TrunkCalls... Hallworths and Tuthills

2010-12-23T15:30:00.003Z

Christmas 2010

Here's a bit of research from Austria, recently published, which shows us that thinking about our ancestors can improve our own mental agility.

After a heavy session trying to dig material out of archives, I don't normally notice this effect! But I do know what they mean. Genealogy is often suggested as a form of therapy on the continent.

I love that this research paper quotes Plutarch:

It is certainly desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors. (Plutarch 46–120 AD)

Census 2011

2010-11-10T14:29:00.001Z

2011 Census: 27 March 2011

Helping history take shape

For thousands of genealogists and amateur family historians, the census is helping to re-trace family connections through the ages.

The personal information shared at every census is kept confidential for 100 years. After that, it’s there for the public to explore and find out more about the life and times of their ancestors.

Have you ever ‘lost’ a member of the family, only to rediscover the connection (and perhaps other relatives now living) as you retrace your steps through family history? How thrilling it is to find a long lost name turn up on an old census return. And to see how the famous and infamous completed their census returns long ago.

The 2011 Census is using its online channels to bring professional and family historians together: through the 2011 Census Family History Facebook group and a dedicated family history section on the census website.

Taking part on 27 March 2011 is your chance to help future generations discover their past. By completing your census questionnaire you leave your mark on history. And maybe that’s something your friends and colleagues hadn’t thought about. So we hope you’ll encourage them to do their bit too.

OK. So what do you need to do?

Simply complete your census questionnaire. Every household will get one. All you need to do is answer a few questions about yourself and the people who share your household with you on census day. Everything you tell the census is in strictest confidence and will only be used to produce statistics. ONS will not share your personal information with anyone else.

You can complete your questionnaire online – or by post. But you must do it and get your questionnaire in as soon as possible after census day. (Of course you can also do both of those! Fill in the form online to satisfy the legal requirement, and then also fill out the paper form, and securely store it with your other family history documents, to give descendants a glimpse into their history.)

Present day census population statistics are mainly used to identify and understand the variety of needs for public services. They help local authorities, healthcare organisations and other census users to plan services around the needs of local people.

So the census needs everyone to take part in helping tomorrow take shape – and by doing that we help to shape history too.

For more information, visit www.census.gov.uk

Finding Cousins

2010-03-20T10:00:00.001Z

I'd like to pass on information about a genealogy service which is easy & free. It may help you a great deal if you are researching your own family. Lost Cousins is the name - why not go & have a look?

It works by asking you to enter details of the census pages (e.g. the 1881 census of England & Wales) on which your ancestor appears. Anyone who matches with you will be brought to your attention, so you can share research.

Currently LostCousins can only help people who had relatives (not necessarily direct ancestors) living in the US, Britain or Canada in 1880-81, or in England & Wales in 1841.
Also, latest additions are the 1911 census of Ireland, and of England.

View the excellent free newsletter here.
It is free to join Lost Cousins, and seems to be a very good idea.

Another way of matching up with other researchers is Genes Reunited (small fee), and an interesting one which matches up folk looking at the same geographical area is Ancestral Atlas. Do let me know if you give them a go - what do you think?

Hallworth Beginnings

2009-01-31T10:00:00.081Z

An Introduction, Index, and Links to Local History Resources.

This post is being completely rejigged, to make it easier to read - talk to me if you can't find anything about which you'd like to know. Sorry if it's a bit confusing at first. Have a look at the Hallworth family tree; just scroll right down to the bottom of the website.

If you are searching for any of your ancestors born in the Cheshire / Lancashire area, you need look no further as I know of no link (yet!) to that large branch of Hallworths.

The very beginning of research into this branch of the family was to hunt out records on Grandad Harry Hallworth, who was born in the year 1900. This means that he should appear as a baby in the National Census returns of the year 1901, which were the latest then available. Family history had it that he was born in the Sockburn area, and sure enough he was found in the entry for that town, in 1901.

The details on that census return showed me that his father was born in Bedfordshire, so next I stepped back in time to the earlier census of the Bedfordshire area.

I'm going to give you all the details I've dug up on the Hallworth family from the Census Returns, but this time I've set them out in the right order to make it easy to follow. However, of course, genealogy must always start from what you know for sure & then working backwards in time!

So first, here's a little background on Grandad Hallworth.

William Henry (Harry) Hallworth
He was born in Dinsdale (Yorks/Durham border) on the 26th of February 1900, which was just before the death of Queen Victoria. He lived in the Darlington area (Co. Durham, England) all his life apart from his years of military service. He lived to the grand old age of 94 (it was always easy to remember his age!!) He managed to be remarkably independent into his old age. He was survived by his 2 children and 4 grandsons.

Here we see a photograph of Harry as a young man, in 1921, aged 21. It is from an image of the MTHC in Lahore (military transport/training Hockey Club??). The full image can be seen below that {click on any images to enlargen them}.

He was a Motor Bus Driver by trade (and during his military service years, too). A great weaver of tales and always very well-turned out.
His wife was Violet Annie Hallworth, nee Cox. Violet was born in 1902 and worked in service, and then at a school. She died (following a stroke) in 1986, leaving Harry a widower for many years. They had married in the year 1929, and together they had two children.
You can read more about the COX family by following this link.

We knew that Harry's parents were named Charles & Kate Hallworth, and that they came from Bedfordshire & London respectively.

Here now is a photograph of Harry Hallworth in his later years (1987).

So - I wanted to find out as much as I can about the Hallworth family and their origins. To make a start, I used the details available in the National Census (from 1841 to 1911) and the registration details available online. After that I filled in a few extra details from various archives - newspapers, military records, prison records, photographic & mapping archives, and so on. (See the guide page at the top of this site for some useful links.)
Please note the Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service have been a treasure trove in many areas of the Hallworth family - I have tried to include a useful reference number each time, and I add the acronym BLARS.

I also relied heavily on the research of others! I've been very lucky to meet (online) with several Hallworth cousins / fellow genealogists and they have been very generous with their interesting stories. My grateful Thanks go out to them; particularly Aunt Sheila, Keith, Peter, Clive, Evelyn, Charlotte, Barbara, Susan, Patti, and all involved at Sockburn Hall.

The results can be viewed in the following posts, so here's a roughly chronological index:
(or you could read through all the material by using this link & scrolling on.)

Earliest Hallworth records - beginnings of the name?
Famous Hallworths
James & Margaret Hallworth of Pulloxhill - brother to our earliest ancestor (in draft).
Dog & Badger - story of Philip Senior, his parents & his nephew Jonathan Hallworth; publicans - and a second page about the Licenses and bonds.
Charles & Maria Hallworth - Miller in Maulden, Beds.
Mills in Bedfordshire - i.e. those relevant to the Hallworth Millers.
Ruffian Hallworths (Bedfordshire criminal records)
Philip & Elizabeth Hallworth - Farmers in Toddington, Beds.
John & Eliza Hallworth - Miller, Farmer, Baker, Grocer!

Separate page on Eliza Hallworth (nee Hammond)
Separate page onJohn's sister Lucy & her Rowland Hallworth

Charles & Kate Hallworth - Coachman, publican (our Harry's father).

Separate page about Kate and her Shackleford ancestors; and Kate May Junior, her daughter

Their early lives, and time at Sockburn Hall (~1901)

Their later lives, beginning with time at Pepper Arden Hall (1911+)

More pages on photographs from Peter, and info about Charles & Kate's children, and more about the Shacklefords.

Further miscellaneous records & notes about Hallworths in Bedfordshire, including especially the trade directories.

The family tree diagram below here may help to clarify the relationships - perhaps best to right-click & open it in another window/tab so it is enlarged.

More info is available from the following sites on the local area of Bedfordshire, e.g. Ampthill.

A fascinating level of detail is available on Workhouses/ Poor Law at this site; look up just Ampthill by clicking here. (It includes a list which shows us the lacemaker Sophia Hallsworth of Cranfield (aged 70) was an inmate at Ampthill in 1881...but no others.)
The Encyclopedia Brittanica entry from 1911 on Ampthill, here.
Around Ampthill today, modern day guide here with a page on history.
A local history site, under construction.
Bedfordshire local gov archives & records, here.
Hugh Wallis' site holds IGI batch numbers for parish records - you can browse births & marriages by Parish.
Also the ever-useful Frances Frith site has several old maps & Photos of Ampthill and surrounding areas - have a good rootle & enjoy!!

Do keep returning to this blog to find out the latest research. Why not post a comment if I've made an error, or missed something out??

Famous Hallworths

2009-01-30T20:00:00.000Z

Made with My Cool Signs.Net

Not that I'm claiming we are related to any of these folk, you understand! The links generally take you to a Wikipedia page on that person.

Albert Hallworth: General Secretary of ASLEF, 1956-1960.

Derek J. Hallworth: Director of TV shows such as Countdown, Mastermind.

Jon Hallworth: b. 1965, Goalie for Cardiff City FC.

Rodney Hallworth: Crime Reporter for Mail & Express Newspapers.

Lydia Hallworth: Claims she was a niece of General George Washington. She died in 1863, in Bedfordshire.

Hallworth Name Origins

2009-01-28T10:00:00.011Z

There are huge variations in the spelling of the name Hallworth in the old records (almost as many as I get in each postal delivery!).
e.g. Hallworth, Halworth, Hallsworth, Haldsworth, Holworth, Holwith, Aldworth, Allworth etc.

Of course, the names were not really spelled 'incorrectly', but rather, spelling in those times was much more flexible & phonetic.
Spellings of names became more settled from the date 1837 when BMD registration began, though it was still rare for folks to write their own names.
They would tell the registrar/clergy their details & they spelled the names as they saw fit. At this time it was common for those writing the names to 'correct' the pronunciation of the locals - perhaps adding in a dropped 'Haitch'!

As Peter has discovered, "Going back to The Saxon Chronicles (researched by monks of the 10th century) and other documents such as the Doomsday book, the Ragman rolls 1291 - 1296 and many others, our name seems to appear as: Aldworth, Aldworthy, Allworth, Allworthy, Alesworth, Alworth, Alworthy, Alsworth and the changes occur even between father and son.

The first record of Hallworth can be found in Berkshire and this saxon family of great antiquity held the lands and parish of Aldworth. This place still exists but I have not visited. I am convinced as our surname is not a common one it can be traced back to this information."

More detail here on the theory that the name locates the family origins in either Aldworth or in Holdworth in Yorkshire.

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A very olde recorde from the Bedford Archives - dated November 1509:

"Power of Attorney from the above-name Henry Grey to George Alworth, gent. and John Samwel to take seisin of manors of Burbage and Blunham. Signed 'Henry Grey'. Red seal."

"seisin" - sorry, don't know what that was!
Burbage is in Midlands near Hinckley, but Blunham is just East of Bedford.

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Other Hallworths in the North-West
While we are talking about the Hallworth name, it is worth pointing out that there are many Hallworth families in the Lancashire to Cheshire region...but that I haven't heard of any family connections with them at all. Not at all sure if a Bedfordshire Hallworth settled in the North West or if it was the other way round! My guess would be that the name sprung up independantly in both regions. No doubt we would have to go much further back than 1800 to find out!

Interesting to read this bit of history: in Maulden 1796: Two hundred villagers rioted against partial allotment and enclosure of Maulden Moor for peat and turf cutting. A troop of cavalry from Ampthill was called in to quell the riot. {source: BLARS}

Parents of Philip & Charles... & Jonathan Hallworth?
The parents of Philip & Charles were Thomas Hallworth and his second wife Elizabeth. {Recorded as Hallsworth, Thanks Susan} Thomas was a dairyman, who lived in Pulloxhill from 1749-1812. Susan found out about Thomas when reading the will of his younger brother, James (also a dairyman, in Pulloxhill, married to Margaret Hyde. More on Uncle James another time?)

I haven't found anything yet about their parents, the earlier generation. A possible hit on IGI for Thomas' christening? Thomas Aldsworth, Watford, Herts (16 Mar 1746), parents were Thomas & Hannah Aldsworth.

Patti, though has done a better job. She tells me that she has found a baptism record (on IGI) for a Thomas Hallworth in Hockliffe, Beds, in July 1723. No record, though of the baptism of his own sons Thomas & James, to prove the names of the boy's parents.

Thomas Senior was the son of Anthony & Eleanor ELSWORTH. Possibly the Anthony Ellsworth who was baptised 16 Jul 1704 at Skirethornes, near Grassington, Yorkshire; son of James Ellsworth and Elizabeth Scott?

More on Skirethornes:

"Leaving Threshfield by the Kettlewell road, five minutes' walk brings the traveller to an old lane on the left. Following this lane one August afternoon, the writer had a most interesting walk. Fifteen minutes brings us to Skirethorns, land of beetling rock and prickly thorn. Keeping to the windings of the old lane, we pass two or three pretty homesteads. The old crooked garden walls are covered with tender grey and rich golden moss; the ivy creeps into curious old niches and mullions, overspread by the lilac and wild thyme and a mingling of feathery grass, all combining to furnish a quaint and pretty picture.

It is the time of haymaking; the scent of new-mown grass, wafted on the breeze, helps to sweeten this picture of rural simplicity."

{from a book by Edward Bogg, view it here.}

Thomas Hallworth 1749-1812
Thomas, then, had two wives. First was Sarah who had two sets of twins, as well as some singleton babies. She died in around 1783-4, perhaps with the birth of her final child William in 1783. We know, by the by, that the older set of twins died as infants, and the younger set of twins girls were brought up by their Aunt & Uncle {source - PR & the Aunt's will, through Susan}.

His second wife was Elizabeth, whom Thomas married in 1784/5? She was mother to Philip & Charles. Could they also have had a third child, Jonathan, who later married Mary, settled in St Albans and had a son Jonathan in 1821? {I haven't found a marriage record yet for Jonathan & Mary - but I have seen them in the Census returns, now that I've been shown where to look!}

Susan tells me that Thomas' last child, Jonathan was born in 1790, in Hertfordshire. Wonder why he was born there? We know that his parents had returned to Pulloxhill by the time of their death.
What drew them to settle there? Actually, it's not that far away - only around 20 miles, further down the M1.

Jonathan & Mary had 10 children in St Albans/Hemel Hempstead. The son Jonathan married Maria Sharp {source IGI} who was from Maulden, in the year 1842. They had two sons George & Phillip, and a daughter Sarah (all born in Maulden 1842-1858). He became the Dog & Badger publican.

Thomas Hallworth (dairyman) was buried on 2nd April 1812 at Pulloxhill St James the Apostle Church. His wife Elizabeth died (aged 77) in 1822, and she was buried in the same churchyard on Christmas Eve.
Their sons Charles, Philip and Jonathan were also buried in Pulloxhill churchyard.

The first child of Charles Hallworth was born in April 1812 (baptised in Maulden, 19/4/1812), just after his Grandfather's death - so it's no surprise to learn he was given the name Thomas.

Charles Hallworth: 1785-1853

2009-01-25T10:00:00.046Z

Charles Hallworth SENIOR was born in 1785 in Pulloxhill, and you can read more about his parents & half-siblings here. His mother was the second wife of a dairyman, Thomas Hallworth, and she had 3 boys altogether. Charles was the eldest, and his younger brother Philip was to become the publican at the Maulden pub, Dog & Badger (more on him here). The third brother was named Jonathan, more on him as yet unwritten.

Thanks very much to the delightfully curious Charlotte for getting me started with this family! She found the first record that I couldn't find (because I was looking only for folk with the "correct" spelling, rather than an Alsworth as our Philip is entered).

The parish records quoted below are held on the IGI FamilySearch database. I've typed the names as they occur in the parish records' transcriptions. (Interesting info on Maulden's Wiki page about the church, St. Mary's.)
In 1810, on 17th December, in Maulden, Maria Pennyfather married Chas Halworth.

Their first child, Thomas Halworth was baptised on the 19th of April 1812, in Maulden. Our Philip Alsworth was next (8th May 1814), followed by Samuel Hallworth (baptised Jan 1816, died Feb 1816), Martha Hallsworth (Dec 1816 - a busy year), George Halworth (March 1819), Hannah Maria Hallworth (1821), Maria Taylor Hallworth (1823), Charles Hallworth (1825), Isaac Haleworth (1831).

You can read a little more about what may have been a 'disagreement' between the sons George and Thomas: here, and more about the sons George & Isaac as old millers: here. More on our ancestor, Philip Hallworth: here. And a little more below on some of the others, including speculation & some old documents about disputes over the will after Charles died.

Pennyfathers - a sweet name!
Maria Pennyfather was baptised in Maulden in 1784; born to parents Isaac Pennyfather & Martha Taylor, who married in Maulden in 1779. Maria died (aged ~85) in October 1871, and was buried at Pulloxhill St James church.

Some interesting material on Bedfordshire Archive (newer catalogue) for Pennyfather:

William Breed. St. Luke Middx. to Maulden. Wm. Breed. In 1809, then unmarried and childless, hired as a yearly servant by Mr Pennefather of Maulden Mill at 3½gns. Served 1yr, Michelmas to Michelmas. (from BLARS PUAV 41/32; 23 Apr 1866)
Isaac Pennyfather, a miller of Maulden in 1815. Can write to sign his name.
Isaac Pennyfather (Surviving Trustees and Feoffees of the Charity lands in Maulden & Flitton) - named as one of those involved in setting up a charity for relief of the poor of Maulden. (from BLARS P31/25/43-4 21 August 1813)
Certainly an old Maulden family - 1709 record of "Wm Pennyfather apprentice to Robt Quait, Maulden, Tailor." Also some shoemaker Pennyfathers are mentioned.
The Bedfordshire Pollbook, dated 1784, shows us that Isaac Pennyfather was a voter living in Maulden.

Patti has the name recorded as Pennyfeather, and has found baptism records for the Pennyfeather male line going right back to John Pennyfeather born ~ 1558. The generations were found living in Millbrook, Maulden, then Clophill and finally Isaac Pennyfeather who was born in Flitton (in 1753, but he moved to run the Maulden Mill by 1815). Thanks for sharing!

In an 1822 License document for the nearby Maulden pub (Dog & Badger), run by Charles' brother Philip Hallworth, we can see that our Charles Hallworth was already a Miller of Maulden, and was confident enough in his finances to put up the surety of £30 for his brother's license. {Note - I am making an assumption here, I can't be sure it's this Charles. It could be another relative.}

The 1841 Census
In the 1841 census of Maulden we see a Miller, Charles Hallworth (55) living at Mill Lane. His wife is Maria, and also in the house are Martha (20), George (20), Hannah (20), Mary (20), Charles (15) and Isaac (9). All of the household was born in Bedfordshire. {N.B. the ages aren't accurate as they were rounded to the nearest 5 in the 1841 census.}

His neighbour is a 25-year-old Miller, Thomas Hallworth and his wife Hannah - Charles' oldest son.
His other son Philip has already moved out by the year 1841 (see his page: here).

This Charles & Maria, then, are the parents of our Philip Hallworth (living in Toddington). I can be more certain of the link now that I have searched for a person in the area named Charles Alsworth who has a similar story - and found none. So that reassures me that Charles' name was simply recorded 'incorrectly' again {more on the name here}.

What happens next to Charles & Maria?
In the 1851 census, we find Charles Hallworth (66, born Pulloxhill) at Mill House, Maulden. He is described as a Miller and farmer of 40 acres (employing 3 men). His wife is Marria, aged 64 in 1851 was born in Maulden. Their sons George & Isaac remain in the household (Farm labourer and Miller).
Next to them (in Mill Lane) is still Thomas Hallworth, farmer of 30 acres.

So then - we could work out that Charles was born in around 1785, which means he would've been around 29 when his son Phillip was born. His wife Maria was born in 1787.
I had the death of a Charles Hallworth in the Ampthill area in either 1853 or 1862. In the 1861 census for Maulden I find Maria is a Retired Miller's widow, so now we can be sure - he was the man who died in 1853.

Thanks to Barbara for the tips and help here -
A will was made for Charles Senior in 1853 and proved on July 13th 1854 on the oaths of Thomas Hallworth and Charles Hallworth. The estate's value was under £600, to be shared amongst his children after his wife's death.
According to the calculator on this page, then - it was worth about £41,500 in today's money. The estate seems to have caused some problems in the family - but not (presumably) until after their mother Maria had died, almost 20 years later. Value of the estate by then is not known. See below for details on this.

1861 census
At the Corn Mill, Maulden, Maria was a Retired Miller's widow (72), with her sons George (Cow Man) and Isaac (Miller). Also in the house is her grandson Charles R. Chandler (18, born Barton; Miller) {a familiar name from entries in Rowland Hallworth's post}.

Charles' son Thomas & Hannah are still next door, at Water End. (Doing rather well - he's described as a Miller & Farmer of 76 acres, employing 3 men & 1 boy. Also have a Gentleman Lodger. In the 1851 Census, Thomas had 30 acres & his father had 40 acres - so Thomas seems to have taken on his late father's lands since 1853.)
Charles' son Charles married Martha Ann (nee Lock, born in Biggleswade, married him in 1847) and living in Pulloxhill? They had 4 children: Mary, Maria, Martha, Charles (unusual to see both those names, Maria & Mary!). In the 1911 census, Martha Ann was counted in Pulloxhill, aged 91, a widow living with her single daughter Mary (57, born Pulloxhill). Martha had 4 children, but 2 of those had died by 1911.
Charles' son Philip was farming at Toddington.
Charles' daughter Hannah Maria Hallworth married William Chandler at Barton in the Clay, in 1841. They had 4 children (one of whom seems to be a Groom at his Uncle Thomas' place, though he was described as Servant, not nephew.).

1871 census
By now, the Maulden Mill is occupied instead by widower Thomas Hallworth (59, Farmer & Miller, born Maulden), with his daughter Hannah Hallworth (30, born Maulden) & nephew Willm Chandler (24).
(Thomas' wife Hannah had died in 1862.)

Maria is aged 84, living 'next door' at Water End with her sons George & Isaac, as well as 2 granddaughters Mary (20) & Maria (17) who were both born in Pulloxhill.

Maria Hallworth (Pennyfather) dies

Charles's wife Maria didn't appear in the next census. It appears she died (aged ~85) in October 1871 (just a few months after the Census), and was buried at Pulloxhill St James church.

According to her husband's will, the estate was not to be divided amongst his many children until after his wife's death. One wonders how the considerable passage of time (1853-1871) affected the family. Presumably the business upon which the estate was based (the mill & farm) either increased or decreased in value in the intervening years. The Miller in that period - Thomas Hallworth & his family - would have had a difficult discussion with his siblings over who should get what. Particularly as he seems to have combined his father's farmlands with his own, and worked them for many years.

Certainly, the estate of Charles Hallworth Senior was still not settled by the end of 1873. An article here in the London Gazette of 1873 asks for interested parties (creditors) to come forward. It names the executors as Thomas & Charles Hallworth - two of his sons, as we already knew from our reading of his will of 1853. It tells us Charles Senior was a miller of Maulden who died on 8/12/1853.

The National Archives hold some papers about this issue, (notes about it here and I have a copy now) - and the date given is October 1873. The paper is an Administration Summons, in which Philip Hallworth has asked that he should have a part in his father's legacy. The executors (Philip's brothers Thomas & Charles) were summoned to appear at the Middlesex Chancery Court ("at half past 11 of the Clock in the forenoon" on Saturday the 8th of November, 1873) to explain why an order can't be made for Administration of their father's estate.

Next question - did they turn up? What was said?

What happened after that?
According to the Harrod's Trade Directory of 1876 Thomas Hallworth was a farmer & miller of Maulden. But, after only a short while as "Head Miller" he too died in 1877, leaving his mill to his younger son Arthur Charles.
Philip Hallworth died in 1880.

Thomas's son Arthur Charles was recorded as the Miller in Maulden in the 1881 Census, but soon passed the mill &/or farm onto one of his wider family, Samuel Brightman. (See more on this from a notebook held at BLARS & reproduced on this Mills post: here. Ref. SF39/119 - 1882).

Isaac Hallworth died in 1894, aged 65. George had died in 1897, aged 78. Certainly the other sons were all dead by 1882.

Also not yet sure if the Mill or Farm did pass to their in-laws Samuel Brightman & so remain in the wider family after 1882, but a note from 1911 suggests the Mill is disused. It remained a Farm.

Maulden Local Information, Maps etc.
You can see some wonderful photos & read much more about the watermill at Maulden in this TrunkCalls post: here.
Photos of towns, villages, churches in Bedfordshire are here. Great shot of St Mary's church at Maulden: here.
Old photos of Bedfordshire: here, and a map also is there for 19th C Maulden. Alternatively try Cassini Maps.
If you use a modern OS map, you'll see that we are just a little East of the Millbrook Vehicle Testing Grounds.

Next, move on to read more about Charles' son Philip Hallworth, his grandson John Hallworth, and his great-grandson Charles Hallworth.

Hallworth Ruffians

2009-01-24T10:00:00.004Z

Some of this material has already appeared on this blog - but much has been added to it this week. The only folk I've come close to identifying have been the two Hallworth millers mentioned in the 1851 case; and Charles Hallworth mentioned in the 1827 case.

I've been able to find all the following details on Hallworths with a criminal record by searching online using the Bedford Archives Service (BLARS). The text in each case is largely quoted from the archives, hence the strange language used.

Photos here from the Bedford Libraries of the Gaol & prisons of Bedford, and you can also read a great deal of information here about life in Bedford Gaol in the period to 1877
; see the plan of the Gaol and the treadmill used for Hard Labour for the male prisoners. The alternatives seemed to be a fine, or transportation!

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Thief Thomas Hallworth
These depositions are from the Quarter Session Records for 1819, also held at Beds Archive, relating to "James Pestell, Radwell, Herts, miller; to give evidence against William Studman, Biggleswade, victualler for receiving four bushells fine and coarse pollard stolen by Thomas Halworth from James Pestell. (see 238 - 243)"

Pollard = a mixture of fine bran and a small amount of flour.

