1811 Info 2e for Elizabeth Crompton |
Martha Amelia Brignell FOSTER was the first child of Paulina and James FOSTER. She was born in the second quarter of 1862 in Sculcoates, Hull. (GRO ref: Sculcoates 9d 180).
Paulina, widowed in 1865, married Edmund HYLDON. In the 1871 census Paulina and Edmund HYLDON were travelling the highways maintaining government telegraph with Paulina's second child Madalina. The 1871 census also shows Paulina had left her eldest daughter Martha Amelia FOSTER with her aunt Sophia HORNSEY/JOSEPHS. Perhaps, there was no room in the caravan for Martha Amelia FOSTER?
1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG10
Piece: 4787; Folio: 42; Page: 23; Sched: 200
Dwelling: 6 Princes Street
Place: Holy Trinity, Hull, York, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Sophia Jacob Head W 23 Tailoress emp 1 Yorks, Newbald
Elizabeth Hornsey Mother Mar 60 Farmers Wife Yorks, Nafferton
Frederick Jacob Son 2 Yorks, Hull
Amelia Foster Niece 10 Yorks, Hull
There is an enumeration error. Frederick's age was originally placed in the female column, aged 10, and then crossed out. It appears to be confused with Amelia.
Martha Amelia's marriage to Charles Thomas
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Between 1871 and 1879 Martha had migrated to the Stockton area where, in
the March quarter of 1879, Martha Amelia FOSTER married Charles THOMAS (GRO ref:
Stockton 10a 75).
Charles THOMAS was born in the first quarter of 1860. (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 67) The couple first lived with Charles' widowed father in a five family ' tenement', adjacent to a Stockton warehouse. Left: Cross Street, Stockton 1899, in relationship to Thistle Green |
1881 Census Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG11
Piece: 4894; Folio: 141; Page: 14; Sched: 43
Dwelling: 3 Cross Street
Place: St Thomas Parish, Stockton, Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Charles Thomas Head Wid 71 Jobbing Cutler Durham, Stockton
John Thomas Son U 23 Jobbing Cutler Durham, Stockton
Charles Thomas (jnr) Son M 21 Jobbing Cutler Durham, Stockton
Amelia Thomas Dau M 19 Jobbing Cutlers wife Durham, Stockton
Charles James Thomas Son Infant 7m Son Durham, Stockton
| The 1899 map shows that Cross Street was between Bishop Street and Silver Street. As
can be seen from the photograph the area has been redeveloped. However, it is possible
that the Brown's arch is on the old Cross Street footprint.
Right: Bishop Street, Stockton 2009 Author |
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The 1891 census shows that the Fosters had moved, with their three daughters, across Thistle Square, to their own home. Charles had changed his employment from 'jobbing cutler' to 'showman', perhaps hinting at a more nomadic life. The couple are known to have had four children:
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG12
Piece: 4052; Folio: 156; Page: 30; Sched: 159
Dwelling: 9 Bolton House Yard
Place: South Earl, Stockton on Trees, Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Charles Thomas Head M 30 Showman Employer Durham, Stockton
Amelia Thomas Wife M 29 Yorks, Hull
Paulina Thomas Dau U 8 Scholar Durham, Stockton
Lavinia Thomas Dau U 6 Scholar Durham, Stockton
Rosetta Thomas Dau U 4 Scholar Durham, Stockton
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Left: Thistle Green Stockton circa 1920 and before its demolition. Bolton House Yard lay behind the houses facing the square. The new Stockton Library and Archives, opened in November 2011, was built near this site. |
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| Above: A 1899 map of Stockton showing Bolton House Yard backing on to Thistle Green |
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| Above: Extract from Stockton's Housewife's Lane
Improvement Scheme 1925, showing 9 Bolton House Yard, marked yellow. The map shows a
passage entrance from Thistle Green and street access from Housewife's Lane. Source: Stockton Central Library |
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| Above: The map of 1925 showing Bolton House Yard on an aerial view of modern Stockton |
It is possible that, after his wife's death in 1895, Charles THOMAS married, in the third quarter of 1896 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 116), the much younger Elizabeth TAYLOR born in the first quarter of 1872 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 89). They took to the roads in his caravan, being the final entry in the 1901 Enumerator's book. The caravan appears to have been parked in the region of Bonlea Foundry.
1901 Census Sun/Mon 31st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG13
Piece: 4588; Folio: 111; Page: 54; Sched: 280
Dwelling: Caravan
Place: Thornaby, York NR, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Charles Thomas Head M 42 Plater's Helper Shipyard Worker Durham, Stockton
Elizabeth Thomas Wife M 29 Durham, Stockton
There being no children in the caravan supports the hypothesis that, like Lavinia, all four children had been dispersed.
