Rampton of London Family Chart no. 30

	John Simmons RAMPTON		Isabella FIRSKIN
	born circa 1797		born ?
			m. 18 Apr 1824 at St Bartholomew the Great, City of London
	d. 10 Mar 1875 City of London aged 78 [of Bronchitis]
	Mercantile Clerk

Their Children

Charlotte	Isabella	William	Anne	Elizabeth	Maria	Priscella	Mary Ann
born 1826 [1841 Census]	born 18 Feb 1827 St Giles Cripplegate [BVRI]	born 18 Nov 1828 Bellchambers Passage Red Cross Street [BVRI]	born 20 Nov 1830 Bellchambers Passage Red Cross Street [BVRI]	born 26 Nov 1832 Bellchambers Passage Red Cross Street [BVRI]	born 13 Jun 1834 Bellchambers Passage Red Cross Street [BVRI]	born 15 Nov 1835 Bellchambers Passage Red Cross Street [BVRI]	born circa 1840 [1841 Census]
m. William SPENCE 14 Mar 1847 at St Peter Walworth, SRY							m. William GRAHAM 28 Feb 1870 at St George Bloomsbury, MDX
	d. 1870 City of London aged 43		d. 1870 City of London aged 39			d. 1883 Camberwell, SRY

Additional Information

Despite the fact that he had an unusual name, and that he appears to have lived his whole life in the City of London, John Simmons RAMPTON has proved remarkably difficult to track down in any of the later censuses. The whole family can be seen in the 1841 census still living in Bellchamber Passage, Red Cross Street, St Giles Cripplegate. John is described as a Messenger, aged 40.

In 1870, when his daughter Isabella died, John was the informant and gave his address, and the address of the death, as 19 Giltspur Street. In the 1871 Census, however, less than a year later, that address is not listed in the 1871 census - there is a gap, seemingly, between number 18 and number 19a (The Plough Inn). When John himself died in 1875, his address was again given as 19 Giltspur Street, and the informant was given as M.A. Vickers, cousin of the deceased. So far, all efforts to tract this cousin down have failed.

I found his daughter Priscella in 1851, a Visitor in Stockbridge Terrace, St George Hanover Square, but so far have not sighted him or the rest of his family. Thus his origins remain a mystery.