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the Gorton family
Second Generation (Great
Grandparents)
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Silas George Gorton
Born
29 jan 1874 at 86 Stanhope
St; father Silas Theophilus Gorton, home decorator, mother Catherine
Victoria Gorton, formerly Rebbeck. (source
birth certificate)
25.7.1894
Married Emily Elizabeth Hill at the Register Office in Islington.
At the time of his
marriage to Emily, Silas was aged 21, and
living at 8 Blundell Street and his occupation was ‘Carman’
His father was listed as Silas Gorton, deceased, whose occupation
was ‘House painter’. Emily was aged 20 years, of 12 Georges Yard and
her father was James Hill, carman. Witnesses
were C Hill (Caroline?) and K Gorton (Kate?).
(source marriage certificate) |
(Silas
George Gorton and Emily Elizabeth Hill, pictured above on their wedding day in
1894 – photo from DR)
Silas
George Gorton died in [1945 sep Romford 4a 372]
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Emily Elizabeth Hill
Emily
Hill was born 9 dec 1877 at 93 Banceton St, Islington, father James Hill,
mother Caroline Hill (formerly Ridgewell). Father’s occupation Carman.
(source Birth certificate)
Emily married Silas George GORTON
on 25 Jul 1894 (see above).
Emily
Elizabeth Gorton died on 29 Oct 1963 in Rochford General Hospital, Essex,
aged 87 years. The cause of death was Cerebral arteriosclerosis.
Her address was 11 Oban Road, Southend on Sea, Essex and the death
was reported by her son Tom (source death
certificate DR)
The
picture shows Emily Gorton (seated) with daughters Rose (right) and Emily
Kate and grandson Tony, shortly after he had recovered from pneumonia.
Rose died just a few months after this photo was taken. |
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A
note about Emily Elizabeth Hill: There
is some confusion over Emily’s true age at the time of marriage – and
therefore the accuracy of her date of birth. My view is that Emily was
actually only 16 when she married Silas, and they gave an incorrect age to
avoid any complications at the marriage.
However,
there was another Emily Elizabeth Hill, born in Southwark on 21 august
1876 (father George Hill (deceased), mother Emily Rushforth). This Emily
was initially raised by her mother's uncle - Frederick Rushforth - in Saffron Walden, but
my cousin DR who knows much more about the Gortons than me, has a theory
that she later moved to London where she was adopted by James and
Caroline. Watch this space
for the result of our investigations!
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In
1901 census
the Gorton family lived at 26 Cornelia St, Islington [RG13/176
f18]:
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Silas
G Gorton, age 27, Miner Labourer Electric Railway, born London St Pancras
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Emily
Gorton, age 25, born London Islington
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George
William Gorton, age 7
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Emily
Kate Gorton, age 5,
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Rosetta
Caroline Gorton, age 3,
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Frederick
Smith, boarder, occupation bus conductor, age 32, born Hants Portsmouth
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Margaret
Allen, visitor, occupation laundry maid, age 19, born London Islington
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William
Ridgewell, grandfather, age 74, born London Islington
The
Gorton family in about 1914 with nine of their thirteen children, when the
family were living at 23 Seaford Road, Tottenham:
Back
row: Emily Kate, Rosetta, George
Middle
row: Dorothy, Sidney, Silas, Emily Elizabeth with baby Ellen, Frederick Front
row: Walter, William (photo
from DR)
Children
of Silas and Emily Gorton:
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George
William Gorton, born
[1895 mar Islington 1b, 325] – was a Private in 4th
Battalion of Middx Regiment in WWI and was killed on 4 Nov 1914 at
the age of 19 . He is
buried at Le Touret (source Commonwealth
War Graves Commission)
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Emily
Kate Gorton,
born [1896 dec Islington 1b, 340].
