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 THOMPSON of London, auctioneer
husband of Sophy Hirst (qv)
William Thompson, an auctioneer of 4 Kings Road, Bedford Row, London.
He was the son of James Thompson, a wine merchant.
Rev James? THOMPSON of LONDON and Bridlington
officiates at wedding of William Thompson and Sophy Hirst
Diary references:
J mentions him repeatedly in 1860: he sees him at Mrs Charles’ in London. Thompson makes visits to Yorkshire in the early summer, and stays at Bridge Foot before marrying Sophy in July
28 Feb 1860: “Went with Sophy to Mr Thompsons & had luncheon with him”
12 Jul 1860: “Sophy Hirsts wedding day I was groomsman went with the bridegroom & Mr Jas Thompson to Church at ¼ to 11 they got married had lots of races &c Had breakfast about ½ past 12 The bridal pair left about two Had all sorts of games in the field after that .then Joe Steele & I rowed Miss Thompson Mr Jas Thompson & Mary Hirst to Westwick..”
Miss Thompson is still staying in Bbdge on July 24, when she comes with the Hirsts to tea at Bridge Foot
Mr Thompson of Bridlington Quay? preaches at Bbdge Church morning and evening on July 15th
Parish Registers: Boroughbridge
12 Jul 1860
William Thompson – 35 – bachelor – auctioneer – 4 Kings Road, Bedford Row, London – (father) James Thompson, wine merchant
married
Sophia Hirst – 22 – spinster – Boroughbridge – (father) William Hirst, solicitor
by licence
witnesses: William Hirst, JR Stubbs, Dora Hirst, HH Capes, Mary B Hirst
Tuesday 2 September 2014
Phrenological Chart for John Richard Stubbs
Rather hard to make it out from this photo, as the chart is so large - but I thought it would be of interest.
Appletons of Dishforth & Boroughbridge
I've just added an extra piece on the Misses Appleton, John Appleton and Mrs Appleton of Langthorpe to John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): people A to B.
This information has come to me from Graham Appleton - thank you Graham!
This information has come to me from Graham Appleton - thank you Graham!
Eryholme history
One of my readers has sent me came across a booklet on Eryholme, just south of the River Tees, in the course of researching his family tree. It dates from the Eryholme Festival of 1984.
He has scanned the booklet and sent it to me, in case there are others out there who would be interested.
As this sort of invaluable booklet so easily disappears from view and is so hard to find if you live outside the area, I will email it on to any interested reader. I don't know if a later version of the booklet appeared.
The main credits are to Jessie Turnbull, but also thanked are Martin Clark, Rob Bluman, Carol Hurst, Margaret Nicholson and Charlie Walker.
He has scanned the booklet and sent it to me, in case there are others out there who would be interested.
As this sort of invaluable booklet so easily disappears from view and is so hard to find if you live outside the area, I will email it on to any interested reader. I don't know if a later version of the booklet appeared.
The main credits are to Jessie Turnbull, but also thanked are Martin Clark, Rob Bluman, Carol Hurst, Margaret Nicholson and Charlie Walker.
Monday 1 September 2014
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): names beginning S
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.
SAMPSON of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
There may be several Sampsons: ie Leond of Thornton Bdge, S of Langthorp
Diary references:
3 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby Mary Dixon & Sophy were set by Fletcher to Sampsons & walked from there..”
16 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby by Train & walked back Richd set us to Sampsons..”
16 Aug 1858: “Joe Sd & I went to Sampsons of Langthorp to try the Kirby Hill Harmonium”
26 Aug 1858: “at night at Joes went across to see Sampsons horses with Joe & Capes”
13 Sep 1858: “At ½ past nine I drove Smallwood in Uncles Dog Cart to Dishforth from there to Norton to Thos Lunds to Thornton Bridge to Leond Sampsons & Jacob Smiths & home to Joes to dinner...”
24 Sep 1858: “went to Sampsons on business”
27 Sep 1858: “drove Uncle Hirsts Dog Cart with Sarah thro Ripon to Harrisons of Fountains respecting a horse of Sampsons of Langthorp from there back to Ripon from Ripon to Turners of Quarry Moor on whom I personally served a notice that if he did not return the money & take back the horse he would be sold by auction, when he offered to give Sampson £45 for the horse back or give him £15 to keep it...”
