So now I am going to add more about he siblings of Thomas MARTINDALE who did not emigrate to Australia. The siblings to emigrated to Australia were William Martindale & Robert Martindale.
So the other siblings were:-
1. John Henry MARTINDALE born before 14 March 1852, as he was christened on that day at St Martin's Church, Yapham cum Meltonby.
2. Mary Ellen MARTINDALE born prior to 3 September 1854 but died 30 January 1856 as the blog lower down explains.
3. George Gowthorpe MARTINDALE born before 2 November 1856 as he was christened on that day at St Martin's Church, Yapham cum Meltonby.
4. Mary Ellen MARTINDALE born before 17 March 1861 as she was christened on that day at St Martin's Church, Cum Meltonby.
This MARTINDALE family were born in the village of Yapham, which as I explained before is not far from Pocklington and Stamford Bridge. I am going to add some of the family details from the other story first before moving in more detail about his siblings.
I have visited the church & village several times since learning the MARTINDALE family were born here-the photographs were taken in August 2012. It would appear that the church once had a tower on it, or maybe a spire, but the various histories I have looked at don't mention it apart from it being rebuilt 1777-8.
Just a bit more information about the parents of this MARTINDALE family.George and his wife Hannah were married at St Edith's, Bishop Wilton. It was lovely day when I visited there on 11 August 2012.
Hannah's birthplace was the hamlet of Gowthorpe:- in 1841, she was working as a farm servant at Top Garrowby Farm. In Garrowby Hall lived the local landowner, so Top Garrowby Farm was a part of that estate.
George Martindale & Hannah Gowthorpe were married at St Edith's, Bishop Wilton on 11 May 1846.
Yapham in 1840 according to Whites Directory in Google Books
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wf80AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=yapham+cum+meltonby&source=bl&ots=UBP8dElgsJ&sig=5PCkRhhiDsl_TB-9wHcG5S-dzmE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZiReVPqsFaOV7AbMroHoCg&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBTge#v=onepage&q=yapham%20cum%20meltonby&f=false
Banns of Marriage: I publish the banns of marriage between George Martindale of this parish and Hannah Gowthorpe, of Bolton , on 19th April, 26 April & 3rd May 1846. (Source Parish Records of Yapham Banns of Marriage (Number MF 1763 at Borthwick Institute, York)
Bolton is another hamlet between Yapham & Fangfoss. So by 1846, Hannah was working & living there before her marriage to George. Her future husband, George, was a widower-his first wife Elizabeth Maynard, he buried in St Martin's graveyard 27 April, 1844. George lived in the village of Yapham in a rented house, where he had his tailor's workshop. He also had access to a small croft-a field where he could grow crops. I did some research at the Borthwick Institute in York, where I obtained some photographs of the Tithe Map of 1845. Using this map & the information accompanying it I was able to find his home as it is now in Yapham.
His house in the cream painted house, to the left of the first white washed house. The house to the left of the cream washed house and the house buildings to the left of that house lie it once was the croft of George Martindale,which in 1845, according to the Tithe Award consisted of grass. So at the time of his marriage to Hannah, George was an established tailor, one of the craftsmen in the village. Other craftsmen at the time in Yapham was a blacksmith, wheelwright & shoemaker. So the people of Yapham had someone who could shoe their horses & make & mend metal machinery, someone who could make & repair their carts & wooden machinery, someone who could make & mend their shoes & boots & someone to make and mend their clothes.
This was the family in the 1851 Census: showing that by then 5 years after their marriage, George & Hannah had 2 children, both sons, Thomas born 1847 & William born 1849. So the family lived in the above house and every child that was was born was christened in the nearby St. Martin's Church.. 1851 census-
This shows George 31, a tailor, born Pocklington.
Hannah, his wife, 30, born Fangfoss,
Thomas Martindale, 4, born Yapham,
William Martindale, 2, born Yapham
Richard S. Ingledew, 16, born, Yorkshire, an apprentice tailor.
William Martindale baptised at St Martin's, Yapham on 25 February 1849, William son of George & Ann Martindale, of Yapham, a tailor, by JF Ellis, vicar (Source- Parish Record of Yapham in the County of York
John Henry Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham on 14 March 1852
Baptism: March 14, 1852, John Henry, son of George & Hannah Martindale, Yapham, Tailor, J F Ellis, incumbent (BT:Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the County of York
Mary Ellen Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham on 5 September 1854, but she died in 1854.
Baptism, 5 September 1854, Mary Ellen, daughter of George & Hannah Martindale, of Yapham, Tailor, J F Ellis, vicar (BT Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the County of York) Borthwick Institute)
Burial: 31 January 1856, at Yapham, aged 2 years, by J F. Ellis, Vicar (Parish Records, Burials at Yapham, in the County of York
Baptism: 12 November 1858, Robert, son of George & Hannah Martindale, of Yapham, Tailor, by JF Ellis, vicar (Source: Parish Record Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the County of York
George Gowthorpe Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham on 2 November 1856
Baptism: November 2, 1856, George Gowthorpe, son of George & Hannah Martindale, Yapham, tailor, by J F Ellis, Vicar (BT Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the County of York
Robert Martindale baptised at St Martin's Yapham 12 November 1858
So by 1861, the home in Yapham was quite busy with 6 children aged between 14 & 3, but an event was going to happen just before census day in 1861 that must have had a dire effect on Thomas as the eldest of the family, but of all the others too. I discovered this as I was walking around the graveyard of St Martin's, Yapham on that day of August, 2012. Whilst taking a photograph of the church, there by the door of the church were two gravestones.
The stones read: In Loving Memory of GEORGE MARTINDALE of Yapham, who died February 11th 1858 aged 74 years.
Also of GEORGE MARTINDALE son of the above who died May 17th 1874 aged 54 years.
“The memory of the just is blessed”
In affectionate Remembrance of HANNAH, the beloved wife of GEORGE MARTINDALE who departed this life April 4th 1861 aged 34 years.
Also of Mary Ellen daughter of the above who departed this life January 20th 1856 aged 10 months.
Yes, on 4 April, 1861, age 34, Hannah Martindale died, and was buried beneath this stone by a grieving George, no doubt with his young family around him. She was buried in the same grave as that of their daughter Mary Ellen. Judging by the date of her death, and that of the birth of their second Mary Ellen Martindale, their 7th child, who was baptised on 17 March 1861, Hannah may have died due to complications following child birth.
Baptism: March 17, 1861, Mary Ellen, daughter of George & Hannah Martindale, of Yapham, George Martindale’s occupation-Tailor & Farmer. (By James Francis Ellis-incumbent vicar of Pocklington with Yapham)Source: Parish Record Baptisms in the Parish of Yapham in the County of York
Note George is now shown as a farmer & tailor.
The census date of 1861 was 7 April 1861, so one can only imagine the sorrow that George must have felt on that day as he completed his census form.
George Martindale, 41, widower, tailor employing 2 boys, born Pocklington, Yorkshire
Thomas Martindale, 14, tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
William Martindale, 12, tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
John Henry Martindale, 9, tailor's son, Yapham, Yorkshire.
Robert Martindale, 2 tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
Mary Martindale, Mother-in-law, 68, born Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire.
Ann Robinson, visitor, married, aged 48, born Bossall, Yorkshire
Francis J. Holderness, Apprentice, 20, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.
