Rampton of Worting Family Chart no. 25

	Alfred RAMPTON		Elizabeth COLES
	born circa 1851 in Lambeth		b. circa 1856 in Lambeth
			m. circa 1877
	Plasterer Bricklayer's Labourer

Their Children

Annie E	Thomas J	Esther J	Arthur Charles	Alfred Charles	Florence M	Jane	William J
born circa 1878 at Lambeth, SRY	born circa 1880 at Battersea, SRY	born circa 1881 at Battersea, SRY	born circa 1882 at Battersea, SRY	born 8 Feb 1882 at Battersea, SRY	born circa 1885 at Battersea, SRY	born circa 1887 at Clapham, SRY	born circa 1890 at Clapham, SRY
			m. Mabel Florence BALLAM 2 Jun 1912 at Portsmouth, HAM			m. Francis William RODD 8 Nov 1908 at All Saints Battersea, SRY
		d. 1883 Wandsworth, aged 2		d. 20 Feb 1883 Battersea, aged 1

Additional Information

In 1881, Arthur and his young family were living at 43 Acre Street Battersea, Wandsworth in Surrey. Only a few doors away lived brother George and his family.

When Alfred Charles was born they were living in New Road Clapham, but a year later, in February 1883 when little Alfred Charles died, they were living at 43 Sterndale Road Battersea. There is a bit of a mystery here. The child in the 1891 census born circa 1882 is definitely Arthur, and many years later he pops up in the Royal Navy, serving aboard HMS Europa just before the First World War. He married and settled his family down in Portsmouth, and was always known as Arthur; but when he obtained his birth certificate in 1949, he discovered that not only was his name really Alfred, but he was two years older than he had believed. To add to the confusion, his marriage certificate states that his father was named Charles, and was a Naval Pensioner. So was father Alfred really Alfred Charles? Did the authorities get it wrong and send him the birth certificate for little Alfred Charles who died a year later? Nevertheless, when he died, the death certificate read Alfred Charles.

By 1891, they had moved to 16 Rashleigh Street Clapham. In 1901, however, Alfred and Elizabeth were living alone in Streatham. Given the young ages of some of their children, I found this rather odd. However, I believe I may have located them, although why the youngest ones appear to be living away from home I have no idea.

Thomas seems to have joined the army, and was a Private in the East Surrey Regiment stationed in Lambeth.
Arthur may have moved to Devon and was working as a cattleman in the parish of Sutcombe.
Florence appears to be working as an Infants Attendant in Croydon.
Jane and William are also living in Croydon; both are described as Scholar, and they are both in the same establishment. Could they have been sent away to boarding school?

I am indebted to Ken Thurley for some of the additional information on this family, and to Pauline Gale who supplied me with Jane Rampton's Marriage Certificate and the story of Arthur Charles, R.N.