Kate Rossiter (b. 1866) née Hitchcock

Genealogy

• daughter of Enoch Hitchcock (b. 1844) and his wife Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1844) née Cunningham
• first cousin (once removed⇧) of director Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (b. 1899)

Birth

• born 1866

Siblings

• Sarah Elizabeth Hitchcock (b. 1863)
• Susan Hitchcock (b. ~1866)
• Enoch Hitchcock (b. 1867)
• Henry Hitchcock (b. 1869)
• Joseph Hitchcock (b. 1872)

Marriages

Alfred Rossiter (b. 1861)

• born 1861 in Shoreditch, London
• son of "bonnet shape maker" Charles Rossiter (b. ~1825) and Caroline Rossiter (b. ~1821) née ?
• brother of George Rossiter (b. ~1855) and Frederick Rossiter (b. ~1858)
• worked as a linen collar cutter
• married 25/Dec/1892 to Catherine Hitchcock at St. Saviour, Forest Gate, West Ham — witnesses were Charles Alexander Harris and Mary Hudspeth

Children

• not found

Death

• not known

Family Tree

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Census Data

1871

Enoch is a greengrocer living with his wife and 5 children.

• address: 50 Forest Street, Stratford, West Ham
• Enoch Hitchcock (26), occupation: greengrocer
• Kate Hitchcock (27), wife
• Sarah Hitchcock (8), daughter, occupation: scholar
• Susan Hitchcock (5), daughter, occupation: scholar
• Kate Hitchcock (4), daughter, occupation: scholar
• Enoch Hitchcock (3), son, occupation: scholar
• Henry Hitchcock (2), son
• Mary Cunningham (19), occupation: domestic servant, born Stratford

1881

Likely entry for Kate, now working as a domestic servant.

• address: 69 Wellington Road, Enfield
• Edward Brown (aged 39) — head, occupation: architect & surveyor
• Mary Ann Brown (aged 37) — wife
• Ada M. Brown (aged 19) — daughter
• Edward G.G. Brown (aged 16) — son
• Florence M. Brown (aged 9) — daughter
• Pergy G. Brown (aged 6) — son
• Edward L.H. Davis (aged 27) — visitor, occupation: dental surgeon
• Ellen Woodhouse (aged 27) — servant
• Kate Hitchcock (aged 15) — servant, house maid (domestic)

1901

It appears Kate is now working as a domestic servant to Jane Lyon and that her husband is living with her (although listed as a boarder).

• address: 51 Maitland Park Road, St Pancras, London
• Jane Lyon (aged 55) — head, widow, living on own means
• Pierre le Clerg (aged 46) — boarder, occupation: average adjuster
• Catherine Rossiter (aged 32) — domestic servant
• Alfred Rossiter (aged 39) — boarder, occupation: linen collar cutter

Other Documents

Marriage (25/Dec/1892)

Research Notes

• A different Kate Hitchcock was born to Enoch's brother Joseph Hitchcock (b. ~1829) in West Ham in 1872, and the local marriage of a Kate Hitchcock to Albert Kipping in 1896 was hers.
• No definite entries found for the 1891 Census and no definite records found after the 1901 Census.
• Other Kate Hitchcock's born around the same time:
  • Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1864) Lexden, Essex
  • Kate Piller Hitchcock (b. ~1864) Basingstoke, Hampshire
  • Kate Hitchcock (b. ~1865) Wellington, Somerset — died 1884 aged 19
  • Kate Emily Hitchcock (b. ~1865) Kensignton, London — she was the daughter of Mary Hannah Hitchcock and she married Henry Burnup Jefferies on 11/Dec/1913 in Dauntsey, Wiltshire
  • Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1866) Kensington, London
  • Catherine Hitchcock (b. ~1867) Islington, London — likely baptised 08/Dec/1867 at Islington St Mary, daughter of George William Hitchcock and Mercy Hitchcock
  • Catherine Alice Hitchcock (b. ~1867) — baptised 05/May/1867 at St Martin Vintry, daughter of Edward Hitchcock and Emma Adelaide Hitchcock
  • Kate Hitchcock (b. ~1868) Braintree, Essex
  • Kate Alma Hitchcock (b. ~1868) Cricklade, Wiltshire — died 1871 aged 3
  • Catherine M. Hitchcock (b. ~1868) who died March 1936 Battersea, London
  • Kate May Hitchcock (b. ~1865), daughter of William Hitchcock (deceased), married John Herdis Farley (aged 35) at Twickenham Holy Trinity, Richmond Upon Thames