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1812 Info 2 for Mary Crompton |
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Her birth
Harriet, was registered with a single 't', in the 4th quarter of 1850
Source: GRO Births Jordan Harriet 4th Quarter 1850 Bridlington vol. XXiii page 33
Harriet, the second wife of Francis Wood
Harriet became the second wife of Francis (Frank) Wood when she married into a family based at Spring Head Farm, Anlaby, Hull since the 1851 census. This was the home of Francis, senior, his wife Betsy and their children.
Francis is first recorded in the 1871 census, which records his birth place as Cottingham, the district in which Anlaby is located.
Francis' first wife was Alice Maude Lee Beeley, born 2nd quarter of 1862 in Balby near Doncaster, in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Source: GRO Births BEELEY Alice Maud Lee 2nd Quarter 1862 Doncaster vol. 9c page 517
They were married in
Source: GRO Marriages BEELEY Alice Maude L 1st Quarter 1887 Hull 9d 332 WOOD Francis 1st Quarter 1887 Hull 9d 332
Alice died, aged 28, shortly after giving birth to their second child.
Source: GRO Deaths Wood Alice Maude L 28 4th Quarter 1890 Sculcoates vol. 9d page 96
One year after the birth of Alice's second child, Harriet was the domestic housekeeper to Francis Wood. One wonders why someone who had been 'at home' for so many years had taken on the responsibilities as 'housekeeper'. It can only be presumed that after the death of her father and the sale of the property at Montague Terrace, Bridlington she had to find employment. However, three of her siblings were 'living on own income' at Ashbourne House, together with a family servant.
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film PRO Ref RG12
Piece: 3915; Folio 104: Page 11
Dwelling: Springhead
Place: Cottingham, York, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Francis Wood Head M 28 Farmer Yorks, Springhead
Muriel Wood Dau 3 Yorks, Springhead
Frances G Wood Son 1 Yorks, Springhead
Harriet Jorden Serv U 35 House keeper Domestic servant Yorks, Speeton
Nancy Sowersby Serv U 25 Domestic servant Yorks, Holmpton
Charles Lawry Bord U 30 Farm servant Lincoln., Covenham St Mary
Fred Huddleston Bord U 36 Farm servant Lincoln., Kirton in Lindsey
The following year Harriet, presumably brought up as a respectable lady, married the younger Francis Wood.
Source: GRO Marriages Jordan Harriet 4th Quarter 1892 Bridlington vol. 9d page 659 Wood Francis 4th Quarter 1892 Bridlington vol. 9d page 659
Family hearsay records that Frances and Harriet had one child, Henrietta. Although the two children, by Frances' first marriage, are recorded on the 1901 census Henrietta is not. At this point there is no evidence of her birth in the FreeBMD index from 1892 to 1912.
1901 Census Sun/Mon 31st March/1st April 1901
Source: FHL Film PRO Ref RG13
Piece: 4471; Folio: 36; Page: 12
Dwelling: Springhead Farm
Place: Cottingham , York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Francis Wood Head M 38 Farmer Employer Yorks, Cottingham
Harriett Wood Wife M 37 Yorks, Speeton
Muriel Wood Dau 13 Yorks, Cottingham
F Gordon Wood Son 11 Yorks, Cottingham
William Smith Serv S 34 Stud groom on farm Worker Yorks, Holtby
George Drew Serv S 42 Sowman on farm Worker Norfolk, North Wootton
Edwin Brown Serv S 30 Waggoner on farm Worker Yorks, Hull
George Messingham Serv S 17 Waggoner on farm Worker Yorks, Humbleton
Note the discrepancy in Harriet's age, how she has lost 14 years to become younger than her husband.
Springhead Farm
Spring Head is an area north-east of Anlaby, along Daringham Spring Bank, which at a later date became the general direction of a local railway line.
The censuses of 1851 to 1871 show several different entries with the name Spring Head Farm, so it becomes difficult to locate the actual farm on the map. The census suggest that it was a farm of 266 acres increasing to 300 acres in the 1881 census. Frances Wood senior employed up to six men and two boys, not all of whom lived on the farm. Of interest is the eight year old employed as a 'Bird ??nter', presumably someone to scare the birds.
By the time Frances and Harriet took over the farm the nature of the employment had changed, from labourer to the more specific sowman and waggoner.
| Right: An 1852 map locating Springhead Farm | |
| Right: An 1892 map locating Springhead Farm.
In the same year the building south of the farm was used by Hull Waterworks, utilizing the natural spring. |
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Today the land has been built on with only street names giving evidence of the areas former history.
Above: The modern map shows hot spot locations of sites that could be Spring Head
Farm, Anlaby.
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On 28 February 1912 Harriett Wood wrote to Mrs Tibbits (Mary Agnes) from The Red House, Spring Head, Anlaby, Hull. See 1812info3.
Mary and James' other children
Source: IGI v.4/5 Type: FC female christening Mary Ann's christening Mary Ann Jordan James/Mary Ann FC 08mar1840 Hunmanby Hunmanby christenings by James Jordan and Mary C106351 22oct1841 James Jordan 23aug1843 Jane Jordan 15jan1845 John Jordan Bridlington christenings by James Jordan and Mary C105871 14dec1846 Henry Jordan 09sep1856 William thomas Jordan
There is no evidence of the christening of Harriett and Selina. Harriett writes that she had two sisters, living in Grimsby.
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