1811 Info 5b for Elizabeth Crompton
Sophia Hornsey, born 1848, and Alexander Bergman
Just two years after the death of her first husband Johann Wilhelm JACOB, Sophia HORNSEY/JACOB
married Alexander BERGMAN in the fourth quarter of 1871 (GRO ref: Hull 9d 427). This was
the union of Sophia JACOB, tailoress employing one person, and Alexander BERGMAN employing three
Scandinavian tailors. In the 1881 census her first child, Frederick JACOB, has taken the
Bergman name.
1881 Census Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG11
Piece: 4766; Folio: 39; Page: 8; Sched: 39
Dwelling: Burns Entry (near 51-52 Market Place)
Place: Holy Trinity, Hull, York, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Alexander Bergman Head M 33 Tailor Sweden
Sophia Bergman Wife M 33 Yorks, Hull
Frederick Bergman Son U 12 Scholar Yorks, Hull
Arthur Bergman Son U 6m Yorks, Hull
Richard Hornsey F-I-L M 81 Formerly farmer Yorks, Hull
Elizabeth Hornsey M-I-L M 70 Yorks, Hull
Carl Appelberg Border U 28 Tailor Sweden
Gustaf Appleberg Border U 26 Tailor Sweden
Nelo Fosland Border U 27 Tailor Norway
51-52 Market Place retains a covered side entry which formerly gave
access to the now lost Burns Entry. The
early 19th century town house was remodelled by BS Jacobs when it was converted into a
cinema during the late-Edwardian period. The cinema had all tip-up seating with a
capacity for 100 people in the balcony and 600 in the main body of the hall. The venture
was unsuccessful, however, and the Gaiety closed as a cinema in 1915. In the years that
followed, the Gaiety Picture House became the Gaiety Theatre, and ran as a major music
hall venue between the wars, changing its name to the Playgoers when it ran from 1928
until its closure in 1934. The building still retains its elegant Classical facade by
Jacobs and is a rare example of an Edwardian cinema conversion and inter-war music hall
venue.
Source:
Hull City Council
Left: 51-52 Market Place showing the covered access Burns Entry in 2009
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Right: A 1911 map locating Burns Entry situated at the centre of ancient
Hull, within the old city walls. This area was once surrounded by the River Hull and the
city moat: a moat that was to become Queens, Princess and Humber Docks.
In 1720 Daniel Defoe described the area as 'exceeding close built' and 'extra-
ordinary populous', even to an inconvenience, having no room to extend itself by
building'. Heavy bombing, in the Second World War, changed the map of old Hull.
Burns Entry is marked in yellow and the 'now lost' buildings, perhaps where
Sophia BERGMAN lived in red. The large early 19th century town house remodelled to the
Gaiety Theatre/Cinema is the large building facing Market Place adjoining Burns Entry.
Perhaps, the census information reflects the fortunes of the Bergman family. In the late 1880
the Bergmans appeared to have moved to Sweden, where John S was born in about 1890. In 1891
Alexander BERGMAN had returned to Hull but was neither an employer or an employee, suggesting he
was unemployed and recently returned from Sweden. John S BERGMAN is absent from this census! Was
he still in Sweden waiting for his family to settle?
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG12
Piece: 3933; Folio: 12; Page: 20; Sched:
Dwelling: 46 Pryme Street
Place: Sculcoates, Hull, York, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Alexander Bergman Head M 43 Tailor Unemployed Sweden
Sophia Bergman Wife M 43 Yorks, South Newbald
Elizabeth Hornsea M-I-L Wid 79 Yorks, Nafferton
Myrtle M Hornsea Niece 7 Scholar Yorks, Hull
Note the enumerators mis-spelling of the Hornsey family name.
In 1901, it can be argued, Alexander BERGMAN , as an employer of four worker, was successful
and affluent. Sophia had no need to work. Frederick JACOB, Sophia's son by her first marriage,
was also in the tailoring trade and visiting his mother. The family was also looking after the
orphaned HORNSEY children.
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1901 Census Sun/Mon 31st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG13
Piece: 4498; Folio: 160; Page: 7; Sched:
Dwelling: 6 Spring Street
Place: Holy Trinity, Hull, York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Alexander Bergman Head M 53 Tailor Emp. Sweden
Sophia Bergman Wife M 53 Yorks, Hull
John W Hornsey Boar S 25 Tailors apprentice Worker Yorks, Hull
Myrtle M Hornsey Boar S 17 Tailoress Worker Yorks, Hull
John S Bergman Son S 11 Tailors apprentice Worker Sweden
Eliza Hamon Vis Wid 70 Scotland
Frederick W Jacob Vis M 32 Tailor Worker Yorks, Hull
Emily Jacob Vis M 31 Yorks, Hull
Arthur H Jacob Vis 10m Yorks, Hull
Right: 6 Spring Street, Hull in 2010 which is thought to be
the shop with the facsimile of a pub sign - M&K Chinese Take Away. The house looks
large enough to accommodate the nine census residents and to have room for workshops.
Below: An 1893 map, scale 1:10560, locating Spring Street and Pryme Street, Hull
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Above: The Bergman family homes: from Market Place to Pryme
Street and then across the A1079 to Spring Street.
1911 Census: Sun/Mon 2nd April/3rd April 1911
Source: TNA Ref: RG14 PN28774
Reg. Gen. Ref: RG78 PN1652; En.Dist: 5; Sched: 109
RegDist: Hull SubDist: Myton
Dwelling: 11 Brooklyn Villas, Stanley Street
Place: Hull, Yorkshire East Riding
Rooms in dwelling, other than scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom: 6
Years married: 40
Children: Alive 1, dead 1
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Alexander Bergman Head M 63 Tailor Maker Worker Sweden, Resident
Sophia Bergman Wife M 63 Agent Worker Yorks, Newbold
Edward Tood Lodg Wid 77 Retired Provision Dealer Lincs, Wintingham
It is difficult to know exactly where 11 Brooklyn Villas was placed along Stanley Street.
Bulmer's East Yorkshire Directory for 1892 suggests that Stanley Street, off Spring Bank, was
comprised of blocks of terraced houses grouped by a specific terrace name, perhaps those of the
builder. Brooklyn Villas was a terrace of eleven dwellings, six of which are recorded by the names
of women. Brooklyn Villas appears at the end of Bulmer's directory for Stanley Street. Given
that the directory appears to record one side of the road before reaching Trinity Street and
returning up the other side, Brooklyn Villas appears to be at the Spring Bank end of Stanley
Street, The area has been totally redeveloped and the street footprint changed.
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Left: A 1911 map locating the assumed position of Brooklyn Villas, shown in
red. Stanley Street is marked in yellow and the Bulmer's trade directory recording in
yellow arrows
Alexander BERGMAN died in the third quarter of 1922 (GRO ref: Scarborough 9d 221).
Sophia died in the fourth quarter of 1935 (GRO ref: Sculcoates 9d 263) aged 87.
Their children
The 1911 census declares that Sophia and Alexander had only one child that died in infancy.
Arthur Earnest BERGMAN was born in the fourth quarter of 1880 (GRO ref: Hull 9d 210).
He died in the first quarter of 1882 (GRO ref: Hull 9d 149).
The 1901 census describes John S BERMAN as a son born in Sweden circa 1890. However, this
child is not recognised on the 1911 census. There is no obvious record of John BERGMAN 's
death in FreeBMD from 1890 to 1960. His death is not recorded in the Commonwealth Graves
Commission's 'Debt of Honour'.
This page was created by Richard Crompton
and maintained by Chris Glass
