James Edward Munton

James Edward Munton was born in 1889 at Stewton , Louth and was the son of John a railway gateman and Martha Jane Munton née Smith of Claypole village. His father was born in 1867 at Boston and his mother Martha Jane Smith was born in 1870 at Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, they were married in 1888 their marriage was recorded in the Louth Registration district, they went on to have 6 children sadly 4 were to die in infancy or early childhood, their other surviving child was a daughter Beatrice May b1896 at Kirkstead, Lincolnshire. James Edward Munton married his wife Ruth Everington Brown Dunham (born 1891 Gayton, Lincs ) in 1910 at Newark, they lived at 19 Clinton Street Newark they had a child John Herbert Munton. In the 1911 census James and his family lived at 56 North Gate Newark and are shown as John Edward 21 yrs a general labourer, he is living with his wife Ruth Everington 20 yrs. In the same 1911 census his parents are living in the village of Claypole and are shown as John 44 yrs a railway gate keeper for the Great Northern railway, he is living with his wife Martha Jane 41 yrs and their daughter Beatrice Mary 15 yrs a home worker