Friday 22 April 2022

Robert Leeming & Margaret Crowley & Alfred James Amass

Hull Minster, King Street, Kingston upon Hull
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Hull Minster, formerly Holy Trinity Church, mainly 1300-1425.

Robert Leeming (b. 1840) Greengrocer of Robinson Row, Hull, son of James Leeming and Jane Irwin, married Margaret Crowley (b. 1850), younger daughter of Thomas Crowley and Elizabeth Molloy, at Hull Holy Trinity, on 15 Jun 1870

This was not Robert's first marriage, however, as he had previously married widow, Sarah Brown (née Barber) on 12 Nov 1865, at All Saints ChurchSculcoates. He's described as a widower on his 1870 marriage to Margaret Crowley, but I've not found the record of Sarah's death. His first marriage did not produce children.

On his 1865 marriage, Robert lists his father as Robert Leeming, Soldier. In 1870, he again lists his father as Robert Leeming, but with his father's occupation given as Shoemaker. After much digging, we discover his step-father was Robert, while his biological father, James Leeming, was both a soldier and a shoemaker.

Robert Leeming's birth, in 1840, is listed in the Gro Regimental Birth IndicesRoyal Artillery, in Drypool, England. And in 1841, James Leeming (37), Jane Leeming (24), Elizabeth Leeming (4) and Robert Leeming (1) were all listed as living at the Citadel and Barracks Hull, Drypool. "The Citadel" was a moated triangular bastioned artillery fortification built in the 1680s in the south-west corner of Drypool.

James Leeming, born in Lancashire, had enlisted in the Royal Regiment Of Artillery on 11 Nov 1825 - his previous trade being Shoemaker - and was discharged, at Woolwich (Royal Artillery Barracks) - son James was born here in 1845 - on 14 Sep 1846, having served for 20 years and 336 days, 7 years 5 months of that in Gibraltar. He was discharged due to chronic rheumatism, which the army judged impaired him and was as a result of his military service. Upon discharge at the age of 43, he was 5ft 9in, with fair hair, grey eyes and a fresh complexion. 

Three years later, he was dead and was buried, on 17 Sep 1849, in Drypool.

Jane Leeming (34), widow, Charwoman pauper, born in Eastbourne, Sussex, was, in 1851, living Whytalls Place, Drypool, with her five children: Elizabeth (13) Servant; Robert (10), William (8), James (5) and Margaret (3). Then, on 27 Nov 1851, listed as Jane Lemon, she married Richard Plank, Soldier, at All Saints ChurchSculcoates. On this marriage, she lists her father as James Irwin, Soldier. At this rate she was at risk of being seen as a jinx on the regiment, as Richard Plank (38) died the following year in 1852. Hence, it was Jane Plank who married Robert Wright in 1856. In 1861, Robert Wright (47) from Norfolk, Greengrocer, at 17, Broadley Street, Hull, was living with wife Jane Wright (44) and step-children, Robert Leeming (21) Greengrocer, James Leeming (16) Shoemaker and Margaret Leeming (13).

Jane Wright (formerly Plank, previously Leeming, née Irwin) died, aged 52, in 1870, in Hull. NB: I never did find a record of her first marriage to James Leeming.

After they married in 1870, in 1871, Robert Leeming (34) Shop keeper, and Margaret Leeming (20) were living in Broadley Street, Hull, next door to William Henry Tummon, whose wife, Elizabeth Crowley was Margaret's sister. 

The marriage between Robert Leeming and Margaret Crowley didn't produce any children either and there must have been 'an estrangement', because in 1881, Margaret Crowley (31) Dressmaker, was living as a boarder in the house of Alfred Amass (26) Dock labourer from London, at 8, Empringham Terrace, Hull.

Then Robert Leeming died, aged just 44, in 1884, in Sculcoates.

St Matthew's Church
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Unsurprisingly, Margaret Leeming (35) remarried, at St. Matthews Church, Hull, on 15 Jun 1885 to Alfred James Amass (29), reputedly son of Samuel Amass. Reputedly, because there appears to be no such person as Alfred James Amass until 1881: no birth, does not appear on any previous census.

But they had 5 lovely daughters:
  1. Emma Leeming Amass b. 1883 (there's no registration nor baptism, presumably to avoid formalising this secret 'premature' birth)
  2. Gertrude Amass b. 1886, bap. 14 Dec 1887 at St John the Baptist, Newington, Hull
  3. Ada Amass b. 1887, bap. 14 Dec 1887 at St John the Baptist, Newington, Hull
  4. Maud Amass b. 1889, bap. 7 Oct 1891 in Newington
  5. Eva Amass b. 1891, bap. 7 Oct 1891 in Newington
The family's address on the four baptisms was given as 86 Glasgow Street, Hull. Margaret's father and brother also lived in Glasgow Street at this time.

In 1891, still in Glasgow Street, Newington, were Alfred Amass (34) Fisherman, Margaret Amass (40), Emma (7), Gertrude (5), Ada (3) and Maud (1).

Then in 1901, the family were living at 55, Scarbrough Street, Sculcoates with Alfred James Amass (45) Ships husband, Margaret Amass (50), Emma (17) Office cleaner, Gertrude (15), Ada (13), Maud (11) and Eva (9).

Alfred James Amass died, aged 50, in Sculcoates, in 1905.

In 1911, Margaret Amass (60) was living at 45 Scarborough Street, Hull with Ada (23), Maud (21) Assistant teacher; Eva (19) Housemaid and two boarders, Frederick (16) and Charles (15) Johnson, both from Crewkerne, Somerset.

In 1921, Margaret Amass (71) Mother-in-law, was living with James and Eva Gibbins at 75, Edinburgh Street, Hull.

