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John Greathead1

#4351, b. 1757, d. 1759
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
2nd great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     John Greathead was born in 1757.1 He was the son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden. He was baptised on 27 January 1757 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England, John and his brother Henry were baptised together.2,1 John died in 1759. John was buried on 26 November 1759 in St Andrew, Weston on Trent, Staffordshire, England.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search.
  3. [S40000] Website Find my past - Staffordshire burials.

Henry (Francis) Greathead1,2,3

#4352, b. 27 January 1757, d. 1818
Last Edited=30 Nov 2022
Relationship
2nd great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
Henry Francis Greathead
     Henry (Francis) Greathead was baptised on 27 January 1757 Henry and his brother John were baptised together.1 He was the son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden. Henry, started as an apprentice shipbuilder. He went to sea as a ship’s carpenter, was shipwrecked and pressganged, but eventually made it home from America and set himself up as a boatbuilder in Shields.4 He married Catherine Wood, daughter of John Wood, on 25 March 1786 in St Hilda, South Shields, Durham, England.1,2,5 Henry built the first purpose-built lifeboat in 1789. By 1800 he had made thirty more and did much to propagate lifeboat use.1 In March 1789, the Adventure, a Newcastle ship, was wrecked in heavy seas on a notorious sandbank off Tynemouth. The people of Shields could see that as the ship sank, the desperate sailors climbed the rigging to escape the death cold waters only to topple off and drowned. The townspeople couldn’t reach the victims because they didn’t have a boat capable of braving the towering seas.

After the disaster, Shields held a competition to design a lifeboat that could withstand heavy seas. Many people entered, including Henry and the parish clerk, William Wouldhave.
There was no overall winner, but Henry was commissioned to build a lifeboat based on his design and incorporating some of the best features of the other entrants.

Henry’s lifeboat – he called it “Original” – looked like a Greenland whaling boat he had encountered on his travels. It was 28ft long, flat bottomed with room for 20 people, and the seats of the 10 oarsmen were reversible so they could row either forward or back without having to turn the boat round.

Original was lined inside and out with cork, to protect it from damage from rocks and also to provide buoyancy.

It made its first rescue in January 1790 and was such a success that the Duke of Northumberland paid for Henry to build a second lifeboat which the duke presented to North Shields. The two lifeboats acted in tandem and saved many lives until the original Original was broken up on rocks in January 1830.4


Various humane societies gave Henry awards, culminating in 1802 with Parliament giving him £1,200 (worth £90,000 in today’s values, according to the Bank of England Inflation Calculator) in recognition of his brainwave – much to the disgust of Mr Wouldhave who felt he should have won for his copper and cork boat.
In all, Henry made 31 Originals, most of which went to UK coastal towns but some went to Portugal, Germany, Denmark and Russia. Henry didn’t patent his design, which allowed other people to build their own lifeboats.



The 11th Original was paid for by the people of Redcar who named it “the Zetland”. In its 78 years service from 1802, the Zetland saved more than 500 souls from the sea, and it is now the prize exhibit in the Redcar lifeboat museum – it is the oldest lifeboat in the world.4 In the Hull Packet of 11 September 1804 and Carlisle Journal, 22 September1804 it is reported that Henry received from the King of Prussia a very elegant gold chain and medal, accompanied with a letter from that Monarch stating his high sense of value of his invention of the lifeboat. A lifeboat was sent some time ago by Mr Greathead to Swinemunde by order of the King of Prussia.6 His wife Catherine died on 1814 in Limehouse, London, England.1,7 Sadly, Henry himself ran into heavy financial seas and, despite his windfall from the government, he died in a debtors’ prison in London in 1818.8,4 Henry was buried on 21 November 1818 in St Anne's, Limehouse, London, England, Henry is simply ‘Henry Greathead’ in the parish registers recording his marriage and baptisms of his children, in the contemporary publications detailing his life and/or lifeboat and in Parliamentary papers relating to grants of money in recognition of the invention. However the second name, Francis only appears in the burial register of St Anne’s, Limehouse. From the date of the burial, the fact that his wife Catherine was buried there and the association of both Henry (senior) and Henry (junior) with the area it must be the right burial, but why the addition of the name Francis?1,9,8

