Hubberstey Family History (Hubbersty too!)
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Complete list and brief description of all the posts on this blog. (Note: If you are having trouble sorting through the information drop me an e-mail and I will try and point you in the right direction).
1. Way Back - Yealand Conyers: A look back at one of the earliest clusters of Hubbersteys that is available to us from church records. Yealand Conyers is in the Lancaster area.
2. The Quakers and a few Hubbersteys: Two of the early members of the Quakers (the Valiant 60) were Hubbersteys. There are connections to Kendal and Yealand Conyers.
3. The 1200's and Hubberstey Head: Hubberstey Head near Kendal seems to point to the earliest Hubbersteys, although possible as "Ubberstede"
4. Hubbersteys at Samlesbury 1: One of the earliest detailed descriptions of a Hubberstey lineage is of the line coming out of Samlesbury/Brindle (between Preston and Blackburn).
5. Hubbersteys at Samlesbury 2: We use the information in the previous post to start filling in the details on the Samlesbury line.
6. Samlesbury 3: We look at 7 of the children of Robert Hubberstey and Mary Watson (married Feb 12, 1767)
7. Samlesbury 4: The story of Thomas, the 8th child of Robert Hubberstey and Mary Watson. This is the line that eventually leads to me.
8 Samlesbury 5 - Destination Canada: Two separate lines emanating from Thomas ended up emigrating to Canada.
9. Links to the USA (Rewritten Dec 2008): There are some Hubbersteys in the USA. Here we try to find out where they came from.
10. The 1901 census: The 1901 is the latest census for which we have data. I have included some statistics on the 141 Hubbersteys that I have found so far in the 1901 census records.
11. The Wirksworth Connection: This post looks at a different line of Hubberstys, one that was centered in Wirksworth for quite some time, and originally seems to have come from the Kendal area.
12. Cambridge University links: There are records of 9 Hubbersteys attending Cambridge University prior to 1900. We look at these 9 individuals.
13. London Calling: This post traces a line of Hubbersteys that started in Fallen Yew/ Underbarrow and ended up in London for a while.
14. North Preston 1 - John and Isabella - Robert and Jane: Returning to the Preston area we start to look at lines other than the Samlesbury line. In this post we look at the offspring of John and Isabella Waiton, namely Robert Hubberstey b. 1787.
15. North Preston 2 - John and Isabella: In this post we look at the offspring of John and Isabella Weaton (who may be the same as in the prior post). The post centers on the descendants of Thomas b. 1803.
16. North Preston (3) John and Anne Swarbrick (Updated Feb./2009): This entry follows the descendants of John Hubberstey and Anne Swarbrick. Although this is a North Preston line, it may be related to the Samlesbury line as well.
17. North Preston 4 - Whittingham Line: Here we begin to look at the children of 2 Hubbersteys and 2 Bambers from the Whitingham/Goosnargh area.
18. North Preston - Whittingham (M) Line: We follow the children of James and Margaret, and their children through to 1901.
19. North Preston - Whittingham (A) Line: We follow the children of John and Alice, and their children through to 1901.
20. 1901 Census, roll forward of males under 40 (Aloysius to James). I try and trace the younger males forward in time from the time of the 1901 census. The names are in alphabetical order, and provide a lineage link, so if you know an ancestor on this list you can trace the relationship back using the pages above.
21. 1901 census roll forward of males under 40 (John - Richard).
22. 1901 census roll forward of males under 40 (Robert to William).
23. Was James of James and Anne swarbrick the son of Robert and Mary (Watson)?:
24. Was Isabella Weaton the same person as Isabella Waiton? : I have tried to assemble all the evidence that I can find to look at whether the two Isabellas were the same person. If so then we can join two of the Hubberstey lines..
25. Garstang to Samlesbury?: While looking at the old Garstang records I found that Robert Hubberstey from Brindle (our start to the Samlesbury line) was buried in Gartstang.
26. The 1911 census: A total of 164 entries show up for Hubberstey (and the spelling variants).
27. Some fun stuff: Odds and ends and interesting tidbits.
more soon...
Monday, May 19, 2008
North Preston - Whittingham 3
In the previous post we looked at the children of James Hubberstey and Margaret Bamber. In this post we will follow the children of John Hubberstey and Alice Bamber. There is a lot of information for the last 2 children, so it does get a bit complicated.
Alice b.1837: Alice married James Lamb in 1860. By 1871 they had a son William (b. 1867) and were living in Bury in a caravan. James Lamb was described as a travelling photographer. Also in the fairgrounds caravan area were another photographer family, a clown and his family, and a travelling confectioner. By the 1881 census they were living in Preston (Northcote Road), but there were no children listed. In the 1901 census Alice Lamb is living with John, the son of her brother James (see below)!
Mary b.1831: I have not been able to find any information on Mary.
Ralph b. 1833: Ralph died in 1847
William b.1835: William married Priscilla Baxendale in 1859 and there are records showing births of 4 children, John William b.1860, John b.1861, Mary Alice b.1865, and William b.1866. However by the 1871 census the only child listed was John. The family is shown as living at 181 North Road Preston with William as a Grocer. By the 1881 census William is listed as a Master Turner employing 4 and he and Priscilla were living at 5 Hygenie Terrace, Ribbleton. Priscilla died in 1899.
John Hubberstey (a solicitor) married Jane Ellen Gregson in 1888. By the 1891 census they were living at Hygenie Terrace and had two children, Margaret (Margery) b. 1890 and John b.1891. They later had 5 more children Dorothy b.1893, William Edward b.1895, Mary b.1896 Robert b.1900 and James b.1903.
From some posts on Ancestry.co.uk we also have additional information on this family. Margery died of the flu in 1919 and John died at Ypres in 1914. Dorothy married a James Hynes and had 2 children (John and Peter). William Edward married Theresa Catherine McManus in 1924 but they did not have children. Robert died in the 1970's with no children and James had three children (John, Paul, and Jane). The children of James all married, with John and his wife having 2 children and Paul and his wife having 3.
At the time of the 1901 census William was age 66 and described as a master builder. John and Jane Ellen's family lived at 2 Lombard Terrace, Garstang Road (total 7 people).
James b.1829: James married Ellen Dolphin (b. 1830 d.1895) in 1852 and all together they had 12 children. By the 1871 census they were living at 21 Brougham St. Preston where James was a Grocer's Porter. The children were listed as John (b. 1853), Ellen (b.1854), Alice (b.1857), William (b.1859), Richard (b.1862), Frances (b.1864). Mary Dolphin, sister-in-law was also noted at the address. By the 1881 census, James is described as a Labourer for Paviors. There are two additional children, Ignatius (b1872) and James (b.1874). John, Ellen, and Alice are no longer listed, but there is a Richard Dolphin, brother in law. It is interesting to note that they had three children named James (1861,1869, and 1874).
Ellen looks to have married Edward Ainsworth (a millwright at the Works) in 1877 and by 1881 had 2 children John b.1879 and James b.1881. They were living in Blackburn.
Alice married John Worden in 1879 and at the 1881 census they were living on the same street as John and Ellen. They were at #36 Hammond Street and John and Ellen were at #17. John was listed as a Cotton shiner and Alice as a cotton weaver.
Richard: Richard married Lucy Caroline Snelham in 1887. As far as I can see they had no children that survived (though there appears to have been 2 children born to a maiden name "Snailham" - Ellen (b.1888) and Margaret (1891) . Whiel the parents are listed on the 1901 census, the children were not.
John: John seems to have married a Mary Banks, though I can not find a record of the marriage. John is listed in 1881 as a Cotton taper living at 33 Shakespeare Road in Preston. There are records for the following 10 Hubberstey children to a mother, maiden name Banks: Elizabeth Ellen b.1875, Reuben b.1877, James b.1879, Mary b.1881, Francis b.1884, Alice b.1885, John, b.1888 John b.1890, and Fanny and Mary b.1892.
By the 1891 census there were 5 surviving children (Elizabeth E, Reuben, James, Alice, and John). The 1901 census also showed Fanny, but not Mary who was also born in 1892 (along with Alice and John still at home. (Total family - 5 on the 1901 census). Reuben does not appear on the 1901 census, though he does appear to get married in 1903 (so it looks like he was missed in the census), and neither does James, although it is possible that he married an Elizabeth Webster and was therefore the James Hubberstey that moved to the US (but this is still only speculation for now)
Ignatius: Ignatius married Susannah McNamara in 1895 and by the 1901 census they had a son Thomas b.1897.
William: William married Ann Shuttleworth in 1881. By the time of the 1901 census William was an agent for the Burial Society and Ann was a hosiery manufacturer. They lived at 144 Elliot Street, Preston and had 7 children listed on the census - Theresa b. 1883, Mary b.1885, Joseph b.1887, Ann b.1890, Aloysius b.1893, Rose L. b.1896, and William b.1900. William's father James was also living with them.
It looks like Theresa Hubberstey daughter of William and Ann married William Henry Walmsley in 1906. Then from records in Ontario Canada it appears that they had a son (in Wentworth (Hamilton) Canada) prior to 1909. It also looks like Rose Hubberstey (sister of Theresa) visited Canada between 1919 and 1924.
Summary: This line has 28 Hubbersteys listed in the 1901 census, 8 from William (including himself) and 20 from James , (3 through son Ignatius, 2 through son Richard, 5 through son John, and 9 through son William, plus James himself)
Footnote:
There is an interesting clue in the 1871 census data forJames that may eventually help find a connection between two Hubberstey lines. In the 1871 census, along with the Hubbersteys is listed a Thomas Barton, age 26, unemployed, from Ribchester. What makes this interesting is that he is listed as a "cousin". It turns out that a Robert Hubberstey married an Ann Barton from Osbaldeston in 1846. Robert is from the John Hubberstey / Anne Swarbrick line to be examined in the next post. So it looks like there is at least a possible connection here.
Alice b.1837: Alice married James Lamb in 1860. By 1871 they had a son William (b. 1867) and were living in Bury in a caravan. James Lamb was described as a travelling photographer. Also in the fairgrounds caravan area were another photographer family, a clown and his family, and a travelling confectioner. By the 1881 census they were living in Preston (Northcote Road), but there were no children listed. In the 1901 census Alice Lamb is living with John, the son of her brother James (see below)!
Mary b.1831: I have not been able to find any information on Mary.
Ralph b. 1833: Ralph died in 1847
William b.1835: William married Priscilla Baxendale in 1859 and there are records showing births of 4 children, John William b.1860, John b.1861, Mary Alice b.1865, and William b.1866. However by the 1871 census the only child listed was John. The family is shown as living at 181 North Road Preston with William as a Grocer. By the 1881 census William is listed as a Master Turner employing 4 and he and Priscilla were living at 5 Hygenie Terrace, Ribbleton. Priscilla died in 1899.
John Hubberstey (a solicitor) married Jane Ellen Gregson in 1888. By the 1891 census they were living at Hygenie Terrace and had two children, Margaret (Margery) b. 1890 and John b.1891. They later had 5 more children Dorothy b.1893, William Edward b.1895, Mary b.1896 Robert b.1900 and James b.1903.
From some posts on Ancestry.co.uk we also have additional information on this family. Margery died of the flu in 1919 and John died at Ypres in 1914. Dorothy married a James Hynes and had 2 children (John and Peter). William Edward married Theresa Catherine McManus in 1924 but they did not have children. Robert died in the 1970's with no children and James had three children (John, Paul, and Jane). The children of James all married, with John and his wife having 2 children and Paul and his wife having 3.
At the time of the 1901 census William was age 66 and described as a master builder. John and Jane Ellen's family lived at 2 Lombard Terrace, Garstang Road (total 7 people).
James b.1829: James married Ellen Dolphin (b. 1830 d.1895) in 1852 and all together they had 12 children. By the 1871 census they were living at 21 Brougham St. Preston where James was a Grocer's Porter. The children were listed as John (b. 1853), Ellen (b.1854), Alice (b.1857), William (b.1859), Richard (b.1862), Frances (b.1864). Mary Dolphin, sister-in-law was also noted at the address. By the 1881 census, James is described as a Labourer for Paviors. There are two additional children, Ignatius (b1872) and James (b.1874). John, Ellen, and Alice are no longer listed, but there is a Richard Dolphin, brother in law. It is interesting to note that they had three children named James (1861,1869, and 1874).
Ellen looks to have married Edward Ainsworth (a millwright at the Works) in 1877 and by 1881 had 2 children John b.1879 and James b.1881. They were living in Blackburn.
Alice married John Worden in 1879 and at the 1881 census they were living on the same street as John and Ellen. They were at #36 Hammond Street and John and Ellen were at #17. John was listed as a Cotton shiner and Alice as a cotton weaver.
Richard: Richard married Lucy Caroline Snelham in 1887. As far as I can see they had no children that survived (though there appears to have been 2 children born to a maiden name "Snailham" - Ellen (b.1888) and Margaret (1891) . Whiel the parents are listed on the 1901 census, the children were not.