Mary Martindale, Mother-in-law, 68, born Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire.
Ann Robinson, visitor, married, aged 48, born Bossall, Yorkshire
Francis J. Holderness, Apprentice, 20, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.
Missing from the family group on census day was George Gowthorpe & Mary Ellen Martindale but staying with the family, no doubt after the funeral of Hannah was George's mother Mary Martindale (mis-transcribed by the census recorder as mother-in-law, when she is his mother)
George Gowthorpe Martindale on census day was staying with his grandparents, Thomas Gowthorpe & his wife Susannah whilst Mary Ellen, aged 1 month, is with a family called Simpson in Yapham. Maybe Mrs Simpson is acting as a wet nurse because Hannah Martindale, Mary's mother has just died, I don't think she is any relation at all, just friends pulling together in times of need.
So let me start with the first sibling I have not added much about:
John Henry MARTINDALE born before 14 March 1852, as he was christened on that day at St Martin's Church, Yapham cum Meltonby.
So on the 1861 Census, which was the first of many that John Henry is recorded on, he is with his family living in the village of Yapham in the house as shown in the photograph above.
Here is the Census entry from my Ancestry account
George Martindale, 41, widower, tailor employing 2 boys, born Pocklington, Yorkshire
Thomas Martindale, 14, tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
William Martindale, 12, tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
John Henry Martindale, 9, tailor's son, Yapham, Yorkshire.
Robert Martindale, 2 tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
Mary Martindale, Mother-in-law, 68, born Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire.
Ann Robinson, visitor, married, aged 48, born Bossall, Yorkshire
Francis J. Holderness, Apprentice, 20, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.
So on the census day of 1861, John Henry is aged 9, and living with his family, including his father who is a widower because his wife & John Henry's mother Hannah died on 4th April, 1861, so at the time of the census, John Henry would have been feeling pretty upset. Then on 23rd July 1862, when John Henry was 10 years of age, his father married John's new mother or should be step-mother called Mary WRAY, who was from the village of Nafferton which isn't that far away from Yapham cum Meltonby, but looking on Google maps the places are about 20 miles apart.
How his father George MARTINDALE came to meet Mary WRAY and to marry her is something I don't know.
So this was the church where George MARTINDALE & Mary WRAY got married on 23rd July 1862. George was 42 years of age and Mary was 40 years of age. Mary was his third wife, and I think Mary was a spinster when she married George.
The next census entry for J H Martindale is the 1871 census:
So in that year, and on the date of the Census which was on 2 April, 1871, John Henry MARTINDALE was still living at his home address in Yapham cum Meltonby as the Census entry supports:
George Martindale, Head, Married, 51, Tailor, born Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Mary Martindale, Wife, Married, 47, Tailor's Wife, born Nafferton, Yorkshire.
John H. Martindale, Son, Unmarried, 19, Tailor, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
George G. Martindale, Son, Unmarried, 14, Scholar, born Yapham, Yorkshire
Robert Martindale, Son, Unmarried, 1, Scholar, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
Mary E Martindale, daughter, unmarried, 10, Born Yapham, Yorkshire.
William GOSPEL, Apprentice, unmarried, 20, Tailor's Apprentice, born Bolton, Yorkshire.
Then on the 17th May, 1874, his father, George MARTINDALE died and was buried in the churchyard at Yapham, cum Meltonby. The inscription was added onto the gravestone of his father which I saw and photographed in St Martin's Church, in Yapham cum Meltonby.
The inscription of John H Martindale's grandfather is thus:
It reads: In Loving Remembrance of George Martindale of Yapham, who died February 11th 1858, aged 74 years. Whereas the inscription of his father reads a bit differently, and shows how young his father was when he died:
Also of George Martindale son of the above who died May 17th, 1874 aged 54 years.
The memory of the just is blessed.
So it must have been quite a shock to have his father die when he John Henry Martindale was quite young, he was aged 22 and working as a tailor.
Then on the 18th October, 1875, according to the UK Railway Employment records on the 28 October 18, 1875, he applied & was appointed as an oil porter at Hull Carriage Carriage department on 18/- a week with Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway aged 27 & 8/12.
So now he would have been living in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Then in the April quarter of 1882 his stepmother Mary MARTINDALE nee WRAY died- the record states Driffield, but it was probably at Yapham. Then 2 years later on September 17, 1884 his stepmother's father John WRAY died. I found his death in a newspaper on BRITISH Newspaper ARCHIVES where I have an account. The newspaper article stated:
NAFFERTON. Fatal Accident on the Railway.—A shocking accident occurred near the Railway Station on Wednesday afternoon. An excursion train from Hull to Bridlington was passing through, when the driver of the engine noticed an old man about to cross the line about 150 yards in front of the train. He immediately put on the brake, but was unable to pull up before the old man was caught by the engine, and his body shockingly smashed. Dr. Savile happened to be near, and hastened to rendor aid, but his services were of no avail, death having been instantaneous. The name of the unfortunate man was John Wray, who was a groom and gardener. An inquest was held before Mr. Jennings on Thursday afternoon, when the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
Detail
Driffield Times - Saturday 20 September 1884
Looking at the 1911 Census for John Henry MARTINDALE I saw that he had married a lady called Emma, who was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and between them they had 5 children, and they lived in a small terraced house in Nornabell Street, in Hull.
Emma Wood in 1911 Census:
1911 England Census from Emma MARTINDALE
Yorkshire-East Riding-Sculcoates-Southcoates-10
1. John Henry MARTINDALE, 59, Married for 26 years, 8 children born alive, 2 of whom have died, Labourer for Railway company, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
2. Emma MARTINDALE, Wife, 47, Married for 26 years, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
3. George Henry MARTINDALE, Son, 16, Single, Clerk for miller company, born in Hull, Yorkshire
4. Herbert MARTINDALE, Son, 15, Single, Miller, born in Hull, Yorkshire.
5. Edith MARTINDALE, daughter, 12, Single, School, born Hull, Yorkshire.
6. Mary Elizabeth MARTINDALE, daughter, 4, born Hull, Yorkshire.
The family live in a 4 roomed house, at 12, Frederick Terrace, Nornabell Street, Hull.
So Emma was born about 1862 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Free BMD states: Births September 1862, WOOD, EMMA Caistor 7a 563.
The Caistor registration area in 1862 included Grimsby. So her parents, Lambert Wood and Lucy Wood nee Graves did register her birth.
So the next thing to do was look at the history of his wife called Emma, and her family too. Looking on Ancestry on lots of other articles, they say that Emma was born in Hull, and not in Grimsby. Looking at someone else's family tree it said that she was born in Grimsby, that made me look her up in the 1911 Census. Above is the entry of the 1911 census.
I also decided to look up her father & mother in British Newspaper Archives as I have an account with that newspaper article company. I also think it would be a good idea to look for a certificate of the marriage of Emma WOOD to John Henry MARTINDALE. That would prove the name of her father. Another researcher lists her marriage to John Henry MARTINDALE on the 3rd December 1884 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. FREE BMD lists the marriage as Marriages December 1884, MARTINDALE, John Henry, Hull, 9d, 475 &
WOOD, Emma, Hull, 9d, 475
Emma's parents were Lambert WOOD and Lucy WOOD nee GRAVES. Looking on my CD of Grimsby & Cleethorpes Marriages that I purchased from Denise Light when I was a member of Grimsby Family History Society back before 2004, I discovered that Lambert WOOd & Lucy GRAVES married at Grimsby St James Church-this was the record I found:
St. James, Grimsby 20/03/1853 WOOD Lambert GRAVES Lucy
Then I looked in British Newspaper Archives and found the following article:
Stamford Mercury - Friday 25 March 1853
At the parish church, Grimsby, on the 20th inst., (by the Rev. W.J. Monk,) Mr.Lambert Wood, to Miss Lucy Graves.