QSR/24/1819/238 - Information of Jas. Pestell, Radwell, Herts., miller. Was told by his servant Bunn that Servant boy Thos Halworth left at 5 a.m. with some fine and coarse pollard. Pursued him and caught up with him and his cart two miles from Biggleswade, he was "lying down apparently asleep". J.P. continued on to Biggleswade and the Rose Inn where he stood in the bow window "to command a view of the street". T.H. took his cart into Wm. Studman's yard at the Yorkshire Grey. After 40 minutes he came out and down the street where J.P. called him in and gave him in charge. He and the constable then went to W.S. and recovered the pollard and gave that to the constable. See 106 {quoted above}.

QSR/24/1819/239 - Geo. Housden, Biggleswade, gardener. Saw Thos. Halworth go into the yard of the Yorkshire Grey "so soon as I had set down my Milk at home I went to William Studman's yard, I said Hallo so what are you up to here, what are you going to have a load of 'tators here". W.S. told him T.H. had brought him some bran for his horses and some pollard for his hogs.

QSR/24/1819/240,241 - Thos. Halworth, Radwell, Herts. William Studman asked him when he called in for a pint of ale whether he could get him some bran or pollard without his master knowing. He delivered three seeks {sacks} to him and received 2s. 6d. On the second occasion he was caught as in 238. He was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment and to be privately whipped at Hertford gaol; since being liberated his master has again taken him into his service.

QSR/24/1819/243 - Jn. Williams Bunn, Stotfold, miller. Foreman to Jas. Pestell, see 238, discovered that the pollard was missing after Thos. Halworth had left for Biggleswade. While he was wondering whether to follow him his master "came into the counting house". His master "had his chaise got ready & went after him".

QSR/23/1818/551 - Indictments and Presentments: William Studman, Biggleswade, labr, receiving stolen goods from Thomas Halworth who was convicted at Hertford QS for theft of "Pollard" from James Pestell.

I wonder of it's the same William Studman mentioned here in a petition/appeal (QSR/24/1819/507):
Petition by 112 inhabitants of Biggleswade asking the court to "mitigate the severity" of the sentence of fourteen years transportation passed on William Studman, late of Biggleswade on account of his "Age, Infirmity, and former Character". William Studman was taken by the gaoler to the hulks, see gaoler's general bill 424.

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Note here about an 1823 Bastardy case before the quarter sessions. {QSR/26/1823/159} Recognizances: Jas. Holworth, Marston; bastardy. With Susan Backhouse.
I wonder what happened there. Presuming this is the James Hallworth who's father/grandfather was James H., a dairyman in Marston Moretaine.

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This one, from 1827 was fascinating in it's brevity... what on earth was the crime?
QSR/28/1827/302 - Information of Chas. Halworth; "helped to mark tickets which Thos. Wheeler tied on to the pigeons. Information of Thos. Wheeler; tied the tickets on at the Dog and Badger."
Charles Hallworth gets a mention there - he was the Dog & Badger (Maulden) publican's brother.

Ah! - on reading QSR/28/1827/298, I see that Thomas Hine was suspected of stealing another man's homing pigeons. To identify the pigeons, Wheeler & Hallworth tied marked tickets to each (at the Dog & Badger), released them and went home to see where the pigeons arrived. "On arriving home he found a great number of pigeons around his dovehouse, about twenty of which had tickets attached to them."
Ingenious.

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from 1831 -

Farmer, King Baker of Cranfield, accuses Jonathan Hallsworth, late of Marston, (and also John Gillett, Joseph Mynards) for the theft of 2 hens. See Archives ref QSR/32/1831/252 and QSR/32/1831/846.

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There was also another Hallworth, here - David Hallworth in Marston, BEDS (born ~1814, Buckinghamshire), who was convicted in 1848 of the crime of being Idle, and his punishment was a month hard labour!

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Ruffian Miller of Maulden, George Hallworth
Follow this link to see all the detail available on this ruffian from the Bedford local government Archives online. There's an amazing level of detail recorded about his physical appearance (remember this was before photos/photofits)!

His name was George Hallworth, and as he was aged 30 at his trial in 1851, we can assume he was born ~1821. His birthplace is given as Maulden, and his trade was as a Miller - so he's very likely to be a relative of some sort. See above: our Charles (Phillip's father) had a son named George and he would be around the right age - though he's always described as a Farmhand rather than a Miller in contemporary census records. The victim of his crime was one Thomas Hallworth, who may well be Charles' neighbour (and first son) - see notes above.
Another record tells us that he baulked at paying his fine!

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A hardened criminal here - Jonathan Hallsworth aged 65, convicted in 1874 of "Stealing Dead Fence". Goodness! I presumed there was some error of transcription going on, but what! Apart from this kind of image which obviously comes to mind (on flickr), I couldn't begin to imagine what he may have done!
An email enquiry to the Archives themselves illicited this prompt response from Pamela (and it makes so much sense I wish I had worked it out for myself!);

"The offence of stealing a dead fence was quite common. When an old thorn hedge (generally a mixture of different prickly plants such as hawthorn, blackthorn, rose briars etc) needs rejuvenating because it is getting thin in the bottom you have to cut it down to the ground to allow new strong shoots to come from the bottom, obviously this leaves you with no hedge to keep your stock in the field so you use all or some of the thorn that you have cut down to create a temporary 'dead fence' by bundling the thorn together and 'planting' it in a trench next to the hedge you have cut down. The dead fence stays in place until the new hedge growth is sufficient to keep your sheep and cattle in the field. It was of course a serious thing for people to damage hedges and fences of any sort."

Jonathan was twice previously held in the Old Gaol. His sentence this time was 14 days hard labour (or 17 shillings 3 pence); Ref BLARS QGV12/2.

The trial of Jonathan Hallsworth at Ampthill Petty Sessions on 9th April 1874 was reported in the Bedfordshire Times as follows:
"Jonathan Hallsworth, who did not appear (64), Marston, Labourer, was charged by John Sheard, farmer, of Marston, with stealing at that place on the 21st ult part of a certain dead fence, value 3 {shillings?}. Fined 1/ and 9/3 costs or 14 days' hard labour. Committed." {Thanks again to Pamela at the Bedfordshire Archives.}
Some variation in the reported fine there.

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Finally, on the 5th of February 1875, two Hallworths were tried on the same day, of assault - so perhaps they were assulting each other? One was George Hallworth (aged 17). The other was William Hallworth (23). They were summarily convicted and sentenced to 7 days Hard Labour, or 17 shillings. They were discharged on the 11th Feb (no previous convictions).

SO remember your ancestors, and "do as you would be done by"!

Dog & Badger, Maulden

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DOG and BADGER
The pub named the Dog & Badger in Maulden was associated with the Hallworth family.
That's the Dog & Badger at 109 Clophill Rd/ Badger Hill, Maulden, Bedfordshire, whose website can be found here...

not the Dog & Gun (Saffron Walden), the Dog & Duck (Houghton Regis), the Dog in a Doublet (Biggleswade), or even the Dog & Donut (Luton)!

The brother of our direct ancestor (Charles Hallworth 1785-1853), Phillip Hallworth was the licensed victualler at the Dog & Badger pub in the year 1841. More details later on this: first let's learn about Philip.

Philip Hallworth (1788-1848)
I'm very grateful to Barbara, Susan & Patti for their help with many of the details in this family. Apologies to anyone who I haven't credited properly, this is getting unwieldy!!.
Barbara is descended from Philip's younger brother, Jonathan. Susan, meanwhile, is related through the Timms family (married Elizabeth Hallworth, born 1796). Patti is descended from David Hallworth, son of James Hallworth & Margaret Hyde (Pulloxhill).
They have done a great deal of research in the area and were generous in sharing the results. Again, a deal of helpful information came from the Bedford & Luton Archives & Records Service (BLARS - I've tried to include a useful reference each time I've quoted their material).

So between us we find that Philip Hallworth was born in Bedfordshire (Pulloxhill?) in ~1787, and that he married Sarah Brazier. He was a younger brother to our Charles Hallworth, a Miller in Maulden, born 1785. Read about their parents: here.

Philip worked as a Licensed Victualler (though I presume he worked in the farms of the area before settling in this position).

His wife Sarah Brazier (or Brasier) was born in Barton in the Clay, Beds. There are several matches for her, but the best one is this one {Thankyou, Patti!} :-
Sarah Brasier married to Philip Hallsworth, born 1787 Barton in the Clay, baptised 4 Mar 1787 Barton in the Clay, daughter of Luke and Hannah Brasier.
Luke Brasier b 1753 Barton married Hannah Eames on 26 May 1777 Barton, and had 12 children there including Sarah. (Info from Barton parish register.)

Philip married Sarah in Barton on 27 Dec 1810. They had no children of their own; at least none that we know of.

Here's a simple tree to help us get them straight, but do please shout at me if I have made a mistake:

My husband is descended from John & Eliza Hallworth at the bottom there {follow this link to read more about Philip Junior, or about John}.

Who was Licensed Victualler of the Dog & Badger?:

Very early records seem to refer to a cottage, not a pub - "The Badger" of Maulden; e.g.

a legal paper from 1736 - "Cott in Maulden once in occ Thos Underwood - known as the 'Badger'"
a legal paper from ~ 1743, found in BLARS; "messuage called "The Badger" and 15 acres - late in occ. Jn. Godfrey now of Samuel Quimby".

Not sure about this one from 1820 {BLARS ref L10/67-68} - does it mean the pub itself, or is it just referred to as the site of an auction? -

"Conveyance (L. & R.), Covenant to levy a Fine. 133 (vii - vi); and Assignment. 142 (vii - i, ii, iii, i?) (i) Wm. Brown of Maulden, victualler and w. My. Ann. (ii) Jas. Brown of Maulden, yeo. & w. Eliz. (iii) Jos. Brown of Maulden, yeo. (iv) Jn. Brightman of Maulden, & w. Eliz. (nee Brown) (v) Jos. Smith of Ampthill, whitesmith (vi) Robt. Juggins of Harlington, yeo. (vii) Robt. Arnold of Ampthill Grange, yeo. (viii) Wm. Cook of Ampthill, innkeeper. (ix) Ezra Eagles of Ampthill, gent. (x) Geo. Meacher of Ivinghoe, Bucks., brewer. (Rec. of 10/60, 61, 62. Rec. 120 + 13 interest due to vi. Rec. in part of 10/66. Rec. i, ii, iii, & iv put up property of 10/60 with other premises for sale by public auction at the 'Dog and Badger', Maulden, on 1 May 1820, vii purchased property of 12/62 (Lot 1.) for 275. 133 from this to be pd. to vi.) (To viii in trust for vii) cott. & croft, Maulden & 1 1/2a. occ. I. redr. of term of 1000 yrs. in above assigned vi - ix in trust for vii (Rec. of 10/50) Covenant of x with vii to produce title deeds at request & costs of vii. Witd.: G. Hooper, Dunstable; E. Eagles jun., ix's clk.; Chas. Cooley."

More info on this TrunkCalls page about Maulden Licensees.

Also, some Photographs
You can compare the old photos with some modern-day images on the Pub's own website: here.

Here's a photo of the Dog & Badger which was copied from the "Bedfordshire Magazine", volume VIII, p198 - the photo was taken around 1962. It shows us that it was a Flowers pub. (Thanks to BLARS for allowing it's reproduction, and to Barbara for her favour in passing it on to us here.)

- 1953 Calendar of drawings by Jaques Browne of houses of J.W.Green Limited Group of Breweries, includes Dog & Badger of Maulden {BLARS ref. WB/Green7/4/3}
-next, from ~1960, a photo taken of the exterior front of the Dog & Badger.
-Brewery archives tell us that the pub was leasehold in 1972.

I don't know exactly when Philip Hallworth began to be victualler at The Dog & Badger, but he certainly was there by the year 1822 {BLARS ref: CLP13 Reg alehouse licences, 1822 until 1828} - see this page for further info.

1823 - In the Nottinghamshire Archives, a document is held which is a Receipted account of Philip Hallworth for beer for Mr. Gibbs' men paid by Mr. Richardson DD/1251/28/5 28 Mar. 1823. Curious - but I can't yet be sure it is 'our guy'.

And he was there in the year 1827:
An inventory of an Ampthill Brewers {BLARS, Morris, ref Z 1043/1} from the year 1827 (when Philip would have been 39) has the following entry about The Dog and Badger, Maulden:
"freehold public house, occupied by Philip Hallworth, with a double bayed barn, double stable, cart shed, etc., eight acres of garden ground, five acres pasture land, and nearly two acres of arable land situated at a short distance from the house"

And also in 1831; this info comes from old documents listing plots of land {held in BLARS, dated December 1831}
- "cottage in Maulden with barns, stables etc. called Dog & Badger with close of arable and garden belonging of 8 acres and site or toft with barn, yard and close in Lowsey Mead of 5 acres in occupation of Philip Hallworth";
- "plot of 1a 2r 36p in Maulden in occupation of Philip Hallworth" {that's 1 acre, 2 rods, 36 poles, for those of you who don't speak Victorian - 1 acre is 4 roods.}

In the 1841 Census:
Dog & Badger - Philip Hallworth & wife Sarah in the 1841 census - also with Sarah (21) & Jonathan Hallworth (19).
(In the 1841 census schedule there is also the name Frances Lamas, aged 17; is she part of Philip's household, or living next-door??)
So, Philip seems to have been the Victualler, occupying the Dog & Badger in 1822-8 and in 1841.

The Dog & Badger passes to Jonathan Hallworth
Philip Hallworth died aged 60 in the year 1848, leaving his wife Sarah but no children. He was buried at the recently restored St James the Apostle Church, Pulloxhill on November 10th, 1848. (Read more about the church here.)

His estate was left to his wife, and then to 3 of his nieces & nephews; Jonathan & Sarah (whose father was Jonathan) and George (Charles' son).

Philip's will {held in the Bedford Archives, and generously shared with me by Barbara} tells us that the most favoured of them seems to have been his younger brother's son, Jonathan Hallworth. He was nominated (or volunteered!) to take over Philip's business. The 3 nieces & nephews inherited lump sums and several cottages in Maulden (excepting George who only received £50). The will tells us that in 1848, nephew Jonathan Hallworth was already occupying a cottage & premises {presume the pub??} in Maulden, so I'd presume that he was already the Victualler while Philip was ill/retired.

Phillip's nephew Jonathan Hallworth was born in St. Albans (Herts) in ~1822. His baptism record was found on IGI {eventually - the name was transcribed as Johathan} - 16 SEP 1821 at Saint Michael parish, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England. His parents were named as Jonathan & Mary Hallworth.

In the Maulden Parish marriage records for Philip's niece, Sarah Hallworth, (November 1842, to market gardener James Brightman) we learn that her father was a miller, Jonathan Hallworth.

Parents of Philip & Charles... & Jonathan Hallworth?
The parents of Philip & Charles were Thomas Hallworth and his second wife Elizabeth. {Recorded as Hallsworth, Thanks Susan} Thomas was a dairyman, who lived in Pulloxhill from 1749-1812. Susan found out about Thomas when reading the will of his younger brother, James (also a dairyman, in Pulloxhill, married to Margaret Hyde.)

{We don't yet know anything about their parents, the earlier generation. A possible hit on IGI for Thomas' christening? Thomas Aldsworth, Watford, Herts - 16 Mar 1746 - parents Thomas & Hannah Aldsworth}

Thomas, then, had two wives. First was Sarah who had two sets of twins, as well as some singleton babies. She died in around 1783-4, perhaps with the birth of her final child William in 1783. We know, by the by, that the older set of twins died as infants, and the younger set of twins girls were brought up by their Aunt & Uncle {source - PR & the Aunt's will, through Susan. More on Uncle James another time?}.

His second wife was Elizabeth, whom Thomas married in 1784/5?. She was mother to Philip & Charles. Could they also have had a third child, Jonathan, who later married Mary, settled in St Albans and had a son Jonathan in 1821? {I haven't found a marriage record yet for Jonathan & Mary - but I have seen them in the Census returns, now that I've been shown where to look!}

Susan tells me that Thomas' last child, Jonathan was born in 1790, in Hertfordshire. Wonder why he was born there? We know that his parents had returned to Pulloxhill by the time of their death.
What drew them to settle there? Actually, it's not that far away - only around 20 miles, further down the M1.

Jonathan & Mary had 10 children in St Albans/Hemel Hempstead. The son Jonathan married Maria Sharp {source IGI} who was from Maulden, in the year 1842. They had two sons George & Phillip, and a daughter Sarah (all born in Maulden 1842-1858). He became the Dog & Badger publican.

1851 census
In the 1851 census, at the Dog & Badger Inn, Maulden we see a Jonathan Hallworth (29, born St. Albans, Herts.) who is a Victualler & Market Gardener (having 12 acres, & 3 Labourers). His wife is Maria (32, born Maulden) and they have 2 young sons (George & Phillip) and a servant.

Next door is Philip's widow & Jonathan's Aunt, Sarah Hallworth of Barton in the Clay, Beds. She is described as a retired Victualler - we know she had no surviving children of her own, but we also know that she had nephews/nieces in her charge for some time.

According to the list of publicans licensed for the Dog & Badger {BLARS}, Jonathan Hallworth was there at least from 1853 - 1864.

According to the olde trade directories, Jonathan's listed at the Badger, Maulden in 1854.
A reference in BLARS from October 1860 lists several pubs linked with the Morris brewery, and it lists Jonathan Hallworth as landlord for the Dog & Badger then.

The Maulden church, St. Mary's was extended and improved - the works were finished in 1859. You can read more about the history of St Mary's at their site, here.
The Maulden History Society has a site here, and the Bedfordshire group of Local History Societies can be found here.

1861 Census
Sarah Hallworth (born Barton-in-the-Clay) is head of her own Household in Maulden, aged 77.
Sarah Hallworth died in Autumn 1861; her death was registered in the last Q of 1861, in Ampthill district. The probate register entry is seen in this post - the estate was worth under £450.

A note about a sale of goods from October 1861 tells us that Philip's widow Sarah has passed away (very quick sale!), {BLARS ref SF39/114}:
"Household furniture, linen and china, carpenter's tools and other effects to be sold on the premises near the Dog and Badger, late in the occ{upation} of Mrs Sarah Hallworth, deceased." It is a fascinating catalogue of her personal effects.

Image above, of the Sale Poster, reproduced thanks to BLARS and more particularly to Barbara for passing it on to us. If you click on the image, you should be able to read the list very clearly.

I had to use Google to discover what several things were... Pier Glass is a tall thin mirror; a plait mill would be used for straw plaiting; a clothes flasket is a shallow basket; a dark lantern which has a sliding cover; and a tent bedstead is a simple Fourposter.
Fascinating to see that the sale even included pickles and ketchup in the kitchen, apples, and 5 cwt of coal in the yard!

The Carpenter's Tools are described as "very excellent" and the tool chest is particularly admired; "fitted inside with 2 sets of mahogany drawer, slides, etc.". They do sound like a professional set, not just the kit of a hobbyist - but I haven't heard of anyone in the family described as a carpenter, yet.
Aah - looked up in the historical P.O. directory for Bedfordshire, 1854 - there are two Hallworths in Pulloxhill who would have made use of those tools - Samuel the Wheelwright, and William the farmer and carpenter.
No sensible reason yet as to why the family were selling these tools off!
Some such tools would have been useful to the Millers, for maintenance of the wooden structures... but they continued as Millers well after this Sale.

In 1861, we know (thanks to the Census) that Jonathan was living & working at the Dog -
he & his wife, Maria; his two boys, and a daughter Sarah.

Jonathan's daughter Sarah Hallworth was born in 1858, but there is a record of a girl matching her profile who died in Wilhamstead in 1864, aged just 6.

Hallworths call time at the Dog & Badger
From records held at BLARS, we know that by 1864, there was a Mr. Sharp at the Dog. The local trade directory also lists George Sharp as the victualler there in the year 1876, and an archive list of licensees there suggests he remained from 1864 until 1903. (Trade Directories weren't published regularly).
Was he perhaps a relative of Maria Sharp, Jonathan's wife?

1871 Census
Certainly by 1871, Jonathan has changed trades - he was then recorded as a Farmer of 83 acres employing 2 men & 4 boys.
The buildings and garden area next to the pub were auctioned off in November 1872.

BLARS holds a sale poster from November 1872 for:-
"Sale poster for auction at the King's Arms' Inn, Ampthill, of 4 freehold cottages, barns and premises and garden ground situate near the Dog and Badger Inn... by direction of Jonathan Hallworth" (BLARS ref SF39/24):

(Again, many thanks to Barbara for passing on this image from the BLARS archives. Click on image to enlarge.)
It tells us that the garden is laid to Fruit Trees. A Pole is about 30 square yards.

1873 - Jonathan's son Philip (born 1846) married Ellen Cox (or Cod) in Wilshamstead, and they settled as farmers in Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire.

The 1881 Census tells us that Jonathan was a farmer of 50 acres, employing 1 man & 2 boys. He is aged 60, and lives with his wife Maria (62), son George (38, Farmer's Son) and niece Mary Brightman (aged 28, soon to become George's wife, in 1883). The household live at Village St. in Wilstead.

1883 - Jonathan's oldest son George (born 1843) married Mary Brightman (a cousin) in Maulden. He worked as a farmer & Miller, and the couple had 5 children born at Cotton End, Bedfordshire. Both of the sons became Millers.

1891 Census
Jonathan continued as a Farmer, but was also a Corn Merchant by 1891. He lived next door (or opposite) to the Red Lion, Wilstead.
Jonathan (70, Farmer & Corn Merchant), Maria, & niece Sarah Brightman (41, companion).

Death of Jonathan - 1898, aged 76, in Wilstead, Beds. Jonathan Hallworth was buried at Wilstead All Saints, in 1898.

A document in the Bedford Archives (BLARS) tells us that the "Dog & Badger, Maulden, was in occupation of Jane Sharpe" around the date 1907, I think.

And Finally...
And finally, a reference to the modern-day licensee, Mr Hallworth, of the Cross Keys pub at Wood End, Kempston Rural.

Hallworth Ruffians
A little postscript here for you (but you can read much, much, more about the Bedfordshire Hallworths with criminal records by clicking: here):

Record from Bedford Archives online, from 1827, was fascinating in it's brevity... what on earth was the crime?
BLARS ref QSR/28/1827/302 - Information of Chas. Halworth; "helped to mark tickets which Thos. Wheeler tied on to the pigeons. Information of Thos. Wheeler; tied the tickets on at the Dog and Badger."
Charles Hallworth was the Dog & Badger publican's brother at the time.

Ah! - on reading BLARS ref QSR/28/1827/298, I see that Charles Hallworth was no criminal at all, but rather he helped to play detective!
Thomas Hine was suspected of stealing another man's homing pigeons. To identify the pigeons, Wheeler & Hallworth tied marked tickets to each (at the Dog & Badger), released them and went home to see where the pigeons arrived. "On arriving home he found a great number of pigeons around his dove-house, about twenty of which had tickets attached to them."
Ingenious.

So, we've also ended where we began!!

Read more about Charles and his descendants here, or about Philip's parents here.

Licensing the Victualler of the pubs in Maulden, 1820's

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More can be read on this earlier post about our ancestors, Philip Hallworth and his nephew Jonathan Hallworth. They were publicans at the Dog & Badger of Maulden, Bedfordshire from 1822 until around 1864.

Here in this post, we have some more material for you about the licensees of this pub in Maulden, courtesy of some fascinating documents from the marvellous Bedfordshire Archives (BLARS).
I have also to pay grateful thanks to a distant cousin, Barbara who was kind enough to make these images available to us after her recent visit there.

So here are the bare facts about the Alehouse Licenses held at the archives for the Dog & Badger:

Dog & Badger, Badger Hill [1797 sold by William Stone and others; then Morris & Company; then J.W.Green; then Flowers; then Whitbread] Licensees
1822-1828: Philip Holsworth or Hallworth;
1853-1864: Jonathan Hallworth;
1864-1903: George Sharp;
1903-1905: Jane Sharp;
1905-1935: Horace Walpole;
1935-1943: Reginald Edwin Hall;
1943-1946: John Blagg;
1946-1954: Edwin Alfred Lloyd;
1954-1957: Thomas Gobby;
1957-1959: Frank Noel Gomm;
1967-1982: Ronald Kenneth Masters;
1982-1986: Irene Marie Alkman and Peter Christopher Alkman;
1986-1995: Patricia Josephine Mortimer and Peter Allen Mortimer.

You can read more general info about alehouse licenses here, or very thoroughly in this document here.
Click here for an article on victuallers from the Pub History Society.
See "Boozing in the Archives" from the BLARS pages, here.

And then here we can see an actual cover from a License document {BLARS ref CLP13}: click on the image to enlarge it. (Beautiful handwriting, and the mention of George II and III really brings home how far back in time we have wandered, here!)

Details from the inside of the earliest one (1822-3) are seen here: look for Maulden to see our Philip Hallworth. You'll see that a surety (bond) of 30 pounds was offered by a Miller of Maulden; one Charles Hallworth (more info on him on this page here). Also interesting that he put up the surety for the victualler of the White Hart, Maulden, too - Edward Dowdeswell.

In other years a different gent offered surety for the Dog, and our Charles Hallworth offered surety for other Maulden pubs on occasion. It seems they took turns!

In 1824-25, a Butcher from Gravenhurst put up the sureties for all the Maulden pubs; Wm Hare.

In 1826-27, our Charles was voting for the George {had he fallen out with his brother??!} and John Brightman (a yeoman) was voting for the Dog.
He was family, too - Barbara points out that, "John Brightman dealt with surety in 1826-27. He is very likely to be the father of James Brightman, who married Sarah Hallworth. He lived c.1785-1834, and was a Gardener in Maulden, at Green End Farm."

Another from CLP13 from the year 1827-28:

You can see that Charles & Philip seem to have made up! The law change in 1828 meant that these records were no longer kept in such a way, so that's it.

Philip Hallworth: 1814-1880

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Philip Hallworth was born in Maulden, Bedfordshire in 1814.
(Read more about his parents in this post: here.)