 Margaret Amass (née Crowley, formerly Leeming) died, aged 77, in 1928.

  • Emma Leeming Amass (20) married William Henry Sole (23) Engine Fitter, son of James Sole, both of 91 Bean Street, Hull, on 3 Aug 1903 at St. Matthews Church, Hull. Witnesses were the bride's father, Alfred James Amass, and Elizabeth Sole, William's younger sister.
  • Gertrude Amass (21) married Willie Brown (22) Carpenter, son of James Brown, Iron moulder, both of New Cleveland Street, on 16 Sep 1906 at St. Mark's Church, Hull (St Mark In The Groves). St Mark's was built in 1843. It was badly bombed and demolished in the 1950s. The Groves was a slum area in east Hull, a riverside community of mills and cramped terraces along Cleveland Street. Witnesses were James Brown (probably NOT the Godfather of Soul) and Mary Ellen Brown.
  • Ada Amass (25) married James Wilson Brown (36) Tailor, also son of James Brown, Iron moulder, of New Cleveland Street, on 22 Mar 1913 at St. Matthews Church, Hull. There were three witnesses: J Brown, E Amass and A Brown. So it appears that the two sisters, Gertrude and Ada, married two brothers, Willie and James.
  • Maud Amass (23) married George Arundell (23) Iron moulder, son of James Vickers Arundell, both of 45 Scarborough Street, Hull, on 8 Mar 1913 at St. Mary and St. Peter's ChurchDairycoates (The old church building was taken down in February 1962 to make way for the Hessle Road flyover which replaced the Dairycoates level crossing.) Witnesses were William Henry Sole (Emma's husband) and Eva Amass.
  • Eva Amass (25) of 20 Witty Street, Hull, married James Gibbins (22) Boiler maker of 68 Havelock Street, son of William Gibbins, on 16 Jun 1917 at St. Mary and St. Peter's ChurchDairycoates. Witnesses to this marriage were William Henry Sole (again) and Olive Gibbins.

Wednesday 20 April 2022

Thomas Crowley and Mary Ann Wood

Lowgate, Kingston upon Hull
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Looking south along Lowgate. From left to right: St Mary's church, the Guildhall, The Lowgate Centre at 76-78, the City Archivist at No.79, a former bonded warehouse.

Thomas Crowley married Mary Ann Wood, on 8 May 1808 at the church of St Mary Lowgate. Unfortunately, there's no indication on these early records of who their parents might have been and no baptism records early enough to go further.

The following records exist for children of Thomas and Mary Ann Crowley:
  1. Mary Ann Crowley bap. 27 Feb 1809 at St Mary Lowgate, buried on 2 Apr 1809 at Drypool, St Andrew, described as daughter of Thomas Crowley.
  2. Thomas Crowley bap. 25 Dec 1812 at Hull Holy Trinity
  3. Ann Crowley bap. 14 Jun 1814 at St Mary Lowgate
  4. Mary Crowley bap. 13 Mar 1816 at St Mary Lowgate
  5. Charles Crowley bap. 27 Nov 1817 at Hull Holy Trinity
  6. Sarah Crowley b. 26 Jun 1819, bap. 19 Jul 1819 at St Mary Lowgate (assume died as infant as there are no further records, but name used again.)
  7. William Crowley bap. 31 May 1821 at Hull Holy Trinity
  8. Sarah Elizabeth Crowley b. 22 Jan 1823, bap. 31 Mar 1823 
  9. Frances Emma Crowley b. 26 May 1827, bap. 31 Dec 1830
  10. Margaret Wood Crowley b. 31 Dec 1829, bap. 31 Dec 1830
The final three baptisms also took place at Hull Holy Trinity.

On the baptisms from 1814 to 1819, Thomas Crowley is described as a Grocer in Lowgate. Then on those in 1821 and 1830, a Grocer in Myton [Street].

On son Thomas' marriage in 1858, he describes his father as a Corn Factor and on his third marriage in 1869, as a Merchant (deceased). On their marriages, Ann Crowley and Margaret Wood Crowley, both describe their father as a Grocer.

In Jan 1834, Thomas Crowley was sentenced at Hull to 7 years [imprisonment] for receiving stolen goods. Remarks on his character read, "Bad. Convicted before."

In 1841, Mary Crowley (50) Lace worker, was living in George's Place, Cumberland Street, Sculcoates - no sign of her husband - with son Thomas (25) Groom; Charles (20) Painter; Sarah (26), Frances (14), Margaret (11) and Elizabeth Crowley (20) wife of Thomas Crowley. William Crowley (20) Painter was lodging or boarding in the household of a George Reynard, in York Street, Sculcoates.

In 1851, Mary A Crowley (62) Sempstress (another term for seamstress), widow (I've found no record of Thomas Crowley's death), was living at 3, Raywell Street, Ann's Place, Sculcoates, with daughter Margaret Crowley (24) Lace worker.

In 1861, Mary A Crowley (72) widow, was living in the household of her son Charles at Harritt Buildings, 5, Marlbro Crescent, St Pauls, Sculcoates.

Mary Ann Crowley died, aged 75, and was buried on 14 Dec 1864.

Tuesday 19 April 2022

Thomas Crowley and Emma Gower

Glasgow Street, Kingston upon Hull
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Terraced houses on the west side of Glasgow Street.

Thomas Crowley (b. 1852), son of Thomas Crowley and Elizabeth Molloy, married Emma Gower (bap. 18 Dec 1856), daughter of Daniel Gower and Charlotte Moody, at All Saints Church, Hull (demolished in 1974), on 26 May 1877.

Thomas and Emma had one son, Thomas Crowley, born in the 2nd quarter of 1878, but who died in the 3rd quarter of the same year, in Sculcoates.

