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PITTS, John Anthony
1877 - 1918 (41 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name PITTS, John Anthony Birth 1877 Wisbech, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Male Death 26 Sep 1918 Active Service In World War 1 Burial Brie, France Person ID I3003 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father PITTS, George, b. 1855, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire d. 1918, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 63 years) Mother REEVE, Elizabeth Horn, b. 1857, Outwell, Cambridgeshire, England d. 1899, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 42 years) Marriage 1876 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F70 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BALDWIN, Anna, b. Abt 1882, Dersingham, Norfolk, England d. Aft 1918 (Age > 37 years) Marriage 1905 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F1505 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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JOHN ANTHONY PITTS 1877-1918
The birth of John Anthony PITTS was registered in 1877.
(GRO September Q 1887 Wisbeach 3b 594)
The 1881 census of 5 Golding Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
Louisa PITTS, head, aged 64, widow, no occupation, born at Wisbech;
Matthew PITTS, son, aged 17, labourer, born at Wisbech;
*John Anthony PITTS, grandson, aged 11 (sic), born at Wisbech.
(RG11/1696/41/28)
1891 census return of 18 Prospect Road, Wisbech St. Peter:
George PITTS, head, aged 31, employed as a timber labourer, born at Wisbech;
Elizabeth PITTS, wife, aged 30, born at Wisbech;
*John PITTS, son, aged 12, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Beatrice PITTS, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Faith PITTS, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Walter PITTS, son, aged 9, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Kate PITTS, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Wisbech;
Hannah PITTS, daughter, aged 2, born at Wisbech;
Leah D. (sic) PITTS, daughter, aged 3 months, born at Wisbech.
(G12/1305/30/22)
1901 census of 3 Short Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
George PITTS, married, 43, Housekeeper, Groom, worker, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
*John A. PITTS, son, married, 22, butcher, worker, at home, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Beatrice L. PITTS, daughter, single, 21, housekeeper domestic, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
George W. PITTS, son, single, 18, bricklayer's labourer, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Hannah A. PITTS, daughter, single, 12, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Leah B. PITTS, daughter, single, 9, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG13/1556/41/34)
The marriage between John Anthony PITTS and Annie BALDWIN was registered in 1905.
(GRO March Q 1905 Wisbech 3b 817)
The 1911 census of 8 Whitby Street, Wisbech:
*John PITTS, head, aged 32, married 6 years, 2 children (1 living), carman, mineral waters, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Anna PITTS, wife, aged 29, married, born at Dersingham, Norgolk;
Leonard PITTS, son, aged 5, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
(RG14/926)
NOTE: Leonard PITTS is presumably John Leonard PITTS.
In World War I he enlisted at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and served as Private No. 19709 in the 3rd Battallion Suffolk Regiment Labour Corps and later as Private 607491 714th Company. He died at the age of 43 on 26 September 1918 and was buried at the Brie British Cemetery, 111 D10. He was described as the son of George and Elizabeth PITTS of Wisbech and wife of Mrs. A. PITTS of 8, Whitby Street, Wisbech.
(source: CWGC and John Pitts of the Guild of One Name Studies)
NOTES & QUERIES:
What was the name of their child who died before the 1911 census? Hilda Mary or Bertha May?
(revised 22.09.2012)