Descendants of Thomas Dixon SNEATH & Clara Rowbotham

In a previous blog I mentioned the daughters of Thomas Dixon Sneath, my great grandfather & his wife Clara Rowbotham. These were the daughters:-

This was Thomas

And this was Clara Rowbotham

Eleanor was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, where her father had a chemist shop at 26, Stodman Street on January 9 1882. She already had a sister Elizabeth born in 1879, and by the next census of 1891 she had 3 other sisters, Clara, in 1883, Florence in 1884 & Maud in 1887. More about her sisters later, just now let me start with Eleanor. On the 18th August 1904 she married John Arthur WILSON at Duncombe Street, Methodist Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. My father William Sneath Readman, always referred to Eleanor Wilson, nee Sneath, as Auntie Nellie. I think all the family attended Duncombe Street Methodist Church, so all were Wesleyan Methodists. Having been born in Newark in 1882, the family stayed there until about 1887, when they moved to Lincoln. I think that this was because her father's business in Newark went bankrupt, so he took a job with Boots, the Chemist in Lincoln. Maud Sneath, the youngest daughter was born in Lincoln on 17 August 1887. In the census of April 1891 the family are at 25, Mint Lane, Lincoln (now Mint Street). Soon after the census, the family move to Grimsby, where Thomas, her father, sets up another business in Hainton Square. Evidence for this comes from an advertisement in the Grimsby News, a local Grimsby Newspaper-in the edition dated 18 December 1906.

"THOS. D. SNEATH, CERTIFIED OPTICIAN AND CHEMIST,

is showing some excellent designs in gold filled eyeglasses, they are made for comfort, and certainly are a great improvement on what was formerly used. He also has a good supply of gold filled spectacles for reading and constant use in all the latest patterns. Alumine, nickel, and stell spectacles and folders in every pattern. In another window he has an assortment of all choicest perfumes in caskets, cut-glass bottles, from 6d to 12s. 6d ; fancy boxes of toilet soap, from 8 and half d to 2s. 6d; and many other toilet preparations of the very best quality. His address is Hainton-square, where he has been now for nearly 16 years, and will be pleased to see all old and new friends."

Here are the family in 1892:

Eleanor, Clara & Florence went to Welholme School, Grimsby-below is their school photograph of 1894.

The photograph shows 4 rows of girls, the back row, second  row in front of the back one, and the third row, below the second row with Clara Sneath & Eleanor Sneath standing next to each other on the right hand side, next to their teacher. In front of Clara is Florence Sneath sitting on a bench.

So Clara Sneath is standing behind her sister Florence (my grandmother), with her sister Eleanor stood next to her on her left.

In the  1901 Census the family are living at 11, New Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire,  not far from the Town Hall, now a solicitor's office.

So for Eleanor born 1882, by 1894 she was 12, so walking to school from their home in New Street. I think she would have left school at the age of 14, the census of 1901 doesn't give her any occupation at all, so maybe she just helped in her father's shop at 14, Hainton Avenue.

Thomas D Sneath             47,  Chemist/Druggist, Own account, born Brant Broughton, Lincs

Clara Sneath       48, Wife, married, born Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Elizabeth Sneath              21, Daughter, Single, Chemist’s Assistant, born Newark, Notinghamshire

Eleanor Sneath 19, , daughter, single, no occupation shown

Clara Sneath       18, Daughter, Single, Teacher, (Board School), born Newark, Nottinghamshire

Florence Sneath               16, daughter, single, No occupation shown, born Newark, Nottinghamshire

Maud Sneath     13, Daughter, Single, born Lincoln, Lincolnshire

On the 18th August 1904 she married John Arthur WILSON at Duncombe Street, Methodist Church, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. I have been trying to find out about John Arthur Wilson. The information for this marriage came from the wife of their son Brian Wilson whom I went to see in her home in Grimsby prior to 2001. She showed me a photograph of John Arthur Wilson with his father William Wilson.

So straight away I knew that the father of John Arthur Wilson was William Wilson-that's him sitting in that boat alongside his wife with a hat and moustache-that's William with the hat and moustache not his wife!

So I went to the census as  usual to find the married couple, John & Eleanor in 1911, so where John was born and when.

On Census day 1911, John & his wife Eleanor, with no children, are living at 159, Durban Road, Grimsby. John is a timber merchant's clerk, age 34, born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire.  Eleanor, is a a housewife, aged 29, born Newark, Nottinghamshire, married for 6 years and living in a house with six rooms

This is a photograph of Eleanor in 1911.

John Arthur Wilson, before he married lived with his parents at 64, Heneage Street, now Heneage Road, Grimsby. This I think would have been a terraced house, probably not much changed from today. 

