Thomas Hobbs and Eliza Welburn

Mill stone outside Beckhouse Farm, Cropton, North Yorkshire

Thomas Hobbs (b. 1817 in Appleton-le-Street, North Yorkshire), son of Thomas Hobbs and Hannah Oliver, married Eliza Welburn (b. 16 Apr 1824 at Saint Mary's with Holy Apostles, Scarborough), daughter of William Wellburn and Elizabeth Hodgson, in the parish of Appleton-le-Street on 23 Dec 1843.

This couple had fourteen children:

1. Elizabeth Hobbs b. 1844 D Quarter in MALTON UNION Volume 24 Page 401, bap. 11 Nov 1844 at All Saints, Appleton le Street.
2. John Hobbs b. 1847 D Quarter in PICKERING UNION Volume 24 Page 445, bap. 30 Oct 1847 in Middleton, North Yorkshire, d. 1847 D Quarter in PICKERING UNION Vol 24 Page 335, buried 1 Nov 1847, in Middleton.
3. Betsy Ann Hobbs b. 1850 J Quarter in PICKERING UNION Volume 24 Page 535, bap. 29 May 1850 at St Gregory's, Cropton.
4. Hannah Hobbs b. 1851 D Quarter in PICKERING UNION Vol 24 Page 535
5. William Hobbs b. 1853 J Quarter in OF YORK CITY AND COUNTY OF YORK Vol 09D Page 10, bap. 29 May 1853 in Strensall, North Yorkshire
6. John Hobbs b. 1854 J Quarter in YORK Volume 09D Page 9, bap. 29 May 1854 in Strensall, North Yorkshire, d. 1854 J Quarter in YORK Volume 09D Page 9, buried 30 May 1854 in Strensall, North Yorkshire
7. Henry Hobbs b. 1855 S Quarter in YORK Volume 09D Page 5
8. John Hobbs b. 1856 D Quarter in YORK Volume 09D Page 4, bap. 8 Sep 1856 at New Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, York.
9. Thomas Hobbs b. 1857 D Quarter in YORK Volume 09D Page 12, bap. 4 Dec 1857 in Strensall, North Yorkshire.
10. Eliza Hobbs b. 1859 M Quarter in OF YORK IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF YORK Volume 09D Page 11, bap. 19 Feb 1859 in York, Yorkshire.
11. Isaac Hobbs b. 1860 J Quarter in YORK Volume 09D Page 8. d. 1865 J Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 133
12. Edward Hobbs b. 1861 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 192, d. 1861 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 144
13. Edwin Hobbs b. 1862 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 216, d. 1864 M Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 174
14. Isaac Hobbs b. 1866 D Quarter in HULL Volume 09D Page 231

In 1851, Thomas Hobbs (34) Farmer of 108 acres (employing 1 man) was living at Beck House [Farm], Cropton, Pickering, North Yorkshire, with Eliza Hobbs (26) wife, from Scarborough, North Yorkshire; Betsy Ann Hobbs (0) born in Cropton, Yorkshire; Elizabeth Snarry (77) Lodger, from Helmsley, Yorkshire; Mary Ann Jackson (17) Servant, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire; and William Coates (18) Servant, from Settrington, Yorkshire. Elizabeth Hobbs (6) was staying with her grandparents, Thomas and Hannah Hobbs.

In 1861, Thomas Hobbs (44) Cow Keeper, was living in Regent Street, Holy Trinity, Hull, with Eliza Hobbs (37), Elizabeth (16), Betsy Ann (10), William (7), Henry (5), John (4), Thomas (3), Eliza (2) and James (1). Hannah Hobbs (9) had stayed behind in Appleton-le-Street, North Yorkshire and was staying with her grandparents, Thomas and Hannah Hobbs. Hannah's birthplace is listed as Cropton Hen Flatts, Yorkshire. Hen Flatts Farm, east of Cropton, is now a campsite. 

In 1871, Thomas Hobbs (54) was employed as a Railway Clerk, with the family living at Walton Street, Swanland, Hull. There the household comprised: Eliza Hobbs (47), William Hobbs (17), Henry Hobbs (15), John Hobbs (14) - the third time lucky one; Thomas Hobbs (13), Eliza Hobbs (12) and Isaac Hobbs (4).

