LEMON Chart 0500

This is a Chart for R(e)uben William Lemon and Ruth Ellen Mercer

 

married
14th January 1885
St John the Baptist
Wonersh
Wonersh, Surrey
witnesses
Henry MERCER
Rose MERCER

 

1
R(E)UBEN WILLIAM LEMON
born about
1859
Albury, Surrey
occupation
1881 Gunpowder Maker
1891  Millman at Gunpowder Works
1901 Gunpowder factory
1911 Mill Man

 

2
RUTH ELLEN MERCER 
born about
1860
(10 months on the 1861 Census)
Wonersh, Surrey
occupation
1871 Scholar


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

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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. 
  6. 1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey
  7. 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON.
  8. 1901 Census - Wonersh, Surrey (Down as Ellen on this Census) Ancestry has the family as SEMON.
    1911 Census - Blackheath Chilworth Surrey
  9. 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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