Norfolk families heading for Yorkshire - anyone?

[Redroger]

Significant that we still have these problems with us today. Will we never learn from history?

[fred59]

My mothers ancestors Charles Bruton Meachen and wife Racheal Meachen moved to Sheffield after 1861 census we have no idea why or what he done up there but he was a Market Gardener when in Norfolk, their first child Walter Whitred Meachen was born in Sheffield in 1868 there was also a daughter born in Sheffield she was Elizabeth Bruton Meachen  born and died in the march qtr of 1870 ?...what area we have no idea as we gathered this info from Census returns, the family came back to Norwich before 1871 as they appear on that census in Norwich 1871, So if anybody can throw any light on this family in Sheffield between 1866 - 1871 ( we know Charles married Racheal in 1866 in Norwich ) it would be very much appreciated,....Was there another Meachen family up there? 

Regards Fred

[Redroger]

Difficult as he was not there (Sheffield) for the 1871 census. Was he still a market gardener in 1881? One possibility is that he went to find work in the steel industry due to the agrticultrual depression,and didn't like the place, or 2) he went there as gardener to a wealthy family, either for a fixed term contract or again didn't like the area and returned to Norfolk. I would suggest you get Elizabeth's birth certificate as this should give some more details to help crack the problem.

[Sandymc47]

Hi there
You asked if Hunslet, Leeds was a hub for the industrial revolution, in a way the answer is Yes.
Hunslet was a village but of course is just one part of Leeds now.  In the 1850's there were 30 factories, pottery factories, and a big chemical factory in Hunslet. So lots of work.  Thats apart from the fact Hunslet, was only a mile away from the city centre, where they had barges arriving on the River Aire to take wool to other areas of Leeds. So there was lots of work around.
My Routledge came from Wigton, Cumbria to work in Leeds. Unfortunately for alot of the new people the diseases of the time was Cholera and typoid which spread like wildfire around the terraced housing in Leeds.
Part of the variety of life having new people mixing in the gene pool lol.
We are all the better for it.
regards Sandymc 

[fred59]

Thanks for that bit of info Redroger, Yes he was a market gardener before he left Norfolk and when he returned and up until his death in 1911, we thought maybe there were other family members up there, will have to try a bit more research this end.
        Regards Fred

[Redroger]

Sheffield FHS might be able to help, why not give them a try?