John: John seems to have married a Mary Banks, though I can not find a record of the marriage. John is listed in 1881 as a Cotton taper living at 33 Shakespeare Road in Preston. There are records for the following 10 Hubberstey children to a mother, maiden name Banks: Elizabeth Ellen b.1875, Reuben b.1877, James b.1879, Mary b.1881, Francis b.1884, Alice b.1885, John, b.1888 John b.1890, and Fanny and Mary b.1892.
By the 1891 census there were 5 surviving children (Elizabeth E, Reuben, James, Alice, and John). The 1901 census also showed Fanny, but not Mary who was also born in 1892 (along with Alice and John still at home. (Total family - 5 on the 1901 census). Reuben does not appear on the 1901 census, though he does appear to get married in 1903 (so it looks like he was missed in the census), and neither does James, although it is possible that he married an Elizabeth Webster and was therefore the James Hubberstey that moved to the US (but this is still only speculation for now)
Ignatius: Ignatius married Susannah McNamara in 1895 and by the 1901 census they had a son Thomas b.1897.
William: William married Ann Shuttleworth in 1881. By the time of the 1901 census William was an agent for the Burial Society and Ann was a hosiery manufacturer. They lived at 144 Elliot Street, Preston and had 7 children listed on the census - Theresa b. 1883, Mary b.1885, Joseph b.1887, Ann b.1890, Aloysius b.1893, Rose L. b.1896, and William b.1900. William's father James was also living with them.
It looks like Theresa Hubberstey daughter of William and Ann married William Henry Walmsley in 1906. Then from records in Ontario Canada it appears that they had a son (in Wentworth (Hamilton) Canada) prior to 1909. It also looks like Rose Hubberstey (sister of Theresa) visited Canada between 1919 and 1924.
Summary: This line has 28 Hubbersteys listed in the 1901 census, 8 from William (including himself) and 20 from James , (3 through son Ignatius, 2 through son Richard, 5 through son John, and 9 through son William, plus James himself)
Footnote:
There is an interesting clue in the 1871 census data forJames that may eventually help find a connection between two Hubberstey lines. In the 1871 census, along with the Hubbersteys is listed a Thomas Barton, age 26, unemployed, from Ribchester. What makes this interesting is that he is listed as a "cousin". It turns out that a Robert Hubberstey married an Ann Barton from Osbaldeston in 1846. Robert is from the John Hubberstey / Anne Swarbrick line to be examined in the next post. So it looks like there is at least a possible connection here.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
North Preston - Whittingham 2
We left off last with the two Hubberstey families having many similarly named children born in roughly the same years. As you can imagine this makes tracking descendants a bit trick . And, just to make matters even more interesting it is the son James from each family that is the father of the most children, that's about 19 children fathered between the 2 cousins James!
In this post we will start with the 7 children of James Hubberstey and Margaret Bamber.
Mary b. 1832: Mary married an Abraham Barlow and had children Margaret b.1861 Mary Alice b.1863 John b.1865 Ann b.1867. By the 1871 census they were living at 24 Canute Street in Preston. It was a bit complicated to work out whether it was this Mary that married Abraham, or Mary (daughter of Alice) as they were both born at almost the same time. However in the 1871 census we see that also living at this address is Alice Derome and her 2 children Margaret Agnes (b.1867) and William (b. 1869). Alice is listed as a widow (see next entry).
Alice b. 1840. Alice Married John Derome in 1859. For children see Mary above. For a bit of extra confirmation note that both of Mary and Alice named their first children Margaret (the name of their mother).
Ralph b. 1833. In the 1851 census, Ralph, then 17 is listed as a piercer living at 43 Frante Street Preston with Margaret and the other children. He marries Anne Helme (b. approx 1831) in 1860. Four children are listed in the birth records, Elizabeth b.1862, Margaret Ann b.1863, James b.1866, and Ralph b.1867. In the 1871 census all are listed at 6a Golden Street, Preston, with Ralph as a Cotton Winder. By 1881 Elizabeth is no longer listed and I can find no marriage record for her. Margaret A. dies in 1888, aged 25 and James dies in 1893, aged 27.
Ralph, listed as an errand boy at age 13 in the 1881 census, is still at home with his parents in the 1901 census and listed as a brushshop assistant, aged 33, and living at 45 Egan Street North, Preston. I can find no record of Ralph marrying. By the 1911 census he is living with his father.
William b. 1837 married Mary Hughes in 1858. They do not appear to have had any children of their own, but may have taken in 2 nieces...see John Below.
John b. 1835: John married in 1857 a Rosannah Kearsley by the marriage record, though the 1861 census has Susannah living with John and her mother, surname Kerby. In the census John was listed as a self active mender and they were also living with their daughter Ann(astasia) b. 1860. Another daughter Emily was born in 1864.
Emily looks to have married Henry Pye in 1887. By the 1901 census they are shown as having 3 children, John William b.1889, John Hubberstey b.1891, and George b.1895. It is interesting to again see the use of Hubberstey as a middle name. Husband Henry is listed as a trolley engine driver with the family living at 36 Peter Street, Preston.
By the 1871 census there is no record of Susannah or John. Instead we have the 2 girls living with William and Mary at 48 Hannover street Preston. William and Mary are listed as cotton spinners and Anastasia (age 11) is listed as a cotton weaver. Anastasia is still living with William and Mary at the time of the 1891 census. William dies in 1891, but Anastasia and Mary are listed in the 1901 census living on Ripon Street Preston. Anne and Mary are also listed as living together in the 1911 census.
Joseph b. 1842: Joseph is on the 1851 census, but I have been unable to find any records after that time. There is a death of a Joseph "Hubbersley" listed in 1854, so that is a possibility.
James b. 1831: James married Mary Ann Compton (Crompton?) in 1855 and by my count had 8 children, many of whom died quite young. The children were James b.1857, Mary Alice b. 1861, John William b.1863, Elizabeth Ellen b.1865, Margaret b.1867, Margaret b. 1869, Mary Ann b.1869, Joseph b.1872. By the 1871 census James was an Overlooker at a cotton mill and Mary Ann a cotton weaver. John, Elizabeth and Mary were the only listed children at that time (under Hubberstry). They were living at 10 Loronley Street, Preston. James died in 1887 and Mary Ann in 1883.
By the 1881 census the family is living at 17 Hammond Street, Preston and James is a Beer Seller. The only children listed are Elizabeth Ellen, Mary Ann and Joseph. By 1901 Mary Ann had married William Starryaker (Sturzaker?) in 1888 and was living in at 55 Bornewood in Blackburn. Elizabeth was living with them there.
Son Joseph married Ellen Graham in 1892 in Blackburn. By the 1901 census they lived at 174 Georgia Road, Preston, where Joseph was a Mineral Water Bottler. He and Ellen by then had 4 children, Mary b. 1892, Elizabeth b.1894, Agnes b.1896 and William b.1900. Subsequent to 1901 they went on to have quite a few more children (at least 4) - Winifred (b.1903), James (b.1908), Jessie (b.1910) and Theresa (b.1910), with it looking like Theresa and Jessie were twins).
Without later census records it is a bit hard to track marriages, but it does look like Agnes married Richard Henry Dewhurst in 1926, Jessie married Alfred Fry in 1937, Theresa married William Worral Vickers in 1934 and Winifred married James Whittaker Gould in 1934.
Summary: By 1901 this line had 12 Hubbersteys listed in the census. They were Joseph's family (6), Elizabeth (living with Mary-Ann Starryaker), Ralph and family (3) and Mary and Anastasia (2).
In this post we will start with the 7 children of James Hubberstey and Margaret Bamber.
Mary b. 1832: Mary married an Abraham Barlow and had children Margaret b.1861 Mary Alice b.1863 John b.1865 Ann b.1867. By the 1871 census they were living at 24 Canute Street in Preston. It was a bit complicated to work out whether it was this Mary that married Abraham, or Mary (daughter of Alice) as they were both born at almost the same time. However in the 1871 census we see that also living at this address is Alice Derome and her 2 children Margaret Agnes (b.1867) and William (b. 1869). Alice is listed as a widow (see next entry).
Alice b. 1840. Alice Married John Derome in 1859. For children see Mary above. For a bit of extra confirmation note that both of Mary and Alice named their first children Margaret (the name of their mother).
Ralph b. 1833. In the 1851 census, Ralph, then 17 is listed as a piercer living at 43 Frante Street Preston with Margaret and the other children. He marries Anne Helme (b. approx 1831) in 1860. Four children are listed in the birth records, Elizabeth b.1862, Margaret Ann b.1863, James b.1866, and Ralph b.1867. In the 1871 census all are listed at 6a Golden Street, Preston, with Ralph as a Cotton Winder. By 1881 Elizabeth is no longer listed and I can find no marriage record for her. Margaret A. dies in 1888, aged 25 and James dies in 1893, aged 27.
Ralph, listed as an errand boy at age 13 in the 1881 census, is still at home with his parents in the 1901 census and listed as a brushshop assistant, aged 33, and living at 45 Egan Street North, Preston. I can find no record of Ralph marrying. By the 1911 census he is living with his father.
William b. 1837 married Mary Hughes in 1858. They do not appear to have had any children of their own, but may have taken in 2 nieces...see John Below.
John b. 1835: John married in 1857 a Rosannah Kearsley by the marriage record, though the 1861 census has Susannah living with John and her mother, surname Kerby. In the census John was listed as a self active mender and they were also living with their daughter Ann(astasia) b. 1860. Another daughter Emily was born in 1864.
Emily looks to have married Henry Pye in 1887. By the 1901 census they are shown as having 3 children, John William b.1889, John Hubberstey b.1891, and George b.1895. It is interesting to again see the use of Hubberstey as a middle name. Husband Henry is listed as a trolley engine driver with the family living at 36 Peter Street, Preston.
By the 1871 census there is no record of Susannah or John. Instead we have the 2 girls living with William and Mary at 48 Hannover street Preston. William and Mary are listed as cotton spinners and Anastasia (age 11) is listed as a cotton weaver. Anastasia is still living with William and Mary at the time of the 1891 census. William dies in 1891, but Anastasia and Mary are listed in the 1901 census living on Ripon Street Preston. Anne and Mary are also listed as living together in the 1911 census.
Joseph b. 1842: Joseph is on the 1851 census, but I have been unable to find any records after that time. There is a death of a Joseph "Hubbersley" listed in 1854, so that is a possibility.
James b. 1831: James married Mary Ann Compton (Crompton?) in 1855 and by my count had 8 children, many of whom died quite young. The children were James b.1857, Mary Alice b. 1861, John William b.1863, Elizabeth Ellen b.1865, Margaret b.1867, Margaret b. 1869, Mary Ann b.1869, Joseph b.1872. By the 1871 census James was an Overlooker at a cotton mill and Mary Ann a cotton weaver. John, Elizabeth and Mary were the only listed children at that time (under Hubberstry). They were living at 10 Loronley Street, Preston. James died in 1887 and Mary Ann in 1883.
By the 1881 census the family is living at 17 Hammond Street, Preston and James is a Beer Seller. The only children listed are Elizabeth Ellen, Mary Ann and Joseph. By 1901 Mary Ann had married William Starryaker (Sturzaker?) in 1888 and was living in at 55 Bornewood in Blackburn. Elizabeth was living with them there.
Son Joseph married Ellen Graham in 1892 in Blackburn. By the 1901 census they lived at 174 Georgia Road, Preston, where Joseph was a Mineral Water Bottler. He and Ellen by then had 4 children, Mary b. 1892, Elizabeth b.1894, Agnes b.1896 and William b.1900. Subsequent to 1901 they went on to have quite a few more children (at least 4) - Winifred (b.1903), James (b.1908), Jessie (b.1910) and Theresa (b.1910), with it looking like Theresa and Jessie were twins).
Without later census records it is a bit hard to track marriages, but it does look like Agnes married Richard Henry Dewhurst in 1926, Jessie married Alfred Fry in 1937, Theresa married William Worral Vickers in 1934 and Winifred married James Whittaker Gould in 1934.
Summary: By 1901 this line had 12 Hubbersteys listed in the census. They were Joseph's family (6), Elizabeth (living with Mary-Ann Starryaker), Ralph and family (3) and Mary and Anastasia (2).
Friday, May 16, 2008
North Preston (4) Whittingham Line (part 1)
In this third post on the North Preston Hubbersteys I will look at what I have labeled the Whittingham line. This line is quite interesting, but also quite complex for two reasons. First there are lots and lots of children. Second it appears that two male Hubbersteys married possibly 2 sisters, and when they had children, they named them the same names. Confused yet?
