John was a seaman but by 1861 he has come ashore and is described in the census as a cowkeeper. Did he provide animals to butcher's shop of his brother William?
He and his wife seemed to have died not long after the 1861 census because by the time of the 1871 census his family is scattered to various relatives in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and London. The death of a John Inkson recorded in 1867 is thought to be that of him.
For some reason Frederick does not appear in the 1861 census records although he is there for all of the other relvant decades.
Ellenor marries Frederick W in Bethnal Green early in 1866 and then appears in the 1871 and 1881 census records, dying some time thereafter. However, it is not possible to find her in earlier census records. Did she marry a Mr Dossett and then marry Frederick W? If she could be traced it might clear up the mystery of her noting he birthplace as Bethnal Green in 1871 and Reading in 1881.
Amy seems to have produced two brides for Inkson grooms - without ever having been married.
In 1851 she is still living at home, single but with her oldest child living with her. By 1861 she is head of her own family and has three children. She is still recorded in the census record as unmarried. The same is true in 1871 except that the oldest child has left home and the youngest has been born.
By 1881 she has moved to Hull and is described as Ann R [although it could possibly be K as we will see in a moment] Large, a widow. Her second oldest daughter is the only one at home. Little changes by the time of the 1891 census except that she is back to Amy but with a second name begining with 'K'.
John Thomas' life can be fairly well traced through the census records although he is missing from the 1881 record, probably because he was in the army. When his parents died he went to live with his older sister [who had married and was living in London] even though he was already about 20 years old. He is described as a coach painter in the 1871 census.
The 1891 census catches him as a gunner in the Royal Artillery at Woolwich Arsenal. He is still single at the age of 42. When he came out of the army, it seems that he married the spinster sister of his brother Arthur's wife. He would have been 44 and she 35. The census of 1901, by which time he was 53 and she 43, has them living without any children so it is unlikely that they had any descendents.
George Henry's life can be fairly well traced through the census records although there is a small hiccough in 1871 when he seems to be recorded as George W rather than George H.
Mr Martineau's life is somewhat of an enigma. He first appears in the census in 1871 as the husband of somebody we assume to be Mary Ann Inkson, daughter of John. That immediately raises the question of where he was in 1851 and 1861 as he was born in Colkirk, Norfolk.
Another problem is that he calls himself 'Henry R' in that census and the subsequent ones he is just 'Henry'. However, in 1901 he suddenly becomes 'John H'.
Finally there is the question of marriage. A Henry Martineau is reported to have married a Mary Ann Inkson in Norwich in the September quarter of 1887. Is this another marriage or the formalisation of their marriage in about 1870?