Birth: 28 November 1846 Epsom, Surrey, UK
Father: Er Ship 1815-1874
Mother: Sarah Hills 1820-1856
Christening: 27 December 1846 St Martin, Epsom, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 1 June 1875 St Barnabas, Kensington, Middlesex, UK
Wife: Mary Elizabeth Bunce 1854-1937
Death: 17 January 1905 Guy's Hospital, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Edith Mary Shipp 1876
Charles Ship (Shipp) 1879-1944
Emily Dorothy Shipp 1894
Robert Martin Shipp 1896
Birth of Charles Ship in FreeBMD in October-December 1846 in Epsom (4 149).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Charles Ship born on 28 November 1846 and baptised on 27 December 1846 in Epsom, Surrey, parents Er and Sarah Ship.
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 for Charles Ship born on 28 November 1846 and baptised on 27 December 1846 in Epsom, St Martin, parents Eri and Sarah Ship. "Page 139 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Epsom in the County of Surrey in the Year 1846&7 [...] 27th Decr Born: 28th Novr 1846 No. 1109. Charles, parents Er, a Shoe-maker, and Sarah Ship of Epsom".
In the 1851 census as Charles Shep (sic - in the index, Ship on the original) aged 4, born in Epsom, and living with his parents (Robert and Sarah), brother (George) and two sisters (Anne and Mary) in Church Parade, Epsom, Surrey.
His mother died in Epsom in 1856.
In the 1861 census as Charles Ship aged 14, born in Epsom, Surrey, a food boy, and living with William Everest (aged 59, born in Epsom, Surrey and an attorney and solicitor), his wife (Harriet Fanny aged 53 and born in Hadley, Middlesex), two sons (Frederick James aged 23, a solicitor's managing clerk, and and Edward Lovet aged 17, a solicitor's son, both born in Epsom, Surrey and single), five daughters (Harriet S L aged 21, born in Epsom, Surrey, single and a solicitor's daughter, Emily Fitzroy aged 19, born in Epsom, Surrey and single, Mary Margeret aged 16 and born in Epsom, Surrey, Julia Elizabeth aged 13 and born in Epsom, Surrey, and Agnes aged 10 and born in Strand, Middlesex), a housemaid (Judith Roffey aged 52, born in Leigh, Surrey and single), and a cook (Eliza Layers aged 30, born in London and single) in Willow House, The Palace, Brighton, Sussex.
In the 1871 census as Charles Ship aged 24, born in Epsom, Surrey, single, a labourer on railway, and lodging with Alfred Visher (sic - in the index, Fisher on the original, aged 26, born in Malden, Essex, and a labourer on railway), his wife (Mary aged 23 and born in Latchingdon, Essex), son (Frederick Visher aged 1 and born in New Cross, Surrey), daughter (Ellen Visher aged 3 and born in New Cross, Surrey), brother (George Visher aged 29, born in Easthorpe, Essex, widowed and a labourer on railway), and nephew (James Visher aged 6 and born in Malton, Essex) at 7 Brighton Grove, Deptford St Paul, London.
Marriage of Charles Ship and Mary Elizabeth Bunce in FreeBMD in April-June 1875 in Kensington (1a 41).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Charles Ship aged 28, father Er Ship, and Mary Elizabeth Bunce aged 21, father John Bunce, on 1 June 1875 at St Barnabas, Kensington. "Page 232 1875 Marriage solemnized at St Barnabas Church in the Parish of S Barnabas in the County of Middlesex. No. 463 Charles Ship aged 28, a Bachelor and Fire-man of 26 Dennett's Road, Peckham, father Er Ship, a Shoemaker, and Mary Elizabeth Bunce aged 21, a Spinster of York Cottage, Addiston Gardens, father John Bunce, a Carpenter. Married in the Parish Church of St Barnabas according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Estabished Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us ? ? Daniell, Fanny Ship and George Ship."
His daughter and son were born in Peckham in 1876 and 1879.
In the 1881 census as Charles Shipp aged 34, born in Epsom, Surrey, a railway engine driver, and living with his wife (Mary), son (Charles), daughter (Edith) and a lodger (Mary A Lower aged 70, born in Penzance, Cornwall, widowed and formerly a nurse) at 24 Dennetts Road, Deptford St Paul, London.
In the 1891 census as Charles Shipp aged 42, born in Epsom, Surrey, a railway engine driver, and living with his wife (Mary) and a servant (Elisabeth Peachey aged 17, born in Bermondsey, Surrey and single) at 2 Clifton Hill, Deptford St Paul, London.
In the 1901 census as Charles Shipp aged 2 (sic - in the index, 52 on the original), born in Epsom, Surrey, a publican, and living with his wife (Mary), son (Robert), daughter (Dorothy), cousin (Emily Bunce) and three visitors (Richard Jaggs aged 42, born in Haileybury, Hertfordshire, single and a confectioner, William Wilcox aged 60, born in Kingsland, London, married and a painter, and George Farrant aged 57, born in Limehouse, London, widowed and an upholsterer) at the Bell Inn, Burford Street, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
Death of Charles Shipp in FreeBMD in January-March 1905 aged 58 in Southwark (1d 8).
Entry in Ancestry All England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 results for Charles Shipp "Shipp Charles of Hoddesdon Hertfordshire died 17 January 1905 at Guy's-hospital Surrey Probate London 8 February to Mary Elizabeth Shipp widow Effects £434 11s. 4d."
Charles Ship was the father of Charles Ship (Shipp), husband of Mary Ann Baker, my half second cousin twice removed.
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