Who has ancestors moving from NFK to Hull in 1840s

[Nick Carver]

I have three brothers in my tree who moved to Hull from Norfolk (Bramerton) in the 1840s, two to work in the docks and one on the railways. The daughter of one married the son of someone else who moved from Norfolk at about the same time. Perhaps those from Norfolk mixed socially or maybe there were pockets of these people living in close proximity?

I know a lot of people moved to Hull as it became harder to earn a living off the land and industrialisation took hold, but would like to know who else has ancestors following a similar route.

[Bee]

My grandfather and his sister moved from Norfolk, Wicklewood area, to Hull area between 1871 & 1881. The sister's future husband and some of his siblings had already made the same move.  Most seem to have kept there Norfolk occupations of ag labs & gardeners.

I had noticed when trawling thorugh the census that there were a lot of people from Norfolk in the Hull area

[Rena]

My grandfather's family were born in Norfolk too.  Grandfather and his brothers used to come annually to Hull for seasonal work on the docks in the very early 1900's.  Two of the brothers met local girls and stayed. Neither of them worked on the docks after WWI.   I don't think working on the docks was much better than ag.labs. as work wasn't guaranteed but the wages were better.  A great congregation of labourers would gather at the dockyard gate waiting for the tallyman to appear.  He would then choose as many men as he'd been told to get and the rest hung about all day. Some lucky men would get a 'tally' (a numbered tag which allowed you to walk through the gates) for several days work.   In the 1960's around 10,000 men would be crowded around various gates along the 7 miles of docks.

Rena

[keithleng]

My gg grandfather, Edward Annison, was another to come to Hull  from Norfolk in the 1840s. But his employment wasn't related to the fishing industry. He was a wheelwright and blacksmith, eventually building a coachbuilding business. Under his son the business became T.S. Annison  undertakers, which is still a going concern.

[Bee]

Under his son the business became T.S. Annison  undertakers, which is still a going concern.

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Slightly 'off topic' but I had my wedding cars from Annisons'

Bee

[keithleng]

I didn't realise they do wedding cars too. I hope you didn't find an unexpected guest having a bit of a lie down in the back!

[Bee]

I didn't realise they do wedding cars too. I hope you didn't find an unexpected guest having a bit of a lie down in the back!

I don't think they do now but they did in 1972 and no unexpected guests mind you I never looked in the boot

[Hunnyb22]

Hi...Slightly off the subject.

The docks hadn't changed much upto late 1960's either. I remember my dad having to queue up for the tallyman to wait for work, if he was unlucky then he was classed as "dinting" meaning he got a very low wage as opposed to the working wage, which, around that time, was about £10-£13 a week depending on your age. I can't remember what the lowest wage was, I was only a kid at the time.

Hunnyb22

[Nick Carver]

My grandad and his two brothers worked at John A Scotts before WWII. One of the tasks on my rather lengthy 'to do' list is to find out if there are any records for Scotts in the city archive. Their brother who was KIA in WWI worked at Reckitts for whom there is a wealth of information.