William Pope 1827 - 1915

The child of John Pope and Benedicta Peters, William Pope, the first cousin four-times-removed on the father's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Folkestone, Kent, England on 2 Mar 18271,2,3, was baptised there at Zion Chapel, Fenchurch St on 27 May 1827 and married Elizabeth Robinson (with whom he had 6 children: Elizabeth Elliott, William Robinson, Charles, John Isaac, Annie and Edith Abigail) in Bermondsey, London, England c. May 18526. Like his father, he was a builder.

During his life, he was living at Fancy Street, Folkestone on 6 Jun 1841, less than a mile from his cousin on his mother's side Edmund Tutt and brother John Pope who were living in Folkestone, Kent, England1; at Mill Lane, Folkestone on 30 Mar 18517 and on 7 Apr 18619; at Fancy Street, Folkestone on 2 Apr 187110; and at East Cliff Gardens, Folkestone on 31 Mar 19018.

He died on 25 Feb 1915 at 13 Marine Crescent, Folkestone3,4,5 and was buried at Cheriton Road Cemetery, Folkestone on 27 Feb 1915.

Citations

1. 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 14 and the son of the head of the household)
2. England & Wales Non-Conformist Births And Baptisms - Findmypast
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. England Billion Graves cemetery index - Findmypast
5. Kent, Folkestone Cheriton Road Cemetery Memorial Inscriptions - Findmypast
6. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
7. 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 24 and the head of the household)
8. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 74 and the wife's brother of the head of the household)
9. 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 34 and the head of the household)
10. 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 47 and the head of the household)

To be done

Burial date (27 Feb 1915) has no citations

Listed in the residence for 31 Mar 1901, but spouse Elizabeth Robinson is not