These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
William & Ellen HENLOCK of GREAT OUSEBURN
William Henlock 1805-66 is the brother of John's mother
Ellen Henlock, nee Thornber, of Settle, born ca1807, died 1885
JRS often calls there, stays there, they dine at Bridge Foot &c
Diary references: eg
Jan 1853: “Recd from Aunt Henlock 26/-”
6 Mar 1856: “walked to Ouseburn and had dinner Uncle Williams as they had been coursing We then had tea after tea a rubber at wist two table Uncle Henlock Crosby Len Sedgwick & I sat at one table. Gudgeon Uncle Pick Capes & Joe at the other...”
1 Apr 1856: “walked to Marton to get a gun for me from Gudgeon Uncle Wms gamekeeper...”
19 Jul 1856: “Uncle Wm & Aunt came home from Redcar”
22 Sep 1856: “went to Uncle Wms Mrs H gave me a tart or two & a glass of wine”
28 Apr 1857: “Uncle Wm lent me a gun which I brought home”
14 Jul 1857: “Smallwood & I walked to Ouseburn Had some fruit at Uncle Wms the good people were out at the other house”
28 Jul 1857: “Uncle Wm came & left his pony & carriage at our house until he returned from Driffield”
21 Sep 1857: “..walked to Ouseburn Feast.....supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Haddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there.....”
5 May 1858: “At Night Sd & I walked to Uncle Wms Plantation Met Harry Redmayne there with the gun”
8 May 1858: “At Night Harry Redmayne Sd & I walked to Uncle Wms Cottages”
25 Jul 1858: “Morning & evening to Gt Ouseburn Church In the afternoon Aunt & I took the Dogs down the Croft”
25 Dec 1858: “After dinner I walked to Ouseburn Had tea at Uncle Picks then I went to Uncle Wms to stay until Monday mg”
20 Mar 1859: “In the afternoon Aunt Henlock & I walked down to Uncle Picks...”
19 May 1859: “At night I rode to Ouseburn but the good people there had gone to a missionary meeting so I did not see them”
20 Aug 1859: “Mrs Henlock & I went to see some sheep & had a good course”
27 Oct 1859: “Aunt Henlock gave me a gold chain”
20 Nov 1859: “Uncle Wm had a letter to say Miss Marriner was dead”
J stays at Henlocks’ in August and November
J stays at Henlocks’ in January 1860 and for much of October 1860, for the shooting
17 Aug 1860: “Went with Uncle Pick to Uncle Wms cottage...”
Aunt Henlock goes to Harrogate on 4 Oct 1860, stays at Settle in December and
10 Dec 1860: “[J goes to York Cattle Show] I bought 2 flannel shirst which Mrs Henlock said she would pay for”
Monday, 25 August 2014
Sunday, 24 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning G
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Sir Willam GALLWEY of PILMOOR HOUSE
MP for Thirsk
Diary references:
15 Feb 1856: “I wrote a letter to Sir W G telling him Uncle had not arrived at home as he expected him this morng”
no other references 1816-Apr 1858
Post Office 1857:
“Pill Moor House is the residence of Sir William P Gallwey, Bart, MP; it is a new building, pleasantly situated 1 ½ miles from the village. Brickmaking is carried on extensively near here”
William GATENBY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
11 Mar 1856: “When I got home [from York] I went to James Swales & Wm Gatenby to ask them to go & speak a good word for Hodgson who was going to be tried with Kirby of Marton for night poaching as I met his mother in the Castle Yard & she asked me if I would but they declined going”
Slaters 1849: “Joiners & Cabinet makers: Gatenby, William, Borobridge”
“Shopkeeper & Baker: Gatenby, John Walker, Borobridge”
Post Office 1857: “Farmers at Helperby/ Brafferton: William Gatenby”
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge
William Gatenby, widower, 45, joiner & cabinet maker master b BB
with 6 children under 16
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Sir Willam GALLWEY of PILMOOR HOUSE
MP for Thirsk
Diary references:
15 Feb 1856: “I wrote a letter to Sir W G telling him Uncle had not arrived at home as he expected him this morng”
no other references 1816-Apr 1858
Post Office 1857:
“Pill Moor House is the residence of Sir William P Gallwey, Bart, MP; it is a new building, pleasantly situated 1 ½ miles from the village. Brickmaking is carried on extensively near here”
William GATENBY of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
11 Mar 1856: “When I got home [from York] I went to James Swales & Wm Gatenby to ask them to go & speak a good word for Hodgson who was going to be tried with Kirby of Marton for night poaching as I met his mother in the Castle Yard & she asked me if I would but they declined going”
Slaters 1849: “Joiners & Cabinet makers: Gatenby, William, Borobridge”
“Shopkeeper & Baker: Gatenby, John Walker, Borobridge”
Post Office 1857: “Farmers at Helperby/ Brafferton: William Gatenby”
Censuses:
1851: Borobridge
William Gatenby, widower, 45, joiner & cabinet maker master b BB
with 6 children under 16
Saturday, 23 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people E to F
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Mrs ELGOOD of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
3 Oct 1856: “..to Crawshaws to have tea...Leond [etc] were there Mrs Elgood it was rather sticky”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Mrs Elgood & Mrs Crawshaw...&c &c....”
