Mold’ Sons and Daughters of Middleton Cheney England

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‘MOLD’ SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MIDDLETON CHENEY ENGLAND

COMPILED BY ROGER MOLD

THE VILLAGE OF MIDDLETON CHENEY ENGLAND

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8 CHAPTERS THOMAS GASCOIGNE SON FOR ‘MOLD’ MIDDLETON CHENEY PAGE 96

SELINA MOLD 1 PAGE 101 ARTHUR WEBB MOLD

PAGE 3 10 KEZIAH MOLD 2 PAGE 112

POSSIBLE SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY 11 PAGE 28 EMMA MOLD AND WILLIAM HENRY SEWELL 3 PAGE 126 THOMAS SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY 12 PAGE 30 SONS OF THOMAS GASCOIGNE AND ELIZA MOLD 4 PAGE 133 JOHN MOLD PAGE 35 13 HERBERT JOHN MOLD PAGE 5 THOMAS WEBB SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY 14 PAGE 60 BURGESS PAGE 144

6 ALFRED MOLD 15 PAGE 63 PATRICK KENNY PAGE 155

7 16 SARAH LOUISA MOLD PAGE 80 TWO SHEEP MOLD PAGE 163

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1 ARTHUR WEBB MOLD

(His life)

What better way to introduce the ‘MOLD’ son and daughters of Middleton Cheney than to start with the profile of their Famous Cricketer…

Relationship: Brother of my great grandfather Thomas Gascoigne Mold

Parents: Thomas Mold and Elizabeth Gascoigne.

Birth Details: about 30 May 1865, at Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England.

Childhood: Youngest child of ten. Father died when Arthur was very young.

Occupations: Farm Labourer. Grounds man at ‘Old Trafford” cricket ground. Professional Cricketer Hotel manager of ‘The Dolphin Hotel Middleton Cheney’

Religion: Church of England.

Marriage Details: Married: Annie Sidella who later re-married after Arthur’s early death to R. W. Franklin. Annie died Feb 2nd, 1948, aged 74 years. She was buried with her first husband.

CHILDREN: Roger, Archie, Winifred.

Death Details: Arthur died on 29th April, 1921, aged 55 years and is buried in the Church yard at Middleton Cheney. A very nice marble headstone marks the plot. The stone was erected by his old cricketing friends as a token of their affection, admiration and respect.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION…

At the early age of twenty Arthur began a career as a Professional Cricketer and very soon became respected throughout the English Counties for his very economic bowling. Arthur Webb Mold was Chairman of Managers of the local village school, Councillor and Chairman of the Parish Council for some years, but he had to resign these duties owing to ill health. In his later years, Arthur enjoyed shooting, and was often seen going up the Astrop Road with Mr Chamberlain and his old dog 'Dash' on his way to the Lodge Farm fields.

ARTHUR’S SON…

In Memory of: Private ROGER PREEDY MOLD T/14648131, 5 Armed. Bde. Coy., Royal Army Service Corps who died age 32 on 08 July 1946 Son of Arthur and Annie Sidela Mold, of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire; husband of Winifred Ida Alice Mold, of Middleton Cheney Remembered with honour MUNSTER HEATH WAR CEMETERY Commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Munster Heath was on the line of the Allied advance across northern Germany in 1945 but the majority of those buried in the cemetery died while serving with the Army of Occupation after the German surrender. Munster Heath Cemetery contains 589 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. There are also 277 post war graves.

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Roger Preedy Mold was born in 1914, the younger son of Arthur Webb Mold and Annie Sidella (formerly Preedy). His older brother was Archie (born 1908). Arthur was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1889 and 1901. He played three Test matches for England in 1893 and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1892. Arthur and Annie Sidella were landlords of the Dolphin Pub but Arthur died in 1921 and his wife remarried, to Robert Franklin in 1922; they moved into a house named Belvedere in Queen Street.

Roger was an apprentice electrician with Mr. Ralph Gordon who occupied a small shop adjoining Beech Tree House in Main Road, Middleton Cheney. The business sold small electrical appliances and carried out repairs. Roger is also remembered in the village as he was involved in installing the first electrical supply to All Saints Church. He later went to work at a firm called Switchgear & Equipment in Banbury whose business normally was the production of isolators and switchgear for electric generators but at the outbreak of WW2 they turned the major part of their production to essential switchgear for the forces and armaments production. They also manufactured torpedo depth control gear and mine switches. This was a very secret occupation and vital for there were few manufacturers in the country at that time capable of this work.

Roger married Winifred Ida Alice Phillips in 1935 and they had three children Terry (baptised Terrence 1935), Celia (b. 1941) and Carole (b. 1943). The young family lived in number 5 The Avenue, known locally as ‘The Rabbit Run’. This nickname was awarded as a ~ 6 ~ number of the Dads would supplement the family diet by adding rabbit to the menu. In order to escape detection the men would leave by the back door and make their way across the fields to a likely “run.” Many years later Terry proudly recalled that his Dad, “…were a grand poacher!”

Roger served as a Private with the 5th Armoured Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps; service number T/14648131. He enlisted in about 1941 although it was ‘touch and go’ as he was already employed in war work at switchgear and could have been considered exempt from active service.

Roger must have served in Africa as a surviving photo shows the Desert Rat badge on his left shoulder. The original desert rat, the jerboa, is a tiny unassuming creature; its namesakes were members of one of the most highly-trained, and lethal, fighting units in the world.

The family memories recall that he was sent to France three days after the D-Day Normandy landings, which took place on the 6th June 1944. His army role was to maintain the equipment for the fighting troops and the knowledge he had gained working for Switchgear in Banbury would have been a valuable asset.

Roger stayed on with the occupying army after the War, following the allied victory in May 1945. The occupants of The Avenue organised a street party and a photo survives with his wife, Winnie Mold, joining in the celebrations along with other friends and residents.

Terry, his eldest child remembered that the family used to follow the maps published in the newspapers, as they tracked the advance of the British troops across Germany. He also recalled the family’s anxiety and concern that his Dad may have been a passenger in a major rail crash as he returned to Germany after his last visit home. Fortunately they later learned that this was not the case.