In 1881, Thomas Crowley (27) Labourer out of employ and Emma Crowley (24) were living at 58, Church Street, Sculcoates, Yorkshire. 

Thomas Crowley, then of Glasgow Street, Newington, Sculcoates, died, aged just 35 and was buried at Hull Holy Trinity, on 21 Jan 1889. 

In 1891, widow, Emma Gower (33), her occupation listed as "Takes in mangling", was still living in Glasgow Street, with Hannah Crowley (72), widow of Thomas' father, Thomas Crowley, described, curiously, as her aunt. Also living in the household were Lodgers, Christopher Kirby (27) Butler and Rosa Kirby (21).

Emma Crowley (36), Widow, daughter of Daniel Gower, then remarried to William Henry Appleby (bap. 29 Sep 1850), Widower, Sailor, son of Henry Appleby, Master Mariner and Rebecca Wilson, at St Matthew's church, Hull on 14 Dec 1891

It's hard to get one's head around, however, checking records we discover ... 

Emma Gower's first husband's father's third wife, Hannah Wilson - therefore her step-mother-in-law, but who was described as her aunt (suggesting an existing blood relationship) - was the sister of her second husband's mother, Rebecca Wilson. (WAY more convoluted than any fictional Soap (TV series) story line!)

William Henry Appleby had previously married his first cousin, Mary Ellen Wilson, daughter of Joseph Wilson (brother of Hannah and Rebecca), at St Barnabas, Hull on 25 Jan 1881. They had two children; Henry Appleby b. 3 Apr 1882 J Qtr in HULL Vol 09D Page 268 and George William Appleby b. 1885 J Qtr in HULL Vol 09D Page 240, bap. 6 May 1886. George William died, aged 2, in 1887 M Qtr in HULL Vol 09D Page 196. Mary Ellen Appleby died, at 37, in 1888. 

In 1891, Henry Appleby (9) had been living with his grandmother, Rebecca Postill (69) Widow*, at 10, Hetty's Terrace, Holy Trinity.

* Born Rebecca Wilson, she had originally married Henry Appleby, in Sculcoates on 23 Nov 1840. In 1851, Rebecca Appleby (29) Sailor's Wife was living at 8, Union Square Edward Place, Sculcoates with son William H Appleby (0). Henry Appleby was presumably at sea. I haven't found a record of Henry Appleby's death, however, Rebecca Appleby, then 45, remarried to Thomas Stork, in Hull, in Q3 of 1867. Thomas Stork died, at 35, in 1870. So Rebecca Stork (56), daughter of Joseph Wilson, married for a third time, at Hull, St Barnabas on 5 Sep 1877, to a Francis Postill (58). This must have been all too much for him, however, as Francis Postill was buried, only a few weeks later on 26 Oct 1877, at Hull Holy Trinity.

William Henry and Emma Appleby then added four children:
  1. Alfred Appleby b. 1892 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 152, bap. 17 Aug 1898 in Newington, Yorkshire (aged 5)
  2. Olive Appleby b. 23 Nov 1895 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 163, bap. 18 Dec 1895 in Newington, Yorkshire
  3. William Appleby b. 1898 S Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 170, bap. 17 Aug 1898 in Newington, Yorkshire. Killed 20 Jul 1918.
  4. Leslie Appleby b. 6 Aug 1901 S Quarter in SCULCOATES Vol 09D 189
The first three births correctly list the mother's maiden name as GOWER. On Leslie's it is listed wrongly, but usefully, as CROWLEY (Depends whether 'maiden' or 'former' name was asked for). The baptisms give their address as 99 Glasgow Street, Sculcoates and William Henry's occupation as Marine Fireman.

In 1901, Emma Appleby (46) Married, was living at 99, Glasgow Street, Sculcoates, with Alfred Appleby (8), Olive Appleby (5), William Appleby (2) and Rebecca Postill (80) Widow, who was her mother-in-law, William Henry's mother.

In 1911, at 34 Barmston St, Hull, were Emma Appleby (55) Married (William Henry presumably again at sea); Alfred Appleby (18) Feed cake mill stower; Olive Appleby (15) General domestic servant; William Appleby (12) and Leslie Appleby (9).

In 1916, Alfred Appleby enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment, 8th (Reserve) Battalion. The record shows that he was 23 years and 4 months and 5ft 9in with first 2 fingers on R hand missing (as well as the thumb). Initially, he was passed 'Fit for Labour', but was subsequently discharged on 28 Apr 1916, as 'Not being likely to become an efficient soldier'. He married Kate Joy Leadley in 1918 and they went on to have four children before he died in Hull, on 30 Jan 1933. (He was NOT the Private Alfred Appleby No. 3/21035, of East Yorkshire Regiment, 1st Battalion, b. 1882, son of Ethel Appleby, who was killed in action on 23 July 1916.)

Private William Appleby, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), 2nd/5th Bn, was killed on 20 Jul 1918. From the ROLL OF HONOUR in the local press: APPLEBY - Reported missing July 20th, 1918, now officially reported killed on or since that date, Pte. William Appleby, 52220. 2/5 West Yorks, beloved son of Mr & Mrs Appleby, 3, Lincoln Street, Hull, aged 19. He is buried at Marfaux British Cemetery, Marfaux, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, PLOT II. A. 2. The family grave at Hedon Road Cemetery, Hedon Road, Hull, also commemorates him. He was undoubtedly killed during the attack on the Ardre Valley July 1918 (Three Days at Marfaux: July 1918).