We start with three marriages:
1. At Goosnargh (St. Francis Catholic church, pictured at left) on Feb 22, 1819, Betty Hubberstey married Thomas Bamber.
2. At Goosnargh on June 9th, 1828, John Hubberstey married Alice Bamber
3. Date Unknown (though probably around 1828, and possibly at Gooosnargh) James Hubberstey marries Margaret Bamber. Although I have not seen the marriage record, we do have children christened in Goosnargh with parents James Hubberstey and Margaret. The Lancashire BMD records show the mother for these children to be "Bamber". That allows us to know the result, even if we don't know all the details. Update: James married Margaret in Goosnargh on Jan 17, 1831.
It certainly looks like there was a Bamber/Hubberstey get together! We don't know yet though if the Hubbersteys were brothers, or the Bambers were sisters, or if there was any relationship to Thomas and Betty. However, the fact that the first two marriages took place at the same church and the children were christened at the same church, can not but make one a wee bit suspicious.
Update: We have two possible Bamber connections.
1. Ralph Bamber (b.1762) and Mary Ribchester (b1766) had 13 children, starting in Chipping then moving to Goosnargh. Alice was born in 1793 and Margaret in 1797. The census records in 1841 do not show birthplaces, and by 1851 Alice had died. However Margaret's 1851 record shows her age at 54 and birthplace as Chipping. We also see the name "Ralph" used in both Alice's and Margaret's families later on. This definitely looks like the most possible scenario.
2. Edward and Joanna Bamber (nee Eccles) had an Alice Bamber christened Jun 8, 1795 in Fernyhalgh and a Margaret Bamber christened May 25th, 1799. Both Edward Bamber and Joanna Eccles had been born in the Fernyhalgh / Whittingham area, Edward in 1769 and Joanna in 1773. This looks like the less likely case unless Alice was from this family and Margaret from the other.
On the Hubberstey side we do have a couple of possible leads from Cottam, just down the road:
1. A William Hubberstey married an Agnes Rich on October 10 1795 shortly after having a son John on October 3, 1795.
2. Even more more interesting, we had a James Hubberstey marrying an Alice Billington and having a son James on May 18th, 1800 in Cottam. This is after having previously had a son John in 1793, christened in Fernyhalgh. This would provide a John and a James at about the right ages, and in the proper order, to match with the Bamber girls. If this actually happened then two brothers would have married two sisters and we would have one line linked a generation further back (instead of two lines as we do now).
Before starting into the specific details, here are some examples of "naming" children that are interesting. The first name is the child's name. This is followed by the mothers name and the year the child was born.
Mary: Margaret 1832, Alice 1831
William: Margaret 1837, Alice 1835
James: Margaret 1831, Alice 1829
Here are the children of James (Cotton Weaver, b.1795?) and Margaret Bamber (b.1795):
James b.1831
Mary b.1832
Ralph b.1833
John b. 1835
William b.1837
Alice b.1840
Joseph b.1842
By the 1841 census this family is living in the town ship of Whittingham. Of course to make it interesting they are living next door to the Bambers, a family with the eldest male being Thomas Bamber (age about 25). By the 1851 census they are all living in Preston, except that John is no longer there.
Here are the children of John and Alice Bamber:
James b.1829
Mary b.1831
Ralph b.1833
William b.1835
John b.1837
For some reason census transcripts do not pick up this family, although the actual census documents do (who knows what name they were transcribed under...well actually after even more searching, it turns out is was under Hubersby...just one more in a long list of variants...no wonder I could not find it). In the 1841 census we have Alice as a Cotton Weaver living with 5 children (the first 4 as above, plus an Alice b.1838, but no John). They are living very close to James and Margaret in Whittingham. Although the census records do not show an exact address, they are on the previous census page to James and Margaret...so basically just a few doors down.
The next post will start to look at the lives of the children listed above. Technically this should probably be two lines as we are not sure that James and John are related (or even Alice and Margaret for that matter). So if you want you can consider the first post as Whittingham (Margaret) and the post that follows after that as Whittingham (Alice).
We start with three marriages:1. At Goosnargh (St. Francis Catholic church, pictured at left) on Feb 22, 1819, Betty Hubberstey married Thomas Bamber.
2. At Goosnargh on June 9th, 1828, John Hubberstey married Alice Bamber
3. Date Unknown (though probably around 1828, and possibly at Gooosnargh) James Hubberstey marries Margaret Bamber. Although I have not seen the marriage record, we do have children christened in Goosnargh with parents James Hubberstey and Margaret. The Lancashire BMD records show the mother for these children to be "Bamber". That allows us to know the result, even if we don't know all the details. Update: James married Margaret in Goosnargh on Jan 17, 1831.
It certainly looks like there was a Bamber/Hubberstey get together! We don't know yet though if the Hubbersteys were brothers, or the Bambers were sisters, or if there was any relationship to Thomas and Betty. However, the fact that the first two marriages took place at the same church and the children were christened at the same church, can not but make one a wee bit suspicious.
Update: We have two possible Bamber connections.
1. Ralph Bamber (b.1762) and Mary Ribchester (b1766) had 13 children, starting in Chipping then moving to Goosnargh. Alice was born in 1793 and Margaret in 1797. The census records in 1841 do not show birthplaces, and by 1851 Alice had died. However Margaret's 1851 record shows her age at 54 and birthplace as Chipping. We also see the name "Ralph" used in both Alice's and Margaret's families later on. This definitely looks like the most possible scenario.
2. Edward and Joanna Bamber (nee Eccles) had an Alice Bamber christened Jun 8, 1795 in Fernyhalgh and a Margaret Bamber christened May 25th, 1799. Both Edward Bamber and Joanna Eccles had been born in the Fernyhalgh / Whittingham area, Edward in 1769 and Joanna in 1773. This looks like the less likely case unless Alice was from this family and Margaret from the other.
On the Hubberstey side we do have a couple of possible leads from Cottam, just down the road:
1. A William Hubberstey married an Agnes Rich on October 10 1795 shortly after having a son John on October 3, 1795.
2. Even more more interesting, we had a James Hubberstey marrying an Alice Billington and having a son James on May 18th, 1800 in Cottam. This is after having previously had a son John in 1793, christened in Fernyhalgh. This would provide a John and a James at about the right ages, and in the proper order, to match with the Bamber girls. If this actually happened then two brothers would have married two sisters and we would have one line linked a generation further back (instead of two lines as we do now).
Before starting into the specific details, here are some examples of "naming" children that are interesting. The first name is the child's name. This is followed by the mothers name and the year the child was born.
Mary: Margaret 1832, Alice 1831
William: Margaret 1837, Alice 1835
James: Margaret 1831, Alice 1829
Here are the children of James (Cotton Weaver, b.1795?) and Margaret Bamber (b.1795):
James b.1831
Mary b.1832
Ralph b.1833
John b. 1835
William b.1837
Alice b.1840
Joseph b.1842
By the 1841 census this family is living in the town ship of Whittingham. Of course to make it interesting they are living next door to the Bambers, a family with the eldest male being Thomas Bamber (age about 25). By the 1851 census they are all living in Preston, except that John is no longer there.
Here are the children of John and Alice Bamber:
James b.1829
Mary b.1831
Ralph b.1833
William b.1835
John b.1837
For some reason census transcripts do not pick up this family, although the actual census documents do (who knows what name they were transcribed under...well actually after even more searching, it turns out is was under Hubersby...just one more in a long list of variants...no wonder I could not find it). In the 1841 census we have Alice as a Cotton Weaver living with 5 children (the first 4 as above, plus an Alice b.1838, but no John). They are living very close to James and Margaret in Whittingham. Although the census records do not show an exact address, they are on the previous census page to James and Margaret...so basically just a few doors down.
The next post will start to look at the lives of the children listed above. Technically this should probably be two lines as we are not sure that James and John are related (or even Alice and Margaret for that matter). So if you want you can consider the first post as Whittingham (Margaret) and the post that follows after that as Whittingham (Alice).
Thursday, May 15, 2008
North Preston (3) - John and Anne Swarbrick (Updated Feb/2009)
In this third post on North Preston we will look at James Hubberstey and Anne Swarbrick. I first talked about them back in the Samlesbury (3) post. At that time I said that it is possible that James and Anne are actually part of the Samlesbury line, and that is still possible. However since we can't be sure yet, and because their children were christened in Fernyhalgh, and because they have a fair number of descendants by the 1901 census, it seems appropriate to give them a separate post. It looks like the marriage was Feb 11, 1820 in Broughton, near Preston.
James and Anne Swarbrick had three children who were christened at St. Mary's RC in Fernyhalgh (pictured above - picture by Tony Worrall, Flickr). They were Robert b. 1820, Helen (Ellen) b. 1821 (or 1824), and Maria (Mary) b. 1823. The wonderful pictures of some of their descendants seen below are courtesy of a living family member.
At the 1851 census Ellen (born Fulwood) and Mary (born Fulwood) were Dress makers and were lodgers at Preston. They both appear to have married in 1853, Ellen to John Turner (from Samlesbury), and Mary to John Grimbaldeston (from Highton).
Mary and John had 5 children (Ellen b.1854, Ann b.1858, James b.1860, Mary b.1862 , and John b.1864). Ellen was born in Samlesbury, the others in Balderstone. At the time of the 1861 census, the family was living at Hubberstey Fold and Richard (son of Robert Hubberstey and Mary Watson, and by then 72) was living with them (or perhaps more likely they were living with him). By 1871 the family was still together (census entry "Gumbaldeston" just to make it more difficult) including with Richard, although by then they were in Obaldeston at Stutlehurst (?) where they had 27 acres.
Robert (born Fulwood) married Ann Barton (b.1822, Osbaldeston - pictured at left) in 1846. By 1861 they were running an Inn, called the Bull's Head, in Blackburn. What is interesting is that the Inn was at #11 Salford Street, while at the same time John Hubberstey (son of Thomas Hubberstey and Barbara Hawksworth - Samlesbury line) and his family lived at 82 Salford! The other interesting thing about the 1861 census record is that there was a "John Hubberstey", age 30, and born in Broughton listed as a boarder.Robert and Ann had 6 children at the 1861 census (Catherine b. 1847, James 1848, John b. 1851, Mary E b. 1855, Hugh Henry b.1858, and Thomas b. 1860). The family had obviously done a little moving around as Catherine was born at Claughton Green, James at Brindle (another piece of evidence of a connection with the Samlesbury line), and John at Clitheroe. The last three were all born in Blackburn. Another son, Richard, was born in 1863.
By 1881, Robert had died and Ann had remarried to Peter Eaves in 1869 and was living in Blackburn with 4 of her children (Catherine, Mary E, Hugh H, and Richard). Catherine died in 1886, Hugh H. in 1893 (Hugh is pictured at the left - he died in a trolley car accident at the age of 35) and Richard in 1899, all unmarried. By 1901 only Mary E was left living with Ann and Peter.Son John:
Son John (pictured left) married Catherine Lunt (pictured below left) in 1876 and by 1881 was in Blackburn as a master ironmonger. Their children were Ann Jane Mary (b.1876, d.1879) Mary Ellen (b.1878), Robert (b.1880), Edgar (b.1888), Annie (b.1883) and John (b.1886). By 1891 John was an auctioneer/valuer and they were at 30 Burlington Street, Blackburn. By the time of the 1901 census, John was now a Confectionary shop-keeper and Catherine a baker, while eldest son Robert was a beer traveller. There had also been two more additions to the family - Hugh b. 1894 and Kate b.1895. In total, besides John and Catherine (Kate), there were 6 children at home while daughter Annie was at Notre Dame convent. The other thing to note is that John (b.1886) was the one who eventually headed off to America. See Links to USA
John and Catherine's children:Two of John and Catherine's children headed overseas. John Joseph went to America and Robert to South Africa. Robert married Florence Emily Brown, a Huguenot, in Cape Town, in 1905. They had three children; Robert (1908-1975) , Kay (b.1905) and Lilian (b.1906).
Daughter Mary Ellen married William Catterall (b.1971) in 1910 and they had 4 children - Winnie, Kathleen, Annie (Nancy) and John (b.1922, d. 1939).
Daughter Annie married Joseph Coupe (b.1869, d.1938) in 1913. They had three children - Joseph, Eileen, and Edgar. Annie died in 1960.
Daughter Kate married Harold Parker and had two children - Catherine (b.1928) and Harold (b.1929).
Son Edgar married Alice Swarbrick (interestingly a lady with the same surname as his great-grandmother!) in 1921. There were two children - John Richard (b.1921, d.1995)) and Phillip Gerard (b.1923, d.1993). Phillip did not marry, but John Richard married Margaret Hagel in 1947. Their 4 children are living Hubbersteys.
Son Hugh (left) married Kathleen Harte in 1923 and they had a son Hugh, born in 1924 in Sheffield, who died in 1946.Son James:
Son James married first Ann Mary Bell (1869) and then Ann Copple (1876). By 1881 he was an Innkeeper and the family was at the Station Street Commercial Hotel in Rainhill. In total there were 7 children, Agnes Ann (b.1870), Catherine (b.1872), Robert (b.1874), Susannah (b. 1877), Cicely (b.1879), Elizabeth (b.1880) and Ellen (b.1881). There is a question about Robert however. There is no Hubberstey birth record for him and he was born before James married Ann Copple, but had the same birthplace as Ann Copple (Eccleston), indicating that he was possibly Ann Copple's son from a prior marriage.