Sometime later Roger Mold became ill and was initially treated in a Field Hospital before being transferred to a main hospital some seventy miles away (location unknown – but probably the British Military Hospital at Munster, one of the several BAOR [British Army on the Rhine] in Germany). When he arrived he was nursed in an ‘iron lung.’

In the summer of 1946 Terry was watching a cricket match and playing with a group of friends in Pollards Field (just off Waters Lane) when he received the message to, “Go home, quick!” A neighbour, Mrs Daisy Flowers was waiting for him and confirmed the news he was already dreading, his beloved Dad had died.

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Roger had passed away on the 8th July 1946 he was buried in a Commonwealth War Grave in Munster Heath War Cemetery. He was aged 32 and his young children were just 11, 5 and 3 years old. He contracted Polio whilst on active service but the cause of death was said to be diphtheria.

Diphtheria is a typical infectious disease which generally only occurs in people who have become weak, during wars and hard times. Munster is about 30 kilometres (18 miles), from the Dutch border. In the Netherlands, the last diphtheria epidemic occurred during World War II (220,000 cases in 1940 to 1946).

Munster Heath was on the line of the Allied advance across northern Germany in 1945 but the majority of those buried in the cemetery died while serving with the Army of Occupation after the German surrender. Munster Heath Cemetery contains 589 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War. There are also 277 post war graves.

After his father’s death Terry recalled that life became more difficult and money was short. His mother had to find a job and went to work for a company called Tropack in Banbury, where she was employed packing Army supplies to ship overseas. Terry was given much more responsibility for his two small sisters, helping them to dress and brush their hair before they went to school, in order to help his Mum.

Winifred Mold remarried in the summer of 1953, to Arthur H. Turvey (known in the village as ‘Tom.’). An ex-soldier and a Burma Star veteran, Tom moved in to the family home in 5 The Avenue and they had another son called David (b. 1954).

The names of the soldiers who died in World War Two were added to the War Memorial inside All Saints Church, and also to the War Shrine located near the primary school. For a number of years after the war, a poppy wreath was laid on behalf of the school by Terry Mold and his young friend, Len Merry whose father had died in a Japanese POW camp.1

POW TRAIN DISASTER (JULY 16, 1945)

This may have been the rail disaster that caused the Mold family great concern when it was reported in the news…

A few weeks after the war ended, a US military freight train carrying tanks crashed into the rear of a train carrying German prisoners of war. The POW train had stopped due to an engine breakdown and the US train carrying the tanks had been given a signal by the American signalman to proceed despite the track ahead being blocked. On the POW train,

1 1. A HISTORY OF BANBURY BY WILLIAM POTTS REVISED AND EDITED BY EDWARD T. CLARK, PUBLISHED 1978

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96 German soldiers were killed and six killed on the US train. This happened at Assling, near Munich and was Germany's worst rail disaster in the previous fifty years.

Invented in America in 1928, iron-lungs were one of the first life-support machines. Consisting of an airtight chamber connected to an air pump, the machine was originally designed to help victims of gas inhalation. Iron lungs later became famous for keeping polio patients alive. In severe cases the disease paralysed breathing muscles, so the machine breathed for patients.

LEFT: CHILD OF ARTHUR MOLD (CONJECTURE ONLY)

SUSAN GASCOIGNE ARTHUR MOLD’S CHILD OUT OF WEDLOCK?

Added by suemckenna11 on 6 Feb 2008…

She is my grandmother and used to visit her father at the Dolphin. When he played cricket for Lancs she was taken to see him play as a child. We don't know who her real mother was but she was sent to live with William and Sarah Gascoigne in Manchester. She later became a Tiller Girl - she was very tall 5'8/9 with black hair and brown eyes.

Notes: Sources…

Birth: 4 Aug 1884 Tilbury, Essex, England

Death: 11 Feb 1972 Oxfordshire, England Description Date Location Attached Arthur Webb MOLD (1863 - 1921) to Other trees sue kerr family this object Jones Family Tree ~ 9 ~ is saved to

Census records for Susan Gascoigne Timeline 1884 4 Aug Birth Birth TILBURY, ESSEX, ENGLAND 2 historical records 1891 Age: 7 Residence SALFORD, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND 1 historical record 1901 Age: 17 Residence SALFORD, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND 1 historical record 1913 4 Oct Age: 29 Marriage to Richard Williams STOWELL MEMORIAL CHURCH, ECCLES, SALFORD, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND 1972 11 Feb Age: 87 Death OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

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THE DOLPHIN INN, YESTERDAY ARTHUR MANAGED THIS INN FOR AWHILE

THE DOLPHIN INN TO DAY

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In Loving Memory of Arthur Webb Mold Of the Lancashire Cricket Club 1887 – 1902 He died 29 April 1921 Aged 55 Years For ever with the Lord Also of ANNIE SIDELLA, widow of above And wife of R. W. Franklin. Died 2 Feb 1948 Aged 74 Years ~ 13 ~

ROGER HERE IN MIDDLETON CHENEY CHURCHYARD VISITING HIS GREAT UNCLE ARTHUR WEBB MOLD'S GRAVE

CENSUS RECORDS FOR ARTHUR MOLD…

Timeline 1863 27 May Birth Birth MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND historical records

1864 7 Feb Age: 0 Christening LOWER MIDDLETON, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND

1871

Age: 8 ~ 14 ~

Residence MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND 1 historical record

1881

Age: 18 Residence MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND Description: Agricultural Labourer 1 historical record

1891

Age: 28 Residence MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND Description: Professional Cricket Player 1 historical record

1902

Age: 39 Occupation MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND Description: Manager of the Dolphin Pub

1921 29 Apr Age: 57 Death MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND

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Left: At the age of 16 Arthur became famous locally. About that age he played with his village team, and his first match was against Chacombe. The season following Chacombe and Middleton Cheney joined forces and played one team. They were the strongest team in the countryside and won 16 matches, largely due to Mr. Mold's bowling. He improved in form and was included in the Banbury & District eleven which in those days brought some first class teams to Banbury.

Cricket has been enjoyed and successfully played in the village for over 100 years. Before the turn of the century the cricket team used Mr. Blacklock's private ground for matches and Mr. Law's Home Close for practise. In 1881 according to a report in the Banbury Guardian, Middleton won against Chacombe by an innings and 40 runs. Arthur Mold was born in Middleton and worked as an agricultural labourer. Arthur's cricketing talent led to him being selected to play for Lancashire and eventually to play for England, much to the delight and enthusiasm of his keen Middleton followers.

