Peter Bloomfield

Second name spelt: Allen in birth and baptism records; and Allan in Greenwich Hospital School, marriage and probate records.

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Personal side of Life

James Allen Cammell. Born 15 Nov 1848. [GRO Dec qtr 1848, Poplar, v2, p352.; TNA RAIL 529/32, 19 Nov 1908 Board Min 6909; LMA, Limehouse St Anne, Register of Baptisms, p93/ann, Item 009, p13.] Baptised James Allen Cammell, St Anne’s Limehouse 4 Mar 1849. Parents James and Mary Ann. Father a Master Mariner. [LMA, Limehouse St Anne, Register of Baptisms, p93/ann, Item 009, p13.]

James Allen Cammell. Admitted to the Greenwich Hospital School on 1 Nov 1859. [TNA ADM 73/187/104.]

Married Mar qtr 1874. James Allan Cammell and Mary Christine Duns. [GRO Hackney, v18, p478.]

Died 5 Sep 1917. [TNA RAIL 410/1861 f4451; GRO Sep qtr 1917, James A Cammell, 68, Eastbourne, v2b, p61.]

Probate. James Allan Cammell, of St Patrick’s Lodge, Pevensey Bay, Sussex, died 5 Sep 1917. Probate London 4 Jan 1918 to Mary Christine Isabella Cammell, widow. Effects £844 15s 11d. [TNA IR 27/392. Probate register 1918, p421.]

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North London Railway Service (Sources are The National Archives’ references)

Joined NLR 29 Jul 1870. Pay £30. Date of birth 15 Nov 1848. [RAIL 410/1848 f3134.]

To be senior book keeper, Engr’s Dept. Pay £78 to £100. [RAIL 529/67, 2 Oct 1872, PW Com Min 1078.]

Book keeper, Engr’s Dept. Pay £100 to £120. 1 Jan 1874. [RAIL 529/67, 4 Feb 1874, PW Com Min 1243.]

Book keeper, Engr’s Dept. Pay £120 to £130, extra duties. [RAIL 529/67, 4 Aug 1875, PW Com Min 1450.]

Book keeper, Broad Street. Pay £130 to £150. 1 Jan 1877. Efficiency and increased duties on account of Estate Dept, etc. [RAIL 529/68, 29 Nov 1876, PW Com Min 1731.]

Book keeper, Engr’s Dept. Pay £150 to £170. ‘Efficiency.’ [RAIL 529/69, 8 Oct 1879, PW Com Min 2271.]

Book keeper, Engr’s Dept. Pay £170 to £185. [RAIL 529/69, 5 Mar 1884, PW Com Min 2736.]

Book keeper, Engr’s Dept. Pay £185 to £195 maximum. [RAIL 529/70, 30 Mar 1887 PW Com Min 3275.]

Chief clerk, Engr’s Dept. Pay £195 to £220. [RAIL 529/71, 1 Aug 1894, PW Com Min 4277.]

Chief clerk, Engr’s Dept. Pay £220 to £240. [RAIL 529/71, 5 Aug 1896, PW Com Min 4496.]

Chief clerk, Engr’s Dept. Pay £240 to £265. [RAIL 529/72, 1 Nov 1899, PW Com Min 4763.]

Chief clerk, Engr’s Dept. Pay £265 to £285. [RAIL 529/72, 2 Jun 1904, PW Com Min 5179.]

Chief clerk, Engineer’s Dept. Salary £285 to £300. [RAIL 529/73, 5 Jul 1906 PW Com Min 5406.]

Born 15 Nov 1848. Chief clerk, Engineer’s Dept. Age 60 15 Nov 1908. Services retained. [RAIL 529/32, 19 Nov 1908 Board Min 6909.]

Retired 16 Nov 1913 and granted an allowance of £26 per annum. This together with the Railway Clearing superannuation made a total of £173 6s 4d per annum. Died 5 Sep 1917. [RAIL 410/1861 f4451.]

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Comment

James Allen Cammell was born in Poplar on 15^th November 1848 and was baptised on 4^th March the following year in St Anne’s Limehouse. His father, James Cammell was a master mariner so his family were relatively well off.

Obviously, James senior wanted James junior to follow in his sea boots/plimsoll/flipper steps. (Readers to select which adjective they prefer because the author could not make up his mind.) A couple of weeks before his eleventh birthday, on 1^st November 1859, he was packed off to the Greenwich Hospital School, which was very much maritime orientated. By this time James Allen had become James Allan. After being educated the schoolboys were “put and bound out Apprentices to the Sea Service.”

How far he went on his seafaring career is not known but eleven years later, on the 29^th July 1870, when he was twenty-one years old, he joined the NLR. He started on the basic salary for a junior clerk of thirty pounds a year. He spent his career in clerical appointments in the Engineer’s Department, becoming chief clerk in 1894, a position he held until he retired on 16^th November 1913, by which time he had a salary of £300. When he retired he was granted an allowance of £26 per annum, which together with the Railway Clearing superannuation gave him £173 6s 4d a year.