This the census of 1901:

William Wilson & Family in 1901 census:-

64, Heneage St, Grimsby

William WILSON, head,  married, age 59, Retired Grocer, of Welbourn, Lincolnshire

Florence L. Wilson, daughter, single, age 30, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire

John A. Wilson, son, single, 24, Timber Merchant’s clerk, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Wilfred E. Wilson, son, Single, 21, General Merchant’s clerk, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

That begs a question doesn't? Who was William' wife, and where was she in 1901?

Well I found the maiden name of William's wife when searching for their daughter Florence Louise Wilson on the 1881 Census.She was 10 years old at the time and staying with her grandmother in East Keal, Lincolnshire. I had to look up East Keal, found it near Spilsby on the A16. 

 Also at the house was her cousin William Arthur Allen.

The record states:

Dwelling Number 38 in East Keal, no street name mentioned on the record.

Mary Burt, grandmother, 81, born Heckington, Lincolnshire, ground keeper’s widow

Wm. Arthur Allen, grandson, 27, born 1854, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, agricultural Labourer

Florence Louise Wilson, grand daughter, 10, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, scholar.

So her grandmother's married name was BURT, so her daughter Mary's maiden name was BURT too. Florence had a brother called William, with BURT as his second forename. So using the surname BURT, the marriage of Florence's father to her mother should be reasonably easy to find.

There is a marriage on Free BMD for the March quarter of 1866 in the Spilsby Registration district

Marriages Mar 1866
Burt Mary Spilsby 7a 681 & WILSON William , Spilsby 7a 681
Any further information would require a certificate-the records on Lincstothepast don't have marriages that late. The other source, mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.u, doesn't have the marriage either.
However I did find this baptism that does give the name of Mary BURT's parents:
Baptism
26 May 1838 • East Keal, Lincolnshire, England
No. 292: May 26th 1838, Mary Daughter of Thomas & Mary BURT of East Keal, Labourer
This record is on lincstothepast-http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscrip
t.aspx?oid=653223&iid=211181

Using the same website I then found the marriage of Mary BURT's parents in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, showing that  Mary BURT's maiden name was CLARK and her  father was called John, and that Thomas came from Billinghay, Lincolnshire, and had been married before, but his first wife died. It looks like either his sister of mother was called Charlotte.

02 December 1830 • Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England
No. 244: Thomas BURT of the Parish of Billinghay widower & Mary CLARK of this parish, spinster were married in this church by Banns on 2 December 1830 by Samuel Hillyard, minister of Tattersall, in presence of John CLARK & Charlotte BURT.

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=651404&iid=141931

So I went looking for the first marriage of Thomas BURT in Coningsby before 1830, and to be quick I used Family Search and found this record
:Name Thomas Burt
Spouse's Name Frances Vamplew
Event Date 16 May 1825
Event Place Coningsby, Lincoln, England

No. 158: Thomas BURT, of this Parish & Frances VAMPLEW of this parish were married in this church by Banns on 16 May 1825 in presence of Thomas Thornel & Susanna Burt.

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=651404&iid=141903

So Thomas married Frances Vamplew in Coningsby on 16 May 1825, but she must have died before his second marriage, so again on Family Search I went  looking for the burial of a Frances BURT in Coningsby and found that she died very soon after her marriage was buried in Coningsby churchyard.

Burial Date 18 Oct 1825, Burial Place Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England

Age 22, Birth Date 1803.

Sure enough there was this burial record.

445: Frances BURT, Coningsby, October 18th, aged 22. http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=780662&iid=143022

Okay so the birth date of 1803 was calculated by the taking the age at death from the year. A friend of mine with Vamplew ancestry has told me that Frances was the daughter of Peter & Martha Vamplew, nee Kent.. Going on that I searched first on Family Search for a Frances Vamplew born 1800 to 1805, daughter of Peter & Martha, and this was the result.
Name Frances Vanplugh
Gender Female, Christening Date, 07 Jul 1803
At GREETHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE,ENGLAND
Father's Name Peter Vanplugh
Mother's Name Martha
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NGHH-3T5 : accessed 20 November 2015), Frances Vanplugh, 07 Jul 1803; citing GREETHAM,LINCOLN,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 432,513.
So on Lincstothepast I searched in Greetham Parish Registers and this was the result.
Greetham Parish Records - Baptisms & Burials (1795-1803) Baptisms 1803 Frances daughter of Peter Vamplugh & Martha his wife 17th July, 1803

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=560212&iid=351975

Greetham is a village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 3 miles east from Horncastle, and 0.5 miles north from the junction of the A158 and B1195 roads. Greetham & Coningsby are about 12 miles apart.

Thomas BURT was from the parish of Billinghay when he married Mary CLARK, so after the death of Frances BURT in 1825 in Coningsby, Thomas went to Billinghay, which is only about 5 to 6 miles away.