27 Dec 1858: “Rode one of Sampsons Horses of Langthorp on his business.........”
26 Mar 1859: “to Norton ... T Lund & Leond Sampson were there”
SLATERS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
28 Feb 1856: “..walked up the river past Howells to opposite Slaters halfway to Roecliffe”
15 Jun 1857: “..went up in the boat Slater went with us....got two pike from Slaters lines”
21 Jul 1857: “..went to Slaters & had a long walk with him He shot a hare”
15 Dec 1857: “..went rabbiting with Slater & Poulter..”
27 Aug 1858: “At Night Capes Joe & I took the boat to Slaters & walked on to Roecliffe to see Poulters dogs”
11 Jul 1859: “At night Capes & I went to Slaters to fetch his boat [for the picnic]”
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.
SAMPSON of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
There may be several Sampsons: ie Leond of Thornton Bdge, S of Langthorp
Diary references:
3 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby Mary Dixon & Sophy were set by Fletcher to Sampsons & walked from there..”
16 Jun 1856: “..to Helperby by Train & walked back Richd set us to Sampsons..”
16 Aug 1858: “Joe Sd & I went to Sampsons of Langthorp to try the Kirby Hill Harmonium”
26 Aug 1858: “at night at Joes went across to see Sampsons horses with Joe & Capes”
13 Sep 1858: “At ½ past nine I drove Smallwood in Uncles Dog Cart to Dishforth from there to Norton to Thos Lunds to Thornton Bridge to Leond Sampsons & Jacob Smiths & home to Joes to dinner...”
24 Sep 1858: “went to Sampsons on business”
27 Sep 1858: “drove Uncle Hirsts Dog Cart with Sarah thro Ripon to Harrisons of Fountains respecting a horse of Sampsons of Langthorp from there back to Ripon from Ripon to Turners of Quarry Moor on whom I personally served a notice that if he did not return the money & take back the horse he would be sold by auction, when he offered to give Sampson £45 for the horse back or give him £15 to keep it...”
27 Dec 1858: “Rode one of Sampsons Horses of Langthorp on his business.........”
26 Mar 1859: “to Norton ... T Lund & Leond Sampson were there”
SLATERS of/in BOROUGHBRIDGE
Diary references:
28 Feb 1856: “..walked up the river past Howells to opposite Slaters halfway to Roecliffe”
15 Jun 1857: “..went up in the boat Slater went with us....got two pike from Slaters lines”
21 Jul 1857: “..went to Slaters & had a long walk with him He shot a hare”
15 Dec 1857: “..went rabbiting with Slater & Poulter..”
27 Aug 1858: “At Night Capes Joe & I took the boat to Slaters & walked on to Roecliffe to see Poulters dogs”
11 Jul 1859: “At night Capes & I went to Slaters to fetch his boat [for the picnic]”
Sunday 31 August 2014
A Steadfast Friend: the life of Mrs Mary Stubbs
Mary Henlock was born on 16 November 1803, the eldest child of John Henlock and Jane Redmayne. She married Thomas Stubbs of Boroughbridge on 21 September 1824. They had six children: Jane, Joseph, Thomas, John, Lizzie and Alice.
Naturally enough, we hardly glimpse her in the diaries of her teenage son John.
She had been running the large household at Bridge Foot for thirty years, bringing up six children and entertaining family, friends and business guests. This was the unexamined background to John's life and escapes comment, except for occasional entries such as this one on 23 May 1856, when John was thirteen:
Naturally enough, we hardly glimpse her in the diaries of her teenage son John.
She had been running the large household at Bridge Foot for thirty years, bringing up six children and entertaining family, friends and business guests. This was the unexamined background to John's life and escapes comment, except for occasional entries such as this one on 23 May 1856, when John was thirteen:
“at night I rode to Ouseburn … got home at a ¼ to ten got a rowing for being so late"We don't know how many servants were employed in the house nor how many employees the shop needed. Bessie Carass seems to have been in the family's employ for a very long time and her importance can be seen from John’s fiancée Ellis’s letters to him from Boroughbridge on her first visit there:
“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 obviously knew John all his life and may have been the children's nurse. She and her husband Henry, a local butcher, are frequently mentioned in John's diaries and she remained a mainstay of the family for many years, helping Mary with cooking and cleaning in the 1870s, offering to come and look after Ellis when the babies were due, making cushions for Ellis and going for holidays to stay with John and Ellis in Coatham.
John Stubbs' diaries (1853-60): Stubbs
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.