Children of Henry (Francis) Greathead and Catherine Wood

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search.
  3. [S39] E-mails between Becky and Jan Cooper from 16 September 2003.
  4. [S40045] Newspapers Darlinton Times 20 November 2022.
  5. [S7692] E-mails between Ann Shuttleworth and Jan Cooper from 11 November 2000.
  6. [S40045] Newspapers The Hull Packet - 11 September 1804 and Carlisle Journal, 22 September 1804.
  7. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London Parishes -London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Anne, Limehouse, Register of burials, P93/ANN, Item 054.
  8. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London Parishes - London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Anne, Limehouse, Register of burials, P93/ANN, Item 054.
  9. [S1718] Emails between Dr David Greathead and Jan Cooper 2 October 1997 together with much information from David's wonderful book "A Passage to the Cape of Good Hope" David has since very sadly died.

Catherine Wood1,2

#4353, b. about 1756, d. 1814
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     Catherine Wood was born about 1756.3 She was the daughter of John Wood. She married Henry (Francis) Greathead, son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden, on 25 March 1786 in St Hilda, South Shields, Durham, England.1,2,4 Catherine died in 1814 in Limehouse, London, England.1,3 Catherine was buried on 12 March 1814 in East London, London, England.1,3

Children of Catherine Wood and Henry (Francis) Greathead

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search.
  3. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London Parishes -London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Anne, Limehouse, Register of burials, P93/ANN, Item 054.
  4. [S7692] E-mails between Ann Shuttleworth and Jan Cooper from 11 November 2000.

John Wood1

#4354
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     John Wood was an Excise Collector of Norwich.

Child of John Wood

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.

George Greathead1

#4355, b. 9 May 1763
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
2nd great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     George Greathead was baptised on 9 May 1763 in St Hilda, South Shields, Durham, England.1 He was born on 9 May 1763.1 He was the son of John Greathead and Mary Rainsden.

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.

Catherine Ann/e Greathead1

#4356, b. 1787, d. 13 April 1795
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
3rd great-granddaughter of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Catherine Ann/e Greathead was born in 1787.1 She was the daughter of Henry (Francis) Greathead and Catherine Wood. She was baptised in October 1787 in South Shields, Durham, England.1,2 Catherine died on 13 April 1795.1 She was buried in St Hilda, South Shields, Durham, England, There is a plaque in the church to her memory dying at eighteen years old.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search.

Henry Greathead1

#4357, b. 1788, d. before March 1790
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
Relationship
3rd great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Henry Greathead was born in 1788.1 He was the son of Henry (Francis) Greathead and Catherine Wood. He was baptised in December 1788 in South Shields, Durham, England.2 Henry died before March 1790.1

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search.

Henry Greathead1

#4358, b. 1790, d. 21 September 1824
Last Edited=30 Nov 2022
Relationship
3rd great-grandson of Thomas Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 2 - Lifeboat and 1820 settlers Greathead families
     Henry Greathead was born in 1790.1 He was the son of Henry (Francis) Greathead and Catherine Wood. He was baptised on 15 March 1790 in South Shields, Durham, England.2 He married Jane Margaret Elliot, daughter of ... Elliot and Ann ..., on 23 March 1816 in St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London, England, after a licence had been issued on 20 Mar 1816 . The ceremony was witnessed by Robert John Elliot and Elizabeth Yellowly. Henry was a Mariner, Chapman and Merchant.3,1,4 Henry was declared bankrupt in the London Gazette in November 1822. He was described as a master mariner of Stepney Causeway.5,6 Henry died on 21 September 1824 in Halnby Hall, Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England, He was living with relatives.1,7 Henry was buried in St Peter, Croft on Tees, Yorkshire, England, His gravestone reads: In memory of Henry Greathead who departed this life on 21st of Sept 1824 aged 34 years. Son of Henry and Catherine Greathead of South Shields, Durham, the Inventor and Builder of the Life Boat Patronized by the Duke of Northumberland.1,8,9

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S10] Family Record Family Search.
  3. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London Marriages - London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Dunstan And All Saints, Register of marriages, P93/DUN, Item 056.
  4. [S6] Society of Genealogists - Faculty Office marriage licence allegations index 1701-1850.
  5. [S40050] The Original Records website and Originaldatabases websiteList of bankrupts extracts from London Gazette.
  6. [S1718] Emails between Dr David Greathead and Jan Cooper 2 October 1997 together with much information from David's wonderful book "A Passage to the Cape of Good Hope" David has since very sadly died.
  7. [S40045] Newspapers Darlinton Times 20 November 2022.
  8. [S47012] Find my past North Yorkshire MI.
  9. [S40045] Newspapers Northern Echo 9 October 2022, Stockton and Darlinton Times 20 November 2022.