The 1851 Census gave me the birth place of Thomas BURT and his wife Mary:

1851 census
Thomas BURT, head, Married, age 54, Farm Labourer, born Dogdike, Lincolnshire
Mary BURT, wife, married, age 57, , Born Heckington, Lincolnshire
Wm. BURT, son, single, age 15, Farm Labourer, born East Keal, Lincolnshire
Mary BURT, daughter, single, 13, Scholar, born East Keal, Lincolnshire
Elizabeth BURT, daughter, single, 10, Scholar, born East Keal, Lincolnshire

Dogdike? well according to Google maps is: Dogdyke is a hamlet in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles south from Tattershall, and at the confluence of the Rivers Bain and Witham, and close to where the River Slea joins the Witham.

Looking at this old map I have, you can see that Dogdyke doesn't have a church, so Thomas couldn't have been baptised there but in a church either at Tattersall or Coningsby.

So on Family Search, this is is what I found
England Births and Christenings
Name Thomas Burt, Male, Christening Date 15 Oct 1797
Christening Place CONINGSBY,LINCOLN,ENGLAND son of William Burt & Sarah.
On Lincstothepast

Baptisms Coningsby, Lincolnshire, 1797 Thomas son of William & Sarah BURT, October 15th, 1797.

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=590683&iid=573207
So William & Sarah BURT lived in Dogdyke, but took son Thomas to Coningsby to be baptised on October 15, 1797. No doubt he had brothers and sisters too. It looks like he had a sister Mary in 1803 and a brother Isaac in 1795.
Baptisms 1795 on General Register:
Isaac, son of William & Sarah BURT, March 16
 http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=590683&iid=573201
Yes I have a marriage CD from Lincolnshire Family History Society

http://www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/images/lfhs-publications/PublicationsList.pdf
1700-1837 Volume 1: East Elloe, West Elloe, Holland
East and Holland West Deaneries CD Rom £10.00 £8.33
This shows a marriage
BURT William 10 Sep 1793 Lic/WB Billinghay FOWLER Sarah Skirbeck HE
On Lincstothepast website this marriage http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=615888&iid=329381

William BURT of the Parish of Billinghay and Sarah FOWLER of this Parish both Single Persons were married by Licence on 10 September 1793 by John Simpson, curate in presence of Edward Scrimshire & Lydia Tobey.

So getting back to Thomas BURT and his wife MARY BURT nee Clark-his second wife, after 1851, what happens to them? First port of call-census.
I can't find the family in 1861 census, well not together anyway. By 1871, she is a widow, on Parish Relief, living with her grandson William Allen on Martin's Lane, East Keal. William Arthur Allen is 17 years of age  born in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire. William was born in 1854 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire in 1853, the son of Arthur ALLEN & Betsey BURT. His mother Betsey BURT, married his father Arthur ALLEN at Boston St Botolph, Boston, Lincolnshire-the bell tower is known as "The Boston Stump" on 14th May 1852. In order to find this fact, I went to Free BMD and found the marriage in that record as Marriages June 1852- Boston 7a 622, then went to http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/  and downloaded the Boston spreadsheet, and then searched for ALLEN in the surname column-
1852, 14-May Allen, Arthur son of Matthew ALLEN married  Burtt, Betsey daughter of  Thomas BURTT at  Boston St Botolph, Lincolnshire.
Just found this entry too: Stamford Mercury - Friday 21 May 1852
Married: On the 14th inst.  Arthur ALLEN, of Skirbeck, to Betsy BURTT, of West-street, Boston.

However, Betsey died a few years later, the same newspaper has the entry:
Stamford Mercury - Friday 01 June 1855
Died: At East Keal, on the 27th,May, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Arthur ALLEN, age 23.
East Keal Parish Records - Burials (1854-1856) 303: Elizabeth ALLEN, of East Keal, buried May 31st, age 23.

 So William Arthur ALLEN in the 1861 Census, he is at home aged 7, with his parents, Arthur & Mary ALLEN. So Arthur re-married soon after the death of Betsey:
Sure enough, he did  on 20 May, 1856 there is this record in the same Lincolnshire Marriage Index,  Allen, Arthur son of Matthew married Barrett,Mary daughter of Thomas BARRET at  Skirbeck St Nicholas, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire. Mary was born 11 March 1827 in Kirton Holme, a village just 4 miles west of Boston, Lincolnshire. She was baptised at Wesleyan Chapel, Red Lion Street, Boston, Lincolnshire on 22 March 1827, daughter of Thomas & Phebe Barratt, a carpenter & miller.