He married a lass from Flitton (baptised in Spring 1813) named Elizabeth Kitchener, in August 1833 in Flitton with Silsoe parish church - where his name was recorded as 'Holworth'.

Elizabeth's parents were named John & Lucy Kitchener.

Baptism records at the parish of Flitton with Silsoe tell us that they had 3 children: Lucy Martha was baptised on 2nd February 1834, Philip in April 1835 (though he died just 3 weeks later), and finally John Hallworth (our ancestor) on 8th May 1836.
Little Philip was buried at Flitton church (St. John the Baptist, photo here).

Wierd - spotted the burial here of another John Hallworth, at St. Mary's church at Marston Moretaine. Date was 9/11/1836, aged 9 mths old.

Could Philip perhaps be this child? This reference was found {via Familysearch} in old parish records of Christenings in Bedfordshire {Info here on the village of Silsoe, near Ampthill}.

Later Census records record that Philip's children (John & Lucy) were born in Greenfield or Flitton. So this also may show us that they lived there in the late 1830's.
John's birthplace, the village of Greenfield is near Flitwick & Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
(There was a watermill just North of Greenfield - perhaps Philip was working there?)

By 1841, though, they were living in central Toddington and Philip was a Baker.

Now to the very earliest National Census, Bakers in 1841..
In 1841, the census shows us Phillip Hallworth (25, Baker) and Elizabeth (25) with a toddler John Hallworth (5) and his sister Lucy (7) - living in Dunstable St., Toddington. All the family were born in Bedfordshire.
{Do note that in the 1841 census the ages of adults were rounded up in 5's, so we can't really infer a birthyear here, but we could say that John was born around 1836.}

There is a Dunstable Rd now through Toddington - the A5120; but previously (see 1890 map here) perhaps part of it was referred to as Dunstable Street.
Memories here from a childhood in Toddington.

On now by 10 years...1851 census of Toddington:
Philip Hallworth (37, born Maulden; Baker)
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (38, born Flitton)
Daughter Lucy Hallworth (transcribed to the database as Mary Holderith!?) (18, born Flitton), son John (15, birthplace not clear - possibly Cranfield? but in later returns it's given as Greenfield, near Flitton) and grandson Rowland (2, born Toddington/Calverton). We can reasonably assume that 2 year-old Rowland is the son of Lucy.

In 1853, Charles Hallworth died and so son Philip came into a little money (his will can be found in Bedford archives, Thanks Barbara.)

1861 Census
By now Philip & Elizabeth Hallworth have a large farm in Toddington, in 1861 - and continue there up until he died in 1880.

The first mention of Philip Hallworth in the trade directories is in Cassey's Directory, published for 1862; Philip is listed in Toddington as a farmer.

1871 Census
Philip Hallworth was living at Long Lane Farm, North of Toddington (which is still there, see it on the map from 1891 here) and he was aged 57, farming 150 acres. The census records the number of staff on larger farms - here they employed "5 men & 2 boys".
With him & his wife Elizabeth at that time were Rowland Hallworth (recorded as a son - but actually I think he was a grandson), Georgianna Baker (granddaughter), and Jessie Hallworth (granddaughter) as well as two servants.

Records from the Bedford Archives (BLARS) may help us find out more about Philip and Elizabeth's farm. {also available in full at The National Archives site}

In 1858, sale of 51 elm, ash, sycamore and fir trees, standing in Parsons End, Toddington, on land in the occupation of Philip Hallworth.
Detailed schedule of auction in 1860 for the sale of 34 elm and 1 ash trees, standing on land in the occupation of Mr Philip Hallworth, near Parson’s End, Toddington. Landowner – Mr Bright. {exact location unknown}

{In 1876, the Harrod's trade directory for Houghton Conquest (near Ampthill) lists a Philip Hallworth as farmer of Dane Farm ... but this was not our man, I think he was a cousin. He was still there in 1901, with wife Ellen + 3 young adult children.}

In October 1873, a court order (about the matter of his father's estate) names Philip Hallworth as a farmer of Maulden.

Some time before 1880, The Hallworths moved back - to a farm in the North of Maulden, named Limersey.
In May 1880, our Phillip Hallworth died and was buried in Ampthill, aged 66 (so his birth was 1814). There were a lot of dealings over Philip's estate - the details are given in this TrunkCalls post and includes several copies of letters and the fascinating Catalogue of sale, 1881, and also in this post about the probate registry.
The main sale of Philip's estate was at Limbersey Farm, which was in the Maulden & Ampthill area. North Limbersey Farm is on the modern day map, just North of Maulden. We can read a little about Limbersey Farm at this Wiki page - it has been the site of Roman/Iron Age archeological works.

His wife Elizabeth Hallworth (nee Kitchener) was recorded (before the sale) by the 1881 Census, at 'Limmersey', Maulden, Beds:
Elizabeth Hallworth (67, born Flitton; Widow, Farmer)
Son Rowland (32, born Toddington; Widower, Manager of Farm, Bailiff). {See this post about Rowland: we think he was perhaps Elizabeth's grandson.}
2 grandchildren, Jessie (15) and William (13) Hallworth, both born in Heath & Reach {who were, I think, John Hallworth's children.}.

I know Elizabeth died in the 1880's, but wasn't sure which of these 2 ladies was her:

Elizabeth Hallworth in Woburn, 1882, aged 69
Elizabeth Hallworth in Ampthill, 1886, aged 72

The probate registry tells us more about the lady who died in 1886, and it was not Philip's wife... so 'our' Elizabeth died in 1882, just after her husband.

Now you can read more about their son John Hallworth: here, and Lucy's child Rowland: here.

Philip Hallworth's estate, 1880

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Philip Hallworth was born in 1814, and died in 1880 and was buried in Ampthill, aged 66.
His wife Elizabeth Hallworth (nee Kitchener) died before 1890.

In documents seen so far, there is a mention of his will, but I've not found it yet.

It seems that it took a while to sort out the estate to please everyone! There are several documents about this period (1880-1881) in the ever-bountiful BLARS (collection ref SF/39/88/1-6), and thanks again to Barbara for the copies.

The papers refer particularly to the sale at Limersey Farm, Bedfordshire.

The Limersey area gets a mention in this document all about Ampthill, it seems to neighbour the Maulden parish. "The grange of LYMBOTSEY or LIMERSEY, with its rich pasture lands, was in the possession of the Abbot of Warden by the end of the 12th century." Additionally, in BLARS there is a mention of a stock sale due to Thomas Negus leaving Limersey Farm at the earlier time of 1876 {BLARS ref SF39/77}.

so that would imply that Philip took up the Farm after the late Thomas Negus in 1876, moving from Long Lane Farm, Toddington where he had certainly been the farmer in 1871.

Also a more recent document - {BLARS ref PK2/3/1/17} for the sale of entire stock of Limbersey Lane Poultry Farm by Mr Monkhouse in 1940.
(Sept 1881, BLARS ref SF/39/88) Limersey {Farm}: Live and dead farm stock, and other goods, by direction of the executors of the late Mr Philip Hallworth - auctioneers catalogue. The numbers of animals don't sound large by today's standards. We can see that his widow, Elizabeth, is not going to stay at the farm - some household furniture is up for sale, so perhaps she is moving somewhere smaller. In the page from within the catalogue (this was the auctioneers' copy) you can see who bought what - some familiar names there.

Other items which went to John Hallworth in the auction were an Iron Pig Trough, 4 dozen churns, a barley chopper, shovel and scuttle.
Also various carts and a quantity of harnesses/tack, as well as a timber Gig house to put it all in.
I particularly enjoyed seeing the notes about some of the animals, as their names were noted. John bought several sheep & cattle, a Bull (£13/5s.), and 3 horses named 'Gilbert' (£28/7s.) 'Bandy', and 'Diamond'.

George Hallworth also joined in at the auction - he bid for an Iron Plough (£1/5s), an Avery's weighing machine (£3) and a horse rake (£1).
The total amount raised in this Swaffield auction was £525/10s.

Again, I had to look up several of the terms used in this catalogue: a hogshead cask, box mangle, daisy rakes, and beetle & wedges.
But what on earth were the several "Milk Lead", or the marvellous Nine-tine scuffle (sounds like a dance?! I've heard of a scuffle-hoe...)?

A set of valuation notes about the farm also gives details about the crops in each field. North Farm has fields of Wheat, Peas, Barley, Beans, Mangolds, and 15 acres at Wood Close laid for Hay. South Farm has fields of Oats, Wheat, Barley, Beans and more laid for Hay. (A road cuts through the farm, East-West.)

(Talk to me if you would like to see all these documents.)

(Sept 1881) Letter from Park Farm office in Woburn (The Duke of Bedford, landlord) states that Mrs. Hallworth is behind with her Lady Day Rent (by £63). They look to Swaffield auctioneers for payment of the rent out of the proceeds of the sale.

(Sept 1881) Letter from the Town Clerk’s Office, Dunstable. "Mr George Baker of Toddington, a trustee under Philip Hallworth’s will, objects to the widow and his co-trustee intending ‘to buy in or withdraw from the sale certain portions of the effects to enable Mrs Hallworth to join the son of the deceased in another farm’ and will hold Swaffield {auctioneers} responsible for the sale of the whole." {I know that Philip's daughter Lucy married a gent named Baker. We also know from the Spring 1881 Census that Philip's son John was in Wokingham at Folly Farm, but 'out of business' - was he just arriving or leaving?}

And on the reverse of that letter, here's another little note by Geo Baker: difficult to read this one, but I think I read, "I do hereby agree for W. Swaffield to pay ... John Hallworth the amount I owe ...". So has he changed his mind? Or is this to pay for something quite separate?

And after the sale is complete, John Hallworth writes to Swaffields to authorise them to pay the sums they have agreed to a Mr Geo. Baker and a Mr G. Hallworth {brother-in-law & brother}. Notably misses out the Duke (for the Lady Day Rent) - probably that was in another letter. You'll see that he is still living at Folly Farm - it's dated 31/10/1881. {BLARS ref SF/39/88}

As I mentioned before, his wife Elizabeth Hallworth (nee Kitchener) died around 1886. Probate records from her will have been made available, and will appear soon.
Now you can read more about his son John Hallworth: here, and his daughter Lucy Baker here.

John Hallworth: born 1836

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John Hallworth was the youngest child of Philip & Eliza Hallworth. He was baptised in 1836 at the church of Flitton-with-Silsoe, Bedfordshire.

The 1861 census reveals that John Hallworth (25, described here as born Toddington, Beds {South of Ampthill}) has moved out of his parent's house and settled with Eliza (29, Bucks). They lived in Little Mill House, Ampthill. They had a baby son Robert, and a live-in Nurse Maid. The Mill employed 2 men. This seems to be a time of prosperity for the family! Click here to read more about Eliza.

Cassey's Directory, 1862: tells us that John Hallworth was the Corn Miller at Ampthill Mill.

Ampthill, Beds - is a town on the map here - it's just East of Milton Keynes.

A page about it's history, here, and the Francis Frith website has an entry for Ampthill here.

An encyclopaedic page on Ampthill is linked here, from the GENUKI site - it covers local history, geography and resources for further study in genealogy.

Some time after 1864, John & his family moved to Grange Mill at Heath & Reach...

On once more by 10 years...Millers
Now, if we step forward in time to 1871, we find John (35, Farmer & Miller) and his wife Eliza (39) living in Grange Mill, Heath & Reach, Bedfordshire with their children Robert (10), Eliza (8), Charles (6), William (2), and baby John (10 mths). Also a visitor, Ann Hammond who is clearly given as "Wife's sister" (born Grt Brickhill, aged 37, unmarried). Another child (who may be theirs but it's not confirmed) was living with their Grandparents Philip & Elizabeth in Toddington: Jessie (5).

The young Charles Hallworth here was later our Harry's father.

The village of Heath & Reach is near Leighton Buzzard, South Beds. You can read much more about Grange Mill on this TrunkCalls page.

A neighbour of John's at the Grange Mill was the family of George & Rebecca Sharp at Mill Plot Cottage - they were from Toddington, BEDS. The head of the household is described as an Ag Lab, aged 31. The name is familiar - see the Dog & Badger page.

A little side note from the Bedford Archives about the Grange Mill at Heath & Reach - they have copies of claims by millers in the area against the Grand Junction Canal Company from the period up to 1848. The name of the miller at Grange Mill then was Mr Joseph Turney - I presume the nearby Canal was affecting the water flow.

By the time of the 1881 Census, John and his family had moved to Berkshire, so I searched the historical directories for Berkshire in this period to find:
1876 Harrod's Directory: Swallowfield, Berkshire, C. Hallworth, farmer. {don't know who he is, haven't found a Census entry for him. Could this be a misprint for J. Hallworth??} Was he there then???
Otherwise, this could be an unknown relative who helped set up John & his family in this area of Berkshire.

Now to 1881...Farmers in Berkshire
Now in the 1881 Census, we can see John & Eliza Hallworth (with our young Charles Hallworth) were living in Wokingham near Reading, Berkshire. Not sure how long this has been going on, but John here is described as an Out of Business Farmer. If we look at this page about John's father, we see that he died in 1880 and his farm stock was sold off in 1881. The marvellous documents which can be seen there tell us that John purchased several of the farm stock etc. A letter from John held in that archive tells us he was still at Folly Farm in October 1881.

Transcription for Folly Farm, Wokingham:

John HALLWORTH, aged 45, born Greenfield, Bedford; Farmer (Out Of Business)

Eliza HALLWORTH, Wife, aged 49, born Buckhill, Bucks {that would be Bow Brickhill}

Robert HALLWORTH (Son, unmarried, aged 20, born Ampthill, Bedford)

Eliza A. HALLWORTH (Daughter, unmarried, aged 18, born Ampthill, Bedford)

Charles HALLWORTH (aged 16, born Ampthill, Bedford)

John HALLWORTH (aged 10, born Heath And Reach, Bedford, a Scholar)

Mary HALLWORTH (aged 8, born Heath And Reach, Bedford, a Scholar)

Philip HALLWORTH (aged 6, born Swallowfield, Berkshire)

So...from the details of the entry in 1881, we can see that the Hallworths were living in the Ampthill area up until the time of John's birth when they had moved to Heath & Reach. Then by the time of Philip's birth (~ 1875) they had moved to the Swallowfield area.
There are also two children living with their widowed Grandmother in Limersey, Maulden - they would appear to be the children of John & Eliza Hallworth. They are Jessie (aged 15) and William (aged 13), both born in Heath & Reach.
Jessie was recorded as born in the Leighton Buzzard district in 1866, whilst William Henry was recorded as born in the Leighton Buzzard district in 1868 {source FreeBMD; Heath & Reach is in the L. Buzz district}.

I've also seen the Farm & Court shown on a contemporary map at old-maps.co.uk, when the area was much less built up.
Folly Farm, helpfully, has been Grade II listed, and you can view it's entry on the list here. Click on the map tabs to view the property, which is on the opposite side of Barkham Road from Folly Court.
On Barkham Rd in 1881 (near the Folly Farm) there are two households of Licensed Victuallers - one named "New Leather Bottle" and another named "Old Leather Bottle"!

The neighbouring property of Folly Court, home of the Dauberrey family (retired Military). See map here. This property in 1881 had a full complement of domestic staff - including a coachman - so perhaps that is where young Charles (and his brother William) got an interest in his future trade as coachman?
Folly Court is now an area office / Kennels for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.

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Location, Location, Location: view my Google Map to try & get a handle on where the folks lived over the years. This map has details of Cox/Garrett family in Northamptonshire, and also Hallworth family in Bedfordshire. {It's in draft.}
John's birthplace, the village of Greenfield is near Flitwick & Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
Phillip Junior's birthplace, the village of Swallowfield in Berkshire is south of Reading.

1887 Kelly's Directory: Waltham St. Lawrence, Southlake St. - John Hallworth, Baker. {This page told me that Southlake St. (or Shurlock Row) is an area just SW of Waltham St. Lawrence, the area dominated by Billingbear Park.}

Grocers & Bakers
In the 1891 return, we see John was no longer a farmer. He was a Baker & Grocer, and he lived with his wife Eliza Hallworth and son Robert (Baker Asst.), son William (22, a groom, born Heath & Reach) and daughter Mary.

They were living in Southlake St. (White Hart - is it still there?), Waltham St. Lawrence (Cookham district).

Charles had left home by then, read more about him in this page.
Eliza Junior -- there's a reference in FreeBMD to the marriage in Richmond (Surrey) of Eliza Annie Hallworth in 1891. Her husband's name was not recorded, sadly. (No other cases found more locally, nor was her death found on the BMD index.)
John Junior - ?
Philip - settled with a wife by 1901.
The son William had not appeared on papers until I found this 1891 return!
Jessie (who may be their child, born 1866) may have been in service with a well-off Widow & daughter in Paddington, London. (The area of St. Luke's, which is familiar from our Charles' life story!)

Marriage records in Berkshire begin to show Hallworth marriages in the year 1893 (none before that, unless it was spelled differently!) - the first was William Henry Hallworth (1893 to Ruth Clements; Vol 2c, p781) in the Cookham district, and the second was Jessie Hallworth (in 1895 to Ivan George Obree) in Cookham.
In 1895, a lass named Jessie Hallworth married Evan/Ivan George Obree (?) in the Cookham district Vol 2c, p273. (No proof yet, but I think she may be John & Eliza's daughter, born 1866, Heath & Reach. I've not found her husband anywhere else - except in Kent; Ivan George Obree, born Eastry, 1871. Perhaps they met when they were both in service in London?)

1899 Kelly's Directory: Waltham St. Lawrence, Southlake St. - John Hallworth, Baker.
(also similar entry in 1903)

Then to 1901 census return - we can see John (64, Baker & Grocer) & Eliza (69, born Bow Brickhill, Bucks). They live with their children Robert (40; Grocer's assistant) & Mary (28) - and they were still living in Waltham St. Lawrence.
This census enumerator has a much neater hand, so I can finally be confident of Eliza's place of birth. Great site here for info & photos on Bow Brickhill; Thanks to Zoomalison for recommending that link.

I found William in 1901 settled with a wife Ruth, and 4 children on Waterloo Road, Wokingham. Like his brother Charles, he also worked as a Coachman.
Their youngest son Phillip (born 1875, Swallowfield) is seen settled with his wife Lucy in Shurlock Row (near his parents), Waltham St. Lawrence in the 1901 Census. He worked as a Baker.

John Hallworth died in September 1904, see more on the probate registry: here.

Then, from the 1911 census we know that Robert Hallworth (48) is still living in the Cookham district, with his brother Philip (36). I wonder if one of them was the Cookham grocer shown in this painting?!
Philip is the Head of the household, married to Lucy Louisa Hallworth (nee Bird, married for 12 years, no children) and living above the shop at White Waltham near Maidenhead (Sheepcote Lane, next to the Mission Chapel). He was a Baker & Grocer, whilst his brother Robert was an assistant. Also in the household were his wife's mother & sister.

Their other brother William Henry Hallworth was still a Coachman, living at 4 Waterloo Rd, Wokingham. Also with him are his wife Ruth & 4 children, though we read that they have another child still living. (Perhaps living in service somewhere?)

Also in the 1911 Census, Eliza Hallworth (79, widowed) is living with her daughter Mary (unmarried, aged 38) - at 37, Barkham Rd., Wokingham. She made a useful mistake when she filled in the form, and entered helpful extra details about her marriage to John. (As she was a widow, these details were not required and so the enumerator struck them out.) She tells us she was married for 51 years, and had 8 children, though one had died. This was news to me - I knew of only 7 children, although I have suspected Jessie Hallworth was a child of theirs. I can't fix yet on which child had died by 1911 - it's either Eliza, John, or Jessie.

In 1911 a retired Farm Labourer named Alfred Hallworth (75, born Harwell) was living in a very small house at Twyford, just west of Waltham. I hadn't previously heard of this gent. Interesting to note that he was born in Berkshire, rather than Beds (unlike all the others of his generation in the family).

1915 Kelly's Directory (and similar entry in 1907): just SE of Waltham at Paley St. - Philip Hallworth, Baker and Sub-Postmaster. {John's youngest son, born in 1875}

1916 Robert P. Hallworth died, aged 55.

1917 Philip Hallworth died, aged 43. See more on the probate registry: here.

Searching for Eliza Hammond

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We know a lot about Eliza Hallworth from the National Census, and we know that her marriage certificate confirms her maiden name was Hammond. Does anyone out there recognise her? Perhaps you’d be kind and post a comment to let me know?

By the way, if you've just read the post 'John Hallworth', then you already know about Eliza Hallworth - I have simply rewritten it here; this is a condensed version!
Apologies, several links have been lost, I will fix this ASAP.

I infer from census entries that Eliza was born around 1832. I know that she was born in or around Bow Brickhill, Bucks – although other census entries transcribe her birthplace as ‘Buckhill, Bucks’ etc. I know that (in 1860) Eliza married John Hallworth (born ~1836 in Toddington/Ampthill, Beds) and had 7 children. Her husband John was a Farmer & Miller (his father had been a baker and became a farmer).

In the census of 1841: A possibility is in this family: Robert Hammond, (50); Farmer of Galley Lane (?), Great Brickhill, & wife Ann (45), children Thomas (20), Betsey, Mary, Eliza (10), Ann and Charles (6).

In the census of 1851: there are several Elizas who may be her, but only one Hammond!

Eliza Hammond (19) born 1832, Bow Brickhill, daughter of Farmer Robert & Ann Hammond in Grt Brickhill.

Marriage Certificate

We know from the 1860 marriage index (Free BMD) that an Eliza Hammond married a John Hallworth in the Newport Pagnell district, in April -June 1860. N. Pagnell is near Milton Keynes, not so far from both Bow Brickhill & Ampthill.

In the census of 1861 our Eliza has married John Hallworth and taken his name. They are found in Little Mill House, Ampthill. They have a baby son Robert (born 1861), and a live-in Nurse Maid. The Mill employs 2 men. They go on to have some more children – Eliza (1863), Charles (1864), {Not seen any references to Little Mill House elsewhere, but perhaps it is part of the Little Park? There is also a Doo-little Mill, Steppingley Rd, Ampthill - perhaps a windmill, and now a business park.}

They moved from there to Grange Mill, Heath & Reach, near Leighton Buzzard, South Beds (1871 census) where they had the following children. I think they may have had a child named Jessie (1866). Certainly they had a son William (1868), John (1870) and daughter Mary (1873) whilst living at Heath & Reach. Presumably moved there to be nearer to Eliza's family (her sister Ann Hammond was living at the Mill at the time of the census in 1871). More on the Grange Mill, on the mills page.

From there they move to Folly Farm, Wokingham {near Reading}, Berkshire, England (a neighbour of the Dauberrey family (retired Military) at Folly Court {more on this here}). In the 1881 census John is described as a Farmer (out of business) and all of the adult children living at home are also not ascribed any occupations. A further child, Phillip, was born in Swallowfield, Berks (near Reading) in 1875. I think he was the youngest.

Finally they settled in Southlake St., Cookham (near Wokingham). In the 1891 and 1901 census, we find they are running(?) the Bakery & Grocer’s shop. Their son Robert continues to live with them – he is now employed in the business. Son William also lives there (a groom), as does youngest daughter Mary.
As for Eliza Junior, John & Phillip – I don’t know where they went. Their son Charles (born 1864) moves to Chepstow to be a Coachman, and then marries a Londoner, Kate. Charles & Kate Hallworth settle in Sockburn, on the Durham/Yorks border.

Peter tells us that her husband John Hallworth (born 1836) died in 1904, Maidenhead.

In the 1911 Census, Eliza Hallworth (79, widowed) is living with her daughter Mary (unmarried, aged 38) - at 37, Barkham Rd., Wokingham. She made a mistake when she filled in the form, and entered helpful extra details about her marriage to John. (As she was a widow, these details were not required and so the enumerator struck them out.)

She tells us she was married for 51 years, and had 8 children, though one had died. This was news to me at the time! (Since then, I'm thinking it must be Jessie was their child - she was living with her grandmother in 1871 & 1881. But who died before 1911?)

It seems likely that this Eliza is the lady who died in 1916, aged 84, in the Easthampstead district of Berkshire.
Their children who stayed at home are possibly these folks from the index of death certificates:
Robert P. Hallworth died in 1916, aged 55 in the Maidenhead district. {We know he was born in 1861.}
William Hallworth died in 1929, aged 59, in Ampthill. {We know he was born in 1869.}
Mary Hallworth died in 1951, aged 79, in the Wokingham district. {We know she was born in 1873.}
Eliza Hallworth junior born 1863 - perhaps she married, or died outside the area. Or perhaps she was the Elizabeth R. Hallworth who died at Ampthill in 1969, aged 91?
Youngest child Phillip Hallworth possibly is the gent who died in Easthampstead, in 1917 (aged 43 - fits as we know he was born in 1875).

The Hammond family
I posted a link earlier to the excellent village website http://www.bowbrickhill.com/... well, Sue from that site did me a great favour by looking up the Hammonds in the parish registers. There were lots of Hammonds, but she may well have found 3 generations in one hop here:

8 October 1831, baptism of Eliza Hammond (daughter of Robert & Ann) -I think that's your Eliza.
Then there's a Robert Hammond, baptised 10 March 1791 (son of George and Ann)
And I've got a George Hammond, baptised 8 February 1756 (son of John & Sarah)

Great, Sue - thanks for not resisting!!

Then:
Jane N told me about her family - listed on BowBrickhill.com - they are the Cleavers, and a Catherine Hammond married into the family.

"The only thing I can say for sure is that either her father or brother was George Hammond, as he was the witness at her marriage to John Cleaver." She believes that Catherine Cleaver nee Hammond was buried in January 1791 with her new-born daughter Catherine.

It seems that this Catherine in Janes' family tree was a younger sister of George Hammond. He married a lass called Ann, and their children include our Robert (born 1791), also perhaps Ann and Penelope (born in 1788 and 1792 respectively).

