Carvers Court
Hampshire Advertiser : Saturday 26 September 1846
On Wednesday last, about four o’clock in the afternoon, some watermen discovered a complete boy’s set of clothes, handkerchief, shoes and hat, placed on the beach, close by the tower, near Capstan Square, Point, and no-one being visible in the water near the spot, it was conjectured that the owner had gone into the water, and had been carried away by the eddy, which is extremely strong at the mouth of the harbour, and drowned. The clothes were given into the charge of Pc Shawyer, and taken to the Portsmouth Station house, where they were in the course of the evening identified by a man named Bell, residing in Carvers Court, St Marys Street, as those of his son, a lad aged 13 years, belonging to HMS Excellent. It appears that the unfortunate little fellow had on the above afternoon been home and taken tea with his parents, and afterwards left with the intention of going to the Common. It would seem, however, that he was induced to bathe at that spot where the clothes were found, and thus met an untimely fate. Every exertion was subsequently made to recover the body, but without success; it having been, no doubt, by the force of the current, carried out to sea.
1871 - next to 31 St Mary Street
1861 Census
Next to 16 Armoury Lane
1 Carvers Court
Background and History
1861 Census
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Lucy Stone : Needlewoman : 50 yrs
Louisa : Needlewoman : 25 yrs
Abigail : Needlewoman : 22 yrs
Thomas J : Labourer : 17 yrs
Louisa : 7 yrs
Edith H : 2 yrs
1871 Census
George C Matthews : : Grocer’s Porter : 24 yrs
Mary A : 23 yrs
Sophia A : 3 yrs
George W : 1 yr
1911 Census
Alice Elizabeth Mear : Charwoman : 49 yrs
Clifford William : 11 yrs
2 Carvers Court
1861 Census
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Dennis Cobbett : Cordwainer : 32 yrs
Maria : Laundress : 34 yrs
George : 11 yrs
Sarah Howard : 76 yrs
1871 Census
Sarah A Etherington : Coast Guardsman's Wife : 28 yrs
Emily A : 8 yrs
Edward J : 6 yrs
Kate : 3 yrs
Ellen E : 1 yr
1911 Census
Samuel Peter Moore : Coal Porter, Discharging Ships : 26 yrs
Emily Louisa : 22 yrs
Samuel William : 3 months
Ernest Edward Hunter : Casually Labourer : 32 yrs
Elizabeth : 26 yrs
Ernest Edward : 7 yrs
Cyril Frank : 5 yrs
Alfred Arthur : 3 yrs
Elizabeth Alice : 3 months
3 Carvers Court
Background and History
1861 Census
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Henry Long : Mason’s Labourer : 62 yrs
Sarah : 50 yrs
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1871 Census
James Ayling : Merchant Seaman, out of employ : 57 yrs
Jane ; 54 yrs
Richard : Merchant Seaman, out of employ : 28 yrs
George : Merchant Seaman, out of employ : 24 yrs
Mary : Housemaid : 22 yrs
Jane : Dressmaker : 17 yrs
Emma : Housemaid : 14 yrs
4 Carvers Court
1861 Census
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Ann Alcock : Charwoman : 45 yrs
Lydia : House Servant : 22 yrs
Mary J : 13 yrs
Cherine : 10 yrs
George : 9 yrs
Ann : 3 yrs
Elizabeth Carter : 27 yrs
Elizabeth A : 5 yrs
John R : 1 yr
1871 Census
John Smith : Coachman : 45 yrs
Elizabeth : 45 yrs
Jane : Housemaid : 18 yrs
John : Fishmonger : 16 yrs
Sarah : 11 yrs
George : 8 yrs
Hannah : 6 yrs
1911 Census
Charles Edward Hammond : Coal Porter : 39 yrs
Elizabeth : 37 yrs
Elizabeth Mary : 18 yrs
Mary Ann : 14 yrs
Florence : 9 yrs
John Thomas : 7 yrs
Dorothy Sarah : 10 months
5 Carvers Court
1861 Census
Susannah Hewitt : Charwoman : 42 yrs
Henry : 13 yrs
James : 11 yrs
Susannah : 10 yrs
Susan Downer : Servant : 18 yrs
1871 Census
Charles Riley : Navy Pensioner : 44 yrs
Frances : 42 yrs
Fanny : 10 yrs
Mary : 8 yrs
John : 6 yrs
George T : 3 months
1911 Census
George Pattrick : Pedlar : 36 yrs
Helen : 41 yrs
Albert : 8 yrs
Marie : 5 yrs
Walter Lawson : Pedlar : 44 yrs
6 Carvers Court
1861 Census
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Matthew Ball : General Labourer : 48 yrs
Jane : Charwoman : 49 yrs
Matthew : 10 yrs
Henry : 8 yrs
Susan Reynolds : Laundress : 52 yrs
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1871 Census
James Morgan : Merchant Seaman, out of employ : 27 yrs
Sarah : 23 yrs
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1911 Census
Arthur Tait : Boatman, Southsea : 28 yrs
Annie : 23 yrs
Annie : 4 yrs
Rose : 1 yr
7 Carvers Court
1861 Census
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George Clark : Labourer : 57 yrs
Mary : 56 yrs
Eliza : Laundress : 18 yrs
Alfred : Labourer : 16 yrs
1871 Census
William Cottrell : Provision Store Manager : 31 yrs
Caroline S : 27 yrs
George W : 3 yrs
1911 Census
George Lee : Hawker : 40 yrs
Mary Ann : 38 yrs
Selina Mary : Servant : 19 yrs
Maud : 13 yrs
George William : 9 yrs
Rose : 4 yrs
Rose Magor : 2 yrs
8 Carvers Court
Background and History
1861 Census
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Ann Etherton : Seaman’s Wife : 55 yrs
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1871 Census
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Charles Earwater : Labourer : 36 yrs
Eliza : 33 yrs
Sarah J : 10 yrs
Henry C : 8 yrs
Elizabeth : 6 yrs
Emily : 1 yr
1911 Census
James White : Window Cleaner : 45 yrs
Ethel : 36 yrs
Reginald : 10 yrs
Laurie : 8 yrs