Sadly though the marriage of Arthur Allen and Mary Barrett did not last long after the 1861 Census, because Arthur died in December 1861-he was buried at Skirbeck Parish Church on 30 December 1861. This fact was discovered because William Arthur his son was with his grandmother in 1871, and Arthur couldn't been found in the census-his wife Mary is a widow in Skirbeck for some years so a search on FreeBMD revealed he died in the December quarter of 1861, and then a search on LincstothePast website for Skirbeck found this burial entry.
Arthur ALLEN, of Skirbeck, buried December 30, 1861, aged 40. R E Roy, Rector.
see for yourself at: http://www.lincstothepast.com/Skirbeck-St-Nicholas-Parish-Records---Burials--1861-1862-/612961.record?ImageID=331009&pt=T
So maybe William Arthur's grandmother Mary Burt nee Clark was responsible for bringing him up-he was only 7 when his father died and 2 when his mother died!

Meanwhile, William Arthur's grandmother Mary stays in East Keal; she's there in 1881 as we can see above:-
Dwelling Number 38 in East Keal, no street name mentioned on the record.
Mary Burt, grandmother, 81, born Heckington, Lincolnshire, ground keeper’s widow
Wm. Arthur Allen, grandson, 27, born 1854, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, agricultural Labourer
Florence Louise Wilson, grand daughter, 10, born Grimsby, Lincolnshire, scholar.

So from this record we know that Thomas Burt, Mary's husband & Mary Burt's father was a ground keeper or is it grounds keeper. I can't find him or his wife in 1861 Census which is when it might mention where he was working and who he was was working for. All the children bar Charlotte are married, but I can't find her as well, so must conclude she is with her parents too. Well now I have found them in the 1861 Census. The only way to do it was to go to the home page, find 1861 census, and browse in the County of Lincolnshire for the village of East Keal, and there they were, transcribed as BUST instead of BURT.  Thomas BURT is shown as an agricultural labourer, with his wife Mary and son Isaac, an agricultural labourer too.In this way I found Mary BURT too, the future wife of William WILSON. She was working in the rectory in East Keal as a servant in the 1861 Census.Still can't find sister Charlotte though.

What about Mary Clark, the bride of Thomas Burt, who were her parents? Well from above her father's name was John-he was present at her marriage. Mary was baptised at Heckington Parish Church, Lincolnshire on 28 May 1799, as daughter of John Clarke & his wife Elizabeth-see record here:
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscrip
t.aspx?oid=551004&iid=377808

Getting back to John Arthur Wilson and Eleanor-John Arthur, or Arthur as he was more readily known in both census records is shown to be a timber merchant's clerk. In fact the timber merchant in question was Bennett's of Grimsby-established in 1804 according to their website.
http://bennettstimber.co.uk/about-us


One of Eleanor SNEATH's sisters was Clara SNEATH, who was born on the 29th March, 1883, in Newark, Nottinghamshire at 26, Stodman Street, Newark.four years later she moved with her family to Lincoln where in the in the Census of 1891, the family are at 25, Mint Lane, Lincoln (now Mint Street). Soon after the census, the family move to Grimsby, where Thomas, her father, sets up another business in Hainton Square. Evidence for this comes from an advertisement in the Grimsby News, a local Grimsby Newspaper-in the edition dated 18 December 1906.

"THOS. D. SNEATH, CERTIFIED OPTICIAN AND CHEMIST,

is showing some excellent designs in gold filled eyeglasses, they are made for comfort, and certainly are a great improvement on what was formerly used. He also has a good supply of gold filled spectacles for reading and constant use in all the latest patterns. Alumine, nickel, and stell spectacles and folders in every pattern. In another window he has an assortment of all choicest perfumes in caskets, cut-glass bottles, from 6d to 12s. 6d ; fancy boxes of toilet soap, from 8 and half d to 2s. 6d; and many other toilet preparations of the very best quality. His address is Hainton-square, where he has been now for nearly 16 years, and will be pleased to see all old and new friends."

So here is the picture of the girls at school in 1894, with Clara stood next to Eleanor, with Florence, my grandmother, sat in front of her.

Seven years later according to the Census of 1901, Clara & her family are living in New Street, Grimsby, where Clara is working as a teacher at a Board School-maybe it was at her old primary school-called Welholme School-I don't have any records for her.

1901 England Census for Clara SNEATH
Lincolnshire-Great Grimsby-District 08
26, 11, New Street, Thomas D. SNEATH, Head, M, 47, Chemist & Druggist, own acc, born Brant Broughton, Lincs.
Clara SNEATH, wife, M, 48, born Nottingham, Notts.
Elizabeth SNEATH, daughter, Single, 21, Chemist & Druggist assistant, worker, born Newark, Notts.
Eleanor SNEATH, daughter, single, 19, born, Newark, Notts.
Clara SNEATH, daughter, single, 18, Teacher at a Board School, worker, born Newark, Notts.
Florence SNEATH, daughter, single, 16, Born, Newark, Lincs.
Maud SNEATH, daughter, single, 13, Born Lincoln, Lincs.

