Family History, Lemon Chart 0500 Reuben William Lemon and Ruth Ellen Mercer

3 Ernest Henry LEMON born about June quarter 1886 Wonersh Surrey	4 Albert Arthur LEMON born about March quarter 1888 Wonersh Surrey occupation 1911 Chauffeur Domestic married 25th September 1912 St Peter and St Paul Albury Surrey witnesses Ernest Henry LEMON Christina Rose LEMON Henry T GODWIN registered September quarter 1912 Guildford district Surrey Margaret Lucy GODWIN	5 Percival James LEMON born about December quarter 1890 (6 months on the 1891 Census) Wonersh Surrey died June quarter 1891 Hambledon district Surrey Aged 1	6 Christina Rose LEMON born 8th March 1893 Wonersh Surrey registered June quarter 1893 baptised 7th May 1893 Christ Church Shamley Green Surrey occupation 1911 Housemaid Domestic married September quarter 1921 Guildford district Surrey George F GROVER	7 Nellie Winifred LEMON born about March quarter 1896 Wonersh Surrey	8 Mabel Olive LEMON born about December quarter 1900 (6 months on the 1900 Census) Wonersh Surrey occupation 1911 School married 25th October 1924 St John the Baptist Wonersh Surrey witnesses Frederick LONGHURST Doris Lilian LEMON registered December quarter 1924 Hambledon district Surrey George Ernest BAXTER born about 1902 occupation 1924 Grocer's Assistant (at marriage)	9 Doris Lillian LEMON born about 1903 Wonersh Surrey occupation 1911 School died about 1982 married 14th April 1928 St John the Baptist Wonersh Wonersh, Surrey witnesses Ruth Ellen LEMON Ernest Henry LEMON registered June quarter 1928 Hambledon district Surrey Frederick LONGHURST

1881 Census - Green Lane, Albury, Surrey (I think Reuben should be Ruben as this is as he appears on the various Censuses). He is with parents on this Census - Peter LEMON aged 45 born Albury, Surrey a Farm Labourer and Hannah 45 born West Hosely, Surrey. There were four younger siblings with the family. I think Peter LEMON, Ruben father was a brother of Sarah LEMON who appears on PORTER Chart 1891 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Reuben and Ellen are living next door to her sister Rose and her husband John RAGGETT. 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey 1861 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. They had a daughter Ruth, aged 10 months born Wonersh, Surrey. This is the third daughter who married a MERCER. 1871 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey. 1881 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) 1891 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Reuben and Ellen are living next door to her sister Rose and her husband John RAGGETT. They have three children on this Census, Ernest R 5, Albert A 3 and Percival J 6 months all born Wonersh, Surrey 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON, Children on this Census, Ernest 15, Albert 13, Christina 8, Nellie 5 and Mabel 6 months all born Wonersh, Surrey 1903 - From a tree on Ancestry.com there is a Doris Lillian LEMON born 1903 died 1982 who married a Frederick LONGHURST. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) 1891 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Reuben and Ellen are living next door to her sister Rose and her husband John RAGGETT. 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON. 1891 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Reuben and Ellen are living next door to her sister Rose and her husband John RAGGETT. 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey 1891 Census - Blackheath, Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Reuben and Ellen are living next door to her sister Rose and her husband John RAGGETT. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON. 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey 1903 - From a tree on Ancestry.com there is a Doris Lillian LEMON born 1903 died 1982 who married a Frederick LONGHURST. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey CHILWORTH GUNPOWDER WORKS Reuben William Lemon on this Chart appears to have had an occupation at a Gunpowder Works. I have looked online and found that this was at Chilworth, Surrey. The following is information about the Chilworth Gunpowder Works: Chilworth Gunpowder Works was one of the largest, most prestigious and longest-lived powder mills in the country. Established by the East India Company in 1625, it was worked by a string private companies and became one of the most significant suppliers of gunpowder to the Government. In 1885, a consortium which included leading German powder manufacturers acquired the works to produce a new type of gunpowder known as 'brown' or 'cocoa' powder, for use in the largest guns of the day. By the end of the 1880s, and after extensive rebuilding, contemporary commentators regarded the factory as being of international standing. The most up to date machinery was imported from Germany, and to preserve the company's manufacturing secrets the new factory was managed by a former Prussian officer, Captain Otto Bouvier, and a number of German foremen. The company was also at the forefront of the development of new chemical propellants and in 1892 it erected the first commercial cordite factory in the country. It underwent further expansion during the First World War, but the massive downturn in the demand for explosives at the end of the war resulted in the closure of the factory in 1920. Subsequently many of the factory buildings were converted into dwellings, and a small community known as 'Tin Town' lived in the valley until the early 1960s.

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