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LEFT: ARTHUR MOLD BOWLING IN LATER YEARS

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CRICKET BIOGRAPHY

Arthur Mold was one of the most controversial figures of an era when throwing became an increasing problem. Although his action was considered suspect for many years, there was no doubting his speed, and that allied to the movement he got off the pitch, made him the foremast quick bowler of his generation. At the time of his retirement he had taken more wickets than any other fast bowler. He made an immediate impact in his first season (1889) taking 100 wickets at 11.80, and in the next 12 summers he passed a hundred wickets on nine occasions, and two hundred twice (207 in 1894, 213 in 1895). But murmurings over his action meant that he made only three Test appearances, all in 1893. In 1900 he was no-balled by umpire Jim Phillips, and a meeting of county captains at the end of that season voted 11 to 1 that his action was unacceptable. The authorities decided - unofficially - to act and in 1901 he was no-balled 16 times in one match, again by Phillips. Although no other umpire called Mold, the writing was on the wall and he drifted out of first-class cricket. He finished his playing days in the Northamptonshire leagues. He spent his retirement shooting, running a pub, and looking after his mother.

ENGLAND CRICKET PLAYER

ARTHUR MOLD (born May 29, 1863, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire; died April 27, 1921, Middleton Cheney) was one of the deadliest fast bowlers of his day, but also the most controversial. Despite his very short (four paces) run, Mold could generate great speed and often make the ball break back viciously even on hard, firm, ground. On drying or crumbling wickets, Mold was almost unplayable, and for both his native Northamptonshire (then not a first-class county) and Lancashire, Mold was a prolific wicket-taker. However, even before he first played for Lancashire, Mold was considered suspect of throwing rather than bowling the ball. It was said "if he is fair he is the best bowler in England, but in my opinion he is a worse thrower than ever Crosland was". Despite this warning, Lancashire took on Mold when he was qualified and his pace, accuracy and break-back made him deadly on the primitive pitches of the early 1890s. With left-arm slow bowler Johnny Briggs, Mold formed a perfectly-contrasted bowling combination that was so deadly that Lancashire's lack of support bowlers was very rarely a problem. On as many as five occasions between 1890 and 1895 the pair bowled unchanged throughout both completed innings of a match, doing so twice in one week in 1895, whilst they were unchanged through an innings a great many other times - and a number of times missed out on this distinction only so they could change ends. Mold reached 100 wickets in 1889 for less than 12 runs each, took 118 in 1890 with a top performance of 9 for 43 for Charles Thornton's Eleven against the Australians, and 138 in 1891. Mold was rewarded for his deadly work with a Cricketer of the Year nomination by Wisden in 1892. In 1893, Mold took 166 wickets and played his only Tests, but did only very modestly. However, when he was the leading first-class cricket, wicket-taker with 207 wickets in 1894, it seems surprising ~ 18 ~ he was not considered for the tour of Australia: many believe suspicion of his delivery, which had already been uttered in private by many of the best batsmen of that era, was the cause. In 1895, Mold went from strength to strength despite truer pitches than before during the first half of the season, taking a personal best 213 wickets. During this time, Wisden described his bowling with the most lavish praise, even when, as against Nottinghamshire and Kent in June 1895, he was helped by distinctly worn pitches: Next day, with one notable exception, Sussex collapsed in deplorable fashion before the wonderful bowling of Mold... The fast bowler maintained a remarkable pitch and pace, and occasionally whipped back in a manner which the visiting batsmen were quite unable to withstand. "After the triumph of the Lancashire batsmen Mold bowled so grandly that in three hours fourteen Kent wickets went down for 115 runs" "The way he made the ball break back on the hard ground was quite marvellous" From 1896, owing either to improved pitches, advancing age or several injuries, Mold declined, though he was still a dangerous bowler and only narrowly missed out on a Test recall after a superb performance against a powerful Yorkshire batting line up in July 1896. During that year, he sent a bail over 57 metres in bowling George Lohmann at The Oval - the fourth-highest recorded distance for a bail to travel. He missed 100 wickets for the first time in 1897 due to injury, but recovered some of his form in 1899 and early 1900, when, despite being 37, his pace seemed undiminished and he earned his best figures since 1895. However, it was in 1900 at Trent Bridge that Mold's suspect delivery was caught: he was no-balled by Jim Phillips and did not bowl again. Despite continuing to play in the next few matches, at a famous meeting of the county captains, Mold's delivery was condemned by 11 votes to 1. In 1901, Mold did only modestly on very favourable pitches at Old Trafford, and was no-balled 16 times in 10 overs (again by Phillips). The suspicion of his delivery, and his poor form after the pitches at Old Trafford became truer, ended Mold's first-class career by August 1901. Nonetheless, he continued to bowl with amazing success in minor cricket until 1910. Nowadays, most people are inclined to believe Mold was in a rather false position with respect to his numerous bowling achievements and that he was extremely lucky to bowl ten and a half seasons before being no-balled for throwing. Few who know about cricket in his day believe Mold to have been unjustly attacked as was said (perhaps out of despair) 2 when he was no-balled.

2 FROM WIKIPEDIA

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The following pages give a full account of his skills both as a person and a sportsman. The information in these pages was copied from a Newspaper clipping dated during the year of 1900…

CRICKET CHATTER

ARTHUR MOLD’S BENEFIT

[BY TITYBUS].