During his time with the NLR he did find time to get married. At the beginning of 1874 he wed Mary Christine Isabella Duns. They had eight children, one of whom died quite early on in life.

He died, aged 68, on 5^th September 1917 at St Patrick’s Lodge, Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Probate was granted in London on 4^th January 1918 to his widow. Effects amounted to £844 15s 11d.

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Census
Name	Status	M/S	M/F	Age	YOB	Occupation	Born
1851 Census [HO 107/1556; Folio: 76; Page: 21]
Registration district: Poplar Parish: All Saints Poplar Address: 3 Poplar Terrace
James Cammell	Head	Married	M	33	1818	Master Mariner	Yarmouth
Mary Ann Cammell	Wife	Married	F	35	1816		Deptford
Mary Ann Cammell	Daughter		F	5	1846		Limehouse
James A Cammell	Son		M	2	1849		Poplar
Martha Tatchell	Servant	Single	F	19	1832	Domestic	Ludwell
Ellen E Carter	Servant		F	15	1836	Domestic	Rotherhithe
1871 Census [RG 10/771; Folio: 34; Page: 8]
Registration district: Lewisham Town: Forest Hill Address: Essex Lodge
Mary Ann Cammell	Head	Married	F	50	1821		Deptford
James A Cammell	Son	Single	M	22	1849	Clerk	Poplar
Esta Holloway	Visitor	Single	F	21	1850		Deptford
Lucy Anderson	Visitor	Single	F	8	1863
1881 Census [RG 11/1353; Folio: 81; Page: 38]
Registration district: Brentford Parish: Acton Address: Mill Hill Road, Acton
James A Cammell	Head	Married	M	32	1849	Civil Engineer	Middlesex
Mary Cammell	Wife	Married	F	28	1853		Lincolnshire
Eva M Cammell	Daughter	Single	F	3	1878		Acton
James A Cammell	Son	Single	M	2	1879		Acton
Fanny Meads	Servant	Single	F	22	1859	G Servant	Yeading
1891 Census [RG 12/1035; Folio: 131; Page: 43]
Registration district: Ealing Parish: Acton Address: 4 Mayfield Road, Acton
James A Cammell	Head	Married	M	42	1849	Acct To Civil Engineer	Poplar
Mary Cammell	Wife	Married	F	38	1853		Welby
Eva Cammell	Daughter		F	13	1878		Acton
Allan Cammell	Son		M	12	1879		Acton
Kenneth Cammell	Son		M	9	1882		Acton
Winifred Cammell	Daughter		F	7	1884		Acton
Margret Cammell	Daughter		F	5	1886		Acton
Gladys Cammell	Daughter		F	4	1887		Acton
Dorothy Cammell	Daughter		F	0	1891		Acton
Caroline Cole	Servant	Single	F	18	1873	Domestic Servant	Kent
1901 Census [RG 13/1201; Folio: 163; Page: 43]
Registration district: Ealing Parish: Acton Address: 4 Mayfield Road, Acton
James Allan Cammell	Head	Married	M	52	1849	Engineer Accountant	Poplar
Mary Cammell	Wife	Married	F	47	1854		Welby
James Allan Cammell	Son	Single	M	22	1879	Wheelwright	Acton
Kenneth Cammell	Son	Single	M	19	1882	Warehouseman (Woollens)	Acton
Winifred Cammell	Daughter	Single	F	17	1884		Acton
Margaret I Cammell	Daughter	Single	F	15	1886		Acton
Gladys Cammell	Daughter	Single	F	14	1887		Acton
Dorothy Cammell	Daughter	Single	F	10	1891		Acton
Jane Duns Cammell	Son	Single	M	8	1893		Acton
Florence Trotter	Visitor	Single	F	27	1874		Grimsby
Sarah Buckle	Servant	Single	F	18	1883	Domestic Servant	Pottington Norfolk
1911 Census [RG 14/7459 Sch 53] [RG 14/7459 RG 78/360 RD132 SD8 ED9 SN53]
Registration district: Edmonton Parish: Cheshunt Address: Fern Bank, Church Gate, Cheshunt
Percy Herbert Jacobs	Head	Married	M	34	1877	Woollen Merchant	Islington
Eva Mary Jacobs	Wife	Married	F	33	1878		Acton
Evelyn Rosa Cammell Jacobs	Daughter	Single	F	9	1902		Acton
Elspeth Helen Margaret Cammell Jacobs	Daughter		F	2	1909		Cheshunt
James Allan Cammell	Visitor	Married	M	62	1849	Engineer’s Acct	Poplar
Mary Christina Isabella Cammell	Visitor	Married	F	57	1854		Welby
(Married 37 years. Eight children, seven still living)
Margaret Irene Cammell	Visitor	Single	F	25	1886		Acton
Dorothy Lilian Cammell	Visitor	Single	F	20	1891		Acton

Poor Percy. Father-in-law, mother-in-law, and two sisters-in-law all visiting together!