Emma ETESON of/in Knaresborough
Diary references:
9 Jul 1855: “ Emma Eteson &c to tea”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Emma Eteson & Jacob...&c &c”
15 Oct 1856: “..to Mrs Powells party Had cards Emma Eteson & I played Joe & Miss Smith”
21 Oct 1856: “..to Humburton..had a large party Emma Eteson was there had a jolly dance”
20 Jan 1857: “Mother was at Mrs Powells at tea. Mrs Eteson of Knaresboro was there”
Mr & Mrs ELLISON of/in OUSEBURN
Diary references:
21 Sep 1857: “..supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Hddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Mrs ELGOOD of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
3 Oct 1856: “..to Crawshaws to have tea...Leond [etc] were there Mrs Elgood it was rather sticky”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Mrs Elgood & Mrs Crawshaw...&c &c....”
Emma ETESON of/in Knaresborough
Diary references:
9 Jul 1855: “ Emma Eteson &c to tea”
14 Oct 1856: “..to Miss Stotts...Emma Eteson & Jacob...&c &c”
15 Oct 1856: “..to Mrs Powells party Had cards Emma Eteson & I played Joe & Miss Smith”
21 Oct 1856: “..to Humburton..had a large party Emma Eteson was there had a jolly dance”
20 Jan 1857: “Mother was at Mrs Powells at tea. Mrs Eteson of Knaresboro was there”
Mr & Mrs ELLISON of/in OUSEBURN
Diary references:
21 Sep 1857: “..supped...at Uncle Wms Lascelles & wife Miss Hddon Howe & wife Old Pick & wife Richd Paver Ellison & wife were there”
Friday, 22 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning with C
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Bessie CARASS of BOROUGHBRIDGE
Bessie may have been John's nurse and features in the life of the family for many decades
Diary references:
16 Jan 1856: “...played cards at Henry Carass’ Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks...”
27 Jun 1856: “At Noon was at Capes’ with Arthur Powell to dinner I gave Mrs Stevenson a pair of Sissors & Bessie Carass a pair”
15 Sep 1856: “Called to see Bessie Carass & Aunt Bell & then went home”
30 Oct 1857: “At Night sat with Bessie Carass”
no references in 1858 or 1859
while in London, JRS wrote to Bessie (9.2.60)
Censuses:
1851: Boroughbridge
Henry Carass, 32, butcher, b BB
Elizabeth Carass, 34, wife, b Topcliffe
Letters from Ellis Macfarlane to John Stubbs on her first visit to Boroughbridge after their engagement: “I am to see old Bessie tomorrow” she wrote on her first night, and the next day, “Last Night I went to the kitchen to try to get old Bessie tell me something bad about you, but of course failed altogether. This morning I watched her prepare a turkey for cooking. So you see I am beginning already!!”
Bessie offered to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, made cushions for Ellis and went for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
Bessie also worked for other families. She was left £10 by Mrs Wood in 1872, and a letter of Mary’s in May 1874 shows how busy Bessie and Henry were: “Bessy is very busy. She has loads of washing. We have had Henry one day this week and again tomorrow whitewashing. The Sedgwicks have the Mackaskeys at dinner tomorrow and Bessy is making jelly &c for them”.
Aunt Bell remembered Bessie in her Will “as a small acknowledgment of all her kindness”, and in a letter of 1886 Mary told John she wished on her death that the maids should each have full mourning and that Bessie Carass was to have “a gown and bonnet and cap” in the traditional way.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Bessie CARASS of BOROUGHBRIDGE
Bessie may have been John's nurse and features in the life of the family for many decades
Diary references:
16 Jan 1856: “...played cards at Henry Carass’ Joe & I beat the two Henrys had only one rubber Bessie went to ask Miss Eagle a Clairvoyant Lady at Mrs Morrells about Uncle Henlocks...”