William BALLANS
Stamford Mercury - Friday 24 November 1865
To GROCERS' ASSISTANTS. WANTED, a steady pushing young Man for the Retail Trade. Also an energetic young Man for the Retail Provision Counter.—Apply, stating ages, (salary out-doors) and references, to William Ballans. Grimsby. To GROCERS. WANTED, a young Man as Traveller for the Tea, Coffee, and Spice Trade: one with connection In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire preferred.—Apply (stating age, salary, and reference) to William Ballans, Grimsby.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 19 September 1872
William Ballans, of Hull, provision merchant, appeared at the Sheffield Town Hall yesterday to answer a summons charging him with selling to Mr. Marshall* provision dealer, of Allen-street, Sheffield, a quantity of hams unfit for human food. After some evidence had been taken as to the badness of the hams, Mr. Spurr, who appeared for the defendant, took a technical objection to the summons on the ground that the hams had been sold in May, and were not at the time of the seizure his client's property. After some discussion of the point, the case was adjourned until the 2nd proximo.
Barnsley Chronicle, etc. - Saturday 21 September 1872
At the Sheffield Town Hall, on Wednesday. William Ballans, provision merchant. Sheffield-road, Hull, was summoned at the instance of Mr R. Crofts, chief sanitary inspector, for sending twenty hams Sheffield, all of which were unsuitable for human food. A legal point was raised, which led to a discussion, and ultimately the case was adjourned for a month.
So going back to John Henry MARTINDALE and his wife Emma nee WOOD, I can now look at their family members and see what I can find out about them and Emma & John Henry.
So their first child who was born to them was named Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE, who was born on 15th May, 1885, in Hull, in Yorkshire. The 1939, England & Wales Register, records her birth as 15 March, 1885, but looking at the record it says 15th May, 1885.
Whatever date it was Emma was pregnant before her marriage to John Henry.
John Henry & Emma from 1885 to 1891 had a daughter born in July 1887 which they named Eva MARTINDALE. Then in October 1889, they had another daughter born which they named Ida MARTINDALE.
Six years later on 5th April, 1891, she and her family are living at 7, Assinder Grove, Drypool, Kingston-upon-Hull. 10 years later on the census day of 1901, the family including Lucy now aged 15, are living at 10, Scarborough Terrace, Barnsley Street, Hull.
1901 England Census for Lucy E Martindale
Yorkshire Sculcoates Drypool District 26
10, Scarborough Terrace, Barnsley Street,
John H. MARTINDALE, Head, Married, 49, Labourer on Hull & Barnsley, Railway Worker, Born Hull, Yorkshire
Emma MARTINDALE, Wife, Married, 37, Wife, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Lucy E. MARTINDALE, Daughter, single, 15, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Eva MARTINDALE, Daughter, 13, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Elsie MARTINDALE, Daughter, 9, At School, student, Born Hull, Yorkshire
George H. MARTINDALE, Son, 6, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Herbert W. MARTINDALE, Son, 5, born Hull, Yorkshire
Edith A. MARTINDALE, Daughter, 2, Born Hull, Yorkshire.
Then on the 21st February, 1907, their eldest daughter Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE married a man called John Thomas PERKINS.
The marriage record states this:
The marriage record states this:
Looking up in British Newspaper Archives for a person called Lucy Ethel PERKINS-which would have been the married name of Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE this is what I found:
Hull Daily Mail - Monday 08 July 1912
Hedon-road Struggle. PECULIAR FAMILY SQUABBLE.
A peculiar family squabble resulted in three sisters figuring in summonses and cross-summonses for assault. Lucy Ethel Perkins, a housemaid in a shop in Charlotte-street, summoned her sister, Eva Martindale, for assault and wilful damage. Elsie Martindale and Eva Martindale summoned Perkins for assault. All three parties concerned are sisters. Mr Williamson was for Perkins, and Mr J. H. Payne for the other two parties. Lucy Ethel Perkins stated that she was a married woman deserted by her husband three years ago. She was housemaid in a shop in Charlotte-street. On Sunday, 30th June, she and a man named Murphy-by whom she had had a child since being deserted by her husband were on Hedon-road,. and met her two sisters, who called her foul names and struck her with their fists on the face. Elsie would have been summoned only they could not get to know her address. These two and another sister had hold of her by her hair, pulled her hat off, and dragged her two or three yards along the road. Complainant produced the hat, the crown which was broken, a feather broken, and which wa generally in a dilapidated condition. Mr. Williamson said a week previously Eva was summoned for threats against Murphy, and that was only withdrawn on her undertaking not to repeat them. Complainant added that she ran away towards Marfleet and got on a car with Murphy. Her sisters went on towards Marfleet. She had resided with her sisters up to September of last year, when they turned her out on account of her condition. She had had a child by Murphy, who had taken it away, and put it to nurse. Complainant added that her mother and her three sisters had been to the place where she was employed and tried get her dismissed. His Worship: My word; if they did it's a scandal. Cross-examined by Payne: Her mother complained of her walking out with this man. Her mother was trying to get her dismissed. She had two children with her husband. Her mother kept one, and the other was adopted. The one child which was paralysed was kept by the mother. She did not know this sister Eva paid 2s a week towards the keep of the baby. After further evidence his Worship said he thought there was great deal to be said on both sides, but it was obviously necessary that the peace should be kept, and he therefore bound all the defendants over, in their own recogoniances of £5, to keep the peace for six months, each to pay their own costs, or five days.
So that newspaper entry gave me some information about this woman, who after five years since her marriage to a John Thomas PERKINS she was in the Hull Daily Mail-so her marriage to Mr. Perkins had failed-he had deserted her. A closer relative to Lucy Elsie told me that he had deserted her in Leeds-she told me this:
So let me start with the first sibling I have not added much about:
John Henry MARTINDALE born before 14 March 1852, as he was christened on that day at St Martin's Church, Yapham cum Meltonby.
So on the 1861 Census, which was the first of many that John Henry is recorded on, he is with his family living in the village of Yapham in the house as shown in the photograph above.
Here is the Census entry from my Ancestry account
George Martindale, 41, widower, tailor employing 2 boys, born Pocklington, Yorkshire
Thomas Martindale, 14, tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
William Martindale, 12, tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
John Henry Martindale, 9, tailor's son, Yapham, Yorkshire.
Robert Martindale, 2 tailor's son, born Yapham, Yorkshire
Mary Martindale, Mother-in-law, 68, born Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire.
Ann Robinson, visitor, married, aged 48, born Bossall, Yorkshire
Francis J. Holderness, Apprentice, 20, born Clitheroe, Lancashire, England.
