Rampton of Herriard Family Chart no. 64

	Charles RAMPTON		Eliza LASSAM
	bapt. 25 Sep 1831 at Old Alresford		born circa 1834 at Ropley [d. of William Lassam, Farm Bailiff]
			m. 17 May 1854 at Christchurch Bermondsey, SRY
	Watchmaker

Their Children

Edith Flora	Ellen Gertrude	Arthur Charles	Lilly Kate	Frederick William	Henry Herbert	Minnie Elizabeth	Alice Mary
bapt. 9 Apr 1855 at Alton [IGI]	bapt. 22 Mar 1857 at Alton [IGI]	born circa 1860 at Alton [1861 Census]	bapt. 1 Feb 1861 at Alton [IGI]	bapt. 14 Aug 1863 at Alton [BVRI]	born circa 1867 at Farnham, SRY	born circa 1871 at Farnham, SRY	bapt. 8 Jan 1873 at Farnham, SRY
m. 1881 St Pancras, MDX	m. 1884 Farnham, SRY ?	m. Etta Evangeline WHITE 1864 Isle of Wight, HAM	m. 1899 Camberwell, SRY			m. 1894 Camberwell, SRY	m 1895 Horsham, SSX

Additional Information

In 1851, Charles was living in Old Alresford, probably with his sister Elizabeth. In 1854, at the time of their marriage, Charles and Eliza both gave 13 West Street, Neckinger Bermondsey as their address. In 1853 and 1856 they were living in Alton, as the Poor Rate records show him to have been a Watchmaker there. In the 1881 census they are found living at 119 West Street Farnham, SRY, and in 1901, Charles and Eliza, together with Ellen and Henry, were living in Newbury, BRK. Arthur Charles, Frederick and Henry all followed their father into the trade. Frederick can be found in 1901 living as a Clockmaker in Hailsham, SSX; and Henry was a Watchmaker, still living at home; and Arthur Charles had moved to Kingston upon Thames and raised a large family in his spare time from being a company director and Watchmaker & Jeweller. In fact Arthur Charles went onto found the Freemans mail order catalogue. The marriage dates given for the daughters above are speculative, based upon GRO Index information only.

Charles may have been working for Joseph Newland, Watchmaker, in 1851/2, since Newland had no. 26 The High Street Alton in 1851, although Charles seems to have taken over renting it from about 1856.