Married George Johnson and had a daughter Joan (source
DR from info from Sid Gorton) (Emily
Kate pictured right with husband George Johnson, daughter Joan and
parents Emily and Silas) |
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Rosetta
Caroline Gorton, born
[1899 mar Islington 1b, 28] – married John Mastel (see above)
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Charles
James Gorton, born
[1901 mar Islington 1b 242] died young of pneumonia (source
DR) |
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Walter
John Gorton, born [1902
mar Islington 1b 234] married May Butterfield [1940
jun Edmonton 3a, 3212] and they had some
children (source DR from info from Jean
Gorton)
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Frederick
Silas Gorton, born
[1903 mar Edmonton 3a 437] Was in Police Force in Ilford,
married
to Catherine Florence Kenny. Their children were Joyce (who married
Helge in Sweden), Alan (who married Jean and moved to Canada),
David (who married Enid and moved to South Africa, and Bryan (who
married Else and after her death he married Shirley)
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Dorothy
Maud (Doll)
Gorton,
born [1905, mar Islington 1b, 254] Married Dick Davis in [1926 sept
Edmonton 3a 1858]. They
had one son, Trevor who married Doris.
Dorothy Maud died in 1987.
Dick Davis was Polish, his surname having been anglicised. (source
DR) (right:
Dick and Doll at their wedding) |
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William
Horace Gorton,
born [1907 jun Edmonton 3a 571] married to ‘Mickie’ Taylor [1935
mar Hastings 2b, 63].
No children, lived in Africa for sometime and brought their
servant boy back to Southbourne and treated him like a son.
His name is Ibrahim – he married and
had children.
William Horace died 22 Dec 1999 (source
DR) (pictured above: William and Mickie's wedding in 1935) |
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Sidney
Francis
Gorton, born 4th
May [1909 jun Edmonton 3a 558].
Married Winnie Cox in 1935 [1935
sep Edmonton 3a, 2276]– they had a son John who married
Glenda and they have two children Paul and Laura.
They all live in Australia – Sid is 95 years old. (above: Sid and Win’s marriage in 1935) |
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Ellen Mary (Helen)
Gorton (pictured
right) born 16th August [1911 sept Edmonton 3a 1095]
Married twice, to Robert Winter then to Albert Arymar and had
two children Sonia and John. She lived in Jersey for a short time
between marriages and ran the Jubilee Pub on the Esplanade in St
Helier with a partner.
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They
came back to London at the start of the occupation (they were among the
last to leave the island). She
later lived in Spain with husband Bertie.
Helen died 22 May 1994 in Guildford Surrey (source
DR from info from Helen’s daughter Sonia)
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Grace
Gladys (Jean)
Gorton
born 27 Jan 1914 at 23 Seaford Road.
Married Sidney J Harris [1935 jun Edmonton 3a 2093].
He was in the RAF, they were divorced soon after.
Later, Jean met Adam Clark, a Harley Street doctor, but
they fell
out. She fled to New
Zealand in 1955/6, but Adam found out where she was and went and
found her – they married on 1st feb 1957 in Wellington.
He set up his practice in Lower Hutt and they lived there
till he died of a brain tumour in the 1960s.
Jean married Bob King in 1966.
She is still living in Masterton, New Zealand. (source
DR) |
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Ronald
Arthur (Tom)
Gorton
– born 23 jan 1916 at
Seaford Road, being born about the same time as his nephew
Royston Mastel, they
grew up together as close friends, calling themselves Letsam and
Notrog. Married to Vera
Elizabeth Ann Chaplin (dau of James William Chaplin) on 26th
April 1941 at Grays Thurrock in Essex. Tom was in the police force
and joined the RAF on 1st Aug 1943, he was shot down on
his first mission over Germany and spent the rest of the war in a
POW camp. He was the
flight engineer in a Halifax bomber and was one of only two survivors
of his plane. After the war he worked in the petroleum industry until his
retirement and Vera was a dental nurse.
Tom died of lung cancer on 8th Sept 1986 and Vera
died of a heart attack on 5th June 1988. They have two
daughters who both live in Essex. (source
DR)
(Right: Tom and Vera’s marriage in 1941)
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Leonard
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Gorton,
born [1918 mar Edmonton 3a 753].
Died as a baby – according to Jean he suffocated in his
mother’s bed (source DR) |
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| Above:
Jean, Helen and Tom Gorton |
Above:
three Gorton children - can you guess who they are? (if so, please let me
know!) |
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