So on the census day of 1861, John Henry is aged 9, and living with his family, including his father who is a widower because his wife & John Henry's mother Hannah died on 4th April, 1861, so at the time of the census, John Henry would have been feeling pretty upset. Then on 23rd July 1862, when John Henry was 10 years of age, his father married John's new mother or should be step-mother called Mary WRAY, who was from the village of Nafferton which isn't that far away from Yapham cum Meltonby, but looking on Google maps the places are about 20 miles apart.
How his father George MARTINDALE came to meet Mary WRAY and to marry her is something I don't know.
So this was the church where George MARTINDALE & Mary WRAY got married on 23rd July 1862. George was 42 years of age and Mary was 40 years of age. Mary was his third wife, and I think Mary was a spinster when she married George.
The next census entry for J H Martindale is the 1871 census:
So in that year, and on the date of the Census which was on 2 April, 1871, John Henry MARTINDALE was still living at his home address in Yapham cum Meltonby as the Census entry supports:
George Martindale, Head, Married, 51, Tailor, born Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Mary Martindale, Wife, Married, 47, Tailor's Wife, born Nafferton, Yorkshire.
John H. Martindale, Son, Unmarried, 19, Tailor, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
George G. Martindale, Son, Unmarried, 14, Scholar, born Yapham, Yorkshire
Robert Martindale, Son, Unmarried, 1, Scholar, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
Mary E Martindale, daughter, unmarried, 10, Born Yapham, Yorkshire.
William GOSPEL, Apprentice, unmarried, 20, Tailor's Apprentice, born Bolton, Yorkshire.
Then on the 17th May, 1874, his father, George MARTINDALE died and was buried in the churchyard at Yapham, cum Meltonby. The inscription was added onto the gravestone of his father which I saw and photographed in St Martin's Church, in Yapham cum Meltonby.
The inscription of John H Martindale's grandfather is thus:
It reads: In Loving Remembrance of George Martindale of Yapham, who died February 11th 1858, aged 74 years. Whereas the inscription of his father reads a bit differently, and shows how young his father was when he died:
The memory of the just is blessed.
So it must have been quite a shock to have his father die when he John Henry Martindale was quite young, he was aged 22 and working as a tailor.
Then on the 18th October, 1875, according to the UK Railway Employment records on the 28 October 18, 1875, he applied & was appointed as an oil porter at Hull Carriage Carriage department on 18/- a week with Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway aged 27 & 8/12.
So now he would have been living in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Then in the April quarter of 1882 his stepmother Mary MARTINDALE nee WRAY died- the record states Driffield, but it was probably at Yapham. Then 2 years later on September 17, 1884 his stepmother's father John WRAY died. I found his death in a newspaper on BRITISH Newspaper ARCHIVES where I have an account. The newspaper article stated:
NAFFERTON. Fatal Accident on the Railway.—A shocking accident occurred near the Railway Station on Wednesday afternoon. An excursion train from Hull to Bridlington was passing through, when the driver of the engine noticed an old man about to cross the line about 150 yards in front of the train. He immediately put on the brake, but was unable to pull up before the old man was caught by the engine, and his body shockingly smashed. Dr. Savile happened to be near, and hastened to rendor aid, but his services were of no avail, death having been instantaneous. The name of the unfortunate man was John Wray, who was a groom and gardener. An inquest was held before Mr. Jennings on Thursday afternoon, when the jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
Detail
Driffield Times - Saturday 20 September 1884
Looking at the 1911 Census for John Henry MARTINDALE I saw that he had married a lady called Emma, who was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and between them they had 5 children, and they lived in a small terraced house in Nornabell Street, in Hull.
Emma Wood in 1911 Census:
1911 England Census from Emma MARTINDALE
Yorkshire-East Riding-Sculcoates-Southcoates-10
1. John Henry MARTINDALE, 59, Married for 26 years, 8 children born alive, 2 of whom have died, Labourer for Railway company, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
2. Emma MARTINDALE, Wife, 47, Married for 26 years, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
3. George Henry MARTINDALE, Son, 16, Single, Clerk for miller company, born in Hull, Yorkshire
4. Herbert MARTINDALE, Son, 15, Single, Miller, born in Hull, Yorkshire.
5. Edith MARTINDALE, daughter, 12, Single, School, born Hull, Yorkshire.
6. Mary Elizabeth MARTINDALE, daughter, 4, born Hull, Yorkshire.
The family live in a 4 roomed house, at 12, Frederick Terrace, Nornabell Street, Hull.
So Emma was born about 1862 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Free BMD states: Births September 1862, WOOD, EMMA Caistor 7a 563.
The Caistor registration area in 1862 included Grimsby. So her parents, Lambert Wood and Lucy Wood nee Graves did register her birth.
So the next thing to do was look at the history of his wife called Emma, and her family too. Looking on Ancestry on lots of other articles, they say that Emma was born in Hull, and not in Grimsby. Looking at someone else's family tree it said that she was born in Grimsby, that made me look her up in the 1911 Census. Above is the entry of the 1911 census.
I also decided to look up her father & mother in British Newspaper Archives as I have an account with that newspaper article company. I also think it would be a good idea to look for a certificate of the marriage of Emma WOOD to John Henry MARTINDALE. That would prove the name of her father. Another researcher lists her marriage to John Henry MARTINDALE on the 3rd December 1884 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. FREE BMD lists the marriage as Marriages December 1884, MARTINDALE, John Henry, Hull, 9d, 475 &
WOOD, Emma, Hull, 9d, 475
Emma's parents were Lambert WOOD and Lucy WOOD nee GRAVES. Looking on my CD of Grimsby & Cleethorpes Marriages that I purchased from Denise Light when I was a member of Grimsby Family History Society back before 2004, I discovered that Lambert WOOd & Lucy GRAVES married at Grimsby St James Church-this was the record I found:
St. James, Grimsby 20/03/1853 WOOD Lambert GRAVES Lucy
Then I looked in British Newspaper Archives and found the following article:
Stamford Mercury - Friday 25 March 1853
At the parish church, Grimsby, on the 20th inst., (by the Rev. W.J. Monk,) Mr.Lambert Wood, to Miss Lucy Graves.
So looking in the 1861 Census, which was 8 years after their marriage I found the family of Emma WOOD-but as she was born after 1861, she is not in the 1861 census record:
The Census record reads thus:
1861 England Census for Lambert Wood
Lincolnshire Great Grimsby District 05
HOLM Street,
Lambert WOOD, Head, Married, 32, Labourer at Gas Works, Born Kensington, in Middlesex.
Lucy WOOD, wife, Married, 29, born Scawby, Lincolnshire
Mary A WOOD, Daughter, 7, born Louth, Lincolnshire
William C WOOD, Son, 4, born Louth, Lincolnshire.
Eva J. WOOD, Daughter, 3, born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Henry WOOD, Son, 7½ months, born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
So the siblings of Emma were the following:
Mary Annie WOOD, born 1854 in Louth, Lincolnshire.
William Cornelius WOOD, born 24 April, 1855, in Louth, Lincolnshire
Eva Jane WOOD, born 1858 in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Henry WOOD born 1860 in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
So the siblings of Emma were the following:
Mary Annie WOOD, born 1854 in Louth, Lincolnshire.