By the time of the 1891 census it is starting to be quite consistent that the family is referred to as "Hubbersley" (1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses). Also by this time James is described as a Commercial Traveller, Wine and Spirits and 2 more daughters have been added to the brood, Margaret (b. 1884) and Alice (b.1885), but Robert is not listed anymore. That gives a total of 7 daughters in the house (by now in West Derby).
At the 1901 census Ann is a widow (James having died in 1899) living with 4 daughters (Susannah, Cecelia, Helen and Margaret) in Seacombe, Cheshire (a total of 5 for the census). Between the two censuses Agnes Ann appears to have married William O'Donahoe (1892) and Catherine looks to have married John C. McGregor (1896).
Another point of interest on this family is that at some point not long after a Susannah Hubberstey married a Ralph Thomas Webster in Ontario, Canada. While it is a long shot (although there were very few Susannah Hubbersteys), it is also curious to note that at the time of the 1901 census, Ann's sister was staying with her as well, and her name was Mary Webster! From the Ontario records we have that Susannah Hubberstey's father was James Hubberstey, which pretty much confirms that this is the correct Susannah.
Son Robert reappears again in the 1911 census apparently having married Margaret Ackers in Liverpool in 1904. Also in the 1911 census we have Ann living with two daughters (Helen and
Margaret) in Runcorn, Chesire. If Susannah went to Canada as mentioned above, that leaves Cecelia unaccounted for. One possibility is a marriage of a "Selina" Hubberstey to Anthony Livesey in 1904. Since I have no other record of a "Selina", it is quite possible that "Selina" was "Cecelia".
Summary: At the time of the 1901 census there were 15 members of this line listed. There were 9 from John, 5 from James , and of course Mary E.
A few notes on names:
1. "Hugh Henry"seems to come from the Ann Barton side of the family, where there was a Hugh Barton, and a Henry Barton.
2. "Catherine" is a very frequently used name in this line. This is also the case for the Samlesbury line (connections?), going back to Catherine, daughter of Robert Hubberstey and Mary Watson (late 1700's).
3. "Cicely" was a daughter of James and Ann, and also a name carried forward by the Robert Hubberstey and Cicely Fazackerly line from Samlesbury. James was in fact born in Brindle, where Robert and Cicely were based (more connections?).
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
North Preston: John and Isabella (2) -
This is the second post of a series that will look at the lines that came out of the North Preston region, an area that includes Fulwood, Woodplumpton, Fernyhalgh, Broughton, Cottam, Haighton Green, Goosnargh, and Whittingham. (There is a very interesting link talking about the various villages in the area and their history - to take a look go HERE.) If you add up all of the Hubbersteys in the 1901 census, a large percentage can trace their line to these areas.
As mentioned in the last post on Robert Hubbersty and Jane Trelfall, there is a possibility that Robert's parents (John Hubberstey and Isabella Waiton) were the same as the parents (John Hubberstey and Isabella Weaton) of William b. 1794, Isabella b. 1799, and Thomas 1803. We will look at the descendants of Thomas in this post, and leave the question of parentage aside for the moment. I have not been able to trace anything for William or Isabella. Update. I have found one more child, Helen, born Feb 2, 1797.
It is possible that there were more children than the three listed above as there were a number of burials of children of John Hubberstey in the 1798-1799 period in the area, but I have not been able to confirm that this is in fact the same John Hubberstey as there was another John Hubberstey (married to an Elizabeth Horn) near Woodplumpton at the time that had quite a few children.
Thomas married Alice Taberner and together they had quite a few children. In the 1841 census they are listed under "Habbarstay", but in the 1851 census they were back to Hubberstey. In the 1851 census they were living at Hill Top, Haighton (the image to the left is labelled "Haighton Top Farm" which may or may not be the Hill Top Farm where they lived - I may have to go and check it out!) where Thomas was a farmer with 73 acres employing 3 labourers. Thomas is listed as having been born in Broughton and Alice in Preston.
As I mentioned, children were plentiful. In the 1851 census, 12 were listed (John, Henry, Elizabeth, George, Joseph, Robert, James, Isabella, Ann, Thomas, Peter, and Richard). That's as good a reason as any to give this family its own post.
By the 1881 census Alice was a widow and living with Joseph, Robert, Isabella and Ann at Fernhalgh Road, Mitts (Nutts?) Houses, Fulwood. Robert died in 1882, age 44.
By the 1901 census we have Annie and Isabella still living at Nutts Houses, Fulwood, both unmarried. What is quite interesting though is that they are living right next door to James and Ann Hubberstey and their son Robert (at Tan Pit Farm) who we saw in the Samlesbury post. It is Robert (descendant of William Hubberstey and Deborah Whittle) who ends up at Sorbose House later on. Maybe there is some connection here that I can't see yet between these lines of Hubbersteys.
Elizabeth (B.1831): Elizabeth Hubberstey married a Joseph Kitchen in 1855. In the 1861 census Elizabeth and John Kitchen had 3 children (Alice, Mary and Thomas) and an additional son, John Kitchen (age 1) was listed as a grandson at Alice and Thomas' residence.
John (b.1829): John looks to have married Jane Roberts in Blackburn in 1861. In the 1881 census he was listed as a farm laborer at Walley Banks, Little Harwood. There do not appear to have been any children.
George (b.1834): George married Mary Ann Dickson (Dickinson?) (b.1837) from Barley, Lancs. in 1861 (the 1861 census has them living in Preston, and Mary's 11 year old sister living with them). By the 1881 census Mary is a widow with 3 daughters (Elizabeth A, Mary A., and Ellen). In 1901 the census shows Ellen, unmarried, living with her sister Mary A., who had married John Walmsley in 1895.
Joseph: At the 1901 census Joseph was 64 and unmarried.
Thomas (b.1843): Thomas married a Jane Melling Wright in 1874. By the 1901 census he was a widower with two sons, John Joseph (b. 1875) and James Thomas (b.1877). There are death records for both a John Joseph Hubberstey born 1875, died 1912 and a James T. Hubberstey born 1878, died 1912.
Henry (b.1830): At the 1861 census, Henry (then 31) was working as a coachman at Haighton New House for the Anderton household (Landed Proprietors). By the 1881 census he was living at Gerrard Hall Cottage (either part of or next door to Haighton House) with wife Helen (b.1851) and sons Joseph (b.1880) and Henry Francis (b.1876). It looks like Henry married Catherine Hannah Kay in 1874 (possibly died 1877 - as a Mary Frances was also born at that time, and apparently did not survive) and then married Ellen Holiday in 1879. This is supported by the presence of a Mary Kay at the time of the 1881 census.
By the 1901 census only Henry Francis is listed (as a builder's labourer at St Anne on the Sea). The other members are nowhere to be found, however we do find a Henry Hubberstey age 73 that dies in 1902 (close age match). Later on, in 1910 there is a marriage of a Henry Francis to a Ann Kelly in Old Flyde.
Peter (b.1844): Peter is listed in the 1861 census, but that is the last entry I can find.
Richard (b.1846): Richard married Elizabeth Horn in 1868. Their children were Richard William (b.1868), Thomas (b.1870), Rose Alice (b.1873), Ellen Frances (b.1876), Frederick (b. 1881), Edward (b.1883), and Henry (b.1885). Richard was listed as a carpenter living in Preston on the 1881 census.
By 1901, Elizabeth was a widow. She lived with Rose Alice (cotton weaver), Henry (errand boy), and Ignoralius (Ignatius?). Ignatius (age 3) is listed as a grandson, and the mother listed on the birth registration is "Hubberstey" implying that he was illegitimate. There was also a 4 year-old Richard Nutall (grandson) living with them likely the son of Ellen Frances who married Thomas Nuttall in 1896.
The 1901 census does not list Richard William, Edward or Frederick (though they were listed on the 1891 census).
Update: Richard William married Jane Conner from Glasgow, Scotland. They emigrated to the US in 1921 with their son Wilfred. They were actually listed on the Scottish census of 1901 under Hubbershey.
Son Thomas married Sophia Noblett in 1899. Both are listed in the 1901 census, living at the Hampton Inn in Preston, where Sophia was a waitress and Thomas a warehouseman.
Robert (b.1837): Robert is listed with his mother in the 1881 census. He died in 1882, age 44.
James (b.1838): James is listed with his mother in the 1881 census. He appears to have died in 1898, age 59.
In Summary: At the 1901 census this line accounted for 14 of 138 Hubbersteys. They were.. Thomas and Sophia, Elizabeth (4), Thomas (3), Joseph, Ellen, Annie, Isabella and Henry Francis.
Of course if John and Isabella Weaton and John and Isabell Waiton are the same couple this line would lead to 25 out of 141 Hubbersteys in the 1901 census.
As mentioned in the last post on Robert Hubbersty and Jane Trelfall, there is a possibility that Robert's parents (John Hubberstey and Isabella Waiton) were the same as the parents (John Hubberstey and Isabella Weaton) of William b. 1794, Isabella b. 1799, and Thomas 1803. We will look at the descendants of Thomas in this post, and leave the question of parentage aside for the moment. I have not been able to trace anything for William or Isabella. Update. I have found one more child, Helen, born Feb 2, 1797.
It is possible that there were more children than the three listed above as there were a number of burials of children of John Hubberstey in the 1798-1799 period in the area, but I have not been able to confirm that this is in fact the same John Hubberstey as there was another John Hubberstey (married to an Elizabeth Horn) near Woodplumpton at the time that had quite a few children.
Thomas married Alice Taberner and together they had quite a few children. In the 1841 census they are listed under "Habbarstay", but in the 1851 census they were back to Hubberstey. In the 1851 census they were living at Hill Top, Haighton (the image to the left is labelled "Haighton Top Farm" which may or may not be the Hill Top Farm where they lived - I may have to go and check it out!) where Thomas was a farmer with 73 acres employing 3 labourers. Thomas is listed as having been born in Broughton and Alice in Preston.As I mentioned, children were plentiful. In the 1851 census, 12 were listed (John, Henry, Elizabeth, George, Joseph, Robert, James, Isabella, Ann, Thomas, Peter, and Richard). That's as good a reason as any to give this family its own post.
By the 1881 census Alice was a widow and living with Joseph, Robert, Isabella and Ann at Fernhalgh Road, Mitts (Nutts?) Houses, Fulwood. Robert died in 1882, age 44.
By the 1901 census we have Annie and Isabella still living at Nutts Houses, Fulwood, both unmarried. What is quite interesting though is that they are living right next door to James and Ann Hubberstey and their son Robert (at Tan Pit Farm) who we saw in the Samlesbury post. It is Robert (descendant of William Hubberstey and Deborah Whittle) who ends up at Sorbose House later on. Maybe there is some connection here that I can't see yet between these lines of Hubbersteys.
Elizabeth (B.1831): Elizabeth Hubberstey married a Joseph Kitchen in 1855. In the 1861 census Elizabeth and John Kitchen had 3 children (Alice, Mary and Thomas) and an additional son, John Kitchen (age 1) was listed as a grandson at Alice and Thomas' residence.
John (b.1829): John looks to have married Jane Roberts in Blackburn in 1861. In the 1881 census he was listed as a farm laborer at Walley Banks, Little Harwood. There do not appear to have been any children.
George (b.1834): George married Mary Ann Dickson (Dickinson?) (b.1837) from Barley, Lancs. in 1861 (the 1861 census has them living in Preston, and Mary's 11 year old sister living with them). By the 1881 census Mary is a widow with 3 daughters (Elizabeth A, Mary A., and Ellen). In 1901 the census shows Ellen, unmarried, living with her sister Mary A., who had married John Walmsley in 1895.
Joseph: At the 1901 census Joseph was 64 and unmarried.
Thomas (b.1843): Thomas married a Jane Melling Wright in 1874. By the 1901 census he was a widower with two sons, John Joseph (b. 1875) and James Thomas (b.1877). There are death records for both a John Joseph Hubberstey born 1875, died 1912 and a James T. Hubberstey born 1878, died 1912.
Henry (b.1830): At the 1861 census, Henry (then 31) was working as a coachman at Haighton New House for the Anderton household (Landed Proprietors). By the 1881 census he was living at Gerrard Hall Cottage (either part of or next door to Haighton House) with wife Helen (b.1851) and sons Joseph (b.1880) and Henry Francis (b.1876). It looks like Henry married Catherine Hannah Kay in 1874 (possibly died 1877 - as a Mary Frances was also born at that time, and apparently did not survive) and then married Ellen Holiday in 1879. This is supported by the presence of a Mary Kay at the time of the 1881 census.
By the 1901 census only Henry Francis is listed (as a builder's labourer at St Anne on the Sea). The other members are nowhere to be found, however we do find a Henry Hubberstey age 73 that dies in 1902 (close age match). Later on, in 1910 there is a marriage of a Henry Francis to a Ann Kelly in Old Flyde.
