Ancestors of Mandy Willard

Nathan Thomas SILVERSTON (1831-1880)

and Jane Ann EAST (1829-1873)

Nathan Silverston and Jane Ann East were married on 28 May 1855 at St. Thomas in Stepney, London.  (They were not my direct ancestors.)

Nathan Thomas Silverston was born about 1831 in Denton, Sussex.  He was the son of Richard Silverstone (1795-?) and Caroline Louisa Oliver (1801-?).  Nathan was at one point a blacksmith and also a dockyard superintendent of Sheerness.  He died on 13 February 1880 in Sheerness, Kent and was buried in the Halfway Cemetery in Sheerness.  When the 1841 census was recorded he was 10 years old and living with his parents in Denton.

Jane Ann East was born about 1829.  She died on 12 July 1873 in Sheerness, Kent and was buried in the Halfway Cemetery.

Nathan Thomas Silverston and Jane Ann East had 4 known children:

1. Thomas John Silverston was born about 1857 in Sheerness.  He may have died before the 1901 census was recorded.

   Thomas married Ellen Goat on 3 November 1879 in Minster in Sheppey, Kent.  When the 1881 census was recorded the family were living at 168 High Street, Mile Town, Minster in Sheppey and Thomas was then a bricklayer's labourer.

   Ellen was born about 1859 in Sudbury, Suffolk.  She died aged 69 years and her death was registered in the fourth quarter of 1926 in the Shoreditch registration district.

   Thomas and Ellen had 7 known children:

   1. Thomas Silverston was born in 1881 in Sheerness.  When the 1881 census was recorded he was 2 months old.

   2. George Silveston was born at 28 Edward Street in Bethnal Green, London in 1884.

   3. Charley Silveston was born at 28 Edward Street in 1886.

   4. Lucy Florence Silveston was born at 28 Edward Street in 1889 (second quarter).  The 1901 census records her name as Floss Silveston an 11 year old living at home.

   5. Ellen Silveston was born at 11 Foundry Place in Hoxton, London.  When the 1901 census was recorded, Nelly Silveston was aged 8 years and living at home.  She married Robert Hague in 1913.

   6. Arthur Silverston was born at 11 Foundry Place in Shoreditch, London in 1896 (third quarter).  He was 4 years old and living at home when the 1901 census was recorded.

   7. Frederick Silverston was born at 11 Foundry Place in Hoxton, London in 1899.

2. Rhoda Silveston was buried on 20 January 1861 at the Halfway Cemetery in Sheerness.

3. George Silverston was born about 1863 in Sheerness.  He was buried on 22 October 1910 in Sheerness.

   George married Ruth Hutton in 1887.  She was born about 1866 in Sheerness.

   The couple had 7 known children by 1901:

   1. Ruth Silveston died on 25 June 1887 and was buried at the Halfway Cemetery in Sheerness.

   2. George Silverston was born about 1888 in Sheerness.  He married Emma Scopes.  She was born about 1885/6 in London and died aged 32 years in the third quarter of 1917 in the Shoreditch registration district.

   3. Nathan Silveston was born about 1890 in Sheerness.

   4. Henry William Silverston was born in 1892 in Sheerness (second quarter).  He died on 13 July 1892 and was buried in the Halfway Cemetery in Sheerness.

   5. Amelia Silveston was born in 1893 in Sheerness (third quarter).  She died on 18 January 1894 and was buried in the Halfway Cemetery in Sheerness.

   6. Harold Silveston was born about 1896 in Sheerness (first quarter).

   7. Ruth Silverston was born in 1901 in Sheerness (third quarter).

4. Catherine Silverston was born about 1867 in Sheerness.  Her name was recorded as Kitty Sylvester in the 1881 census and she was then a 14 year old scholar living with her brother George.

   As Kate Olive Silverston she married Albert Deiderick Lee in the fourth quarter of 1889 in the Holborn registration district.

EAST          SILVERSON