Richard Wall and Margaret Manning Sawyer

Saint Leonard's, Malinslee
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Richard Wall (bap. 10 Jan 1840 at St Bartholomew's, Wednesbury) Schoolmaster, son of Wheelwright, Thomas Wall and Harriet Owen, married Margaret Manning Sawyer, the youngest daughter of William Arthur Sawyer and Ann Smith, on 19 Dec 1863 at St Leonard's Church, Malinslee, (Dawley Nova), Shropshire.

Richard and Margaret Wall had one child, a son:

1. Richard Arthur Wall b. 24 May 1865 J Quarter in MADELEY Volume 06A Page 599, bap. 18 Jun 1865 at St Leonard's Church, Malinslee.

Richard Wall late of Malins Lee School House, Malins Lee, in the County of Salop (old name for Shropshire), died, aged 31, on 21 Mar 1871 at Horseley Road, Tipton in the County of Stafford. (1871 M Quarter in DUDLEY Vol 06C Page 30). 

In 1871, Margaret M Wall (30) Widow, School Mistress, was still living and working at Lumpers Row (School House), Dawley, Madeley, Shropshire with son Richard A Wall (5) Scholar. Living with them was her mother, Ann Sawyer (70).

Probate of her husband's estate was granted to Margaret Manning Wall on 26 Mar 1872, by which time she was in Chirk near Ruabon in the County of Denbigh.

In 1881, Margaret M Wall (40) Widow, School Mistress, was living at School House, Sedgwick, Kendal, Westmorland (Old School House, Sedgwick) with Mary Archer (74) Widow, Retired Grocer from Bermondsey, Middlesex, who was her Aunt (her mother's sister), who the record notes was deaf, and Jane Sawyer (48) Single, Retired Grocer, who was Margaret's sister. Meanwhile, Richard A Wall (15) Ironmonger's Apprentice was a boarder in the household of Daniel M G Ross (31) Plumber at 114, Rawlinson Street, Barrow in Furness, Lancashire.

In 1891, Margaret M Wall (50) Widow, Retired School Mistress, was staying with her brother-in-law, George Holland and his wife Ann - Margaret's eldest sister - at Convent Lane, Holy Trinity and St Mary, Hull, Yorkshire.

Mary Manning Wall died, aged 51, in 1892 J Quarter in KENDAL Volume 10B Page 429. She was buried on 28 May 1892 in Kendal, Westmorland. 

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.