Hubberstey/Hubbersty Blog

Welcome to my Hubberstey / Hubbersty family history blog

I am a Hubberstey currently living in Canada. My father was born in Bolton, Lancs., as was my grandfather. Farther back our family line traces to the Samlesbury area near Blackburn/Preston. Even farther back it looks like we are descended from Hubbersteys who lived a bit further up the M6, in an area just south of Galgate. And now courtesy of some recent genetic testing (which of course needs to be confirmed by the testing of other Hubbersteys) it is likely that Hubbersteys are actually .... Irish! Yes, the paternal genetic line traces back to a cluster associated with King Niall of the nine hostages in Ireland about 1600 years ago. This cluster is currently concentrated in NW Ireland (where 21% of males carry the line), with smaller clusters in NW England and Scotland.

Over the last two years or so I have spent a fair bit of time researching everything I could find on Hubberstey history. I went through lots of old records on line and then started to work through the census records. I plotted out every Hubberstey/Hubbersty that I could find in all the UK census records from 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 and then looked for connections and tried to trace all of the links. It has been a bit like doing a massive jigsaw puzzle as I tried to fit hundreds of pieces together to get a big picture of our common background. There are still many pieces missing, but overall I think we have a very good picture of where we have come from. (You can see what the project has done to the walls of my office in the pictures below).

I originally posted my findings as I found them, which made things a bit disorganized. This version of the blog will present the findings in a hopefully clearer fashion. I have left the original blog in place so the old homepage and the old posts, can he accessed HERE (but please be aware that these pages may very well be out of date. I have not updated them or corrected them in some time).

In a nutshell:

Back in the 1500's and 1600's there were several clusters of Hubbersteys found around Kendal, Lancaster, Garstang, and Yealand Conyers, as well as a few entries elsewhere (London). Over those years there were many spelling variations ranging from Hubberstey to Hubberstei to Huberche. Eventually however it looks as if the spelling "Hubberstey" was used primarily by the lines that were Catholics and "Hubbersty" primarily by the lines that were Protestants (although there is no hard and fast rule for this). There were a few well known Quakers as well, including 2 Hubberstys who were part of the original "Valiant 60".

If we fast forward to today though we find that almost all of these many lines have died out on the male side. In fact after tracing every Hubberstey/Hubbersty that I could find I am pretty confident that if you have the Hubberstey or Hubbersty surname you come from one of only 2 ancestral lines traceable back to the Preston/Samlesbury area. When you go through the records and see how many different Hubbersteys there once were it is astounding to think that almost none of the lines survived on the male side. I think that is probably the most amazing thing that I have discovered in my research.

If you chance upon another Hubberstey/Hubbersty odds are quite high that you are relatively closely related. You are either descended from the Robert Hubberstey/Mary Culcheth line (which we can trace back to the late 1600's) or from the John Hubberstey/Alice Bamber line (which we can trace back to the late 1700's early 1800's). Both lines trace to the Goosnarch/Fulwood/Brindle/Samlesbury area around Preston, Lancs., so a further link between the two lines is not impossible. 

I should note that although "Hubbersty" was originally the spelling used by the two Protestant lines of Hubberstey, those lines eventually died out on the male side. All "Hubbersty"s today appear to descend from one Rose Alice Hubberstey (from the Robert Hubberstey/Mary Culcheth line), who around 1900 had two male children before she married. These children took the "Hubbersty" surname, and all "Hubbersty"s are descended from them. I should also note that this is NOT the only time that a female Hubberstey has helped carry on the Hubberstey name (though in the other cases they did not change the spelling!).

So whether you are a Hubbersty or a Hubberstey there should be something here for you. Below is a list of posts that detail the history of our name. Many of the posts also have a series of sub posts that track various descendants. The other posts look at lines that have ended or explore other Hubberstey connections or stories.

New Tool: To make things easier to trace your relatives I have indexed all the Hubbersteys on the 1911 census to the appropriate reference pages that are listed below. Just follow this link.


1. Interesting dates/stories in Hubberstey history: A good place to start if you are interested in Hubberstey history. 

2. Origins (1200-1600). A look at the areas between Garstang and Kendal where the name Hubberstey appears to have originated.

3. Robert Hubberstey and Mary Cucheth (Line 1.) Robert is our oldest directly traceable Hubberstey relation (to today). He married Mary Culcheth in the very early 1700's, and his descendants account for most Hubbersteys today. 

4. William son of Robert and Mary (Line 1A). William was the oldest son of Robert and Mary. He had one son (Robert) and three daughters. Robert married and fathered 8 children, seven of them boys! Four of these male lines extend to today. The subposts below will follow each line.