Thomas STUBBS of Boroughbridge
1796-1867
Born Bridge Foot, Borobdge 3[or 23] Jul 1796 “Twenty Minutes before Nine Eveg” [paper sent by Alice Stubbs to TDHS]
Father of John
Diary references:
Jan a/c 1853: recd 27th £2 6s
June a/c 1853: “What Father owes Uncle”
Jan a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £3 2s 6d. [Paid to] Father £3 2s 6d”
Apr a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £2”
Jul a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £6 6s. Pd Father £3”
Feb 22 1856: “We then went to Capes’s to sup Aunt Ann, Aunt Bell, Aunt Hirst, Father, Mama Joe & I”
Mar 1, 11, 14, 27: “..At Night Joe & I were busy with Fathers books” .......”Went to York with Father”....”Richd Walburn of Norton was buried today Joe & Father both went”......... “Cousin Bessie Stamper Father & Mama went to Helperby to fetch Alice”
Jul 14: “Father Aunt Hirst & Mary went with the Sedgwicks to Scarbro”
Aug 11, 12: “Father & I went to meet the train”... “Today Father & Joe went to Ripley”
Sep 16, 17: “At night Father & I walked nearly to Ellenthorp Then we went to the Doctors all the rest were there to tea” “At Noon Father & I walked up towards Kirby Hill by the fields..”
Oct 1, 18, 20,: “At Noon Father Mother Aunt Redmayne & Uncle & Aunt Bell & Sarah Sedgwick went to Redcar”.. “..Went to Redcar...Father & Mother Aunt & Uncle Redmayne Sarah Sedgwick & Miss Cunnyngham were there” “Father & I walked to Coatham had some porter at the Lobster”
Nov 6, 10: “At Noon went & had a walk & met Father as I was coming back & I turned again with him” “Father & Mama dined at Capes’”
Dec 15, 23, 25: “Father & Mother were at Ouseburn today Mr Brown from Australia & Uncle Redmayne were there - They did not get home till half past nine” “Went a walk up Topcliffe Road met Father” “Father Tom & I went to Aldbro [church] in the afternoon”
Jan 8, 17, 28 1857: “Father & I were the only two at home All the rest had gone to the Concert Servants as well” “Father went to Taitlands today as he was going to Eliza Stubbs Wedding” “Father came home from Taitlands tonight”
Feb 4, 22: “At Noon Father went with Lizzy to Arthington on her way to school” “Stayed at home with Father in the evening”
Mar 5, 17: “Father & Mother were at Capes’” “At Noon walked with Father round by Milby”
Apr 21: “Father & Mother were at Capes”
May 12: “Father & Mother Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding at ½ past seven”
Jun 9: “Father & Mother were at Langthorpe”
Jul 20, 24: “At Noon Father & Mother set off for Doncaster” “Father & Mother came home from Mrs Workmans”
Aug 16: “Nelly [Scholfield] & Jane sat with Father & me in our pew at Aldbro”
Sep 3: “Father & Mother went to Redcar”
Oct 8: “Father & Mother came from Redcar”
Nov 17: “Father & I were alone”
Dec 7: “Father & I rode the old Pony & Joes Mare to Langthorp Field”
16, 30 Sep 1858: “Father & Mother went to Redcar” “Father & Mother came from Redcar” [after Aunt Hirst’s death]
18 Mar 1859: “Father & Mother supped at Uncles”
12 Apr 1859: “Drove Father & Sarah to Ripon on business”
13 Dec 1859: “Father & Mother were at Knaresbro”
9 Jan 1860: “Alice & I walked to Uncle Picks ... & then ... to the workhouse & Capes & I came on to BB together Father brought Alice home”
29 Jun 1860: “dined at Uncle Picks Father came on & he & I went to see Uncle Wm we came home with Father”
9 Jul 1860: “Went with Father to Ouseburn Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks went to Browns to the sale of the late Mr Crosby’s property”
23 Jul 1860: “Father Tom & I drove to Ouseburn & brot Alice from there”
29 Aug 1860: “Father & Mother & Dora Hirst went to Redcar at noon”
26 Sep 1860: “Father & Mother came home from Redcar”
11 Oct 1860: “Father & Mother were just returning from Knaresbro as we started home”
30 Oct 1860: “at home with Father at night”
22 Nov 1860: “Father fetched us home in the Dog Cart as there was a letter from Geo Capes which wanted answering (Re Daniel’s Practice)”
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.