In 1921, at 3, Lincoln Street, Sculcoates, were William Henry Appleby (70), Emma Appleby (65), Alfred Appleby (28) Greaser Oil Mill; Kate Appleby (26) Daughter-in-law (wife of Alfred Appleby); Leslie Appleby (19) Weighing Assistant for Hull Corporation and Emma Appleby (3) Granddaughter.

William Henry Appleby died on 7 Mar 1924 and is buried at Hedon Road Cemetery.

In 1939, Emma Appleby (b. 29 Nov 1856) widowed, was living at 22 Swann Street, Kingston Upon Hull with her daughter Olive Haswell, widowed and granddaughter, Emma Appleby (b. 4 Jun 1918).

Emma Appleby died on 15 Mar 1943 and is buried at Hedon Road Cemetery.

Monday 18 April 2022

Thomas Crowley and Elizabeth Molloy

Bowlalley Lane, Kingston upon Hull
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Thomas Crowley (bap. 25 Dec 1812, in Hull), son of Thomas Crowley and Mary Ann Wood (m. 1808), married Elizabeth Molloy (b. 1815 in Sunderland, Durham) on 13 Jun 1838. The marriage was even announced, "At Sunderland Church [...] (undoubtedly at that date Holy Trinity Church or Sunderland Parish Church) on Tuesday, Mr Thomas Crowley, to Miss Elizabeth Molloy" in the Durham County Advertiser on 15 Jun 1838. Although Elizabeth also claims to be from Sunderland, there is no baptism record for her, so I've been unable to identify her origins. 

Thomas and Elizabeth had five children:

  1. Elizabeth Crowley b. 1841 (no birth registration nor baptism found)
  2. Margaret Crowley b. 1847 J Quarter in KINGSTON UPON HULL Volume 22 Page 449, died aged 2, in 1849 D Quarter in HULL Volume 22 Page 327 and buried on 14 Oct 1849 at All Saints Church, Sculcoates
  3. Sarah Ann Crowley b. 1849 J Quarter in KINGSTON UPON HULL Vol 22 Page 483, died 1849 S Quarter in KINGSTON UPON HULL Vol 22 Page 35
  4. Margaret Crowley b. 1850 in KINGSTON UPON HULL Vol 22 Page 458
  5. Thomas Crowley b. 1852 D Quarter in SHEFFIELD Volume 09C Page 235
Mother's maiden name on the registrations for Sarah Ann and the 2nd Margaret is Molloy, on that for Thomas, it's spelled Malloy, on the first Margaret it was Maloy. Have checked the GRO year by year for each and any similar derivatives.

In 1841, Thomas Crowley (25) Groom, and Elizabeth Crowley (20) - ages were rounded down to the nearest five on this census - were living in the household of Thomas' mother, Mary Crowley (50) in Cumberland Street, Sculcoates.

In 1851, Thomas Crowley (40) Agricultural Labourer, from Hull and Elizabeth Crowley (36) Spinner from Sunderland, Durham, Elizabeth Crowley (9) and Margaret Crowley (0), were among a long list of Lodgers in the household of Elizabeth Hamilton (40) at 41, Pea Croft, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Elizabeth Crowley died, at 49, in 1858 J Quarter in Sculcoates.

On 1 Nov 1858, therefore, Thomas Crowley, Oil Miller, of Church Street, Hull, son of Thomas Crowley, Corn Factor, married Jane Rich, spinster, daughter of John Rich, Warehouseman, at St. James's Church, Hull. (The church was closed in the mid 1950s and demolished in 1957. The site is now a garden.)

Thomas Crowley, as we see, became an Oil Miller: someone who extracted oil from seeds, particularly linseed and rapeseed that were grown in England. 

There seems to have been a long history of oil milling in Hull, one of two industries that dominated the town's industrial history, with 'Isis Oil Mills' silo, No.45 Morley Street, Stoneferry, previously the earliest surviving oil mill silo in the city, which became the heart of Hull’s oil seed milling industry. (The demolition of landmark Isis Oil Mill in Hull began in 2019.); former Oil Mill, Glass House Row, close to Sculcoates Bridge; Chambers & Fargus, seed crushers and edible oil refiners and the Anglo-Egytian Oil Mills & Refinery, Lime Street, next to the river Hull, among others. Oil Seed Crushing. "There are references to the milling of rape-seed in Hull from the early 16th century and by the middle of the 18th century the industry was well established. As early as 1740 Joseph Pease, later head of the banking firm, had built an oil-mill at the corner of Lowgate and Salthouse Lane."

In 1861, living at 56, Church Street, Sculcoates, were Thomas Crowley (47) Oil miller, Jane Crowley (46), Thomas Crowley (7) and Charlotte C Rich (17) Stepdaughter. (Charlotte Collings Rich was Jane's illegitimate daughter, presumably by Mr Collings, born in 1843. She married a Thomas Beach in 1863.) Elizabeth Crowley married William Henry Tummon, in 1860. Margaret, I've not located.

Then Jane Crowley died, aged 52, in the first quarter of 1869.

So, on 24 May 1869, Thomas Crowley (54) Widower, of Church Street, Sculcoates, son of Thomas Crowley, Merchant (deceased), married, Hannah Bassingdale (50), widow, daughter of Joseph Wilson, Engineer (deceased), at All Saints Church, Hull. (Hannah Wilson previously married Charles Bassingdale in 1846.) Witnesses were Thomas Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson.

In 1871, still at 56, Church Street, Sculcoates, were Thomas Crowley (59) Oil miller, Hannah Crowley (50) - still - and Thomas Crowley (17) Oil miller.

In 1881, Thomas Crowley (69) Oil miller and Hannah Crowley (63) were living at 13, Bowlalley Lane, Kingston upon Hull. (Nos.15, Bowlalley House & 16, two houses, circa 1820. Dividing the two premises is The Pathway, an alley. See: The secrets behind Hull's mysterious black door that goes to nowhere.)

