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at Catherine Street in 1869 & earlier
George IV, 7 Ida Street
Kindly provided by Jennifer Long
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Poplar, London - in East London. The Poplar, East London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
The following entries are in this format:
Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.
1856/Wm Evans/../../../Post Office Directory ****
My Great, great grandfather was William
Watcham, the licensee of the George IV Hotel at 7 Ida Street, Poplar. My
great grandfather, Arthur was actually born on the premises and some of the
other children probably were too, but I don’t have documentary evidence for
them.
I’m not sure how many years William ran the pub but he was definitely there
in 1867 when Arthur was born. **
William Watcham is my gt gt grandfather through his son Harry Stephen Watcham who married Anne Eugenie Gibbs, the daughter of James Frederick Gibbs the licensee of The Blakeneys Head High Street Poplar. I therefore have the distinction of two gt gt grandfathers as publicans in Victorian Poplar.
In 1861 William Watcham and his family were living at 20 Shoe Lane EC4 and in the census of that year his occupation was recorded as a licensed victualler. In 1854 William was a fishmonger living at 19 Shoe Lane and in the 1851 census he was a police constable living in Southwark. When William married in 1847 in Mendlesham Suffolk where he was born, his occupation was given as merchant. ***
1869/William Watcham/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1871/William
Watcham/Licensed
Victualler/48/Mendlesham, Suffolk/Census
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1871/Mary B Watcham/Wife/43/Mendlesham, Suffolk/Census
1871/William Watcham/Son/15/Borough, Surrey/Census
1871/Frederick B Watcham/Son/10/City of London/Census
1871/Emily M Watcham/Daughter/6/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alice M Watcham/Daughter/4/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Arthur J Watcham/Son/3/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Louise A Watcham/Daughter/2/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Alfred Watcham/Son/3 months/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Sarah Finney/Servant/19/../Census
1871/Sophia Finney/Nurse/17/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1871/Ellen Brown/Housemaid/16/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/William
Watcham/Licensed
Victualler, Widow/55/Suffolk/Census
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1881/William Watcham/Son/24/Borough, Middlesex/Census
1881/Frederick Watcham/Son/18/Shoe Lane, Middlesex/Census
1881/Emily Watcham/Daughter/16/Middlesex/Census
1881/Alice Watcham/Daughter/14/Middlesex/Census
1881/Arthur Watcham/Son/12/Middlesex/Census
1881/Ada Watcham/Daughter/10/Middlesex/Census
1881/Harriett Smith/Housekeeper/31/Middlesex/Census
1881/Emma Brown/Domestice Servant/16/Middlesex/Census
1891/Samuel Stride & Hy Housego/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1895/Arthur Dickson/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1899/Davis Suthard/../../../Post Office Directory ****
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