Years ago Mr. S. H. Swire, who has ever taken the most active, most loyal and most self- sacrificing interest in Lancashire cricket, declared that there was a fortune waiting for a fast bowler in County Palatine, if only he could be discovered. The honour of “discovering” Arthur Mold, who proved to be the man Lancashire required, rests with Mr. Arthur Appleby and Mr. Roger Walker, neither of whom requires any introduction. The Free Foresters, in the course of their peregrinations in search of cricket in 1886, played a two days match at Banbury, where Mold was then engaged as a professional. “They told me” remarked Mold to the writer “that they could get me a better engagement, if I cared to accept one. Of course I said I should be pleased to better myself, for you must know that my father died when I was very young, and I had an infirm mother to provide for. I was never taught a trade and cricket was thus my only source of income. Well, in the autumn I received a letter from Old Trafford. I saw them, and I closed with them for an engagement on the ground staff. I commenced here, (we were chatting at Old Trafford,) in April, 1887, and here I have been ever since”. Which was the modest way in which Mold told me the story of his association with Lancashire: But such a brief account was not satisfying. “But how did you learn to play cricket” I queried. “I used to play with the other boys on the green of the village where I was born, at Middleton Cheney, which is near Banbury, just inside the border of Northamptonshire. I was very fond of batting at first, although I bowled fast and kept getting wickets. I had barely reached my teens when I played for the village club. I never kept any record of my performances in those days, but Middleton Cheney was never beaten for several years. Yes, I suppose I had something to do with their successes. Cricket was a great game in the district and rivalry was very keen. Other villages round about used to send for me, especially if they badly wanted to win a match, for I always got a terrible lot of wickets where ever I went. My first engagement with a regular salary was with the Banbury Club in 1885 and 1886. I used to get some runs then as well as bowl them out, but the time came when I had to devote myself to the ball”. “How did you come to play for Northamptonshire?” “After I got an engagement at Old Trafford the Northants executives were anxious to give me a chance for the county. You see, Middleton Cheney is not near Northampton and the Committee at that time seldom took any notice of players except in the vicinity of the ~ 20 ~ county town. Moreover, I was very young, for I was only 20 when I began my duties at Banbury. I played in the Colts match at Northampton in 1887 and as I got both a few wickets and a few runs they asked me to play in the first County match on Whit-Monday, May 30 against Staffordshire. It was a very exciting struggle, and Northamptonshire won by only four runs. When I went on to bowl I did pretty well, as I got seven wickets for 24 runs and accomplished the “hat trick”. Lancashire played Northamptonshire in those days and against my future County, I, in July obtained five wickets for 64 runs and four for 75 in the return during August. Altogether I was credited with 80 wickets for about 12 runs each for Northants during 1887, and in five matches for them during the following year I took 28 wickets for 13 runs apiece. In 1889 I began to help Lancashire, although during the two preceding seasons I was often playing with the Manchester Club. I have not kept any record of what I have accomplished for either Manchester or Lancashire. I can only say that I have done my best. During the last three or four years I have not really been able to stand the strain of fast bowling, but during this period and indeed at all times, Mr. Hornby, Mr. Swire, and Mr. MacLaren have been most kind and thoughtful. These gentlemen have always shown me the greatest consideration and given me their hearty support. “You would need that support” I ventured to remark, “after what recently took place at Nottingham”. “Yes, I was of course very grieved that Jim Phillips should have called “no ball” although his condemnation can make little difference to me now, for I cannot bowl many years more. It has only been by hard work to keep my weight down and really by severe self-denial that I have lasted so long, as my career for a fast bowler has been lengthy. I have had a constant struggle to keep my weight down and with that object I do a tremendous lot of shooting in 1 the winter, tramping many miles with a gun under my arm. As I stand 5 ft. 10 /2 in., and now scale 13 stone, I think it may be said that I have succeeded pretty well in keeping myself fit. I have always been a fast bowler, indeed, ever since I was a boy. Moreover, my action has invariably been the same. It has always appeared perfectly fair to me, and I have never made any attempt to alter it. I know that it has been criticised, but I also know that hundreds of good, honest cricketers, both gentlemen and professionals, with whom I have played constantly for years, declare that my delivery is most unjustly condemned. I have altered my run up to the crease, but I have never changed my delivery, for I never saw the least occasion to do so and I have never taken an unfair advantage of any cricketer. I run about seven yards, and the ball is delivered with a rigid arm, without any bend from the elbow, any turn of the wrist, or twist of the fingers. My break is not finger work. A man could not put break on a ball at the pace I bowl with his fingers. I swing my body in delivery and the break comes from the natural swing of my body. How this can be described by any man as a throw I don’t know. I give it up”.

Since this little chat I have looked over the performances of Mold, whose delivery, as I said a fortnight ago, always appeared perfectly fair to me. His first match for the Manchester Club against Bowdon, on the latter’s ground, on May 28, 1887, when his analysis read: 10 overs, 4 maidens, 9 runs and 5 wickets. During this season he obtained seven wickets for 20 runs (including the “hat trick”), against Broughton, but on August 3 and 4 at Old ~ 21 ~

Trafford, he had quite a benefit against the Uppingham Rovers, for in the first innings he captured all the ten wickets, (nine clean bowled) for 61 runs out of a total of 174; and in the second venture he secured seven more for 51 runs. Seventeen wickets for 112 runs: The following year the Uppingham Rovers revisited the ground on August 10 and 11. In the first innings Mold bowled 29 over’s, 18 maidens, 25 runs, 8 wickets; and in the second 25 over’s, 18 maidens, 19 runs, and 7 wickets, or in all 15 wickets for 44 runs. He had a similar run of success against the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire, which the Manchester Club used to play at that time. On June 3 and 4 at Old Trafford, against the Ridings, who had players like Tom Wardall, David Bookless and W. L. Frank, Mold took seven wickets for 18 and eight wickets for 11, in all 15 wickets for 29, including the “HAT TRICK” in each innings. For Manchester against the Ridings at Castleford on June 5 and 6, 1993, Mold was again in great form. Twelve aside were played in the match and in the Yorkshire contingent included George Baker, R. W. Frank, Bookless, Butler, Walton, Worsley and Marsden--all cricketers of ability. In the morning Mold could not get a wicket. He did not feel very well. Now Mr. Worsley gave a champagne luncheon and feeling so much below himself Mold had a “drop of fizz”. The effect was electrical, for as soon as he had a clear view of the stumps Mold rattled them down like nine pins, did the “hat trick” and took all the eleven wickets for 50 runs. The brand of champagne had better not be mentioned, or this little incident will be utilised as an advertisement and Mold has no wish to pose in a picture as the champagne bowler. Mold had the champagne and the batsmen the real pain. Among other startling performances for the Manchester Club, I may recall 15 wickets for 8 runs against Cheetham Hill on July 27, 1889; seven wickets for 14 runs against Bolton, on August 31, 1889; eight wickets for 25 runs against Bury, on September 4, 1889; seven wickets for 13 runs against Bolton, on April 25, 1891; nine wickets for 51 runs against Warrington on June 29, 1891 (the remaining batsman being run out); and nine wickets for 17 runs against Carlisle on July 25 and 26, 1891. I think these few facts will show that Mold has been useful to the Manchester Club.

