Third Generation (Continued)
Family of Sarah CHAMBERS (3) & James JOYCE
9. Alice Edith JOYCE (Sarah CHAMBERS2, William1) 
. Born on 17 Jan 1869 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Alice Edith died in Middlesex South Reg Dist, England, on 3 Oct 1952; she was 83.
- 1869 Births Mar 1869
Joyce Alice Edith Leicester 7a 241
- 1871 England census, living at the Railway Station, Raunds, Northamptonshire
Name Age
James Joyce 23 - head, mar, 23, railwaly station master, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 23 - wife, mar, 23, Kent Deal
Alice E Joyce 2 - daur, 2, Leicester
- 1881 census, living on Hotel Street, Hugglescote, Whitwick, Leicestershire
Name Age
James Joyce 32 - head, mar 32, clerk at colliery, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 32 - mar, 32, Kent Deal
Alice E. Joyce 12 - daur, 12, scholar, Leicester
Minnie K. Joyce 8 - daur, 8, scholar, Northampton Raunds
- 1901 England census, living at 46 Western Road, Leicester
Name Age
William Chambers 46 - head M, 46, builder, own account, Kent Ashford
Annie M Chambers 41 - wife, M, 41, Bucks Buckingham
Ethel A Chambers 16 - daur, S, 16, Leicester
Wilfred E Chambers 8 - son, 8, Leicester
Sidney J Chambers 4 - son, 4, Leicester
Living next door at 48 Western Road:
James Joyce, head, M, 51, commercial traveler, Leicester
Sarah Joyce, wife, M, 52, Kent Deal
Alice E Joyce, daur, S, 32, shop assistant - confectiones[r?], Leicester
- 1906: in the Spring of 1906, Robert Wm Thomas was likely the "RT" who sent a Chinese art postcard from Shanghai to a cousin "Miss Alice Joyce" in Leicester (there was no personal message, just a Chinese poem).
- 1936 Transcription of mother’s probate summary: "JOYCE Sarah of 69 Neasden Lane Willesden Middlesex widow died 10 Oct 1936 Probate London 30 November [1936] to Alice Edith Joyce spinster and Arthur Frank Taylor secretary. Effects £601 6s"
- 1952 Deaths Dec 1952
JOYCE Alice E 83 Middlesex S. 5f 3
Old Postcards:
3 old Chinese hand painted postcards exist (sent by Reg and Mary Thomas in England to his cousin Joyce Schoenecker nee Thomas in Victoria BC, probably about 1990). 2 of them at least were posted by Joyce’s father Ivor Thomas and contain his handwriting. The other was probably send by her Uncle Robert Thomas. [Transcribed by Joyce’s daughter-in-law Claudia Boorman]:
1) 1906 - Addressed to Miss Alice Joyce, 48 Hinckley Rd, Leicester, England. [stamp removed]
[Note: Miss Alice Joyce was Ivor and Robert Thomas’s first cousin, daughter of their mother’s sister Sarah Chambers who married a Mr James Joyce]
On reverse, hand written: “Shanghai, 5-3-06”
[2 columns, each containing 4 chinese characters, and under this is written:]
“Dzing-nyoen te Soo-tsen
Nyung zing siang-mo.
?eh dzing-nyoen te -
Nyung - pok nyung -
kaung an no
RT” [RT might be Robert Thomas, Ivor’s brother who was probably in Shanghai in 1906; this looks to be a poem in Chinese - I might have misinterpretted some of the handwriting]
2) 1923 - Addressed to Mrs J Joyce, 13 Brenthurst Road, Willesden, N.W., London; Hong Kong postage stamp worth “four cents” intact; 2 postal cancellation stamps: Ju 8 Shanghai and Shanghai 3? Jun 23?
[Note: Mrs J Joyce probably refers to Mrs James Joyce who would be Sarah nee Chambers, sister of Charlotte Chambers who married Arthur Thomas]
On reverse, hand written : “Shanghai China. Chinese ladies in middle class. Chinese are particularly fond of flowers and birds.
“Will” got a nice p.c. from “Hilda” and has possed in on to Mary for her collection.
We are all well and hope you are the same.
Ivor”
Also, date added by a rubber hand stamp: “Jun 3 1904” [perhaps added later, and in error?]