27 Jun 1856: “At Noon was at Capes’ with Arthur Powell to dinner I gave Mrs Stevenson a pair of Sissors & Bessie Carass a pair”
15 Sep 1856: “Called to see Bessie Carass & Aunt Bell & then went home”
30 Oct 1857: “At Night sat with Bessie Carass”
no references in 1858 or 1859
while in London, JRS wrote to Bessie (9.2.60)
Censuses:
1851: Boroughbridge
Henry Carass, 32, butcher, b BB
Elizabeth Carass, 34, wife, b Topcliffe
Letters from Ellis Macfarlane to John Stubbs on her first visit to Boroughbridge after their engagement: “I am to see old Bessie tomorrow” she wrote on her first night, and the next day, “Last Night I went to the kitchen to try to get old Bessie tell me something bad about you, but of course failed altogether. This morning I watched her prepare a turkey for cooking. So you see I am beginning already!!”
Bessie offered to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, made cushions for Ellis and went for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
Bessie also worked for other families. She was left £10 by Mrs Wood in 1872, and a letter of Mary’s in May 1874 shows how busy Bessie and Henry were: “Bessy is very busy. She has loads of washing. We have had Henry one day this week and again tomorrow whitewashing. The Sedgwicks have the Mackaskeys at dinner tomorrow and Bessy is making jelly &c for them”.
Aunt Bell remembered Bessie in her Will “as a small acknowledgment of all her kindness”, and in a letter of 1886 Mary told John she wished on her death that the maids should each have full mourning and that Bessie Carass was to have “a gown and bonnet and cap” in the traditional way.
Thursday, 21 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): Capes & Clarks
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Henry Hawkesley CAPES (1827-1905) of BOROUGHBRIDGE
John's brother in law
Diary references:
first mentioned 20 Jan 1853: “in the evening we had a few friends as M & S Hirst M & J/L Sedgwick & Mr Capes”
15 Sep 1855: “Capes & I walked round by All Arm....”
through 1856: sometimes ‘Capes’, sometimes ‘Mr Capes’, occasionally ‘Mr Henry Capes’. I have come to the conclusion that this is all HHCapes.
4 Feb 1856: “Mr Cape came home from Gainsbro”
9 Feb 1856: “At night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause”
14 Feb 1856: “Uncle & Mr C being at Malton Mr Barroby’s horse trial being heard today...”
21 Feb 1856: “Capes & Jane went walking” [first mention of the two together]
27 Mar 1856: “Jane & Capes played Chess”
29 Apr 1856: “At Night Capes Joe & I rowed their boat up to Roecliffe for the first time”
10 Jun 1856: “At Night I had tea with Capes we went down to play Cricket & a jolly practice we had”
17 Jun 1856: “Capes & his cousin Scholfield”
11 Jul 1856: “At Night Jane & Capes came from Taitlands”
27 Aug 1856: “Had a letter from Capes...”
10 Sep 1856: [wedding]
26 Sep 1856: “Capes & Jane came from their Wedding Tour in Wales”
30 Sep 1856: “Capes & Jane came I went with them to their house & filled up some orders of Removal & stayed & supped with them”
14 Oct 1856: “At Night I went to Miss Stotts to meet Mr & Mrs Capes...”
8 Nov 1856: “At Night went to Capes for some Newspapers & took same to Mrs Powells”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
Henry Hawkesley CAPES (1827-1905) of BOROUGHBRIDGE
John's brother in law
Diary references:
first mentioned 20 Jan 1853: “in the evening we had a few friends as M & S Hirst M & J/L Sedgwick & Mr Capes”
15 Sep 1855: “Capes & I walked round by All Arm....”
through 1856: sometimes ‘Capes’, sometimes ‘Mr Capes’, occasionally ‘Mr Henry Capes’. I have come to the conclusion that this is all HHCapes.
