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?).
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