Peter (b.1844): Peter is listed in the 1861 census, but that is the last entry I can find.
Richard (b.1846): Richard married Elizabeth Horn in 1868. Their children were Richard William (b.1868), Thomas (b.1870), Rose Alice (b.1873), Ellen Frances (b.1876), Frederick (b. 1881), Edward (b.1883), and Henry (b.1885). Richard was listed as a carpenter living in Preston on the 1881 census.
By 1901, Elizabeth was a widow. She lived with Rose Alice (cotton weaver), Henry (errand boy), and Ignoralius (Ignatius?). Ignatius (age 3) is listed as a grandson, and the mother listed on the birth registration is "Hubberstey" implying that he was illegitimate. There was also a 4 year-old Richard Nutall (grandson) living with them likely the son of Ellen Frances who married Thomas Nuttall in 1896.
The 1901 census does not list Richard William, Edward or Frederick (though they were listed on the 1891 census).
Update: Richard William married Jane Conner from Glasgow, Scotland. They emigrated to the US in 1921 with their son Wilfred. They were actually listed on the Scottish census of 1901 under Hubbershey.
Son Thomas married Sophia Noblett in 1899. Both are listed in the 1901 census, living at the Hampton Inn in Preston, where Sophia was a waitress and Thomas a warehouseman.
Robert (b.1837): Robert is listed with his mother in the 1881 census. He died in 1882, age 44.
James (b.1838): James is listed with his mother in the 1881 census. He appears to have died in 1898, age 59.
In Summary: At the 1901 census this line accounted for 14 of 138 Hubbersteys. They were.. Thomas and Sophia, Elizabeth (4), Thomas (3), Joseph, Ellen, Annie, Isabella and Henry Francis.
Of course if John and Isabella Weaton and John and Isabell Waiton are the same couple this line would lead to 25 out of 141 Hubbersteys in the 1901 census.
North Preston - John and Isabella (1) - Robert and Jane
This is the first post of a series that will look at the lines that came out of the North Preston region, an area that includes Fulwood, Woodplumpton, Fernyhalgh, Broughton, Cottam, Haighton Green, Goosnargh, and Whittingham. If you add up all of the Hubbersteys in the 1901 census, a large percentage can trace their line to these areas.
The first line we will look at starts with John Hubberstey and Isabella Waiton and their son Robert and his wife Jane Trelfall.
Although clearly Hubbersteys, the spelling used by this line in the various censuses varies widely (although at least some of this variation may be due to transcription problems). In the 1841 census it was Hubbarity, in the 1851 census Hubbaritey, in the 1861 census Hubberdey and by the 1901 census some used Hubberstey, others Hubbersty. Altogether, this line looks to account for 11 of the 141 Hubbersteys in the 1901 census.
Both Robert and Jane appear to have been born around 1787-1788, and both lived well into their 70's. They lived on a farm in Sharoe Green Lane (near what looks to now be a golf course), Broughton (Fulwood?). Robert listed his birthplace as Woodplumpton and Jane as Liverpool (?). Their 6 children were born at Broughton (Thomas, William, Agnes, Edwin, Elizabeth and John).
There is a christening listing for a Robert Hubberstey on Nov 18, 1787 at St. Mary Newhouse Roman Catholic Church (pic. left). This church is very very close to Woodplumpton. The listing shows the father as Joannes Hubberstey and the mother as Isabella Waiton. There are two other children listed for these parents at the same church (Elizabeth b.1792, and Maria b. 1789).
To complicate matters a bit there are three more children listed just a bit later being the children of Joannes Hubberstey and Isabella Weaton (William b. 1794, Isabella b. 1799, and Thomas 1803) at St. Mary's church in Fernyhalgh. This church is literally just down the road from St. Mary Newhouse, although these days you would have to cross over the M6 first. If these are the same parents (Weaton vs. Waiton, with Waiton being a very rare surname in Lancashire) then we can combine two of the lines from the 1901 census data (post here). I will follow this line in the next post.
As a side note, the spellings of surnames can vary between churches. The most extreme example of course was the Brindle church where the priest insisted on recording Hubberstey as Huberche (trying to make it Latin?). This obviously made it a bit hard to find some of the records. So a variation between Weaton and Waiton is plausible at least, especially as the churches are different.
Getting back to Robert, the 1841 census has all of the children at home. By the 1851 census the daughters have married and only William and Thomas remain at home. Son John is living next door. So we have:
Elizabeth (b.1811): (for some reason Elizabeth's mother is listed as Elizabeth Trelfall, not Jane on the Christening record) Elizabeth married Richard Bradley in 1844 and lived next door to her parents. Her brother John also lived with them. By the 1851 census they had 4 children (Elizabeth, Edward, Jane, and William). Update: It looks like Robert Hubberstey may first have married an Elizabeth Trelfall, as I have found that his marriage to Jane Trelfall (sister?) did not happen until 1813.
Agnes (b. 1825) : Agnes married Henry Pearson in 1850. By 1901 she was 75, widowed and living with her brother Edwin on Fulwood Row.
Edwin (b. 1827): Edwin (Edvardus) married Ester Gardner. Then in 1893 he married Mary Jane Dobson. They were listed together on the 1901 census, along with his sister Agnes Pearson.
John (b:1819) John does not appear to have married. He lived first with his sister Elizabeth and then with his brother William. He died in 1896 at the age of 77.
Thomas (b. 1832): Thomas married Margaret Kelly, from Ramsey, Isle of Man, in 1865 and lived in West Derby. They do not appear to have had any children. Thomas died in 1893.
William (b. 1817): William married Margaret Hall from Goosnargh in 1859. They had 4 children (Jane, Mary, Robert and William). In the 1861 census they are listed as living at 11 Sharoe Green Lane, living with parents Robert and Jane and their first daughter Jane. They were also living next door to sister Elizabeth and her family (with husband Richard Bradley).
In the 1881 census they were still living at Sharoe Green Lane. William died in 1882 at the age of 65. By 1901, Margaret was living with her children Mary, Jane and William, all apparently unmarried, at The Grange, Broughton.
Son Robert (b.1866) married Catherine (b.1866) in 1890. In the 1891 census he was listed as a school teacher in Skipton, Yorkshire. By the 1901 census Catherine is listed as a widow with 4 children (Margaret b.1892, Agnes b.1893, Mary b.1895, and Winifred b. 1898).
In summary, by the 1901 census, the 11 members of this line listed were Catherine (wife of Robert) and her 4 daughters, Margaret (wife of William) and three of her children, Edwin his wife Mary Jane as well as his sister Agnes (though listed as Pearson).
In 1901 (post census) it appears that William married Jane Moon and that they had at least 4 children.
The first line we will look at starts with John Hubberstey and Isabella Waiton and their son Robert and his wife Jane Trelfall.
Although clearly Hubbersteys, the spelling used by this line in the various censuses varies widely (although at least some of this variation may be due to transcription problems). In the 1841 census it was Hubbarity, in the 1851 census Hubbaritey, in the 1861 census Hubberdey and by the 1901 census some used Hubberstey, others Hubbersty. Altogether, this line looks to account for 11 of the 141 Hubbersteys in the 1901 census.
Both Robert and Jane appear to have been born around 1787-1788, and both lived well into their 70's. They lived on a farm in Sharoe Green Lane (near what looks to now be a golf course), Broughton (Fulwood?). Robert listed his birthplace as Woodplumpton and Jane as Liverpool (?). Their 6 children were born at Broughton (Thomas, William, Agnes, Edwin, Elizabeth and John).
There is a christening listing for a Robert Hubberstey on Nov 18, 1787 at St. Mary Newhouse Roman Catholic Church (pic. left). This church is very very close to Woodplumpton. The listing shows the father as Joannes Hubberstey and the mother as Isabella Waiton. There are two other children listed for these parents at the same church (Elizabeth b.1792, and Maria b. 1789).To complicate matters a bit there are three more children listed just a bit later being the children of Joannes Hubberstey and Isabella Weaton (William b. 1794, Isabella b. 1799, and Thomas 1803) at St. Mary's church in Fernyhalgh. This church is literally just down the road from St. Mary Newhouse, although these days you would have to cross over the M6 first. If these are the same parents (Weaton vs. Waiton, with Waiton being a very rare surname in Lancashire) then we can combine two of the lines from the 1901 census data (post here). I will follow this line in the next post.
As a side note, the spellings of surnames can vary between churches. The most extreme example of course was the Brindle church where the priest insisted on recording Hubberstey as Huberche (trying to make it Latin?). This obviously made it a bit hard to find some of the records. So a variation between Weaton and Waiton is plausible at least, especially as the churches are different.
Getting back to Robert, the 1841 census has all of the children at home. By the 1851 census the daughters have married and only William and Thomas remain at home. Son John is living next door. So we have:
Elizabeth (b.1811): (for some reason Elizabeth's mother is listed as Elizabeth Trelfall, not Jane on the Christening record) Elizabeth married Richard Bradley in 1844 and lived next door to her parents. Her brother John also lived with them. By the 1851 census they had 4 children (Elizabeth, Edward, Jane, and William). Update: It looks like Robert Hubberstey may first have married an Elizabeth Trelfall, as I have found that his marriage to Jane Trelfall (sister?) did not happen until 1813.
Agnes (b. 1825) : Agnes married Henry Pearson in 1850. By 1901 she was 75, widowed and living with her brother Edwin on Fulwood Row.
Edwin (b. 1827): Edwin (Edvardus) married Ester Gardner. Then in 1893 he married Mary Jane Dobson. They were listed together on the 1901 census, along with his sister Agnes Pearson.
John (b:1819) John does not appear to have married. He lived first with his sister Elizabeth and then with his brother William. He died in 1896 at the age of 77.
Thomas (b. 1832): Thomas married Margaret Kelly, from Ramsey, Isle of Man, in 1865 and lived in West Derby. They do not appear to have had any children. Thomas died in 1893.
William (b. 1817): William married Margaret Hall from Goosnargh in 1859. They had 4 children (Jane, Mary, Robert and William). In the 1861 census they are listed as living at 11 Sharoe Green Lane, living with parents Robert and Jane and their first daughter Jane. They were also living next door to sister Elizabeth and her family (with husband Richard Bradley).
In the 1881 census they were still living at Sharoe Green Lane. William died in 1882 at the age of 65. By 1901, Margaret was living with her children Mary, Jane and William, all apparently unmarried, at The Grange, Broughton.
Son Robert (b.1866) married Catherine (b.1866) in 1890. In the 1891 census he was listed as a school teacher in Skipton, Yorkshire. By the 1901 census Catherine is listed as a widow with 4 children (Margaret b.1892, Agnes b.1893, Mary b.1895, and Winifred b. 1898).
In summary, by the 1901 census, the 11 members of this line listed were Catherine (wife of Robert) and her 4 daughters, Margaret (wife of William) and three of her children, Edwin his wife Mary Jane as well as his sister Agnes (though listed as Pearson).
In 1901 (post census) it appears that William married Jane Moon and that they had at least 4 children.
Monday, May 12, 2008
London Calling
Updated and rewritten Dec, 2008 and March ,2009
At various times in the distant past we have had isolated clusters of records of Hubberstys in the London area. By the 1901 census however, these had all but disappeared. We do however have one story that links from Kendal to Cambridge to London and then back up north.
The story starts in the Underbarrow/Fallen Yew area near Kendal with the following tidbit here.
The location in Underbarrow is also of interest given that the area contains some of the earliest mentions of Hubberstey. Later on we have that Robert Hubbersty contributed to the building of the chapel mentioned below.
After Zachariah and Agnes Parke, the next mention is of a Robert marrying Anne Knipe. It could very well be that Robert was the son of Zachariah. In any case Robert and Anne look to have had a number of children that are mentioned in Elizabeth's will. (This is not certain as the wording of the will, with three separate lines for nephews and nieces makes one suspect that there was perhaps another Hubbersty family in Underbarrow involved - maybe with Zachary and John being the children of another brother of Elizabeth, other than Robert).
Zachary (b. 1726, d. 1780), an attorney in Fallen Yew, married Phyllis Lodge of Barnbard castle, Durham. They had 6 children, one being John Lodge Hubberstey (b. 1760) who we meet again in the Cambridge Post, and another being Zachary (b.1758), whose line is the only one that I have been able to follow. A point of confusion is that there was also another Zachary born in Kendal in 1760, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (perhaps Robert above). Robert and Elizabeth also have a daughter "Anne" (b.1764), lending more credence to the idea of this Robert being Zachary's brother.
The picture to the left is inscribed as follows:
This leads us to Zachary's widow and 5 surviving children in London after Zachary's death. There is a marriage of a Zachary Hubbersty to an Isabella Curties in 1814 and in 1815 we do have a Robert Curtiess Hubbersty born in London (b. Dec 12, 1815) and a Phyllis F or (J). Hubbersty born 1817 also in London. With both Zachary and Phyllis being relatively rare Hubbersty names, it appears likely that Zachary was one of the surviving children of Zachary above.
