Birth: January-March 1860 Orlestone, Kent, UK
Father: Unknown
Mother: Elizabeth Ann Pope 1833-1924
Christening: 15 April 1860 St Mary the Virgin, Orlestone, Kent, UK
Marriage: 5 February 1885 St Paul, Greenwich, Kent, UK
Wife: Rose (Rosa) Fulleck (Fullick, Fullock) 1862-1951
Death: 23 September 1923 Shorne, Kent, UK
Buried: St Peter and St Paul, Shorne, Kent, UK
William George Stephenson Pope 1885-1967
Louis (Lewis) Victor Pope 1887-1980
Fanny Louise Pope [Anslow] 1888-1976
Hilda Lilian R Pope [Knapp] 1890-1987
Mabel Lavinia Pope [Rapley] 1892-1986
Joseph Hunt Pope 1893-1983
Henry Sidney (Sydney) Pope 1895-1970
Florence Annie Pope [Hammond] 1903-1976
Birth of William Pope in FreeBMD in January-March 1860 in E Ashford (2A 172).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for William Henry Pope baptised 15 April 1860 at Orlestone, Kent, mother Elizabeth Pope.
Entry in FreeReg for the baptism of William Henry Pope on 15 April 1860 at St Mary, Orestone, Kent, mother Elizabeth Pope, an illegimate birth but the father is a labourer.
In the 1861 census as William Pope aged 1, born in Orlestone, Kent, and living with his widowed grandmother (Frances), mother (Elizabeth W), uncle (Joseph) and aunt (Frances) in Ham Street, Orestone, Kent. Another widow lived at the same address.
I cannot locate him in the 1871 census.
His brother was baptised on 30 April 1871 in Orlestone, Kent, only the mother's name (Elizabeth) is given.
In the 1881 census as William H Pope aged 21, born in Orlestone, Suffolk (sic - in the index), single, an unemployed grocer and living with his widowed uncle (Joseph H Pope), nephew (George), neice (Fanny), mother (Elizabeth), brother (Joseph) and an apprentice cordwainer (Edward Bounder ? aged 17 and born in Newchurch, Suffolk) in Ham Street. Orestone, Kent.
Marriage of William Henry Pope and Rose Fullock (sic) in FreeBMD in January-March 1885 in Greenwich (1D 976).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for William Henry Pope aged 34 and Rose Fullock (sic) on 5 February 1885 at St Paul, Greenwich. "Page 80 1885 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Paul Greenwich in the County of Kent No. 159 Fifth February 1884 William Henry Pope [aged] 24 years, [a] Bachelor [and] Signal Man [of] 34 St Catherine Grove, Greenwich [father left blank] [and] Rose Fullock [aged] 23 years, [a] Spinster [of] 34 St Catherine Grove, Greenwich, [father] George Fullock, [a] Farm Baliff. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Eastablished Church after Banns [...] [she signed her name Rose Fullock]".
His son was registered in April-June 1885 in Strood and baptised on 12 July 1885 at St Mary, Higham when he was a signalman.
His son was born on 4 January 1887 in Higham, registered in January-March 1887 in Strood, and privately baptised on 24 January 1887 at St John the Evangelist, Higham when he was a railway signalman.
His daughter was born on 23 September 1888 in Higham, registered in October-December 1888 in Strood, and baptised on 9 December 1888 at St Mary when he was a signalman.
His daughter was born on 15 July 1890 in Higham, registered in July-September 1890 in Strood, and baptised on 12 October 1890 at St Mary, Higham when he was a signalman, South Eastern Railway Co.
In the 1891 census as William H Pope aged 31, born in Ham Street, Kent, a signalman S&R and living with his wife (Rose), two sons (Lewis V and William F S) and two daughters (Fanny L and Hilda L R) in four rooms at 3 Vicarage Row, Higham, Kent.
His daughter was born on 7 March 1892 in Higham, registered in April-June 1892 in Strood, and baptised on 8 May 1893 at St Mary, Higham when he was a signalman S.E.R.
His son was born on 13/14 September 1893 in Higham, registered in October-December 1893 in Strood, and baptised on 5 November 1893 at St Mary, Higham when he was a Signalman S.E.R.
His son was born on 23 January 1895 in Higham, registered in January-March 1895 in Strood, and baptised on 14 April 1895 at St Mary, Higham when he was a signalman.
In the 1901 census as William H Pope aged 41, born in Orlestone, Kent, a railway signalman, and living with his wife (Rose), three sons (Harry, Joseph and Lewis), and three daughters (Fanny, Mabel and Theda) in four rooms at Railway Bridge House, Shorne, Kent.
His daughter was born on 21 January 1903 in Shorne, registered in January-March 1903 in Strood and baptised on 5 April 1903 at St Mary, Higham when he was a signalman living at Lower Shore.
In the 1911 census as William Henry Pope aged 51, born in Orlestone, Kent, a railway signalman for South Eastern Rlwy, and living with his wife (Rosey), three sons (Henry Sydney, Joseph Hunt and Louis Victor) and daughter (Florence Annie) in four rooms at Shorne Road Crossing, Lower Shorne Near Gravesend, Kent.
He was the father of Henry Lidney (sic) Pope in the British Army World War I Pension Records 1914-1920 and living at Railway Crossing, Lower Shorne, Kent.
In the 1921 census as William Henry Pope born in Kent in 1860 and living with Rose Pope (wife?), Henry Sydney, Joseph Hunt and Louisa Victor Pope (sons?), Florence Annie Pope (daughter?) and Florence Anslow (granddaughter?) in Shorne, Strood, Kent.
He was a witness at the marriage of his daughter Mabel Lavinia and Arthur Charles Rapley on 16 April 1922 at St Mark, Battersea Rise, Wandsworth.
Death of William H Pope in FreeBMD in July-September 1923 in aged 63 in Strood (2A 626).
Entry in Find a Grave for William Henry Pope born in 1860, spouse Rose Pope, died 23 September 1923 and buried in St Peter and St Paul, Shorne, Gravesham, Kent. "In Loving Memory of/William Henry Pope./Who Passed Away 23rd September 1923/Aged 63 Years/Also His Beloved Wife/Rose Pope/Who Fell Asleep 19 March 1951/Aged 89 Years/Forever in Our Thoughts/R.I.P"
There are seventy two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William Henry Pope.
St John the Evangelist Church is in Higham, St Mary is two miles further north and 1 mile north of Lower Higham on the edge of the Thames marsh.
William Henry Pope was the husband of Rose Fulleck, my third cousin twice removed.
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