So clearly Clara was named after her mother Clara, wife of Thomas Dixon SNEATH, her father.

So in 1901, Clara(daughter was working as a teacher., maybe she was at Welholme School.
Ten years later, in the census of 1911, Clara is living at 160, Durban Road, Grimsby, now married to Edward Rawson BENTON.


Clara married Edward Rawson BENTON in the March quarter of 1909 somewhere in Grimsby. I have yet to discover the date of their marriage. I have looked in British Newspapers online but there is no record about that marriage, but maybe it was put into one of the local newspapers like Grimsby Telegraph or another local paper. Edward Rawson BENTON was the son of John Outwin BENTON & Mary RAWSON. Edward was born on 1st June 1880 probably at 90, Strand Street, Grimsby. His father John Outwin BENTON was employed as working joiner according to the 1881 Census. Ten years later according to the 1891 Census the family are living at 39, Pelham Street, Grimsby, where his father is still working as a joiner. Also in 1891, Edward had a brother called Percy and a sister called Gertrude.

George Quibell Cobley

My grandmother, Florence Readman, born Florence Sneath, would often boast to her friends that she travelled first class on the train. What she didn't tell them was that her husband, my grandfather George William Readman worked for the railway company as a clerk, and whenever he travelled by train, was allowed free travel so went first class. Florence was from a family of 5 daughters, Elizabeth, Eleanor, Clara & Maud all born to Thomas & Clara. Her husband, George, was from a family 5 children, Harry, Lizzie, Amy & Arthur, all born to Arthur & Ann Aylward Readman. My grandmother would always refer to her sister in law Amy Readman as "231", as opposed to Amy. Amy was married to Carl Cobley, and lived at 231, Freeman Street, Grimsby, where his father George Quibell Cobley had a house furniture business. Just recently I have been doing some more work on George Quibell Cobley-my first port of call was the Lincolnshire Echo where I found this entry which gives nice summary of his life.

SURFLEET Man’s Death:-Lincolnshire Echo - Tuesday 13 August 1940

The death has occurred at his home in Farebrother-street, Grimsby, of Mr. George Quibell Cobley, aged 81, a native of Surfleet. He went to Grimsby in 1878, where he established a house furnishing business in Freeman-street, now carried on by his eldest son. His widow, is a native of Pinchbeck West, being the daughter of the late Mr. W. Wiles, a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Cobley celebrated their golden wedding in 1932. Mr. Cobley was an energetic worker of Duncombe-street Methodist Church, was in the choir for 52 years and a Sunday School teacher for 35 years.
 A different newspaper report-sounds more local-Grimsby Telegraph.

SURFLEET NATIVE's DEATH

AT GRIMSBY

Mr. G. Q. COBLEY

The death is announced at the age of 81, after a short illness of a native of Surfleet in the person of Mr. George Quibell Cobley, at his home in Farebrother-street, Grimsby. The deceased gentleman, whose father was a shoemaker in the village went to Grimsby in 1878 where he established a house furnishing business in Freeman-street which is now one of the oldest and best known in the Borough. For the past 15 years it has been carried on by his eldest son, Mr. C. Cobley.
On his retirement, Mr. Cobley built a house in Farebrother-street naming it Glen Side after the stream which runs through his birthplace and that of his wife (West Pinchbeck), who is the daughter of the late Mr. William Wiles, farmer.
Although he did not take an active part in public life, both he and his wife were energetic workers in connection with Duncombe-street Methodist Church, and where at one time or another he held every office open to laymen. He was in the choir for 52 years and a Sunday School teacher for 35 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Cobley celebrated their golden wedding on December 27th 1932, having been married at the Money Bridge Independent Chapel, Pinchbeck, in 1882 by the Rev. Linton Bell.
Mr. Cobley was a charming gentleman of the old school and it could be said of him that he could "Walk with Kings, nor lose the common touch". He will be greatly missed. There was a family of four sons and three daughters. The other two sons were killed in the War of 1914-1918. The funeral took place at Grimsby on Tuesday.

So just to check out this newspaper article-a native of Surfleet?

Yes, well I found this baptism on Lincstothepast

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=566333&iid=275025

Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms, No. 1466:February 13, 1859, George Quibell son of Joseph Reynolds & Betsy Ann Cobley, of Seasend Surfleet, Shoemaker, by E H Parry.

 So this shows that George's parents were Joseph Reynolds Cobley and his mother Betsy Ann Cobley, and that they lived in Seasend, Surfleet, with George's father being employed as a shoemaker in 1859. 

