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.