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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Rutland => Topic started by: Newfloridian on Sunday 01 January 23 21:20 GMT (UK)
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Looking for any information about the above, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stokes, baptised in Caldecott on January 21st 1849.
There is a report in the Northampton Herald June 19th 1870 of an individual in the Northampton Herald of that name from Caldecott on a charge of bastardy. Could this be the same person?
Thanks Alan
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It looks as though it’s him.
What does it say after, ‘When the case was called..’
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The report says "when the case was called on neither party answered - Inspector Norman said the case had been privately settled"
The tragedy is that five years later the resultant little boy was murdered by his next door neighbour.
Alan
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Oh how sad. I saw him with his mother in 1871 and noticed he was not with her in 1881. The poor child.
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Her name was Sarah Ann Claypole and she named her son Thomas Christopher. She lived in Cottingham, Northamptonshire.
If of interest, I've sent you a link to the full tragic story in a PM
This little bit of information (his parentage) has been a brick wall since I started my family history research
It would be of interest to know whether any of this filtered through to the Stokes family!
Alan
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Still something of a mystery is Mr Stokes. He appears in the 1881 census as a visitor in Station Road Great Easton, the house of horse dealer Charles Pretty. He is declared as married although he was on his own.
Curiously there was a marriage in the Uppingham District in the second quarter of 1870 between Thomas Stokes and Elizabeth Buzzard or Mary Ann Cant. Could Thomas getting married been the spur to Sarah Ann Claypole to take him to Court?
I haven't found any positive evidence of him (or a wife) after 1881.
This also leads to another conundrum. Was Thomas the father of Sarah Ann's daughter, Lizzie Alice, born a couple of years before? If he was, why hadn't this couple done the right thing and married? If not, who was this alternative "sperm donor"? Sarah Ann had a further six children after she married in August 1871.
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I've just found a marriage in the paper 1874
Leicester Guardian 20 May 1874
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That looks correct - my mistake for the 1871 suggestions. However where was the wife in 1881?
Alan
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For reference
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DGG-QLW
and there's also a marriage lic. online, Harriet was a minor
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Quick search found this Harriet with family 1881 and there's some family tree info added right hand corner
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-HHPT
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I was about to start double checking and there is a note
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/GZQG-TTP
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Still something of a mystery is Mr Stokes. He appears in the 1881 census as a visitor in Station Road Great Easton, the house of horse dealer Charles Pretty. He is declared as married although he was on his own.
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I haven't found any positive evidence of him (or a wife) after 1881.
Harriet sued for divorce in 1882 on the grounds of adultery and cruelty. She names 4 women, starting soon after the marriage. she sought (and I believe got) custody of he daughter
He appears to end up in the Southwark/Christ Church workhouse in April 1912. Civil engineer's assistant. Widower aged 63
Daughter Margaret Elizabeth last heard of in Canada. Brother Dr Arthur Samuel Stokes at Weldon, West Kettering. SIster Miss Fanny Sophia Stokes, same address with Bertha [I think it says]. Friend Mrs Newman, 3 Campbell Road, Westcliff on Sea
Also in the workhouse on the 1911 census
1901 he's a boarder in Northfield (Kings Norton area, Worcestershire). Age 52, born Caldicote, Rutland. Occupation "staff holder". Says single
1891 - boarder in Lewisham, b Rutland aged 42. Single. Civil engineer's ?? [looks like chainman?]
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Thank you - most informative.
I've sent you a PM if it's of interest.
Cheers Alan