William was born about 1857. He was the son of William Kitson and Susannah Bath. He passed away about 1935.
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: William Penn Kitson Registration Year: 1857 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Registration district: Newington Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: London Volume: 1d Page: 206 Source Information FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1881 England Census
Name: Susan Kitson Age: 45 Estimated birth year: abt 1836 Relationship to Head: Mother (Head) (Head) Gender: Female Where born: Greenwich, Kent, England Civil Parish: Camberwell County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 23 Hill Street Marital status: Widow Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Camberwell Sub registration district: Peckham ED, institution, or vessel: 33b Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 688 Folio: 120 Page Number: 3 Household Members: Name Age Susan Kitson 45 William Kitson 23 George Kitson 17 Harry Kitson 15 Leonard Kitson 11 Arthur Kitson 9 Christopher Kitson 7 Nellie Kitson 4 William Parker 21 (not transcribed) Source Citation Class: RG11; Piece: 688; Folio: 120; Page: 3; GSU roll: 1341160
Source Information Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Name: William Kitson Age in 1911: 53 Estimated birth year: abt 1858 Relation to Head: Head Gender: Male Birth Place: WALWORTH, England Civil Parish: Camberwell Search Photos: Search for 'Camberwell' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection County/Island: London Country: England Street address: 61 Maxted Road, Peckham S E Marital status: Married Occupation: Wood Turner Journeyman Registration district: Camberwell Registration District Number: 27 Sub-registration district: Camberwell South ED, institution, or vessel: 03 Piece: 2462 Household Members: Name Age William Kitson 53 Edith Kitson 42 Ada Kitson 19 Leonard Kitson 16 Alice Kitson 14 Charles Kitson 12 Edward Kitson 10 Kate Kitson 7 Elsie Kitson 5 Williams Kitson 3 Nelly Lucas 25 Source Citation Class: RG14; Piece: 2462
Source Information Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
NameWilliam Penn Kitson Register Type BurialDeath Dateabt 1935 Burial or Cremation Date27 Feb 1935 Burial or Cremation PlaceSouthwark, London, England URLhttps://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch?DetsView=Summary&src=ext&fileid=10560942Household Members NameWilliam Penn Kitson
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This family belongs to a friend who is now in residential aged care but still interested in the family history so I am helping out putting all on wikitree. She is intrigued where the William Penn comes from - presumably a Quaker reference?
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Marian
Joan was my mother and she married James Rodwell in approx 1945. They lived in East Africa from 1946 to 1966 then returned to UK to Herne Bay, Kent. Maud Ethel was a nurse in a London hospital tending first world ward wounded. David Spence Whyte 2nd Lt. served with London Irish regiment in WW1.
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