William Swift, Mary Fogg (Baker or Thursby) and Maria Taylor

Sewer Lane, Kingston upon Hull
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William Swift (b. 1824 in Leeds), son of William Swift and Mary Ann Lister married Mary Fogg, on 20 Nov 1847, at St. Paul's Church, Hull. This church was newly consecrated that year, built to serve a district of Sculcoates parish in 1844. On the record of their marriage, William Swift, Engineer, and the widowed Mary Fogg, were both listed as resident at the Old Foundry [1]. Witnesses to the marriage were William's younger brother, Zachariah Swift and Charlotte Baker. [2]

Apparently born Mary Baker, it seems she was baptised on 10 Mar 1823 at All Saints Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, the daughter of John and Anne Baker. Mary was 17 when she married the 45 year old, John Fogg as Mary Thursby, on 1 Jan 1841, in Tuxford, Nottinghamshire. How Mary Baker became Mary Thursby I cannot yet explain, but this sequence does show that this is the same person. 

In 1841, John Fog (sic) (45) Pensioner and Mary Fog (15) - due to rounding down - were lodging in a large household in Lincoln Street, Tuxford. 

At this date, Pensioner, can only mean military and I've found a John Fogg, born 1796 in Weston, Nottinghamshire (only 3 miles from Tuxford), who joined the 19th Foot (Yorkshire Regiment / Green Howards), at 17, on 2 Apr 1813, at Hull. He was discharged from the 41st Regt Of Foot and granted a pension due to disability with varicose veins, chronic rheumatic pains and shortness of breath on exertion, which were attributed to climate and the performance of his military duties. He appears to have been in the East Indies from 1815 to 1836. On discharge in 1840, at 44, he was 5' 4½", with brown hair, grey eyes and a fair complexion. 

John and Mary Fogg had one child:

1. Joseph Fogg b. 1844 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 22 Page 523, Mother's maiden name listed as BAKER, bap. 8 Dec 1844 at St. Mark's Church, Hull. Died, aged 15, in 1860 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 148 and was buried on 8 Feb 1860 in Holy Trinity Parish.

John Fogg died, at 52, and was buried on 14 Feb 1847 in the parish of Hull Holy Trinity. On the burial record, his abode was given as 'Foundry' [Old Foundry].

William and Mary Swift then added eight children:

1. Zachariah Swift bap. 10 Dec 1848 at St. Paul's, Sculcoates
2. Denzil Swift bap. 22 Sep 1850 at St. James's Church, Hull
3. Georgiana Swift bap. 30 Jan 1853 at St. James's Church, Hull
4. Herbert Swift b. 1855 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 198, mother's maiden name listed as FOGG, bap. 26 Mar 1855 at Holy Trinity Hull
5. Estelle Swift b. 1857 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 210, mother's maiden name listed as HUNSBY, bap. 14 Sep 1857 at Holy Trinity Hull
6. Josephine Swift b. 1860 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 188, mother's maiden name listed as THURSBY, bap. 30 Jul 1860 at Holy Trinity Hull
7. Verona Swift b. 1860 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 188, mother's maiden name listed as THURSBY, bap. 30 Jul 1860 at Holy Trinity Hull
8. Victor Swift b. 1864 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 233, mother's maiden name listed as THIRSBY, bap. 25 Apr 1864 at Holy Trinity Hull

Despite all being born after 1837, I was unable to find civil registrations for Zachariah, Denzil or Georgiana. On Herbert's registration, they clearly confused former name and maiden name, but it's useful that Fogg is mentioned; I'm sure Hunsby is an error and meant to be Thursby and that the last is merely a spelling, or transcription error. The sequence of these does show that, however her name came to change, it was the same person. Josephine and Verona, clearly, were twins.

At the time of Zachariah's baptism in 1848, William and Mary were living the exotic, Sewer Lane, Hull (which, to be fair, looks a lot nicer than it sounds).

In 1851, William Swift (27) Engineer, from Leeds, Yorkshire, was living at Mill Yard, Anlaby Road, Holy Trinity, Hull with wife Mary Swift (28) from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire and Joseph Swift (6) [Joseph Fogg]; Zachariah Swift (2) and Denxill Swift (0). (Convent Lane, originally Mill Lane, and later Oil Mill Lane, was named as such because it led to Mill Yard and a large windmill situated on its west side.)

In 1861, William Swift (37) Engineer from Leeds, was living, undoubtedly in the same place at Oilmill Yard, 8, Anlaby Road, Holy Trinity, Hull with Mary Swift (36), Zachariah Swift (12), Denzil Swift (10), Georgiana Swift (8) - those three at school - Herbert Swift (6), Estelle Swift (3), Josephine Swift and Verona Swift both (0).

In 1871, at 7 Mill Yard, South Parade, Holy Trinity, Hull, were William Swift (47) Oil Mill Engine Driver, from Leeds; Mary Swift (47) from Gainsborough, Lincs; Zachariah Swift (22) Oil Miller; Denzil Swift (20) Oil Miller; Georgiana Swift (18) Dressmaker; Herbert Swift (16) Penitentiary Porter (Hull Prison opened in 1870); Estelle Swift (13), Josephine Swift (11), Verona Swift (11) and Victor Swift (7).

