William Pepper

  General Notes:

1871 Census for Shelton - living at 87 Etruria Vale (7,scholar,b. S-O-T) - see notes for father John.

1881 Census for Shelton - living at 87 Bridge Street, Hanley (17,wagoner [carter], b. Stoke) - see notes for father John.

1884 : Living in Keelings Lane. Occupation Waggonner. [ marriage Cert to Emma]

1901 Census for Stoke - living at 5 John Street (37, carter for railway,b. Stoke) with wife Emma (36,b. Hanley) and children Arthur (15,waggon?(railway),b. Hanley), William (9,b. Stoke), John (5,b. Stoke), Joseph (3,b. Stoke) and Emma (1,b. Stoke) [rg13-2608-pg27-no154]

>>wrong - see correct entry above found by R Gaunt >>>
1901 Census (RG13,pc2594,fo48,pg33,208) : Lived at 71 Maccesfield Street, Burslem (38, widower, coal miner, b. hanley) with children May (12, b. Burslem), Arthur (8, b. Burslem), Ernest (3, b. Burslem) and mother-in-law Emma Mountford (66, widow, Bucknall), sister-in-law Bessie Mountford (34, married, potters warehouse, b. Burslem) and niece Laura Mountford (11, b. Burslem)
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Birthdate, marriage, death date details (he died aged 76) and the names of his other son's William, Joseph and John were given to me by a contact from Ancestry.com [Richard.Gaunt@dsl.pipex.com]. Richard said that four of William's sons Arthur, William, Joseph and John had fought in WW1 (photo held) and survived to then move away from the Potteries. Their 4 younger siblings were know to have stayed around Stoke.

Marriage Cert Held.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Wagoner.

William married Emma Hughes on 28 Apr 1884 in Holy Trinity Church, Northwood, S-O-T. (Emma Hughes was born in 1865 in Hanley, S-O-T, Staffs and died in 1924.)