William Cornelius WOOD, born 24 April, 1855, in Louth, Lincolnshire
Eva Jane WOOD, born 1858 in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Henry WOOD born 1860 in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
So looking at that census, from 1853 to 1857 Lambert & Lucy lived in Louth, Lincolnshire, a town about 10 miles south of Grimsby. Then in 1858, they must have moved to live in Grimsby. Certainly that's the town they got married in, but then they moved to Louth, but then back to Grimsby.
Looking at Family Search records & Lincstothepast I found that Lucy GRAVES wasn't born in SCAWBY, Lincolnshire, but in SWABY Lincolnshire. The records state thus:
Name: Lucy Graves
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Lucy Graves, Event Type:, Christening, Event Date: , 29 May 1831
Event Place: Swaby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Gender: Female Father's Name: George Graves
Mother's Name: Mary
Source: https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=Lucy&q.surname=Graves&q.birthLikePlace=Swaby&q.birthLikeDate.from=1831&q.birthLikeDate.to=1833&f.recordCountry=England&f.recordSubcountry=England%2CLincolnshire&m.defaultFacets=on&m.queryRequireDefault=on&m.facetNestCollectionInCategory=on&count=20&offset=0
Then on Lincstohepast there is this record:Swaby Parish Records - Baptisms (1830-1831)
No. 264: May 29th 1831: Lucy daughter of George & Mary GRAVES, of
Swaby, Labourer, by James HOYLE, Curate.
https://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=545406&iid=243025
I also found some more information about Lucy Graves & her husband Lambert WOOD in British Newspaper Archives that proves that from around 1853 to at least 1857 they lived in Louth. There were problems between man & wife and Lucy herself was a bit dishonest at time apparently as these newspaper articles state:
Lincolnshire Chronicle - Friday 13 May 1853
Louth Borough Police Report. —Friday, 6th May: before S. Trought, Esq., Mayor— Lucy, wife of Lambert Woods, of this borough, was charged by Rd. Burge, of Great Grimsby, the husband of her sister, with stealing a number of articles of wearing apparel, from his dwelling-house : discharged. She was also further charged by her sister, the wife of Richard Burge, with illegally pledging a watch, her property: discharged.—
So a man called Richard BURGE was married to Lucy GRAVES's sister, who was called Charlotte, born prior 30 October, 1823, in Swaby, Lincolnshire, and he lived in Great Grimsby and her sister did as well.
Stamford Mercury - Friday 04 September 1857
Louth Borough Police, Aug. 28, before T. P. Waite, Esq. (Mayor), Allowed to be withdrawn. Lambert Wood, gasman, was charged with assaulting his wife. There appeared to be faults on both sides.
So Lambert WOODs was charged with assaulting his wife Lucy, but was not prosecuted-the article states he was a gasman, so that I thought proved the article was about Lambert WOODS who in that 1861 Census shows he worked as a labourer in the Gas Works in Great Grimsby. So this article shows that in September 1857, Lambert & his wife Lucy lived in Louth, Lincolnshire.
So that's some history of Emma Wood's siblings and her parents as well.
So now lets get back to looking at the history of John Henry MARTINDALE-the last piece of information I wrote about was in 1875, he was working in Kingston-upon-Hull for a railway company, so no longer a tailor. So the next piece of evidence must be the 1881 Census-when he would have been around 30 years of sge. The census record states that John Henry was living in Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkhire.
1881 England Census for John H. Martindale
Yorkshire Brightside Bierlow District 6
29, Verdon Street,
Martha Hallall, Head, Widow, aged 73, born Tickhill, Yorkshire
John Townsend, Son in law, Married, 47, Drayman, born Cosall, Notts.
Sarah Townsend, Wife, Married, 47, born Sheffield, Yorkshire
Sarah Townsend, daughter, 11, Scholar, born Sheffield, Yorkshire
George Pendleton, Boarder, Widower, 37, Foreman Railway Porter, born Nuttall, Notts.
John H. Martindale, Boarder, Unmarried, 30, Railway Porter, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
So that's some history of Emma Wood's siblings and her parents as well.
So now lets get back to looking at the history of John Henry MARTINDALE-the last piece of information I wrote about was in 1875, he was working in Kingston-upon-Hull for a railway company, so no longer a tailor. So the next piece of evidence must be the 1881 Census-when he would have been around 30 years of sge. The census record states that John Henry was living in Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkhire.
1881 England Census for John H. Martindale
Yorkshire Brightside Bierlow District 6
29, Verdon Street,
Martha Hallall, Head, Widow, aged 73, born Tickhill, Yorkshire
John Townsend, Son in law, Married, 47, Drayman, born Cosall, Notts.
Sarah Townsend, Wife, Married, 47, born Sheffield, Yorkshire
Sarah Townsend, daughter, 11, Scholar, born Sheffield, Yorkshire
George Pendleton, Boarder, Widower, 37, Foreman Railway Porter, born Nuttall, Notts.
John H. Martindale, Boarder, Unmarried, 30, Railway Porter, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
So now John H Martindale was just a railway porter, so no longer a tailor just working as a porter in Sheffield, and living in a house as a lodger with is foreman. He was living in Sheffield not Hull now. Verdon Street is still in Sheffield now as I found it on Google Maps. Apparently in September 1876, applied for Porters job at Sheffield, where he was appointed on November 1 1877, then in January 1, 1878, became a full porter, but by February 1880, had been dismissed.
So sometime between census day in 1881 and December quarter in 1884, John Henry must have moved to Hull, because in December 1884 he married a lady called Emma WOOD whose parents & family lived in Hull.
I have obtained a certificate of marriage from the General Record Office which arrived at my home on Monday 6 July, 2020.
The marriage record states:
Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage Given at GENERAL RECORD OFFICE Application Number: 10968403/1
1884 Marriage Solemnized at the Register Office in the District of Hull in the County of the Union of KINGSTON UPON HULL
NO. 2: THIRD DECEMBER 1884, JOHN HENRY MARTINDALE 32 YEARS, BACHELOR, DOCK LABOURER, 132, ENGLISH STREET, SON OF GEORGE MARTINDALE (DECEASED), A TAILOR & FARMER & EMMA WOOD, 23, YEARS, SPINSTER, 144, ENGLISH STREET, DAUGHTER OF LAMBERT WOOD, (DECEASED), GAS MANAGER
WERE MARRIED IN THE REGISTER OFFICE BY GEORGE HOLME BELL, REGISTRAR, JNO JOS. THORNEY SUPERINTENDANT, REGISTRAR
THE MARRIAGE WAS SOLEMNIZED BETWEEN US: JOHN HENRY MARTINDALE & EMMA WOOD IN THE PRESENCE OF JOHN BRILLAIN & ELIZA SPINK
CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY OF AN ENTRY IN THE CERTIFIED COPY OF A REGISTER OF MARRIAGES IN THE REGISTRATION DISTRICT OF HULL, GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE UNDER THE SEAL OF THE SAID OFFICE THE 1ST DAY OF JULY 2020.
I have obtained a certificate of marriage from the General Record Office which arrived at my home on Monday 6 July, 2020.
