Index
1 Charles PONTIFEX
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Birth:         abt 1807, Clerkenwill, Middlesex, England
Death:         1872
Occ:           Vat and Backmaker, Copper and Brass Finisher
Father:        Daniel Henry PONTIFEX (1768-1826)
Mother:        Harriet BLAND (1774-1868)
In the 1841 census, Charles and Harriett are living in Amwell, St. James Clerkenwell.  Charles is employed as Coppersmith.     
Charles and Harriet are raising their family in Camberwell, St. George the Windmill Cottages in 1851.  They have five children living at home at this time.
1851 Source Citation: Class: HO107; Piece: 1582; Folio:  ; Page:  ; GSU roll: 174818.
In 1861 Charles and Harriet are living in Islington, St. Mary, with seven of their children and two servants.  Charles' occupation is that of Coppersmith, Vat and Back maker, millwright and engineer. 
1861 Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 139; Folio: 121; Page: 27; GSU roll: 542580.
Found the family in the 1871 census living in Islington, London, England.  Also in the household was Elizabeth Moore, 23, their servant.
1871 Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 292; Folio: 63; Page: 33; GSU roll: 824925.
Spouse:        Harriett SALTMARSH
Birth:         abt 1814, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Death:         6 Apr 1885
Father:        Robert SALTMARSH
Marr:          4 Aug 1833, Christ Church London
Children:      Alfred (1841-1903)
               George (1844-)
               Julia (1845-1881)
               Ernest (1847-)
               Emily (1850-1914)
               Walter (1851-1934)
               Alice Maud (1854-1932)
               Agnes (1857-1935)
               Harriot
1.1 Alfred PONTIFEX
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Birth:         1841, London, Middlesex
Death:         aft 1903
Spouse:        Ellen Laura CORCORAN
Birth:         1846
Death:         1880, Islington, Middlesex, England
Father:        Bryan CORCORAN (1809-1878)
Mother:        Laura HORNE (1817-)
Marr:          Jun 1871, London, Middlesex, England
Children:      Margaret (1872-)
               Bryan (1874-1947)
               Laura (1876-)
               Beatrice (1877-)
               Arthur Charles (1879-)
               Catherine E. (1880-)
1.2a George PONTIFEX*
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Birth:         1844, London, Middlesex, England
Occ:           Brewer in 1851 census
Spouse:        Emily Mary BIRKETT
Birth:         1846, Greenwich, Kent, London
Other surname - Dodd
Marr:          1882, Edmonton, Essex
Children:      Alice Eliza (1878-)
               Harold George (1883-1957)
               Elsie Mary (1885-)
               Leslie Charles (1890-1977)
Other Spouses Georgiana Emma CROYSDILL
1.2b George PONTIFEX* (See above)
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Spouse:        Georgiana Emma CROYSDILL
Death:         1880, Edmonton, Essex
Marr:          1877, Edmonton, Essex
Other Spouses Emily Mary BIRKETT
1.3 Julia PONTIFEX
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Birth:         2 Apr 1845, London, England
Death:         17 Jul 1881
Spouse:        George Trimnell CHALLEN
Birth:         1846, Islington, Middlesex, England
Father:        George CHALLEN (1816-)
Mother:        Hannah Matilda JAMES (1819-)
Marr:          1875, Islington, Middlesex, England
Children:      Ethel B. B. (1876-)
               Alice J. Dora (1877-)
               Florence M. S. (1880-)
1.4 Ernest PONTIFEX
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Birth:         1847, Holborn, Middlesex, England
Occ:           Brewer
In the 1881 census, Ernest is living in Beckenham, Kent, England with his wife and two servant.  He is employed as a brewer and a boarder who lives with him is also employed as a brewer.  His name is George Hall.
Spouse:        Ellen BEAUMONT
Birth:         1849
Marr:          Mar 1873, Islington, Middleses, England
Nickname - Jack
Children:      Beaumont (1874-1953)
1.5 Emily PONTIFEX
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Birth:         1850, Camberwell, London, England
Death:         1914
Spouse:        Samuel HILL
Birth:         1851, Islington, Middlesex, England
Marr:          1875, Islington, Middlesex, England
Children:      Grace Emily (1876-1976)
               Harriet May (1878-)
               Charles Arthur Stanley (1879-1950)
               Alice Rita (1892-)
               Gertrude Florence (1884-)
1.6 Walter PONTIFEX
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Birth:         15 May 1851, Camberwell, London, England
Death:         1934
Spouse:        Julia PONTIFEX
Birth:         1853, Dixton, Monmouthshire, Wales
Death:         1885
Father:        Frederick PONTIFEX (1805-1876)
Mother:        Anne Gwinne JENKINS (1810-)
Marr:          1877, Epsom, England
Children:      Amy (1879-)
               Herbert Walter (1882-)
1.7 Alice Maud PONTIFEX
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Birth:         1854, Islington, Middlesex, England
Death:         1932
Spouse:        Charles GOLLMER
Birth:         1855, West Africa, Lagos
Death:         1918, England
Children:      Percy C. (1881-1956)
1.8 Agnes PONTIFEX
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Birth:         1857,  Islington, Middlesex, England
Death:         1935, Horsham, Sussex, England
In 1881 Agnes is living with her sister Julia Challen and husband George in Croydon, Surrey, England.
1881 Source Citation: Class: RG11; Piece: 813; Folio: 25; Page: 44; Line:  ; GSU roll: 1341192.
Agnes is living with her sister Emily Hill and her husband Samuel in 1891.  1891 Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 185; Folio 15; Page 23; GSU roll: 6095295.
By 1901 Agnes was living as a Boarder in Herene Bay, Christchurch, Kent with the Elizabeth K. Beaumont family who ran a boarding house.  Agnes is living on her own means. 
1901 Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 798; Folio: 143; Page: 27.
1.9 Harriot PONTIFEX
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