3) 1926 - Addressed to Miss Hilda Mitchell, ℅ Miss Alice Joyce, 13 Brenthurst Road, Willesden, N.W., London; Hong Kong postage stamp worth “four cents” intact; postal cancellation stamp says Shanghai 24 Jul 26
[Note: Hilda MItchell was Alice Joyce’s niece]
On reverse, hand written : “Shanghai. I find out today that you are collecting postcards and send you this one from China.
This is Chinese music - cymbols - gong - and the volume of sound is possibly more noticable than the quality.
Ivor Thomas”
Also date added by a rubber hand stamp: “Jul 25 1904” [perhaps added later, and in error?]
. Born on 17 Jan 1869 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Alice Edith died in Middlesex South Reg Dist, England, on 3 Oct 1952; she was 83.- 1869 Births Mar 1869
Joyce Alice Edith Leicester 7a 241
- 1871 England census, living at the Railway Station, Raunds, Northamptonshire
Name Age
James Joyce 23 - head, mar, 23, railwaly station master, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 23 - wife, mar, 23, Kent Deal
Alice E Joyce 2 - daur, 2, Leicester
- 1881 census, living on Hotel Street, Hugglescote, Whitwick, Leicestershire
Name Age
James Joyce 32 - head, mar 32, clerk at colliery, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 32 - mar, 32, Kent Deal
Alice E. Joyce 12 - daur, 12, scholar, Leicester
Minnie K. Joyce 8 - daur, 8, scholar, Northampton Raunds
- 1901 England census, living at 46 Western Road, Leicester
Name Age
William Chambers 46 - head M, 46, builder, own account, Kent Ashford
Annie M Chambers 41 - wife, M, 41, Bucks Buckingham
Ethel A Chambers 16 - daur, S, 16, Leicester
Wilfred E Chambers 8 - son, 8, Leicester
Sidney J Chambers 4 - son, 4, Leicester
Living next door at 48 Western Road:
James Joyce, head, M, 51, commercial traveler, Leicester
Sarah Joyce, wife, M, 52, Kent Deal
Alice E Joyce, daur, S, 32, shop assistant - confectiones[r?], Leicester
- 1906: in the Spring of 1906, Robert Wm Thomas was likely the "RT" who sent a Chinese art postcard from Shanghai to a cousin "Miss Alice Joyce" in Leicester (there was no personal message, just a Chinese poem).
- 1936 Transcription of mother’s probate summary: "JOYCE Sarah of 69 Neasden Lane Willesden Middlesex widow died 10 Oct 1936 Probate London 30 November [1936] to Alice Edith Joyce spinster and Arthur Frank Taylor secretary. Effects £601 6s"
- 1952 Deaths Dec 1952
JOYCE Alice E 83 Middlesex S. 5f 3
Old Postcards:
3 old Chinese hand painted postcards exist (sent by Reg and Mary Thomas in England to his cousin Joyce Schoenecker nee Thomas in Victoria BC, probably about 1990). 2 of them at least were posted by Joyce’s father Ivor Thomas and contain his handwriting. The other was probably send by her Uncle Robert Thomas. [Transcribed by Joyce’s daughter-in-law Claudia Boorman]:
1) 1906 - Addressed to Miss Alice Joyce, 48 Hinckley Rd, Leicester, England. [stamp removed]
[Note: Miss Alice Joyce was Ivor and Robert Thomas’s first cousin, daughter of their mother’s sister Sarah Chambers who married a Mr James Joyce]
On reverse, hand written: “Shanghai, 5-3-06”
[2 columns, each containing 4 chinese characters, and under this is written:]
“Dzing-nyoen te Soo-tsen
Nyung zing siang-mo.
?eh dzing-nyoen te -
Nyung - pok nyung -
kaung an no
RT” [RT might be Robert Thomas, Ivor’s brother who was probably in Shanghai in 1906; this looks to be a poem in Chinese - I might have misinterpretted some of the handwriting]
2) 1923 - Addressed to Mrs J Joyce, 13 Brenthurst Road, Willesden, N.W., London; Hong Kong postage stamp worth “four cents” intact; 2 postal cancellation stamps: Ju 8 Shanghai and Shanghai 3? Jun 23?
[Note: Mrs J Joyce probably refers to Mrs James Joyce who would be Sarah nee Chambers, sister of Charlotte Chambers who married Arthur Thomas]
On reverse, hand written : “Shanghai China. Chinese ladies in middle class. Chinese are particularly fond of flowers and birds.
“Will” got a nice p.c. from “Hilda” and has possed in on to Mary for her collection.