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| Above: Part of the 1899 map of Stockton showing the open area within the enumeration district where Charles THOMAS' caravan may have been parked |
Their children
Charles James THOMAS - first child of Charles and Amelia THOMAS
Charles James R THOMAS, born in the third quarter of 1880 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 86), does not appear in the 1891 census when he should have been 11. There is no evidence of his early death between 1880 and 1891 nor between 1891 and 1930. There is no evidence of him in 1901 or 1911 census. A Charles THOMAS married Joanna KENNEDY in 1916 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 139).
Paulina THOMAS - second child of Charles and Amelia THOMAS
Paulina THOMAS married James WHITEHEAD in the fourth quarter of 1900 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 143).
1901 Census Sun/Mon 31st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG13
Piece: 4627; Folio: 115; Page: 26; Sched: 161
Dwelling: 25 Tees Street
Place: Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
James Whitehead Head M 18 Apprentice shipyard riveter Worker Durham, Stockton
Pauline Whitehead Wife M 18 Durham, Stockport
Robert W Herron Bord 18 Shipyard labourer Worker Durham, Stockton
Neither James nor Paulina/e appear in the 1911 census. There is no obvious record of their death.
Lavinia THOMAS third child of Charles and Amelia THOMAS
In 1895 Lavinia's mother died. The 1901 census shows that Lavinia, their third child, was living with her Aunt Madalina COOK and grandmother Paulina CARISS.
1901 Census Sun/Mon 1st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film PRO Ref RG13
Piece: 4626; Folio: 43; Page: 21; Sched: 112
Dwelling: 36 Craister Street
Place: Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Sex Occupation Status Birthplace
Thomas Cook Head M 36 M Labourer in shipyard Employed Durham, Stockton
Madalina R Cook Wife M 36 F York, Hull
Paulina Cariss M-i-L Wid 65 F York, Nafferton
Lavinia Thomas N-i-L U 16 F General servant Employed Durham, Stockton
In the fourth quarter of 1902 Lavinia married George PATERSON (sic) (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 141). The 1911 census reveals that, in a ten year marriage four children had died, but two were living.
1911 Census: Sun/Mon 2nd April/3rd April 1911
Source: TNA Ref: RG14 PN 29558
Reg. Gen. Ref: RG78 PN 1717A En.Dist: 12 Sched: 131
RegDist: Stockton SubDist: Stockton
Dwelling: 4 Albion Street
Place: Stockton on Tess, Co. Durham
Rooms in dwelling, other than scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom: 2
Years married: 10
Children: Alive 2, dead 4
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
George Paterson Head M 32 Shipyard Labourer Worker Durham, Stockton
Lavinia Paterson Wife M 27 Durham, Stockton
Susannah Paterson Dau 3 Durham, Stockton
Elizabeth Paterson Dau 0 (7mn) Durham, Stockton
George PATTERSON was born in the first quarter of 1879 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 84).
1901 Census Sun/Mon 31st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG13
Piece: 4623; Folio: 138; Page: 25; Sched: 158
Dwelling: 36 Webster Street
Place: Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
William G Jones Head M 46 Boilersmith's Labourer Worker Northumberland, Walker
Elizabeth R Jones Wife M 47 Yorks, Great Ayton
Joseph Patterson S-Son S 24 Boilersmith Labourer Worker Durham, Hartlepool
George Patterson S-Son S 22 Steelworks Labourer Worker Durham, Stockton
Thomas Patterson S-Son S 17 Rivet Heater Shipyard Worker Durham, Stockton
Edward Patterson S-Son S 16 Rivet Heater Shipyard Worker Durham, Stockton
Elizabeth Patterson S-Dau 14 Durham, Stockton
Daniel J Jones Son 8 Durham, Stockton
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| Above: Map showing Albion and Webster Street, Stockton 1899. Albion Street has now been redeveloped into a few large specialist wholesale units. |
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All that remains of the old Webster Street is Webster Close, which at onetime must
have connected with the modern Webster Street. It is suspected that number 36 stood on
the patch of grass or is under the modern homes.
In 2009 the area around the modern Buchanan Street (behind the boarded gates) and Lawson Street (to the right of the grass) was ready for development all houses appear boarded up. Left: Webster Close, Stockton 2009 Author |
In 1911 Beatrice Moore lived at 16 Ewbank Street, Stockton. On the map above, Ewbank is the street to the west and parallel to Webster Street. Beatrice Moore married Lesley Milo Forsyth, the Australian soldier and grandson of Caleb Crompton, born 1821.
There is no evidence of the deaths of Lavinia and George PATTERSON between 1911 and 1950 in 'Find My Past', Ancestry or FreeBMD. However, a Lavinia PATTERSON married James ICETON in the third quarter of 1917 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 165). But, a search of GRO death register and Commonwealth War Graves shows no George Patterson between the 1911 census and the remarriage. Did the family emigrate after the War?
Rossetta THOMAS third child of Charles and Amelia THOMAS
There is no obvious record of the
Rosetta was eight years old when her mother died, so was she adopted by a relation or die with a different surname?
Martha Amelia THOMAS' death
Martha Amelia THOMAS died in the second quarter of 1895, aged 33. (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 40)
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