William George Underwood, 1841–1925 (aged 83 years)
- Name
- William George /Underwood/
Birth | Gloucester Union was the Gloucester Workhouse |
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Note | William George Underwood 1841-1925William George Underwoods was born on 23 September 1841 at Gloucester, Gloucestershire, and was baptised at St Lukes Church, South Hamlet, Gloucester, on 17 October 1841. His parents were George William Underwood and Maria Lane who got married in 1840 In Gloucestershire. He married Emma Birmingham in Bristol, Gloucestershire in 1862, and they had at least three children
He was possibly a patient in a mental hospital for thirty years towards the end of his life, and may have died at Islington, London in 1925. REFERENCES 1841 UK Birth index Gloucester Union, Oct-Dec, volume 11, page 348. Underwood William George, Mother’s name: Lane. 1841 Birth Certificate Superintendent Registrar of Gloucester Union, South Hamlet, Gloucestershire. 23 September 1841 William George Father: George Underwood, Labourer Mother: Maria Underwood, Formerly: Lane Informant: Maria Lane, Occupier, Sixty Day Not Road When Registered: 17 October 1841 1841 Baptism St Lukes Church, South Hamlet, Gloucestershire. Baptism Register 17 Oct 1841. William George Underwood, Baptised 17 October, Born 23 September. Parents: George and Maria Underwood, Abode: South Hamlet, Labourer. 1851 UK Census HO107Piece1962Folio323Page27 Barton St Mary, Lower Barton:
The person who took the above census got confused and got the places of birth wrong for the two children. It was William George Underwood who was born in Gloucester, and Ann Maria Underwood who was born in Bridgwater. 1861 UK Census RG9Piece1721Folio115Page3 12 Stokes Croft, Bristol.
We cannot be absolutely certain that the above census record refers to William George Underwood, but it is in Bristol (where he married the following year) and the age is right. I have been unable to find any better match elsewhere. 1862 Marriage UK Marriage index April-June, Bristol, Gloucestershire, vol 6a, page 173. William George Underwood Emma Birmingham. 1871 UK Census. RG10Piece2508Folio76Page46 5 Bartley Street, Bedminster, Bristol.
It is not known for certain what happened to William George Underwood between the 1871 Census when he was 30 years old mason living with his wife, and the 1901 census when he was a 59 year old bricklayers labourer living apart from his wife. In the 1881 census his wife is listed as the head of the family living with her children in Bedminster, Somerset. However, she is listed as as a 'Married' dress maker, not 'Widowed' or 'Divorced'. By the 1891 census she is still in Bedminster, but described as a Widowed Tailoress, and in the 1901 she is listed at Bristol, Gloucestershire as a 70 year old Mother in Law. In contrast, William George Underwood simply disappears and there does not appear to be a William George Underwood of the right age who died between those years (1871 and 1901). However, there is a William Underwood listed in the 1881 and 1911 Census as a patient at a mental health hospital (or as it was described then, an asylum for imbeciles) at Caterham, Surrey whose estimated year of birth would be 1844. It appears that he was allowed to work as a labourer in the late 1800's early 1900's. 1881 UK Census. (Uncertain) District Assylum For Imbeciles, Caterham, Surrey.
1901 UK Census (Uncertain) Wooten Street, Lambeth, London, Middlesex.
1911 UK Census. (Uncertain) Caterham, Surrey, England.
The death of William George Underwood is also impossible to determine with absolute certainty. The following William G Underwood died aged 87 in 1925, but that would make his birth 1838, three years before his known birth year of 1841. However, if he did spend over 30 years in an asylum, at the time of his death his date of birth may not have been known accurately. **1925 Death (uncertain). ** UK Death index 1925 Islington, London, Apr-Jun, vol 1b, page 168. Underwood, William G. Aged 87. FUTURE RESEARCH Future Research Check records for District Assylum for Imbeciles, Caterham, Surrey, where William Underwood is listed as a 37 year old patient in 1881; and as a 67 year old inmate and labourer in 1911. William George Underwood 1841-1925 |
father |
1819–1890
Birth: 1819 — Atworth, Wiltshire, England Death: 1890 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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mother |
1823–1850
Birth: 1823 — Wiltshire, England Death: 1850 — Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
Marriage |
Marriage: 1840 — Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
21 months
himself |
1841–1925
Birth: September 23, 1841 — Gloucester Union, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1925 — Islington, London, England |
3 years
younger sister |
1844–1915
Birth: 1844 — Bridgwater, Somerset, England Death: 1915 — Stockton on Tees, Durham, England |
6 years
younger brother |
1849–1849
Birth: 1849 — Gloucester Union, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1849 — Gloucester Union, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
2 years
younger sister |
1850–1850
Birth: 1850 — Gloucester Union, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1850 — Gloucester Union, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England |
father |
1819–1890
Birth: 1819 — Atworth, Wiltshire, England Death: 1890 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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step-mother |
1831–1873
Birth: 1831 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1873 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
Marriage |
Marriage: March 9, 1851 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
22 months
half-brother |
1852–1925
Birth: 1852 — Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1925 — St Pancras, London, England |
2 years
half-brother |
1853–1907
Birth: 1853 — Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1907 — Islington, London, England |
3 years
half-brother |
1855–1924
Birth: December 19, 1855 — Bristol, England Death: 1924 — St Pancras, London, England |
22 months
half-brother |
1857–1934
Birth: October 19, 1857 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1934 — Basford, Derbyshire, England |
2 years
half-sister |
1859–1938
Birth: 1859 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1938 — Stroud, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England |
3 years
half-sister |
1862–1880
Birth: January 9, 1862 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Burial: September 7, 1880 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
2 years
half-sister |
1863–1868
Birth: 1863 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1868 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
3 years
half-sister |
1865–
Birth: July 4, 1865 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
2 years
half-sister |
1867–
Birth: July 29, 1867 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
3 years
half-brother |
1869–1906
Birth: 1869 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1906 — Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England |
2 years
half-sister |
1871–
Birth: March 13, 1871 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England Death: |
father |
1819–1890
Birth: 1819 — Atworth, Wiltshire, England Death: 1890 — Dursley, Gloucestershire, England |
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step-mother | |
Marriage |
Marriage: 1881 — Chipping Sodbury, Bristol, England |
himself |
1841–1925
Birth: September 23, 1841 — Gloucester Union, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Death: 1925 — Islington, London, England |
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wife |
1830–1907
Birth: 1830 — Selworthy, Somerset, England Death: 1907 — Bristol, England |
Marriage |
Marriage: 1862 — Bristol, England |
5 years
son |
1866–1944
Birth: November 25, 1866 — Bristol, England Death: 1944 — Eastbourne, Sussex, England |
3 years
daughter |
1869–1948
Birth: May 12, 1869 — Bedminster, Bristol, England Death: 1948 — Wells, Somerset, England |
3 years
son |
1871–1883
Birth: 1871 — Bedminster, Somerset, England Death: 1883 — Bedminster, Bristol, England |