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Stephen Lansdell

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  • Name Stephen Lansdell  [1
    Born 4 Aug 1808  Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • His birth was recorded by Salem Baptist Chapel, Bond Street, Brighton.
    Christened 16 Dec 1832  Union Street Independent Chapel, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Residence Abt 1834  Union Place, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence Abt 1837  54 Union Lane, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence Abt 1849  49 East Street, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1851  49 East Street, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Bankruptcy 1855 
    • From the London Gazette:

      6 July 1855, p.2229
      WHEREAS a Petition of Stephen Lansdell, of No. 49, East-street, Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Carver and Gilder, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Sussex, at Brighton, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Stephen Lansdell, under the provisions of the Statutes in that case made and provided, the said Stephen Lansdell is hereby required to appear before the said Court, on the 14th day of July instant, at ten of the clock in the forenoon precisely, for his first examination touching his debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Statutes; and the choice of the creditors' assignees is to take place at the time so appointed. All persons indebted to the said Stephen Lansdell, or that have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Mr. Ewen Evershed, Clerk of the said Court, at his office, at Princes-place, Old Steine, Brighton, the Official Assignee of the estate and effects of the said insolvent.

      31 July 1855, p.2937
      In the matter of the petition of Stephen Lansdell, of No. 49, East-street, Brighton, in the county of Sussex, Carver and Gilder.
      NOTICE is hereby given, that the County Court of Sussex, at Brighton, acting in the matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a Final Order thereon, at the said Court, on the 11th day of August next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary.
    Occupation Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6, 8
    Carver and gilder 
    Died
    • Stephen Lansdell certainly seems to have died before the 1861 census, but this death registration could refer to his son Stephen who also does not appear to have survived the 1850s.
    Person ID I5854  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father John Lansdell,   b. 1772, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1849, 36 Bedford Square, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Earl,   d. Bef 3 Sep 1828 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1 Jun 1793  Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Family ID F1694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann Appleford,   b. Abt 1809,   d. 1844, Brighton Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Children 
     1. Stephen Lansdell,   b. 28 Aug 1834, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 Oct 1852, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 18 years)  [natural]
     2. Eliza Lansdell,   b. 4 Feb 1836  [natural]
    +3. James Lansdell,   b. 26 Sep 1837, 54 Union Lane, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1902, Pancras Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F1696  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Jane Knight,   b. Abt 1826, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1855, Brighton Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married 1849  Strand Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Philip Lansdell,   b. 1850, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1854, Brighton Registration District, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 4 years)  [natural]
     2. Jane Elizabeth Lansdell,   b. 1852, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F1710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Sarah Ann Edmeades,   b. Abt 1813 
    Married 9 Sep 1856  St Nicholas, Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F1977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S293] Information from Vyvyan Jones, email dated 13 June 2005 (Reliability: 2).
      John Lansdell married Mary Earl on 1st June 1793 in Brighton and had the
      following children:

      George bap 22 2 1795 Countess of Huntingdon North Street Brighton
      Mary b. 12 2 1797 and bap 26 3 1797 Countess of Huntingdon
      Charlotte b. 12 7 1799 and bap 20 10 1799 St Nicholas Brighton
      John b. 16 9 1801 and bap 6 12 1801 St Nicholas Brighton
      James bap 26 2 1804 St Nicholas Brighton
      Edward b.1 3 1806 Salem Baptist Chapel Bond Street Brighton
      Stephen b. 4 8 1808 Salem Baptist Chapel

    2. [S120] Certified Copy of an Entry of Death, General Register Office.
      Registration District: Brighthelmston. 1849 Death in the Sub-district of Brighthelmstone in the County of Sussex. No.468; Second of January 1849, 36 Bedford Square; John Lansdell; Male; 76 years; Gentleman; Cause of death: Bronchitis Certified; Informant: Stephen Lansdell, Present at Death, 49 East Street, Brighton; Registered Eighth of January 1849; George Smith, Registrar

    3. [S28] British Isles Vital Records Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (Second Edition, 2001;), marriage of Stephen Lansdell, age 48, son of John Lansdell, and Sarah Ann Weston, age 43, daughter of John Edmeades, 9 Sep 1856, Brighton, Sussex, St Nicholas (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S2] Archived case of research into Lansdell family of Brighton, Sussex, Achievements of Canterbury, (http://www.achievements.co.uk;), baptism on 16 Dec 1832 of Stephen Lansdell, an adult, s/o John, gilder, and Mary (late Earl, deceased), born 4 Aug, Brighton Union Street Independent chapel (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S2] Archived case of research into Lansdell family of Brighton, Sussex, Achievements of Canterbury, (http://www.achievements.co.uk;), baptism on 14 Dec 1834 of Stephen Lansdell, s/o Stephen, gilder, Union Place, and Mary Ann (late Lansdell, widow) born 28 Aug (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S25] Certified Copy of an Entry of Birth, General Register Office.
      Registration District: Brighthelmston; 1837 Birth in the Sub-district of Palace Brighthelmston in the County of Sussex; No.16; September 26, 54 Union Lane; James; Son; Father: Stephen Lansdell; Mother: Mary Anne Appleford; Occupation of father: Gilder; Informant: Stephen Lansdell, Gilder, 54 Union Lane, Father of the Child; Registered September 29

    7. [S250] Information from Jacqueline Pollard, email dated 15 April 2004, citing index to 1851 census for Brighton (Reliability: 2).
      49 East Street, Brighton
      Stephen Lansdell - Head - married age 42 - Carver & Gilder born Brighton
      Sarah J - wife age 24 - born Brighton
      Stephen - son age 16 - Carver & Gilder born Brighton
      James - son age 13 - Carver & Gilder Apprentice - born Brighton
      Phillip - son age 6 months - born Brighton


    8. [S334] Marriage Certificate.
      1862. Marriage solemnized at St John's Church in the Town of Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent; No.53; Augt 30; James Lansdell; 24; Bachelor; Carver & Gilder; Residence: St Pancras, London; Father: Stephen Lansdell, Carver & Gilder; and Hannah Finch Green; 20; Spinster; Residence: Tunbridge Wells; Father: James Green, Bricklayer; by banns by Thos W Weston; signed by bride and groom in the presence of Martin Skinner, Eliza Lansdell, Agnes Goldsmith

    9. [S385] Sussex Marriage Index 1538-1837, Sussex Family History Group, (2004;), marriage of John Lansdell, bach gilder nonconformist, and Mary Earl, sp botp (B), Brighton, Sussex, 1 Jun 1793 (Reliability: 2).

    10. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Stephen Lansdell and Sarah Jane Knight share reference Strand 1 295, March quarter 1849 (Reliability: 2).