I found this record in the Stamford Mercury newspaper:

Stamford Mercury - Friday 01 June 1849

Stamford Friday June 1

Married

At Surfleet, on the 24^th ult., Mr. Wm. Roe Quibell, coal-merchant, to Miss Sarah Haw; also Mr. Jos Reynolds Cobley, boot and shoe maker to Miss Eliz. Quibell, sister to the above Mr. Quibell.

Lincstothepast does not publish online the marriages at Surfleet in 1849, so I went to another source, Lincolnshire Marriages from Lincolnshire Family History Society that are publisehed online

http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/

Just go to Spalding marriages and download, then search for Quibell marriages and this is the result.

Joseph Reynolds Cobly son of Thomas Cobly & Betsy Ann Quibell, daughter of George Quibell were married at  Surfleet on 24 May 1849.

I always look at Google maps to see where baptism places are-Seasend, Surfleet as opposed to just Surfleet., but having looked I went to NLS maps instead http://maps.nls.uk/view/101591075 and found this view.

This map dated 1887, so 30 years after the birth of George, shows a railway station, and railway line crossing the River Glen near Glen House. I saw the railway and remembered that I had travelled as a boy from London to Grimsby by train-the route went through Peterborough, Spalding & Boston, so I would have travelled then past Surfleet Seas End. The station at Surfleet was opened on 3 April, 1849 and the line was used mostly to carry farm produce and shellfish to London. 

The census of 1861, shows that George's father Joseph had quite a good business in Surfleet then. 

2. Seasend Road,

 Joseph Reynolds Cobley, head, married, 40, Cordwainer, employing 2 men, born Walton, Northamptonshire

Betsy Ann Cobley, wife, married, 33, Cordwainer’s wife, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

Eleanor Cobley, daughter, 9, Cordwainer’s daughter, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

John Thomas Cobley, son, 4, Cordwainer’s son, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

George Q. Cobley, son, 2, Cordwainer’s son, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

Davis Thorp, Boarder, Employee, 33, Journeyman Cordwainer, born Swineshead, Lincolnshire

Thomas Gail, Boarder, Employee, 24, Journeyman Cordwainer, born East Dereham, Norfolk

Edward Clark, apprentice, Employee, Cordwainer’s Apprentice, born  Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

So Joseph's business supported 2 full time employees and an apprentice, all making & repairing shoes & boots, an essential business in an agricultural area where everyone working on the land needed  a good strong pair of boots to wear. 

So I went searching for the baptism records for George's siblings on Lincstothepast and this is what I found.

Ellen Cobley

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=566333&iid=274982

Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms, 1297: January 25, 1852, Ellen, Daughter of Joseph & Elizabeth Cobley, of Seasend Surfleet, Shoemaker, by E. Humphreys Parry.

Betsy Ann Cobley

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=566333&iid=275004

Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms , 1391: September 9, 1855, Betsy Ann, daughter of Joseph Reynolds & Betsy Ann Cobley, of Surfleet Seasend, Shoemaker, by  E H Parry.

John Thomas Cobley

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=566333&iid=275019

Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms December 27, 1857, John Thomas son of Joseph Reynolds & Betsy Ann Cobley, of Surfleet Seasend, shoemaker, by E.A. Parry

Joseph Cobley

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=566333&iid=274982

Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms, August 6, 1861, Joseph, son of Joseph Reynolds & Betsy Ann Cobley, of Surfleet, Shoemaker, by E. H. Parry

So this shows that Betsy Ann Cobley may have died between her birth and the census of 1861, and that Eleanor was indeed Ellen. Yes Betsy did die quite soon after her birth & baptism:-

http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=559538&iid=275948

Surfleet Parish Records - Burials, 685: Betsy Ann Cobley, of Surfleet, buried November 17 1855, age-infant, by E H Parry.

Then I looked at the 1871 Census to see what changes had taken place in those 10 years.

1871 census: Joseph Reynolds Cobley  (No sign of George Quibell Cobley)

30: Joseph R Cobley, Head, widower, 49, Cordwainer, employing 2 men, born Walton, Northants.

Eleanor Cobley, daughter, unmarried, 19, Servant, born, Surfleet, Lincolnshire

John Thomas Cobley, Son, 14, unmarried, scholar, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

Joseph Cobley, Son, 9, unmarried, Scholar, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

Joseph Motley, 17, & William Doughty, 21 are Cordwainers employed in the business.

George, aged 12, wasn't at home in the 1871 Census but visiting his uncle in Peterborough, a George Waterfield and his wife Betsy Ann. 

1871 Census for George Quibell Cobley

18: 14 Westgate George Waterfield, Head, Married, 38, Upholsterer, born Stamford, Lincolnshire

Betsy Ann Waterfield, wife, married, 48, Confectioner, born Deeping, Lincolnshire

Geo. Quibell Cobley, nephew, 12, born Surfleet, Lincolnshire

Ah, it looks like George Quibell Cobley is elsewhere other than at home, and his mother has died at sometime. The business still supports 2 men.