An Oil Miller is someone who extracted oil from seeds, particularly linseed and rapeseed grown in England. There has been a long history of oil milling in Hull, one of two industries that dominated the town's industrial history. See links here.

Mary Swift (formerly Fogg, née Baker and sometimes, as yet inexplicably, Thursby) died, age estimated as 47, in 1872 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 149. She was buried, on 22 May 1872, in Hull Holy Trinity parish.

In the 4th quarter of 1873, William Swift remarried Maria Taylor, eldest daughter of William Voss Taylor and Eliza Levitt. William, then 49 and Maria 40, did not have further children together, however, Maria brought with her an illegitimate daughter, Edith Maria Taylor, born 1864 S Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 232. Son Zachariah had married Maria's younger sister, Ann, the previous year, 1872.

In 1881, William Swift (57) Oil Mill Engine Driver was living at 6, Simons Terrace, Sutton and Stoneferry, Sculcoates with second wife Maria Swift (47), son Victor Swift (17) and Stepdaughter, Edith Taylor (16) Dressmaker (unemployed).

In 1891, still at Simons Terrace, Sutton and Stoneferry, Sculcoates, were William Swift (67) Engine Driver; Maria Swift (58) and Harry Taylor (8) Grandson - undoubtedly the 'natural' son of Maria's daughter, Edith.

Maria Swift died, aged 59, in 1895, in Hull.

William Swift died, at 73, in Hull in 1897.

[1] Rose, Downs and Thomson were much better known as world leaders in seed crushing machinery. The started out in business in 1777 at the Old Foundry and made cannons and windmill parts. As the Port of Hull the city became a centre for oil seed production and Rose, Downs and Thomson started making presses for the factories. In 1820 they had the first hydraulic press to extract oil from linseed. A Mrs C. Rose inherited the business in 1833 and took on a Mr Downs as Partner. Her grandson a Mr Thomson later joined the business and the name continued for over 100 years. Source (There are numerous images in the more recent, Allam family want to transform disused historic Hull factory into apartments.)

[2] There was a Charlotte Baker baptised also at All Saints Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 21 Aug 1824, the daughter of Isaac and Mary Baker, who this may be and, who it may speculated, could perhaps be Mary's cousin.

John Travis and Mary Markham

Great Union Street, Kingston upon Hull
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Across the road from the former churchyard of St Peter's, Drypool, the Victoria Dock Tavern. Opened by local brewer, Simon Cook, late 1820s, as the Albion, a famous sailing ship of its day. Its name was changed in the 1840s to reflect the construction of Victoria Dock.

John Travis (b. 26 Aug 1816 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire), by trade a Turner, son of George Travis and Charlotte Tall, married Mary Markham, daughter of Joseph Markham and Sarah Dawson, on 2 Oct 1841 in the Parish of Drypool, St Andrew. Both gave their address as Great Union Street. Although listed as the parish of St Andrew, Drypool, St. Andrew's Church was not consecrated until 1878, so they will have married at the former St Peter's Church, Drypool Green. (Destroyed by bombs in 1941, its shell survived the war, the tower being the last part to be demolished. The churchyard is now a garden.) Witnesses to their marriage were Henry Redmore and Mary's sister, Martha Markham, who themselves married in 1844.

When John's parents married, at All Saints Church, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, on 1 Aug 1815, George Travis was described as 'Labourer of the Parish of Worksop in the County of Nottinghamshire', which explains John's birthplace.

John and Mary Travis had no children of their own.

In 1851, John Travis (34) Labourer from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, was living in Cumberland Street, St Paul, Sculcoates with Mary Travis (29).

In 1861, John Travis (44) and Mary Travis (39) were occupying 150 & 151 Church Street, St Marys Sculcoates. It hasn't been possible to read John's occupation.

In 1871, John Travis (54) Oil Miller was living at 41, Lime Street, Sutton, Sculcoates with Mary Travis (49).

In 1881, John Travis (64) Dock labourer was living at East Side, 37, Grange Street, Sculcoates with Mary Travis (59) Grocer.

John Travis died, at 74, in 1891 M Quarter in SCULCOATES.

In 1891, Mary Travis (69) Widow, Grocer, lived at 78, Grange Street, Sculcoates with Ada M Redmore (18) Dressmaker, Niece. (Great-niece, daughter of James Markham Redmore, elder son of Henry Redmore and Martha Markham.).

Mary Travis, widow of the late John Travis, Oil Refiner, died on 6 Jun 1897 (in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 142), according to the notice published in the Hull Daily Mail. Mary Travis (76) was buried on 9 Jun 1897 in the parish of Sculcoates, All Saints. On the burial record, her abode is listed as Workhouse. Presumably the Sculcoates Union Workhouse, later the Beverley Road Institution and eventually Kingston General Hospital, this was undoubtedly because it was the only place people could then get treatment and care in sickness and old age.

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 in the Durham County Advertiser on 15 Jun 1838, "At Sunderland Church [...] (at that date Holy Trinity Church or Sunderland Parish Church) on Tuesday, Mr Thomas Crowley, to Miss Elizabeth Molloy". Although Elizabeth claims to be from Sunderland, there is no baptism for her there, 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.