Jane Margaret Elliot1

#4359, b. about 1789, d. 1865
Last Edited=29 May 2016
     Jane Margaret Elliot was born about 1789 in Shadwell, London, England.2 She was the daughter of ... Elliot and Ann ...2 She married Henry Greathead, son of Henry (Francis) Greathead and Catherine Wood, on 23 March 1816 in St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London, England, after a licence had been issued on 20 Mar 1816 . The ceremony was witnessed by Robert John Elliot and Elizabeth Yellowly. Henry was a Mariner, Chapman and Merchant.3,1,4 Her husband Henry died on 21 September 1824 in Halnby Hall, Croft-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England, He was living with relatives.1,5 She married Charles Hibbert on 26 August 1826 in St Dunstans and All Saints, Stepney, London, England, after a licence had been issued. Margaret was listed as a widow. The ceremony was witnessed by Robert Elliot and Catherine Hammer. Interesting that she changed the order of her forenames!!1,6,7,8 Her husband Charles died on before 1851.2 Margaret was listed as head of household in the census of 30 March 1851 at 3 Harleyford Street, Lambeth, London, England, Margaret was described as a Gentlewoman living with her son, mother and a servant.9 Margaret died in 1865 in Islington, London, England.10

Child of Jane Margaret Elliot and Charles Hibbert

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  3. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London Marriages - London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Dunstan And All Saints, Register of marriages, P93/DUN, Item 056.
  4. [S6] Society of Genealogists - Faculty Office marriage licence allegations index 1701-1850.
  5. [S40045] Newspapers Darlinton Times 20 November 2022.
  6. [S22636] Emails between Jo Jesson née Dent and Jan Cooper from 19 April 2009.
  7. [S10] Family Record Family Search - Parish registers of the Stepney parish church, 1568-1929 Church of England. Parish Church of Stepney (Middlesex) Film 0801579.
  8. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 - London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Dunstan And All Saints, Register of marriages, P93/DUN, Item 066.
  9. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 1573 Folio 224 Page 23.
  10. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1865/Q1 Islington Volume 1b Page 264.

William Grey Pearson

#4360
Last Edited=1 Jan 2016
     William Grey Pearson married Mary Ann Greathead, daughter of Henry (Francis) Greathead and Catherine Wood, on 11 September 1810 in St Paul, Jarrow, Durham, England, No known children.1,2,3

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S40045] Newspapers The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser - 17 September 1810.
  3. [S40000] Website www.findmypast.com - parish record collection, marriages.

William Greathead Lewis

#4361, b. about 1790, d. 6 November 1842
Last Edited=4 Jun 2018
     William Greathead Lewis was born about 1790.1 He married Mary Ann ...2 Thomas Wooler was the Editor of "The Black Dwarf", a London weekly pubication at 2 Sura Street, Bishopsgate. He also wrote in Wooler's British Gazette. George Edmonds was an inhabitant of Birmingham and Proprietor and Publisher of the weekly paper entitled Edmonds Weekly Recorder. A paper notorious of its Revolutionary principles. Charles Maddocks was a Pawnbroker of Birmingham. William Greathead Lewis was a schoolmaster at Coventry of the lowest description and later became the Propietor and Editor of the inflammatory weekly publication entitled "Lewis's Coventry Recorder" for which he was under Prosecution by information supplied to the Attorney General.

There was a meeting on New Hall Hill in Birmingham on Monday 12 July 1819. Cartwright, Edmonds and Lewis rode to the meeting in a carriage drawn by two horses preceeded by two flags on which was inscribed Major Cartwrights the Bil of Rights and on the reverse The Soverienty of the People. The other flag was inscribed Sir Charles Wolseley and no Corn Law and on the reverse Thomas Jonathan Wooler and the liberty of the Prefs.