     4 (a) William son of Robert (Line 1A-1). William married Deborah Whittle

     4 (b) Robert, son of Robert (Line 1A-2)  Robert married Cicely Fazackerly

     4 (c) Thomas, son of Robert (Line 1A-3) Thomas married Barbara Hawksworth

     4 (d) James, son of Robert (Line 1A-4) James married Anne Swarbrick

     4 (e) John, Edmund, Richard, and Catherine The other 4 children of Robert Hubberstey and Mary Watson

5. John son of Robert and Mary (line 1B). John and Elizabeth had 5 and possibly 9 children. 

    5 (a) John, son of John and Elizabeth, had a son Robert (Line 1B-1)

    5 (b) John, son of John and Elizabeth, had a son Thomas (Line 1B-2)

6. The Bamber connection - the other Hubberstey line (line 2). John Hubberstey married Alice Bamber in 1828. Their descendants make up the rest of the Hubbersteys not descended from Robert and Mary above. 

     6 (a) James Hubberstey and Margaret Bamber (Line 2a) 

     6 (b) John Hubberstey and Alice Bamber (Line 2b)

7. Old "Hubbersty" lines (Yealand Conyers, Fallen Yew/Underbarrow)

     7 (a) Kendal - Wirksworth  (Line 3)  

     7 (b) Fallen Yew/Underbarrow - London  (Line 4)

8. The current "Hubbersty" line. How a Hubberstey lady restarted a Hubbersty line.

9. Hubbersteys in foreign lands (Canada, USA, NZ, Australia, South Africa, and Ireland). The story of Hubbersteys in other lands, far away from Preston.

     9(a) Links to the USA

     9(b) Links to Canada

10. Miscellaneous tidbits (Quakers, Cambridge, etc). A collection of stories about Hubbersteys not necessarily directly related to Hubbersteys today. 

11. Hubbersteys in London from the mid-1500's to the mid 1600's. (new)

12.  A few thoughts on my process and what remains outstanding

I have already received invaluable information from several people and I would love to hear from anyone that may have additional information to share.  I'd be especially interested in any information on female sides of the family (as these are much harder for me to track). 

If anyone has some old photographs (scanned) that they would like to share I would love to add them to the site. Recently I received some photos from a gentleman whose grandmother was a Hubberstey. Somehow he had ended up with photos of Hubbersteys going back to the early 1900's. By passing on these photos he was able to show current Hubbersteys who he has never met, and who did not have copies of the photos, what their great great great grandparents looked like. I think it would be wonderful if this site could be used as a sort of repository of old photos (say pre-WWII) of Hubbersteys/Hubberstys.

Also if anyone lives in Preston or Kendal and would like to help me out a bit with looking at records please let me know ... It is a bit tough for me to get to the Records office from this side of the Atlantic!

Also, if you don't know where to start, or get caught up in the detail, send me an e-mail and I will try to point you in the right direction - for privacy reasons I have tried to leave out most of the current information so it initially might be hard to figure out where you fit in. I can also e-mail you a personalised family tree from the records that I have. 

My e-mail is chrishubberstey@gmail.com

1911 Census follow-up. Group 4 (Hubberstey females)

There were 91 Hubberstey females listed in the 1911 census. To try to keep things simple for each one I have listed the name, birth year, age, and location they lived at on the census date plus links to help you trace backward using the other parts of the blog. Each numbered link refers to a related blog post. Just follow the guide (links) below.

1. Line 1

2. Line 1A

3. Line 1A-1

4. Line 1A-2

5. Line 1A-3

6. Line 1A-4

7. Line 1B

8. Line 1B-1 

9. Line 1B-2

10. Line 2

11. Line 2A

12. Line 2B

Example: Agnes b.1878, 33, Blackburn, wife of John Anselm Hubberstey, 1A-3, 1A, 1

So by going to link 1A-3 you should be able to find John Anslem Hubberstey and trace back further along the lines 1A and 1.

Agnes, b.1878, 33, Blackburn, wife of John Anslem, 1A-3, 1A, 1

Agnes b.1897, 14, Preston, daughter of Joseph Hubberstey and Ellen Graham, 2A, 2.

Alice b. 1886, 24, Preston, daughter of John Hubberstey and and Mary Banks, 2B, 2.

Alice b. 1873, 38, West Derby, married Thomas Grundy Hubberstey, 1A-3, 1A, 1

Alice b. 1875, 36, Sheffield, Alice Sheppard married Edward Hubberstey, 1B2, 1B, 1

Alice b. 1878, 33, Preston, Alice Robinson married Reuben Hubberstey, 2B, 2

Alice b. 1894, 17, Preston, Daughter of William and Isabella (Sandwell), 1A2, 1A, 1

Alice b. 1909, 2, Preston, Daughter of James and Mary (Calderbank), 2B, 2

Alice Morris b. 1907, 4, Flyde, Daughter of Richard Herbert and Jane (Morris), 1A3, 1A, 1

Amy b. 1881, 30, Preston,  Amy Kenyon married Frederick Hubberstey, 1B2, 1B, 1

Anne b.1883, 28, Prestwich, Ann Kelly married Henry Francis Hubberstey, 1B2, 1B, 1

Anne b. 1872, 39, Bury, Anna Marie Crosby married Thomas Edmund Hubberstey, 1A3, 1A, 1

