Charles Stocks and Ann Paddison

Wellsted Street, Kingston upon Hull
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Charles Stocks (b. 1856 in Stettin, Germany), son of Frederick and Ann Stock and elder brother of William Henry Stocks, married Annie Paddison (b. 9 Nov 1855, bap. 6 Aug 1856 in Louth, Lincolnshire), daughter of John Paddison and Esther Ann Borrell, at the now lost Church of St. John the Evangelist, Hull, on 4 Feb 1879. Witnesses to the marriage were a James Rutton and Elizabeth Ruthern. Both the bride and the groom gave their residence as 14 Vincent Street, Hull and both the bridegroom and his father, Frederick Stock's occupation was listed as Mariner.

Charles and Annie had at least three children (maybe 5, see 1901):

1. Herbert Archibald Stocks b. 1882 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 242 (I can find no further records, nor a death for Herbert Archibald).
2. Jessie Stocks b. 16 May 1888 in HULL Volume 09D Page 283, bap. 6 Jun 1888 at St. Thomas's Church, Hull (Another lost church: The church was damaged in a Zeppelin raid in the First World War and more severely by bombing in the Second World War and subsequently demolished.)
3. Annie Maria Stocks b. 16 Sep 1893 in HULL Volume 09D Page 256, bap. 29 Oct 1893 at St. Barnabas's Church, Hull. (Closed in 1970 and demolished.)

The mother's maiden name for all three children is listed as Paddison.

In 1881, Annie Stock (sic) (25) Servant, Married was living with her mother-in-law, Annie Stock, at 4, Emma's Place, Kingston upon Hull. Neither of their husbands were in the household, from which we can presume they were at sea.

In 1891, Annie Stocks, age listed as 30, was living, seemingly alone, in Walcott Street, Hull. Jesse Stocks (2) was living with her grandfather, John Paddison. 

The only census I've found with the whole family is in 1901, living at 7 Wellsted Street, Myrtle Avenue, Hull, with Charles Stocks (43) Donkey Engine Driver (Steam donkey), claiming his birthplace was Hull, Yorkshire (he was born in Stettin, Rabnor, Germany - now Szczecin, Poland); Annie Stocks (40), Jessie Stocks (12), Annie Stocks (7), Joseph Paddison (23) Bar Man; Edward Paddison (19) Labourer H & B Railway Co (Hull and Barnsley Railway); John Paddison (39) Labourer Paving and William Paddison (36) Labourer Electric Light. John Paddison (39) and William Paddison (36), listed as boarders, are Ann's younger half brothers. Joseph Paddison (23), too was purported to be her half-brother, but was here listed as a son of the head of the household. His birth, in 1877 S Quarter in SPILSBY Volume 07A Page 573, with MAPLETHORPE as his mother's maiden name (Ann's stepmother), but I wonder if this was to pass off Ann's illegitimate child to be brought up by his grandfather. Edward Paddison (19) was also listed as the son of the head of the household. His birth was registered as Edward Paddison in 1883 J Quarter in SPILSBY Volume 07A Page 618, with the mother's maiden name listed as STOCKS. That doesn't make sense at all. Charles and Ann were married, so if the surnames had been transposed on the registration, why was he not using Stocks?

In 1911, Annie Stocks (56) was living at 46 Wellsted St, Hull, with her occupation listed as Grocer. She is listed as Married and as the Wife of the head of the household, but Charles is not listed, with daughter, Annie Maria Stocks (17). 

Charles Stocks died, aged 57, in 1914 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 389 and was buried at Holy Trinity Church, presumably at Holy Trinity Burial Ground. 

In 1921, Annie Stocks (66) Widow, Servant, was employed in the household of Thomas Henry Hindley (62) at 13, Endsleigh Villas, Wellsted Street, Hull.

Annie Stocks died, in 1924 M Qtr in SCULCOATES Vol 09D Page 346.

William Henry Stocks, Eliza Hobbs and Sarah Ethel Forth

St George's Road, Kingston upon Hull
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At the junction with Woodcock Street, the Church of St John the Baptist, consecrated 1878. Known as the "Fishermen's Church" due to its location in the heart of the city's old fishing community. The memorial to lost fishermen is situated within. An Introduction to The Fishermen's Church, Hull

William Henry Stocks (b. 4 Jun 1858, in Stettin, Germany, now Szczecin, Poland), son of Frederick and Sophia (Annie) Stock, married Eliza Hobbs (b. 1859), daughter of Thomas Hobbs and Eliza Welburn, on 2 Jan 1881 in at the Fishermen's Church [see video], of St John the Baptist, St George's Road, Newington, Hull. Witnesses to their marriage were Thomas Hobbs and Maria Hobbs (wife of John).