Zachary does seem to have had some financial problems as outlined in the London Gazette from 1845.
By the 1841 census we had Phyllis Hubberstey living with Isabella Hubbersty (b est. 1796), age 45. Later on, by the 1861 census, we had Phyllis living with her aunt, Martha Curteis, thereby providing another link to Robert Curteis Hubbersty.
In any case, Robert was baptized at Peter-Le-Poer, London Jan 17, 1816. He went on to marry Catherine Paley (b. 1819, Easingwold, Yorkshire, d. 1880) in 1849 in Stamford, Lincs. and they had 4 children, Catherine (b. 1850) and John Paley (b.1858) Lucy Sarah (b. 1865) and Robert Stephen (b.1862). In the 1861 census, Robert was listed as Perpetual Curate of Cartmel, Lancs. He was counted in a census in 1871 as Vicar of Cartmel and Landowner. In the 1881 census he was described as Rector of Casterton Parish, Rectory, Litt, Rutland (widower).
Catherine Hubbersty married William Paley Anderson (B. 1850) in 1880 in Stamford, Lincs. (There is a "Paley" relationship here as might be expected - William Paley was Catherine's father's sisters' son - link here - so, cousins). She died in 1949.They had the following children: Edward William Paley Anderson, born in 1884 in Winsford, Somerset. and Laurence Robert D Anderson, born in 1886 in Winsford, Somerset. Edward William Paley Anderson married Hilda Westall and they had three children (Peter William Paley Anderson, Ruth Anderson, and Jane Anderson).
Lucy Sarah married William Henry Blake in 1896.
Robert Stephen was listed as a medical practitioner in the 1891 census, living in South Bishop Weamouth, Sunderland. He married Florence Brady(b.1864, d.1952) in 1897. They appear to have had 2 children, Catherine Paley (b. 1900) and Francis Stephen (b. 1903, d. Feb. 1991). The births were registered in Sunderland. Catherine Paley married John Edward Bowring in 1927. Francis Stephen Hubbersty is later referred to as a surgeon in Middlesborough. There was an article published in the British Journal of Opthamology in 1959 by a F.S. Hubbersty. Robert Stephen Hubbersty's obituary from 1939 can be read at the British Medical Journal, part of which is excerpted below.
John Paley Hubbersty also married in 1897, to Mable Emma Boulton. By 1901 they had one daughter, Phyllis Margaret. (b.1898). Subsequent to the census they appear to have had another son Robert Paley in 1902. The births were registered in Leeds. The BMD records show the death of a John P. Hubbersty aged 72 in 1930 at Warfdale and Robert P. Hubberstey in 1937.
In summary, this line gives us 4 of the 138 Hubbersteys from the 1901 census plus another extra 5 if we count John and Mable and their children, and Robert's second child.
Additional London entries:
This one is quite confusing but fun.
We start with finding a John Hubbersty Mathews of 142 Hargate having died in 1886, links here and here, leaving a widow Marianne.
To make things interesting John Hubberstey Mathews (b. 1796) seems to have been the son of John Mathews (b. 1745, d, 1833) and his second wife Joan Anne Wright (b. 1760, 1848). Now if you are asking where did the Hubbersty in the name come from (after all neither of his parents was a Hubbersty), you are asking a good question.
The answer is that there was a Zachary Hubbersty (b.1759, d.1799) who married a Susan Mathews (b1754, d. 1838). More here. Susan was the sister of John Mathews (who married Joan Anne Wright). So it looks like the Hubberstey was added as a middle name for some family reason. The whole family tree is here.
And so we end with finding out that John Hubbersty Mathews was not a Hubbersty! Interestingly he did write a piece called "A treatise on the doctrine of presumption and presumptive evidence, as affecting the title to real and personal property (1827)"
If I find more I will add them later.
At various times in the distant past we have had isolated clusters of records of Hubberstys in the London area. By the 1901 census however, these had all but disappeared. We do however have one story that links from Kendal to Cambridge to London and then back up north.
The story starts in the Underbarrow/Fallen Yew area near Kendal with the following tidbit here.
Zachariah and Elizabeth HubberstyThis family also had a habit of naming its male children Zachariah or Robert, and its female children Elizabeth. So if you run across a Zachariah Hubbersty in your research, it is probably from this line. The evidence that I could find this far back has so far been limited, with one rather significant exception: If anyone who reads this happens to be in Kendal one day and has a bit of spare time to visit the archives, file WDX 744 looks interesting, to say the least. I would love to see a copy of the family tree!
The Hubberstys were prominent residents of Heversham and Kendal. Zachariah Hubberstey married Agnes Parke in 1685. The Hubbersty family sent several sons to be scholars at the Queens College Oxford who went on to become lawyers and recorders in Cumberland and Westmoreland. Two memorials to the later 18th-century Hubberstys stand in Holy Trinity Church, Kendal
Correspondence with his brothers John Hubbersty and Robert Hubbersty 1748-1758; papers relating to Zachary Hubbersty's bankruptcy, 1763; other family papers 1763-1768. Papers relating to Isaac Braithwaite and son Limited, Drysalters of Kendal, and Braithwaite family not dated; transcripts of Hubbersty correspondence and Hubbersty family treeWithout the family tree the best I can do is to surmise that Zachariah and Agnes had at least 2 children, Robert (b. July 9, 1696) and Elizabeth (b. Mar 23, 1686). It appears that Elizabeth is the one who married John Philipson that I mentioned in the previous post on Hubbersty Head.
The location in Underbarrow is also of interest given that the area contains some of the earliest mentions of Hubberstey. Later on we have that Robert Hubbersty contributed to the building of the chapel mentioned below.
Underbarrow hath its name from its situation under the barrow, hill, or scar, which extends from north to south all along in this division. That part which is called Bradley Field received its denomination from a family of the name of Bradley, which came from Bradley in Lancashire. There was an ancient chapel at this place [Underbarrow]. In the year 1708, this chapel was rebuilt at the expence of the inhabitants of Underbarrow only (for Bradley Field is not in the chapelry). "and the Westmoreland Hearth Tax survey of 1674 noted a Miles Hubaste and a Robert Hubaste in Underbarrow. The spelling may be different, but the sound is quite close to present day pronunciation.
After Zachariah and Agnes Parke, the next mention is of a Robert marrying Anne Knipe. It could very well be that Robert was the son of Zachariah. In any case Robert and Anne look to have had a number of children that are mentioned in Elizabeth's will. (This is not certain as the wording of the will, with three separate lines for nephews and nieces makes one suspect that there was perhaps another Hubbersty family in Underbarrow involved - maybe with Zachary and John being the children of another brother of Elizabeth, other than Robert).
- To nephews Zachary Hubbersty and John Hubbersty £20 eachFrom here the line follows a path with Zachary. We know that John married and had 6 children (2 died in infancy) in Sussex, but I have been unable to find any mention of them elsewhere. There are very few mentions of Robert.
- To nephew and nieces, Robert, Anne, Margaret, Agnes children of brother Robert Hubbersty, £40 each
- To niece Margaret Maskew, widow £20
Zachary (b. 1726, d. 1780), an attorney in Fallen Yew, married Phyllis Lodge of Barnbard castle, Durham. They had 6 children, one being John Lodge Hubberstey (b. 1760) who we meet again in the Cambridge Post, and another being Zachary (b.1758), whose line is the only one that I have been able to follow. A point of confusion is that there was also another Zachary born in Kendal in 1760, the son of Robert and Elizabeth (perhaps Robert above). Robert and Elizabeth also have a daughter "Anne" (b.1764), lending more credence to the idea of this Robert being Zachary's brother.
The picture to the left is inscribed as follows:Sacred memory of Zachary Hubbersty of Great Winchester Street, London, Esquire, who died on the 23rd September 1797, in the 41st years. of his age, leaving a disconsolate widow and six children. Few equalled and none excelled him in professional knowledge, and strict integrity; and of whom the learned and virtuous Lord Eldon in a letter of condolence to the deceased's brother observed, " His loss is not more to be lamented by his family than by the profession, of which he was an ornament, and an honour." Also of Phillis Sarah Hubbersty his second daughter who in the following years. lost her life by falling into the sea from the pier in Whitby harbour. This monument is erected by John Lodge Hubbersty, Esqre. Senior Fellow of Queen's College, Deputy High Steward of the University of Cambridge, and Recorder of Lancaster, who has never ceased to lament the loss of the best of brothers and friends.
This leads us to Zachary's widow and 5 surviving children in London after Zachary's death. There is a marriage of a Zachary Hubbersty to an Isabella Curties in 1814 and in 1815 we do have a Robert Curtiess Hubbersty born in London (b. Dec 12, 1815) and a Phyllis F or (J). Hubbersty born 1817 also in London. With both Zachary and Phyllis being relatively rare Hubbersty names, it appears likely that Zachary was one of the surviving children of Zachary above.
Zachary does seem to have had some financial problems as outlined in the London Gazette from 1845.
WHEREAS a Petition of Zachary Hubbersty, late of No. 65, Exmouth-street, Clerkenwell, in the county of Middlesex, Managing Clerk, and a Prisoner for Debt in the Debtors' Prison for London and Middlesex, at White Cross-street, in the city of London, an insolvent debtor, having been filed in the Court of Bankruptcy, and the interim order for protection from process having been given to the said Zachary .Hubbersty,.....
By the 1841 census we had Phyllis Hubberstey living with Isabella Hubbersty (b est. 1796), age 45. Later on, by the 1861 census, we had Phyllis living with her aunt, Martha Curteis, thereby providing another link to Robert Curteis Hubbersty.
In any case, Robert was baptized at Peter-Le-Poer, London Jan 17, 1816. He went on to marry Catherine Paley (b. 1819, Easingwold, Yorkshire, d. 1880) in 1849 in Stamford, Lincs. and they had 4 children, Catherine (b. 1850) and John Paley (b.1858) Lucy Sarah (b. 1865) and Robert Stephen (b.1862). In the 1861 census, Robert was listed as Perpetual Curate of Cartmel, Lancs. He was counted in a census in 1871 as Vicar of Cartmel and Landowner. In the 1881 census he was described as Rector of Casterton Parish, Rectory, Litt, Rutland (widower).
Catherine Hubbersty married William Paley Anderson (B. 1850) in 1880 in Stamford, Lincs. (There is a "Paley" relationship here as might be expected - William Paley was Catherine's father's sisters' son - link here - so, cousins). She died in 1949.They had the following children: Edward William Paley Anderson, born in 1884 in Winsford, Somerset. and Laurence Robert D Anderson, born in 1886 in Winsford, Somerset. Edward William Paley Anderson married Hilda Westall and they had three children (Peter William Paley Anderson, Ruth Anderson, and Jane Anderson).
Lucy Sarah married William Henry Blake in 1896.
Robert Stephen was listed as a medical practitioner in the 1891 census, living in South Bishop Weamouth, Sunderland. He married Florence Brady(b.1864, d.1952) in 1897. They appear to have had 2 children, Catherine Paley (b. 1900) and Francis Stephen (b. 1903, d. Feb. 1991). The births were registered in Sunderland. Catherine Paley married John Edward Bowring in 1927. Francis Stephen Hubbersty is later referred to as a surgeon in Middlesborough. There was an article published in the British Journal of Opthamology in 1959 by a F.S. Hubbersty. Robert Stephen Hubbersty's obituary from 1939 can be read at the British Medical Journal, part of which is excerpted below.
Dr. ROBERT STEPHEN HUBBERSTY, who died on June 13, had been a member of the Sunderland Division of the British Medical Association for fifty-four years. He was born at Cartmel, Lancs, in December,. 1861, the son of the Rev. R. C. Hubbersty, and was a direct descendant of the Rev. William Paley, D.D. (1743-1805), Archdeacon of Carlisle and author of the Evidences of Christianity,
John Paley Hubbersty also married in 1897, to Mable Emma Boulton. By 1901 they had one daughter, Phyllis Margaret. (b.1898). Subsequent to the census they appear to have had another son Robert Paley in 1902. The births were registered in Leeds. The BMD records show the death of a John P. Hubbersty aged 72 in 1930 at Warfdale and Robert P. Hubberstey in 1937.
In summary, this line gives us 4 of the 138 Hubbersteys from the 1901 census plus another extra 5 if we count John and Mable and their children, and Robert's second child.
Additional London entries:
This one is quite confusing but fun.
We start with finding a John Hubbersty Mathews of 142 Hargate having died in 1886, links here and here, leaving a widow Marianne.
To make things interesting John Hubberstey Mathews (b. 1796) seems to have been the son of John Mathews (b. 1745, d, 1833) and his second wife Joan Anne Wright (b. 1760, 1848). Now if you are asking where did the Hubbersty in the name come from (after all neither of his parents was a Hubbersty), you are asking a good question.