The marriage record states:
Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage Given at GENERAL RECORD OFFICE Application Number: 10968403/1
1884 Marriage Solemnized at the Register Office in the District of Hull in the County of the Union of KINGSTON UPON HULL
NO. 2: THIRD DECEMBER 1884, JOHN HENRY MARTINDALE 32 YEARS, BACHELOR, DOCK LABOURER, 132, ENGLISH STREET, SON OF GEORGE MARTINDALE (DECEASED), A TAILOR & FARMER & EMMA WOOD, 23, YEARS, SPINSTER, 144, ENGLISH STREET, DAUGHTER OF LAMBERT WOOD, (DECEASED), GAS MANAGER
WERE MARRIED IN THE REGISTER OFFICE BY GEORGE HOLME BELL, REGISTRAR, JNO JOS. THORNEY SUPERINTENDANT, REGISTRAR
THE MARRIAGE WAS SOLEMNIZED BETWEEN US: JOHN HENRY MARTINDALE & EMMA WOOD IN THE PRESENCE OF JOHN BRILLAIN & ELIZA SPINK
CERTIFIED TO BE A TRUE COPY OF AN ENTRY IN THE CERTIFIED COPY OF A REGISTER OF MARRIAGES IN THE REGISTRATION DISTRICT OF HULL, GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE UNDER THE SEAL OF THE SAID OFFICE THE 1ST DAY OF JULY 2020.
So on their marriage day on 3 December 1884, both their father's were deceased, with John Henry working as a dock labourer.
Emma in the 1881 Census was staying with her sister Mary Annie who had married a man called William BALLANS.
The census record states:
Emma WOOD in 1881 Census:
1881 England Census for Emma Wood
Middlesex Enfield District 14
High Road, Enfield, Middlesex, Registration district Edmonton
William BALLANS, Head, Married, 40, Farmer, born Brigg, Lincolnshire
Annie BALLANS, wife, Married, 27, born Louth, Lincolnshire
Minnie J. BALLANS, daughter, 9 months, born Enfield, Middlesex
Emma WOOD, Visitor, unmarried, 18, Annuitant, born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
John BALLANS, Visitor, unmarried, 6, born Manchester, Lancashire.
William E. R. RAYNOR, Servant, Unmarried, 26, Farm Servant, born Waltham Abbey, Essex
Jane Winepress, Servant, unmarried, 23, Domestic Servant, born Enfield, Middlesex.
So Emma's oocupation is shown as an Annuitant, which means she was living from the means of a will. Maybe she benefitted from a will from a member of the family-perhaps when the marriage certificate arrives it will show whether her father is alive or deceased.
The marriage certificate above shows that by her marriage day on 3 December, 1884, her father Lambert Wood was deceased., so me must have died before 1881.
The problem about Lambert & his wife Lucy & family is that they are not in the 1871 Census-the only person that is in that census is Mary Annie WOOD, a daughter that is working as a servant in a house in West Parade, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. So maybe the rest of the family are still living somewhere in Grimsby in that year, but they are not on the Census of that year. The other problem with this family, is that finding the deaths of Lambert & his wife Lucy is impossible-neither seems to have had a death certificate.Finding a Probate entry for Lambert & Lucy Wood is very difficult too.
Also looking at this census entry it hard to imagine William BALLANS working as a farmer in a place called Enfield in Middlesex. However by using NLS Maps and looking in Enfield in 1891, I could see the railway station on both that map and the Google Map of today and could see that Nags Head Lane as it was known on the 1891 map links High Street to the railway station. So looking at that 1891 map it shows Enfield as a country village and not a town as it is now.
There is a suggestion that Annie BALLANS is William BALLANS's second wife., his first being someone called Isabella.
Info
William Ballans , London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
Saved To William Ballans, Others in Record
Isabella Huet William Ballans John Huet
London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for William Ballans
Tower Hamlets Christ Church, Watney Street 1862-1882
The marriage certificate above shows that by her marriage day on 3 December, 1884, her father Lambert Wood was deceased., so me must have died before 1881.
The problem about Lambert & his wife Lucy & family is that they are not in the 1871 Census-the only person that is in that census is Mary Annie WOOD, a daughter that is working as a servant in a house in West Parade, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. So maybe the rest of the family are still living somewhere in Grimsby in that year, but they are not on the Census of that year. The other problem with this family, is that finding the deaths of Lambert & his wife Lucy is impossible-neither seems to have had a death certificate.Finding a Probate entry for Lambert & Lucy Wood is very difficult too.
Also looking at this census entry it hard to imagine William BALLANS working as a farmer in a place called Enfield in Middlesex. However by using NLS Maps and looking in Enfield in 1891, I could see the railway station on both that map and the Google Map of today and could see that Nags Head Lane as it was known on the 1891 map links High Street to the railway station. So looking at that 1891 map it shows Enfield as a country village and not a town as it is now.
There is a suggestion that Annie BALLANS is William BALLANS's second wife., his first being someone called Isabella.
Info
William Ballans , London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
Saved To William Ballans, Others in Record
Isabella Huet William Ballans John Huet
London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932 for William Ballans
Tower Hamlets Christ Church, Watney Street 1862-1882
1866 Marriage solemnized at Christ Church, in the Parish of St George in the County of Middlesex.
No.232: March 1st 1864, William BALLANS, 24, Bachelor, Grocer in Great Grimsby, son of William BALLANS, a farmer married Isabella HUET, 25, Spinster, of Christ Church District, daughter of John HUET, Master Mariner.Witnessed by Francis DUKE & Annie Huet.
So the marriage record states that William BALLANS in 1866, was a grocer, so I looked in British Newspaper Archives to see if he was mentioned at all.
He is mentioned quite a lot
Lincolnshire Chronicle - Saturday 21 October 1865
DEATHS
On the 12th inst, at Great Grimsby, Isabella Ballans, aged 6 weeks.
No.232: March 1st 1864, William BALLANS, 24, Bachelor, Grocer in Great Grimsby, son of William BALLANS, a farmer married Isabella HUET, 25, Spinster, of Christ Church District, daughter of John HUET, Master Mariner.Witnessed by Francis DUKE & Annie Huet.
So the marriage record states that William BALLANS in 1866, was a grocer, so I looked in British Newspaper Archives to see if he was mentioned at all.
He is mentioned quite a lot
Lincolnshire Chronicle - Saturday 21 October 1865
DEATHS
On the 12th inst, at Great Grimsby, Isabella Ballans, aged 6 weeks.
Stamford Mercury - Friday 24 November 1865
To GROCERS' ASSISTANTS. WANTED, a steady pushing young Man for the Retail Trade. Also an energetic young Man for the Retail Provision Counter.—Apply, stating ages, (salary out-doors) and references, to William Ballans. Grimsby. To GROCERS. WANTED, a young Man as Traveller for the Tea, Coffee, and Spice Trade: one with connection In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire preferred.—Apply (stating age, salary, and reference) to William Ballans, Grimsby.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 19 September 1872
William Ballans, of Hull, provision merchant, appeared at the Sheffield Town Hall yesterday to answer a summons charging him with selling to Mr. Marshall* provision dealer, of Allen-street, Sheffield, a quantity of hams unfit for human food. After some evidence had been taken as to the badness of the hams, Mr. Spurr, who appeared for the defendant, took a technical objection to the summons on the ground that the hams had been sold in May, and were not at the time of the seizure his client's property. After some discussion of the point, the case was adjourned until the 2nd proximo.
Barnsley Chronicle, etc. - Saturday 21 September 1872
At the Sheffield Town Hall, on Wednesday. William Ballans, provision merchant. Sheffield-road, Hull, was summoned at the instance of Mr R. Crofts, chief sanitary inspector, for sending twenty hams Sheffield, all of which were unsuitable for human food. A legal point was raised, which led to a discussion, and ultimately the case was adjourned for a month.