This is all in the Bow Brickhill area, and needs confirmation. Grateful thanks to Jane for sharing her info and helping me to puzzle it out!

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If anyone out there has any stories, photos, clues or even corrections about Eliza – I’d be very chuffed to hear from you!

Rowland Hallworth

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Here, a little bit of an introduction to Rowland Hallworth, who is recorded as the brother of our John Hallworth & Lucy.
I am still trying to confirm that these people are all from the same family. If anyone out there can help here, do let me know!

Many Thanks to Evelyn of Quebec, and also to Charlotte for sharing their information.

Rowland John Hallworth was born c1849 in Toddington, and died in Luton, c1892. He was married twice over, once to Ann Carr (1872) who died very soon after. Next he married Susan Pratt (in 1883, in Luton). These informants had no records of any children of Rowland Hallworth.

Charlotte has been very helpful in searching through records, looking for Rowland Hallworth (she is related to his second wife, Susan). She found him in the national census returns from 1851 to 1891, which fits what we know of his lifespan. In the 1851 census, the family name was transcribed as Hathwarth and Holderith, which explains why I didn't find them with my initial simple search! It is useful to see this 1851 census, because more details were recorded about each person compared with the 1841 census.

On viewing an image of the original document, however, I can see that it is the right family:
1851 census of Toddington:
Phillip Hallworth (37, born Maulden; Baker)
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (38, born Flitton)
Daughter Lucy Hallworth (transcribed to the database as Mary Holderith!?) (18, born Flitton), son John (15, birthplace not clear - possibly Cranfield? but in later returns it's given as Greenfield, near Flitton) and grandson Rowland (2, born Toddington/Calverton). We can reasonably assume that 2 year-old Rowland is the son of Lucy.
Read more about Philip Hallworth: here.

1861 census of Toddington - Longlane Farm:
Phillip Hallworth (47, born Maulden). Phillip is given now as a farmer of 150 acres, with 7 labourers employed.
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (48, born Flitton)
Grandson Rowland (12, born Toddington; Scholar); granddaughter Emma Baker, aged 3; and a young nephew Thomas Chandler from Barton. There is also a Farm servant and a general servant in the household.
Lucy & John have left home:- John we have already covered, Lucy is now married, found as Lucy Baker in Dunstable St., Toddington (wife of a Corn Dealer - George Baker - mother to 3 small children; John, Lucy and Martha) - so now we know that the granddaughter Emma is also Lucy's child.

1871 census of Toddington, Longlane Farm (?):
Phillip Hallworth (57, born Maulden) The Farm is still 150 acres, employing 5 men + 2 boys.
Wife Elizabeth Hallworth (58, born Flitton)
Rowland is still at home, now entered as their unmarried Son (probably a simple error)- aged 22, born Toddington.
Also 2 granddaughters Georgeanna Baker (Lucy's child, aged 7), and Jessie Hallworth (aged 5 - born at Heath & Reach, which leads me to suggest she could be a child of John Hallworth, rather than Rowland (although either is possible).
Also there now are two domestic servants.

1881 census of 'Limmersey', Maulden, Beds:
Elizabeth Hallworth (67, born Flitton; Widow, Farmer)
Son Rowland (32, born Toddington; Widower, Manager of Farm, Bailiff).
2 grandchildren, Jessie (15) and William (13) Hallworth, both born in Heath & Reach.

Note that Rowland is entered as a Widower here, which suggests that he was married and widowed between 1871 and 1881. I have seen an entry for the marriage of Rowland John Hallworth to Ann Carr in 1872, in the Woburn area, and for the death of Ann Hallworth in 1875. She was born in c.1848.

Also note that in the register of deaths, we see that Phillip Hallworth died in 1880 in the Ampthill area. After the 1881 census, we see the death of Elizabeth Hallworth in either 1882 (in Woburn area) or 1886 (in Ampthill area) (there were two Elizabeths born in the same year in that area, so we can't be clear without a death cert). So now the estate passes to Lucy, John & Rowland?

1891 census of 18 Winsden Rd, Luton, Beds (not in the current map):
Rowland Hallworth (42, born Toddington) and his wife Susan (36, born Frog/Troy Hall; a Straw Hat Machinist). It is interesting to see that Rowland here is given as a Retired Farmer, even though only 42.
No children. The house has 4 rooms.
Neither Rowland nor Susan are seen in the 1901 census; we do know from the registry of Deaths in Luton that a Rowland John Hallworth died in 1892.

Note that in 1851 and 1861, Rowland is listed as grandson of Phillip Hallworth, then in 71 and 81 as son, which could have been an error, or it could mean that he was an illegitimate child of Lucy Hallworth. In 1861 and 1871, other children of Lucy Baker (nee Hallworth) are also in the household.

I have found the marriage details for Lucy Martha Hallworth in 1852 in the Woburn district, to George Baker.
I have a feeling that I've found the right Lucy in the register of deaths- in 1906, Ampthill. (In the 1901 census return for Toddington she & George Baker are living at Rose Cottage, Princes' St., where he is described as a retired Baker!)

Material which used to be in this post (about Phillip's parents) is now in another one.

Wills probate & estates for Hallworths

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This post discusses some Wills probate & estates for Hallworth ancestors in Bedfordshire, and also in Berkshire.

Where possible, links to other posts are made, by which I hope to help you understand who each person was.

BEDFORDSHIRE
First to appear in the Probate records (via Ancestry) was Sarah Hallworth, who died in 1861, in Bedfordshire. Estate < £450. Her executors were James Brightman (husband to her niece) and Jonathan Hallworth (nephew, Dog & Badger landlord).

Charles Hallworth died in 1862. He was not of our direct line - he was the butcher and farmer in Pulloxhill. Estate <£2000. His widow was named Hannah.

Next we can see two entries for the will of our ancestor Philip Hallworth, in June 1880 and January 1881. A note is seen in the margin that there were duplicate entries, though I can't explain why as yet. Perhaps it was due to the codicil.

He was the farmer at Long Lane Farm, Toddington, but the probate records tell us he was late of Maulden (they were at Limmersey Farm, and his wife was there in Spring 1881). He died at Maulden on 26th May 1880. His estate was under £1500.
Useful to read that his son John Hallworth was at Swallowfield, Berkshire in June 1880.

Then Elizabeth Hallworth in 1886. "Our" Elizabeth Hallworth was the wife of Philip Hallworth who had died in 1880, but was not this lady, who was described as a Spinster.
Estate £150, died in Ampthill.

BERKSHIRE
Our line of the family moved to Berkshire, and we do find a few entries filed under Berkshire from 1904.

John Hallworth, of Waltham-St-Lawrence, Berkshire died on 20th September, 1904. His estate was just under £500. The executors were baker Phillip Hallworth and coachman William Hallworth (his sons).

Phillip Hallworth, of the Post Office, Paley Street, White Waltham, Berkshire died in June 1917. He was a baker and his estate was £1720 12s 8d. His estate went to his widow Lucy Louisa Hallworth.

Mills in Bedfordshire

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Where were the Farms and Mills at which the Hallworths worked?
Windmills or watermills??
Sorry if this post is still a bit rough round the edges.
So far, I only have specific info about a few mills in Bedfordshire (especially Maulden, Heath & Reach).
Get a sense of place about each town in Bedfordshire - start with the list here.

A number of general online sources for information on mills: Windmill World (and Watermills at Windmill World); The Mills Archive;
For more on Bedfordshire's Windmills, visit a Wiki page here.

Steam powered mill at Ampthill - run by James Norman in 1890.
Mill powered by steam and water - at Toddington - run by Ezra Bright in 1890.

Windmills

Windmills have a longer history than you might imagine.

Here on the Muggeridge site - you can view old photos (~1933) of derelict Windmills in Bedfordshire - the nearest of interest are at Houghton Conquest & Cranfield.

Trade directories for the area tell us that there was a windmill at Barton, BEDS - run by miller George Hipgrave in 1890.

Watermills
There is a watermill at Bromham, just west of Bedford, which has been restored to working order - see their own site here. (sadly that link hasn't worked for me yet) - or view this page about the mill, where we read;

"Today, the Mill once again grinds flour, much as it used to. Millers tell the same tall stories and the machinery creaks, groans and splashes away."

A watermill at Ivinghoe (South of Leighton Buzzard), Ford End Mill, was derelict but is now restored to good working order. See this site for a great deal of interesting information Ford End Mill, and watermills in general.

Also visit YouTube for videos, or this scholastic site for a wealth of material on Watermills - it's aimed at schoolchildren, but still of interest? (This animation was especially good fun, if you are 7!)

Specific Mills: Flitton with Silsoe?
Philip Hallworth lived at Greenfield/Flitton ~1835, but I'm not sure if he was working as a miller there. He may well have been only a farmer.

Flitton Mill? Almost, but not quite! I got excited when I found this old photo on Francis Frith, but it's not quite right, being of the Mill at Flitwick. Hohum, we can use our imaginations.

The watermill at Flitwick was an overshot type mill, I've seen a photo from 1940 in The Mills Archive. Also current photos here on Geograph.
It was run by Richard Goodman in 1890 {source - trade directories}.

Greenfield Mill?
Again, not even sure if Philip Hallworth worked as a miller while he lived at Greenfield/Flitton ~1835.
The wiki page for Greenfield tries to describe the former site of a mill (it was disused by the 1960's); "Mill Lane was named after the mill which worked until the 1960s and was located at the bottom of the lane and public bridal way where a bridge now stands".

A photo is on this site AmpthillImages.com, but I can't give you a direct link. Look for OUT & ABOUT, then look in the list of towns for Flitton & Greenfield. On the first line you'll see a thumbnail of the Greenfield Mill photo, taken ~1900.

Maulden Mill:
The census returns and other records quoted below inform us quite conclusively that the Hallworth family occupied Maulden Mill, and also that the father-in-law (Pennyfather) was the Maulden miller before them.

BLARS ref PUAV 41/32 (23 Apr 1866; William Breed).
St. Luke Middx. to Maulden. Wm. Breed. In 1809, then unmarried and childless, hired as a yearly servant by Mr Pennefather of Maulden Mill at 3½gns. Served 1yr. Mich to Mich. (Mr Pennyfather was Charles' father-in-law.)

1822-28 licensing documents give us Charles Hallworth as miller of Maulden.

The 1847 trade directory lists Charles Hallworth as the Miller at Maulden Water End.

1851 census - Charles Hallworth (66, born Pulloxhill) at Mill House, Maulden. He is described as a Miller and farmer of 40 acres (employing 3 men).
Next to them (in Mill Lane) is still Thomas Hallworth, farmer of 30 acres.

His will tells us Charles Senior was a miller of Maulden who died on 8/12/1853.

By the census of 1881, the cornmiller there was Arthur Charles Hallworth (Miller & Farmer, 24, unmarried, with his unmarried sister Hannah, 40 and 2 nieces by name of Daniels (8 & 4)). The Trade Directory (later in 1881) gives us the name of Arthur C. Hallworth for the Miller in Maulden Water End.
Arthur's Uncles George & Isaac Hallworth were at Hall End, Maulden in 1881. They worked as cornmillers, too. (Aged 60 & 49, both unmarried.) I can't yet find a death record for Isaac or George.

In the 1891 Census of Maulden, George & Isaac continue to live together at Hall End, now also with a Chandler nephew (William, aged 45, a Gardener). Only Isaac is now given as a Miller, George presumably has retired. Were there two mills, or did Isaac work for A.C. Hallworth at Maulden Mill?

A rough match for the death of Arthur Charles Hallworth in the St.Albans district, aged 57 in the year 1917.

So, the problem now lies in being sure how many contemporary mills there were in Maulden:

The presence of a Mill at Maulden was noted even as far back as the Doomsday Book.

Letter held in the Beds Archives (R3/3721 4 March 1832), from the Duke of Bedford's steward - discusses various issues to do with land ownership in the area. Ends with:
"There are 4 mills within 3 miles of Maulden mill - best not to think of rebuilding it; miller's carelessness in flooding meadows."

Maulden on this map from 1882 - Water End clearly visible in SE corner - also Maulden Mill marked.
The British History Online site has a very useful map section where I found a very clear 1892 map of the area of Maulden Mill, and also the Dog & Badger in the North (linked here, and you can also see the modern OS map of the same area - you'll spot the modern fisheries complex, Water End Fisheries).
A clearer early map here from a collection at BLARS:

Further info from the (published 1912) History of the County of Bedford (British History Online), where the chapter on Maulden describes two mills; "The mill stands on the banks of a branch of the River Ivel below Hall End , and there was formerly another at Breach, pulled down within recent years". The first mill described is the Maulden mill shown in the map above. The River Ivel is on the current-day map, but we only see the River Flit near the mill. The other mill 'at Breach' is in the area shown on the map here, it's now called Brache.

By 1890, the Kelly's trade dir gives us a James Norman as the miller in Maulden - it's a steam-driven flour & corn mill. No others Maulden Mills are mentioned then in that text.

Images of Maulden Mill
BLARS holds a collection of glass slides or gelatine prints from the period c 1905-1920 - taken by a local photographer & rescued from a skip! Several seem to show Maulden Mill.
First we have here (BLARS ref X291/77/430) a glass slide image of Maulden Mill, which appears to show two women at the door:

Sadly, I have that one reversed left-to-right! I have now seen a selection of these images reproduced beautifully in a collection named AmpthillImages.com, but I can't give you a direct link to the Maulden Mill photos. Look for AROUND & ABOUT, then look in the list of towns for Maulden. On the first page you'll see thumbnails of the Maulden Mill photos, taken ~1900.

Another (BLARS ref X291/77/432b) beautifully clear photograph from that collection shows the mill race, Maulden, which looks very solid:

Other photos in the collection which may be relevant:

X291/77/431b; Maulden Mill Stream
X291/77/433; brick sluice in background

X291/77/499 - 2 people with possible mill in the background, Maulden.

Also the BLARS library holds 2 postcards of Maulden Mill, which seem to have been taken on the same occasion as those above.
Here the Mill Stream (BLARS ref Z520/9) given a date of c.1906. Sweet!

And then, below, Maulden Mill (BLARS ref Pu 179/83), with no date given. Could well be the same two adults, and the same child as in the postcard above?

The BLARS collection has a very bonny notebook (BLARS ref SF39/119, coded valuation notebook, from 1882) which seems to suggest the Maulden Mill/Farm is changing hands - passing from A.C. Hallworth to Samuel Brightman, according to the cover. See below for more on these names.

This notebook seems to contain valuations of the cultivated fields - assessments have to be made of crops in ground, hay stacks etc. He passed on the notebook when he passed on the tenancy?
It strikes me as strange that there's no date for each action. I'd have thought he'd want a record of which week he'd ploughed a field, or sown the seed. The numbers on the left will be acres, roods, poles, perches etc. The other columns on the right?? It seems to be in code!

The date is November 1882 - but normally a farm tenancy would change hands around September, at Michaelmas. {Thanks, Barbara's Dad for the expert help there - keeping it in the family!}

As to the crops - I can read Cauliflower, White Turnip, & Mustard. Amazing how much history can be seen in these little domestic details, like the earlier poster for the Household effects.

Who were they?
A.C. Hallworth? Thomas (eldest son of Charles) had a son named Arthur Charles, born 1857. He was the Miller living there at the time of the census of 1881.
Samuel Brightman? Barbara has a theory about who he may be. "Leonard Palmer married Eliza Brightman in 1890. Her father was Samuel Brightman, born 1822, who was a Market Gardener in the 1881 census at Hall End, and at Water End in 1891 census."
Additionally, she tells me about this line in the Bedfordshire Times, Sat. Aug. 23rd 1890:- "On Wednesday the 13th Miss Eliza Brightman, daughter of Mr. Samuel Brightman of the Mill Farm, Water End, married Mr. Leonard Palmer, farmer, of Water End."

Then at the far end of the archives, in 1911, we see a catalogue of sale of the Duke's lands - Maulden Mill was described as "Maulden Mill Farm, including disused Mill and comprising 38a 1r 38p"

Next, the Mill at Ampthill:
In the 1861 census our John Hallworth (25) & family were recorded as living at the Little Mill House, Ampthill. Was it part of Little Park?
Or was it the Doo-little Mill?? This is at Steppingley Rd, Ampthill, which is now a small business park. No sign of any watercourses in the area, so presumably this was a windmill?
A photograph on this site (AmpthillImages.com) shows us Doolittle Mill in ~1900. Look for AMPTHILL photos, then look in the list of subjects for Buildings, choose D and on the first line you'll see a thumbnail of the Mill photo.

Grange Mill near Heath & Reach:
John Hallworth & family also had a short stint at the Grange Mill, Heath & Reach. He was present for the 1871 census, but other men are recorded as miller there for the years 1862 & 1876.
{You can view the 1864 Trade Directory for Heath & Reach: here.}

The 1862 directory of Heath & Reach shows us only one miller in the town - A. Roades, Farmer & Miller. He was also there for the 1861 Census (which told us he was born in 1842). In 1864, the miller was a Thomas Holmes.
In the 1876 directory, William Edwin was the miller. Was our John an assistant miller, or did his time as miller fit in between Roades & Edwin?
The lack of any other Millers in the pages of the 1871 Census suggest to me that John was the Miller on his own.
The births of Eliza & John's children provide a few clues. Our Charles, their son, was born in Ampthill in 1864. Their next children, however, were all born in Heath & Reach until the birth of Philip in Swallowfield, in ~1875. So certainly they were at Grange Mill from 1868 (possibly 1866 if Jessie is theirs!) until 1873.

Kelly's Historical directory also tells us that Heath & Reach was the source of some of the sand used to make the glass for Crystal Palace, for 1851.

The Bedfordshire Archive (BLARS) have a huge online resource folder about Heath & Reach - it includes a page collecting the old maps, of which this one from 1901 (25" scale) clearly shows Grange Mill as a watermill. Grange Mill can be seen on Google Maps here; on the Ouzel River, next to modern-day Rushmere. This Geograph page tells us that "At Old Linslade, the original course of River Ouzel is reduced to little more than a stream, with much of the river's flow being diverted to feed Grange Mill to the north".
You can also view a page from the BLARS archives on Grange Mill here, and a page about the old local school here.
Heath & Reach was a town of 1000 souls in the year 1871.

There was also a windmill at Heath & Reach - run by Holmes in 1890, and another windmill at Heath & Reach - run by Bates in 1890 (see Council Archive piece here).

Hallworth Elders & various Archives

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A miscellaneous selection of various information about the Hallworths in Bedfordshire. Mainly bits which I can't fit in elsewhere, or just haven't moved yet.

This site has a list of Monumental Inscriptions (an image of them can be bought @ £4 each). Details can also be found via the Beds FHS.

Phillip Hallworth is listed as having died 26/5/1880, aged 66, and buried at Flitton St. John the Baptist. (Our direct ancestor, see more in this post.)
Elizabeth Hallworth is listed as having died 19/11/1882, aged 69, and buried at Flitton St. John the Baptist.
Philip Hallworth died in April 1835, aged just 3 weeks, and buried at Flitton St. John the Baptist.
David Hallworth was buried in 1849 at St Mary's of Marston Moretaine aged 32.
John Hallworth was buried at St Mary's of Marston Moretaine, aged 9 months, on the 9th November, 1836.
James Hallworth was buried at Millbrook, St Michael & All Angels, age unknown, in 1795.
Margaret Hallworth (age unknown) buried at Lidlington, St. Margarets in 1796.
Another Philip Hallworth is listed as having died in 1848, aged 61. Buried at Pulloxhill St James. {former publican, Dog & Badger.}
Ann Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1833, aged 19.
Charles Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1853, aged 68.
Charles Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1862, aged 56.
Elizabeth Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1822, aged 77.
Elizabeth Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1851, aged 67.
Francis Hawkins Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1846, aged 36.
Hannah Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1862, aged 45.
Hannah Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1872, aged 67.
Sarah Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1861, aged 77.
Susannah Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1840, aged 59.
Thomas Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1812, age unknown.
Thomas Francis Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1849, aged 15 months.
Thomas Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1877, aged 65.
William Hallworth was buried at Pulloxhill St James in 1852, aged 76.
James Hallworth died in 1910, aged 65, at Shillington All Saints.
Philip Hallworth is listed as having died in 1919, aged 72 (so he was born in 1847). At Wilstead All Saints Anglican Church.
Arthur James Hallworth (infant, 1894) was buried at Wilstead All Saints.
Ellen Hallworth was buried at Wilstead All Saints, in 1929 aged 78.
George Hallworth was buried at Wilstead All Saints, in 1932 aged 89.
Jonathan Hallworth was buried at Wilstead All Saints, in 1898 aged 76.
Maria Hallworth was buried at Wilstead All Saints, in 1905 aged 86.
Mary Hallworth was buried at Wilstead All Saints, in 1927 aged 74.

The Bedfordshire Archives
Bedfordshire libraries hold transcriptions of all the parish registers for the period (link here) - but they are not online. (Link here for BEDS archives.)

Great deal of info available on the pages of the Bedfordshire Archives - about Heath & Reach and for Bedford.

Military Records
I have seen these Hallworths named on War Memorials in Bedfordshire:

Private J. Hallworth of the 4th King's Royal Rifles, who died in the Boer War (1899-1902). He was named on the Bedfordshire Boer War Memorial in Bedford, see this site for photos of that memorial and this site for more info on the 4th Battalion, which includes photos showing the regimental standard Moustache. Additionally, there is a record of a Pte John Hallworth (23492 of the 3rd Batt, 109th Company) in the Imperial Yeomanry, who received the QSA medal.

And finally, the Times Archives gives us the following details about a Hallworth soldier:-

On 19/2/1901, Pte Hallworth (2491) of the 2nd Grenadier Guards was reported dangerously ill (with heart disease) - he was at Ladysmith; date of report was Feb 16th {area of birth not given}.

Details here from their Online archives for Flitton area/Bedfordshire, {and also available in full at The National Archives site} but don't forget they aren't necessarily our folks! As I am able to place each entry, I copy it to another page where it will make more sense:

Detailed schedule of auction in 1831 of landowned by Morris & Company (Ampthill) Limited - lists Phillip Hallworth as tenant of two parcels of land in Maulden.
Details on a character reference {BLARS ref GK281/4} to a piece of Ampthill land in occupation of Chas. Hallworth; 1849; Church St., Ampthill.

References to Mr. Hallworth in these papers on Ampthill area, 1846:

Letter of 1846 from the Estate Steward - "This letter refers to the keeping of fowls and pigs by cottagers. It comments that the keeping of fowls is often a source of ill feeling amonst neighbours since poor people have not proper places to keep them in and "they breed vermin and filth". Suggests also that, where the keeping of pigs is permitted the pigsties "shall be placed in their gardens and not close under their noses". Proposes a blank space on tenancy agreements so that a clause can be inserted giving permission as appropriate.
Mentions that there are two fairs in Ampthill each year, May 4th and November 30th for the sale of sheep, cattle etc. The tolls for the market and fairs, stalleage etc is let to Hallworth and, with 2 acres of land, produces £30 per year. An application has been made for an additional fair per year and Mr Bennett proposes to find out further information. The letter discusses in detail the question of payment of toll.
He outlines various payments which have been made."
Further letter of May 5th, 1846 refers to "Hallworth, the tenant of Moor Pond Close {Ampthill?}, the site of the sheep fair".

Text quoted here: "More information regarding the request for an additional fair at Ampthill. Mr Bennett has found out that the toll is 2 pence for each head of cattle or horses and 4 pence a score for sheep. Mr Bennett has learnt from Swaffield that there was a good deal of trouble over the payment of tolls a few years earlier; an expensive trial to all parties arose out of it and Leighton Buzzard. Mr Bennett advises that it would be best to inform the "memorialists" that the Duke has not the power to grant a fair to be held legally in the usual place but, with the consent of Hallworth, the tenant of Moor Pond Close, the site of the sheep fair, his Grace would have no objection to their holding a market for cattle in the close on their paying an acknowledgement to Hallworth for the use of the close for that purpose. He thinks it would satisfy them and not bring into question the tolls at the usual fairs."
{ref there to Memorialists: not these folks, so then what does it mean?}

Details about a John Hallworth in the Wilstead area:

reference to John Hallworth as a tenant of cottage and farmlands on Wilstead estate (in auctioneers catalogue as landowner has died), 1875. {Wilstead is also known as Wilhamstead and in between Ampthill & Bedford.}
A reference in the records of the Quarter Sessions for Bedfordshire, 1893: "Mortgage: £2000 from F.J.Galpin, auctioneer, to Jn. Hallworth of Wilstead, corn dealer. 1893"
There are notes in a local history book, "Wilhamstead, homestead of friends" about two corn merchants, George & Jonathon Hallworth. Also notes about a churchwarden named George Hallworth in 1890's Wilstead.
I have seen George Hallworth in the 1881 Census living with his parents (Johnathon & Maria Hallworth a farmer of 50 acres, aged 60) on Village St., near the church, Wilstead. His trade is given as a Farmer's Son, aged 38.
Letters within the Gambriel family are archived - a 1915 letter (Z1270/2/18) from a wounded soldier to his mother mentioned Old George Hallworth & his harvest.

A will from the period ~1780 mentions a farm named Wroxhill Farm which has as tenant one Jas. Hallworth. {James? ref BC367} Following that, a 1796 document describes a "messuage in Wroxhill, Marston Moretaine, formerly in occupation of Nicholas Price, deceased, late of James Hallworth, deceased, but now of William Bartram"

Some notes about the butcher Charles Hallworth, for example - papers from 1849. Was he perhaps the son of Charles Hallworth (1826-1880)?

Records from the Marston Moretaine area (1858) tells us about "David Hallsworth son of William Hallsworth. Aged 14 years on the 7th April 1858 apprenticed to George Whitbread of Roade, Northamptonshire, shoemaker until the age of 21 years."

An intriguing reference from an Architect's archive in a notebook, "Mr. Charles Hallworth, Pulloxhill", from the period 1877-1880 {ref ST/U 2/1}

Marriage licence for Alfred Hallworth of St.Mary, Islington, Middlesex, and Emma Hallworth of Pulloxhill, dated 8/7/1867.

