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Before Alfred
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Thanks to Chris Gosnell's Genealogy Page
we now know that.....

Joseph Aldworth was a lockkeeper
at Latton Basin before Alfred.
He later became the manager of the Wantage Tramway.

Census entry
Wiltshire, England
30 March 1851

Latton, Wiltshire (1851)
Address Wilts & Berks Canal-----Lock House
Head of Household Aldworth, Mary
Name Relationship Marital
status
Age Sex Occupation Place of Birth
Aldworth, Mary Head Widow 52 Female School Mistress Wantage, Berkshire, 1799
Aldworth, Joseph Son Single 21 Male Lock Keeper Hungerford, Berkshire

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The Aldworth Family

Anne Aldworth

Birth: 1825/6, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 10 March 1826, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Father: Joseph Aldworth

Mother: Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Census:
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

Sources:

  • Birth: 1881 census
  • Baptism: IGI Batch C018803

Joseph Aldworth

Married: to Mary Plumbe on 4 August 1823, in Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), England

Children:

Sources:
  • Marriage: IGI Batch M021983

Joseph Aldworth

Birth: 1829, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 9 December 1829, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Father: Joseph Aldworth

Mother: Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Occupation: Lock Keeper / Tramway Manager. In 1851, Joseph was the lock keeper for the Latton Lock on the Wilts & Berks Canal. In the 1881 census, he is shown as a Tramway Manager back in Wantage.

Census:
1851: Lock House, Latton, Wiltshire
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

Sources:

  • Birth: Aged 21 in 1851 census gives 1829 or 1830, and must be prior to the baptism.
  • Baptism: IGI Batch C018803
  • Occupation: 1851 Census

Mary Aldworth

Birth: 1824, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Baptism: 9 August 1824, in Hungerford, Berkshire, England

Father: Joseph Aldworth

Mother: Mary (Plumbe) Aldworth

Occupation: Dressmaker

Census:
1841: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1851: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire
1881: Mill Street, Wantage, Berkshire

Sources:

  • Birth: 1851 census
  • Baptism: IGI Batch C018803
  • Occupation: 1851 census

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