Anne b. 1858, 53, Preston, Anne Shuttleworth married William Hubberstey, 2B, 2

Anne b. 1890, 21, Preston, Daughter of William and Ann (Shuttleworth), 2B, 2

Anne b. 1841, 70, Preston, Daughter of Thomas Hubberstey and Alice Taberner, 1B2, 1B, 1

Anne b. 1861, 50, Preston, Daughter of John Hubberstey and Rosannah (Kearsley), 2A, 2

Annie b. 1849, 62, Birkenhead, Anne Copple married James Hubberstey, 1A4, 1A, 1

Annie b. 1884, 27, Flyde, Daughter of John and Catherine (Lunt), 1A4, 1A, 1

Annie b. 1860, 51, Blackburn, Likely Alice Coleman, second wife of Thomas, son of John and Mary (Bradley), 1A3, 1A, 1

Beatrice b. 1884, 27, Blackburn, Beatrice Duckworth married James Hubberstey (b.1881), son of John and Mary (Grundy) in 1906, 1A-3, 1A, 1

Catherine b. 1892, 19, Preston, Born to a mother surnamed Brown but given a Hubberstey surname. The only possible marriage was in 1881 between Janet Gibson Brown and John Hubberstey in Blackburn. She is listed in the 1901 census as an orphan at the St. Joseph's orphanage. Not sure on this one.

Catherine b. 1869, 42, Bury,  Daughter of Thomas and Anna Marie (Crosby), 1A3, 1A, 1

Catherine b. 1854, 67, Flyde, Catherine (Lunt) wife of John, 1A-4, 1A, 1

Cecelia b. 1887, 24, Flyde , Daughter of James and Sarah Booth Woods. Married Edward Rothwell in 1920, 1A-4, 1A, 1

Dorothy b. 1896, 15, Preston, Daughter of John and Ellen (Gregson), 2B, 2

Effie b. 1885, 26, Blackburn, Unknown - born to mother surnamed Hubberstey in Preston, possibly Mary Ann, who married William Gwynne/Quinne/Starryacker in 1886. Blind from 10 years of age. If so this is from line 2A, daughter of James and Mary Ann (Crompton)

Eleanor b. 1847, 64, Burnley, (nee Hartley) second wife of William son of John and Mary (Bradley), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Eleanor Agnes, b. 1887, 24, Preston, Daughter of William and Isabella (Sandwell). Married Waldemar Hoskin in 1918 in Flyde. 1A2, 1A, 1

Elizabeth b. 1908, 3, Preston, daughter of Frederick and Amy (Kenyon), 1B2, 1B, 1

Elizabeth b. 1894, 17, Preston daughter of Joseph and Ellen (Graham), 2A, 2

Elizabeth Alice b. 1889, 22, Flyde. Henry married Elizabeth Alice Eastham, 1B2, 1B, 1

Elizabeth Ann b. 1905, 6, Bolton, daughter of Thomas William and Margaret (Berry), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Ellen b.1906, 5, Preston, daughter of Reuben and Alice (Robinson), 2B, 2

Ellen b. 1876, 35, Blackburn, (nee Taylor) second wife of John (married 1907), son of Thomas and Janet, 1A-3, 1A, 1

Ellen b. 1899,12, Blackburn, daughter of John, son of Thomas and Janet and his first wife Dorothy Pym, 1A-3, 1A, 1

Ellen b. 1871, 40, Preston. Ellen (nee Graham) married to Joseph, 2A, 2

Ellen b. 1905, 6, Preston, daughter of William and Jane (Moon), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Ellen b. 1852, 59, Preston, wife of Henry, 1B-2, 1B, 1

Elsie b. 1908, 3 Sheffield, daughter of Edward and Alice (Sheppard), 1B-2, 1B, 1

Esther Hannah b. 1880, 31, Preston. Esther Hannah Worsley married Robert Hubberstey (b.1876), 1A-1, 1A, 1)

Fanny b. 1893, 18, Preston, daughter of John and Mary (Banks), 2B, 2

Florence b. 1873, 38, Preston. Florence (nee Bibby) married John Joseph in 1904. 1B-2, 1B, 1

Gertrude b. 1908, 3, Preston, daughter of Robert and Esther Hannah (Worsely), 1A-1, 1A, 1

Helen b. 1883, 28, Birkenhead. Daughter of James and Annie (Copple), 1A-4, 1A, 1

Isabella b. 1840, 71 Preston, daughter of Thomas and Alice (Taberner) , 1B-2, 1B, 1

Jane b. 1860, 51, Preston, sister of William, daughter of William and Margaret, 1B-1, 1B, 1

Jane b. 1883, 28, Preston, Jane (moon), wife of William, son of William and Margaret (Hall), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Jane Elizabeth b. 1879, 32, Flyde. Jane (nee Morris) married Richard Herbert in 1903. 1A3, 1A, 1

Jane Elizabeth b. 1837, 74 Barrow in Furness, not sure on this one.

