Vital Statistics
Ernest Alfred Pinsent: 1877 – 1902 GRO0273 (shoe clicker, Leicester)
Florence Oram or Deacon: 1878 – xxxx
Marriage: Leicester, Leicestershire: 1897
Children by Florence Oram or Deacon:
Walter Pinsent: 1897 – 1947
Family Branch: Tiverton
PinsentID: GRO0273
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Ernest Alfred Pinsent was the youngest son of Charles Pinsent by his wife, Susannah (née Bagshaw). He born in Leicester and, as his father died when he was five years old, was largely brought up by his mother.
When Ernest Alfred was a thirteen year-old boy living on Ridley Street, he was reprimanded by the City Coroner for his part in the death of Thomas Parr, an old man he had accidentally knocked down while playing ball with his friends. The Coroner pointed out that it was an offense to play with a ball in the street at any time and that the man’s death could be construed as manslaughter. The jury was, however, merciful and gave a verdict of “homicide by misadventure.” Ernest and his friends got away with a strict warning (Leicester Chronicle: Saturday 30th May 1891).
Ernest was a “shoe clicker” when he married Florence Deacon in 1897. They seem to have had one child, a son, Walter Pinsent, who was born that same year. The family was living on Western Road when the census takers came by in 1901. So it seems that Ernest and Forence and their baby were living with his widowed mother and his as yet unmarried sisters (Florence Pinsent and Marie Pinsent).
Ernest Alfred Pinsent died in 1902 and his widow, Florence Pinsent, seems to have married George Arthur Gray, a “school attendance officer” in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, in 1907. Interestingly, the marriage record claims that her father’s name was John Oram and not Deacon. It is not clear which is correct. Presumably Ernest’s son Walter was brought up in Wigston Magna – a village just outside Leicester.
Family Tree
GRANDPARENTS
Grandfather: Thomas Pinsent: 1795 – 1860
Grandmother: Hannah Johnson: 1800 – 1871
PARENTS
Father: Charles Pinsent: 1842 – 1882
Mother: Susannah Bagshaw: 1844 – xxxx
FATHER’S SIBLINGS (AUNTS, UNCLES)
Fanny Pinsent: 1820 – 1880
William Pinsent: 1822 – xxxx
Thomas Pinsent: 1824 – 1831
Caroline Pinsent: 1825 – 1864
James Pinsent: 1831 – 1902
Elizabeth Pinsent: 1833 – 1833
Elizabeth Pinsent: 1833 – xxxx
John Pinsent: 1836 – 1899
Henry Pinsent: 1838 – 1846
George Pinsent: 1839 – 1857
MALE SIBLINGS (BROTHERS)
George Henry Pinsent: 1867 – 1934
Walter Pinsent: 1869 – 1950
Ernest Alfred Pinsent: 1877 – 1902
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