WAKELIN, Richard Thomas (1803-1843) — London
Globemaker.
Born 12 Jun 1803 and baptised 11 Sep 1803 at St. Luke Chelsea, the son of John Wakelin (1777-1847), a clerk, and his wife Sarah Williams (1768?-1842), who had married in 1797. He married Elizabeth Ann Weston (1800-1835) at St. George Bloomsbury 6 Jun 1825. Recorded as a globemaker at the baptisms of children 1829-1832, as well as at the marriage of his son William Wakelin at St. Andrew Bethnal Green in 1852. Two of his sons, aged six and eight, were put on trial for stealing money from a public-house in Sep 1835: Wakelin’s wife had died a month earlier, leaving him with six children aged between one and twelve to raise, while he had been unable to work though ill-health for some time. He was recorded simply as a labourer in 1841 and was buried at Bunhill Fields 12 Feb 1843 aged thirty-nine.
Tash Street, Holborn — 1829
Baldwins Place, Holborn —1832
5 Pleasant Row, Shoreditch — 1841
Mills Court, Curtain Road — 1843
Census 1841.