St Martins Church in the village.

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

Simon rented the area outlined in red from the estate of Margaret Hooper, including Millend House.

In 1851, only three children were living with their parents in Millend – Maria, George, Ann, and Tamar. Elizabeth was living in Gloucester, working as a servant.

In 1861 Tamar (called Jane) was working as a servant in Hampstead, London. Simon and Martha were still living in Millend, with two of their children, George, a shoemaker, and Ann. Elizabeth was visiting her sister Clara’s family in Moreton Corbett, Shropshire.

In 1871, the widowed Simon was living with his daughter Ann, and grandson Charles in Woodland Cottage, North Nibley. George was living with his wife Julia and 3 children on Gillmans House and working as a shoemaker. He had married Julia Woodward, from a local family in St Bartholomew’s, Bristol, in 1866. George died in 1879, aged 44.

Elizabeth was living with her widowed brother-in-law and his children in Shawbury, Shropshire. They moved to Hadnall, in the same county from the next Census. They were living in Brickyard Cottage, Astley, Shropshire, ten years later. By 1891, they had moved to Astley. In 1901, Elizabeth was living with her niece Alice Mary, and working as a dressmaker. In 1911, she was living in Cannock with Alfred Dawson, the husband of Alice Mary, and his family. She died in October that year, aged 78.

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In 1871, Tamar was living with George England, a wheelwright, as his wife (though they were not to marry until 1880). The had two daughter, Susan Celia, born in 1863 in North Nibley, and Mary Ann, born in Bristol in 1867. They were living in Stratton Street, in the St Pauls area of Bristol. Susan Celia (possibly not George’s daughter, as I haven’t found a baptism) died, aged 9, in 1872.

By 1881, they had moved to St Phillips Street, in the same area, and were living with three children, Harry, William, and Susan. All three had been baptised on 12th February 1881 in Bedminster Church. Perhaps this was to ‘regularise’ their recently-married parents’ union. Mary Ann was boarding with another family on City Road, Bristol.

In 1891, the family, now rejoined by Mary, were living in Bedminster, in Dean Crescent. They can’t be found on the next Census.

In 1911, the widowed Tamar was living with her widowed daughter Susan, and her two daughters in Bright St, Bedminster. She died three years later, aged 77.