Jane Ellen b. 1862, 49, Preston, Jane Ellen (Gregson) married John Hubberstey. 2B, 2

Janet b. 1882, 29, Barnet, Middlesex. Daughter of Thomas, son of John and Mary (Bradley), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Janet b. 1895, 16, Blackburn, daughter of John, son of John and Janet, and first wife Dorothy Pym, 1A-3, 1A, 1

Jessie b. 1910,1, Preston, daughter of Joseph and Ellen (Graham), 2A, 2

Katherine b. 1866, 45, Burnley, Wife of Robert, son of William and Margaret (Hall), 1-B1, 1B, 1

Katie b. 1896, 15, Preston, daughter of John and Jane Ellen (Gregson), 2B, 2

Lucy Caroline b. 1870, 41, Preston. Lucy Caroline (Snelham), wife of Richard, son of James and Ellen) who died in 1907. 2B, 2

Lydia b. 1838, 73, St. Giles, London, wife of Thomas, not sure on the line. Did not appear to have had children.

Margaret b.1857, 54, Blackburn. Margaret Ann (Wilson), wife of Robert, son of James and Mary (Bradley). 1A-3, 1A, 1

Margaret b. 1886, 25, Blackburn, daughter of Robert and Margaret Ann (Wilson), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Margaret b. 1872, 39, Bolton, nee Berry, wife of Thomas William. 1A-3, 1A, 1

Margaret b. 1902, 9, Bolton, daughter of Thomas William and Margaret (Berry), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Margaret b. 1875, 36, Liverpool, wife of Robert ... still need to figure out which one. Most likely is Margaret Ackers and Robert, son of James and Ann Copple 1A-4, 1A, 1

Margaret b. 1885, 26, Birkenhead, daughter of James and Ann (Copple), 1A-4, 1A, 1

Margaret b. 1892, 19, Burnley, daughter of Katherine and Robert, son of William and Margaret (Hall), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Margaret b. 1903, 8, Preston, daughter of William and Jane (Moon), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Margery b. 1890, 21, Preston, daughter of John and Jane Ellen (Gregson), 2B, 2

Mary b. 1881, 30, Blackburn, daughter of Robert and Margaret Ann (Wilson), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Mary b. 1854, 57, Preston, Mary (Banks), husband of John, 2B, 2

Mary b. 1910, 1, Blackburn, daughter of Beatrice (Duckworth) and James who was the son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Grundy), 1A-3, 1A, 1

Mary b. 1891, 20, Lancaster, daughter of Sarah Booth Woods and James. 1A-2, A2, 1

Mary b. 1895, 16, Burnley, daughter of Katherine and Robert, son of William and Margaret (Hall), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Mary b. 1885, 26, Preston, daughter of William and Ann (Shuttleworth), 2B, 2

Mary b. 1893, 18 Preston, daughter of Joseph and Ellen (Graham), 2A, 2

Mary b. 1862, 49, Preston, daughter of William and Margaret (Hall), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Mary b. 1907, 4, Preston, daughter of William and Jane (Moon), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Mary b. 1879, 32, Preston, Mary (Calderbank), wife of James, son of John and Mary (Banks), 2B, 2

Mary b. 1838, 73, Preston, nee Hughes, wife of William (b. 1837), 2A, 2

Mary Ellen b. 1858, 53, Blackburn, daughter of Robert and Ann (Barton), 1A4, A4, 1

Mary Jane b. 1847, 63, Preston, nee Dobson, second wife of Edwin (b. 1827), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Mary R b. 1857, 54, Preston. Likely Mary Rose (Cooke), wife of William, who was the son of James and Ann (Lever), 1A-1, 1A, 1

Mary Winnifred b. 1909, 2, Preston, daughter of Reuben and Alice (Robinson), 2B, 2

Minnie b. 1891, 20, Burnley, daughter of William (b. 1843, son of John and Mary Bradley) and his second wife Elizabeth (Hartley). Married Joseph Taylor in 1917. 1A-3, 1A, 1

Rose b. 1880, 31, Bury, daughter of Thomas and Julia (Rabbitt). Thomas was the son of Thomas and Ann Postlewaite. 1A-3, 1A, 1

Rose Alice b. 1910, 1, Sheffield, daughter of Edward and Alice (Sheppard), 1B-2, 1B, 1

Rose Ellen b. 1896, 15, Preston, daughter of William and Ann (Shuttleworth), 2B, 2

Sophia b. 1869, 42, Preston. Looks to be Sophia (Noblett) wife of Thomas. No sign of Thomas or son William (b. 1902). Not sure which line.

Susannah b. 1876, 35, Preston, nee McNamara, married Ignatius Hubberstey. Ignatius was the son of James and Ellen Dolphin, 2B, 2

Theresa b. 1895, 16, Flyde, daughter of Sarah Booth Woods and James, 1A-2, A2, 1

Theresa b. b. 1910, 1, Preston, daughter of Joseph and Ellen (Graham), 2A, 2

Winnifred b. 1898, 13, Burnley, daughter of Katherine and Robert, son of William and Margaret (Hall), 1B-1, 1B, 1

Winnifred b. 1904, 7, Preston, daughter of Joseph and Ellen (Graham), 2A, 2

    

Hubberstey/Hubbersty Blog

1911 census follow-up - Group 1.