We are all well and hope you are the same.
Ivor”
Also, date added by a rubber hand stamp: “Jun 3 1904” [perhaps added later, and in error?]
3) 1926 - Addressed to Miss Hilda Mitchell, ℅ Miss Alice Joyce, 13 Brenthurst Road, Willesden, N.W., London; Hong Kong postage stamp worth “four cents” intact; postal cancellation stamp says Shanghai 24 Jul 26
[Note: Hilda MItchell was Alice Joyce’s niece]
On reverse, hand written : “Shanghai. I find out today that you are collecting postcards and send you this one from China.
This is Chinese music - cymbols - gong - and the volume of sound is possibly more noticable than the quality.
Ivor Thomas”
Also date added by a rubber hand stamp: “Jul 25 1904” [perhaps added later, and in error?]
10. Minnie Kate JOYCE (Sarah CHAMBERS2, William1). Born on 11 Aug 1872 in Raunds, Thrapston Reg Dist, Northamptonshire, England. Christened on 5 Jul 1874 in Raunds, Northampton, England. Minnie Kate died in Colchester Reg Dist, Essex, England, on 23 Dec 1944; she was 72. Buried in 1944 in St Osyth, Essex, England.
- 1872 Births Sep 1872
JOYCE Minnie Kate Thrapston 3b 197
The district Thrapston spans the boundaries of the counties of Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire; it includes the parish of Raunds.
- 1874 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Minnie Kate Joyce
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 5 Jul 1874
Baptism Place: Raunds, Northampton, England
Father: James Joyce
Mother: Sarah
FHL Film Number: 1999965
Reference ID: item 3
- 1881 census, living on Hotel Street, Hugglescote, Whitwick, Leicestershire
Name Age
James Joyce 32 - head, mar 32, clerk at colliery, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 32 - mar, 32, Kent Deal
Alice E. Joyce 12 - daur, 12, scholar, Leicester
Minnie K. Joyce 8 - daur, 8, scholar, Northampton Raunds
- 1891 census, living at Ivy Cottage, Ivy Road, Whitwick Leicestershire
Name Age
James Joyce 41 - head, M, 41, Colliery Clerk, employed, Liecestershire, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 42 - wife, M, 42, Kent Deal
Minnie Kate Joyce 18 - daur, S, 18, schoolmistress, employed Northamptonshire, Raunds
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Ethel Chambers 6 - niece, 6, scholar, Leicestershire, Leicester
- 1897 Marriages Jun 1897
Joyce Minnie Kate Ashby Z. 7a 205
Mitchell John Henry Ashby Z. 7a 205
The district Ashby Z. is an alternative name for Ashby de la Zouch and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire, and includes the parish of Coalville Leics among others.
- another researcher on ancestry says they married 1 Jun 1897 Parish Church Coalville Leicester (no sources listed)
- 1901 England Census
Name: Minnie R Mitchell
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Spouse: John H Mitchell
Birth Place: Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Coalville
Ecclesiastical parish: Coalville Christchurch
Town: Coalville
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street address: The Vicarage, London Road
Registration district: Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Sub-registration district: Whitwick
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 2973
Folio: 32
Page Number: 6
Household schedule number: 38
Household Members:
Name Age
John H Mitchell 35 - head, m, 35, clergyman (Ch of England), Yorkshire Denholme
Minnie R [K] Mitchell 28 - wife, M, 28, Northamptonsh Raunds
Hilda M Mitchell 2 - daur, S, 2, Leicestersh Coalville
Etheldreda J Mitchell 8 Months - daur, S, 8 mths, Leicestersh Coalville
Margaret F Bradley 16 - serv, S, 16, general serv domestic, Leicestersh Osgathorpe?
