In this example the traction engine would be used to pull the trailer containing the equipment and the brown living van from job to job.
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Madalina was the second child of Paulina and James FOSTER born in the fourth quarter of 1865. (GRO ref: Sculcoates 9d 158). It is interesting to note that her first name is identical in spelling to the first child of Caleb CROMPTON, born 1821. This suggests that Paulina was still living with her grandmother Martha when, in 1854, she received a letter from her son Caleb in Van Diemen's Land announcing the birth of his first child Madalina.
By the 1871 census her natural father had died and Paulina had remarried to Edmund HYLDON. (GRO ref: Gainsborough 7a 1347) Madalina was travelling with her mother and is recorded as HYLDON.
1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG10
Piece: 4972; Folio: 101; Page: 28; Sched: 138
Dwelling: Caravan by highway side (near Branch End/fire hole at Castle Eden)
Place: Castle Eden, Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Edmund Hyldon Head M 40 Joiner for Government telegraph Norfolk, Massingham
Paulina Hyldon Wife M 32 Yorks, Hull
Alfred Hyldon Son U 12 Messenger for Government telegraph Norfolk, Massingham
Madalina R Hyldon Dau U 5 Yorks, Hull
| Right: An example of a living van of the type that Paulina and Edmond may
have been using in the 1871 census.
In this example the traction engine would be used to pull the trailer containing the equipment and the brown living van from job to job. |
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There are no obvious entry for Madalina FOSTER/HYLDON.
Madalina's marriage to Thomas COOK
Madalina married Thomas COOK as Rose FOSTER in the December quarter of 1882 in Stockton. By taking her birth name she confirmed she was James FOSTER's daughter. (GRO Ref: Stockton 10a 90)
The 1891 census suggests that the family had split, with Thomas living in his native Stockton in a boarding house.
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG12
Piece: 4049; Folio: 18; Page:32; Sched; 138
Dwelling: 11 Lodging House, Prince Regent Street
Place: Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Thomas Cook Bord M 28 Butcher Durham, Stockton
There is no obvious record of Madalina in the 1891 census.
The 1901 census shown that the Cooks had a varied household, which contained Madalina's mother, Paulina CARISS, and her niece Lavinia, the daughter of her dead sister Martha Amelia THOMAS.
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 (Road)
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
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| Above: A map locating Craister Street, North Stockton in 1897 |
It is interesting to place Craister Street in the 1897 industrial development of north Stockton. It is assumed that the rows of terraced house, each with their small backyard, accessed by the back passage, and extension perhaps containing the outside lavatory, were built to accommodate workers in the Stockton Forge Works, the railway Engine Works, the brick and tile manufacturing workers and the Portrack Iron Works.
This area of north Stockton is nearer to the village of Norton than the shipyards where Thomas COOK worked. After his early death in the second quarter of 1902 at the age of 38 (GRO ref: Stokesley 9d 412) his widow Madalina took borders also shipyard workers. Stokesley is to the south-south-east of Stockton on the edge of the North Yorks Moors.
1911 Census: Sun/Mon 2nd April/3rd April 1911
Source: TNA Ref: RG14 PN29569
Reg. Gen. Ref: RG78 PN1717A En.Dist: 23 Sched: 74
RegDist: Stockton SubDist: Stockton
Dwelling: 36 Craister Street
Place: Stockton, County Durham
Rooms in dwelling, other than scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom: 4
Years married:
Children: Alive none, dead none
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Madelena Rosetta Cook Head Wid 46 Yorks, Hull
Paulena Cariss Mother Wid 75 Yorks, Nafferton
Andrew Bowman Board S 52 Shipyard Labourer Durham, Walker
John William Bowman Board S 23 Shipyard Labourer Durham, Stockton on Tees
Mary Robinson Thomas Adopt 3 Yorks, Thornaby on Tees
This census shows that, though now widowed, Madelena (sic) had been married for 28 years but had no children born alive. Paulina declares being married for 20 years with four children born alive, three of whom have subsequently died.
Mary Robinson THOMAS was born in the second quarter of 1908 (GRO ref: Middlesbrough 9d 707).
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| Whilst the green belt that surrounded the Craister Street terraced rows
has remained, the area has been developed into an estate of modern three bedroomed house,
with an average house price of £150000 (2011). Again, whilst the boundary roads many street
names have been changed and the 'street' replaced by 'road'. Craister Road is a development
of ten houses and flats.
Left: Craister Road in 2011 |
Madalina's second marriage
In the third quarter of 1915 Madalina married Ambrose BOWMAN (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 197). It is suspected that this is the Andrew BOWMAN, the boarder of the 1911 census. Ambrose BOWMAN died in the fourth quarter of 1921 (GRO ref: Stockton 10a 102) at the age of 64. There is no obvious record of his birth.
Madalina's death
It is believed that Madaline died in the fourth quarter of 1947 (GRO ref: Cleveland 1b 584) and was registered in the name of Rose BOWMAN. In 1947 the Cleveland Registration District was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire and contained parishes north to the Tees. Whilst it didn't contain Stockton it did contain Stokesley, where Thomas COOK died in 1902.
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