Walter Caffin 1844-1907
Walter was christened on the 10th
March 1844 at St Peter the Great in Chichester.
He was the youngest child of Benjamin Charles Caffin and his wife Mary
Ann Gilbert (nee Swan). Benjamin was a successful
tailor living in East Street but he died in 1855 when Walter was nearly 11
years old leaving Mary to earn a living renting out part of their property
whilst Walter began working as a clerk for a brewer. Later Walter moved to Lewisham with his
mother where he was soon working for a bank, working his way up to manager for
the London County and Westminster Bank.
Walter never married, his mother died in 1876 and he continued to live
on his own although he employed Emily Richards as a servent and cook - she remained
with him until he died in 1907.
Thomas Caffyn 1859-1923
Thomas was christened in Send and Ripley in
Surrey on the 10th March 1859, the fourth child of Thomas Caffyn and
Sarah (nee Mitchell). He remained with
his parents until his mid 20s, working as an errand boy when he was younger and
a gardener when he was a little older.
Thomas moved to London and was lodging in Croydon where he was working
as a general labourer, he remained in Croydon but never married and by 1911 was
resident in the workhouse. He died in
1923 at the age of 60 years.
Peter Caffyn c1824-1842
Peter Caffyn died of TB at Guys Hospital on the
10th March 1842 at the age of 18 years. A year earlier he was living with John Caffyn
in Southwark, possibly his brother but little else is known about him.
Lawrence Caffyn 1883-1976
Lawrence Albert Caffyn was born in 1883 in
Eastbourne, youngest son of William Morris Caffyn and Harriet (nee Williams). He followed his father into the ironmongery
business but soon became a draper. He
married Emily Florence Duke in 1911 in Eastbourne and they had two children;
Donald Duke born in 1915 and Edwina Joy in 1928. Lawrence lived to 1976 and was buried on the
10th March in Eastbourne.
