Anyone want any searches or photos done in Whitehaven

[GeoffE]

Pixie

JBH seems to have married in Manchester in 1840 - 17 May to Ann BURTON ... the son's middle name in 1851 suggests this was correct.

Perhaps this was him in 1841

Salford
Joseph HANKINSON 25 Tobbacconist (NOT Lancs
Ann 20 (NOT Lancs
Elizabeth 60 (NOT Lancs

(I realise his mother ought to have been called Martha)

[Subaru]

Hi Pixie

Geoff beat me to it.  Although could Martha have been his wife's mother's name maybe?  Maybe he was employed to work on the harbour as customs officer.  There were plenty of ships around in those days that they may have had customs officers.  Our Inland Revenue office is actually on the harbour, having moved from it's previous building (also on the harbour).

Good luck with your search.  I'll have another look tomorrow, I've just come back from our Maritime celebrations on the harbour, so I'm very tired - fireworks etc.

Regards

Rosemary

[Subaru]

I told you I was tired, I just noticed Elizabeth was a 'Hankinson' so it would definitely have been Joseph's mother, or maybe an aunt, you never know!!

[PixieAnna]

Hi Rosemary,

Many thanks for your reply, and what a coincidence, you attending the harbour celebrations tonight!! I hope you enjoyed yourself!!And interesting that the Revenue buildings are situated there, in view of JBH's profession.

Joseph's mother was Martha Clark Hankinson and his father, another Joseph, both born in Bowdon,Cheshire. I have the 1841 entry you mentioned, but no-one is any the wiser as to Elizabeth's relationship to Joseph jnr, as I can't identify his father's siblings or parents.

If you come up with anything else on the family, or any info on harbour activities, Customs, smuggling!! etc., I'd be very grateful!!

Once again, many thanks,
Pixie

[atom12]

I found a Wm Moreland living at 13 Todhunters Building in Whitehaven on the 1881 census.

Joseph Moreland    b 1851   Ireland   Labourer at Iron Works
Mary Moreland        b 1854   Ireland
Wm Moreland          b 1873   Ireland
Joseph Moreland     b 1874   Ireland
Mary Amy Moreland b 1876  Whitehaven
Wm McKee               b 1831  Ireland       Iron Furness Labourer  (Father-in-law)

Hi Rosemary 

Thank you for your help and efforts, but the Moreland family above is not mine. What a coincidence though that there is a William born the same year as mine.  His brother John was a few years older than William, born about 1871, I guess. I think John was also born in Whitehaven  His mother's maiden name is Mary Cunningham, and his father's first name is John.

I'd appreciate your help with any other findings on my family.

Many thanks

Anne

[Subaru]

Hi Anne

Sorry I couldn't be more help.  I had another look tonight - without success.  I can't find a marriage for John and Mary either, do you have their marriage certificate?  Do you know if they stayed in Whitehaven, or moved on somewhere?  I looked on the general search on ancestry, and couldn't find any Williams born in Whitehaven.

If there's anything else you can tell me about them, I'll look again for you

Rosemary

[bobgraham]

Pixie wrote
Do you know whether there would have been a need for Revenue or Customs Officers in Whitehaven at that time?
Try www.rumstory.co.uk for whitehavens murky past. At that time it was the biggest port in Britain and only overtaken by Liverpool when the slavetrade stopped.
bob

[PixieAnna]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for that link - I never realised that Whitehaven had such an interesting past!!
I'll have to go Googling to find out about the Customs aspect, but thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Pixie

[atom12]

Sorry I couldn't be more help.  I had another look tonight - without success.  I can't find a marriage for John and Mary either, do you have their marriage certificate?  Do you know if they stayed in Whitehaven, or moved on somewhere?  I looked on the general search on ancestry, and couldn't find any Williams born in Whitehaven.

If there's anything else you can tell me about them, I'll look again for you

Hi Rosemary

Thanks again for your efforts.  I don't have a marriage certificate for John Moreland and Mary (nee Cunningham) but I do have John's death certificate which states: 'married to Mary Cunningham'

I also have an 1891 Census with the family living in New Monklands (Scotland). The 1891 Census has:
                                                                     Where Born
 John Moreland  head     Gen Labourer         Ireland
 Mary      Do       wife                                          Do
 John      Do        son  (20)Brick Moulder        England
 William  Do        son   (18)     Do                       Do
 James   Do        son   (12)   Scholar              Lanark. N Monk

William was killed in WW1. I found out about William being born in Whitehaven when on a visit to his Regimental Museum in Glasgow.  The Roll of Honour of the HLI had his place of birth as Whitehaven.  I visited Whitehaven's Records office spending two days there, but found nothing as I only had his 'name' and 'Whitehaven' to go on.  At that time I did not even know his parents name.
A few month's ago I visited Kew and found his pre-WW1 service record, which again states his place of birth and town as Whitehaven, but sadly no actual address there.  I also found out from the same service record that he was a Roman Catholic.  So I don't know if this latter information might be a new lead for me, but I don't have an address to know which parish the family resided at.

Hope this fresh information can be of some use to you Rosemary.  Again, I much appreciate your help.

Anne