Thomas Crowley, then of Glasgow Street, Hull, died, aged 76, and was buried on 14 Feb 1889 at Hull Holy Trinity (Hull Minster since 2017).

In 1891, the widowed Hannah Crowley was still living in Glasgow Street, Newington, Sculcoates with Emma Crowley (33) who "takes in mangling". Emma was the widow of Thomas Crowley's son, Thomas Crowley, who had died at 35 and been buried on 21 January 1889, only around three and a half weeks before his father. So Hannah was Emma's step-mother-in-law. However, she is listed as being Emma's aunt. This could be for want of a better description, but it could also mean she was already her aunt by blood relation [needs further investigation].

Hannah Crowley died, aged 78, in 1896, in Sculcoates.

Sunday 17 April 2022

John Hatcliffe and Elizabeth Bratley

St Peter's Church, Asterby
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John Hatcliffe (bap. 26 Feb 1786, in Asterby), son of Joseph and Mary Hatcliffe, married Elizabeth Bratley (bap. 2 Mar 1794 in Baumber), daughter of David and Margaret Bratley, on 27 Oct 1812, at St Peter's Church, Asterby, Lincolnshire. In fact, the marriage record lists her as Elizabeth Brattlea, but it's close enough!

The following ten children look likely to be theirs: 
  1. Mary Hatcliffe bap. 1813 in Market Stainton, Lincolnshire
  2. William Hatcliffe bap. 11 Jan 1815 in Panton, Lincolnshire
  3. Jane Hatcliffe bap. 18 Mar 1817 in Panton, Lincolnshire
  4. John Hatcliffe bap. 24 Sep 1820 in Panton, Lincolnshire
  5. David Hatcliffe bap. 7 Oct 1821 in Panton, Lincolnshire
  6. Amos Hatcliffe bap. 20 Oct 1823 at St Peter's ChurchAsterby
  7. Helvin Hatcliffe bap. 11 Apr 1825 at St Peter's ChurchAsterby
  8. Saul Hatcliffe bap. 26 Dec 1829 at St Peter's ChurchAsterby
  9. Job Hatcliffe bap. 25 Sep 1831 at St Peter's ChurchAsterby
  10. Barnabas Hatcliffe bap. 11 Aug 1833. Barney Hatcliffe died aged 3, and was buried on 7 Mar 1836, both events at St Peter's ChurchAsterby
i. Makes sense as Market Stainton is only 4 miles from Baumber.

In 1841, living in Asterby, Lincolnshire, were John Hatcliffe (55) Agricultural Labourer, Elizabeth Hatcliffe (45), with sons John (20), Saul (11) and Job (9). 

John Hatcliffe died, at 66, and was buried, on 16 Feb 1851 at St Peter'sAsterby.

In 1861, Elizabeth Hatcliffe (68) Widow, Pauper, born in Baumber, Lincolnshire, was living in Butt Lane, Asterby and she was still there at 78, in 1871.

Elizabeth Hatcliffe died, at 84, and was buried on 20 Feb 1877 at St Peter'sAsterby.

(Potential Issue: Although mine is not the only research to have come to the same conclusions (via), it would appear from DNA that this may not be the right marriage. Whilst there are (at time of writing) 18 DNA links to John Hatcliffe, there are exactly ZERO to Elizabeth Bratley. One would expect the number to be equal.)

Wednesday 13 April 2022

Thomas Midgley Grayburn and Sophia Alice Hatcliffe Tummon

St Mary's, Lowgate, Hull
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Thomas Midgley Grayburn (b. 1826), son of William Midgley Grayburn and Elizabeth [maiden name unknown], married Sophia Alice Hatcliffe Tummon (b. 1836), daughter of Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe and elder sister of William Henry Tummon and Thomas Tummon, at St Mary's Church, Hull also known as Lowgate St Mary, on 8 Aug 1858. Both bride and groom gave their address as 9 Manor Street, Hull. Both Thomas and his father, William's occupation is listed as tinner (tin plate worker) and the late Joseph Tummon, this time had been upgraded to farmer from agricultural labourer. Witnesses to the marriage were the bride's brother, William Henry Tummon and an Ann Stephenson.

Although born around 1826, Thomas Midgley Grayburn was baptised, on 26 Feb 1837, at Holy Trinity Church. His sisters, Eliza and Mary Ann, were baptised at the same time and all three were listed as the children of William Grayburn, a Tin Plate Worker, and his wife Elizabeth, then living in Edgar Street, Hull. These 'catch up' baptisms in 1837 are not unusual and one imagines the church offered a discount ahead of the introduction of civil registration that year, probably fearing, rightly as it turned out, that people would stop baptising their children once they had that option. Indeed, Sarah Ann Greyburn, who later married Asher Swift, was also baptised along with several siblings, at Hull Holy Trinity in 1837. 

(What relation - I don't imagine they're not - Sarah Ann Greyburn is to Thomas Midgley Grayburn, records don't go back far enough to determine.)

In 1841, Thomas Grayburn (15), was living in Edgar Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull, with his parents William and Elizabeth and siblings, Maria (8) and William (2). And in 1851, Thomas M Grayburn (23), Tinner journeyman, was still living in his parents' home, this time at 8, Duncans Place, St Mary, Hull. His father, William M Grayburn (53) listed also as a Tinner journeyman, from Cottingham.

There do not appear to have been any children born to this couple. There was a Sarah Emma Grayburn born in 1859 and died in 1860, but because she falls between the cracks and misses any census and because her birth record does not come up in the GRO, her mother's maiden name cannot be confirmed and she cannot therefore be attributed to this (or any other) Grayburn family.