So going back to John Henry MARTINDALE and his wife Emma nee WOOD, I can now look at their family members and see what I can find out about them and Emma & John Henry.
So their first child who was born to them was named Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE, who was born on 15th May, 1885, in Hull, in Yorkshire. The 1939, England & Wales Register, records her birth as 15 March, 1885, but looking at the record it says 15th May, 1885.
Whatever date it was Emma was pregnant before her marriage to John Henry.
John Henry & Emma from 1885 to 1891 had a daughter born in July 1887 which they named Eva MARTINDALE. Then in October 1889, they had another daughter born which they named Ida MARTINDALE.
Six years later on 5th April, 1891, she and her family are living at 7, Assinder Grove, Drypool, Kingston-upon-Hull. 10 years later on the census day of 1901, the family including Lucy now aged 15, are living at 10, Scarborough Terrace, Barnsley Street, Hull.
1901 England Census for Lucy E Martindale
Yorkshire Sculcoates Drypool District 26
10, Scarborough Terrace, Barnsley Street,
John H. MARTINDALE, Head, Married, 49, Labourer on Hull & Barnsley, Railway Worker, Born Hull, Yorkshire
Emma MARTINDALE, Wife, Married, 37, Wife, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Lucy E. MARTINDALE, Daughter, single, 15, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Eva MARTINDALE, Daughter, 13, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Elsie MARTINDALE, Daughter, 9, At School, student, Born Hull, Yorkshire
George H. MARTINDALE, Son, 6, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Herbert W. MARTINDALE, Son, 5, born Hull, Yorkshire
Edith A. MARTINDALE, Daughter, 2, Born Hull, Yorkshire.
Then on the 21st February, 1907, their eldest daughter Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE married a man called John Thomas PERKINS.
The marriage record states this:
1907 Marriage Solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish
of Drypool, in the County of Kingston upon Hull
No. 231: February 21st 1907, John Thomas PERKINS,
32, Bachelor, Moulder, of Middlesbrough, son of Joseph PERKINS (deceased), a
Boiler maker &
Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE, 21, Spinster, of Elizabeth Terrace,
Barnsley, daughter of John Henry MARTINDALE, Charge man
Married in the Parish Church by Licence in the presence of
George Henry MARTINDALE & Lily Thornson by J J Bedger, vicar.
So Lucy Ethel married a 32 year old man, so he was born in 1875, when she was 21-he was working as a Moulder in Middlesbrough, probably in the Iron & Steel Works there. Though how he came to meet Lucy Ethel who was living in Kingston-upon-Hull. In fact on the marriage certificate she told the vicar that she was living at Elizabeth Terrace, Barnsley, Yorkshire, so again I wonder how these two met together. His father he stated was called Joseph, but he was dead on their marriage day on 21st February 1907. Fortunately a fellow researcher into this person called Lucy Ethel MARTINDALE, sent for a copy of their marriage certificate. Her brother George Henry Martindale was a witness but he was only 12 years of age on that date.
Lucy Ethel and John Thomas Perkins had 2 daughters, Mary Elizabeth Perkins in March 1907 in Hull, East Yorkshire, then Contance Perkins on the 26th November, 1909 in Hull, East Yorkshire.
Hull Daily Mail - Monday 08 July 1912
Hedon-road Struggle. PECULIAR FAMILY SQUABBLE.
A peculiar family squabble resulted in three sisters figuring in summonses and cross-summonses for assault. Lucy Ethel Perkins, a housemaid in a shop in Charlotte-street, summoned her sister, Eva Martindale, for assault and wilful damage. Elsie Martindale and Eva Martindale summoned Perkins for assault. All three parties concerned are sisters. Mr Williamson was for Perkins, and Mr J. H. Payne for the other two parties. Lucy Ethel Perkins stated that she was a married woman deserted by her husband three years ago. She was housemaid in a shop in Charlotte-street. On Sunday, 30th June, she and a man named Murphy-by whom she had had a child since being deserted by her husband were on Hedon-road,. and met her two sisters, who called her foul names and struck her with their fists on the face. Elsie would have been summoned only they could not get to know her address. These two and another sister had hold of her by her hair, pulled her hat off, and dragged her two or three yards along the road. Complainant produced the hat, the crown which was broken, a feather broken, and which wa generally in a dilapidated condition. Mr. Williamson said a week previously Eva was summoned for threats against Murphy, and that was only withdrawn on her undertaking not to repeat them. Complainant added that she ran away towards Marfleet and got on a car with Murphy. Her sisters went on towards Marfleet. She had resided with her sisters up to September of last year, when they turned her out on account of her condition. She had had a child by Murphy, who had taken it away, and put it to nurse. Complainant added that her mother and her three sisters had been to the place where she was employed and tried get her dismissed. His Worship: My word; if they did it's a scandal. Cross-examined by Payne: Her mother complained of her walking out with this man. Her mother was trying to get her dismissed. She had two children with her husband. Her mother kept one, and the other was adopted. The one child which was paralysed was kept by the mother. She did not know this sister Eva paid 2s a week towards the keep of the baby. After further evidence his Worship said he thought there was great deal to be said on both sides, but it was obviously necessary that the peace should be kept, and he therefore bound all the defendants over, in their own recogoniances of £5, to keep the peace for six months, each to pay their own costs, or five days.
So that newspaper entry gave me some information about this woman, who after five years since her marriage to a John Thomas PERKINS she was in the Hull Daily Mail-so her marriage to Mr. Perkins had failed-he had deserted her. A closer relative to Lucy Elsie told me that he had deserted her in Leeds-she told me this:
I haven't done a lot of research on him but I have heard he abandoned Lucy in Leeds and the police brought her back to Hull as she was penniless and had two children to look after.
I have looked for newspaper entry for this story but not found any.
I have looked for newspaper entry for this story but not found any.
Lucy Ethel Perkins, nee Martindale, married the father of their daughter, Fanny Florante Perkins MURPHY, who was Frederick MURPHY on 2nd September 1916, In Hull, East Yorkshire.
The record states the following:
Marriage solemnized at the Register Office, in the District of Hull, in the County of Kingston upon Hull.
On Second September, 1916, Frederick MURPHY, 36 years, Bachelor, Dock Labourer, living at 54½, William Street, Hull, son of Michael MURPHY, a Dock Labourer, married Lucy Ethel PERKINS, 31 years, Widow, living at 54½, William Street, Hull, daughter of John Henry MARTINDALE, a warehouser, were married in the Register Office. Both persons signed the certificate, and the witnesses were Michael MURPHY & Rhoda MURPHY.
So when Lucy married Frederick Murphy, she said she was a widow, so her former husband, John Thomas Perkins, must have died, but it's dificult to find any information about that subject.
Her father John Henry Martindale died in the December quarter of 1916 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire.
Now I thought I would look up any details about Lucy Ethel Martindale's brother, George Henry MARTINDALE.
He was born in the October quarter of 1894, so in either October, November or December, in Assinder Grove, Drypool, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire.
