Birth: April-May 1861 Putney, Surrey, UK
Father: William Henry Grantham c1824-1863
Mother: Elizabeth Gunner c1824-1873
Christening: 19 May 1861 St Mary, Putney, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 18 March 1883 St Anne, Wandsworth, Surrey, UK
Husband: Arthur Kirk 1859-1937
Death: July-September 1947 Brentford, Middlesex, UK
Arthur Percy Kirk 1884-1939
Albert George Kirk 1887-1889
Gertrude Emma Kirk [Dew] 1889-1960
Robert James Kirk 1892-1916
Emily Denslow Kirk 1897-1917
Birth of Emma Charlotte Grantham in FreeBMD in April-June 1861 in Wandsworth (1d 459).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916 for Emma Charlotte Grantham baptised on 19 May 1861 at Putney St Mary, Wandsworth, parents William and Elizabeth Grantham. "Page 106 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Putney in County of Surrey in the Year 1861 [...] 1861 19 May No. 844 Emma Charlotte, parents William, a Bricklayer, and Elizabeth Grantham of Putney."
Her father died in Putney in 1863.
In the 1871 census as Emma Grantham aged 9, born in Putney, Surrey, and living with her widowed mother (Elizabeth), three brothers (Arthur, Thomas and William), two sisters (Clara and Emma) and a servant (Emma Willis aged 22 and single) at 3 Labourers Cottages, Lower Common, Putney, Surrey.
Her mother died in Putney in 1873.
I cannot locate her in the 1881 census.
Marriage of Arthur Kirk and Emma Charlotte Grantham in FreeBMD in January-March 1883 in Wandsworth (1d 852).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Emma Charlotte Grantham aged 22, father William Grantham, and Arthur Kirk aged 23, father Joseph Kirk, on 18 March 1883 at St Anne, Wandsworth. "Page 194 [...] 1883 Marriage solemnized at S Annes Church in the Parish of S Annes Wandsworth in the County of Surrey, No.388 March 18th 1883 Arthur Kirk aged 23, a Bachelor and Clerk to an Accountant living in S Annes Wandsworth, father Joseph Kirk, a Carpenter, and Emma Charlotte Grantham aged 22, a Spinster of S Annes Wandsworth, father William Grantham (deceased), a Bricklayer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us George Frederick Kirk and Frances Hannah Kirk".
Her first three children were at christened at Putney St Mary in 1884 and 1887 living at 4 Stanbridge Terrace, Putney, and in 1889 living at 4 Roskell Road, Lower Richmond Road, Putney.
In the 1891 census as as Emma C Kirk aged 29, born in in Putney, London, and living with her husband (Arthur), son (Arthur P Rork) and daughter (Gertrude E Rork) in four rooms in Roskell Road, Putney, London.
Her son was at christened at Putney St Mary 1892, the family living at 7 Pentlow Street, Putney.
In the 1901 census as Emma Kirk aged 39, born in Putney, Surrey, a laundry ? hand, and living with her husband (Arthur), two sons (Arthur P and Robert), and two daughters (Emily D and Gertrude) in four rooms at 49 Sefton Street, Putney, London.
In the 1911 census as Emma Charlotte Kirk aged 49, born in Putney, Surrey, married for 28 years with five children, one having died, and living with her husband (Arthur), son (Robert James) and two daughters (Emilie Dentzelow and Gertrude Emma) in three rooms at 18 Pentlow Street, Lower Richmond Road, Putney S W.
There are three entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Emmie Kirk, address 88 Halden Road SW18, Putney, Wandsworth in 1927 to 1929, other occupant Arthur Kirk (husband?) and another for Emma Kirk address 10 Revelstoke Road SW18, Putney, Wandsworth in 1931, other occupant Arthur Kirk (husband?).
Her husband died in NE Surrey in 1936.
Death of Emma C Kirk in FreeBMD in July-September 1947 aged 86 in Brentford (5e 19).
There are eight entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Emma Charlotte Grantham born in Putney St Mary in 1861 and married to Arthur Kirk on 18 March 1883 in Wandsworth St Anne, one giving her husband as Arthur Samuel Richard Kirk and her parents as David and Eliza Grantham, and another her husband as William Andrew Kirk, and another for Emma Charlotte Kirk, born in Putney, London in June 1861, parents William and Elizabeth Grantham, married to Arthur Kirk on 18 March 1883 in Wandsworth , London, and four children (not Albert).
Emma Charlotte Grantham was the mother of Arthur Percy Kirk, husband of Rose Luff, my half second cousin twice removed.
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