Monday, June 9, 2008

A roll forward of Hubberstey males under 40 at the 1901 census - Part 1

There were 46 Hubberstey males under 40 years of age at the time of the 1901 census. The names are presented in alphabetical order so it will be easier to trace back if you can connect to one of these names. Each entry starts with a line that includes the first name, place of residence (1901), birthplace, birth year, and lineage. For some individuals there is a fair bit of information, for others not much at all. This is an ongoing project that I will update until I am done.

Lineages are numbered as:

1. Samlesbury

2. Wirksworth

3. London

4. John Hubberstey/Isabella Waiton

5. John Hubberstey/Isabella Weaton

6. John Hubberstey and Anne Swarbrick

7. Whittingham (M) – Margaret Bamber

8. Whittingham (A) – Alice Bamber


Before getting into the names I should say that without census data for the time after 1901 there are elements of "guesswork" and "process of elimination" going on here. This is not going to be a 100% accurate process. So with that caveat, here goes:



Aloysius

Preston

Preston

1893

8


The only record for an Aloysius is a possible marriage in 1942, whereby he would have already been 49, so a bit doubtful, although this is not the most common of Hubberstey names.

Edgar

Blackpool

Blackburn

1888

6


We have an Edgar Hubberstey marrying an Alice Swarbrick 1n 1921 in Flyde. There are records for 2 children - John Richard (1921) and Phillip Gerrard (1923).

What is interesting here is the lineage. Edgar comes from the James Hubberstey/Anne Swarbrick lineage ... and his wife is Alice Swarbrick. It look like I may have to do some more digging to see if there is a deeper relationship here.

Another curious point is the use of Gerrard as a second name. Two other Hubberstey families also used Gerrard as a second name a bit earlier (1910 and 1914). I have not found any connection yet.


Edward

Preston

Preston

1883

5


Edwards married in Doncaster in 1905. From the 1911 census we have that he must have married Alice Shepherd. There are three children listed - Elsie b.1908, Henry b.1906 and Rose Alice b.1910.


Frederick

Burnley

Burnley

1875

1


Frederick


Preston

1880

5


This one is tricky. Only one Frederick Hubberstey shows up in the 1901 census, though in 1891 there were 2, both roughly the same age. It looks like one of them (ah but which one) married Amy Kenyon in Clitheroe 1907 and together had 4 children (Elizabeth b.1908, Richard b.1912, Amy b.1915, and Frederick b. 1918). The first child was born in Preston and the rest in Walton-le-dale.

Although Frederick in Burnley is the logical choice (Burnley is close to Clitheroe, and he was in the census), a case can be made for the missing Frederick as the first two children's names match exactly his parents' names. For now we will have to leave it open.

This is also interesting as it could relate to the photo on the bottom of the home page of this blog. In the picture, taken in the 1940's, is a Fred Hubberstey in Chorley. It very much looks like a Frederick Hubberstey (b.1918) or Frederick Hubberstey (b. 1912) married an Ivy Mary Pearce in 1940 and had at least three children - Frederick (b.1941 and likely the one in the photo), Stella Maria (b.1949) and David (b.1951). {Note for the Frederick Hubberstey B.1913 see John Hubberstey (b.1882) below}

Of course the fact that everyone in my family guessed the correct Hubberstey from the picture would seem to indicate that he was a close relation of my father or grandfather. For that to be the case Frederick would have to be the Frederick from Burnley. He would then be the grandson of John Hubberstey (b.1812). John's brother Thomas (b.1808) was my grandfather's great grandfather. Its pretty fascinating that a "look" would last so long.

Update: the 1911 census tells us that it was Frederick from Preston (b.1881) that married Amy Kenyon.

George Albert Jessop

North Wimbledon

Brackenfiled, Derby


1888

2


George Albert Jessop Cantrell-Hubbersty married Hilda St. M. Willoughby in 1913. He died in 1928, though Hilda seems to have remarried to a Rupert F. Riley in 1922.

Henry



1886

5


Henry married Elizabeth Alice Eastham in 1909 in Preston. I have found a record for a daughter Kathleen E, born 1912 in Burnley.

Henry Francis

St. Anne on the Sea

Haighton

1876

5


Henry Francis looks to have married Ann Kelly in 1910 in Flyde. There appears to have been one daughter, Margaret, born 1916 in Salford.

Hugh

Blackpool

Blackburn

1894

6


Hugh was the brother of Edgar above. I have not found any further records for him. Update: I have found a possible record. A Hugh Hubberstey married a Kathleen Harte in 1923 in Ecclesall Bierlow

Humphrey

Blackburn

Livesy

1892

1


Another confusing one. Humphrey is listed as the grandson of Mary Elizabeth Hubbersty, living in Livesy with her sons John, James and Thomas Grundy (and his wife Alice). My understanding is that Humphrey is not the son of Alice and Thomas G. Therefore it is likely that he was the son of Annie Hubberstey and Humphrey Waddington, and therefore would be more properly classified as Humphrey Waddington (not Hubberstey). At the time of the census, Annie and Humphrey Waddington Sr were living in Blackburn with their 6 other children.


Ignatius

Preston

Preston

1873

8


Ignatius married Susannah McNamara in 1895. They had a son Thomas in 1897. I have not found records for any more children.

Igoralius



1898

5



Even though the census record shows Igoralius Hubbersley, it's likely his real name was Ignatius Hubberstey. On the 1901 census Ignatius is listed as a grandson of the family head, Elizabeth. In the birth records, the mother's maiden name is listed as "Hubberstey", so it is possible that Ignatius was an illegitimate son of Rose Alice (who it appears later married a Thomas McCann in 1907), daughter of Elizabeth.

It appears that Ignatius Francis Hubberstey married Elsie Callan in 1924 in Warrington. If so, they look to have had 5 children.

James

Preston

Myerscough

1897

1


James was the son of James Hubberstey and Sara Booth Hubberstey. He married Anne Thurgood in London in 1920. They had a daughter Diana who married a Norman King around 1947 and emigrated to Australia.

James


Preston

1877

8


James married Elizabeth Webster in 1898 and had a son Thomas in 1902. James is our best candidate for the "James I. Hubberstey" that went to America. More on this post.


Jas thos

Preston

Preston

1878

5


James

Blackburn

Livesy

1881

1


Here is where the process of elimination comes in. In the 1901 census there were four "James Hubbersteys". One (above) we know married Anne Thurgood. Another married Elizabeth Webster. That leaves us with 2 James Hubbersteys and 2 more marriages. One James married Mary Calderbank in Preston in 1907. The other James married Beatrice Duckworth in Blackburn in 1906.

A first clue would be location. James (1881) was born in Blackburn, so a Blackburn marriage would make some sense. James Thomas (1878) was born and lived in Preston, so a Preston marriage would make some sense. Then we look at the name of the first child of Mary Calderbank, and it is Alice. Alice was the name of James Thomas' grandmother.

I can only find a record of one child for James and Beatrice. There was a John, born 1912. There may have been earlier children but some of the records before 1910 don't show the mother's maiden name.

James and Mary Calderbank look to have had at least 3 children; Alice (b.1908), Mary (b.1914), and James (b.1920).

The 1911 census tells us that James (b.1881) married Beatrice Duckworth. By 1911 they had a daughter Mary b. 1910

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