Listed in the 1911 census 
 

1. Frances Augusta Hubbersty - b 1842, Age 69, Chapel en Firth, Derbyshire

2. Henry Alfred Hubbersty - b. 1842, Age 69, Chapel en Firth, Derbyshire

3. Albert Cantrell-Hubbersty (listed as Hubberlsly) - b.1844, Age 67, Melton Mowbray

4. Mary Frances Cantrell-Hubbersty (listed as Hubberlsly) - b. 1892, Age 19, Melton Mowbray

Frances and Henry were cousins who married. They were from the Wirksworth Line. See here for more information. Albert and Mary Frances are from the same line. At the 1911 census Frances and Henry lived at Burbage Hall (picture here), Buxton in Derbyshire along with 6 servants. By this point they had been married for 38 years. Henry was Director of the Buxton Lime Co.

5. John Paley Hubbersty b. 1858

6. Mabel Emma Hubbersty b. 1869

7. Phyllis Margaret Hubbersty b. 1899

 

8. Robert Paley Hubbersty b. 1903

John Paley (a solicitor) was the son of Robert Curteiss Hubbersty. He married Margaret Emma Boulton. They had two children Phyllis Margaret and Robert Paley. For more info see - here. The address at the census was Westcote Hebers Ghyll Drive Ilkley. They lived with a Governess, 2 servants, and a niece Cecily Margaret Ransourne in a house with 12 rooms (a nice place from the looks of Google Street view)

9. Catherine Paley Hubbersty b. 1900
  

10. Frances Stephen Hubbersty b. 1904

11. Florence Hubbersty b. 1864

Robert Stephen (see 12. below) was also a son of Robert Curteiss Hubbersty. He married Florence Brady and they had 2 children, Catherine Paley and Frances Stephen. For more info see - here. The listing has the family living at 1 the Avenue Sunderland, Durham. along with three servants.

 Not listed in the 1911 census, but we know should have been.

12. Robert Stephen Hubbersty b. 1862 (was not listed but should have been, see above 9-11. He died in 1939)

11. George Albert Jessop Cantrell-Hubbersty

12. Edward DeBurgh Cantrell-Hubbersty

13. William Philip Cantrell-Hubbersty

George Edward and William were all the sons of Albert (Number 3. Above). For more info see - here. They all married subsequent to 1911, so they should have been in the census.

As far as I have been able to tell there are currently no surviving male members from these lines.

1911 census follow-up

For those trying to trace their ancestors back from the current day this is an update using  the 1911 census. If you know the name of a Hubberstey ancestor alive at the time of the 1911 census this hopefully will be a good way to start your search.

I have listed all the Hubbersteys in the 1911 census under 4 categories. Based on the category your ancestor was in just go to that category and start your search. If you have any questions or don't know where to start just drop me an e-mail (chrishubberstey@gmail.com) and I will do my best to help (I do have extra material not on this blog (for privacy reasons)).

Please remember that there were often Hubbersteys with the same first name (especially on the male side) so you want to also check the age and the town where they lived to make sure you get the right line.

Group 1. Hubbersty. The lines from the Kendal area. These have now died out on the male side, but there were members at the time of the 1911 census.

Group 2. Hubbersty. These are a variant form of the Hubberstey spelling, that run to the present. The original change happened in Warrington, where most of the descendants either live or came from. If you spell your name Hubbersty, and you have connections to Warrington, this is your group.

Group 3. Hubberstey - males. There were 64 male Hubbersteys listed. At the time there may have been variant spellings but ultimately all the descendants of these males eventually spelled their name Hubberstey. 

Group 4. Hubberstey - females. There were 91 female Hubbersteys listed in the 1911 census. This list includes those born as Hubbersteys and those that gained the surname through marriage.

Marker 2 for Group 4

1911 census - the Hubberstey males

There were 64 Hubberstey males listed in the 1911 census. Below I have summarized the census data for each one and then added some additional information, if I have any. For privacy reasons I have not traced too far forward, but if you would like additional information on your line, please just send me an e-mail and I will pass on what I have.

This census even though it was done in 1911 still illustrates the concentration of names for Hubberstey males. Of the 64 (just using first names) we have 6 named James, 13 named John, 6 named Robert, 10 named Thomas, and 7 named William. So 42 of the 64 use just 5 names! The prevalence of these five names is consistent since we started tracing with Robert and Mary at the beginning of the line.


The references to lines relate to the numbering of posts on the main page. Please note that the birth years may be off by one year as they are derived from the ages on the census reports. Also there may be some people who were not counted in the 1911 census.


Aloysius b. 1893, From Line 2B, son of William and Anne Shuttleworth. He was 18 at the time of the census and was listed as a student at the Roman Catholic College in County Durham (also listed as Union Workhouse). He appears to have married in 1942 and then passed away in 1949.

