Richard Arthur Wall and Hannah Lyne

Clifton Street, Kingston upon Hull
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Richard Arthur Wall, only child of Richard Wall and Margaret Manning Sawyer, married Hannah Lyne at All Saints Church, Hull on 19 Oct 1893. Richard Wall's occupation is listed as Steward. Hannah's father is listed as John Lyne (deceased), Cab Proprietor. Born Hannah Line, in Bridlington, on 28 Oct 1867, she was the daughter of John Smith Line and Elizabeth Barker. Living with her parents, in 1871, at Lyons Yard, High Street, Bridlington, John Line was listed as a Coachman.

Richard and Hannah had four children:

1. Harry Wall b. 1895 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 244, bap. 27 Feb 1895 at All Saints Church, Hull. Died, aged 8, in 1903 J Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 134.
2. Frederick Wall b. 1897 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 243, bap. 8 Dec 1897 at All Saints Church, Hull. Died, aged 25, in 1922 D Quarter in ROMFORD Volume 04A Page 474.
3. Margaret Elizabeth Wall b. 13 Dec 1899 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 256, bap. 14 Mar 1900 at St. Paul's Church, Hull.
4. Herbert Wall b. 1902 S Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 258, bap. 13 Aug 1902 at St. Paul's Church, Hull. Died, aged 10, in 1912 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 298.

On Harry's baptism Richard's occupation is again listed just as Steward, but on Frederick's and Margaret's baptisms, it is the more specific Ship's Steward. This explains why he was not on the 1891 census and isn't on the 1901 and 1911 census returns with the family as presumably he'll have been at sea.

In 1901, Hannah Wall (33) was living at 23, Clifton Street, Hull, Sculcoates, Yorkshire with Harry Wall (6), Frederick Wall (3) and Margaret E Wall (1).

Son, Harry Wall died, in 1903, aged 8.

In 1911, Hannah Wall (43) was living at 59 Blundell St, Hull, Sculcoates with Frederick Wall (13), Margaret Elizabeth Wall (11), Herbert Wall (8) and Florence Pinkney (19) Niece. (In 1881 and 1891, Hannah had lived in the household of Charles Boynton Pinkney, whose wife Emma Barker, was obviously a relative of her mother's.) Richard Arthur Wall is not listed in the household again on the census, but he is listed at that address on the Electoral Register for that year.

Son, Herbert Wall died, in 1912, aged 10.

In 1921, Richard Arthur Wall (56) Stocktaker, Hannah Wall (53) and Frederick Wall (23) were living at 12, Stafford Street, Hull, Sculcoates.

In the 3rd quarter of 1922, Frederick Wall married Doris M Kerr, in Hull. On 20 Nov 1922, Frederick Wall (25), died, as the notice in the Hull Daily Mail details, "On November 20th, at 24, Aldersey Gardens, Barking, Frederick, the dear husband of Doris M Wall (nee Kerr), and dear son of Mr & Mrs Wall of 12, Stafford Street, Hull, aged 25." Checking the Electoral Register for 1922, Richard Arthur Wall, Hannah Wall and Frederick Wall were still listed as living at 12, Stafford Street, Hull, sadly confirming that the couple had now lost all three of their sons. 

A happier notice in the Hull Daily Mail in 1925 reads, "LOVATT-WALL: June 10th, at St Paul's Church, George Herbert, youngest son of Mr & Mrs W Lovatt, to Margaret Elizabeth, only daughter of Mrs & Mrs R A Wall, both of the city."

In 1939, Richard A Wall, Shore Steward Retired and Hannah Wall were living at 21 Reldene Drive, Kingston Upon Hull. That year, George H Lovatt, Clerk (Gas Co) and Margaret E Lovatt were living at 9 Carisbrooke Avenue, Cottingham. There are no birth registrations, so George and Margaret don't appear to have had children.

Richard Arthur Wall died on 3 Dec 1948. From Hull Daily Mail, "WALL - On Dec 3rd, at his daughter's residence, 26, Bricknell Avenue, Richard Arthur, aged 83, beloved husband of Hannah Wall. Resting at Messrs Moses' Private Chapel, Beverley Road. Internment Western Cemetery, Tuesday 1 p.m."

Hannah Wall died at the age of 90, in 1958. 

George Lovatt died, in Beverley, in 1986. Margaret Elizabeth Lovatt of St Mary's Nursing Home, Chanterlands Avenue, Hull died 9 April 1991. Both reached 91.