In the “Athletic News Cricket Annual” for this year there is an article on Arthur Mold, in which it is pointed out by the aid of two little tables that between 1889 and 1899 Mold has taken 1,230 wickets, at an average cost of 14.99 runs, on behalf of Lancashire in first- class county matches. In 1891 - 94 - 95 - 96 he headed the averages of the Lancashire bowlers and in 1895 had 182 victims in 21 matches, nearly nine per match. This aggregate exceeded the total of the four other Lancashire bowlers who took any number of wickets.

There is a very interesting story in connection with the 1895 campaign. Against Leicestershire at Old Trafford, at the beginning of June, Lancashire had lost nine wickets for 57 runs, when Mold whipped in and joined Albert Ward. The end was momentarily expected, and especially as Arthur Woodcock had hit Mold on the fingers, which had to be dressed by a surgeon. On continuing, Mold scored 57, his highest innings for Lancashire, the last wicket having yielded 111. This largely helped Lancashire to secure a capital victory. A fortnight later Mold made 32 at Old Trafford against Surrey but was hit on the ~ 22 ~ same finger by Tom Richardson. As he could then neither bat nor bowl, this second mishap was very unfortunate. Despite that, however, Mr. Hornby was determined to take Mold to Nottingham on the Sunday for the match with Nott’s on the following day. Mr. Hornby said he would win the toss, and he kept his word. Mold had another day for recuperation, and on the Tuesday he was given the ball. Mr. Hornby arranging to field immediately behind him so that he should not hurt his hand again by tackling a hard drive. Mr. Hornby had his reward, for Mold dismissed Shrewsbury, Daft, J. A. Dixon and C. W. Wright with successive balls, the last two of one over and the first two of the next. Five wickets were down for six runs and the whole side out for 35. Mold securing eight wickets for 20 runs and in the match 15 for 85. Prince Ranjit Sinhji was so delighted with Mold’s performance that he presented the Lancashire bowler with a gold chain and pendant bearing the following inscription:- ‘Presented to Arthur Mold for his fine bowling performance, Lancashire v. Notts, June, 1895, K.S.R.’ On the reverse side of the emblem the Red Rose is enamelled.

But on July, 16, 1894, Mold did almost as great a feat against Somerset at Old Trafford, for he sent down nine over’s for seven maidens, 10 runs, and seven wickets. But even this wonderful analysis does not show the extraordinary nature of the performance. Five runs were hit off him before he got a wicket. Then he bowled Lionel and Richard Palairet and W. C. Hedley with successive balls, nearly did the “hat trick” a second time and in all secured his seven wickets before another run was made of his deliveries. Then five other runs were hit off him, making seven wickets for 10 runs, while in the match he obtained 13 for 60. The difference between the two feats was that at Nottingham it was a splendid wicket, and at Old Trafford the pitch was affected by rain. Mold has twice taken nine wickets in one innings, namely, 9 for 41 against Yorkshire at Huddersfield in 1890, and nine for 62 against Kent at Old Trafford in 1895, when the other man could not bat. In one match he has thrice secured 15 wickets, against Somerset in 1891, Sussex in 1894, and Nott’s in 1895. Between 1891 and 1896 (inclusive) he girdled his loins with over 100 scalps each season in County matches, and in these contests he has never taken less than 80 in any one summer. But I do not want to enlarge upon Mold’s achievements from a statistical point of view at this writing. Yet I must remind readers that the Lancashire bowler, whom the County will delight to honour next week on the occasion of the Lancashire and Yorkshire match, is the holder, as the Americans say, of a world beating record. On August 20, 1896, he bowled Lowmann with a ball which sent the bail 63 yards 6 inches from the stumps, thus breaking a record which has stood for 15 years, as Hugh Rotherham, playing for the Uppingham Rovers against the Gentlemen of Derbyshire in 1881, sent the bail 62 yards from the wicket.

Mold has been accorded a place in the representative matches of his time, for the Players against the Gentlemen and for England against Australia. I saw a statement the other day that he had been remarkably unsuccessful against the Colonists. He did his full share of the work though, and for the Lyric Club against the 1890 Australian team it is worthy to note ~ 23 ~ that in one innings he bowled 27 over’s for 12 maidens, 43 runs, and nine wickets, Lohman getting the other batsman leg-before wicket. No better conducted professional ever stepped on to a cricket field, and a more tempered man it would be impossible to find. Even his enemies admit that he is one of the best of men. But what business has he to have enemies. Confound his enemies, and vouch - safe him fine weather and the splendid benefit he deserves.

THE CRICKETER FROM MIDDLETON CHENEY

England (Eng) Batting style Right-handed batsman (RHB) Bowling type Right-arm fast Tests First-class Matches 3287 Runs scored 01,850 Batting average 0.007.14100s/50s0/00/2 Top score 0*57 Balls bowled 491491 Wickets 71,673 Bowling average 33.4215.545 Wickets in innings 015210 Wickets in match 056 Best bowling 3/449/29 Catches/stumping’s 1/0111/0 Test debut: 17 July 1893 Last Test: 26 August 1893

(Not sure about these figures some could be conjecture)