The answer is that there was a Zachary Hubbersty (b.1759, d.1799) who married a Susan Mathews (b1754, d. 1838). More here. Susan was the sister of John Mathews (who married Joan Anne Wright). So it looks like the Hubberstey was added as a middle name for some family reason. The whole family tree is here.
And so we end with finding out that John Hubbersty Mathews was not a Hubbersty! Interestingly he did write a piece called "A treatise on the doctrine of presumption and presumptive evidence, as affecting the title to real and personal property (1827)"
If I find more I will add them later.
Cambridge University Links
Searching through the Cambridge University 1261 - 1900 Alumni on line data base I found 9 records of Hubberstys attending Cambridge in that period. Before looking at the details of the records there are a couple of interesting points to note:
- The 9 Cambridge Alumni appear to have come from either the Kendal group or a London group of Hubbersteys (the London group will be looked at in the next post where we will see that it too originally came from the Kendal area).
- It seems that the Hubberstys coming out of the Kendal area (and the London area) were Church of England, whereas the Yealand Conyers area Hubbersteys were Catholic.
- The spelling of "Hubbersty" out of Kendal (and out of the London and Wirksworth lines), excluding the very oldest record, is very consistent in using the "sty" ending. We never see an "stey" ending, which seems to have been much more common in the Yealand Conyers area. The Yealand Conyers line also seemed in general to have been much more variable with its spelling.
1. The oldest record is from an Edward Hubberstie who entered Trinity College in 1591. He received a B.A. 1594-5 and M.A. 1598. If we look at the two major concentrations of Hubbersteys at that time (Yealand Conyers and Kendal) the spelling "Hubberstei" is probably more likely to come from the Kendal area where the "stie" ending was used quite frequently at that time. Later on, the "sty" ending became predominant.
Next up we have the two Rev. Nathan Hubberstys that we saw in the Wirksworth post.
2. Nathan Hubberstey entered Clare College, Easter 1809. His records show:
4. Reverend John Hubberstey entered on March 14, 1747. He was the son of Robert, of Under Barrow, Westmorland. (Kendal area). His record shows:
5. Thomas Hubbersty went to Queen's College: I can see no obvious connection to any other Hubberstys from his background or history. However he is listed as being from Sussex, an area not known to be inhabited by many Hubberstys. Coincidentally or not Rev. John Hubberstey above spent at least some of his time in Sussex.
6. John Lodge Hubbersty seems to have been an "interesting" character. He was appointed Deputy High Steward for Queens in 1824 and reappointed in 1835.
7. Robert Curteis Hubbersty came from London, an area where there were not a lot of Hubbersteys. He was followed to Cambridge by his son John Paley. Robert Hubbersty and John Paley Hubberstey were the other group of Hubberstys captured in the 1901 census that were not from Lancashire (the other being the family of Nathan Hubbersty). Robert was also the oldest Hubbersty on the 1901 census - age 85. The backgrounds of Robert Curteis and John Paley are covered in more detail in the next "London Calling" post.
Robert Hubbersty attended Peterhouse College.
9. John Wade Hubbersty
The other interesting fact about John Wade Hubbersty is that he was from Middlesex, born around 1798. Given that the only other Hubberstys that I have found in that area at that time were from the Zachery line, it is certainly possible that John Wade Hubberstey is somehow related to this line too.
Update: John Wade Hubberstey was the son of Zachary Hubberstey and Susannah (Matthews?) born Aug 10, 1798 Allhallows London Wall, London, London, England.
- The 9 Cambridge Alumni appear to have come from either the Kendal group or a London group of Hubbersteys (the London group will be looked at in the next post where we will see that it too originally came from the Kendal area).
- It seems that the Hubberstys coming out of the Kendal area (and the London area) were Church of England, whereas the Yealand Conyers area Hubbersteys were Catholic.
- The spelling of "Hubbersty" out of Kendal (and out of the London and Wirksworth lines), excluding the very oldest record, is very consistent in using the "sty" ending. We never see an "stey" ending, which seems to have been much more common in the Yealand Conyers area. The Yealand Conyers line also seemed in general to have been much more variable with its spelling.
1. The oldest record is from an Edward Hubberstie who entered Trinity College in 1591. He received a B.A. 1594-5 and M.A. 1598. If we look at the two major concentrations of Hubbersteys at that time (Yealand Conyers and Kendal) the spelling "Hubberstei" is probably more likely to come from the Kendal area where the "stie" ending was used quite frequently at that time. Later on, the "sty" ending became predominant.
Next up we have the two Rev. Nathan Hubberstys that we saw in the Wirksworth post.
2. Nathan Hubberstey entered Clare College, Easter 1809. His records show:
Adm: sizar at CLARE, May 2, 1797. A ‘Ten-year man.’ Matric: Easter, 1809; B.D. (Stat. Eliz.) 1809. In Holy Orders. Head Master of Wirksworth Grammar School, Derbs., 1799-. C. of Wirksworth, 1813-. Died Aug. 4, 1828. Father of the next. (Burke, L.G. (no parentage given); Victoria Hist. of Derbyshire, II. 253.)3. Nathan Hubberstey attended St. John's College.
Adm: pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 22, 1821. S. of the Rev. Nathan (above), Head Master of the Grammar School, Wirksworth, Derbs. [and Mary Dorothy, dau. of Philip Tomlinson]. B. there Sept. 1, 1803. School, Sedbergh. Matric:Michs. 1822; Scholar; B.A. 1826; M.A. 1829. Assistant Master at Shrewsbury School, c. 1826-8; Headmaster of Wirksworth Gr. School, 1832-51. P.C. of Dethick and Alderwasley, Derbs., 1839-60. Married, June 21, 1838, Margaret Emma, dau. of Richard Hurt, of The Hall, Wirksworth, and had issue. Lived latterly at Eastwell, near Melton Mowbray, and died Oct. 3, 1881. (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Burke, L.G., 1925; Foster, Index Eccles.)
4. Reverend John Hubberstey entered on March 14, 1747. He was the son of Robert, of Under Barrow, Westmorland. (Kendal area). His record shows:
Matric from Queen's College, Oxford, Mar. 17, 1747-8, age 18; B.A. (Oxford) 1751. Ord. deacon (Canterbury) 1752; priest (Litt. dim. from Canterbury) 1753. R. of Parham, Sussex. V. of Wilmington, 1764-. R. of Folkington, 1770. (Al. Oxon.)There is also a record of a marriage ("Borough of Lancaster in the County of Lancaster, 1768-9 Hubbersty, Jno., Revd., vicar of Willington, Sussex, son of Robt."). It also seems that John was related to Zachary Hubbersty (see London Calling). John married Elizabeth Woodward in 1765 and they had 6 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. Howvere so far I have been unable to find records or name of any of them.
5. Thomas Hubbersty went to Queen's College: I can see no obvious connection to any other Hubberstys from his background or history. However he is listed as being from Sussex, an area not known to be inhabited by many Hubberstys. Coincidentally or not Rev. John Hubberstey above spent at least some of his time in Sussex.
adm: pens. at QUEENS', Aug. 24, 1785. Of Sussex. Matric: Michs. 1786; B.A. (16th Wrangler) 1790; M.A. 1793. Ord. deacon (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Chichester) Mar. 20, 1791.
6. John Lodge Hubbersty seems to have been an "interesting" character. He was appointed Deputy High Steward for Queens in 1824 and reappointed in 1835.
John Lodge Hubbersty, M.D., was a Fellow (of Queens) from 1781-1838, though he seems to have lived at least part of the time in Lancaster where he was Recorder and a Free Burgess. The Gazette rather disparagingly described him as "a Fellow of Queens ... a cotton spinner and a bankrupt".
Adm: sizar (age 18) at TRINITY, June 30, 1777. [2nd] s. of Zachariah [Zachary], of Fallen-Yew, Westmorland. School, Hawkshead, Lancs. (Mr Peake). Matric: Michs. 1778; Scholar, 1779. Kept eight terms. Migrated to Queens', Feb. 29, 1780; B.A. (9th Wrangler) 1781; M.A. 1784; M.D. 1796. Fellow of Queens', 1781. Adm:at Lincoln's Inn, Dec. 20, 1782. Recorder of Lancaster, Oct. 1799-Nov. 1837. Free Burgess of Lancaster, 1783-4. Described in the Gazette as ‘Fellow of Queens’, M.A., Doctor of medicine, Barrister-at-Law, Recorder of Lancaster, a cotton-spinner, and a bankrupt.' Author, Brief observations on the necessity of a renewal of the Property Tax under certain modifications (1820). Died in Nov. 1837. (Inns of Court; Gunning, Reminiscences, I. 264; G. M. Bland.)John Lodge Hubberstey was also related to the next two Cambridge students on our list. He was born Jan 17, 1759 in Kendal, Westmorland, the son of Zachary and Phyllis. John Lodge had a brother Zachary Hubberstey who died at age 41 (see "London Calling" - next post). His son Zachary had a son Robert, who is the next entry on our list.
7. Robert Curteis Hubbersty came from London, an area where there were not a lot of Hubbersteys. He was followed to Cambridge by his son John Paley. Robert Hubbersty and John Paley Hubberstey were the other group of Hubberstys captured in the 1901 census that were not from Lancashire (the other being the family of Nathan Hubbersty). Robert was also the oldest Hubbersty on the 1901 census - age 85. The backgrounds of Robert Curteis and John Paley are covered in more detail in the next "London Calling" post.
Robert Hubbersty attended Peterhouse College.
Adm: pens. at PETERHOUSE, July 1, 1834. Of Middlesex. [B. Dec. 7, 1815. School, Merchant Taylors'.] Matric: Michs. 1834; B.A. 1838; M.A. 1842. Ord. deacon, 1845; priest, 1846; C. of W. Deeping, Lincs., 1845-53. V. of Helpston, Northants., 1853-4. V. of Cartmel, Lancs., 1854-74. Hon. Canon of Carlisle, 1868-1905. R. of Little Casterton, Rutland, 1874-1905. Rural Dean of Rutland, 1881-8. Died May 5, 1905. Father of John P. (1876). (Merchant Taylors' Sch. Reg.; T. A. Walker, 450; Crockford; Northants. Clergy; The Times, May 8, 1905.)8. John Paley Hubbersty
Adm: scholar at ST CATHARINE'S, June 22, 1876. S. of [the Rev.] Robert Curteis (1834). B. at Cartmel, Lancs. Matric: Michs. 1876; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1880; M.A. 1883. Adm:Solicitor, Feb. 1887; with Messrs Snowdon, Meredith and Hubbersty. Practised at Leeds. Died Aug. 6, 1930, at Ilkley. (Law Lists; The Times, Aug. 8, 1930.)
9. John Wade Hubbersty
Adm: pens. at QUEENS', July 5, 1815. Of Middlesex. Matric: Michs. 1816; B.A. (18th Wrangler) 1821; M.A. 1824. Fellow, 1825. Died Dec. 6, 1831, aged 33, at Droxford, Hants. (G. Mag., 1831, II. 650.)In the records we see that John Wade Hubbersty performed many marriages at St. Mary the Virgin in Blackburn (now the Cathederal Church of Blackburn St. Mary the Virgin) from Dec 31, 1827 through to May 10, 1929. He died 2 years later in Droxford Hants, Hampshire.
The other interesting fact about John Wade Hubbersty is that he was from Middlesex, born around 1798. Given that the only other Hubberstys that I have found in that area at that time were from the Zachery line, it is certainly possible that John Wade Hubberstey is somehow related to this line too.
Update: John Wade Hubberstey was the son of Zachary Hubberstey and Susannah (Matthews?) born Aug 10, 1798 Allhallows London Wall, London, London, England.
Friday, May 9, 2008
The Wirksworth connection.
Last updated March, 2009At left is a photo of the gravestone of Nathan Hubbersty (died March 27, 1799) in Haygarth in Docker, Kendal. Nathan Hubbersty was the father of Rev. Nathan Hubbersty who we will meet below. (Thanks to Nigel for the picture)
Just about all Hubbersteys today trace back to the Preston/Blackburn area. There is however one line that existed in the Wirksworth, Derbyshire area for quite a while. This line had some prominent members and was notable for one other reason; its earliest individual for which we have reasonable records was Rev Nathan Hubbersty, Church of England. This is striking because Hubberstey, at least in the Preston/Blackburn area has been pretty much a "Catholic" name. It seems though that outside of this area many were Church of England, as there are also a few other listings for "Hubbersty"s as Reverends at the Church of England site.
By the 1901 census however, there appeared to be only 3 members left of this family. While it may look as if this line was about to disappear, in reality it seems to have continued, as least for a while, in a slightly different form...as "Cantrell-Hubbersty". Here is the complicated story of this line.
A distant starting point?
The earliest reference to a Hubbersty in the area is to a John Hubberstey {with an "ey" ending} (reference here - Wirksworth records), but this reference is not very detailed at all. It does however indicate a possible longer term relationship between a few families in the area. It appears that a granddaughter of a John Hubberstey (Mary Haine) married a George Tomlinson April 30, 1730.
