| | | | | James' address in the 1881 census was Mugeridge Court Buildings near Castle Street and Redcross Street. This was next to Barclay Perkins' Anchor Brewery which provided the bulk of the coopering work in the area.
James's second wife Amey died aged 70 in 1881 and James himself died on 17th April 1883 aged 72 at Mugeridge Court. His daughter-in-law Louisa, wife of James Henry, was present at the death. James was taken back across the river and buried in the City of London Cemetery, Ilford, as was his first wife Lucy 8 years previously, and the ceremony was performed by the same C.J.F. Taylor. James was described as a cooper on his death certificate but was probably working in a cooperage.
WESSONs had recently moved their premises to Spa Road, Bermondsey, having now only an office at 79, Upper Thames Street but it is not possible to say if James Gander had had any further connection with them.
3.3 JOHN EDWARD GANDER AND FAMILY IN STEPNEY
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and Lydia's third daughter, Florence Beatrice, was born
at the beginning of 1883 and Walter James, their second son,
was born on 19th March 1886 at Lower Chapman Street.
By 18th March 1888 they had moved to 9, Lucas Street, where their third son, Thomas William, was born.
Shortly after, they moved again to Hope Court, off Denmark
Street, where their fourth daughter, Emma Sarah, was born
on the 8th April 1890. Many of their neighbours here were
German immigrants, mainly sugar bakers, who worked in the
nearby sugar refineries. (See 'The Old Sugar Refineries
of St. George's-in-the-East' (extract) by Alexander
Gander - Appendix V).
| | | | | | | | | | | | In 1892 their fourth son, and eighth child, Alexander was born; it is not known if there were any other children who died in infancy.
Regarding the names of the children; Thomas William was possibly named after John Edward's oldest brother whereas Walter James, Alice Emma and Emma were named after Lydia's brother and sisters.
Lydia's father Frederick Flahey worked all his life as a tailor in the Houndsditch, Bishopsgate, Shoreditch and Stepney areas. His grandson, Walter James Gander, recalled visiting him with his mother as a boy, and observed him sitting crossed legged on a low trestle table with his implements at his side; this must have been sometime in the 189O's.
The family's last move, to 333 Cable Street, took place between 1890 and 1898; this was on the north side, between Dean Street and Sutton Street opposite Mercer Street. They lived in the upper part of their three storey house which according to the Post Office Directory of 1900, was above J.W. Sabourin, a horse meat dealer, and Mrs.Kate Crawley, a haberdasher.
It is thought John Edward became a horse keeper in the stables and ended up as a night watchman, possibly due to illness. He probably worked for one of the many carmen and contractors in the Highway by the docks such as Henry Smithers: Watchman were needed in case of fires and to look after the horses.
John Edward died aged 48 on 28th October 1898. Shortly after, Lydia's father, Frederick Flahey, who had been living nearby at Spencer Street, died aged 76 at Raine Street Workhouse Infirmary. her brother Frederick Thomas Flahey died about the same time aged 55, and Lydia died aged 51 in 1904. | | | | | | |