Marriage licence for Charles Hallworth of Pulloxhill and Louisa Sharp of Pulloxhill, dated 24 Dec 1878. {BLARS ref P13/1/23i}

Marriage entry in the Woburn Sands records for 1910 - shows Elizabeth Hallworth (father Philip Hallworth, farmer) marries a farmer, William Newman from Wilhampstead. She was 29. Don't know of any Philips who would be the right age here.

An oral history project on pre-war Shillington includes one set of memories of Eric Hallworth born in Shillington in 1910. {pp 62-71, ref CR/OH 1/5 from the years 1920 - 1939}

Halworth Farm at Wingfield (tween Toddington & Dunstable) - was occupied by Mr E. Gurney up till 1902 when it was auctioned off. (Notice of the auction in BLARS)

Coming right up to date, there's 2 little notes about a Miller in 1950 - but sorry it's not available online yet. From the Bedfordshire Archives.
"Photograph of E. Hallworth, Miller, Duck Mill, Bedford. 1950 Z 50/141/228"
"Photograph of Duck Mill, Bedford, 1950; with Miller, Mr. E. Hallworth handling corn. Old mill stone in foreground. Z 50/12/70 "

A photo (BP63/1/15) from the 1930's showing a bit of G. Hallworth & Sons' Corn Dealership in Duckmill Lane, Bedford.

A wedding photo from Shillington 1957 - the bride was Eileen Hallworth of Shillington.

A strange reference to a modern photo of Hallworth House. It seems to be a residential home. No clues yet as to how it came by the name.

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Next I have simply pasted in a pretty random mixture of records, mainly from Census returns. I haven't yet done any further work on this - it's just for your information.
Some of these could be directly related to John, Charles & Harry Hallworth, but then again they could be no relation at all. Don't say I didn't warn you!!

In the 1881 Census there are also Hallworths living in Shillington (East of Ampthill), BEDS.
Also Hallworths in Pulloxhill, Beds in the 1881 Census: at the Public House, Pulloxhill -
Charles Hallworth (24, a Coal & Sand Merchant, born Pulloxhill) and wife Louisa (24, born Flitwick) with 2 young children; Frederick Charles (born Lincoln) and Alice Maria (born Pulloxhill); and a young servant girl.

In the Melville's Directory of Ampthill, 1867 (rather like our Yellow Pages), a Hallworth is found listed as a Butcher, in the Market place, Ampthill. Probably Charles Hallworth. More details like this are now transcribed in a separate post.

A lady who alleged she was the niece of General George Washington, Lydia Hallworth is buried at Cranfield, BEDS - she died aged 83 in 1863. The indirect link to our family is known.

In the 1851 census of Ampthill, Elizabeth Hallworth, (35, born Pulloxhill, Beds; Unmarried) was living with her brother Charles Hallworth (44, married, not widowed, born Pulloxhill; a butcher) in Church St., Ampthill. Also in the house are Charles' 6-year-old daughter, Ann; a servant girl; and a Jouneyman Butcher (lodger).

In the 1841 Census, there are two Charles Hallworths (one aged 15 and one aged 55), both born Bedfordshire.

In the 1851 census, at the Dog & Badger Inn, Maulden we see a Jonathan Hallworth (29, born St. Albans, Herts.) who is a Victualler & Market Gardener (having 12 acres, & 3 Labourers). His wife is Marria (32, born Maulden) and they have 2 young sons (George & Phillip) and a servant.
Next door is Widow & retired Victualler, Sarah Hallworth of Barton in the Clay, Beds

Living in Pulloxhill, 1871 census, Charles Hallworth (43 {so born ~1828}, Farmer, born Malden, BEDS) and wife Martha A. (50, born Biggleswade Beds) and son Charles (15, born Pulloxhill).
Living in Pulloxhill, 1901 census, Widow Martha Ann Hallworth (84) lives with her unmarried daughters May & Maria (dressmakers).

Living in Church St., Ampthill, 1871 Census, an unmarried Elizabeth Hallworth (55, born Pulloxhill) lives in the house of Butcher Mr. Brightman & family as a servant, her occupation is as Accountant. {rather unusual for those days!?}

Living in Pulloxhill, 1871 census, Samuel Hallworth (51, Wheelwright & Blacksmith) and Elizabeth (41, born Silsoe, Beds; a Bonnet and Hat sewer) with son Francis (J or T) Hallworth (18, wheelwright) and daughter Elizabeth (6). Also a lodger. {In 1901 they are still there, Samuel (82; Wheelwright, and some suggestion that he is also a Publican {tho' that may be the person next to him on the list!!}) Elizabeth (70), Frank T. (48; Wheelwright) and William (30; Agricultural Labourer)}

A Bedfordshire man (born Marston around 1801) named David Hallworth had moved away to Derbyshire, and lived there in the year 1861, having settled there with a family and working as a farm labourer.

Also a more recent notice in the London Gazette about a will for Martha Hallworth who died in 1938. She was a spinster and had lived at Wood End, Marston, Beds. It surely can't be the Martha Hallworth who was Philip's sister? She would have been over 100? The notice also mentions (executor?) Edgar Hallworth, Miller of New Harrowden, BEDS.

Mentions of Hallworths in the Trade Directories of Bedfordshire

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A site linked here is a useful online source to find ancestors in many local Directories (ye Olde Yellow Pages) from the 1800's. Here I've picked out entries for Hallworths in Bedfordshire.

In general, where the Farm name etc. is highlighted, that should be an active link to an online photograph of the building or the area. No guarantee that this is definitely the house of an ancestor, but reasonable grounds, none the less. Drop me a line if you can find a better photo, eh?

1. Post Office Directory of Berks, Northants ...etc. 1854:

Ampthill: Charles Hallworth, Butcher, Market Place.

Maulden: Charles Hallworth, Farmer & Miller, Water End . Jonathan Hallworth, innkeeper at 'The Badger' {this one}. Thomas Hallworth, Farmer & corn Merchant.

Pulloxhill: Charles Hallworth, Baker. Samuel Hallworth, Wheelwright. William Hallworth, Farmer & Carpenter.

2. Cassey's Directory, 1862:

Ampthill: Charles Hallworth, Butcher, Market Place. John Hallworth, Corn Miller, Ampthill Mill.

Maulden: Thomas Hallworth, Farmer, Corn Merchant & Miller.

Pulloxhill: Charles Hallworth, Farmer. Samuel Hallworth, Wheelwright. William Hallworth, farmer.

Toddington: Phillip Hallworth, farmer.

3. Harrod & Co.'s Directory, 1876:

Houghton Conquest: Philip Hallworth, farmer, Dane Farm

Maulden: Philip Hallworth, farmer. Thomas, farmer & miller.

Pulloxhill: Samuel Hallworth, Blacksmith, Wheelwright and Beer Retailer (I wonder if this old Smithy was his? Thanks to a former resident, I hear this is right - see comment on "Hallworth Beginnings"!) Also William Hallworth, farmer.

Wilshamstead: Jonathan Hallworth, corn dealer & farmer.

Swallowfield (nr Reading): C. Hallworth, farmer.

Daventry (Northants - bit out of the area): William Hallworth, clothier, Sheaf St.

4. Kelly's Directory of Beds., 1890

Eastcotts, Cotton End: George Hallworth, farmer, Herring Green.

Pulloxhill: Samuel Hallworth, Wheelwright. Thomas Hallworth, farmer.

Woburn Sands: David Hallworth, boot & shoe maker.

5. Kelly's Directory of Beds., 1898

Eastcotts, Cotton End: George Hallworth, farmer, Herring Green.

Pulloxhill: Samuel Hallworth, Wheelwright and Beer Retailer.

Woburn Sands: David Hallworth, boot & shoe maker.

Wilshamstead: Jonathan Hallworth, farmer.

6. Kelly's Directory of Beds., 1903

Eastcotts, Cotton End: George Hallworth, Warmer {a what??! presume that should be Farmer!}, Herring Green.

Pulloxhill: Samuel Hallworth, Wheelwright and Beer Retailer.

Woburn Sands: David Hallworth, boot & shoe maker.

7. Kelly's Directory of Beds., 1910

Eastcotts, Cotton End: George Hallworth, farmer, Herring Green.

Marston Morteyne (Moretaine): Wm. Hallworth, boot & shoe maker.

Pulloxhill: Elizabeth (Mrs) Hallworth, Beer Retailer. Frank Hallworth, Wheelwright. {Presumably Samuel's family?}

Wilshamstead: Jonathan Hallworth, farmer, Cotton End Farm. Philip Hallworth, farmer.

Woburn Sands: David Hallworth, boot & shoe maker.

8. Kelly's Directory of Beds., 1914

Bedford: George Hallworth, Miller (steam), Duck Mill Lane

Wilshamstead: Jonathan Hallworth, farmer, Cotton End Farm. Philip Hallworth, farmer.

Woburn Sands: Thomas Hallworth, boot & shoe dealer, Hardwicke Place.

FARMERS

1890 Kelly's directory

1903 Kelly's - George is still there, but Wilshamstead has changed from just John to Philip & George. Thomas has gone.

Charles Hallworth: born 1864

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Charles was born in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, 1864 when his parents John & Eliza Hallworth (read about them here) were millers. He moved with them to Heath & Reach, Swallowfield, and then to Folly Farm, Wokingham - certainly he was living there at the age of 16 (1881).

Where did our Charles go to work after 1881?

...Charles was a Coachman
The Census of 1891 shows a Charles Hallworth (27, born Amphill {sic}, BEDS); working as a Coachman, living alone in rooms over the Coach House in Chepstow, Wales. Note he is still single.
The employers were presumably Mr & Mrs Smith of Mount House, Chepstow.

Mount House was used for many different purposes over the 20th C., and was developed from Autumn 2008 to become many residential properties. This page has been set up by an Archeology group - about Mount House, Chepstow - as it was before the developers' work. Some fascinating photos, and also information that Mrs. Smith also owned the tiny parish of St. Kingsmark, in the north of Chepstow. (See this contemporary directory for more on St. Kingsmark.) The lovely Chepstow Castle is just nearby on the riverbank.

The old developers' marketing page can perhaps still be viewed here, it mentions a coach house and is described as "formerly a Merchant's residence" (in the 1891 census, Mr. Smith Esq. 's occupation was Wine Merchant)! The flats in the main Mount House will have the benefit of wine cellars in the basement.
More up-to-date marketing by the Bovale group can be viewed here; lots of great photos. Also a page about the re-opening in 2009- a grand event, it seems. Spot the cake in the shape of Mount House!

In 1901...A coachman and family man
A Transcription of the 1901 Census for Charles Hallworth, Co. Durham:
Address: White Houses, Sockburn. (Sockburn All Saints, S.E. Durham)
No. of rooms occupied: 4

Charles Hallworth, aged 36, born Hamptill {sic - not in current gazeteer}, Bedfordshire; a Coachman (Domestic)
Kate C. Hallworth (Wife), aged 34, born London, St. Lukes
and their children, all born in the Yorkshire village of Over Dinsdale (actually it is right on the border with Co. Durham):
Lilian M., (6);
Florence, (4);
Charles G., (3);
William H., {our Harry} (1).

More on White Houses in a later posting (or you could just keep scrolling down if you are looking thru all the Hallworth Posts).
But in essence, it seems to make sense that Charles was coachman at the nearby Sockburn Hall.

SO – Harry's father, Charles Hallworth was born in approximately 1865 {precisely 1864, actually; Thanks Peter}. He is remembered for a fondness for the horses on which his trade relied (at that time!).

There was some confusion, as another son was remembered - "Uncle George". At first I simply presumed that George was younger than William - as he does not appear on this census, and that is how he was remembered.
More recently, however, in the birth registry details I saw that one of William's older brothers was named Charles George Hallworth. As it seems unlikely that two sons would both have the name George, we now have it straight.
*** Latest*** Peter has been in touch - he is a descendant of Charles George Hallworth & confirms that he was the brother known as George.
Phew.

We know that George remained in the area, and that there are certainly descendants around from both George and Florence - if you think you may be one of them then please do leave a comment on this site, or visit the guestbook!!

More details are available on where Charles was working by 1911. See this other post.

Kate Shackleford - Senior and Junior

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I know from the 1901 Census return mentioned in "Beginnings" that Harry's Mother was Kate, who was born in Middlesex, c.1867. Having spotted a possibility for Kate & Charles' marriage, (in Essex, West Ham, 1893 - we know the bride's maiden name was Shackleford), I searched earlier censuses for a Kate Shackleford.
This guess from the records has since been confirmed by the marriage certificate {Many Thanks to both Peter and Clive - full details appear elsewhere.}

Results from earlier census:

1891 - Kate C. Shackleford is one of two Domestic servants in the household of a Solicitor (Frances Greeney) of Forest Gate, West Ham. It's recorded that she was born in London, St. Lukes', in ~1867, and she is single.

Back to 1881 - Her father is listed as Thomas A. {or it could be G.} Shackleford (39) - born Reading, a Smith & Iron plate worker. His wife is Sarah, (39), born Reading. All the 7 children (Kate the eldest at 14, Ellen, twins Charlotte & George, Alfred, Elizabeth and baby Ann) were born Middlesex.

They live at 19 Bertram St., Kentish Town (which had 3 households in it).

Back to 1871, Frederick J. Shackleford, Iron Plater - born Reading (33 or 23, not clear) and wife Sarah (28), daurs Kate (4) & Ellen (2). Also his younger brother, Boiler Maker Edward Shackleford.

{Wierd. It has to be said, the 1871 form is very hard to read - but it does say Frederick, and the 1881 form does say Thomas. The forms we see now have been copied out by the enumerator from the original household forms, so we have to presume it was a Friday afternoon by the time he or she got to that form.

Peter has sent me a copy of the marriage certificate for Frederick George Shackleford and Sarah Lukeman in Reading. (None are recorded in the registers for a Thomas & Sarah.) On 2nd October, 1864 - Marriage of Frederick George Shackleford (Occupation; Tinman) & Sarah Lukeman at St. Giles, Reading. Both were residents of Reading at the time, and both are aged 22 yrs old.
Their fathers are named: George Shackleford (Tinman) and James Lukeman (Labourer).

{Not that kind of Tin Man!}

Cousin Clive has confirmed the details set out below, on Kate Shackleford's parents. (Peter introduced me to Clive - more on him below. He has been very generous in providing details of his research for us to share.)
Kate Charlotte Shackleford born 15/1/1867, St. Luke's, Middlesex.
Died in Darlington, 1953.

Mother Sarah Lukeman, born 1842 St. Giles, Reading. Died Greenwich, 1915.
Father Frederick George Shackleford, born 1842 Reading; Iron Plate worker. Died 1928 Reading. {quite an age!}

Further to this, Peter passed on a copy of Fred's birth certificate. That gives his father's name, but also his Mother - Charlotte Shackleford. Her maiden name was Liman (well, that's what it looks like to me!)
Frederick George was born on Oct 20th, 1842 at Chatham St, Reading (St. Mary's).

I looked up a marriage on FreeBMD between George Shackleford & Charlotte Liman, and found one in the last quarter of 1837, in the Bradfield district which is West of Reading {Vol 6, p.239}.

And then finally, a copy of Sarah's birth certificate.
This reveals that her mother was named Eliza Lukeman, formerly Withers. Sarah was born on 12th May, 1842, at a cottage in Spring Gardens, Reading (St. Giles').
Her father, James Lukeman, is again described as a Labourer.

I looked up a marriage on FreeBMD between James Lukeman & Eliza Withers, and found one in the Sept quarter of 1841, in the Reading district {Vol 6, p.334}. James Lukeman is possibly the man who died in 1880 in the Reading district, aged 61. That same list tells us that some men named James Lukeman died in the Reading district in the years 1841 & 1843, too. Also Eliza Lukeman who died in 1843 (Reading).

That's great, Peter! I haven't updated the family tree at the bottom of the page yet, but I will. Then all will be clear.

Back to Kate
We know from their marriage certificate (8th June 1893) that Charles Hallworth married Kate Charlotte Shackleford in the Parish Church of All Saint's, Forest Gate, Essex. Charles was a 28 year-old Coachman, living in Dinsdale, Yorkshire. Kate was a 26 year-old, living in Manor Park (area of Forest Gate, now Newham).
Their fathers are given as a Baker and a General Smith, respectively.

Kate's first child, Kate Junior

Kate had a daughter Kate May, born 11th May 1888 at 19, Whitepost Lane in Little Ilford, (East Ham) Essex. (An extensive page here about the area - search for the words "White Post".) Clive has shared with us a copy of her Birth Certificate, which gives her father's name as Charles Hallsworth {sic} (a Gentleman's Coachman), and her mother's name as Kate Charlotte Hallsworth (formerly Shackleford).
We know that Kate C. Shackleford and Charles Hallworth married long after this in 1893, however. On the birth certificate, the column 'Name of Father' could (and often was) easily have been left blank, so it's nice to see that it was not in this case. As Clive puts it, this shows us that Charles was "entirely committed to" marrying Kate. She would, perhaps, have been thought of as his commonlaw wife at the time of Kate May's birth. (It was commonly felt that those In Service ought not to be married.)

In 1891, Kate Junior (aged 2, born Essex) is listed as the daughter of her grandparents Fred & Sarah Shackleford, living in Little Ilford. Also in the house are their children George, Alfred, Henry, John and Annie.
It was fairly common to bring children up in houses other than their parents' house. Kate's mother was In Service in another town. Also in this particular case, they may have referred to Kate as their daughter to avoid any awkwardness, as she was born before her parents got married. Alternatively, one of the census scripts could very easily have a mistake in it!

Her father (we have seen elsewhere in this blog) has been found in the 1891 census working at a house in Chepstow, whilst her mother was a Domestic in the West Ham area. It is interesting to note that both are described as Single in the census returns. At the time of Kate's marriage (1893), Charles is working at Sockburn, we can presume.

At some time before the birth of their second child, Lilian, both Kate and Charles have moved up to the Yorkshire/Durham border and settled there, with Charles certainly working at Sockburn Hall in the year 1901. Family history has it that Kate Charlotte also worked at Sockburn Hall for a while, as a cook. Their four other children are all listed as born in Over Dinsdale. Kate May, however, remained in Essex/Greenwich to be brought up by her grandparents with their other children, who were more her own age. Younger generations descended from the Over Dinsdale children seem to have not met Kate, although there certainly was a visit early on...

Clive:
"I suspect that the family- Charles, Kate Charlotte, and their four children following their marriage rarely saw my Grandmother, Kate, who lived with the Shacklefords. The others were 'Up North'. I know from my aunt (who is still alive) that she and my mother with their mother {Kate May} visited the Hallworths in Stokesley at least once, probably in the late 1920’s."

The visit - we thought at first - may have been for the 1923 wedding of Charles's son (Charles George Hallworth) to Elsie Porrit. George's grandson Peter has kindly allowed a photo of that wedding to be put up on this blog (it appears in his book, 'The Stokesley Scene Collection'). (See this post for photo.) Sadly we now know {thanks to the memories of a contemporary} that the lady in the photo we wrongly assumed to be Kate Junior was in fact a friend of the bride. Kate perhaps was unable to travel to the wedding, as their son George was born soon afterwards (August 1923).

According to the National Census, Kate May (aged 12) was living in 1901 (at 10, Albion Hill, Greenwich) with her grandparents, Fred George Shackleford (58, 'Smith worker in Iron', born Reading) and Sarah Shackleford (58, born Reading). Here in 1901, she is described as the grand-daughter of the Head of Household, but still entered with the name Shackleford.
Also with their other bairns, Annie (20; dressmaker), Henry (18, also a Smith) and Walter (13).

In 1911, the 22 yr-old Kate May was been entered on the Census data as living at 10, Albion Mill or Hill in Lewisham (where there is now an Albion Way... or according to this page, Albion Hill became Coldbath St).
She was living with Sarah & Frederick George Shackleford, a General Smith at (?) Constructive Iron Works. Here's a link to a Google Map which will show you both Coldbath St (ex-Albion Hill) and Pomeroy St where the Hatcham Iron Works were sited - now you can seen their engines on the Ffestiniog Railway, North Wales. Was this where Fred worked? - though by then it would have been the Fairlie Works. Alternatively, it may be that he worked at the J. Stone and Company Limited, Arklow Road, Childers Street, Rolt Street, Lewisham (Brass, Copper and Iron Works) - which I read of in the London Metropolitan Archives.
You can read a little about Lewisham (and some pictures, too) - here.
Walter was in the same area, but not in the same household. This time she is given the name Kate Hallworth, and was listed as Fred's grandaughter.
The form gives extra details about her grandparents, who were then aged 68. They had been married in 1911 for 46 years, and had 12 children (of whom 3 had died by 1911). We know of Kate, and also George, Alfred, Henry (twice?), John, Annie and Walter from the census.

Here's a pretty photograph of the young Kate, taken when she became engaged. Clive thinks that she is "wearing her formal office outfit". Thanks for sending, it, Clive!
(It has briefly appeared in another post, I've just moved it.)

Kate May Hallworth married Sidney German who was a draughtsman and later a tool designer. He worked at that profession all through the First World War despite various attempts to “join up” in the army. Kate had worked with him in an office (possibly as his secretary). They married in 1914 and had four children: 3 girls & a boy.

As Clive says, they did not stay in one place in their lives.
"Sid’s family came from Bath and lived in Greenwich at the time of their marriage. Kate had been born in Little Ilford. Their first daughter was born in Coventry, and they moved around after that. Twenty years later, they were living in Ilford and at the outbreak of World War II they were living in Hayes, Middlesex. Their moves during those years were largely determined by Sid’s work. They retired to Melbourne, Australia with their eldest daughter, but Kate found it too hot and so they returned after 3 years, settling instead in Sompting near Worthing on the south coast.

Kate May was a widow for many years, since Sidney died in 1969. She died at the grand age of 104 years and 9 months, in 1992.

Here is Kate May German in Eastbourne (1970) with her son George (1923-2007).

In fact, two of Kate's daughter's emigrated to Australia, and it is from her grandson Clive (in Australia) that I have found out much of this information I share with you today. He maintains an interest in genealogy through the computer records which are available online, and I got in touch with him thanks to Genes Reunited and Peter Hallworth. Thanks again to Clive for all his help with this material on his mother.

Here's a picture of him in the sun:

Interesting to note that, as I write this, it's hailing here - whilst Clive is probably sipping chilled Cabernet Sauvignon by a pool somewhere.

While we are enjoying some sun- here's a photo of Peter, too. It was taken in Egypt.

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..."We're off to see the wizard"...

Sockburn Hall

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In the post 'Beginnings', I showed you the fruits of a trawl thru old Census returns.
In 1901, the 36-year-old Charles Hallworth had moved from Chepstow to Sockburn, and was living at "White Houses" with his wife Kate & 4 young children. He was working as a Domestic in his trade of Coachman.

Other families at same address (White Houses) all have Domestics as their Head of household, with lots of young children. The White Houses are very near Sockburn Hall so it seems very likely that Charles was Coachman for the family there at the Hall. I got in touch with the family who own it now; hoping they might have some records about the domestic staff, but sadly no! However, Laura of Sockburn Hall has been very helpful - I include some of her words here in this post.

If you'd like to find out more about the Hall, follow these links: local history here; dilapidation of (see here); and now the restoration of (photos here and blog here). A recent arrival has been this old photograph of the Hall, from 1927.

An article on the lovely Northern Echo about Sockburn Hall (May 2009).
Further, a note in the Northern Echo (from August 2007):

"From this newspaper 100 years ago -

A disused well at Sockburn Hall, near Darlington, was discovered in a peculiar manner on Thursday.
A grocer's cart was being driven up the roadway leading to the hall, when the horse stumbled and began to sink. The cartman had some difficulty in extricating it from the hole, which was found to be the shaft of a disused well, the beams of which had rotted."

Do look at the photos, as the stone has a beautiful colour. This one is a favourite of mine. In particular, search out photos of the Coach house - here's a set of them on Laura's Flickr stream and a description here on Keys to the Past. There you'll see the results of a recent working weekend, saving the roof tiles and uncovering the stable floors and fittings. Both the Hall and the Coach House are listed, and indeed the whole site has been found to be a place of worship and importance for many centuries. A fascinating place.

Back to what Laura tells us:
We know that this Coach house building had staff accommodation upstairs ("tack room below and two living rooms above, adjacent to the stables"), yet it seems to have been empty in the year 1901. Laura has "not seen a census record which cites anyone as living in the Coach House". Perhaps, as Charles had his family of 6 to house, the Coach house was too small for them?

Laura continues to tell us that the "White Houses were the houses on the ridge, where the public road ends and a public footpath to Girsby goes off to the left from Sockburn Lane. The area is now known as 'High Farm'. It would certainly make sense that White Houses could have been used by Sockburn Hall/Farm/Estate staff, it's only half a mile from the Hall." See the map here - you'll see it's in a peninsular-like loop of the River Tees.

Clive (Kate Hallworth Junior's Grandson) visited a few years back, when he saw the area of The White houses - which he "was told were demolished some years ago and replaced with another farm building", and also visited Sockburn Hall, being shown round by one of the present owners. "It was in a poor state of repair but very interesting," he tells us.

Visit the Sockburn Hall site to find out how you can help - for working weekends, they not only need people's time & muscles, they also need donations of food (or supermarket vouchers for such) for the lunches...and to borrow wheelbarrows, spades, etc. Lots of other ways to help - see the right hand column of the site.

Who were the Lords of the Manor?
Laura tells us, "Lt William Hopper Williamson, a widower, is recorded as occupying (presumably renting) Sockburn Hall on the 1901 census with his 6 year old daughter Eleanor and a number of domestics." He was a retired Lieutenant, born in Scarborough in 1867 (Mar Q). We also know that he had remarried just after the census in 1901, to a lass named Frances.