Sophia Alice Greyburn, wife of Thomas Midgley Grayburn, of 3 Winter's Alley, Manor Street, died, aged 32, on 12 Sep 1868 from 'Consumption and Disease of the Lungs' (Tuberculosis) and buried on 15 Sep 1868 at Hull General Cemetery.

In 1871, the widowed Thomas Grayburn (46) was a boarder in the household of his brother-in-law, William Henry Tummon, at Broadley Street, St Mary, Hull.

However, in 1881, Thomas Midgley Grayburn, listed, wrongly, as only 49, Journeyman tinner, was living in Providence Place, Trippett Street, Kingston upon Hull with a wife, Jane and daughter, Jane Grayburn (6). Born Jane Elizabeth Midgley Grayburn in 1875 (J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 252), this child's mother's maiden name is listed as Wilkinson. Also in the household was Charlotte Trolly (19), single, Worker at lead works, listed as daughter-in-law - but this is often used when meaning step-daughter - and a grandson, Thomas Trolly (0). 

There are no birth records of Charlotte Trolly or Thomas Trolly, nor marriage between a Wilkinson (or anyone) and a Trolly. I've also found no records of any other marriage for any Grayburn to any Jane, or any Wilkinson, or Trolly (or any other variation I can think of thereof). Nevertheless, there is a record of the death of a Jane Grayburn, aged 52, in 1885 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 154.

[So far] I've been unable to find any further records for Jane Elizabeth Midgley Grayburn after the 1881 census, neither can I find any further records for Thomas Midgley Grayburn, not even his death. Nobody left to register it, I'd guess.

Presumed step-daughter, Charlotte Trolly, married Jack Braithwaite in the second quarter of 1881. Listed as John Jnr Braithwaite (21), from Knottingley, Yorkshire, he was listed as Mate of the 'Alice' (a ship) to his father, John Braithwaite (53) Master (of said vessel) in 1881. In 1891, Charlotte Braithwaite (29) married, Black lead packer, was living in Trippett Street, with John Braithwaite (10) (could this be Thomas Trolly renamed for his putative father?), Henry Braithwaite (7) and Mary Ann Munns (68) Boarder. Jack, presumably was on board ship somewhere.

In 1911, John Braithwaite (49) was listed as Lighterman mate at Recketts Wharfe, Stone Ferry, Sculcoates (see: Lightermen in Hull), while Charlotte Braithwaite (50), living at 9 Kent Street, Hull was Forewoman black lead manufactory.

In 1921, Charlotte Braithwaite (60) was at 25 Kent St, Holderness Rd, Hull, in the household of son Henry Braithwaite (37).

John Braithwaite died, aged 64, in 1925.

In 1939, Charlotte Braithwaite (b. 10 Feb 1862), widow, was living in the household of her younger son, Henry Braithwaite, at 28 James Reckitt Avenue, Kingston Upon Hull. Charlotte Braithwaite died, aged 78, in 1940.

Tuesday 12 April 2022

Thomas Tummon and Jemima Ellen Davies [Wells]

Hull Holy Trinity
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Thomas Tummon (b. 1841), son of Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe and brother of William Henry Tummon, married Jemima Ellen Davies Wells on 27 Mar 1859 at Hull Holy Trinity. However, there appear to be many romantic or mischievous, and very probably obfuscating, embellishments to their marriage certificate.

Thomas Tummon (19) Labourer, resident in Posterngate, Hull, lists his father as the late Joseph Jeykell Tummon, Merchant's Clerk. Late is correct, Jeykell is an entirely false addition and Joseph was an Agricultural Labourer (probably illiterate).

(In case you're wondering, the Gothic novella, the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson wasn't published until 1886, so it wasn't that they had grabbed a topical and fashionable name from the fiction of the day.)

Jemima (20), also of Posterngate, Hull, lists her father as Philip Davies Wells, Lawyer's Clerk. On later records, she consistently claims to be from Northampton, Northamptonshire and there is one Jemima Ellen Davies born there in 1837 (making her 22), whose parents were Rhees John Davies and Elizabeth Barnes (m. 1831), who in 1841, lived in Dychurch Lane, St Giles, Northampton. Rhees Davies was working as a clerk. However, I've found no further census records for them.

On 1 Jun 1840 at Northampton Quarter Sessions (Sessions House, Northampton), Rhees John Davies, Attorney's clerk, had been sentenced to 12 months in gaol, accused of obtaining one sovereign by false pretences. It seems he had earlier brought a case for unpaid wages and that the sovereign was properly credited to his employer, Richard Thompson, then an Attorney (inferring that later he was not). There is a pencil note on the case papers that says, "There seems to have been malice in the prosecution," and, in red, below it, the word Pardon. Davies' sentence was remitted on 1 Jul 1840. There was an inquiry, after appeals to the Home Office on Davies' behalf and I'm unsure whether he served any part of his sentence or not at the Common Gaol of Northampton (Northampton Borough Gaol and House of Correction), but this does perhaps explain why the family left Northampton and ended up in Hull and why different names were being used.

Even one of the witnesses to Thomas and Jemima's marriage is listed as Thomas Magdalen Grayburn, who must be Thomas Midgley Grayburn who had married Thomas' sister in 1858. Although this could simply be a transcription error.