- 1911 England Census
Name: Minnie Kate Mitchell
Age in 1911: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Raunds, Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Ilford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 36 Oakfield Rd, Ilford (7 room house)
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 13
Estimated Marriage Year: 1898
Registration district: Romford
Registration District Number: 191
Sub-registration district: Ilford
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 113
Piece: 9873
Household Members:
Name Age
John Henry Mitchell 46 - head, 46, married, clerk in Holy orders, Yorkshire Denholme
Minnie Kate Mitchell 38 - wife, 38, married 13 yrs, 2 children 2 living, Northamptons Raunds
Hilda Mary Mitchell 12 - daughter, 12, Leics Coalville
Etheldreda Joyce Mitchell 10 - daughter, 10, Leics Coalville
Sarah Joyce 62 - mother in law, 62, married 42 yrs, 2 children 2 living, Kent Deal
- 1944 Deaths Dec 1944
Mitchell Minnie K 72 Colchester 4a 836
The district Colchester is in the county of Essex
RESEARCH NOTES
- Raunds Northamptonshire is NE of both Wllingborough and more distant Northampton, and is SE of Kettering
- Another researcher on ancestry provides unsourced info:
Married John Henry Mitchell, 1 Jun 1897, Parish Church Coalville Leicester
Died 12 Dec 1944, Danbury Lodge, Walton Road, Clacton
Burial: St Osyth Cemetery - 4 miles west from Clacton-on-Sea, 12 miles south-east from Colchester
Hobbies: Accomplished needlewoman, esp. ecclesiastical embroidery. Recognised by Scout HQ and also from HQ of Church Lads Brigade
Awards: Order of League of Mercy conferred by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales for services as a collector.
- 1872 Births Sep 1872
JOYCE Minnie Kate Thrapston 3b 197
The district Thrapston spans the boundaries of the counties of Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire; it includes the parish of Raunds.
- 1874 England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Minnie Kate Joyce
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 5 Jul 1874
Baptism Place: Raunds, Northampton, England
Father: James Joyce
Mother: Sarah
FHL Film Number: 1999965
Reference ID: item 3
- 1881 census, living on Hotel Street, Hugglescote, Whitwick, Leicestershire
Name Age
James Joyce 32 - head, mar 32, clerk at colliery, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 32 - mar, 32, Kent Deal
Alice E. Joyce 12 - daur, 12, scholar, Leicester
Minnie K. Joyce 8 - daur, 8, scholar, Northampton Raunds
- 1891 census, living at Ivy Cottage, Ivy Road, Whitwick Leicestershire
Name Age
James Joyce 41 - head, M, 41, Colliery Clerk, employed, Liecestershire, Leicester
Sarah Joyce 42 - wife, M, 42, Kent Deal
Minnie Kate Joyce 18 - daur, S, 18, schoolmistress, employed Northamptonshire, Raunds
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Ethel Chambers 6 - niece, 6, scholar, Leicestershire, Leicester
- 1897 Marriages Jun 1897
Joyce Minnie Kate Ashby Z. 7a 205
Mitchell John Henry Ashby Z. 7a 205
The district Ashby Z. is an alternative name for Ashby de la Zouch and it spans the boundaries of the counties of Derbyshire and Leicestershire, and includes the parish of Coalville Leics among others.
- another researcher on ancestry says they married 1 Jun 1897 Parish Church Coalville Leicester (no sources listed)
- 1901 England Census
Name: Minnie R Mitchell
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Spouse: John H Mitchell
Birth Place: Raunds, Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Coalville
Ecclesiastical parish: Coalville Christchurch
Town: Coalville
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England
Street address: The Vicarage, London Road
Registration district: Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Sub-registration district: Whitwick
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 2973
Folio: 32
Page Number: 6
Household schedule number: 38
Household Members:
Name Age
John H Mitchell 35 - head, m, 35, clergyman (Ch of England), Yorkshire Denholme
Minnie R [K] Mitchell 28 - wife, M, 28, Northamptonsh Raunds
Hilda M Mitchell 2 - daur, S, 2, Leicestersh Coalville
Etheldreda J Mitchell 8 Months - daur, S, 8 mths, Leicestersh Coalville
Margaret F Bradley 16 - serv, S, 16, general serv domestic, Leicestersh Osgathorpe?