Back to Lincstothepast and this record:

 http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=559538&iid=275970

Surfleet Parish Records - Burials ,797: Betsy Ann Cobley, of Surfleet, 3 January 1864, age 37, by E H Parry.

So that must have been a sad day for all the family, burying their mum and wife at such a young age of 37.

George would have grown up in a family where his father made and mended shoes, using leather and needles. The last would have been a common tool in the home, maybe wooden clogs were made as well.

So George went to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in 1878 according to those obituaries at the age of 19, so maybe by then he had finished an apprenticeship. One source says he walked to Grimsby, but he could have gone on the train. Grimsby was a boom town then with the building of the docks by the railway company, plenty of trade with the continent and the fishing industry with the building of the fish docks, so plenty of work. George set up a furniture business in Freeman Street, Grimsby. This street was close to the fish & commercial docks, one of the main streets in the town. On census day 1881, George, a single man, is living at 10, Hainton Street, Grimsby, Hainton Avenue, today. The house he is living in has as its head of the family Charles Oliver, and George's relationship to him is brother-in-law. His occupation is shown as upholsterer, aged 22, born Surfleet. Charles Oliver is married to Annie Q Oliver, that's Olive Quibell Cobley, that's George's sister. According to Free BMD Charles & Olive married  in the Spalding registration area which includes Surfleet in the March quarter of 1873.  Yes here is the marriage on Lincolnshire Marriages from LFHS
http://mi.lincolnshiremarriages.org.uk/, just go to the Spalding sheet, download it, and search for Oliver.
1873 23-Jan Oliver Charles son of Mager Oliver married  Cobbley Ann Quibell daughter of  Joseph Reynolds Cobley  sig. Cobley Surfleet Charles Oliver is shown on the census as a commercial traveller, married to Olive Quibell Oliver, nee Cobley-clearly soon after their marriage they too went to live in Grimsby, because in the census they have 2 daughters Annie & Mabel, both born in Grimsby. Annie in the December quarter of 1875 & Mabel in the March quarter of 1879. Annie married Alfred Bell on 17 December 1897-the record states that her father Charles Oliver was a commercial traveller for a Timber Merchants in Grimsby.  The Oliver family were then at 10, Heneage Street, Grimsby. It also says that Annie was 22 years old at the time. This is that record from a CD I have of Grimsby & Cleethorpes Marriages which you can obtain from Denise LIGHT of Grimsby at  http://www.angelfire.com/de/delighted/

Register Office Grimsby 17/12/1897 BELL Alfred 22 Bachelor Fruiterer 61 Albert Street Grimsby Alfred Carpenter OLIVER Annie 22 Spinster --- 10 Heneage Street Grimsby Charles Timber Merchants Traveller witnesses Leslie SWANSON & John W.PARKIN.

So I wonder if that's why George Quibell went to Grimsby-his sister and her husband were there too, so he would have a place to stay. Anyway George was back in Surfleet in October 1882 to marry Eleanor Wiles, the daughter of William Wiles a farmer and his wife Sarah Ann Wiles nee Briggs at Money Bridge Independent Chapel. A website about this chapel explains all about it.
http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MLI97739&resourceID=1006

I don't have their marriage record, but only know that they married there because of that obituary in the Grimsby Telegraph above: "He was in the choir for 52 years and a Sunday School teacher for 35 years.Mr. and Mrs. Cobley celebrated their golden wedding on December 27th 1932, having been married at the Money Bridge Independent Chapel, Pinchbeck, in 1882 by the Rev. Linton Bell"

Using NLS Maps I have found this 6 inch map from 1906 which shows the chapel in respect of Pinchbeck. The chapel is on the far left hand side of the picture.

Then they go back to live in Grimsby, maybe not at the same house as where George was at before. Their first child was Olive Wiles Cobley, who according to FreeBMD was born in the March quarter of 1884 (Cobley Olive Wiles  Caistor 7a 632) At that time the registration district of Grimsby was called Caistor, a town about 10 miles away to the west. Finding her baptism might reveal where the family were living at that time. The Parish church of Grimsby was St James, there was a parish church called St Andrew in Freeman Street, Grimsby, the nearest for the Cobley Family who were living in Hainton Avenue at one time. I am having difficulty finding the baptisms of these children-they may have been baptised at Duncombe Street, Methodist church as opposed to the local Anglican Church.
Olive's siblings were: Carl Cobley in June 1885, George Harry Cobley, born 1 June 1887,  Ivy Nellie Cobley, April 1889, Frank Cobley, April 1891, Doris May Cobley, born 2 May 1895, Wilton Cobley, born April 1897-all births in Grimsby.