4 Feb 1856: “Mr Cape came home from Gainsbro”
9 Feb 1856: “At night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause”
14 Feb 1856: “Uncle & Mr C being at Malton Mr Barroby’s horse trial being heard today...”
21 Feb 1856: “Capes & Jane went walking” [first mention of the two together]
27 Mar 1856: “Jane & Capes played Chess”
29 Apr 1856: “At Night Capes Joe & I rowed their boat up to Roecliffe for the first time”
10 Jun 1856: “At Night I had tea with Capes we went down to play Cricket & a jolly practice we had”
17 Jun 1856: “Capes & his cousin Scholfield”
11 Jul 1856: “At Night Jane & Capes came from Taitlands”
27 Aug 1856: “Had a letter from Capes...”
10 Sep 1856: [wedding]
26 Sep 1856: “Capes & Jane came from their Wedding Tour in Wales”
30 Sep 1856: “Capes & Jane came I went with them to their house & filled up some orders of Removal & stayed & supped with them”
14 Oct 1856: “At Night I went to Miss Stotts to meet Mr & Mrs Capes...”
8 Nov 1856: “At Night went to Capes for some Newspapers & took same to Mrs Powells”
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people A to B
These are my original working notes, made quite a few years ago in the days before broadband and easy access to census records etc. I have done a certain amount of extra work in getting them ready to post here, so some of the entries are now up-to-date.
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
John APPLETON of/in Dishforth?
Diary references:
?? Jan 1853 a/c: “for Appleton 6d”
9 Feb 1856: “At Night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause Mr Charles Mason & John Appleton were there”
26 Jul 1857: “Mr & Miss Barroby went to Wm Richardsons childs christening I came home at night with John Appleton in the pony carriage They came to meet the Bulls from Salisbury which came tonight”
The Misses D & Sarah APPLETON of Dishforth
Diary references:
17 Jan 1857: “At Night....to Dishforth Ryotts children were all there & a Miss Rhodes from Thirsk & the Misses Appleton of Dishforth we had a dance”
30 Dec 1858: “At Night Went to Capes Miss D Miss Sarah Appleton of Dishforth Miss Clarke of Minskip Miss Calder Jane Sedgwick & Mary Alice & Lizzy Joe & I were there got home about ten”
3 Jan 1859: “...in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea Miss Calder The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there...”
24 Feb 1859: “we had Miss Appleton & Sarah Appleton & Sophy to tea”
25 Feb 1859: “tea at Uncles The Appletons & Mrs Powell were there”
They are at tea or supper with the Stubbs or Hirsts five times in April, three times in August, and have tea at Bridge Foot once in December
Whites 1840: Dishforth: Thos Appleton, yeoman
Tithe Map c1840
Thomas Appleton has in hand no316, house, and land, and tenants on most of his farmland; his house is on the west side of the main street of Dishforth, south of Mr Barroby’s
William Appleton has tenants on his 59 acres
From Graham Appleton (31 Aug 2014):
Mrs APPLETON of LANGTHORPE
Diary references:
25 Jan 1856: “At Noon went with a note for Mrs Appleton of Langthorp from Uncle Hirst”
Mr ATKINSON decd
Diary references:
30 Aug 1859: “Went to the Fulford Road Cemetery [York] for a cert.e of Mr Atkinsons burial”
They include quotations from George Whitehead's Journals, ed. Helier Hibbs, which have been an invaluable resource for which I am very grateful.
As with the A-Z of Hutton Rudby people, my accuracy is NOT guaranteed! And I'm afraid they are not quite in alphabetical order.
John APPLETON of/in Dishforth?
Diary references:
?? Jan 1853 a/c: “for Appleton 6d”
9 Feb 1856: “At Night went with Mr Capes to Dishforth to hear a little more about Cousin Marks Horse Cause Mr Charles Mason & John Appleton were there”
26 Jul 1857: “Mr & Miss Barroby went to Wm Richardsons childs christening I came home at night with John Appleton in the pony carriage They came to meet the Bulls from Salisbury which came tonight”
The Misses D & Sarah APPLETON of Dishforth
Diary references:
17 Jan 1857: “At Night....to Dishforth Ryotts children were all there & a Miss Rhodes from Thirsk & the Misses Appleton of Dishforth we had a dance”
30 Dec 1858: “At Night Went to Capes Miss D Miss Sarah Appleton of Dishforth Miss Clarke of Minskip Miss Calder Jane Sedgwick & Mary Alice & Lizzy Joe & I were there got home about ten”
3 Jan 1859: “...in Stotts phaeton to Clarks of Minskip to tea Miss Calder The Misses Appleton & Miss McCleod were there...”
