From father to son ?

[Philb-c]

Is this a case for the monopolies commission or was it common ?

1871
SINKINS John Thomas - Master of workhouse
SINKINS Catherine (wife) - Matron of workhouse

1881
SINKINS John Thomas - Master of workhouse
SINKINS Catherine (wife) - Matron of workhouse

1891
SINKINS John Thomas - Master of workhouse
SINKINS Catherine (wife) - Matron of workhouse

1891
SINKINS Frank Victor (son of John Thomas) - Master of workhouse

1901
SINKINS Henry E R (son of John Thomas) - Master of workhouse
SINKINS Elizabeth Kate (wife) - Matron of workhouse

1901
SINKINS Frank Victor - Master of workhouse
SINKINS Alice Maud (wife) - Matron of workhouse

1911
SINKINS Henry E R - Master of workhouse
SINKINS Elizabeth Kate - Matron of workhouse

More than common for builders etc but I never imagined it in the civil service ? LOL.

 

[Daft Bat]

Not the Civil Service, but appointed by the overseers.

Have a read of the "Masters" section of the Workhouse website....

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/admin/index.shtml#master

 

[Philb-c]

Ah, I put "Civil Service" as one of them put "retired civil servant" on a later census.

I wonder if the sons were bullied at school as they lived in the workhouse ?
One son gave up being a "professor of music" the other gave up being a landscape painter to carry on the family tradition !

 

[Daft Bat]

One son gave up being a "professor of music" the other gave up being a landscape painter to carry on the family tradition !

Probably a more reliable income and, having grown up in the place, would certainly have inside knowledge to help with the job application....

 

[Philb-c]

Nice link Jan. Reading through it, sounds like he would have been kept quite busy.
(Needless-to-say, yet another overgrown twig on my tree (no willpower)).