Edgar b. 1888, 23, Flyde. Married Alice Swarbrick in 1921. They had two children, Philip Gerrard (b. 1923) and John Richard (b. 1921). Line 1A-4, 1A, 1

Edward b. 1884, 27, Sheffield. Married Alice Sheppard in 1905. Records for 3 children, Elsie (b. 1908) who married Charles Bird, Henry (b. 1906) who married Mary Fernridge and had 2 daughters, and Rose Alice (b. 1910, d. 1917). There was also a son Edward born to a  mother surnamed Johnson in 1913. He is buried at the Sheffield (City Road) Cemetery, died 1919. Son Edward married Gertrude Parkin in 1938. Line 1B-2, 1B, 1.

Frederick Gerrard b.1910, 5 mths, Preston. The son of Robert (b. 1876) and Esther Hannah (Worsley). He married Annie Bamford in 1936 and they had 5 children. Line 1-A1, 1A, 1

Frederick b. 1881, 30, Preston. Married Amy Kenyon. Records for 4 children, Elizabeth (b. 1908), Frederick (b. 1918), Richard (b. 1912), and Amy (b. 1915). Frederick was the son of Richard and Elizabeth (Horn). Line 1B-2, 1B, 1.

Frederick b. 1876, 35, Burnley (birth date probably should be 1874). Son of William and Elizabeth Agnes (Dove). No further information. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1

Henry, b. 1906, 5, Sheffield. Son of Edward (b. 1883) and Alice (Sheppard). Married Mary Fernridge and they had 2 daughters. 1B-2, 1B, 1.

Henry b. 1885, 26, Flyde. Married Elizabeth Alice Eastham in 1909. They had 3 children, 2 daughters and a son. Line 1B-2, 1B, 1.

Henry Francis b. 1877, 34, Prestwich. Married Ann Kelly in 1910. They look to have a daughter, Margaret, in 1916. Line 1B-1, 1B, 1

Hugh b.1894, 17, Flyde. Married Kathleen Harte. They had one child, Hugh (b.1924). Line 1A-4, 1A, 1

Ignatius b. 1873, 38, Preston. Married Susan McNamara in 1895. Ignatius was the son of James and Ellen (Dolphin). Ignatius and Susan had at least 1 child, a son Thomas, born 1897. Ignatius died in 1935.  Line 2B, 2.

J(ames), b. 1880, 31, Preston. Son of John (b. 1853) and Mary (Banks). Line 2B, 2. John had married Mary Calderbank in 1907 and by 1911 they had a daughter Alice (b. 1909). John was listed as a labourer at a Cotton Mill and they lived with Mary's mother at 72 Cemetery Road Preston. They went on to have another daughter Mary in 1914 and a son James in 1920.

James b. 1881,30, Blackburn. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Grundy). Married Beatrice Duckworth in 1906. Two children, Mary (b. 1910) and John (b. 1912). I have not found any further information on son John, though there is a possible marriage to an Eleanor Birtwhistle in 1925. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

James b. 1897, 14, Flyde. Son of James (b. 1861) and Sarah Booth Woods. Married Annie Thurgood in 1920. One child, Diana (Mary) (b. 1922). Line 1A-2, 1A, 1.

James 1909, 2, Preston. Son of Joseph (b. 1872) and Ellen Graham. I have not found any further information on James (though there is one possible marriage). Along with William (b. 1900), James is the the last portion of this line on the male side. Line 2A, 2.

James b. 1903, 8, Preston. Son of John (b. 1862) and Mary Ellen (Gregson). Married Violet Cocker in 1940 and had three children, 2 sons and a daughter. Line 2B, 2.

James b. 1853, 58, Preston. Son of John and Alice (Lucas). Line 1A-2, 1A, 1

James b. 1878, 33, Preston. James Thomas was the son of Thomas and Jane (Melling Wright). He died in 1912 in the same year as his brother John Joseph. Line 1B-2, 1B, 1

John b. 1882, 29, Blackburn. Son of Robert (b. 1852) and Margaret Ann Wilson. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

John b. 1854, 57, Preston. Son of James and Ellen (Dolphin). Married Mary Banks and had 10 children. Line 2B, 2.


John b. 1890, 21, Preston. Son of John (b.1854) and Mary (Banks). Looks to have married Sarah Hindle in 1917. Line 2B, 2.

John b. 1904, 7, Preston. Son of Reuben (b. 1878) and Alice (Robinson). He married Eileen Bruen in 1930. Line 2B, 2.

John b. 1873, 38, Blackburn. Son of Thomas (b. 1847) and Janet. Married firstly Dorothy Pym and had 3 children; Thomas (b. 1904), Ellen (b. 1898) and Janet (b.1895). Married secondly Ellen Taylor in 1909 and had two more children; John (b. 1909) and Frederick (b. 1912). Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

John b. 1909, 2 Blackburn. Son of John (b. 1873) and Ellen (Taylor), see entry above. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

John b. 1875, 36, Preston. Son of Thomas and Jane (Melling Wright). Married Florence Bibby in 1904. Died in 1912, the same year as his brother James Thomas. Line 1B-2, 1B, 1.