Thomas and Jemima had at least eleven children:

  1. Thomas Alfred Jeykell Tummon b. 1860 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 192, bap. 21 Mar 1860, at St Mary's Church, Hull, died in the same quarter, 1860 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 135. 
  2. Jane Elizabeth Tummon b. 1861 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 176, bap. 10 Feb 1861 in Hull (record doesn't list which church.)
  3. Alice Tummon b. 1863 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 173
  4. George Tummon b. 1864 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 179, bap. 6 Nov 1864 in Hull (again, venue is not listed on the record.)
  5. Thomas Tummon b. 7 Dec 1866, bap. 30 Dec 1866 at St Mary's Church, Hull, reg. 1867 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 175
  6. James Tummon b. 1868 D Qtr in HULL Vol 09D Page 205, bap. 3 Jan 1869 at St. James's Church, Hull, died in 1869 M Qtr in HULL Vol 09D  Page 154
  7. Albert Tummon b. 12 Nov 1869 in HULL Volume 09D Page 220, bap. 12 Dec 1869 at St. James's Church, Hull.
  8. Jemima Tummon b. 12 Jan 1872 in HULL Volume 09D Page 208, bap. 11 Feb 1872 at St. James's Church, Hull, residence Pease Street, Hull. Died before her 1st birthday in 1873 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 152.
  9. James Tummon b. 1873  J Quarter in HULL  Volume 09D  Page 230, bap. 8 Jun 1873 at St. Luke's Church, Hull, died in the last quarter of 1873 
  10. John William Tummon b. 1875 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 244
  11. Charles Alfred Tummon b. 1880 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 256, died in 1881 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 184
The mother's maiden name on the first five children from Thomas Alfred Jeykell to Thomas in 1867, have the mother's maiden name listed as Wells. Those from James in 1868 onwards, the mother's maiden name is listed as Davis or Davies.

In 1861, Thomas Tummon (20) Dock Labourer from Marshchapel, Lincolnshire, was living at 4, Delaporte Court, St Marys, Hull with wife Jemima E Tummon (22) from Northampton, Northamptonshire and daughter Jane E (0). (That same year his brother, William, was living, next door, at 5, Delaporte Court, St Marys, Hull.) 

In 1871, Thomas Tummon (29) and Jemima E Tummon (31) were living at 8 Mary Ann's Place, Adelaide Street, Holy Trinity, Hull with Jane E (10), Alice (8), George (6), Thomas (4), Albert (1) and Robert Sykes (30) also a Dock Labourer, Boarder.

In 1881, at 6 Chatham Place, Adelaide Street, Kingston upon Hull, were Thomas Tummon (39) Dock side labourer; Jemima Tummon (41), Jane Elizabeth Tummon (20) Draper's assistant; Alice Tummon (18) Domestic servant; George Tummon (16) Fisherman; Thomas Tummon (14) Fisherman; Albert Tummon (12) Scholar; John William Tummon (5) Scholar and Charles Alfred Tummon (1).

In 1891, still at Chatham Place, were Thomas Tummon (49), Jemima E (50), John W Tummon (16) Telegraph messenger and Dennis E Davis (19) Blacksmiths labourer, Nephew. (This Dennis Edwin Davis (sic) was son of Dennis Edwin Davies and Martha Jane Kynman, who had married in Hull, in 1867. The father, Dennis Edwin Davies, born 1841, in Northampton was Jemima's younger brother. When he had married in 1867 and for the 2nd time, at 40, in 1882, he listed his father's name as Rees John Davies, a Law Stationer, confirming my earlier findings.)

Thomas Tummon died, aged 53, in the last quarter of 1895.

In 1901, Jemima E Tummon (59) widow, was living at 7, Chatham Place, Hull with just her son John W Tummon (26) Dock side tallyman labourer.

In 1911, Jemima Ellen Tummon (72) was living alone at 11 Lee Smith Street, Hedon Road, Sculcoates.

In 1921, Jemima E Tummon (83) from Northampton, Northamptonshire, widow, was once again alone at 11, Lee Smith Street, Hedon Road, Sculcoates.

Jemima Ellen Tummon died, in Sculcoates, in 1923.

Monday 11 April 2022

Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe

St. Mary's church, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire
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Joseph Tummon (bap. 20 Nov 1808 at All Saints Church, Sculcoates), son of Joseph Tummon and Mary Williamson, married Jane Hatcliffe (bap. 18 Mar 1817, in Panton, Lincolnshire), daughter of John Hatcliffe and Elizabeth Bratley, on 29 Aug 1836 at the parish of North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. As with so many earlier records, at best, clerks wrote down what they heard in regional accents: Joseph's surname is listed as Tummins and Jane's as Atcliff with the aitch dropped. :)

Records suggest Joseph and Jane had three children:
  1. Sophia Alice Hatcliffe Tummon b. 1836 in Swinefleet, Yorkshire
  2. William Henry Tummon bap. 7 May 1838 in Marshchapel, Lincolnshire. Their surname on William's baptism was also listed as Tummins.
  3. Thomas Tummon b. 1841 in Marshchapel, Lincolnshire
In 1841, living in Marsh Chapel, Louth, Lincolnshire, were Joseph Tummons (sic) (30), Jane Tummons (20), William Tummons (3) and Sophia Tummons (5). On the 1841 Census, Joseph's occupation is listed as Agricultural Labourer.

Then Joseph Tummon died, at just 42, and was buried on 5 Sep 1849 in the parish of St. AndrewDrypool - then a village - presumably, ironically, in the churchyard of the ancient parish church of St. Peter's Church, Drypool. The building was destroyed by bombs in 1941. The churchyard is now a garden.

In 1851, in Thornton Street, Sculcoates, were Jane Tummon (31ish) widow, Dressmaker; Sophia Alice Tummon (14), William Henry Tummon (13) Weaver; Thomas Tummon (10) and Hugh Millar, a Hawker, Lodger.

In 1871, Jane Tummon (49ish) Seamstress, was living at Winters Alley, St Mary, Hull with Emma Hatcliffe (24) Charwoman, Niece and William Robinson (60) Dock side labourer, Boarder, which suggests he also had meals provided.