"Though the Blackett family (who had built Sockburn Hall in 1834) left the house well before 1901, the Hall and estate was still owned by the Blacketts until 1920 when it was sold by Arthur Edward Blackett to Wilhelmine Vera Thompson of the Thompson family (more info see: http://members.cox.net/ghgraham/stanleythompson1880.html) My family bought the house in the 1950s and sadly we have yet to find evidence of records dating back further than that (pertaining to the Hall) at Sockburn... though we continue in hope!"

Recently they have made contact with a descendant of a previous occupier - you can read about her memories in Withy's blog {3 posts in March '09}.

Call for Book of Contributions
In 1910, a Vicar's daughter near Sockburn Hall put together a book to raise money for the church. For summer 2010, Sockburn Hall is doing it again in order to raise the money needed for it's own restoration! We contributed a short piece about Charles' work at Sockburn for the new edition.

**LATEST News**
The Sockburn folk have published a few quotes to demonstrate what they'd like to hear, and one of them from 1910 is attributed to Mrs. Hallworth of Sockburn!

Make the best of one another: everyone has some weak points; but we must fix our attention on their good qualities, and encourage them.

Very good, well done Kate! It is actually helpful to see that she was still living there in 1909/10, as we know the family were at Pepper Arden in Spring 1911. Fascinating!

A pair of Shakespeare quotes also appeared in the 1910 edition - contributed by the young daughters, Lily & Florence Hallworth.

The Coachman

If you'd like to see some images of coachmen & carriages, try this site (British Driving Society). I've also goggled a bit and found images of a carriage which was built in 1880. I wonder if he also ran a Dalmation or coach dog alongside? Apparently they were the preferred breed of dog to accompany carriages for use as a guard dog; they are unafraid of horses and are tireless runners. They're described here as the first 'car alarm'!

Charles' work as a coachman in 1901 was fairly secure, we might think - but the motor car was beginning to appear. The average speed limit in most cities in 1904 was 10mph.
By 1910, there were 100,000 cars in Great Britain. Interesting article to be read here - though it refers to his birthplace Ampthill, not the North East.

from Buzzle.com
"The history of cars in Britain has seen several attempts to build steam cars. However, Santler is credited with having designed and built the first petrol-powered car in the country, in 1894. The first major production of vehicles in Britain was by the Daimler Motor Company, with their first cars sizzling on the roads by 1897. In 1897, the first ever diesel engine powered automobile was German engineered by Rudolf Diesel. The competition between the steam, electric and gasoline powered cars remained steady and lasted for decades. However, in good time and after a number of alterations and awarded credibility, the gasoline internal combustion engines achieved the deserved dominance by 1910."

Many coachmen would have simply become 'chauffeurs' of the motor cars rather than the horsedrawn vehicles. Charles, however, seems to have chosen an alternative career. He ran The New Inn of Stokesley - advertising "good stabling and accommodation for cyclists". It is still there, on the B1365 through Stokesley; see map.

We know he was running the New Inn by 1918, and he certainly did not retire early. Read the next post to learn more about the years at Pepper Arden Hall.

More Wheels!
His sons George and Harry continued in the trade by becoming a Milkman and a Motor Bus Driver respectively. Several of Harry's descendants are obsessed with cars/bikes!

Again, many thanks go to Clive, Peter Hallworth, and to Laura Stephens of Sockburn Hall for their glad help in my research into what Charles was doing. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, and add more if you know more...Watch this space!

Hallworths in 1911 - at Pepper Arden Hall

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The 1911 Census of North Yorkshire has finally become available. We find the Hallworth family of Charles & Kate living in the Northallerton area, although Lilian is in the Bedale area.

Their address is given as Pepper Arden, East Cowton.
We learn that Kate & Charles have been married 17 years, and they confirm they have had 4 children "born alive to the present marriage". {So the couple have not counted Kate, then.}
Charles Hallworth (1865; a coachman Domestic)
Kate Charlotte Hallworth (1867)
with Florence (14, scholar in a Private School); George Charles (13); William Henry (11) - the boys are described as scholars in a public school.
I'm not sure what to make of the comments on the types of school. Seems unlikely the family could afford to send Florence to Polam Hall or the like...especially when we see the older daughter is in service. Any ideas? Was she perhaps being schooled with the Williamson's daughter, who was a similar age? Surely not!
All the children are described as born at Over Dinsdale.

also
Lilian Maude Hallworth (aged 16 - a domestic) in Bedale, Yorkshire. She's living and working as a nurse, at a very large house named Theakston, for the McIntyre family which has several young children. The boss, Mr McIntyre was described as a Yeoman & Stock Breeder. Turns out to be horse breeding (see link here) and it's still going strong.

As I've mentioned elsewhere, Kate May Hallworth is living alone with her Shackleford grandparents in 1911. She was described as a Typist, aged 22.

Others of Charles' family are still living in the South:
Charles' brothers Philip & Robert Hallworth (48) are still living in Waltham, Berkshire - where they were seen in 1901 as a Grocer with their parents. His brother William is also a coachman, living in Wokingham. His sister Mary Hallworth is still living in the Wokingham area, with their widowed mother Elizabeth.

(I have several of these 1911 census images, let me know if you'd like a copy. I picked them up for free while England played in the World Cup!) If you want to find out more (for a fee) then visit this site, 1911 Census.co.uk. If you do pay for information, it would be great if you would share it with other cousins here on this blog?
Alternatively wait a bit, and the data will be less expensive, or even free. The early bird pays for the worm!

Pepper Arden Hall
I presume that Charles Hallworth was working as a Coachman for the owners of Pepper Arden Hall in 1911. The census also tells us that the owners were the Williamson family he was previously working for at Sockburn Hall; so he moved with them.

Pepper Arden is a village and also the name of the Hall near East Cowton.
Links here to find out more on the place:
http://www.eastcowton.org.uk/history.htm
http://www.information-britain.co.uk/county40/townguideEast%20Cowton/
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Southcowton/Southcowton90.html

A final few tidbits -

On the 1914 marriage certificate of his daughter Kate, Charles is described as a Stud Master.
Peter has a photo of a lady on a horse at the Hunt of the Hurworth Hounds, March 1917. We see it was taken at Entercommon, which is just over the river from Sockburn Hall. The lady was Mrs Williamson, presumably the wife of the Lt Williamson who rented Sockburn Hall throughout Charles' time as coachman there. (Since then, we've found that Mrs Williamson was still Charles' boss - they were all at Pepper Arden from Spring 1911.)
A few notes about Slingsby family, Williamsons, and hunting in the Pepper Arden area in this history (to 1908) of the Bedale Hunt.

Here's an old photo sent to me by Peter Hallworth, which shows us Mrs Williamson riding side-saddle, ready for anything in a hunt with The Hurworth Hounds (March 1917). She is at Entercommon, which is just over the river from Sockburn.

Clive tells me that Charles Hallworth was certainly not landlord of the New Inn in 1913, but he was in the years 1925 and even in 1937 (source: Kelly's directory).
Peter also tells me that Charles was certainly the landlord of the New Inn in the year 1918. His son George went away to war in France and on his return he had to hunt for his parents in their new place in Stokesley, a town he did not know. What a Hero's welcome! "So they moved when he was in France - and he did not take the hint!"
When I looked up Charles George in the military service records, I found a few of his papers for his service with the 5th Battalion, North Riding Territorial Force - but they are very badly singed by the archives' fire. Only 4 documents survive. When he first joined up he gives his address as Kirkbank, Middleton {Tyas}. Later on, his ID card gives an address which looks like New Inn, Stokesley. His service was reckoned as beginning in November 1914 (when he was just 16?!). He received the Victory medal, and the British War medal.
If you read this post about Charles' ancestors, you will see that in becoming publican of the New Inn, he was just "going back to his roots".

Who lived at Pepper Arden in 1911?
The Bulmer's Directory of 1890 tells us that Pepper Arden Hall was occupied by William Stobart, Esq., J.P., whose 1905 obituary you can read here on the Durham Mining Museum site.
This piece of tapestry in a Sotheby's Auction gives us a clue - in the provenance section we learn that the Webb family were the owners of Pepper Arden Hall , and that ownership passed to a son-in-law, Lt Gen Sir Herbert Chermside (1850-1929, a British Army Officer & Colonial Governor) when his wife died in 1910. When General Chermside died in 1929, Pepper Arden and its contents passed to the Gatty family. The last of an old generation of the Gatty family died recently (short obit from the Telegraph here).
It seems the Chermside family owned the Hall, but rented it out to the Williamson family in and around 1911.

What's it like now?
Here's a link to a Google Map - farm & stables are just North of the Hall.
A view of the tower and farm buildings of Pepper Arden - on geograph.co.uk, also a view of the entrance gates.
In 2008, planning permission was granted to convert the model farm & stables into 18 houses. You can view the plans here on the Developer's website. Article in the local paper here tells us in quite some detail about the buildings.
A site here has a photo of the Hall itself.

Cousin Peter

2009-01-08T10:00:00.001Z

Here's an interesting connection. Found a posting on a genealogy forum - from a Peter Hallworth (linked here). Curiously, I was about to write to him; I'd just found him in the Phone Book! I had a tip-off that here was a cousin who might know a few things!

So Peter Hallworth is a cousin; another great-grandson of Charles Hallworth (who married Kate & lived in Sockburn). Peter's grandfather was Charles' son George Hallworth (christened Charles George). He was an older brother of our Harry (William). George lived in Stokesley and had a son Fred (who sadly died recently); who had a son Peter. So now we know where we are on the tree! Peter has generously sent this lovely image of the two brothers, and indeed he sent all the images in this post to me.

Brothers Charles George and William Hallworth. Courtesy of Peter Hallworth & The Stokesley Scene Collection.

Charles George Hallworth, c. 1990. Courtesy of Peter Hallworth & The Stokesley Scene Collection.

Their parents; Charles and Kate Hallworth. Courtesy of Peter Hallworth & The Stokesley Scene Collection.

Peter has written a book about Stokesley (link here) which looks very interesting! Do visit the website, http://aselsa.es/stokesley-scene.html.

Now here, we are very honoured as we have reproduced this next photo from the book 'The Stokesley Scene Collection' (with kind permission, of course!). It forms part of the Hallworth story in the book. The photograph was taken in June 1923 on the occasion of George's wedding to Elsie Porrit.

Introducing: from L-R as you look at the photo:

Back Row: Charles Hallworth, (unidentified lady), Harry Hallworth, Henry Armstrong, Mary Porrit nee Armstrong, Herbert Robinson.

Front Row: Florrie Hull (nee Hallworth), Kate Charlotte Hallworth, Groom - George Hallworth, Bride - Elsie Hallworth (nee Porrit), a friend of the bride (Bridesmaid), and Lilly Robinson (nee Hallworth).

NB: You may have previously read that George's eldest sister Kate May was in this photo: sorry, that was an error!

So on the left of the happy couple in that shot we see George's parents Charles & Kate Hallworth, as well as his sister Florrie. The lady in the back row we aren't sure yet, then we can clearly recognise Harry (William Henry Hallworth), then the family of the bride, and on the right side we see George's other sister Lily & her husband. Missing from the group is Florrie's husband.

In the photograph below, we can see a photograph of the cake & table settings for George & Elsie's Wedding Day, 1923. They were married at the Methodist church in Stokesley.

Meanwhile...
Is Peter Hallworth a third cousin, twice removed? Well - that's your homework this week. You may find the following site useful (cousins link - but stay on Genealogy.com, don't choose to be redirected to Ancestry.co.uk). xx

Latest: found another link to a site (here) which explains how cousinship can be.

Hallworth Photos

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Further photographs from Peter Hallworth, which I promised in the previous posting. Oh, and did I mention he has a website about his super book on Stokesley local history?

Photo from 16th of February, 1918, of {Left to Right} Florry, George and Lilly Hallworth;
I'm open to corrections on this one, though!...I know that Florry was two years younger than Lilly.
(courtesy of The Stokesley Scene Collection)

Now here is a photo from October 1970 of Kate and her son George, in Eastbourne; (courtesy of The Stokesley Scene Collection).
Kate May Hallworth (1888 - 1992) was the eldest of Harry's siblings.

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By way of a little update, here is some of what I have so far on the other children of Kate & Charles Hallworth.

Kate Junior - see the end of this blog page about Kate.

Lilian - since she is mentioned on Charles' Death Certificate, {Thanks Peter} we found that she was known then as L.M. Robinson. She married Herbert (FreeBMD tells us that it was George Herbert Robinson, married in Stokesley, 1918). They had two sons, and they are remembered as running a radio shop in Hartlepool.

Florence married Maurice J. Hull (in 1921, Stokesley), had a son Ken (died only last year, 2008). We know she lived in Bristol. Florence herself died aged (just short of) 106.

Charles George (George), fought in WWI even though he was underage at first. He married Elsie Porritt of Stokesley in 1923. He worked on deliveries, as a commercial traveller, then as a Stokesley Milkman with his son. He died in 1990, aged 93. See the Stokesley website (photos page) for a photo of a cricket team - there you will find Mr Fred Hallworth (George's son) {who sadly died in 2006}.

William (Harry) - see this blog page for images of Harry, young & old. Harry had two children.

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Peter has also passed on several copies of BMD certificates for Kate's parents. (For the lost - she was the mother of Harry Hallworth!) Can't reproduce them here, of course! But I can pass on the useful information in them.

2nd October, 1864 - Marriage of Frederick George Shackleford (Occupation; Tinman) & Sarah Lukeman at St. Giles, Reading. Both were residents of Reading at the time.
Both are aged 22 yrs.
Their fathers are named: George Shackleford (Tinman) and James Lukeman (Labourer).

{Not that kind of Tin Man}

Further to this, Peter passed on a copy of Fred's birth certificate. That gives his father's name, but also his Mother - Charlotte Shackleford. Her maiden name was Liman (well, that's what it looks like to me!)
Frederick George was born on Oct 20th, 1842 at Chatham St, Reading (St. Mary's).

And then finally, a copy of Sarah's birth certificate.
This reveals that her mother was named Eliza Lukeman, formerly Withers. Sarah was born on 12th May, 1842, at a cottage in Spring Gardens, Reading (St. Giles').
Her father, James Lukeman, is again described to as a Labourer.

That's great, Peter! I haven't updated the family tree at the bottom of the page yet, but I will. Then all will be clear.

This next photo comes from Clive, who is a descendant of Kate May Hallworth (older sister of George & Harry). He lives in Australia, and has generously shared this photo with us here. Thanks Clive!
It shows a 25 yr-old Kate May Hallworth. It was taken in 1913 or 1914, just as she became engaged to marry Sidney German. They worked in an office together - Kate was a secretary and is perhaps dressed in her 'work uniform' here. This is the same Kate we see in the Eastbourne photo above.

I hope to have a post in the future with more about Kate May.

..."We're off to see the wizard"...

Charles Hallworth - Millers of Maulden

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The material on this page now appears elsewhere on this blog.
Apologies for any inconvenience.

Try here for information about Charles Hallworth, or the Pennyfather family.
Try here for information about Mills in Bedfordshire.

Thankyou for your interest.

Cox family history

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We know that Violet Cox was born in 1902 and married Harry Hallworth in September 1929, when she was 26 and he was 29. We also know that her parents were Ellen & Richard Cox, who had 3 children - May, Violet & Jack.
May is remembered as dying at a young age. Jack married to Gertrude & lived in the Northampton/Oxfordshire area.

Violet's marriage certificate to Harry Hallworth gives her father's name as Richard COX, a shepherd. She married at the church of St. Peter & St. Paul in King's Sutton, (a small town near Banbury, on the border of Oxfordshire).

I have made up a Google Map featuring the places named in this section - you might find it useful to keep it open and find out where the different places are in relation to each other? A page on Wikipedia and on the 1911 Encyclopedia Brittanica about Brackley may help you learn more about the town. Note that here we are pretty close to Ampthill where the Hallworth family originated - it's just the other side of Milton Keynes.

So I first of all looked for Census returns from the year 1901, hoping to find Richard & Ellen as a young married couple with little May. Next I searched for BMD data on the names given, and then I travelled back a little in time to earlier Census returns.

National Census Returns - 1901
The 1901 Census Return for King's Sutton, near Brackley, Northampton shows us Richard Cox (28; a farm worker; born King's Sutton) & Ellen Cox (25; born Brackley).
with 2 yr old May E. Cox,
and a young Blacksmith who was a boarder.

BMD details
There is a record of Richard Cox's marriage to Ellen in the Brackley area of Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire (borders), in 1898. Ellen's maiden name could be either Blaby, or Garrett.

Searched the registry of births in the area:
A couple of choices for May, nothing very clear; best bet is this one in Brackley: 1899 - May Ellen Cox.
There is a birth record for a Violet Annie Cox in last quarter of 1902 (vol 3b, page 5), in the Brackley area.
There is a birth record for Jack Cox in 1912, Brackley area. That record helpfully confirms for us that his mother's maiden name was Garrett.

A record can be seen for their eldest child, May E. Cox who died at the age of 19, in the year 1918, in the Banbury district.

National Census Returns - 1891
Back 10 years to 1891, and we find 19-yr-old Richard with his parents in Astrop Road, King's Sutton:

His father was Richard Cox, a Farm labourer, 51. Mother was Elizabeth, 50. Also a brother Ernest (6). All were born in King's Sutton.

We also find Ellen Garrett (15; born Brackley) as a servant to a Farming family in Banbury.
Her family are not yet found in the 1891 census. I shall list more about Ellen's family below, but first let's focus on the Cox family.

National Census Returns - 1881
In 1881, young Richard Cox (10) is described as a patient in Warneford Hospital, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire. A link here is possibly relevant, and Warneford Hospital gets a mention in the 1871 Directory entry about about Leamington Priors here. It is the former name of Leamington Spa, a town famed for many years as a health resort (see link here). Whatever ailed him then, clearly he had recovered his health by 1891!
His parents are found in King's Sutton, with children Josephina (3) and 5 month old Alfred. Richard Senior is described as a Shepherd.

In 1871 - the Brackley census shows Richard Cox (shepherd) & wife Elizabeth with their 3 daughters; Mary A., Susan, and Catherine. They are living at Cockbills Yard.
{I searched for a record of their marriage & found none with the right names in that area, but there is a marriage in the Southam district {North of Banbury}, in 1867, between Richard COX & perhaps Elizabeth FENNELL. Further to that, we can see that a baby Elizabeth Fennell was born in 1842 in Southam, and perhaps her father is George Fennell who married in Banbury district in late 1839 to? and died in Southam in 1896, aged 80 - more work needed to check the Census for further clues.}

In 1861 - a Richard Cox (19, Ag Lab; born in King's Sutton) is lodging at a house in Faringdon, Berkshire (that's much further South - between Swindon & Oxford).
A further step back to the census of 1851 shows us young Richard Cox in the house of his parents, in Whittle St, Brackley: His parents are John (52, Ag Lab, born in Adderbury, Oxon) & Catherine Cox (50, born in Tadmarten, Oxon). Both are small towns to the South/West of Banbury.
Their children are William (20; Ag Lab), John (14), Our Richard, (11); and Catherine (7). As the children were all born in the King's Sutton area, we can assume we'll find them there again in 1841 - but no joy yet.
There is a reference to the birth of Richard Cox in the Registers for the 2nd quarter of 1839, in the Brackley district. No references, however, to an obvious marriage record for his parents - perhaps they married before records began in 1837?

The Garretts
Remember we saw our Ellen Garrett in service in Banbury on the night of the 1891 census, before she married Richard Cox in 1898. In 1891 her widowed mother Harriet Garrett (38, Charwoman) was living on Church Lane, Brackley with her other 3 children (Annie {14, Domestic servant}, Lizzie & William). (Father John had died in 1886, perhaps?)
In 1881 Ellen is aged 5, living in Hatwell Yard, Brackley St. Peter with her parents John (30; Labourer, born Brackley) and Harriett (29, born at Preston Bissett in Bucks)
Also the sisters Emily (6), Ellen (5), Annie (4) and Harriett (1) - all born in Brackley.
In 1871, John Henry Garrett is living with his parents in Church Road, Brackley: John (53, Labourer, born in Brackley or Astwick {not clear which}) & Ann Garrett (53, of Marston St. Lawrence, Northamptonshire). The children are John H. (20, Labourer), and Ellen (10; Lacemaker). Also in the household is the widowed father John Garrett (77, Labourer, born in Brackley). So John Henry's parents were born around 1818.
In 1861, John Garrett (born 1818, Brackley) is living next door to his widowed father John Garrett, again in Church Rd., Brackley. His wife is Ann (born in Marston). Their children are Eliz. (14, Lacemaker), Hannah (11), John Henry (9), Mary Jane (4) and baby Ellen.
The family are still found at that address in 1851, but now John Garrett (Senior) is the Head of Household, with his son John and his wife Ann and their 2 daughters. The nextdoor house is conveniently uninhabited - we know that John Senior had moved in by 1861.
FreeBMD helpfully told me that John Garrett married in 1841 in the Banbury district. If his bride was named Ann, then she must have been Ann GAYTON.

BIRTH CERTIFICATES
The useful site FreeBMD lists the following Garretts born in the Brackley district (not a complete list):
Samuel Garrett, 1839; William Garrett, 1841; Mary Ann Garrett, 1841
Henry Garrett, 1843; Lucy Garrett, 1845; Thomas Garrett, 1845
Elizabeth 1848; Hannah 1850; John Henry 1851; Mary Jane (only suitable record is in June 1856 - name given only as Female Garrett); Helen 1861.
Emily (Mar 1874), Ellen (Sep 1875), Annie (Mar 1877) and Harriet Elizabeth (Dec 1879 - or possibly Harriot born in Dec 1880).

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES
The useful site FreeBMD lists the following Garretts married in the Brackley district (not a complete list):
Samuell Garrett, 1838.
John Garrett to Ann Gayton, 1841, Banbury district,
Elizabeth to Alfred Butler, 1866 (she was aged 18);
John Henry Garrett to Harriet Cadd, 1872;
Mary Jane to (Albert Knibbs or John Chatwell), 1875;
Harriet Garrett to (William Jordan or Thomas Merivale), 1898.
Ellen Garrett to Richard Cox, 1898.
Ada Garrett, 1898.

DEATH CERTIFICATES
The useful site FreeBMD lists the following Garretts whose death was registered in the Brackley district (not a complete list):
John Garrett died in 1873 at the age of 79.
John Garrett died in 1880 at the age of 60.
Ann Garrett died in 1890 at the age of 73.
John Henry Garrett died in 1886 at the age of 34 (could well be Ellen's father).

Harriett Garrett:
As to John Garrett's wife (Ellen Cox, nee Garrett's mother - remember her?!) - we may have found a record of their marriage in the Brackley district, in 1872. John Henry Garrett marries Harriet Cadd.
Then when we search for the Cadd family, we find them in Preston Bissett in the 1861 census. Frances Cadd (no trade listed, born Preston Bissett ~1821) with wife Harriett (born Preston Bissett ~1822), and 6 children including Harriett Junior.
In the 1871 census, we can see that Frances (Harriett's father) has died and his widow Harriett remains in Preston Bissett with 5 of the children. Next to her 20-yr-old daughter Mary's name there is the note Lunatic (which could mean all sorts of things).

I found a reference to the death of a Francis Cadd in Summer 1861 in the Buckingham district.

I was unsuccessful when I searched FreeBMD for dates of death for Harriett Cadd Senior, or for Harriett (Cadd) Garrett. I did, though, get results when I looked for a marriage between Frances Cadd & a Harriet. In 1845 in the Buckingham district, the marriages of 2 Cadd lads are recorded. James & Frances Cadd were the grooms, while the brides were Maria Tugwood & Harriett Cox. Presumably the grooms were brothers/cousins. Interesting to see the name Cox reappearing! It would be interesting to find out more about this group.
A Harriet Cadd died in the Bucks district in 1903 (aged 83).
A Harriet Garrett died in the Brackley district in 1927 (aged 76).

It will be easier to understand when I've put some extra details onto the COX family tree - image at the base of the page.

***Latest News***

The latest available Census, 1911
In the Brackley Census for the year 1911, there are a large number of Coxes. We see 3 men named Richard Cox:

Richard Cox - aged 72 (born 1839) - (Richard's father, with his wife Elizabeth - 1841)

Richard Cox - aged 39 (born 1872) - with his wife Ellen (1876), children May Ellen (1899) & Violet Annie Cox (1903).

Richard Cox - aged 24 (born 1887) - a cousin?

There is also a group of Coxes in the Workhouse in Brackley: Sarah Cox (aged 77, born King's Sutton) with Elizabeth Annie Cox (19) and William Cox (7).

As for Ellen's parents in 1911 - John & Harriet Garrett in Brackley - we see that John has died and Harriet was a 59-year-old widow, living alone in a 4-roomed house on Church Lane in Brackley. She tells us on her form that she had 7 children, and that 2 of these children had died by 1911.

Famous Coxes

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Here are some famous Cox - with links to a page on Wikipedia if relevant.

Alan Cox: Computer Programmer, co-developer of Linux

Carl Cox: International DJ

Courtney Cox: American Actress, eg. Friends

Jennings Cox: Mining Engineer & Inventor of the daiquiri

Terry Cox: British Drummer for eg. The Pentangle, Elton John, Charles Aznavour.

And Finally: Cox's Orange Pippins!! - named for the brewer & horticulturalist Richard Cox.

Tuthill family branch

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Grandad Christopher Mead Tuthill's parents are remembered as William James Tuthill and Anna Mary (maiden name unknown, presumably Mead?).

In fact, I believe that Christopher's mother was named Hannah Mary, and that Mead was his maternal grandmother's name. If you want to find out more about Hannah and her family, go straight to this post.

Christopher married Mary Louisa BOLTON in 1930 (in Darlington, Co. Durham) and they had 3 children.

Here's a picture of him and his wife taken in the 1970's.

Research on this family is rather stuck, so I'd really appreciate any help I can get here! For example, does anyone have any birth, marriage or death certificates for this family?? Can anyone remember how these people lived:- in which towns, at what kind of work?