William and Eliza had five children:

1. Thomas Stocks b. 1882 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 222
2. Herbert Stocks b. 1884 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 188
3. Ethel Stocks b. 1886 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 194
4. Stanley Stocks b. 27 May 1898 J Quarter in SCULCOATES Vol 09D Page 140
5. William Henry Stocks b. 27 May 1898 J Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 140

The mid-life surprise twins were both baptised, in Hull, on 10 July 1898.

Stanley and William Henry jnr's baptism records confirm that both boys were born on 27 May 1898; their father's occupation as Butcher and the family's address as 8 Newlands Arcade, Hull.

In 1881, the recently married couple, William Stocks (22) Butcher from Stettin, Germany and wife Eliza Stocks (22) were living in her father's household at 1, Little Grafton Street, Newington, Sculcoates, Yorkshire. 

In 1891, William H Stocks (32) Butcher from Germany, with wife Eliza Stocks (32), Thomas Stocks (8), Herbert Stocks (6) and Ethel Stocks (5) were all living at Bowes Terrace, Sculcoates, Yorkshire.

In 1901, at Newland Arcade, Beverley Road, were William H Stocks (43) Butcher purporting to be from Hull; wife Eliza Stocks (42), Thomas Stocks (18) Butcher, Herbert Stocks (16) Butcher, Ethel Stocks (15), Stanley Stocks (2), William H Stocks (2), Betsy Ann Hobbs (54) - Eliza's sister - and Eliza Hobbs (78) Widow - Betsy Ann and Eliza's mother.

In 1911, William Henry Stocks (52) now a Master Butcher (meaning he has taught apprentices), but again purporting to be from Hull; wife Eliza Stocks (52), Ethel Stocks (25), Stanley Stocks (12), William Henry Stocks (12), Betsy Ann Hobbs (59) and Beatrice Stocks (4) Granddaughter (Thomas Stocks' daughter). 

There was a mass internment of registered Enemy Alien men aged between 17 and 55 following the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915, which German-born William Henry Stocks appears to have avoided, literally, by the skin of his teeth. He was 56 at that time. The record for him in this set Britain, Enemy Aliens and Internees, First and Second World Wars, shows he was assessed during the First World War: 

STOCKS William H. 60/59. BB wife. 5 ch. Butcher. Classes 5 & 7. Residence interrupted by 2 visits to Australia in all nearly 2 1/2 years: does not know German languages.

I've not found any records to confirm those supposed visits to Australia.

Eliza Stocks (née Hobbs) died, aged 59, in 1918 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 295.

On 2 Aug 1920, William Henry Stocks (62) remarried to Sarah Ethel Forth (b. 30 Mar 1882 known as Ethel), daughter of John Fryer Forth, a Printer with his own business, and Emma Phillipson, at St John's Church, Newland. Witnesses were a Joseph Pearson and Sarah Ethel's sister, Edith Helen Forth (b. 1883).

William Henry Stocks had one daughter by his second wife:

6. Irene Stocks b. 25 Feb 1924 (Vol 9D Page 440)

In 1921, William Henry Stocks (63) Master Butcher, listed his place of birth as 'Unknown', 'Resident' in the UK and added 'Believed to be Danes'; with Sarah Ethel Stocks (39), William Henry Stocks (23) Studying for Board of Trade Examination; Betsy Ann Hobbs (71) Sister-in-law and Lilian McKenzie (4) Visitor. (Daughter of John McKenzie and Gertrude Elizabeth Forth, Sarah Ethel's younger sister.)

In 1939, William H Stocks, Sarah E Stocks and Irene Stocks, were living at 18 Golf Links Road, Kingston Upon Hull (on the border with Cottingham). 

William Henry Stocks was still on the authorities' radar as an Enemy Alien, as he was issued with a certificate declaring that a Tribunal had found him Exempt from internment (presumably on the basis of his age), dated 4 Nov 1939. 

William Henry Stocks died, aged 82, on 19 Jul 1940, in Cottingham. Probate was granted on 14 Aug 1940, with beneficiaries being Sarah Ethel Stocks, Rose Adelaide Austin and Herbert Marshall Austin. (Rose Adelaide Forth (b. 1888) was Sarah's younger sister, who married Herbert Marshall Austin, in Hull, in 1916.)

Sarah Ethel Stocks died, in her 89th year, in 1971, in Hull.