So then in 1901, on the census day, he and his family are in Scarborough Terrace, as this record states:
1901 England Census for Lucy E Martindale
Yorkshire Sculcoates Drypool District 26
10, Scarborough Terrace, Barnsley Street,
John H. MARTINDALE, Head, Married, 49, Labourer on Hull & Barnsley, Railway Worker, Born Hull, Yorkshire
Emma MARTINDALE, Wife, Married, 37, Wife, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Lucy E. MARTINDALE, Daughter, single, 15, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Eva MARTINDALE, Daughter, 13, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Elsie MARTINDALE, Daughter, 9, At School, student, Born Hull, Yorkshire
George H. MARTINDALE, Son, 6, At School, student, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Herbert W. MARTINDALE, Son, 5, born Hull, Yorkshire
Edith A. MARTINDALE, Daughter, 2, Born Hull, Yorkshire.
Then in the Census of 1911, George Henry, who is now aged 16, is living with his family at 12, Frederick Terrace, Barnsley Street, Hull, Yorkshire, he is working as a clerk for a Flour Milling Company in Hull.
1911 England Census for George Henry Martindale
John Henry MARTINDALE, 59, Married, 26 years, with 8 children born alive & 6 living and 2 have died, a Labourer, employed by the Railway, a worker, born Yapham, Yorkshire.
Emma MARTINDALE, Wife, 47, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
George Henry MARTINDALE, Son, 16, Single, Clerk, for Flour Miller Company, a worker, born in Hull, Yorkshire.
Herbert Martindale, Son, 15, Single, No occupation, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Edith Martindale, daughter, 12, Single, School, born Hull, Yorkshire.
Mary Elizabeth Perkins, Grandchild, 4, single, born Hull, Yorkshire.
6 persons in the house, which has 4 rooms, consisting of 3 males, 3 females,
Signature of John Henry MARTINDALE, Postal address: 12, Frederick Terrace, Barnsley Street, Hull.
Then on 1st September, 1914, George Henry signed up for the army as this Military record shows:
George Henry MARTINDALE born October 1894 in Hull, Yorkshire
Military Records
Number 11982 Name: G. H. Martindale, Yorkshire Regt Corps. 261st Infantry
Questions put to G H Martindale as a recruit before enlistment:
1. What is your name? 1: George Henry Martindale
2. In or near what Parish or Town were you born? 2: In the Parish of Drypool, in or near the town of Hull, in the County of Yorks.
3. 3. Are you a British Subject? 3: Yes
4. What is your age? 4: 19 years 3 months 2 days
5. What is your trade or calling? 5: Railway -not easy to read.
6. Have you resided out of your father’s house for three years continuously in the same place or occupied a house or land of the yearly value of £10 a year, and paid rates for the same, and, in either case, if so, state where? 6: Can’t read anything.
7. Are you, or have you been an apprentice? If so, where? 7: No
8. Are you married? 8: No
9. Have you ever been sentenced to imprisonment by the Civil Power? 9: No
10. Do you now belong to the Royal Navy, Army, the Royal Marines, the Militia, the Special Reserve, the Territorial Force, the Army Reserve, the Militia Reserve or any Naval Reserve Force? If so to what unit and Corps? 10: No
11. Have you ever served in the Royal Navy, the Army, the Royal Marines, the Militia, the Special Reserve, the Territorial Force, the Imperial Yeomanry, the Army Reserve, the Militia Reserve or any Naval Reserve Force? If so, state which unit, and cause of discharge? 11: No
12. Have you truly stated the whole, if any, of your previous Service? 12: Yes.
13. Have you ever been rejected as unfit for the Military of Naval Forces of the Crown? If so, on what grounds? 13: No
14. Are you willing to be vaccinated or re-vaccinated? 14: Yes
15. Are you willing to be enlisted for General Service? 15: Yes
16. Did you receive a Notice, and do you understand its meaning, and who gave it to you? 16: Yes, Name: R. Harrison, Corps: 3 Gash York Regt.
17. Are you willing to serve upon the following conditions provided his Majesty should so long require your service?
18. For a term of three years. If employed with Hospitals, depots of Mounted Units, and as Clerks, etc, you may be retained after the termination of hostilities until your services can be spared, but such retention shall in no case exceed six months. If, so however, the War is over in less than 3 years, you will be discharged at all convenient speed. 17: Yes.
I George Henry MARTINDALE, do solemnly declare that the above answers made by me to the above questions are true, and that I am willing to fulfil the engagements made.
George Henry Martindale (Signature of Recruit)
?? signature of Witness.
OATH TO BE TAKEN BY RECRUIT ON ATTESTATION
I George Henry Martindale swear by Almighty God, to be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King George the Fifth, His Heirs, and Successors. I will, as in duty bound, honestly and faithfully defend His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, in Person, Crown and dignity, against all enemies, and will observe and obey all orders of His Majesty, His Heirs, and Successors, and of the generals, and Officers set over me. So help me God.
So George Henry Martindale served in the 261st Infantry of Yorkshire Regt, service number 11982;
Using Ancestry co.uk which belongs to me, I found some other military records for this person.
For example: British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920:
George Henry Martindale, Military Year: 1914-1915, Rank:Private, Company: WO 329
Regiment or Corps: Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) Regiment Number: 11982
Medal Awarded: 1914-1915 Star
Also: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
Name: George Henry Martindale, Military Year: 1914-1915,Rank: Private
Company: WO 329, Regiment or Corps: Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)
Regiment Number: 11982, Medal Awarded: 1914-1915 Star
UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
Casualty Form-Active Service : Regimental Number:11982
Regiment or Corps: Yorkshire Regiment, 10th
Rank: L/Sergt: Surname: Martindale: Christian Name: George Henry
Religion: C of E, Age on Enlistment: 19 years 346 months
Enlisted 01 09 1914: Terms of Service 3years nk of W Service reckons from 01 09 1914
Date of promotion to present rank: 2 2 1917
Occupation: Railway Checker
Date
01 9 1914: R M B Hull:
Date of Casualty: 17.08.1916: Paralysis of Right Arm which occurred at Wimereaus-the battle at this point was situated at the Somme-when there were many casualties; The 57,470 casualties suffered by the British, including 19,240 killed, were the worst in the history of the British Army. Most of the British casualties were suffered on the front between the Albert–Bapaume road and Gommecourt to the north, which was the area where the principal German defensive effort (Schwerpunkt) was made.
Then on 21st August 1916, George Henry was brought to Sheffield, then on 1st February 1917 he was appointed as Lance Sergeant.
Then on 18th March 1918 he was appointed as acting sergeant at Clipstone Camp.
At the time this form was put together, his father was still alive and his address was given as 3, Morley’s Villa, Sherbourn Street, Holderness.
The 10th TRB became the 261st Infantry on 16/07/1917 then became the 51st (grad), Bn. Leicestershire Regt.
Then on 31st July, 1928, a man called George Henry MARTINDALE, who lived in Midway-grove, Gipsyville, in Kingston-upon-Hull was knocked down by a motor cycle and was treated in a hospital as this newspaper article from British Newspaper Archives explains.
Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 01 August 1928
GIPSYVILLE MAN INJURED. Knocked down by a motor-cycle in Victoria-square. Hull, on Tuesday night, George Henry Martindale, Midway-grove, Gipsyville, Hull, dislocated his left shoulder. He was treated at the Royal Infirmary.
Apart from this article I have been unable to find out anything much about this man.
