Joseph Bartholomew (1806 - )

Joseph Bartholomew was born in 1806 in Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire to John Bartholomew (1770 - ) and Frances Hawkins (1770 - ).

He married Eliza Knight (1809 - ), and soon thereafter they had three children, in quick succession, seemingly all in Great Bedwyn:

Benjamin Bartholomew (1829 - )
William Bartholomew (1833 - )
Ann Bartholomew (1834 - )

1841 Census, Great Bedwyn

The 1841 Census finds Joseph (35), a bricklayer, with Eliza (32), and their children Benjamin (14), William (9) and Ann (7). They were living on the High Street in Great Bedwyn.

1851 Census, Great Bedwyn

By 1851, Joseph (46) is alone at 32 High Street with Benjamin (23) also a bricklayer, and Ann (17). Eliza has perhaps passed away by this point. (This Census lists Benjamin as having been born in Shelbourne, Wiltshire.) William (19) is not mentioned, so perhaps he and Mary have already started their own family, elsewhere -- his first daughter Eliza is only a few years away, after all.






1861 Census, Great Bedwyn

 By 1861, Joseph (57) has remarried, to Mary Lloyd of Merton(?) Wiltshire. He lives at 41 Church Street in Great Bedwyn, with Mary (53), Benjamin (32) bricklayer, Anne (27) and Elizabeth Lloyd (15), his new daughter in law.

1871 Census, Great Bedwyn

By 1871, Joseph (67) is now at 15 Church Street in Great Bedwyn, with wife Mary (63) and Benjamin, now 42 and a general labourer. We can only speculate on how welcome Benjamin was, still living at home.

1881 Census, Great Bedwyn

By 1881, Joseph Bartholomew (now 77) is an "annuitant", living on Church Street, Great Bedwyn, with a housekeeper, Selina Viveash (70) of Wilton, Somerset. Benjamin, it appears, has moved on.










Little else is known about Joseph and Eliza (or Mary), at this point.

A quick online search suggests that Joseph Bartholomew was the grandchild of William Bartholomew (1728 - ) and Jane (1729 - ). This elder William may have had two other siblings, Mary Bartholomew (1723 - ) and John Bartholomew (1730 - ). They may have been the children of Thomas Bartholomew (1702 - ) and Hannah Carter (1702 - ). Much remains to be done to confirm that lineage, however.