We can wallow in our own complacency, as well as the stagnation of the most 'recent' edition of the "A - Z"; or we can allow ourselves to be enlightened, so as to be able to progress.
The man's name was 'Lechmere'; and that is plainly and simply all there is to it!
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Index of Marriage Registrations, 1858 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
Name: "Cross, Thomas"
Registration District: "Whitechapel"
Quarter: "1", i.e. January, February, March (1858)
Volume: "C"
Page: "600"
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Index of Marriage Registrations, 1858 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
Name: "Lechmere, Maria"
Registration District: "Whitechapel"
Quarter: "1", i.e. January, February, March (1858)
Volume: "C"
Page: "600"
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Register of Baptisms, Solemnized in the Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney*, County of Middlesex, 1859 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
When Baptized: "January 16" (1859) / "Born (?) 1849"; "January 16" (1859) / "Born October 5 (?) 1849"
Child's Christian Name: "Emily Charlotte"; "Charles Allen"
Parents' Names: "John Allen & Maria Louisa Lechmere"
Abode: "14 Sion Square"; i.e. 14 Sion Square, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney
Quality, Trade, or Profession: "Boot Maker"
* The establishment of the following Civil Parishes, between ~1329 and 1817, ...
- St. Matthew Bethnal Green
- Christ Church Spitalfields
- St. Mary Whitechapel
- St. George in the East
- St. John of Wapping
- St. Paul Shadwell
- St. Anne Limehouse
- St. Mary Stratford Bow
- All Saints Poplar
..., saw a vast reduction in the size, and relative dominance, of the Ancient Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney.

Ancient Parochial Establishment of East London (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
Underlying Aerial Imagery: Copyright Google Earth, 2007
Overlying Plots, Labels and Color-Shadings: Copyright Colin C. Roberts, 2010
When Charles Allen Lechmere and his sister, Emily Charlotte, were baptized, in 1859, the parish consisted, merely, of the Hamlets of Mile End New Town, Mile End Old Town, and Ratcliff. By 1867, these too had become distinct Civil Parishes: Hence, the extinction of the Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney, as a unit of civil administration.
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Census of England & Wales, 1861
County: Middlesex
Registration District: St. George in the East
Civil Parish: St. George in the East
Registration Sub-District: St. Mary
Enumeration District: 8
Page: 5
13 Thomas Street:
"Thomas Cross"
"Head"
"Married"
"36"
"Police Constable"
"Hertford (?)"
"Maria Louisa Cross"
"Wife"
"Married"
"34"
"Hertford (?)"
"Emily Cross"
"Daughter"
"11"
"Scholar"
"Hertford (?)"
"Charles Cross"
"Son"
"11"
"Scholar"
"Middx. St. Anne W."; i.e. Parish of St. Anne Westminster (aka 'St. Anne Soho'), County of Middlesex
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Register of Marriages, Solemnized in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church ('Watney Street'), Civil Parish of St. George in the East, County of Middlesex, 1870 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
When Married: "July 3, 1870"
Names: "Charles Allen Lechmere"; "Elizabeth Bostock"
Ages: "20"; "21"
Conditions: "Bachelor"; "Spinster"
Ranks or Professions: "Carman"
Residences at Time of Marriage: "Mary Ann Street"; "Lower Gun Alley"
Fathers' Names: "John Allen Lechmere"; "Thomas Bay Bostock"
Ranks or Professions of Fathers: "Boot Maker"; "Lighterman"
--- More to Follow ---
The man's name was 'Lechmere'; and that is plainly and simply all there is to it!
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Index of Marriage Registrations, 1858 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
Name: "Cross, Thomas"
Registration District: "Whitechapel"
Quarter: "1", i.e. January, February, March (1858)
Volume: "C"
Page: "600"
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Index of Marriage Registrations, 1858 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
Name: "Lechmere, Maria"
Registration District: "Whitechapel"
Quarter: "1", i.e. January, February, March (1858)
Volume: "C"
Page: "600"
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Register of Baptisms, Solemnized in the Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney*, County of Middlesex, 1859 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
When Baptized: "January 16" (1859) / "Born (?) 1849"; "January 16" (1859) / "Born October 5 (?) 1849"
Child's Christian Name: "Emily Charlotte"; "Charles Allen"
Parents' Names: "John Allen & Maria Louisa Lechmere"
Abode: "14 Sion Square"; i.e. 14 Sion Square, Hamlet of Mile End Old Town, Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney
Quality, Trade, or Profession: "Boot Maker"
* The establishment of the following Civil Parishes, between ~1329 and 1817, ...
- St. Matthew Bethnal Green
- Christ Church Spitalfields
- St. Mary Whitechapel
- St. George in the East
- St. John of Wapping
- St. Paul Shadwell
- St. Anne Limehouse
- St. Mary Stratford Bow
- All Saints Poplar
..., saw a vast reduction in the size, and relative dominance, of the Ancient Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney.

Ancient Parochial Establishment of East London (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
Underlying Aerial Imagery: Copyright Google Earth, 2007
Overlying Plots, Labels and Color-Shadings: Copyright Colin C. Roberts, 2010
When Charles Allen Lechmere and his sister, Emily Charlotte, were baptized, in 1859, the parish consisted, merely, of the Hamlets of Mile End New Town, Mile End Old Town, and Ratcliff. By 1867, these too had become distinct Civil Parishes: Hence, the extinction of the Parish of St. Dunstan Stepney, as a unit of civil administration.
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Census of England & Wales, 1861
County: Middlesex
Registration District: St. George in the East
Civil Parish: St. George in the East
Registration Sub-District: St. Mary
Enumeration District: 8
Page: 5
13 Thomas Street:
"Thomas Cross"
"Head"
"Married"
"36"
"Police Constable"
"Hertford (?)"
"Maria Louisa Cross"
"Wife"
"Married"
"34"
"Hertford (?)"
"Emily Cross"
"Daughter"
"11"
"Scholar"
"Hertford (?)"
"Charles Cross"
"Son"
"11"
"Scholar"
"Middx. St. Anne W."; i.e. Parish of St. Anne Westminster (aka 'St. Anne Soho'), County of Middlesex
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Register of Marriages, Solemnized in the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church ('Watney Street'), Civil Parish of St. George in the East, County of Middlesex, 1870 (Click Image, to Enlarge in flickr)
When Married: "July 3, 1870"
Names: "Charles Allen Lechmere"; "Elizabeth Bostock"
Ages: "20"; "21"
Conditions: "Bachelor"; "Spinster"
Ranks or Professions: "Carman"
Residences at Time of Marriage: "Mary Ann Street"; "Lower Gun Alley"
Fathers' Names: "John Allen Lechmere"; "Thomas Bay Bostock"
Ranks or Professions of Fathers: "Boot Maker"; "Lighterman"
--- More to Follow ---
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