Seeking information about the HEAD family from Plumstead, Kent, England to MI, USA

GENERATION C

John HEAD b. abt 1795 possibly in Kent, England. His occupation is gardener at the time his son is married.

GENERATION B

Stephen HEAD born abt 1819/20 in Plumstead, Kent, England; married 9 Dec 1844 in the Parish of Plumbstead, Kent, England [Registration District: Lewisham] to Margaret WILKIE, daughter of Thomas Wilkie [ warrant officer, residing at Woolwich in 1844 ]. Margaret was born in St JohnÂ’s, Newfoundland, Canada 29 Mar. 1826.

1881 Census RG 11/752 ff 12; living at 19 Maxey Road, Plumstead, Kent in St Nicholas's Parish Borough of Greenwich.

At the time of his marriage, Stephen and his father, are both listed as gardeners.

In 1870 Stephen Head’s occupation is shown as a ‘retailer of beer’.

The children of Stephen Head and Margaret Wilkie are:

i. Margaret or Margrat HEAD b. abt 1848 Woolwich, England
ii. Maria HEAD b. abt 1850 Woolwich, England
+iii. Stephen John HEAD b. abt 1853 Lymington, England m. Susannah AVERY 4 May 1876
iv. Matthew HEAD b. abt 1855 Plumbstead, Kent, England [Foundry Labourer]
v. Fanny HEAD b. abt 1858 Plumbstead, Kent, England [Foundry Cook]
vi. Thomas HEAD b. abt 1864 Plumbstead, Kent, England [Foundry Labourer]
vii. Ann HEAD b. abt 1867 Plumbstead, Kent, England
viii. Alice HEAD b. 18 November 1869 at 98 Surrey Street, Landport , Portsea Island (say Portsmouth), Hampshire, England

GENERATION A

Stephen John (WOOLWICH ARSENAL SUPT.) HEAD b. Plumstead, Kent, England abt 1853; m. Susannah AVERY 4 May 1876 at St. Mary’s Church, Lewisham, Kent, England. His occupation was Coppersmith. His father is listed as a ‘Fitter’. At time of their marriage both bride and groom were residents at Exchequer Place, Lewisham.

1881 Census RG 11/754 ff 71+72, living at 39 Walmer Road, Plumstead, Kent in St Nicholas's Parish Borough of Greenwich.

Stephen John HEAD retired from the Royal Gun and Carriage Factory [WOOLWICH ARSENAL] as its Supt. after 42 years service in 1917.

Stephen John HEAD died in 1917 or 1918 as a result of injuries from a WWI German Zeppelin raid over Plumbstead

The children of Stephen John Head and Susannah Avery are:

i. Ethel M. HEAD b. 1877 in Plumstead, Kent, England
ii. Florence S. HEAD b. 1878 in Plumstead, Kent, England; m. WALKEM, Unknown abt 1903.
iii. Constance HEAD b. 1880 in Plumstead, Kent, England; m. HARRIS, Unknown abt 1904.
iv. Lillie HEAD b. abt 1882/83; m. CRAWFORD, Unknown abt 1906.
v. Annie HEAD b. abt 1885/86
vi. Edith HEAD b. abt 1887/88; m. DUMBRILL, Unknown abt 1908.
+vii. Stephen William HEAD b. 20 MAY 1889 m. Annie M. McNeil 24 Mar 1913
viii. Herbert Henry HEAD b. abt 1890

Stephen William HEAD immigrated to the United States in 1907, occupation Joiner.

GENERATION 1

Stephen William HEAD was born in Plumbstead, Kent, England 20 MAY 1889. Stephen died 25 OCT 1942 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA, at 53 years of age.

He married Annie Margaret "Anna" MC NEIL in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI, 24 MAR 1913. Annie was born in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI on 8 NOV 1892. She was the daughter of MC NEIL, Allen and PROCTOR, Adaline. Annie died 31 DEC 1964 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., Calif., at 72 years of age.

The children Stephen William Head and Annie Margaret McNeil are:

+i. Leonard John HEAD was born 22 JUN 1914 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.; died 30 Dec 1998 in Thousand Oaks, CA.

ii. HEAD, Herbert William was born in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI 5 MAR 1917. Herbert died MAY 1974 in Concord, CA. He married EVENS, Ann in CA, 6 AUG 1949. Ann was born about 1918.

iii. HEAD, Helen Avery was born 30 September 1918 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI. Helen died 6 OCT 1970 in Evanston, WY. She married MORGAN, Fred in CA, 27 SEP 1941. Fred was born 21 JUL 1915. Fred died 6 OCT 1970 in Evanston, WY, at 55 years of age.

iv. HEAD, Robert was born in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI about 1925. He married an unknown person in CA, about 1947.