Arthur Mold (born May 29, 1863, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire; died April 27, 1921, Middleton Cheney) was one of the deadliest fast bowlers of his day, but also the most controversial. Despite his very short (four paces) run, Mold could generate great speed and often make the ball break back viciously even on hard, firm, ground. On drying or crumbling wickets, Mold was almost unplayable, and for both his native Northamptonshire (then not a first-class county) and Lancashire, Mold was a prolific wicket-taker. However, even before he first played for Lancashire, Mold was considered suspect of throwing rather than bowling the ball. It was said "if he is fair he is the best bowler in England, but in my opinion he is a worse thrower than ever Crossland was". Despite this warning, Lancashire took on Mold when he was qualified and his pace, accuracy and break-back made him deadly on the primitive pitches of the early 1890s. With left-arm slow bowler Johnny Briggs, Mold formed a perfectly-contrasted bowling combination that was so deadly that Lancashire's lack of support bowlers was very rarely a problem. On as many as five occasions between 1890 and 1895 the pair bowled unchanged throughout both completed innings of a match, doing so twice in one week in 1895, whilst ~ 24 ~ they were unchanged through an innings a great many other times - and a number of times missed out on this distinction only so they could change ends. Mold reached 100 wickets in 1889 for less than 12 runs each, took 118 in 1890 with a top performance of 9 for 43 for Charles Thornton's Eleven against the Australians, and 138 in 1891. Mold was rewarded for his deadly work with a Cricketer of the Year nomination by Wisden in 1892. In 1893, Mold took 166 wickets and played his only Tests, but did only very modestly. However, when he was the leading first-class wicket-taker with 207 wickets in 1894, it seems surprising he was not considered for the tour of Australia: many believe suspicion of his delivery, which had already been uttered in private by many of the best batsmen of that era, was the cause. In 1895, Mold went from strength to strength despite truer pitches than before during the first half of the season, taking a personal best 213 wickets. During this time, Wisden described his bowling with the most lavish praise, even when, as against Nottinghamshire and Kent in June 1895, he was helped by distinctly worn pitches: Next day, with one notable exception, Sussex collapsed in deplorable fashion before the wonderful bowling of Mold... The fast bowler maintained a remarkable pitch and pace, and occasionally whipped back in a manner which the visiting batsmen were quite unable to withstand. "After the triumph of the Lancashire batsmen Mold bowled so grandly that in three hours fourteen Kent wickets went down for 115 runs" "The way he made the ball break back on the hard ground was quite marvellous" From 1896, owing either to improved pitches, advancing age or several injuries, Mold declined, though he was still a dangerous bowler and only narrowly missed out on a Test recall after a superb performance against a powerful Yorkshire batting line up in July 1896. During that year, he sent a bail over 57 metres in bowling George Lohmann at The Oval - the fourth-highest recorded distance for a bail to travel. He missed 100 wickets for the first time in 1897 due to injury, but recovered some of his form in 1899 and early 1900, when, despite being 37, his pace seemed undiminished and he earned his best figures since 1895. However, it was in 1900 at Trent Bridge that Mold's suspect delivery was caught: he was no-balled by Jim Phillips and did not bowl again. Despite continuing to play in the next few matches, at a famous meeting of the county captains, Mold's delivery was condemned by 11 votes to 1. In 1901, Mold did only modestly on very favourable pitches at Old Trafford, and was no-balled 16 times in 10 overs (again by Phillips). The suspicion of his delivery, and his poor form after the pitches at Old Trafford became truer, ended Mold's first-class career by August 1901. Nonetheless, he continued to bowl with amazing success in minor cricket until 1910. Nowadays, most people are inclined to believe Mold was in a rather false position with respect to his numerous bowling achievements and that he was extremely lucky to bowl ten and a half seasons before being no-balled for throwing. Few who know about cricket in his day believe Mold to have been unjustly attacked as was said (perhaps out of despair) when he was no-balled.

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MOLD ON HIS BOWLING. OTAGO WITNESS, ISSUE 2479, 18 SEPTEMBER 1901, PAGE 54

Some little time ago "Tityrus" had an interview with Mold on the subject of his bowling, and the celebrated professional in the course of his remarks observed: — "Just look at what has happened to me. My first match for Lancashire was in 18S9 at Lord's against the M.C.C. I bowled right tinder the noses of the best judges of the game, and no exception was taken to me. Since then I have appealed in every kind of match. I have been selected for All England, and chosen by the M.C.C. to assist the Players against the Gentlemen. My delivery has never been changed, has never been challenged, and I never had a word of warning from any source until 1900. Then I am nailed. I should like to add that since I have been playing no fast bowler has come out of whom someone has not said that he was a thrower— if I except Mr. Bradley, of Kent. He seems to me the only one to whom somebody has not taken exception. In ray own case .here has been irresponsible criticism, but neither Lord Hawke nor anyone else in a good position in the world of cricket has ever said a word to me. My delivery has always satisfied- me and the Lancashire Committee, and I have never tried to alter at, for I knew of no reason why 1 should do so. No umpire save Phillips has ever said I threw; not one of them. If the finest men among the professionals who have played county cricket for years don't know what the game of cricket is, then I don't think anybody does. "Throw? I can't throw half as fast as 1 can bowl. I am such a poor thrower that I always field at mid-off, for it hurts my arm to throw. I suppose you know the story about Jack Croseland. He was charged with being a thrower. One day, when Lancashire was playing Leicestershire at Leicester, he determined to go down to the county aground and during practice time purposely throw to a batsman and see how he managed it. Mr. Hornby went down, and so did Barlow and several other member of the team. What was the result? I am told that Grassland had only thrown a ball or two before he injured a muscle in the upper — and was unable to BOWL for two or three weeks afterwards. "I once bowled ill day — that is to say, I bowled from 11.30 until 6.30. There was, of course, the luncheon interval, but otherwise I was never, taken off. That was in a Yorkshire and Lancashire match at Bradford. What is more, Mr. A. T. Kemble told me that I was positively bowling faster during the last hour than I had done at any time during the day. I replied: 'I do not think I am bowling faster, but I daresay, bit, that your hands are getting tender.' I could not throw many balls, and they would not be half as fast as -my legitimate deliveries. No, I have never hit batsmen any more than other fast bowlers. If I have been a thrower all these years, my opponents have had singular immunity from accidents. Moreover, I can say that during the 12 or 14- years I have played I have never had an uncivil word with either an umpire or a player. It has been a great source of comfort to me to know that Mr. Hornby and Mr. Swire have always believed in my fairness and do so still. The law governing the game, Phillips pointed out, says that an Umpire Shall call 'no-ball' instantly upon delivery, and very often it ii impossible to arrive at a decision until that moment has passed, when you come to the conclusion that it is a bad one. If there is an absolutely unfair delivery one can, of course, see it much better than, when there is a slight element of throw introduced at the precise moment of delivery. As to my opinion with ~ 26 ~ regard to the bowling of Mold, I am giving effect to it. If I were allowed my choice 1 certainly would avoid any match in which a bowler was engaged whose delit cry was not above suspicion. But umpire engagements are all arranged for in April and they must be carried out.'' The representative of the Manchester Evening Chronicle pointed out that a great point was made of the fact that Mold was not "called" for several overs before lunch, and that after the resumption of play the fast bowler was never judged to have a (suspicious action. Phillips, reply was that there were several balls not above board, but the unfair one had been sent down before he had time to call. "The delivery," he said, "which unset Mr. Juppe’s wicket was not, in my opinion, an absolutely fair one, but I had not detected it quickly enough to call. In the overs subsequent to the lunch interval Mold sent down deliveries which, in my opinion, were not absolutely fair, but I was not able to arrive at a conclusion quickly enough to call instantly upon delivery." With reference to his adverse critics, Phillips says: — ''I fully recognize that they honestly believe in the opinions which they express, but they can rest assured that I quite as honestly believe myself to be right." It has been asserted by many people who take a keen interest in the question that the ex-Middlesex professional has assumed his present attitude because he felt that, having "no-balled" Mold once, he must of necessity do so again. On this point Phillips .states : "There is no man in England for whom I have a greater respect than Arthur Mold as a man, and in passing judgment upon the Lancashire bowler I want to make it clear that I have only carried out my duty as an umpire, which is to act conscientiously to the best of my belief. "It may be depended upon," remarked the umpire, "that I shall rigorously carry out my duties with regard to all bowlers whom I consider are not above suspicion. My attitude has been assumed purely from any of my duties. It is ridiculous to say that I have any personal feelings with regard to the players."