- 1911 England Census
Name: Minnie Kate Mitchell
Age in 1911: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1873
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Raunds, Northamptonshire
Civil Parish: Ilford
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 36 Oakfield Rd, Ilford (7 room house)
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 13
Estimated Marriage Year: 1898
Registration district: Romford
Registration District Number: 191
Sub-registration district: Ilford
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Household schedule number: 113
Piece: 9873
Household Members:
Name Age
John Henry Mitchell 46 - head, 46, married, clerk in Holy orders, Yorkshire Denholme
Minnie Kate Mitchell 38 - wife, 38, married 13 yrs, 2 children 2 living, Northamptons Raunds
Hilda Mary Mitchell 12 - daughter, 12, Leics Coalville
Etheldreda Joyce Mitchell 10 - daughter, 10, Leics Coalville
Sarah Joyce 62 - mother in law, 62, married 42 yrs, 2 children 2 living, Kent Deal
- 1944 Deaths Dec 1944
Mitchell Minnie K 72 Colchester 4a 836
The district Colchester is in the county of Essex
RESEARCH NOTES
- Raunds Northamptonshire is NE of both Wllingborough and more distant Northampton, and is SE of Kettering
- Another researcher on ancestry provides unsourced info:
Married John Henry Mitchell, 1 Jun 1897, Parish Church Coalville Leicester
Died 12 Dec 1944, Danbury Lodge, Walton Road, Clacton
Burial: St Osyth Cemetery - 4 miles west from Clacton-on-Sea, 12 miles south-east from Colchester
Hobbies: Accomplished needlewoman, esp. ecclesiastical embroidery. Recognised by Scout HQ and also from HQ of Church Lads Brigade
Awards: Order of League of Mercy conferred by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales for services as a collector.
In Q2 1897 when Minnie Kate was 24, she married John Henry MITCHELL, son of Rachel WOODHEAD, in Ashby de la Zouch Reg Dist, Leicestershire, England. Born abt 1866 in Denholme, Yorkshire, England. John Henry died in Clacton, Colchester Reg Dist, Essex, England, on 21 Jun 1944; he was 78. Buried in 1944 in St Osyth, Essex, England.
- 1865 West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
Name: John Henry Mitchell
Parish: Denholme, St Paul - Parish of Denholme Gate, York
Abode: W__ser_____ Mill, Denholme
Baptism Date: 25 Oct 1865
Father's Name: Jonathan Mitchell, Manage of mill
Mother's name: Rachel Mitchell
Page 36, No. 282
Clergy: I? J N Eyre, Incumbent
- 1944 Deaths Jun 1944
Mitchell John H 78 Colchester 4a 784
Colchester RD in Essex now includes Clacton.
RESEARCH NOTES:
An unsourced ancestry tree provides added information:
- Son of Jonathan Mitchell (1840-1928) and Rachel Hitchen (1841-1907)
- Born 15 Aug 1865, Fareside Bottom, Thornton, Yorks
- Died 21 Jun 1944, Danbury Lodge, Walton Road, Clacton
- Burial, St Osyth Cemetery
- 1916 Vicar St Lukes, Ilford (newspaper clerical obituary). St. Lukes, previosly curate, inducted as vicar in 1916, after having been a prime mover in the building of the church
- 1922 Vicar, St Osyth, Clacton
From a descendant:
- “Minnie Kate married John Henry Mitchell, whose ancestry goes up to James Hurst b.1789.”
- My maternal grandparents are in fact buried in St Osyth (where he was vicar). - 4 miles west from Clacton-on-Sea, 12 miles south-east from Colchester
- 1865 West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910
Name: John Henry Mitchell
Parish: Denholme, St Paul - Parish of Denholme Gate, York
Abode: W__ser_____ Mill, Denholme
Baptism Date: 25 Oct 1865
Father's Name: Jonathan Mitchell, Manage of mill
Mother's name: Rachel Mitchell
Page 36, No. 282
Clergy: I? J N Eyre, Incumbent
- 1944 Deaths Jun 1944
Mitchell John H 78 Colchester 4a 784
Colchester RD in Essex now includes Clacton.
RESEARCH NOTES:
An unsourced ancestry tree provides added information:
- Son of Jonathan Mitchell (1840-1928) and Rachel Hitchen (1841-1907)
- Born 15 Aug 1865, Fareside Bottom, Thornton, Yorks
- Died 21 Jun 1944, Danbury Lodge, Walton Road, Clacton
- Burial, St Osyth Cemetery
- 1916 Vicar St Lukes, Ilford (newspaper clerical obituary). St. Lukes, previosly curate, inducted as vicar in 1916, after having been a prime mover in the building of the church
- 1922 Vicar, St Osyth, Clacton
From a descendant:
- “Minnie Kate married John Henry Mitchell, whose ancestry goes up to James Hurst b.1789.”
- My maternal grandparents are in fact buried in St Osyth (where he was vicar). - 4 miles west from Clacton-on-Sea, 12 miles south-east from Colchester
They had the following children:
i.
Hilda Mary MITCHELL (1898-ca1983)
ii.
Etheldreda Joyce MITCHELL (1900-1973)