Daniel Chiswick was born in about 1827 in Poplar. He was the youngest son of Samuel Jervis Chiswick (1777-1839). He came from a long line of coopers and was to take up the same trade. His grandfather was Samuel Chiswick (1740-1790). Although he lived to a good age of 76 Daniel continued to live in the East End of London and circumstances seem to have got increasingly tough.
His father died when he was only 12 and was buried in the local Whitechapel Congregation Chapel in Philpot Street. This non conformism might explain the absence of any baptism for Daniel. The address given in the burial register is Harris’s Buildings, which would appear to be in Stepney.
The 1841 census shows Daniel living alone with his widowed mother Ann (nee Beasor) who is described as a laundress. Despite his young age he is already described as a Cooper. His elder brother Samuel (b 1809) was married and lived nearby also engaged as a cooper.
Nine years later Daniel married Margaret Lucas in St Matthew’s Bethnal Green on 14 Oct 1850. She was the daughter of William Lucas and came from Colnbrook to the West of London. Both bride and groom were able to sign their names in the register – significantly a number of the couple’s children appear to have regressed in their educational attainment and later marriages of the children are marked with an ‘X’
His eldest daughter Margaret Sarah Chiswick was born the following year in 1851. There followed nine more daughters and a son in the next nineteen years – at least three did not make it past infancy.
In 1869 Daniel’s mother died in the ‘Poplar Union‘ and the following year his wife died,
Circumstances did not improve and Daniel is recorded as entering the Stepney Union Workhouse in May 1881. Fortunately he was able to be discharged in Dec 1881 and returned to his address in Ropemaker’s Fields in Limehouse. The notes on the Workhouse records show that he was a cooper and he had a ‘weird leg’.
In 1891 he is living with his daughter and son-in-law Henry and Caroline Walker
In the 1901 census he is in the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum
Daniel is recorded as being buried on 7 Jan 1904. His address is given as 30 Sussex Street, Stepney, which was the address of his daughter Caroline.
Family of Daniel CHISWICK and Margaret Holder LUCAS
| Husband: | Daniel CHISWICK (c. 1827-1904) |
| Wife: | Margaret Holder LUCAS (c. 1826-1870) |
| Children: | Margaret Sarah CHISWICK (1851-1937) |
| Eliza Ann CHISWICK (1852- ) |
| Emma CHISWICK (1853- ) |
| Daniel CHISWICK (1855-1897) |
| Louisa CHISWICK (1856-1857) |
| Caroline Gagen CHISWICK (1858-1916) |
| Elizabeth Charlotte CHISWICK (1860-1907) |
| Jane CHISWICK (1862-1862) |
| Maria CHISWICK (1864-1864) |
| Alice CHISWICK (1866- ) |
| Harriet CHISWICK (1869- ) |
| Marriage | 14 Oct 1850 | St Matthew’s, Bethnal Green |
Husband: Daniel CHISWICK
| Name: | Daniel CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | Samuel Jarvis CHISWICK (bap.1777, bur.1839) |
| Mother: | Anne BEAZER (c. 1784-1869) |
| Birth | c. 1827 | Poplar |
| Occupation | btw 1841 and 1881 (age 13-54) | Cooper |
| Residence | 1850 (age 22-23) | 34 Hereford Street, Bethnal Green |
| Residence | 1851 (age 23-24) | 19 Bromley Terrace, Bow Lane |
| Residence | 1861 (age 33-34) | 2 Bath Place, Poplar |
| Residence | btw 1871 and 1881 (age 43-54) | 34 Ropemakers Fields, Limehouse |
| Residence | 1891 (age 63-64) | Living with daughter Caroline Wallace |
| Residence | 1901 (age 73-74) | Poplar Sick Asylum |
| Death | 1904 (age 76-77) | Poplar |
Wife: Margaret Holder LUCAS
| Name: | Margaret Holder LUCAS |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | William LUCAS (bap.1788, d.1875) |
| Mother: | Sarah HOLDER (bap.1791, d.1869) |
| Birth | c. 1826 | Colnbrook, Staines, Middlesex |
| Baptism | 5 Feb 1827 (age 0-1) | Colnbrook |
| Death | Q4 1870 (age 43-44) | Stepney |
Child 1: Margaret Sarah CHISWICK
| Name: | Margaret Sarah CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | Thomas MORGAN (1850-1918) |
| Birth | 29 Sep 1851 | Poplar, Middlesex |
| Education | 1872 (age 20-21) | Illiterate |
| Unable to sign own marriage certificate (x her mark) |
| Residence | 1901 (age 49-50) | In Lancashire with daughter Florence Schofield and family |
| Death | 17 Apr 1937 (age 85) | 19 Grosvenor Road, Ilford1 |
| Burial | 21 Apr 1937 | City of London Cemetery |
Child 2: Eliza Ann CHISWICK
| Name: | Eliza Ann CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 14 Nov 1852 | Poplar |
Child 3: Emma CHISWICK
| Name: | Emma CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 19 Dec 1853 | |
Child 4: Daniel CHISWICK
| Name: | Daniel CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Male |
| Spouse: | Emily HARDY (1856- ) |
| Birth | 25 Jul 1855 | Poplar |
| Death | 17 Aug 1897 (age 42) | West Ham |
Child 5: Louisa CHISWICK
| Name: | Louisa CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 4 Aug 1856 | Poplar |
| Death | 21 Dec 1857 (age 1) | Poplar |
Child 6: Caroline Gagen CHISWICK
| Name: | Caroline Gagen CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | Henry WALKER (1859- ) |
| Birth | 29 Dec 1858 | |
| Death | 1916 (age 57-58) | |
Child 7: Elizabeth Charlotte CHISWICK
| Name: | Elizabeth Charlotte CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | John KELLY (1859- ) |
| Birth | 23 Aug 1860 | Poplar |
| Death | 1907 (age 46-47) | West Ham |
Child 8: Jane CHISWICK
| Name: | Jane CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 15 Mar 1862 | Poplar |
| Death | 1862 (age 0) | |
Child 9: Maria CHISWICK
| Name: | Maria CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Birth | 1864 | Poplar |
| Death | 1864 (age 0) | |
Child 10: Alice CHISWICK
| Name: | Alice CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | George MARTIN ( – ) |
| Birth | Q3 1866 | Poplar |
Child 11: Harriet CHISWICK
| Name: | Harriet CHISWICK |
| Sex: | Female |
| Spouse: | William Henry POINTER ( – ) |
| Birth | 1869 | Stepney |
Sources
| 1 | “Death Certificate”. Text From Source: Reported by A Hughes Daughter |