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2 POSSIBLE SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY

Note: Now that I have hit a brick wall with our family the “Thomas Mold” thread I have been looking for other family Christian names that might follow through down the generations with the hope of linking back to the village of Flore or any of the other thirty villages I have with our family name living in with the hope of finding the family of our “Thomas Mold and Elizabeth Webb of Flore”

GUILSBOROUGH AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Following is conjecture only but possible parents for our first known Mold…

THOMAS AND MARY MOLD ABOUT 1770

Possible Brother for our Thomas… County Northamptonshire. Place. Guilsborough Church St. Etheldreda Register Number Date of Birth Baptism Date 06 Jun 1791 Forename WILLIAM Sex M Father Forename Thomas Mother Forename Mary Father Surname MOLD Mother Surname MOLD Abode Father Occupation Notes File Number 36957

And sister for our Thomas Keziah, William and Thomas are a common factor for this family…

Now I know we have… 1. Keziah/Kezia Mold. Baptised 1 Jan 1893 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England. Daughter of John Henry Mold and Emma Moore. Note: John Henry is the son of our Thomas Webb Mold. (Ours)

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And then her Auntie… 2. Keziah/Kezia Mold. Baptised 23 July 1854 all saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England. Note: Daughter of Thomas Webb Mold. (Ours)

Now is there a connection with this family… 3. Keziah Mold. Baptised 12 Feb. 1837 Guilsborough, Northamptonshire. Daughter of William and Martha Mold. (This one is very probable as Guilsborough features a lot for my family of ‘Mold’.)

And then back to this family in Middleton… 4. Keziah/Kezia Mold. Baptised, 24 Feb. 1804. Lower Middleton. Daughter of George and Elizabeth Mold.

Or is it this one? 5. Kezia Mole. Baptised, 24 March. 1805. Steeple Barton, Oxford, England. Daughter of John and Elizabeth Mole.

And then maybe this family: Remember spelling was a problem… 6. Cassia Mould. Baptised about 1770 Wirksworth, Derby. Married Thomas Alcock, 28 DEC 1789 Wirksworth, Derby, England

And again to this Keziah… 7. Keziah/Kezia Mold of Cropredy m. Thomas Holloway 14 Nov 1731 Church of England, St. Mary’s, Banbury parish, Oxfordshire, England. This Keziah was probably born about 1711.

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3 THOMAS SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY

1/. Thomas and Elizabeth Arrived in Lower Middleton about 1813

THOMAS MOLD AND ELIZABETH WEBB OF FLORE ENGLAND

> Thomas MOLD bachelor married Elizabeth WEBB spinster 4-Nov -1805. At > Flore after Banns > Both made an 'x' > The witnesses were Hannah Webb, Thomas Webb and? Nil > When Thomas Mold married Elizabeth Webb in Flore neither of them was > Recorded as “a minor” so they at least looked to be aged 21 or over. > So born about 1786 or earlier. 3

County Northamptonshire Place Flore Church All Saints Register Number 409 Marriage Date 04 Nov 1805 Groom Forename Thomas Groom Surname MOLD Groom Age

Groom Parish

Groom Condition Bachelor Groom Occupation

Groom Abode

Bride Forename Elizabeth Bride Surname WEBB Bride Age

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Bride Parish

Bride Condition Spinster Bride Occupation

Bride Abode

Groom Father Forename

Groom Father Surname

Groom Father Occupation

Bride Father Forename

Bride Father Surname

Bride Father Occupation

Witness One Forename Thoms Witness One Surname NELE Witness Two Forename Hannah Witness Two Surname WEBB Notes Banns. Both signed X File Number 10876

BELOW: CHURCH OF FLORE THOMAS MOLD AND ELIZABETH WEBB WERE MARRIED HERE

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Baptism’s for Webb in Flore…