Thomas STUBBS of Boroughbridge
1796-1867
Born Bridge Foot, Borobdge 3[or 23] Jul 1796 “Twenty Minutes before Nine Eveg” [paper sent by Alice Stubbs to TDHS]
Father of John
Diary references:
Jan a/c 1853: recd 27th £2 6s
June a/c 1853: “What Father owes Uncle”
Jan a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £3 2s 6d. [Paid to] Father £3 2s 6d”
Apr a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £2”
Jul a/c 1855: “Recd of Father £6 6s. Pd Father £3”
Feb 22 1856: “We then went to Capes’s to sup Aunt Ann, Aunt Bell, Aunt Hirst, Father, Mama Joe & I”
Mar 1, 11, 14, 27: “..At Night Joe & I were busy with Fathers books” .......”Went to York with Father”....”Richd Walburn of Norton was buried today Joe & Father both went”......... “Cousin Bessie Stamper Father & Mama went to Helperby to fetch Alice”
Jul 14: “Father Aunt Hirst & Mary went with the Sedgwicks to Scarbro”
Aug 11, 12: “Father & I went to meet the train”... “Today Father & Joe went to Ripley”
Sep 16, 17: “At night Father & I walked nearly to Ellenthorp Then we went to the Doctors all the rest were there to tea” “At Noon Father & I walked up towards Kirby Hill by the fields..”
Oct 1, 18, 20,: “At Noon Father Mother Aunt Redmayne & Uncle & Aunt Bell & Sarah Sedgwick went to Redcar”.. “..Went to Redcar...Father & Mother Aunt & Uncle Redmayne Sarah Sedgwick & Miss Cunnyngham were there” “Father & I walked to Coatham had some porter at the Lobster”
Nov 6, 10: “At Noon went & had a walk & met Father as I was coming back & I turned again with him” “Father & Mama dined at Capes’”
Dec 15, 23, 25: “Father & Mother were at Ouseburn today Mr Brown from Australia & Uncle Redmayne were there - They did not get home till half past nine” “Went a walk up Topcliffe Road met Father” “Father Tom & I went to Aldbro [church] in the afternoon”
Jan 8, 17, 28 1857: “Father & I were the only two at home All the rest had gone to the Concert Servants as well” “Father went to Taitlands today as he was going to Eliza Stubbs Wedding” “Father came home from Taitlands tonight”
Feb 4, 22: “At Noon Father went with Lizzy to Arthington on her way to school” “Stayed at home with Father in the evening”
Mar 5, 17: “Father & Mother were at Capes’” “At Noon walked with Father round by Milby”
Apr 21: “Father & Mother were at Capes”
May 12: “Father & Mother Capes & Jane set off in Mrs Morrells Cab to Joes Wedding at ½ past seven”
Jun 9: “Father & Mother were at Langthorpe”
Jul 20, 24: “At Noon Father & Mother set off for Doncaster” “Father & Mother came home from Mrs Workmans”
Aug 16: “Nelly [Scholfield] & Jane sat with Father & me in our pew at Aldbro”
Sep 3: “Father & Mother went to Redcar”
Oct 8: “Father & Mother came from Redcar”
Nov 17: “Father & I were alone”
Dec 7: “Father & I rode the old Pony & Joes Mare to Langthorp Field”
16, 30 Sep 1858: “Father & Mother went to Redcar” “Father & Mother came from Redcar” [after Aunt Hirst’s death]
18 Mar 1859: “Father & Mother supped at Uncles”
12 Apr 1859: “Drove Father & Sarah to Ripon on business”
13 Dec 1859: “Father & Mother were at Knaresbro”
9 Jan 1860: “Alice & I walked to Uncle Picks ... & then ... to the workhouse & Capes & I came on to BB together Father brought Alice home”
29 Jun 1860: “dined at Uncle Picks Father came on & he & I went to see Uncle Wm we came home with Father”
9 Jul 1860: “Went with Father to Ouseburn Mr Pick Father Aunt Redmayne Capes & I dined at Uncle Picks went to Browns to the sale of the late Mr Crosby’s property”
23 Jul 1860: “Father Tom & I drove to Ouseburn & brot Alice from there”
29 Aug 1860: “Father & Mother & Dora Hirst went to Redcar at noon”
26 Sep 1860: “Father & Mother came home from Redcar”
11 Oct 1860: “Father & Mother were just returning from Knaresbro as we started home”
30 Oct 1860: “at home with Father at night”
22 Nov 1860: “Father fetched us home in the Dog Cart as there was a letter from Geo Capes which wanted answering (Re Daniel’s Practice)”
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