Jane Tummon died, aged 53, in the last quarter of 1871.

St Peter's Church, Drypool Green
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Sunday 10 April 2022

William Henry Tummon and Elizabeth Crowley

Wassand Street, Kingston upon Hull
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The Wassand Arms, No. 99 Wassand Street. A traditional corner public house that once served the fishing community. Built mid to late Victorian period for Sykes Brewery. 

William Henry Tummon (b. 1838 in Marshchapel, Lincolnshire), son of Joseph Tummon and Jane Hatcliffe married Elizabeth Crowley (b. 1841), daughter of Thomas Crowley and Elizabeth Molloy, in Hull, in 1860.

William and Elizabeth Tummon had twelve children:

  1. Thomas Joseph Tummon b. 1861 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D, bap 1 Dec 1861 in Hull. Died 5 Mar 1862 in HULL Volume 09D Page 132. The 3 month old infant son of William Tummon of Delaporte Court, Manor Street, was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 8 Mar 1862. He was "Found dead in bed from enlargement of the liver". The informant was Elizabeth Tummon.
  2. Jane Elizabeth Tummon b. 1863 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D  Page 173, bap. 4 Jan 1863 in Hull.
  3. William Tummon b. 1864 D Quarter in HULL Vol 09D Page 183, bap. 4 Dec 1864 in Hull. Died, aged 7, on 15 Dec 1871 in HULL Vol 09D Page 167 and was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 18 Dec 1871, "Accidentally Burnt."
  4. Frederick Hatcliffe Tummon b. 1867 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 175, died at 19, on 6 Jan 1885 in HULL Volume 09D Page 155 and was buried on 11 Jan 1885 at Hull General Cemetery. The cause of death is given as 'Idiotsy' (sic) - it doesn't specify whether behavioural or congenital.
  5. Lucy Tummon b. 1870 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 212, bap. 1 May 1870 at St. James's Church, Hull, died from 'Diarrhoea and convulsions', aged 2 years 4 months on 1 Aug 1872 in HULL Volume 09D Page 179 and was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 4 Aug 1872.
  6. Robert Tummon b. 1872 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 211, died aged 5 months on 22 Aug 1872 from 'Consumption' (Tuberculosis) in HULL Volume 09D Page 188 and was buried at Hull General Cemetery on 24 Aug 1872.
  7. Margaret Tummon b. 13 Jun 1873 in HULL Volume 09D Page 208, bap. 29 Jun 1873 at St. Luke's Church, Hull (The church was badly damaged in the Second World War and demolished. The site is now occupied by council housing.) The family's address was Pease Place, Pease Street, Hull.
  8. Tom Tummon b. 20 Apr 1875 in HULL Volume 09D Page 252, bap. 26 Aug 1875 at St. James's Church, Hull (The church was closed in the mid 1950s and demolished in 1957. The site is now a garden.) At this time, the family were living at 38 Edgar Street, Hull.
  9. Sophia Tummon b. 15 Feb 1877 in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 154, bap. 8 Mar 1877, in Hull.
  10. George Tummon b. 19 May 1879 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 236
  11. Ada Tummon b. 1881 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 147
  12. Alice Tummon b. 27 Oct 1883 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 262

In 1861, William Tummon (22) Dock Labourer from Marshchapel, Lincolnshire and Elizabeth Tummon (19) were living at 5, Delaporte Court, St Marys, Hull. 

By 1871, William Tummon (33) Labourer, Elizabeth Tummon (29), Jane E Tummon (8), William H Tummon (6), Frederick H Tummon (4), Lucy Tummon (0), and boarders, Thomas Grayburn (46) and Edward Hatcliffe (26), were living at Broadley Street, St Mary, Hull. Another of Hull's lost streets - done away with in 1901 - Hull Daily Mail tells us that, "Broadley Street ran from Parliament Street, past Burlington Tavern, across the top of Manor Street and up to Leadenhall Square. The street was full of warehouses, sailmakers and wine, spirit and tobacco stores." 

In 1881, at 122, Chiltern Street, Newington, Sculcoates, were William Tummon (42) General Labourer, Elizabeth Tummon (40), Jane E Tummon (18) Domestic Servant Unemployed, Frederick H Tummon (14), Margaret Tummon (8), Tom Tummon (5), Sophia Tummon (3), George Tummon (1) and Ada Tummon (0). 

In 1891, William Tummon (52) Dock Labourer, was living at Lower Union Court, Lower Union Street, Holy Trinity and St Mary, Hull with Elizabeth Tummon (48), Sophia Tummon (14), Ada Tummon (9) and Alice Tummon (7). Maggie Tummon (17) was employed as a General Domestic Servant to John Ayer (39) Publican at 21 Sewer Lane, Hull. Searches show the Flying Horse at 21 Sewer Lane, Hull. George Tummon (11), was listed at Hull Truants Industrial School, in Elm Terrace, Hull.

William Tummon died, at 57, in 1895 M Quarter in HULL Vol 09D Page 182.

In 1901, Elizabeth Tummon (60) widow, was living at 18, Wassand Street, Margarets Terrace, Hull, with George Tummon (21) Commercial traveller; Ada Tummon (20) Charwoman and Alice Tummon (17) Domestic Servant.

Then in 1911, Elizabeth Tummon (69), widow, was living with her daughter, Ada Gallantree at 7 Hildas Grove, Westbourne Street, Hessle Road, Hull.

Elizabeth Tummon of Westbourne Street, died aged 71 of paralysis, on 25 Jan 1913, and was buried on 28 Jan 1913, at Hull General Cemetery, Spring Bank.