BMD Details
I looked up BMD details at the Registry Office for this family branch in Co. Durham.
The people who may fit are entered below:

Birth certificates
There are no births in the Tuthill family in Hartlepool before 1865.

Alice & Mary Tuthill (twins), Hartlepool, Sept 1905

Christopher Mead Tuthall {sic}, Hartlepool, Mar 1908
William G. Tuthill; mother's maiden name Tunstill; Hartlepool, 1912 {possibly a brother for C.M.T.?}

Agnes Jane Hannah Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1865
Julia Annie Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1867 (no records found for her marriage or death in Co. Durham)
William James Tuthill, Hartlepool, 1869 (Christopher's father?)
William Tuthill; Durham Eastern, 1878
William Tuthill; Durham Central, 1877
Walter John Tuthill; Hartismere (Suffolk), 1872
Rosa Elizabeth Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1871
Charles T.S. Framingham; Hartlepool, 1880
Henrietta Framingham; Hartlepool, 1884
William Tuthill (Grandfather of C.M.T.); either Yarmouth, 1838 or Mutford, 1838. {East Anglia}

Marriage certificates
William Tuthill & Mary Ann TODD, Hartlepool , Mar 1873 {these not Chistopher's parents - too early}

Harriette Tuthill (widow) & Henry Framingham; Hartlepool, 1876 {Christopher's grandmother remarried}
Agnes Jane H. Tuthill married (to either a Stannard or a Bilton) in 1888; Hartlepool.
Rose Elizabeth Tuthill married (to either a Bloxham or a Doyle) in 1891; Mutford (on the Norfolk/Suffolk border)

William Tuthill & Ann L. Sewell; Sunderland, 1898
Walter John Tuthill and Margaret, Hartlepool, 1900 {William's younger brother}
Charles Tuthill & Teresa Fowler, Sunderland, 1901
William James Tuthill & Hannah Mary Tunstill (or Ethel Robson?); Hartlepool, June 1904
Walter G. Tuthill & Elsie M. Lupton, Hartlepool, 1923
Christopher M. Tuthill & Mary L. Bolton; Darlington, 1930 {Grandad}

Death Certificates
William Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1872, aged 34 (? Harriet's first husband, Christopher's grandfather)
William Tuthill, Burial record at Kirk Merrington (St John), Durham - 1884, died aged 86.

William Tuthill; Sunderland, 1896 (aged 46)
Alice and Mary Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1905 (aged less than 6 mths).
William J. Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1916 (aged 46)
William G. Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1921 (aged 9)
Walter G. Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1923 (aged 0)
Walter J. Tuthill; Hartlepool, 1926 (aged 53)
Hannah M. Tuthill; York, 1927 (aged 55)

Christopher Tuthill; Darlington, 1979
Mary Tuthill; Darlington, 1988

There is also a possible link to the folk listed on this site (click here) - it shows names from gravestones in Suffolk, name of Tuthill. It seems to have been quite a common name in Suffolk.

Now to look to the National Census
1911 Census, Durham
The details of this latest census are now available - I have had a look at the index for Hartlepool and found these households:

William James Tuthill (born 1869, a Painter), wife Hannah Mary Tuthill (1874), with Christopher Mead Tuthill (born 1908). No other Tuthills listed in the household. (So that's the couple who married in 1904, and young Christopher is Grandad Tuthill! We know now from the BMD records that the couple had twin girls in 1905, who died as infants. We also guess that William G. Tuthill, 1912-1921, was a younger brother for Christopher. It seems that Hannah Mary's maiden name was Tunstill - so not much of a change there when she married!) It seems that William James died in 1916, aged 46; and I think perhaps Hannah Tuthill died in the York district in 1927?

Walter John Tuthill (1874), wife Margaret Tuthill (1878) and Walter George Tuthill (1901, born Hartlepool). (So that's the couple who married in 1900; Walter is our William's younger brother.)

Harriet Framingham (born Suffolk, 1842), living with one of her children, but not those listed here. We know from BMD records that her daughter Agnes married in Hartlepool in 1888, and it's possible the lass Rose Tuthill married in 1891 in East Anglia.

I searched the death records after 1911 and found that Harriet Framingham (nee Moore, later Tuthill) died aged 72 in 1914, in Hartlepool.

1901 Census, Durham

Searching for Christopher's mother, Hannah Mary - I haven't yet found a reference to this lass in the 1901 Census. (We suspect they married in 1904, and that she was a Tunstill - to read more about her and her Tunstill ancestors, go to read this post.)

As for Christopher's father; the following details are thought most likely to be those of Christopher's father, William James Tuthill. He was chosen from a list of William Tuthills due to his location & his job – he's thought to have died of Lead poisoning. I need to see the details from BMD certificates to be confident that these people are the right ones!! (Bear that in mind when you read on!)
{N.B. now that we can see the 1911 census, that gives another level of confidence that William James the Painter is the relative we seek.}

William Tuthill, aged 31, born West Hartlepool, Durham; living at 18 Adelaide St., West Hartlepool; House Painter. Living with his widowed mother - Harriet Framingham, and his many siblings, half-siblings. (Harriet Framingham remarried after the death of her first husband Mr. Tuthill, and by 1901 she was widowed again.)

1891 Census, Durham
If we travel back in time to 1891, now - looking for William Tuthill. We could expect he would be aged around 20??
Henry & Harriet Framingham in 1891 census - at 17, George St., Stranton, Hartlepool.

Henry (deaf, nearly blind, aged 42) a retired Coal Trimmer (?),

Harriet (47), wife. Also their children;

Julia Tuthill (22) Dressmaker

William Tuthill, (21) a painter

Walter Tuthill, (18) apprentice Ship Carpenter.

also 3 Framingham bairns.

1881 Census, Durham
If we travel back in time to 1881, now - looking for William Tuthill. We could expect he would be aged around 10??

Household of 14 Dover Street, Stranton, Durham {Stranton is still there, but neither George St nor Dover St are in the modern-day Gazetteer}

Henry FRAMINGHAM (Head), aged 32, born West Newton, Norfolk; a General Labourer
Harriett FRAMINGHAM (Wife) 38, born Lowstoff, Suffolk
Agnes TUTHILL Daur Female 15 West Hartlepool {sic, not Julia, and different age, too}
William TUTHILL Son Male 11 West Hartlepool, Durham {born circa 1870}
Walter TUTHILL Son Male 9 West Hartlepool, Durham
George FRAMINGHAM Son Male 3 West Hartlepool, Durham,
Charles FRAMINGHAM Son Male 8 m West Hartlepool, Durham,
Thomas HALE, Visitor U Male 26 Stockton, Durham; Printers Compositor

Presumably the first 3 children with a different name are Harriett's children (from a previous marriage?). Else they are adopted, perhaps orphan niece & nephews??
A record was found of the marriage in Hartlepool between Henry Framingham & Harriette Tuthill, in 1876 - the timing seems to fit this family.
{I'll return to databases & see if I can find a first marriage to Mr Tuthill - perhaps in Suffolk - certainly not in Hartlepool.}

Other possibilities in the 1881 census include:
Although I prefer the first choice (shown above), there are other William Tuthills in the Durham census of 1881. They are detailed below; you'll see these are a bit too young, and their birthtowns don't match the data in 1901 census.

The son William TUTHILL, here - born ~1879:
of New Cottages, Dawdon, Durham
William TUTHILL Head 32 Winhaston, Suffolk; Sailor
Margaret TUTHILL Wife 26 Sunderland, Durham
William TUTHILL Son 2 Seaham, Durham
Ann M. TUTHILL Daur 2 m Seaham, Durham
James TOOD Boarder 56 Ireland; Gen Lab

The son William TUTHILL, here born ~1877:
of 4 Fry St., Elvet, Durham
William TUTHILL Head 33 born Suffolk; Coal Miner
Jane TUTHILL Wife 28 born Durham
William TUTHILL Son 4 born Durham
George TUTHILL Son 1 born Durham

Right back now to the year 1871:

The census of 1871 shows us Harriet Tuthill (29) with her first husband William Tuthill (32, born Suffolk; a Stevedore) and children Florence (8, born Suffolk; Scholar), Agnes (6), Julia (4), William (2), and baby Rosey (all born Hartlepool).

They lived in Adelaide St, Stranton, West Hartlepool.

The records show that Tuthill was a common name then in Suffolk/Norfolk, and I have already mentioned a site (here) which shows the gravestones of some Tuthills in Suffolk. Another is linked here, this time a national site.
Looking at the recorded places of birth for their children in the 1871 Hartlepool census, it seems the couple lived in Suffolk in 1863, but had moved to Hartlepool by 1865. It seems unlikely that they would have returned to Suffolk after 1865 in order to get married?
But for a long while I found no mention of the marriage between William & Harriet ~I was looking for one around 1862?

Now I have found several! Two in Norfolk (1859 and 1869), and one in Suffolk (1868) which is described here.

In Suffolk, there is a record of the marriage in June 1868 between William Tuthill and Harriet Moon, or Moore, when our William would have been around 20 years old. They were married in the Blything district, an area which includes Halesworth & Southwold. More info here, including an interesting page about the local Workhouse. An adjacent district is named as Mutford. (The birth of a baby girl named Harriet Moore was registered in 1843 in the Mutford area, but there was no record of any Harriet Moon of this age listed on the Free BMD index. Note that in a later census, she described her place of birth as Lowestoft. See a map here.)

There are 2 possibilities for the birth records of William Tuthill {remember that in the 1871 census he records his birth in Suffolk} - one in the Mutford district in June 1838, and one in the Blything district in 1842.

Their first child Florence is listed {in the 1871 census} as born in Suffolk, too - in about the year 1863. The FreeBMD index has Florence Ann Eliza Tuthill, Mutford, born Dec 1862.

A record has been found for the death of Willm Tuthill (34) in Hartlepool in 1872, and we think Harriet married again (to Mr. Framingham in Hartlepool) in 1876.

I have made a contact through Genes Reunited with some relatives of Harriet's second husband. They have confirmed for us that Harriet had been named Harriet Moore, born in 1843 in Pakefield, Lowestoft. She married our William Tuthill in 1868 in Pakefield. They had 3 girls before they married (Florence, Agnes and Julia), and then our William, Rosa and lastly Walter in early 1872.

After William died at the end of 1872, Harriet married Henry Foulger Framingham (Hartlepool, 1876), who was born in 1850, in West Newton, Norfolk. Henry was an 'Ag Lab' in West Newton (even at the age of 11 in the 1861 census). His father was also a farm labourer. He and Harriett had three children (Alfred, Charles and Henrietta). He died in 1898, leaving Harriet as a widow till she died in West Hartlepool in 1914.

I've had a hint that I may be able to find William Tuthill recorded on a Census in Suffolk with his parents, John & Eleanor.
So I looked up the 1851 Census for a suitable entry. Found a 12-year-old William Tuthill (born in Suffolk, 1839), and living in Market Lane, Blundeston (Mutford area), Suffolk. He is described as an Agricultural Labourer Boy. His parents are Blundeston-born John Tuthill (aged 52, Ag Lab - Horse Driver) and his wife Mary Tuthill (aged 47, born in Norfolk). Other siblings in the house are Sarah A. (aged 14) and Ellen E. Tuthill (aged 5).

Harriet (aged 7), meanwhile, was seen in the 1851 Census at the Pakefield (Beccles Road) household of the Farm Labourer William Moore (32, born Henstead, Suffolk) and his wife Mary (31, born Oulton, Suffolk), along with Elizabeth (11), James (6), Rachel (4) and baby Maria.

In the 1871 Census of Great Yarmouth, we see a Tuthill household:
John Tuthill (Master Mariner, aged 73, born Beccles) and wife Emily Tuthill (56, born Yarmouth).

The Tunstills of Fylingdales

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The story begins with our grandfather Christopher Mead Tuthill (photo on right here taken in the 1970's with his wife Mary Bolton.

His father was William Tuthill, whose early years & ancestors are described on this other post.

In this post, I'm going to show you what little I know so far of Christopher's mother, Hannah Mary Tuthill (nee Tunstill).
I have a copy of the marriage certificate for this Mr & Mrs Tuthill - we now know they married in Stranton in 1904.

Christopher Mead Tuthill was the only child of Hannah & William Tuthill to survive into adulthood. They also had two girls (twins; born 1905) who died around 6 months old, and a boy William who lived from 1912 to 1921. His mother Hannah would have been 38 when William was born.

Tuthill & Tunstill in Hartlepool, 1904

The couple Hannah & William married in June 1904 in Hartlepool, at the Parish Church of Stranton. William was a painter. They were aged 30 and 35 (born 1874 & 1870 respectively). Both Bride & Groom had been living in Hartlepool (Hannah at 44, Studley Road, which is very near the Church and William at 18, Adelaide St. {not in current gazetteer}).

Their marriage certificate tells us that the groom's father was William Tuthill (deceased; a Stevedore) We also know that he was from Suffolk, and that William's mother was Harriet Moore of Lowestoft, Suffolk.

The bride's father was John Tunstill (deceased, a farmer). Again, we know that he was from Fylingdales, and his wife was Ann Tunstill (nee Mead), of Egton/Whitby.

The marriage certificate gives the bride's age as 30, which means she was born around 1873/4.
The birth of a Hannah Mary Tunstill is listed under the Whitby district, in late 1873.

I looked up (on FreeBMD) other marriages of a Tunstill in the Whitby district... John Burn Tunstill married in 1872 (to Ann MEAD - that name was passed to Christopher). So, they would be Hannah Mary's parents.

Following on from that, I found a reference on FreeBMD to the 1841 marriage of John Tunstill in Whitby. On the list of possible brides we see both a Hannah & a Mary, but more likely is the bride Sarah BURN (her son John takes her name).
Also found John Tunstill who died in Whitby in 1887 (aged 73, so born ~1814), and Sarah Tunstill who died in Whitby in 1894 (aged 78). Could these be Hannah Mary's grandparents?

More on John Burn Tunstill
From here we can move backwards to investigate Hannah's father (our Christopher's maternal grandfather). We can be fairly sure (thanks to his middle name) that he was born in ~1840 and that he died in 1882 (registered in the Stockton area), when Hannah was a child.

John Tunstill was born & raised in the area of Fylingdales...and here's a photo of the other thing Fylingdales is famous for! (Also, click here for interesting older photos from Francis Frith.)

1881 Census
I first found some evidence of Hannah Mary Tunstill in Sedgefield, in the 1881 Census. She is with her parents John Burn Tunstill (born Yorkshire, 1842) and Ann (born Egton, 1845). John is a Farmer of 71 acres at Todds New House. The three small children in the house are recorded as born at Long Newton or Sedgefield. Here there's a confusion, as that Hannah Mary was recorded as having been born in 1880, in Sedgefield...whereas the entry I found on FreeBMD was registered in 1873 in Whitby.

Was this our Hannah?

Ann has suggested that the earlier Hannah (1873) died as an infant & then they named the second girl (1880) Hannah Mary, too (because of the strict naming order). Investigating this idea, further, I searched the death records for a child who fits this plan - with little luck, except for a Hannah Tunstall (died aged under 1). Also, I have not found a record of birth for a second Hannah in 1880 in Durham or Yorkshire.
I did find birth records for her siblings George Mead Tunstill (1879, Stockton dist.) and Chistopher Mead Tunstill (1876, Stockton dist). In addition, we know that Hannah was aged 30 in the year 1904, as we have her marriage certificate.

When I looked at the other census records for this family group, I am led to believe that Hannah was wrongly recorded on the 1881 Census return as 7 months old when she should have been recorded as 7 years old. That would explain everything?
So, Hannah was the oldest child, born in 1873; then her two brothers were born in 1876 & 1879.
Also in the household at the time of the Census were the Neal family from Lincolnshire (James Neal, a farmer - and his wife & 4 children).
There was also a 16-year-old domestic servant girl who was no doubt kept very busy! Her name is very hard to decipher, but it could well be Louisa Burn - and she was born in Eskdaleside, so she was perhaps related to John on his mother's side. Domestic help in less rich households was often sourced from within the wider family at that time.

**Latest News**
Kristeen has been very kind in sharing with us the details of a birth certificate from 1873: for Hannah Mary Tunstill!!
So that solves the confusion. The details all fit nicely...

District of Egton, Whitby, born in Eskdaleside, 24th November 1873, Hannah Mary TUNSTILL.
Mother - Ann Tunstill, formerly Mead. Mother was informant, and she lived in Eskdaleside (though NB mothers often had their first child at a place other than their normal home).
Father - John Tunstill, "A Farmer"

Thankyou kindly, Kristeen! Amazing coincidence here - the copy of this certificate was passed between us on the 24th November, 2009. Happy Birthday, Hannah!! Hope it pleases her that we still remember her life, even in this rather limited way.

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We know from records on Free BMD that John Burn Tunstall died in 1882, in the Stockton district (which included Sedgefield). He was aged only 40.
1882 was also the year of the Tudhoe Colliery Disaster.

1891 Census
By now, Ann (nee Mead, late Tunstill) has been widowed (1882) and married Mr. George Lamming, a Lincoln-born man who works as a Labourer. George records his birthpace as Faldingworth, I think - it's a bit tough to decipher. (Faldingworth is between Lincoln & Grimsby.)
I have found a birth record for a George Henry Lamming, who was born in early 1838 in the Boston district of Lincolnshire. A Land Drainer named George Lamming is boarding at the pub in Bradbury Village, Co. Durham, in 1871. In 1881, I haven't yet found him in the census returns.

Ancestry have their marriage listed under 1886 in the Stockton district, Ann Tunstill & George Lamming. {Some records have this man's name as Lambring, but that seems to be a mis-transcription ... I checked the spelling on the original typewritten list.}

In 1891, George & Ann Lamming lived in The Square, Sedgefield, which is a leafy area in the village centre. The Crosshill Hotel is there - just off the High St. The household in 1891 consisted Ann's 3 Tunstill children and a much younger daughter, as well as 5 guests.
The Tunstill children were in fact recorded as "in-laws" of George Lamming, rather than stepchildren. Hannah was 17. Christopher (14) was working as a Labourer, as was his Stepfather George. {It's not recorded where they worked.}
A new addition to the family was the child Esther M. Lamming (4, born Sedgefield - her birth was recorded in 1886 in the Stockton district); I presume she was the only child of Ann George.
Also in the household was a nephew, Whitby-born James Warhurst (13, Labourer), and 4 other Labourers were also Lodgers. Quite a household - no doubt Hannah & Ann were kept very busy.

1901 Census
By the Census of 1901, George, Ann and their children have all settled at 19 Ouston St., Hartlepool (where our Hannah met Christopher Tuthill). Hannah was aged 27, but records no profession. Christopher was a general Labourer, whilst George was a Tailor (21). Young Esther Margaret Lamming was just 14.
Visitors at that time were the Elliot family (father Thomas was a Blacksmith), and in addition a Boarder, 18-year old Labourer Herbert Craven from London.

I used FreeBMD to search for the dates when George & Ann died in the Hartlepool district. George Lamming died in 1911 (aged 74), whilst Ann Lamming died aged 73 in the year 1919.

Esther Lamming still lived with them in Hartlepool at the time of the census in 1911, and then married a gent named Joseph Greenlees in Hartlepool, 1912. He was in the 1901 census - the eldest of a large Irish family, his father was a Ship Plater - and Joseph himself was working as an apprentice plater. I think they had two children - Howard Lamming in 1917, George W. Lamming in 1923.

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Now to turn back the clock - to find out more about Hannah's parents:
1871 Census
In 1871, John Burn Tunstill (Hannah's father in later years) was living with sister Sarah Ann Tunstill & brother Robinson Tunstill (16), in the Egton district (St. John's Sleights, Eskdaleside) and all recorded as born Fylingdales. John & his siblings are farming 40 acres at "Tunstalls Farm".

Where are their parents? - not in neighbouring households.

Found a candidate household in Normanby, 1871, John Tunstill (57) & wife Sarah (55) & daur Rose (13) are on a small farm of just 13 acres. All were born in Fylingdales.

1861 Census
In 1861, John Burn Tunstill (19, born Fylingdales) lives in a district of Whitby (Hawsker & Stainsacre), working as an Ag Lab and lodging there. Also in the same house is Esther Tunstill (13, born Fylingdales, a nurse) - that could be his sister.
Their parents John (47) & Sarah (45) Tunstill, meanwhile, are on the farm in Fylingdales (10 acres) with the 4 younger children, Jane, Betsy, Robinson & Rose. All were born in Fylingdales.

On the same census page is a possible relative of Sarah Tunstill - Thomas Burn, aged 89, farmer, born Fylingdales (and his wife Sarah, 84, born Fylingdales).

1851 Census
Now we see young John Burn Tunstill (9) with his parents in Fylingdales, but this time his father John is at trade as a Shoemaker (aged 37). John Junior is the eldest child, and has 4 small sisters.

1841 Census
In 1841, John (25, Shoemaker) & Sarah Tunstill (I presume his wife) were at Rowe, in Fylingdales.

On the same page is another John Tunstill (62, Shoemaker - perhaps John's father?) with his daughter?? Ann Tunstill (22).

Also on the same page; Thomas (farmer, aged 65) & Sarah Burn with an 11 year old Jane Newton.

this post isn't properly finished yet - do come back...

Meantime, more details may be available from the Whitby Archives.

Bolton Wanderings

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In the beginning, we knew that Christopher Tuthill's wife, Mary Louisa was a daughter of John Smurthwaite Bolton and Louisa Bolton (maiden name Seton).
In this post I bring you results of my investigations about John Bolton, and then more about Louisa Seton in a later post.

This is from the old info sent by a cousin, the most likely match was:
1881 census- Haughton le Skerne, Durham

John Bolton, 38, born Ripon, Yorks; Labourer at Ironworks
Elizabeth J. Bolton, 37, born Denton, Durham
Thomas C. Bolton 13 Darlington Scholar
John G. Bolton 11 Darlington Scholar **
Mary E. 5 Darlington Scholar
Joseph B. 3 Darlington
Charles W. 3 mths, born Haughton le Skerne

**Presuming that this John is the father of Mary Louisa Tuthill (nee Bolton), who married Christopher Tuthill. Not sure, though – he is known to the family as John Smurthwaite Bolton, which doesn't fit with his description here as John G. Bolton. (Is this a middle name?? or was his mother Elizabeth's maiden name Smurthwaite as the Scottish tradition?)

But then further information was sent to the family from a descendant of Mary's brother, Sidney Bolton (Many Thanks!):

John Smurthwaite Bolton married Louise Seton in 1898.
He fought 1914-18 for Canadian Army & was wounded in France.
They had 3 children;
John Seton Bolton: born 6/8/1900 and died 28/10/1958 (see below).
Sidney Bolton: born 24/5/1903 and died 28/8/1962 (marr Christiana Wilson (1909- 1999) in 1929, and they had 4 children.)
Mary L. Bolton: married Christopher Tuthill

This suggests that the above John G. Bolton is not ours!

John Seton Bolton
Further Info from family memories about cousins: John Bolton (1900) was older brother of Mary Tuthill nee Bolton. Note here that he takes his Mother's maiden name for a middle name, as the Scots do.
John Seton Bolton (1900 – 1958) married Annie Goldsborough from Redcar (24/11/1900 – 27/2/1985)
They had Sidney (10/2/1924 – 28/9/1975 died a batchelor) and
Marguerite Louisa (21/4/1927 – 14/1/1988?) who married Alfred Winter & had a son.

Okay, so now I looked up BMD details at the Registry Office for Durham, or at the Darlington office.
The people who may fit are entered below:

Birth certificates

Mary Louisa Bolton; Darlington, last quarter 1909 (later married C. M. Tuthill)
John Smurthwaite Bolton; Darlington, Sept 1877

Marriage certificates

Mary Borrowdale marries David SETON, 1861, Darlington.

Mary Borrowdale (previous name Mary Seton) marries Septimus WOOD, 1881, Darlington.
John Smurthwaite Bolton marries Louisa Seton; Darlington, Sept 1898
Mary L. Bolton marries Christopher Tuthill; Darlington, Sept 1930 (on Mary's 21st birthday)

Now to return to the National Census
1901 Census, Durham

Here's a photo of John Smurthwaite Bolton in uniform.

He has been elusive in the national databases - but since finding his details from the marriage certificate, I could narrow the search down a little.

Seem to have found him in the 1901 census return in Darlington, Co. Durham (Oaklands 'something' in St. Lukes parish - perhaps the Oaklands Terrace near the Hospital) - John Bolton (23; house Painter, born Barton Yorks) with Louisa Bolton (24, born Darlington). (We know that they were married in Darlington in 1898.)

A hint arrived when I found John S Bolton in the 1891 census return living with his widowed mother Hannah Bolton. They live in a 2 roomed household at North Terrace, Aycliffe. Hannah is a Laundress (38, born in Moulton, Yorkshire) whilst John S. is 13, and was born in Barton.

In 1881, Hannah Bolton is seen with husband Edward Bolton (33, born in Barton; Stonemason) their 4 children (3 older daughters; Mary E., Margaret, Sophia, and our John S. aged 3), a Darlington-born sister-in-law Miss Lockey, and a niece Miss Lockey.

I searched the death records for Edward (born ~ 1848) - found him in the Darlington district in 1890.

The Darlington marriage records show us that Edward & Hannah married in 1873, and that her maiden name was Smurthwaite. SO that fits nicely!

Next I could see Hannah Smurthwaite before she married (aged 18), in the 1871 census. She is a servant in the Trinity area of Darlington, at the Pierremont Crescent house of a Commercial Clerk (Share Broker).

There is a family of Smurthwaites in the Moulton Census of 1851. Jhon {sic} and Hannah Smurthwaite (born Middleton Tyas) with their daughter Mary (21, born Moulton).

In 1861, I found this senior Hannah at the home of her son-in-law in Moulton, listed as the widow of an Ag Lab.