John b. 1862, 49, Preston. Son of William and Priscilla (Baxendale). Married Jane Ellen (Gregson). Line 2B, 2.

John b. 1891, 20, Preston. Son of John (b. 1862) and Mary Ellen (Gregson). He died at Ypres in 1914. Line 2B, 2.

John b. 1910, 1, Preston. Son of William (b. 1871) and Jane (Moon). I have not been able to determine whether or not he married. Line 1B-1, 1B, 1.

John Anselm b. 1879, 32, Blackburn. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Grundy). Married Agnes Snape in 1904. They had two surviving children John Anselm (b. 1913) and Wilfrid (b. 1908). There is also a record of a daughter Mary (b. 1904). Line 1A-3, 1A, 1. At the census he was a Branch manager for the Cooperative Society. Also living with the family was John's father in law Levi Snape, a retired cotton weaver.

John William b. 1879, 32, Burnley. Son of William and Elizabeth Agnes (Dove). No further info. 1A-3, 1A, 1. 

John Robert b. 1900, 11, Bolton. My grandfather. Married Dorothy Pemberton in 1922. They had 2 children, Bryan and Dorothy. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Jos b. 1881, 30, Preston. Son of Henry (son of Thomas and Alice Taberner) and Helen (Holiday). Unsure on marital status. Line 1B-2, 1B, 1.

Joseph b.1877, 34, Bolton. Did not marry, died 1934, Line 1A-3, 1A, 1

Joseph b. 1910, 1, Preston. Son of Reuben (b.1878) and Alice (Robinson). He married Selina Garnett in 1936 and had 3 children. Line 2B, 2. 

Joseph b. 1887, 24, Preston. Son of William (b. 1860) and Ann Shuttleworth. He looks to have married Ann Moss in 1913 and they had 2 children; Joseph (b. 1914) and Josephine (b. 1928) (not fully certain on this) . Line 2B, 2.

Joseph b. 1872, 39, Preston. Son of James and Mary Ann (Crompton). Married Ellen Graham in 1892. They had eight children; Mary (b .1893), Elizabeth (b. 1894), Agnes (b.1897), William (b. 1900), Winifred (b.1904), James (b. 1909), and twins Jessie and Theresa (b. 1910). Line 2A, 2. He was a Bottler according to the census and they lived at 132 Norris Street, Preston. Daughters Mary, Elizabeth, and Agnes were listed as Cotton Weavers in Mills, Mary in Blackburn, the other two in Preston.

Richard Herbert b. 1881, 30, Flyde. He was the son of Thomas and Julia (Rabbitt). Married Jane Morris in 1903. They had 4 children; Arthur (b. 1903, d. 1903), Thomas (b. 1904), Alice Morris (b. 1906), and Bernard (b. 1913, d. 1913).  Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Ralph b. 1834, 77, Preston. Son of James and Margaret Bamber. He died in 1915. Line 2A. 

Ralph b. 1868, 43, Preston. Son of Ralph and Ann Helme. Line 2A.

Reginald Henry b. 1910,1, Flyde. Son of Henry (b. 1885) and Elizabeth Alice Eastham. Line 1B-1, 1B, 1. 

Reuben b. 1878, 33, Preston. Son of John and Mary (Banks). Married to Alice Robinson. They had 4 children prior to the census; Ellen (b.1906), John (b.1904), Joseph (b.1910), and Mary Winnifred (b. 1909), and 3 after; Alice (b. 1913, d. 1913), Robert Gerrard (b. 1914), and Alice (b. 1920). John married Eileen Bruen in 1930, Joseph married Selina Garnett in 1936, and Robert Gerrard married Margaret Wareing in 1946. Line 2B, 2.

Robert b. 1852, 59, Blackburn. Son of John and Mary (Bradley). Married Margaret Ann Wilson 1877 and had 4 children. Son Robert was born in 1884 and went to Canada (before the 1911 census). Son John was born 1882 (see above). Daughter Margaret Wilson (b. 1886) married Frank William Osborne in 1920. No further info on daughter Mary (b. 1880). Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Robert b. 1874, 37, Liverpool. Looks to have married Margaret Ackers in 1904. Robert was the son of James (b. 1848) and Ann (Copple). No record of children. Line 1A-4, 1A, 1

Robert b. 1889, 22, Ormskirk. Son of James and Sarah Booth Woods. Married Margaret Mary Waterhouse in 1922. They had one son. Line 1A-4, 1A, 1.

Robert b, 1876, 35, Preston. Son of James and Ann Leaver. Marries Esther Hannah (Worsley) in 1906. They have 5 children; Frederick Gerrard (b.1910), Gertrude (b. 1908), Robert (b. 1907), Hilda (b. 1919), William (b. 1909). Line 1A-1, 1A, 1.

Robert b. 1907, 4, Preston. Son of Robert (b. 1876) and Ester Hannah (Worsley). Robert married Edith Eastham in 1934 and they had 2 children. Line 1A-1, 1A, 1.

