John Welburn, Elizabeth Garbutt and Mary Ann Jackson

Holy Trinity Church, King Street, Kingston upon Hull
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John Welburn (b. 1822), son of William Welburn and Elizabeth Hodgson, married Elizabeth Garbutt (b. 1820), of Anlaby Road, listed as daughter of James Garbutt, Jockey, at Holy Trinity Church (Interior), Hull on 18 Apr 1850. 

Elizabeth Garbutt, bap. 17 Dec 1820 in Norton by Malton, Yorkshire (Norton-on-Derwent), was one of eleven children to James Garbutt and Elizabeth Welburn. 

John Welburn lists his address at the time of the marriage as Upper Union Street and his occupation as Mariner. He lists his father as William Welburn, Farmer. Witnesses at the wedding were Thomas Garbutt and Ann English.

Thomas Garbutt, living on the Anlaby Road in 1851, also baptised in Norton, Yorkshire, on 14 Aug 1818, was Elizabeth's brother. Thomas Garbutt married Ann English, also at Hull Holy Trinity, later that same year on 29 Aug 1850.

John and Elizabeth had four children:

1. Sarah Elizabeth Welburn b. 1851 M Quarter in KINGSTON UPON HULL Volume 22 Page 492
2. William Garbutt Welburn b. 1853 S Quarter in KINGSTON UPON HULL Volume 09D Page 171
3. John Welburn b. 1856 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 200
4. Eliza Welburn b. 1859 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 187

Elizabeth Welburn (40) died in 1861 M Quarter in HULL Vol 09D Page 137.

John Welburn, widower, son of William Welburn, claiming to be 31, then remarried, Mary Ann Jackson (30), also at Holy Trinity Hull, on 13 Oct 1862. Mary Ann's father is listed as John Jackson. As yet, I haven't located a baptism for her.

John and Mary Ann added another four children:

5. Mary Welburn b. 1864 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 191, bap. 3 Oct 1864, at West Street Chapel (West Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, The first Primitive Methodist Chapel in Hull). The baptism record gives the family's abode as Regent Street, Holy Trinity and John's occupation as Horn Shaver.
6. Alfred Welburn b. 1867 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 217
7. Maria Welburn b. 1867 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 218
8. Alice Welburn b. 1869 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 179

Clearly, Alfred and Maria, born in the same quarter, were twins. Unusually for twins at this time, both not only survive infancy, they reach adulthood and both marry.

John and Mary Ann and their family were living in Holy Trinity, Hull, in 1871.

In 1881, John Welburn (59) from Scarbro, Yorkshire, Horn Shaving Maker - if I had to guess, I'd imagine this occupation was related to a horner, a person who made items made out of horn such as knife handles, combs, etc. - was living at 76, Chiltern Street, Newington, Hull. With him were wife Mary Ann (48) from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Formerly Laundress; Alfred Welburn (14) Errand Boy; Maria Welburn (14) Domestic Servant Unemployed; Alice Welburn (12) Scholar and Emily Welburn (0) Granddaughter - Emily Welburn b. 1880 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09 D Page 179, registration has no mother's maiden name listed, i.e. an illegitimate birth. Her baptism, on 4 Oct 1880, at the church of St Paul, Sculcoates, confirms this and lists her mother as Eliza Welburn, Singlewoman. (Eliza Welburn (22) at that time, was out working as a Domestic Servant to Sarah A Robinson (24) Late Dressmaker from the City of London at 36, Pease Street, Kingston upon Hull.) Eliza's child being in this household definitively links both these families.

From the description of 'Formerly Laundress' in 1881, it might be reasonable to assume that Mary Ann Welburn had become unable to work. And this may be so, as she died, aged 52, in 1885 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 89.

So far, I've been unable to find a record of the death of this John Welburn.

(There is a record of death of a John Welburn, aged 69, in 1889 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 210. The burial record for this man, with age rounded to 70 and his occupation listed as Sailor, says he died from Bronchitis on 15 Dec 1889 and was buried on 18 Dec 1889 in Hull Central Cemetery. At that time the gentleman concerned was resident at Hull Workhouse. It is easy to see why, with no other record of a death of a John Welburn around the relevant date, that this had been accepted. However, the burial record also lists an informant, James Welburn. I've found no James Welburn in this family. I have, however, found a record of John Welburn in the 1881 census in Hull, at that time a Dock Labourer, who was born in Barton, Lincolnshire in 1820. And separately, a record for a James Welburn in 1881, who was also born in Barton, Lincolnshire in 1825 (this James died in 1902). Although I cannot find their baptism records, it wouldn't be difficult to accept that these two are connected. It seems, therefore, far more reasonable to believe that the 1889 death is related to this other John Welburn from Lincolnshire.)