In 1881, living at 1 Little Grafton Street, Newington, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, were Thomas Hobbs (64) Time & Storekeeper; Eliza Hobbs (57); Thomas Hobbs (23) Tin Plate Worker; Eliza Stocks (22); Isaac Hobbs (14) Scholar and William Stocks (22) Son-in-law, Butcher, born in Germany. (William Stocks and Eliza Hobbs had married that year.) Betsy A Hobbs (30) was working as a Servant in the household of John T Simpson at Rose Villas, Alexandra Road, Cottingham. Hannah Hobbs (29) was a Servant in the household of a Richard Robson in Wombwell, Barnsley.

In 1891, Eliza Hobbs (67), widowed, was living in Beech Grove, Cottingham, in the household of her son Henry Hobbs. Clearly, Thomas Hobbs had died some time between 1881 and 1891, but searches, even at the GRO don't turn up any record of a death in any area that can be identified as the relevant one. 

In 1901, Eliza Hobbs (78) was living with her daughter, Eliza and her husband, William Henry Stocks, at Newland Arcade, Beverley Road, Hull.

Eliza Hobbs (née Welburn) died, aged 79, GRO Reference: 1903 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 82.

In 1911, Betsy Ann Hobbs (59) and in 1921, Betsey Ann Hobbs (71) at 236, Newland Avenue, Hull was living with her brother-in-law, William Henry Stocks. Betsy Ann Hobbs, of 48 Southcoates Avenue, who never married, died, aged 86, on 15 Dec 1936 and was buried on 17 Dec 1936 at the Western Cemetery.

Thomas Stocks and Ethel Sawyer

St. John, Newland
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Thomas Stocks (b. 1 Nov 1882), son of William Henry Stocks and Eliza Hobbs, married Ethel Sawyer (b. 25 Jan 1881), daughter of William Arthur Sawyer and Ruth Swift, on 27 Jul 1903 in the parish of Sculcoates, St Mary - this will have been in the 18th century parish church, Air Street, demolished in stages between 1916 and 1960s, not St Mary's Church, Sculcoates Lane, 1915-16. Thomas Stocks residence was at the time of the marriage, was in Nicholson Street and Ethel was listed as living in Exchange Street, which crosses Nicholson Street.

Thomas and Ethel had eight children:

1. Elsie Stocks b. 3 Sep 1903 in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 146, bap. 1903 at St John's Church, Newland.
2. Ethel May Stocks b. 31 Oct 1904 in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 126, bap. 8 Dec 1904 at St John's Church, Newland. 
3. Beatrice Stocks b. 1906 D Quarter in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 241, bap. 1906 at St John's Church, Newland
4. Frederick Stocks b. 12 Mar 1908 in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 143, bap. 1908 in Cottingham
5. Lilian Stocks b. 1909 D Quarter in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 131, d. 1910  D Quarter in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 83
6. Leonard Stocks b. 1911 M Quarter in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 244
7. Henry Stocks b. 1915  M Quarter in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 515, d. aged 6, 1921 S Quarter in SCULCOATES  Volume 09D  Page 229
8. Ernest Stocks b. 28 Mar 1917 in SCULCOATES Volume 09D Page 368

The family's address shown on Ethel May's baptism record is 8 Carrisbrooke Villas, Newland Avenue.

In 1911, living at 4 Ferndale Avenue, Exmouth St Hull, Sculcoates, were Thomas Stocks (29) Butcher journey man - an employee - Ethel Stocks (30), Elsie Stocks (7), [Ethel] May Stocks (6), Frederick Stocks (3) and Leonard Stocks (0). 

In 1921, Thomas Stocks (38) Slaughterman, for Hull Wholesale Meat Company, was living at 26, Exmouth Street, Newland Avenue, Sculcoates with Ethel Stocks (40), Elsie Stocks (17), Ethel May Stocks (16) who was working for a Mrs Gardiner at 30 Exmouth Street (presumably domestic duties); Beatrice Stocks (14), Frederick Stocks (13), Leonard Stocks (10), Henry Stocks (6) and Ernest Stocks (4).

In 1939, at 42 Falmouth Street, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire, there were Thomas Stocks, Slaughterman Butcher Stall Holder; Ethel Stocks; Elsie Stocks, Dressmaker; Ethel May Stocks, Domestic Worker Seeking Work; Frederick Stocks, Poulterer, and Ernest Stocks, Poulterer's Assistant (Unemployed), as well as a (currently) closed record which is doubtless Ethel May's son, Dennis Redmore Stocks.

Ethel Stocks (née Sawyer) died in Hull, in 1959, aged 77.

Thomas Stocks died in Hull, Yorkshire in 1961.

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.