Robert b. 1901, 10, Preston. Son of John and Mary Ellen (Gregson). Line 2B, 2

Thomas b. 1870, 41, West Derby. aka Thomas Grundy Hubberstey. Son of John and Mary Elizabeth (Grundy). Married Alice Jane Kenrick. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1. At the census he and Alice were living at the home of Elizabeth and Joseph Kenrick (brother and sister), aunt and uncle of Alice. Thomas was listed as a Butcher and they lived at 42 Boundary Lane West Derby Lane, Liverpool.

Thomas b. 1836, 75, St. Giles, London. Married to Lydia. Not sure on the line. No known children.

Thomas b. 1905, 6, Flyde. Son of Richard Herbert and Jane (Morris). Looks to have married Jane Hunt in 1930 and had 2 daughters. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Thomas b. 1904, 7, Blackburn. Son of John (b. 1873) and Dorothy (Pym). John was the son of Thomas (b. 1847) and Janet. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Thomas b. 1847, 64, Blackburn. Son of John and Mary (Bradley). Married firstly - Janet, and had three children. Looks to have remarried to Alice Coleman in 1905. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Thomas b. 1897, 14 Preston. Son of Ignatius and Susan (McNamara). I have no further information on Thomas. Line 2B, 2.

Thomas b. 1902, 9, Preston. Son of James (b .1874) and Elizabeth (Webster). This family emigrated to the US - Case #2. Line 2B, 2.

Thomas b. 1868, 43, Bury. Son of Thomas (b.1840) and Julia Rabbitt. Married Anna Marie Crosby in 1895. No record of children. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Thomas William b. 1873, 38, Bolton. My great grandfather. Married Margaret Berry and had 5 children. Died 1931. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Thomas William b. 1898, 13, Bolton. Married Nellie Molyneaux, died, 1967, line 1A-3, 1A, 1.

Wilfrid 1908, 3, Blackburn. Son of John Anselm (b. 1879) and Agnes (Snape). He married Edith Cooper in 1940. Line 1A-3, 1A, 1

William b. 1909, 2, Preston. Son of Robert (b. 1876) and Esther Hannah (Worsley). William married Freda Isobel Little and they had 10 children. Line 1A-1, 1A, 1.

William b. 1860, 51, Preston. Son of James and Ellen (Dolphin). Married Ann (Shuttleworth) in 1881. Line 2B

William b. 1900, 11, Preston. Son of Joseph (b. 1872) and Ellen (Graham). I have not been able to determine whether or not he married. Line 2A. (Either this William, or the William below, died in WW1 in 1918 and is buried at Perrone Road Cemetary, Maricourt)

William b. 1900, 11, Preston. Son of William (b. 1860) and Ann (Shuttleworth). I have not been able to determine whether or not he married. Line 2B.(Either this William, or the William above, died in WW1 in 1918 and is buried at Perrone Road Cemetary, Maricourt)

William b. 1871, 40, Preston. Son of William and Margaret (Hall). Married Jane Moon in 1901. They had 5 children; Margaret (b. 1902), Ellen (b. 1905), Mary (b. 1907), John (b.1910) and William (b. 1912). Line 1B-1, 1B, 1.

William b. 1857, 54, Preston. Son of John and Alice (Lucas). Married to Isabell (Sandwell). They had five children John Richard (b. 1882, d. 1884), Eleanor Agnes (b. 1887), Alice (b. 1894), John (b. 1884), James (b. 1889, d. 1890). Line 1A-2, 1A, 1.

William Edwin b. 1895, 16, West Derby. Son of John (b. 1862) and Mary Ellen (Gregson). Looks to have married Theresa Catherine McManus in 1924. Line 2B, 2.

1911 Census follow-up - Group 2.

As far as I have been able to tell, everyone with the Hubbersty spelling today comes from the line started by Rose Alice Hubberstey. In the 1911 census Rose Alice is listed as Rose Alice McCann, but her children are listed as Hubbersty, even interestingly her son by Thomas McCann (probably an error).

At the time of the census the family lived at Bradshaw Lane, Grappenhall, Runcorn. Thomas McCann is listed as born 1868, Donegal, Corlea and at the census was "Bright Steel Bar Drawer".

Thomas Hubbersty (s/b Thomas McCann) b. 1908, Runcorn, Cheshire

William Hubbersty b. 1902, Preston

  

Ignatius Hubbersty b. 1898, Preston

Rose Alice's sons William Patrick and Ignatius Francis were born before she married Thomas McCann, and so carry the Hubbersty name. I suspect we will never know how the spelling switched from Rose Alice's Hubberstey to Hubbersty. (more info on this line is here.) This line starts with Robert Hubberstey and Mary Culcheth and then moves through John and Elizabeth.

William Patrick Hubbersty married firstly Margaret Ann Marsh and secondly Ellen (Nell) (Ratcliffe) Woan.  He had two sons by Margaret Ann Marsh born between 1928 and 1931.

Ignatius Francis Hubbersty married Elsie Callan and they had 5 children, 4 sons and a daughter, born between 1925 and 1937.