24 Feb 1859: “we had Miss Appleton & Sarah Appleton & Sophy to tea”
25 Feb 1859: “tea at Uncles The Appletons & Mrs Powell were there”
They are at tea or supper with the Stubbs or Hirsts five times in April, three times in August, and have tea at Bridge Foot once in December
Whites 1840: Dishforth: Thos Appleton, yeoman
Tithe Map c1840
Thomas Appleton has in hand no316, house, and land, and tenants on most of his farmland; his house is on the west side of the main street of Dishforth, south of Mr Barroby’s
William Appleton has tenants on his 59 acres
From Graham Appleton (31 Aug 2014):
The two sisters, Annie and Sarah, went to a private school in Boroughbridge. Their school mistress was Mary Powell, who is also mentioned in the letters (I found this in the 1851 census). They were the daughters of the Thomas Appleton you found at Dishforth by his second wife. She sadly spent a lot of time in 'asylums' (most time in Bootham Hospital, York). I've looked at her medical records and she seems to have suffered from undiagnosed /untreated post-natal depression- which may have often been the case. Charles Mason and Mark Barroby, who are also in the letters, were the executors of her husband Thomas' will, and then became trustees of her estate while she was in the hospitals.
The John Appleton who is in the letters was from a different branch of the family living in Dishforth. He was a groom- I noticed that the entries with which he's involved are both of a horsey nature! He was the father of the Thomas Appleton who gave his name to the Thomas Appleton's butchers in Ripon market place. Curiously, the young Thomas started his working life as a groom in the household of the above family in Dishforth (the family of Annie, Sarah and their mother-in the 1861 Dishforth census).
Finally, the 'Mrs Appleton of Langthorpe' in the letters is from another branch of the family who were also from Dishforth. All these branches were related and came from Dishforth.
Mrs APPLETON of LANGTHORPE
Diary references:
25 Jan 1856: “At Noon went with a note for Mrs Appleton of Langthorp from Uncle Hirst”
Mr ATKINSON decd
Diary references:
30 Aug 1859: “Went to the Fulford Road Cemetery [York] for a cert.e of Mr Atkinsons burial”
Monday, 18 August 2014
A large family in 19th century Harrogate
I like this story of Jane Stubbs' family because it's a reminder – at
a time when everything to do with bringing up children seems so
particularly fraught with anxiety – that the idea we make for ourselves
of childcare of the past may not be quite accurate … …
Jane Stubbs was born at the Bridge Foot at seven o'clock on the morning of 5 July 1826, and was twelve years older than John. She makes only rare appearances in his early diaries – a teenage boy would hardly notice the activities of a sister who was a young unmarried woman of twenty-seven.
By early 1856, Jane is more frequently noticed in his diary entries and always in connection with a young solicitor in their uncle Hirst's office, Henry Hawkesley Capes. He was a year younger than Jane, and came from Whitgift in Yorkshire, the son of solicitor Thomas Hawkesley Capes and his wife Ann. He and Jane were now to be found walking together and playing chess.
At some point the marriage must have been announced, but John does not record it. We might guess that Jane must have been making preparations for her wedding when she went to stay in York in May and came back with a black undress Coat for her younger brother. With quantities of clothes and underwear to make or buy and the new home to get ready, it is not surprising to find her going to York again in early August, this time with her mother.
York was also the natural place to find a wedding present, and John entrusts this task to his eldest brother Joe who, with the help of his fiancée Sarah Sedgwick of York, buys something suitable:
Jane Stubbs was born at the Bridge Foot at seven o'clock on the morning of 5 July 1826, and was twelve years older than John. She makes only rare appearances in his early diaries – a teenage boy would hardly notice the activities of a sister who was a young unmarried woman of twenty-seven.
By early 1856, Jane is more frequently noticed in his diary entries and always in connection with a young solicitor in their uncle Hirst's office, Henry Hawkesley Capes. He was a year younger than Jane, and came from Whitgift in Yorkshire, the son of solicitor Thomas Hawkesley Capes and his wife Ann. He and Jane were now to be found walking together and playing chess.
At some point the marriage must have been announced, but John does not record it. We might guess that Jane must have been making preparations for her wedding when she went to stay in York in May and came back with a black undress Coat for her younger brother. With quantities of clothes and underwear to make or buy and the new home to get ready, it is not surprising to find her going to York again in early August, this time with her mother.
York was also the natural place to find a wedding present, and John entrusts this task to his eldest brother Joe who, with the help of his fiancée Sarah Sedgwick of York, buys something suitable:
“gave Jane a butter dish and silver knife with pearl handle for a wedding present it cost 11/6”.On Wednesday 10 September 1856 Jane and Capes were married.
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