Charles Auty - Painter

How cool. An artist in the family!

My fourth cousin, four times removed ended up a sculptor and then a painter living with wife May on the Isle of Man. Produced some pretty awesome oil paintings, it seems.

A far cry from working in a Shoddy Mill like some of this not-too-distant cousins. Life throws you dice eh?

Fred Auty - A Cornet Player in the tree

Nice to get a little "flesh on the bone" of some distant relatives. In amongst the usual wool weavers and general labourers, noble trades I'm sure, I found Fred Auty (4th cousin, 4 times removed), listed as a Cornet Player or later a "Cornettist"!

Auty Genealogy :: Auty Family Genealogy: "When Fred moved back to Yorkshire he left behind a son, Charles F Auty. Charlie had been well trained by his father who I am told also trained his two daughters and his wife, to play the cornet.
Apart from playing with the Borough Band he would often conduct the band when required to do so, but like his father, Charles also interested in orchestral work and formed and conducted his own orchestra, very well known as the "Bohemians". This type of band or orchestra would often be engaged by travelling pantomimes and plays appearing at the local theatres but also played for public dances and private parties held by the gentry."

Go Fred!

Cloth Percher

Historic occupation #3 in one evening: CLOTH PERCHER

The job seems to be a quality control role, checking for imperfections and stains in the material.

Occupations: Piecener

Another old occupation stumbled across: PIECENER: one who worked in a spinning mill, employed to piece together any threads which broke (usually a child or woman).

Shoddy Mill

Stumbled across a job title I'd never heard before: Teamer at Shoddy Mill.

A SHODDY MILL appears to be a Mill which produced clothing made from material created by grinding old rags (I guess today this would be called recycling!). This seems to be responsible in part for the term "shoddy" as in "shoddy workmanship".

A TEAMER seems to be an occupation relating to driving or organising teams of horses.

Eliza Twort (nee Pinnick)

WB:

I was wondering how you have Eliza on the 1901, I cant seem to locate her. I cannot find Ernest on any census either.

Me:

In 1901, I have Eliza, William, Robert and Ernest at:

42 Clarendon Road, Shirley, Hampshire, England

I just tried to find it again, but no joy - almost certainly a transcription error in there somewhere.

WB:

Found them at the address you said under the name Pivoot and came from Beanlisn (Beaulieu) it seems Bernard George has changed his name to Ernest, on the 1911 William is on the Isle of Wight with his family and Robert is overseas in the military 

 

George Willey

George Willey, b c1880, Hull, Yorkshire, England
son of Charles Willey and Annie Elizabeth.

George Willey, b c1880, Hull, Yorkshire, England
son of Henry Willey and Ann

So, lucky guess which is which, or what?

Scandal: Annie Gamwell Ashwell

Ooh, potential scandal:

1911 England Census - Ancestry.co.uk: "Annie Gamwell Ashwell"

Young Annie is 4 months old.

Head of the household is Herbert Gamwell, born c1881 in Hull, Yorkshire. MARRIED.

Also in the household, Gertrude Emily Ashwell, Housekeeper, born c1884 in Hull, Yorkshire. SINGLE.

I guess I'll have to wait for the 1921 Census :/

UPDATE:

Discovered Herbert's wife across town housekeeping and she has their child with her:
Hannah Elizabeth Turner, born c1883 in London, England.
Daughter: Nancy Helen Gamwell, born c1906 in Hull, Yorkshire, England

A Bird in the Hand

Researching BIRD in Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire; Woordborough, Nottinghamshire:

Samuel BIRD
b c1807 Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England
(1851 Census)

Yet to find a record for Samuel in 1861.

UNCONFIRMED death, Samuel Parker Bird Apr-May-Jun 1857, Basford, Nottinghamshire, England

Wife:
Elizabeth
b c1819, Stow, Cambridgeshire, England (1861 Census)
b c1816 Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, England (1851 Census)
b c1796 Nottinghamshire, England (1841 Census)

Elizabeth Bird listed as married in the 1861 census, but Samuel is not present in the same dwelling.
UNCONFIRMED birth: Elizabeth Ann Bird Died Oct-Nov-Dec 1864 in Basford, Nottinghamshire.

UNCONFIRMED marriage:
Elizabeth NEWBUTT, Oct-Nov-Dec 1845, Basford, Nottinghamshire - location is accurate, but unable to locate a birth record for Elizabeth Newbutt.

UNCONFIRMED Christening, Elizabeth NEWBUT, 09 NOV 1823, Basford, Nottingham, England (IGI)
Father George, Mother Mary



Parents of

George BIRD
b c1842 Woodborough, Nottinghamshire, England
(1881 Census)

Maud Bird - There you are, Flo!

After hoping for three years, access to the 1911 Census has indeed revealed the connection I've been seeking.

Maud Bird, my great grandmother, is actually:

Florence Maud Bird b. c1898 in Counthorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Father, John William Bird b. c1867 in St Peter At Gowts, Lincoln, England, a Railway Signalman as he is on the marriage certificate I have.

So why just plain Maud on the Marriage Certificate?

Back to the trail...