John Bolton travels to work in Canada

John Smurthwaite Bolton is remembered for his trip to Canada to make his (sadly unsuccessful!) fortune. We also know that he travelled with John Borrowdale, a relative of his.
A passenger list database for ships travelling to Canada gives the name John S. Bolton, born England. I have seen an image of the original handwritten document - but it's very hard to read. Can you imagine anyone archiving such details for modern journeys?
The following details were gleaned:
Ship: 'The Grampian' from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, arriving on 22/3/1911
Trade: Painter, heading for Toronto, Ontario - with aim of engaging in trade of Painter.
Amount of Canadian $ in his possession = $25

Age: 24, or 34 - it's not clear - it is transcribed as 34, making his birthyear ~1877.

Religion: Congregationalist

Records of 'The Grampian', Shipping Line: Allan
Years in service: 1907-1926
Ship Description:
Built by Alexander Stephen & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 10,920. Dimensions: 485' x 60'. Twin-screw, 15 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and one funnel.
History:
Passengers: 210 first, 250 second, 1,000 third. Service: Glasgow-Quebec-Montreal. Taken over by Canadian Pacific Line in 1917. Retained her name in their service. Vessel was laid up in 1922. Scrapped in 1926. Sister ship: Hesperian. Similar to Corsican.

A fly in the ointment here - the description of her journey route doesn't seem right. The site Ship's List has additional records of the Grampian as doing some routes from Liverpool to St. John, NB. Also routes for Canadian Pacific from 1912 (L'pool-Halifax-St.John NB).

Fellow Traveller

John Borrowdale is not on the same ship's list.

There are possibilities for this gent.
One John Borrowdale travelled out to Quebec in August 1912 on The Corsican. (Records show that he had previously worked in Ontario for 2 years).
No age given, born in England.
He also had $25 in his possession, and records state he was heading for Toronto.
A year later in 1913, Elizabeth Borrowdale (aged 37) makes the journey on The Canada to Quebec. She has with her 5 children aged 0 to 10, is to be met by husband & heading for "**ctford Mines" in Quebec. These two Borrowdales aren't neccessarily related.

There's the problem then - the John Borrowdale we search for is married to Mary Jane (nee Wood).

***Latest *** I found a Mary Jane Borrowdale (born in Barnard Castle, 1888) in the 1911 Darlington census, living with her father/grandfather Mathew Borrowdale (born 1836).
Louisa Bolton is living in Darlington with her 3 young children in 1911.
***Latest***

We also know that they 'joined up' together - so I searched the Attestation Papers etc. for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Forces, and found a more likely John Borrowdale there. He enlisted, however, in Montreal, and in October 1914. His number was 65094, and he was placed in the 24th Battalion.

His wife is listed as Mary Jane Borrowdale, of 9 Chesnut St, Darlington. He was born September 1876 in Barnard Castle, and his trade was as a Carpenter.

Next I looked up John Bolton in the Census for Canada, 1911:
Didn't find any strong matches - they were too young, or had the wrong occupation eg. book-keeper, engineer.
As John's boat landed in Halifax, NS in March 1911, he probably hadn't settled at the time of the Canadian 1911 Census (There are many English immigrants named Bolton in Toronto - but not our John).

Found no matches for John Borrowdale in Canadian census.

Also found in the 1906 Census for Edmonton, Alberta; a young Thomas Borrowdale, born ~ 1871. He is single, but Head of his household. He emigrated from England to Canada in 1901. This could be an example of Chain Migration - where one member of a family/community emigrates and writes home to encourage others to take the leap, too! Or he could be no relation at all!!

Canadian War Experiences
We know John Bolton served in the Canadian Army, being wounded in France.
Ancestry.co.uk came up trumps with their links to Canadian soldiers' records (WW I):

I have a copy of the Attestation Papers for enlistment in January 1916 of John Smurthwaite Bolton.
166th Battalion, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, CEF.
His number is 669038. I know that the 166th had the numbers from 669000 to 672000, so he was near the head of the queue!
Painter by trade.
Address: 343 Concord Avenue, Toronto, ONTARIO {map here}.
Born in Yorkshire, aged 38 (DOB is 9/6/1877).
His wife & next-of-kin is Louisa Bolton, of 11 Chestnut St., Darlington {There's a Chestnut Drive off Geneva Rd in Darlington now??}.

John S. Bolton was wounded in France, it's believed at Vimy Ridge - near Arras in Northern France. It was a very important area for the Canadian Corps, being the first time when all four Canadian divisions were in battle together. There were many casualties, and (if we have the right place) John S. Bolton was among 7004 men wounded at Vimy Ridge from October 1916 when the CEF relieved the British, to April 1917 when they retook control from the Germans.

Detailed info available on the CEF here, and from Wikipedia here - from which I quote the following:
"The 166th (Queen's Own Rifles of Canada) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city. After sailing to England in October 1916 (in the largest convoy ever to cross the Atlantic ocean), the battalion was absorbed into the 12th Reserve Battalion on January 8, 1917."

From the CEF Research site, I found that the 166th embarked on the Olympic at Halifax, Nova Scotia in October 1916, and sailed to Liverpool, UK. Yes, that Olympic! The sister ship of the Titanic! She was refitted after that disaster (i.e. more lifeboats!) and was used as a troop ship 1915-19. More details here on the Ship's List (scroll down to find 'Olympic 1910').

Early on in the war, many of the volunteers in the CEF were men who had recently emigrated to Canada like John Bolton. Conscription was not used until 1917. The Canadian Corps (as it was known once they arrived in France) was under the command of the British Army, but generally fought as a unit, rather than being scattered. They became very well respected.

We know the 12th Reserve Brigade of the 4th Canadian Division went on to fight at Vimy Ridge, amongst others. This famous and important victory for the allies happened in 1917. Canadian forces played a vital role in the war, taking Vimy Ridge in April and recapturing Passchendale in the Autumn - despite huge losses in terms of casualties & fatalities.

"It was Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific on parade. I thought then that in those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation." - Ross, commander of the 28th Canadian Battalion.

Canadian War Experiences

- some interesting tales on these websites:
Canadian letters, Canadian Legion's Legacies, and the Canadian War Museum.
Also the Veteran Affairs Canada site - link here for tales from Vimy Ridge.
See this site for details on the Vimy Memorial to Canadians who gave their lives.
Also this page tells us about the 80th anniversary Memorial day at Vimy, 1997.

Then some general (non-Canadian) sites with lots of detail about WW I - e.g. which battalion went where: The Long Long Trail, and Salient Points.
Here's a link to an article about Letters Home (Somewhere in France).

John Bolton returned to Darlington and his wife & children after the war. In further posts we shall find out more about his wife's family, the Setons.

More on John Bolton's parents

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John Smurthwaite BOLTON, c.1917

It was rather difficult to find any details about John Bolton's ancestors, though when I knew the details on his 1898 marriage certificate, I could narrow the search down a little.

He and his young wife Louisa are found in the 1901 census return in Darlington, Co. Durham
- John Bolton (23; house Painter, born Barton Yorkshire) with Louisa Bolton (24, born Darlington).

They have also been seen in the 1911 census:- but in this case, John is away seeking his fortune in Canada. So Louisa (born 1877) is the Head of Household, in Darlington, with her children John Soton {Seton} Bolton (1901), Sidney (1903) and Mary Lousia (1909). I include the spelling errors; there are many transcription errors in the 1911 census so far.
I have now been able to see the original document {Thanks to Elliot} and I can see why there are errors in the transcription - the handwriting is rather unclear. Louisa described herself as a Boarding House Keeper. An interesting point raised by the new information required in the 1911 Census is that while the Bolton couple have 3 living children, they have also had another child who has not survived to 1911. It could be that the child Edward Bolton was Louisa & John's first child (born & died in SeptQ 1899, and Louisa married John in SeptQ 1898) - my source here was FreeBMD. If Edward was theirs, he was named after his paternal grandfather. But they could instead have lost a child in between Sidney & Mary. (No other Edwards were born in the period, and no children named David either.)

In 1911, there are two ladies lodging (one young & single, the other a widow) who are travelling Toiletries salespeople. Another lodger may well be a bit longer term - she was a cousin of Louisa's, Mrs Frances Annie Monartain. (That's how it was transcribed, but your guess is as good as theirs - I'll slot in an image here when I get a minute!) The name doesn't jingle any bells - Have you any ideas?

A further hint arrived when I found John S Bolton in the 1891 census return for Aycliffe. I haven't found any other likely candidates, and when I investigated further, all the details seemed to fit correctly.
In 1891, then, John S Bolton is listed in the household of his widowed mother Hannah Bolton. They live in a 2 roomed household at North Terrace, Aycliffe. Hannah is a Laundress (38, born in Moulton, Yorkshire) whilst John is 13, and we are told he was born in Barton.

In 1881, Hannah Bolton (aged 28, born in Moulton) is seen with husband Edward Bolton (33, born in Barton; Stonemason) their 4 children (3 older daughters; Mary E., Margaret, Sophia, and our John S. aged 3), a Darlington-born sister-in-law Miss Lockey, and a niece Miss Lockey. They are living in Barton, near Darlington.

I searched the death records for Edward Bolton (born ~ 1848) - found him in the Darlington district in 1890.
The Darlington marriage records show us that Edward & Hannah married in 1873, and that her maiden name was Smurthwaite. SO that fits nicely!

What happened to John's sisters after 1881?
Well, in the 1891 census they aren't with their mother Hannah. Perhaps they are all in service - I have found the eldest Mary E. Bolton (18) in service in 1891 at the family house of a Lime Merchant/Farmer in High St., Aycliffe. Margaret Bolton is perhaps the 15-year-old girl in service at the house of a Commercial Traveller in Hipperholme (near Halifax) -she was recorded as born in Warton, Yorks - but there isn't such a place, so probably it should've been Barton. Sophia Bolton is also listed as 15 years old in the 1891 Census - living in service with a farmer at Ricknell Mill (or Rickhill Mill?), Woodham, near Aycliffe.

In the 1901 census, I found John's mother Hannah Bolton (48, born Moulton) - maybe it's her? She was living at a house in Ferryhill Station, near Aycliffe. She has 2 Boarders, and also has her middle daughter Maggie Bolton with her (26, born Barton).
Just along the road from her mother, we find Mary - now married to a Railway Signal Fitter from Suffolk, William J. Frost (32) with a daughter Margaret (7) and Emma (5), and a sister-in-law Bessy Bolton (not known yet; aged 14, born Barton.) William Frost married a Mary Elizabeth Bolton in 1893, Darlington district.
Sophia Bolton married in 1899 in Darlington, so in 1901 we see her as Sophia Scrafton (25, born Barton) living at 86, Beaconsfield St., (St. Lukes') Darlington. She is with her husband Frederick Scrafton (24, born Bowes; a Mason) & baby son William A. Scrafton. (Also listed as Scrapton.)

I searched the marriage records for John's sisters in the Durham area (there are others - e.g. in Darlington)

Margaret Bolton to Frank Wilkinson in 1904.
Margaret H Bolton to Thomas Ferguson in 1902.

Family of Hannah SMURTHWAITE
I could see Hannah Smurthwaite before she married (aged 18), in the 1871 census. She was a servant in the Trinity area of Darlington, at the Pierremont Crescent house of a Commercial Clerk (Share Broker). Finding her parents has been more tricky, though.

In the 1861 census, I saw a family of Smurthwaites in North Bedburn - Robert Smuthwaite (aged 42, a Colliery Carter; born in Moulton) & his wife Eliza, and son Robert (18, a miner) - but no Hannah aged 8.
Another Smurthwaite in the area is the widow Hannah Smurthwaite (of Middleton Tyas) at the home of her son-in-law in Moulton.
(No definite link found yet, and no other families found.)

In the 1851 census of Moulton , Jhon {sic} (born Kirklington Yorkshire c. 1790; Ag Lab) and Hannah Smurthwaite (born Middleton Tyas c. 1791) with their daughter Mary (21, born Moulton). {So I'm thinking this couple could be our young Hannah's grandparents?}

Latest news - from the newly available 1911 census.
Hannah Bolton (nee Smurthwaite) is seen in the 1911 census in the Sedgefield area, she is Head of the Household and it's shown that she was born in 1853, in Moulton. It's possible that she died in the Auckland district in the year 1918, aged ~58.

Borrowdales of Barnard Castle

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Back to Darlington!
While John Smurthwaite Bolton was away in Canada and serving in France, his wife Louisa (was Seton now Bolton) and three children were living in Darlington - so they will show up on the 1911 census when it becomes available. Not sure why he took the step of going to Canada, perhaps he had a family connection there, an offer of a good job? It was a long-term job...he arrived on the Canadian shores March 1911 and enlisted in 1916. Presumably, after his injuries in France (or when the war ended) he returned home to Darlington.

Next step of the search is to turn backwards now from John & Louisa - in order to find their parents. (Easiest and most surefire way would be to get the 1898 marriage certificate, but that's not nearly so interesting!)

John S. Bolton
We know that John was born 1877 in Barton, Yorkshire (between Darlington & Richmond) - so there I need to search the 1881 & 1891 census. See this other post for the material found on that family.

Louisa Bolton (Seton)
We know Louisa was born as Louisa Seton, in 1876, in the Darlington area. That date is confirmed by the local Registry office index.
One possibility, in the 1881 census return for nearby Barnard Castle (the New Bridge Inn, Thorngate) is a Louisa Seton (4, born Darlington), living with her widowed Grandmother Joanna BORROWDALE (73, widow; born Startforth, Yorks; an Innkeeper) and another of Joanna's granddaughter's, Jane Agusta BROWN (15, a dressmaker, born Darlington). So we presume Joanna had at least 2 daughters, Mrs. Seton & Mrs. Brown.
{NB the River Tees marked the border tween Durham & North Yorkshire up until 1974. See this Frances Frith site for several old photos of Barney - it was quite idyllic without all the cars!}

I figured I would look now through the Registry Office index for a marriage in Darlington area, between a groom Seton & a bride Borrowdale = Louisa's parents, if married?? I found one in Darlington area, Mary Borrowdale marries David Seton in 1861. Also, in 1881 in the Darlington area, Mary Borrowdale (previous name Mary Seton) marries Septimus WOOD, 1881. This year of Mary's second marriage coincides with the census taking place in 1881, when we know little Louisa was staying at Grandma's!! David Seton must have died quite recently, as his daughter is aged only 4 in 1881?

Here are some links found when researching Joanna BORROWDALE (born c. 1808) - of the New Bridge Inn.
There isn't a pub in that area now - there's still a Bridge Inn Yard, though - off Thorngate near the river.
I contacted the owner of the Thorngate Coach House and Stables (thinking the Inn could have changed it's name, it was a long shot!), and they very kindly passed on the following details which good-old-Google didn't know (for once).
"Unfortunately, the Bridge Inn was knocked down in early 1960's, to make way for some social housing flats". The Inn was known previously as the New Bridge Inn, and this new bridge would, we assume, have been the metal footbridge by Thorngate Mill (see photo in link below). "The previous bridge was washed away" - by the great flood of 1881 (source - the 1914 edition of Wm Page's History of Yorkshire - a section on Startforth.). Something doesn't quite fit here - 1881 was the year of the census where Joanna's Inn was called the New Bridge Inn. The 'new' metal bridge was erected in 1882. (source - here)

"Thorngate Coach House and Stables served Thorngate House (two doors up from the Bridge Inn). The Coach House is set back from Thorngate and can be accessed from Bridge Inn Yard footpath". It is now holiday accommodation for rent at very reasonable rates!

Photo here of Thorngate Mill and the footbridge in Barney - I remember going to a book clearance shop in the bottom floor of this old warehouse, now being/been converted to apartments?

Here's some raw data from the census about Joanna/Johanna/Hannah.
1871 Census

Thomas Borrowdale, (64; Innkeeper; born Appleby) and Joanna Borrowdale (63) - at Thorngate, with a boarder, and 2 grandchildren Thomas B. Seaton (9) and Augusta Brown (6) - both born Darlington.

1861 Census
Thomas Borrowdale, (55; Mason & Innkeeper; born Appleby) and Joanna Borrowdale (54) - at Thorngate, with visitors, and Eleanor (20; dressmaker), William (15; Mason) - both born Barnard Castle.

1851 Census

Thomas Borrowdale, (45; Stonemason; born Appleby) and Hannah Borrowdale (44) - at Thorngate, with Robert (18, Mason); Matthew (16, Gunsmith); Thomas (12); Eleanor (10); Mary Jane (8 - presume this is Louisa's mother); William (5) - born Barnard Castle (except for older two - born Startforth).

1841 Census (ages rounded up)

Thomas Borrowdale, (30; Mason; born outside Co.Durham) and Hannah Borrowdale (30; born outside Co.Durham) - at Thorngate, with Robert (8; born outside Co.Durham); Matthew (6; born outside Co.Durham); Thomas (2); Eleanor (1) - born Barnard Castle.

Looking at other Borrowdales:
In the 1881 census, there are several Borrowdale households based around Startforth. They could well be the family of Joanna or her husband. The Borrowdales are remembered for being Masons of London, who worked on The Albert Hall.

Widower Matthew Borrowdale (b. 1835 in Startforth) was an unemployed Gin Maker in Thorngate, with his 2 sons. Curiously, in 1901 we see a Gun-Maker living in Darlington who otherwise seems to be the same person. Gin, Guns, what's the difference, eh?

Widower Robert Borrowdale (b. 1834 in Startforth) was a sculptor, living at High Startforth Hall (ancestral home of the Fielding family, I think), with his 7 children.

Thomas Borrowdale (b. 1840 in Startforth) & his wife Margaret & 2 children, lived at Newgate, Barnard Castle. He was a joiner, cabinet-maker.

William Borrowdale (b. 1849 in Startforth) & his young wife Jane & no children, lived at Low Startforth. He was also a joiner, cabinet-maker and was later (1901) found living in Barnard Castle.

See the next post for more on Louisa's family.

Louisa Seton, Wood, Bolton

2008-08-25T10:00:00.005+01:00

Going Further
Unlike with other branches of the family, there was only one choice in the 1881 database for this family - so I can be fairly certain that the young Louisa Seton I found in the 1881 Census is the right one. Further checks on full certificates would be good.

Following the discovery of these few details, I was able to go back in time through the National Census returns and piece together the following family history for Louisa's parents:

David Seton
David is first discovered in online records of the 1841 Census. He is aged 8, living with his 7 siblings at Union St. Darlington. His father, James Seton is aged 45 (so we guess he was born c.1796), a Shoemaker who was born in Scotland. His mother is named Susannah; she was a native of Darlington, and all the 8 children of the house were born in the County of Durham. The oldest child at home was Sarah Seton (15).
Another Shoemaker also lives in the house; a young lad named Jessie Stocks (not v. legible). (Perhaps he is a relative of Susannah, as I believe her maiden name was Stokes?)

So from those details, can we find more about these folks?
The Scottish parish records list a large {too large!} number of choices for James' birth in Perth. I didn't find a reference to James & Susannah's marriage in Perth, nor in the Pallot's index for Co. Durham.

I DID find a record for the baptism of Sarah Seton in Darlington, 17th May 1826 - using the IGI service of images of the Bishop's Transcripts (parish records, in other words). Her parents were recorded as Susannah & James (Shoemaker) Seton. I also went on to find the records of their marriage in Darlington, on 1st of June 1825. There I got the surprise of finding out that James Seaton (it's spelled that way in this record) had been married previously - he was a widow before he married Susannah {have searched the Darlington records so far for another Seton marriage {1820-1} or burial {1820-4} - but his previous marriage could well have been in Scotland.}. The record also confirms for us that Susannah's maiden name was Stokes, and that both were "of this parish", but no other details such as age, occupation, etc. James signed his name, but Susannah only made her mark.

{Also found a Joseph Stokes aged 14, died in Darlington in April 1822; Elizabeth Stokes, aged 3 mths, in Darlington, Sept. 1822.}

I went on to look at baptisms for the years 1832-3, and found an entry on the 13th of February 1833 in Darlington for David Stokes Seton. Here is a snippet of the page (Bishop's Transcript of the parish records, via IGI).
I also looked at Darlington Trade Directories for the period - the father James Seaton was listed as a Shoemaker in Bondgate, Darlington (in the Pigot's Directory for 1828-9). Interestingly, in the 1827 White's Directory, John Stokes is a shoemaker on Bondgate. Perhaps that is his father-in-law??

Back to the Census:
In 1851, we see the family lived at Skinnergate, Darlington. (The family are recorded as SEATON.) David's parents are again named as James (55, born in Perth; a Shoemaker) and Susannah (46, born in Darlington). David Seaton himself (18) is a Painter, and 4 other of James' children are still at home, as well as the wife of the eldest child, William (21), who works as a Shoemaker. The youngest, Peter, works as a Wool Comber.

In 1853, a man named James Seton dies in Darlington - he may well be David's father.

In 1861, we see that Susannah Seton is the Head of the household at 6, Northgate, Darlington.

She is recorded as a Widow, which suggests that we have seen the correct person in the records in 1853.

Susannah is aged 53, and I honestly can't read the occupation. Harker & Darper ???
Her son Peter Seton was there, along with his wife Rose (Irish-born). Peter is entered as aged 26, a Currier, born in Scotland?? - yet in the previous census {1841 & 1851}, all the children were born in Darlington. Also there was her daughter Margaret (15) and a whole family of Addisons - described as Visitors, not Lodgers.

Meanwhile in 1861, David has just married, and the couple are living at 37 Havelock St, St. Cuthbert's parish of Darlington (sharing the house, but seperate household) . David (28) is still a Painter; his wife Mary (20, born Barnard Castle) a Dress maker. We presume Mary's maiden name was BORROWDALE.

Now in 1871, David Seton (38) and his wife Mary Jane Seton (28) are living at 3 Fry St. (noted as Prince of Wales Hotel on the form) in Darlington. David is a painter, with their children James (6), David, Matthew, and baby Johannah. Also widowed mother Susannah Seton (70).

Susannah Seton
So we know Susannah Seton was born in Darlington. From the entries in the various Darlington Census, we can guess her year of birth as anything from 1801-1808. I know her maiden name was Stokes, but I can't be sure when she died. In 1891 a lady named Susannah Seton died in the Gateshead area, perhaps she was with some family there while she was ill?
In 1861 she lived with her younger son Peter. In 1871, she lived with her son David and his family.

Between 1871-1881, times have been pretty hard; Mary Jane is now a widow. There have been several deaths registered in the family - Johanna (1872) and Johannah (1875) - I presume one of these would be Mary's baby. Also David Seton dies (presume 1877 in Darlington, the gent named as David Stokes Seton, who was born in 1833? We now know that Stokes was his mother's name - so that fits well.)

We are coming back to where we first found Louisa now.
In the 1881 Census of Darlington Mary Jane Seton (widow, 37) lives in Lowson St, Cockerton with her children James, David, Matthew William, Christus, John Robert (and no Johannah or Louisa) SETON.
We know from earlier searches that Louisa (aged 4) is staying with her Grandmother (Mary's mother) in Barnard Castle.

She has taken a lodger, his name is Septimus Wood (28, a Stonemason, born in Bishop Auckland ~ 1853).

We also know that Mary & Septimus get married later in the year of 1881!

I found entries on Free BMD for the birth, marriage & death of Septimus Wood - he lived from 1855-1898. Recently, it has been pointed out to me that the name Septimus was often given to a seventh child in a family.

Next in the 1891 Census of 55, Lowson St, Cockerton the Head of Household has changed to:

Septimus Wood (37); General Labourer, born Bishop Auckland.

His wife Mary Jane Wood, (47), born Barnard Castle.

{stepchildren of Septimus} David Seton (24), Painter; Matthew W. Seton (22), Joiner; our Louisa Seton (14); John R. (13); and finally little Mary J. Wood, (full daughter of Septimus & Mary) (aged 3). All the bairns were born in Darlington.

{The birth cert of a Mary Wood is available in Darlington Records from 1886, and another from 1887 - but then none until 1891. Mary Jane Wood is remembered as the half-sister of our Louisa Seton. Mary Wood married John Borrowdale who was her cousin (related to Joanna Borrowdale?). John Borrowdale went to Canada with his brother-in-law John S. Bolton.}

The Death Certificate in 1898 for Mr. Septimus Wood (aged only 43) could well be Mary's second husband. In the 1901 census, Mary Jane Wood would be ~57.

She was found, but no Septimus Wood was found in the national census (1901). In the 1911 census of Darlington, we can see Mary Jane Wood (69) is the Head of her household.

1911 Census Release

2008-02-06T09:30:00.001Z

News of the release of the 1911 Census. See also a link here - I enjoyed the 'finds' at the bottom of the page.

Census returns are kept securely until they are 100 years old, to protect the privacy of the people named in them. The 1911 National Census data, however is being released slightly early (Why? - see this article from 2006) - with a column on infirmities blacked out until 2012. What a huge job the achivists have done to get this all online! Especially as this year's data has been stored in the form of the original handwritten sheets from each house, (rather than the enumerators' collated sheets).

North Yorkshire and Durham records have just come online - some details have been added into this blog - so do take a look before you search.

England & Wales Census data: Not all counties are available quite yet - Northumberland & Wales are yet to come online. The index can be searched for free at Find My Past, and images of the original documents can be viewed (pay-per-view).
Scottish Census data: In Scotland, the census data has protected more strongly, and so will only be released in 2011. Previous years - see here.
Irish Census data: can be searched at the National Archives, Dublin. See here.

If any cousins out there decide to go ahead & look further for some relatives (i.e. actually pay to view the whole image & data on a 1911 census return) then it would be very useful if you could share the results with the rest of the family through this blog. You can simply post a comment or send an email to me. That way we don't pay 1911-census-rip-off.com (as some are calling it!!) any more than we must. Actually I think the fee is quite fair - there has been a lot of work done here. Anyone who doesn't want to pay for lots of sheets can simply wait a few months/years; then it will be much cheaper, as was the case with the 1901 census. In my particular case, I'm going to wait until all the English counties become available, then I can better prioritise what I'd like to see in full, or decide to sit on my hands for a while!

Soapbox moment over...