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It has been a bit of a mystery as to what happened to Catherine, Joseph Barnett's mother. After the 1861 census she simply seems to disappear. We know that her husband died in 1864, but the ouitline below may cast some light on what happened to her. If I am correct she remarried in 1885 and died in the same year under the name of Catherine Allman.
Catherine Barnett
Mother of Joseph Barnett, wife of John Barnett who died in 1864.
She is listed in 1861 as being 40 years of age and born in Ireland.
If she is in the 1871 census she should be listed as a widow, unless she married in the intervening years, of which I have found no evidence.
This entry in 1871 caught my attention:
4 Glasshouse Street, Whitechapel
Head: Thomas Allman (Widower) aged 49 born County Cork, Ireland - Dock labourer
Daughter: Margaret Allman aged 12 born Whitechapel
Servant: Catherine Barnett (Widow) aged 48 born County Cork, Ireland - General servant
This Catherine Barnett was still living with Thomas Allman and his daughter in 1881:
Cohen's Buildings, Whitechapel
Head: Thomas Allman aged 58 born Ireland - General labourer
Daughter: Margaret Allman aged 21 born Whitechapel - Warehouse assistant
Servant: Catherine Barnett aged 58 born Ireland - Sack maker
If my interpretation of events is correct, Thomas Allman married twice more.
In 1885 Thomas Allman married Catherine Barnett under a very strange version of her name - she is listed as Katharine Barnetto (see below). This took place in Holborn in the second quarter of 1885. In the next quarter, the third quarter of 1885, Catherine Allman, as she had then become, died in Whitechapel (see below). Her age at death is given as 58, but she would actually have been somewhere about 63.
Thomas Allman married again in 1891 in Whitechapel just about the time of the census (Quarter 2) to a woman named Mary Leary.
He and his new wife are listed in 1891 as follows:
Cohen's Buildings (42 Royal Mint Street), Whitechapel
Head: Thomas Allman aged 68 born Ireland - General labourer
Wife: Mary Allman aged 46 born Ireland - Sack maker
Stepchildren:
Daniel Leary aged 11 born Whitechapel
Ellen Leary aged 14 born Whitechapel - Tailor's shop girl
Catherine Barnett
Mother of Joseph Barnett, wife of John Barnett who died in 1864.
She is listed in 1861 as being 40 years of age and born in Ireland.
If she is in the 1871 census she should be listed as a widow, unless she married in the intervening years, of which I have found no evidence.
This entry in 1871 caught my attention:
4 Glasshouse Street, Whitechapel
Head: Thomas Allman (Widower) aged 49 born County Cork, Ireland - Dock labourer
Daughter: Margaret Allman aged 12 born Whitechapel
Servant: Catherine Barnett (Widow) aged 48 born County Cork, Ireland - General servant
This Catherine Barnett was still living with Thomas Allman and his daughter in 1881:
Cohen's Buildings, Whitechapel
Head: Thomas Allman aged 58 born Ireland - General labourer
Daughter: Margaret Allman aged 21 born Whitechapel - Warehouse assistant
Servant: Catherine Barnett aged 58 born Ireland - Sack maker
If my interpretation of events is correct, Thomas Allman married twice more.
In 1885 Thomas Allman married Catherine Barnett under a very strange version of her name - she is listed as Katharine Barnetto (see below). This took place in Holborn in the second quarter of 1885. In the next quarter, the third quarter of 1885, Catherine Allman, as she had then become, died in Whitechapel (see below). Her age at death is given as 58, but she would actually have been somewhere about 63.
Thomas Allman married again in 1891 in Whitechapel just about the time of the census (Quarter 2) to a woman named Mary Leary.
He and his new wife are listed in 1891 as follows:
Cohen's Buildings (42 Royal Mint Street), Whitechapel
Head: Thomas Allman aged 68 born Ireland - General labourer
Wife: Mary Allman aged 46 born Ireland - Sack maker
Stepchildren:
Daniel Leary aged 11 born Whitechapel
Ellen Leary aged 14 born Whitechapel - Tailor's shop girl
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