• Herbert Stocks married Ella Murial Wharton, in Hull, in 1910. In 1911, Herbert Stocks (26) Butcher's Assistant and Murial Stocks (22) were listed living in East Sculcoates. Ella Murial Wharton, b. 1888 D Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 204, daughter of James Wharton and Emily Frances Marshall. James Wharton was a Police Constable. 
• Ethel Stocks married George Henry Shaw (b. 1879 in Nottingham), in Sculcoates, in 1911. They had two sons: Cecil Shaw b. 1914 S Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 226 and George Rowland Shaw b. 1923 J Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 207.
• Stanley Stocks was awarded a Mercantile Marine Medal, for his participation in World War I, in 1919. He married Jessie Stephenson, in Sculcoates, in 1922. In 1939, Stanley Stocks, Cook Steward, SS Teano, was living at 28 Lambton Street, Kingston Upon Hull. SS Teano sunk on 8 Nov 1943, after being hit by another vessel whilst at anchor on the River Humber. If Stanley was still attached to that ship in 1943, he was clearly one of the survivors. Stanley Stocks died, aged 62, at sea, on 17 Sep 1960 from infarctus myocardii (myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack). It appears he was taken to Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. At the time of his death, Stanley Stocks, of 6 Lambton Street, Newlands Avenue, Hull, was Chief Steward of the SS Cicero (II), which made a regular run between Hull and Gothenburg. Jessie Stocks died, in Hull, in 1968. 
• William Henry Stocks Jnr, like his twin brother, was also awarded a Mercantile Marine Medal, for his participation in World War I, in 1919. He married Ethel Blanchard on 11 Oct 1924. Immigration records show that William Henry Stocks was 1st Mate of the SS Molesey, arriving in Boston, Massachusetts in August 1928 and July 1929. On 25 Nov 1929, the Molesey was lost, ran aground off Skomer, Jack Sound, Pembrokeshire. Among the persons lost were Ethel Stocks, Stewardess. (Plan of wreck). William Henry Stocks remarried to Marion Lazenby on 23 Dec 1933. In 1939, William Henry Stocks and Marion Stocks were living at 87 Highfield, Kingston Upon Hull. Marion Stocks (b. 9 Oct 1902), died in 1979. William Henry Stocks died in 1981.
• Irene Stocks married Robert John Fletcher on 10 Apr 1948, in Hull. They had one son, born in Hull, in 1952 (still living). Robert John Fletcher (b. 14 Jul 1920) died in 1991. Irene Fletcher died in 1998 (DOR Q4/1998 in BEVERLEY (5422) Reg 53B Entry Number 74).

Wreck of the SS Molesey APNews 2 Dec 1929

Frederick and Sophia (Annie) Stock

Ye Olde Blue Bell, a Sam Smith's pub in Hull
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In 1871, Frederick Stock (43) Steamer Fireman, Ann Stock (44), Charles Stock (14) Baker's Apprentice and William Henry Stock (12) Errand Boy, were living at 5 Blue Bell Yard, Sculcoates (one assumes the yard of the Old Blue Bell, alongside Trinity Market Hull). Originally from Stettin, Germany, now Szczecin, Poland (Why Stettin became Szczecin), there is where we may find birth or marriage records. Clearly, they had arrived in England some time between 1858 and 1871, but early in that range, probably, as it was later said that William did not know German. 

In 1881, Annie Stock, claiming to be 39, actually 54, Washerwoman with boarder (i.e. supporting herself by taking in washing and letting rooms) from Germany was living at 4, Emma's Place, Kingston upon Hull, with daughter-in-law, Annie Stock (25) Servant from Louth, Lincolnshire (the former Ann Paddison, wife of Charles Stocks - their husbands both being mariners were probably not in the household as they were at sea); Robert Wilson (26) Cartman, Visitor and Henry Wilson (25) Butcher, Boarder - these lads were also both from Louth, Lincolnshire. 

(Its my belief that Robert and Henry are brothers, as both birth registrations give their mother's maiden name as SCRIMSHAW, but I've not yet identified their parents. It would also be interesting to see if they are related to the Joseph Wilson who married Annie Paddion's aunt, Margaret Mary Borrell, in Louth.)

Frederick Stocks, Ship's Fireman, died, aged 57, on 19 Feb 1887 at 2 Alicia Court, Alicia Street (Alicia Street was lost in 1938, one of many streets lost during the neatly titled ‘Kingston upon Hull (Reform Street) Clearance Area Act, 1938’) from Morbus Cordis (Aortic) - heart disease - with W H Stocks, Son, in attendance.

Annie Stocks, widow of Frederick Stocks, a Merchant Seaman, of 7 Florence Terrace, Walcott Street, died on 21 Apr 1897 at the Hull Workhouse Analby Road (later Western General Hospital), from Senile Atrophy. Her death was registered by Annie Stocks, Daughter-in-law 'in attendance' of 7 Myrtle Terrace, Wellsted Street, Hull. A note in the right-hand margin says, For Annie Stocks read 'Sophia Stocks otherwise Annie Stocks'. This information was from a declaration given on 26 Apr 1897 by Annie Stocks and William Henry Stocks. We may conclude that Sophia was her given name and she was known as Annie.