A warrent from the Sherriff of Warwick summoned them to appear on Saturday 29 July 1820.3 At the Warwickshire Spring Assizes on 3 August 1820 William appeared with George Edmonds, Charles Maddocks, Major John Cartwright and Thomas Jonathan Wooler. William Greathead Lewis, the late proprietor of the Coventry Recorder, was taken into custody by the principal tipstaff of the Court of King's Bench, in consequence of another criminal information filed against him by his Majesty's Attorey General. He was at the house of Major Cartwright, in company with Mr Wooler, at the time the officer arrested him. Mr Lewis was accompanied by Major Cartwright and Mr Wooler to the house of Chief Justice Abbot, and tendered themselves as his bail, which being accepted, Mr Lewis was set at liberty. Wooler and Lewis defended themselves against the charges of unlawfully and maliciously devising and intending to encite discontent and disaffection in the minds of 20,000 leige subjects of the King and unlawfully causing a change in the Commons House of Parliament.4,3 An article in the Bell's Weekly Messenger read: The KING v WILLIAM GREATHEAD LEWIS.
The Solicitor-General proved the judgment the Court upon this defendant, of Coventry, who was convicted the last Assizes for the county of Warwick, before Mr. Justice Best, for publishing seditious libel concerning the transactions at Manchester, in August, 1819.
The Court, after deliberating for a few minutes, passed their judgment upon the defendant, that he should pay a fine to the King of 50/- imprisoned in Warwick gaol for two years, and the expiration that time, enter into security for his good behaviour for five years, himself in 200/- and two sureties in 100/- each.5 William died on 6 November 1842 in 30 Guildford Place, Clerkenwell, London, England, The Illustrated London News of 12 November 1842 recorded his death, saying, After a short illness, Mr William Greathead Lewis aged 52, who for many years was connected with the London press.6,7 William was buried in Kensington and Chelsea, London, England.8

Children of William Greathead Lewis and Mary Ann ...

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S7] Ancestry.com - England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 - RG4 Piece 1603 (daughter).
  3. [S40002] The National Archives, Kew (TNA) TS 11/695.
  4. [S40045] Newspapers The Morning Chronicle - 14 March 1820.
  5. [S40045] Newspapers Bell's Weekly Messenger - Monday 04 December 1820.
  6. [S46000] General Register Office, I hold a copy of marriage certificate 1842/Q4 Clerkenwell Volume 3 Page 59.
  7. [S40045] Newspapers Illustrated London News - Saturday 12 November 1842.
  8. [S40000] Website Deceased on line.
  9. [S46002] General Register Office, Information taken from Marriage certificate of son.
  10. [S7] Ancestry.com - England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 - RG4 Piece 1603.

Charles Hibbert

#4362, d. before 1851
Last Edited=23 Feb 2014
     Charles Hibbert married Margaret Jane Greathead, daughter of ... Elliot and Ann ..., on 26 August 1826 in St Dunstans and All Saints, Stepney, London, England, after a licence had been issued. Margaret was listed as a widow. The ceremony was witnessed by Robert Elliot and Catherine Hammer. Interesting that she changed the order of her forenames!!1,2,3,4 Charles died before 1851.5

Child of Charles Hibbert and Jane Margaret Elliot

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S22636] Emails between Jo Jesson née Dent and Jan Cooper from 19 April 2009.
  3. [S10] Family Record Family Search - Parish registers of the Stepney parish church, 1568-1929 Church of England. Parish Church of Stepney (Middlesex) Film 0801579.
  4. [S7] Ancestry.com - Historical London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 - London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Dunstan And All Saints, Register of marriages, P93/DUN, Item 066.
  5. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.

Margaret Greathead

#4363, b. about 1826, d. 1909
Last Edited=1 Feb 2010
     Margaret Greathead was born about 1826.1 She married Thomas Catron in 1901 in Auckland, Durham, England.2 Margaret died in 1909 in Auckland, Durham, England.3

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1901/Q3 Auckland Volume 10a Page 349.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1909/Q2 Auckland Volume 10a Page 125 age 83.