In the 1891 Census, Carl Cobley, aged 6, is living with his family at 231, Freeman Street, Grimsby. Carl Cobley is related to me, because he married my grandfather George Readman's sister Amy. I had trouble finding Carl in the 1891 Census at first. The only way to do it was to go to the 1891 England Census and search for a person called Carl, born 1885 in Grimsby and living in Grimsby.

In the census his surname of COBLEY has been transcribed as CILLEY-so well different from the actual name, so no wonder I had trouble finding the family. So Carl's father George Quibell COBLEY 13 years after his arrival in Grimsby has an upholster's business up and running in Grimsby.
240: 231 Freeman Street, Grimsby: There are 4 rooms occupied at this property:
George Q. COBLEY, Head, Married, 32, Upholsterer, Employer, Born Surfleet, Lincolnshire
Eleanor COBLEY, Wife, Married, 33, Born West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Olive COBLEY, Daughter, Single, 7, Born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Carl COBLEY, Son, Single, 6, Born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
George H. COBLEY, Son, Single, 4, Born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Ivy N. COBLEY, Daughter, Single, 2, Born Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Ten years later in 1901,
30: 231 Freeman Street, George Q. Cobley, Head, Married, 42, Upholsterer & shopkeeper, Employer, Born Surfleet, Lincs.
Eleanor Cobley, wife, married, 43, Born Pinchbeck Lincs
Olive Cobley, daughter, single, 17, born Grimsby, Lincs.
Carl Cobley, Son, Single, 16, Upholsterer, born Grimsby, Lincs.
George H. Cobley, son, single, 13, born Grimsby, Lincs.
Ivy Cobley, daughter, 11, single, born Grimsby, Lincs
Frank Cobley, son, single, 9, Born Grimsby, Lincs.
Doris Cobley, daughter, single, 5, born Grimsby, Lincs.
Wilton Cobley, son, single, 3, Born Grimsby, Lincs.

Carl Cobley, was born on 17 March 1885 at 217, Freeman Street, Grimsby, the son of George Cobley, who registered his birth on 25 April 1885 and his wife Ellen Cobley formerly Wiles. George Cobley's occupation was upholsterer-details from copy of Carl's birth record at G.R.O.So George called his wife Ellen not Eleanor and on that date in 1885 the family were living at 217, Freeman
Street, Grimsby. It's possible that since that date the street numbers were re-numbered of course.

Yesterday I did a bit more about this family, but went looking back instead of fowards, trying to learn about this William Roe Quibell.

William Roe Quibell was born in Surfleet in 1825, and christened at Surfleet on February 9 1825, William Roe, son of George & Mary Quibell, of Seas End, Surfleet, Farmer, by J. Wilson.. So at that time his father, George Quibell was a farmer, and the family lived at Seasend, Surfleet, as we saw on the map above.In the Census of 1841, William is at home with his parents, aged 15 in Surfleet, & 10 years later after his marriage to Sarah Haw, he is in Surfleet still, but now a farmer, lime burner and beer seller. We know that at the time of his marriage to Sarah, At Surfleet, on the 24th ult., Mr. Wm. Roe Quibell, coal-merchant, to Miss Sarah Haw; his occupation was a coal merchant, so William seems to have had a number of different occupations. Certainly by 1861, William and family have moved away from the country to the town as many people did then. I have found him in Lancashire in the 1861 census living in the deep industrial area of Manchester close to Manchester Picadilly Station working as a porter and living in Pit Street. A far cry from the green area of Southern Lincolnshire. He and his wife called Sally in the census have 2 children, both daughters called Eliza, 7 & Sally,2 both born in Surfleet, so William hasn't been long in Manchester. Sally was christened at Surfleet Parish Church:

Children of William Roe Quibell & Sally Haw

1. Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms (1851-1852)

August 10 1851, Sally Haw, daughter of William & Sally QUIBELL, of Surfleet, a Farmer, by J. D. Greenside.

Surfleet Parish Records - Burials (1850-1851)

Sally Haw QUIBELL, of Surfleet, buried on September 17, 1851 aged-an infant, by E. H. Parry

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2. Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms (1853)

June 5, 1853, Eliza, daughter of William Roe & Sally QUIBELL, of Surfleet, Farmer, by E H Humphreys Parry Minister.

3. Surfleet Parish Records - Baptisms (1858-1859)

January 13, 1859, Sally, daughter of William & Sally QUIBELL of Surfleet, a Land Measurer, by E H Parry. (http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=566333&iid=275022)

4. Manchester St Simon and St Jude.

Born April 4 1862, Christened May 4 1862, Wm. Son of Wm. Roe & Sally Quibell, of Number 2 Sutton Court, Supernumerary Porter, by W. Saunders