Henry Thomas Binks

Born March 30, 1816 in Woolwich, and christened at Saint Mary Magdalene, Woolwich on April 21, 1816.

Henry married Ann Prentice (born in Greenwich, 1816) on 16th April 1837 at St Nicholas Church, Plumstead, Kent.

The 1841 census tells us he was a Labourer.

Henry died Bet. July-September 1848 in Greenwich.

In the 1851 census, widowed Ann was living with her mother Mary, brother James Prentice and four of her children: Henry (Henry Samuel Binks) (12), Joseph (Joseph James Binks) (10), Jane (Jane Mary Binks) (8) and Elizabeth (Elizabeth Fanny Binks) (6).
Problems arise here because Joseph was born in 1846 and could only have been 4 or 5 years old.  Ann Sarah (who would have been 10 years old) is not present, and Elizabeth was only 2 years old.

In the 1861 census, Ann was still living with her brother James Prentice and two of her children: Elizabeth (Elizabeth Fanny Binks) (11) and George (7).
Further problems arise here because if this George was only 7 years old, the father couldn't have been Henry Thomas Binks who'd died in 1848.

In the 1871 census, Ann was living with two of her children: George (George William Binks) (16) and Ellen (14) - though the faded handwriting is not clear.
In both cases, the father couldn't have been Henry Thomas Binks who'd died in 1848.

In the 1881 census, Ann appears TWICE. Both addresses show her age and birth location, to be identical. She is a widow in both. At the first address she is a lodger / Monthly nurse. At the other she is a Nurse / Domestic Servant. Maybe her name was included on both because she lived at one address but was present (at work) at the other. Both were in the district of Christchurch in Greenwich.

Ann also appears in the 1901 census living in Battersea, aged 81 years.