One of the children of George Tomlinson and Mary Haine was Philip Tomlinson. He married a Dorothy Wood and it is one of their daughters, Mary Dorothy Tomlinson, who provides our link back onto the Hubbersty line.
Haygarth, Docker, Kendal:
But before we link up, let's take a step back to the earliest direct ancestors of this line. We start with Nathan Hubberstey (b. 1722, d. 1799), whose gravestone is pictured above. Nathan married Elinor and had at least 2 children (John b. 1770 and Nathan b.1767) in the Haygarth, Docker, Kendal area. It looks as if John stayed closer to home (he was buried with his parents), while Nathan eventually made it to Wirksworth.
There is some archival information on the Haygarth Docker property which is interesting and hints at Nathan's ancestors. Unfortunately so far it has not been possible to pin anything down directly. We do know that there are documents, starting in 1726 that mention a Thomas Hubbersty and various transactions (leases, mortgages, etc.) about the property. They also mention Agnes as the mother of Thomas. There are a few tantalizing leads to head back further, but so far nothing concrete. Some of the properties in the area however did manage to stay in the family hands for some time, as we shall see later on.
On to Wirksworth:
This is where the clearer part of the line in Wirksworth starts. We begin with Rev. Nathan Hubberstey (b. 1767, d. 1828), who attended Clare College, Cambridge and who was also the Headmaster for the grammar school at Wirksworth. He married Mary Dorothy Tomlinson in 1801 and they had 6 children (Nathan, Mary Dorothy, Phillip, John, Henry, and Agnes Eleanor). Mary Dorothy died at age 23, while Agnes (d.1892) married Price Wood (one has to wonder if there is a bit more family line crossing going on as it was Philip Tomlinson who married a Dorothy Wood, but so far I have not found any eveidence of this).
There are a couple of good links for this line. First is a pedigree chart HERE. There is also the longer record HERE. The pedigree charts also note that there was a John Hubbersty, indicating that John may have spent time in Wirksworth as well.
We also have this cute comment from a Mary Brown:
Reverend Hubbersty's family in Wirksworth visited Aunt's family at Wood End. They had a daughter my age, and two sons older, Philip and Nathan. When I was a little girl I liked Nathan; he became a preacher in the English Church, and Philip a lawyer. Years afterwards I saw Philip at Hollins and Fritchley on business, but I did not tell him I was Mrs. Swettenham's little niece.On the male side of the line:
Nathan: Nathan's first wife was Margaret Emma Hurt (d. 1845). He had 5 children with her (Richard Nathan, Charles John, Henry Alfred, Mary Margaret, and Margaret Emma) and then remarried after her death to Eliza C. Hartopp. His first child was Richard Nathan. It does not appear that any of the male children had children themselves.
One note from the pedigree chart. It shows a Margaret Emma (daughter of Nathan and Margaret Emma) born 1840. Other records show her born Nov 18, 1845 and marrying Francis White Popham on April 16, 1872 in Shanklin, Hampshire.
There is an interesting post at Roots Web HERE, and Wirksworth.org HERE about Richard Nathan Hubbersty.
He joined the army at 19 and went to India, but went to New Zealand on sick leave, then returned to England in 1868.. Then back to India, and on to Burma. He retired as Hon Lieut. Colonel in 1885. He died unmarried in Cornwall in 1886 aged 47. His father, Nathan, was Curate of Alderwasley. Richard Nathan descended from the famous HURT and ARKWRIGHT families.
There is also a much longer and fascinating post on Richard Nathan Here (go to the bottom of the page and read the note from John Harper in New Zealand).
Also a Reverend like his father, Rev. Nathan Hubberstey studied at St John's college in Cambridge and received a BA in 1827 and by 1829 was apparently the head master of the Wirksworth grammar school. He also had a number of correspondences and even a hike or two in Wales with Charles Darwin.
The connection with Darwin is doubly interesting when you find out that one of Nathan's sons, Henry Alfred, married Philip's daughter Francis Augusta (they being first cousins). I was wondering what Darwin would have thought about it, then realised that Darwin himself married his first cousin.
The only information I have been able to find on Charles John is that he had a business as a barge owner (Hubberstey and Co.) at Victoria Docks, Essex, but died in Cheadle after living in Bury where he had been a Lime Agent.
John: John appears to have married an Ann G. ??? and had two daughters, Adelaide and Constance.
Philip: Philip was a noted lawyer who (b. 1806, d. 1882) married Augusta Cantrell, and this is where "Cantrell" enters the picture. They appear to have had least three children. The children that I have found so far were Francis Augusta (b.1842) (who married Henry Alfred as noted above), Albert Cantrell (b.1843), and William Philip (b.1840). In the 1901 census we find Francis Augusta still living with Henry Alfred. The BMD records show the death of Henry Alfred in 1922 (aged 80) and the death of Francis A. in 1925 (aged 84), both in Chapel en le Frith (Derbyshire).
I should note here that Nathan and Philip, (and likely John) maintained possession of substantial landdholdings in the Kendal area throughout this period.
Docker Hollins Farm. With plans.Owned by Rev. Nathan Hubbersty and Philip Hubbersty. Customaryhold.From the London Gazette we get a description of lands that were to be sold in 1870 that had been part of the estate of John Hubberstey (d.1833), whose tombstone is pictured above. We also get a listing of the various family members and their positions at that time.
Also: Patton Patton Hall Farm and land. With plans.Owned by Rev. Nathan Hubersty and Philip Hubbersty. Freehold.
Also: Orton Enclosures and cattlegates in Orton. With plans.Owned by Rev. Nathan Hubbsertsy and Philip Hubbersty. Customaryhold
Also: Staveley - Nether Borwick Fold Farm. WIth plans.Owned by Rev. Nathan Hubbersty and Philip Hubbersty. Freehold.
Also: Whinfell Enclosures in Whinfell. With plans.Owned by Rev. Nathan Hubbersty and Philip Hubbersty. Freehold
...that on the 10th day of May, 1870, the Reverend Nathan Hubbersty. of Eastwell Hall, in the county of Leicester, Clerk, Richard Nathan Hubbersty, a Captain in the 89th Regiment of Infantry, now stationed at Fermoy, in Ireland, Charles John Hubbersty, a Captain in the Merchant Navy, now on board the bark Halton Castle, of Liverpool, Henry Alfred Hubbersty, of Collingham, in the county of Nottingham, Land Agent, Mary Margaret Hubbersty and Margaret Emma Hubbersty, of Eastwell Hall aforesaid, Spinsters, Philip Hubberstey, of Wirksworth, in the county of Derby, Solicitor, William Philip Hubbersty, of Burton-upon-Trent, in the county of Stafford, Solicitor, Albert Cantrell Hubbersty, of Alfreton, in the county of Derby, Solicitor, Frances Augusta Hubbersty, of Wirksworth aforesaid, Spinster, and Agnes Eleanor Wood, of Wirksworth aforesaid, Widow of Nicholas Price Wood, Esq., (deceased)
Philip's son Albert eventually became Col. Albert Cantrell-Hubbersty, married Martha Lydia Jessop (Dec 6, 1876) (Martha was the daughter of William Jessop, Esquire, of Butterley Hall in the county of Derby) and so far I have found five children, WCE (or William Philip Cantrell-Hubberstey) (b.1878), George Albert Jessop (b.1882 d.1928), and Augusta Margaret (b.1879), Mary Frances (b.1892) and Edward DeBurgh (b.1888).
A note on Albert's (though listed a Arthur) rank of Colonel...and a link to the Robin Hood Batallion is here from 1908.
7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) ; Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant and Honorary Colonel Arthur Cantrell Cantrell-Hubbersty, from the 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Volunteer Rifle Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel with the honorary rank of Colonel, with precedence
as in the Volunteer Force. Dated 1st April, 1908.
It appears that for a time Albert Cantrell resided at the Felley and its Priory. There is an article with pictures HERE.
The house was let to a number of tenant farmers until in 1 8 8 6 Albert Cantrell Hubbersty, J.P., of Higham near Alfreton took it over, and after adding the drawing room block on the south and the kitchen on the north end lived in the house until 1895/6.
There is also information about the Cantrell-Hubbersteys at The "New Ragdale Hall"
The “New Ragdale Hall”, built in 1785 in the Late Georgian period by the 6th Earl Ferrers in the neoclassical style, was a large, cemented building, considered modern for its time. It was situated on an elevated position north of the village of Ragdale, and was surrounded by an ornamental water-filled moat.
...until 1908 when it was finally purchased from the Earl Ferrers Estate by Albert Cantrell-Hubbersty. The Cantrell-Hubbersty family ran the Hall and estates for the next 50 years and, being a fervent hunting family, were the mainstay of the Quorn Hunt and kept fox-hunting alive in Leicestershire through two World Wars.With regard to the Quron Hunt we do know that Major P Cantrell-Hubbersty was the acting Master from 1940-47, and Mrs P Cantrell-Hubbersty from 1948-51. The last quote above brings us to the late 1950s and that's as far as I have gotten on this line so far.
It looks as if at least 3 of Albert and Martha's children did marry. First there is the marriage of William Philip Cantrel to a Phyllis Hermione Mary Bethel (b.1880) on February 7, 1923. What is interesting about the marriage is the background of the bride. She was the daughter of William Bethel and the Hon. Mairi Myrtle Willoughby, who in turn was the daughter of Henry Willoughby, 8th Baron, Middleton.
Augusta Margaret Cantrell-Hubbersty married John Henry (Percy) Hales in 1898 and they had at least one daughter, Helen Margaret Hales (b.1908).
George Alberet Jessop Cantrell-Hubbersty married Hilda St. M. Willoughby in 1913. He filed for divorce in 1921 and died in 1928.
Edward DeBurgh Hubbersty married Elinor Leech. The only other mentions of him that I can find is HERE, where he is listed as living at 2 Aston Road Ealing, Middlesex in 1926, and also Here in 1940 where he is listed as "residing at The Rectory, Gedling, in the county of Nottingham. Gentleman, of no occupation" with regard to a bankruptcy issue.
Summary:
Unfortunately, up until now, I have not been able to determine if there are any currently surviving members from this quite fascinating line.
A note on Cantrell:
There is this notice in the London Gazette with Queen Victoria authorizing Albert to use Cantrell along with Hubberstey.
Whitehall, February 3, 1894.
THE Queen has been pleased to grant unto Albert Cantrell Hubbersty, of Felley Abbey, in the union of Basford, in the county of Nottingham, Esquire, late Major and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel, 3rd Battalion, Derbyshire Regiment, Lieutenant - Colonel Commanding and Honorary Colonel (1892), 1st Battalion, Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood) Rifle Volunteers, in the Commission of the Peace for the counties of Derby and Nottingham, Her Royal licence and authority that he and his issue may take and henceforth use the surname of Cantrell in addition to and before that of Hubbersty, and that he and they may bear the arms of Cantrell quarterly
with their own family arms; such arms being first exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the College of Arms, otherwise the said- Royal licence and permission to be void and of none effect: And to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in Her Majesty's said College of Arms.
Update: Located AC Cantrell-Hubbersty (57), Mary Cantrell-Hubberstey (9) and WJC Cantrell-Hubbersty (23) on the 1901 census. They had been listed as Cantrell-Hubbersby. AC Cantrell-Hubbersty is listed as a Magistrate and Bank director. Judging from the number of servants listed (11), they were probably rather well off
Update #2: we have the following entry.
Phyllis Mary Hermione Bethell (26 Apr 1880-8 Sep 1962); m.7 Feb 1923 William Philip Cantrell Cantrell-Hubbersty (24 Oct 1877-22 Mar 1947)
This ties in above with the entry on the Quron hunt, with William Philip being the acting master until 1947 (the year of his death), and then his wife taking over after that. It also appear, given the birth dates that WCE and WJC Cantrell-Hubbersty are William Philip.
Update #3: From the BMD records it appears that
Albert C C died in 1915 at the age of 72 in Melton Mowbray
George AJC died in 1928 (age 46) at Bingham. George does not seem to have been picked up in the 1901 census.
Martha L C died in 1910, age 52 also in Melton Mowbray .
Update #4: Augusta Margaret Crantell-Hubbersty married John Henry Hales.
They had a daughter Henry Margaret Hales, born Nov 2, 1908. She married Thomas Leonard Bousfield HUSKINSON in 1929.
Update #5: The last record I have for a Cantrell-Hubbersty is the death of Mary Frances (daughter of Albert and Martha) Nov 7, 1980 (b.1892) at Milton Farm, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey.
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Previous to that is the death of Phyllis Mary Hermione Cantrell-Hubbersty, Sussex, Widow, on Sept 8, 1962.
and Georgina Winter Cantrell-Hubbersty of Twickenham August 18, 1960 - I have no record to match with her birth.
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