Thomas Catron

#4364, b. about 1839, d. 1914
Last Edited=1 Feb 2010
     Thomas Catron was born about 1839 in Earston, Northumberland, England. He married Sarah Downing in 1874 in Auckland, Durham, England.1 In the census of 5 April 1891 in West End, Sedgefield, Durham, England, he was listed as a visitor staying with Mary Gear. Thomas was listed as living on his own means.2 His wife Sarah died on 1898 in Auckland, Durham, England.3 He married Margaret Greathead in 1901 in Auckland, Durham, England.4 Thomas was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 in Cold Knott House, Crook, Durham, England, Thomas was listed as a retired hotel proprietor living with his sister Jane Jolly and three of her children.5 His wife Margaret died on 1909 in Auckland, Durham, England.6 Thomas was listed as head of household in the census of 2 April 1911 in Crook, Darlington, Durham, England, Thomas was listed as a retired farmer with Ann Mawson as his visitor together with her son. Ann was a widow and worked as a dressmaker, her son was a labourer. They all lived in his eight roomed home.7 Thomas died in 1914 in Auckland, Durham, England.8

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1874/Q1 Auckland Volume 10a Page 376.
  2. [S41891] UK Census 1891 (RG12) - 5 April 1891 RG12 Piece 4055 Folio 21 Page 12.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1898/Q2 Auckland Volume 10a Page 16 age 62.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1901/Q3 Auckland Volume 10a Page 349.
  5. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4653 Folio 66 Page 39.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1909/Q2 Auckland Volume 10a Page 125 age 83.
  7. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 29758 RG78 Piece 1722 Registration District 547 Sub District 2 Enumeration District 8 Schedule Number 214.
  8. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1914/Q4 Auckland Volume 10a Page 311 age 74.

Barry Stuart Greathead

#4367, b. 25 August 1947, d. 1981
Last Edited=7 Nov 2016
Relationship
4th great-grandson of Joseph Greathead
Appears on charts:
Chart 21 - Joseph Greathead
     Barry Stuart Greathead was born on 25 August 1947 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, It is recorded that Barry's mothers surname was Preston.1,2 He was the son of Sidney George Greathead and Eva Florence Preston. He married Lorraine M Corr in 1975 in Claro, Yorkshire, England.3,4 Barry died in 1981 in Claro, Yorkshire, England.5

Sources of Information

  1. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1947/Q3 Scunthorpe Volume 3b Page 624.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1975/Q3 Claro Volume 2 Page 2070.
  4. [S40000] Website www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk - ROCL/B1E/12.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1981/Q3 Claro Volume 2 Page 1819.

John Elliot Hibbert

#4368, b. 24 June 1828, d. 1902
Last Edited=28 May 2016
     John Elliot Hibbert was born on 24 June 1828.1 He was the son of Charles Hibbert and Jane Margaret Elliot. He was baptised on 24 July 1828 in St Botolphs, Aldgate, London, England, His godparents were Mr and Mrs Yellowby and Mr John Potts.1 In the census of 7 June 1841 in Christs Hospital, Newgate Street, Christchurch, London, England, he was listed as a scholar.2 In the census of 30 March 1851 at 3 Harleyford Street, Lambeth, London, England, he was listed as the son of Margaret Jane Hibbert John is described as a Commercial clerk.3 He married Eliza Carman Bannister in 1853 in Bermondsey, London, England.4,5 John was listed as head of household in the census of 2 April 1871 in 9 Totill Street, Westminster, London, England, John was an ironmonger living with his wife and children and two servants.6 His wife Eliza died on 1876 in Mile End, London, England.7,8 John was listed as the head of the family on the census of 31 March 1881 in 9 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, England, John was a hardwareman living with his three children.9 John died in 1902 in Croydon, Surrey, England.10

Children of John Elliot Hibbert and Eliza Carman Bannister

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 720/10 Folio 16 Page 1.
  3. [S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 1573 Folio 224 Page 23.
  4. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1853/Q2 Bermondsay Volume 1d Page 94.
  5. [S22636] Emails between Jo Jesson née Dent and Jan Cooper from 19 April 2009.
  6. [S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 127 Folio 12 Page 15.
  7. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  8. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1876/Q3 Mile End Volume 1c Page 372 age 40.
  9. [S41881] UK Census 1881 (RG11) - 3 April 1881 RG11 Piece 117 Folio 104 Page 15.
  10. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1902/Q1 Croydon Volume 2a Page 217 age 73.

Eliza Carman Bannister

#4369, b. 1826, d. 1876
Last Edited=28 May 2016
     Eliza Carman Bannister was born in 1826 in Suffolk, England.1,2 She married John Elliot Hibbert, son of Charles Hibbert and Jane Margaret Elliot, in 1853 in Bermondsey, London, England.3,4 In the census of 2 April 1871 in 9 Totill Street, Westminster, London, England, she was listed as the wife of John Elliot Hibbert.5 Eliza died in 1876 in Mile End, London, England.6,7

Children of Eliza Carman Bannister and John Elliot Hibbert

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1853/Q2 Bermondsay Volume 1d Page 94.
  4. [S22636] Emails between Jo Jesson née Dent and Jan Cooper from 19 April 2009.
  5. [S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 127 Folio 12 Page 15.
  6. [S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
  7. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1876/Q3 Mile End Volume 1c Page 372 age 40.

Mary Margaret Emily Hibbert

#4370, b. 1869, d. 1956
Last Edited=26 Jan 2010
     Mary Margaret Emily Hibbert was born in 1869 in Westminster, London, England.1 She was the daughter of John Elliot Hibbert and Eliza Carman Bannister. In the census of 2 April 1871 in 9 Totill Street, Westminster, London, England, she was listed as the daughter of John Elliot Hibbert.2 In the census of 31 March 1881 in 9 Tothill Street, Westminster, London, England, she was listed as the daughter of John Elliot Hibbert Mary was at school.3 She married Thomas Ely in 1893 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.4,5 In the census of 31 March 1901 in 21 West Parade Mews, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the wife of Thomas Ely.6 In the census of 2 April 1911 in 2 Princess Royal Terrace, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, she was listed as the wife of Thomas Ely.7 Mary died in 1956 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.4,8

Children of Mary Margaret Emily Hibbert and Thomas Ely

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1869/Q2 Westminster St Margaret Volume 1a Page 363.
  2. [S41871] UK Census 1871 (RG10) - 2 April 1871 RG10 Piece 127 Folio 12 Page 15.
  3. [S41881] UK Census 1881 (RG11) - 3 April 1881 RG11 Piece 117 Folio 104 Page 15.
  4. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  5. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1893/Q3 St Geo H Sq Volume 1a Page 991.
  6. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4530 Folios 114/5 Pages 18/9.
  7. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 28944 RG78 Piece 1666 Registration District 527 Sub District 2 Enumeration District 20 Schedule Number 357.
  8. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1956/Q1 Luton Volume 4a Page 195 age 86.

Thomas Ely1

#4371, b. 1870
Last Edited=25 Jan 2010
     Thomas Ely was born in 1870 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.1,2 Dr Thomas Ely moved to Belfast and then Scarborough.1 He married Mary Margaret Emily Hibbert, daughter of John Elliot Hibbert and Eliza Carman Bannister, in 1893 in St George Hanover Square, London, England.1,3 He was a musician in 1893 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Thomas was listed as head of household in the census of 31 March 1901 in 21 West Parade Mews, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Thomas was a Master of Music living with his family.4 Thomas was listed as head of household in the census of 2 April 1911 in 2 Princess Royal Terrace, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Thomas was a Professor of Music living with his wife, four children, a cook domestic servant and visitor called Ernest Roland Hopewell a Cambridge Undergraduate in his nine roomed home.5 His wife Mary died on 1956 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England.1,6

Children of Thomas Ely and Mary Margaret Emily Hibbert

Sources of Information

  1. [S4908] Letters between Ronald Greathead, Tim Ely and Jan Cooper.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1970/Q1 St Geo H Sq Volume 1a Page 309.
  3. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1893/Q3 St Geo H Sq Volume 1a Page 991.
  4. [S41901] UK Census 1901 (RG13) - 31 March 1901 RG13 Piece 4530 Folios 114/5 Pages 18/9.
  5. [S41911] UK Census 1911 (RG14) - 2 April 1911 RG14 Piece 28944 RG78 Piece 1666 Registration District 527 Sub District 2 Enumeration District 20 Schedule Number 357.
  6. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1956/Q1 Luton Volume 4a Page 195 age 86.

John Wilson Hibbert

#4372, b. 1860, d. 1862
Last Edited=28 May 2016
     John Wilson Hibbert was born in 1860 in Westminster, London, England.1 He was the son of John Elliot Hibbert and Eliza Carman Bannister. John died in 1862 in Westminster, London, England.2

Sources of Information

  1. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1860/Q1 Westminster Volume 1a Page 315.
  2. [S3] GRO Indexes - 1862/Q2 Westminster Volume 1a Page 226.