# Record Type Baptism Date Surname Forename County Place Name Found As

1 Baptisms 08 Nov 1813 WEBB John Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

2 Baptisms 19 Jun 1831 WEBB Elizabeth Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

3 Baptisms 13 Jan 1833 WEBB Mary Anne Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

4 Baptisms 03 May 1835 WEBB Selina Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

5 Baptisms 18 Jun 1837 WEBB John Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

6 Baptisms 19 Feb 1798 WEBB John Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

7 Baptisms 12 Jan 1800 WEBB William Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

8 Baptisms 09 May 1802 WEBB James Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

9 Baptisms 25 Sep 1805 WEBB Joseph Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

10 Baptisms 03 May 1807 WEBB Daniel Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

11 Baptisms 06 Nov 1809 WEBB Sarah Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

12 Baptisms 09 Nov 1812 WEBB Eliza Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

13 Baptisms 06 Aug 1780 WEBB John Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

14 Baptisms 02 Apr 1781 WEBB Elizabeth Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

15 Baptisms * * 1783 WEBB Thomas Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

16 Baptisms 07 Nov 1785 WEBB Elizabeth Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

17 Baptisms 06 Jan 1850 WEBB Alice Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

18 Baptisms 20 Apr 1851 WEBB Harriet Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

19 Baptisms 28 Sep 1852 WEBB William Henry Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

20 Baptisms 01 Jul 1855 WEBB Elizabeth Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

21 Baptisms 11 May 1856 WEBB Betsy Ann Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

22 Baptisms 05 Dec 1858 WEBB Henry Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

23 Baptisms 16 Jun 1861 WEBB Rebecca Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

24 Baptisms 05 Apr 1863 WEBB Tom Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

25 Baptisms 13 Jan 1884 WEBB Elizabeth Northamptonshire Flore Father Surname

County Northamptonshire Place Flore Church All Saints Register Number Date Of Birth Baptism Date 07 Nov 1785 Forename Elizabeth Sex F Father Forename John Mother Forename Anne Father Surname WEBB Mother Surname Abode Father Occupation Notes Paupers File Number 10962

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CHILDREN FOR THOMAS AND ELIZABETH MOLD OF FLORE…

John: Baptized 6 April 1806 parish of Flore.

County Northamptonshire Place Flore Church All Saints Register Number

Date Of Birth

Baptism Date 06 Apr 1806 Forename John Sex M Father Forename Thomas Mother Forename Elizabeth Father Surname MOLD Mother Surname

Abode

Father Occupation

Notes

File Number 10922

William: Baptized 10 November 1807 parish of Flore

Charles: Received 7 Feb. 1819 into church Of Middleton Cheney from Flore Age: nine years old. Born about 1810

Valentine: Received 7 Feb. 1819 into church Of Middleton Cheney from Flore Age: eight years old. Born about 1811

Harriet: Privately, 11 Feb. 1813 Received 4 July 1813 Into church of Middleton Cheney

Hannah: 29 January 1815 Middleton Cheney

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THOMAS WEBB: 2 FEB 1817

MIDDLETON CHENEY

Henry: 7 Feb. 1819 Middleton Cheney

Shadrack: 29 July 1821 Middleton Cheney

Charlotte: 27 Oct 1822 Middleton Cheney

Joanna: 30 Oct 1825 Middleton Cheney

William: 5 Oct 1822 Middleton Cheney.

Note: Total of twelve children, all baptized Middleton Cheney. There is no “Elizabeth” as some punters have assumed.

BELOW: THE VILLAGE OF MIDDLETON CHENEY

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4 JOHN MOLD

FAMILY THREAD FOR MARK MOLD OF NORTHAMPTON ENGLAND

Hello, my name is Tracey Mold married to Mark Mold for the last 15 years, with two daughters Georgia and Sophia. I am helping Roger and his daughter Johanna Mold with the following…

The beginning as we know it to be…

THOMAS MOLD and Elizabeth Webb of Flore England (First Generation)

> Thomas MOLD bachelor married Elizabeth WEBB spinster 1805 4-Nov at > Flore after Banns > Both made an 'x' > The witnesses were Hannah Webb, Thomas Webb and ? Nil? > When Thomas Mold married Elizabeth Webb in Flore neither of them was > recorded as 'a minor' so they at least looked to be age 21 or over. > So born about 1786 or earlier

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CHILDREN…

JOHN. Baptised 6 April 1806 parish of Flore

William> baptised 10 November 1807 parish of Flore

Charles, received 7 Feb. 1819 into church Of Middleton Cheney from Flore Age: nine years old. Born about 1810

Valentine, received 7 Feb. 1819 into church Of Middleton Cheney from Flore Age: eight years old. Born about 1811

Harriet, privately, 11 Feb. 1813 Received 4 July 1813 Into church of Middleton Cheney

Hannah, 29 January 1815 Middleton Cheney

Thomas Webb, 2 Feb. 1817 Middleton Cheney

Henry, 7 Feb. 1819 Middleton Cheney

Shadrack, 29 July 1821 Middleton Cheney

Charlotte, 27 Oct 1822 Middleton Cheney

Joanna, 30 Oct 1825 Middleton Cheney

William, 5 Oct 1822 Middleton Cheney.

(Total of twelve children, all baptized Middleton Cheney)

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JOHN MOLD (Second generation) 1/. Thomas 2/. John

Baptised: 6 April 1806 parish of Flore Son of Thomas Mold and Elizabeth Webb of Flore

Note: I have 47 John Mold’s baptized between 1800 and 1810 but none in Northamptonshire or Oxfordshire so this John is most probable.

Married Ann

(Need marriage certificate)

CHILDREN…

Joanna. Baptized 5 10 1828 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

GEORGE. Baptized 23 5 1830 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England (Third generation)

Charles. Baptized 10 6 1832 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Harriet. Baptized 1 2 1835 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Frederick. Baptized 27 4 1837 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

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Emma. Baptized 10 3 1839 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Lucy. Baptized 1 8 1841 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Frederick. Baptized 28 8 1842 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

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GEORGE MOLD (Third generation) 1/. Thomas 2/. John 3/.George

Baptized 23 5 1830 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England Son of John and Ann Mold

Married: Silence Mold 3 12 1849 Parish church of Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England Witnessed by: John Pinfold and Hannah Bromley Parents of Silence Mold: George and Ellen Mold All living in Lower Middleton

Notes: Now it would appear from George and Silence’s marriage certificate that they were cousins as Silence’s dad was George and Ellen Mold and Georges John and Ann Mold. Now I have George Mold 1785 son of James and Ann which tells me they are of James Mold line 1705 which makes George and Silence about ten generations apart. See DNA file for this reference. We have two George and Ellen’s with children in Nethercote and Middleton Possible for parents of Silence

CHILDREN FOR GEORGE AND SILENCE MOLD…

FREDERICK. Baptized 10 11 1850 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Charles. Baptized 2 1 1853 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

John. Baptized 6 5 1860 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England ~ 40 ~

FREDERICK MOLD (Fourth generation) 1/. Thomas 2/. John 3/.George 4/. Frederick

Baptized 10 11 1850 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England Son of George and Silence Mold

Married: Elizabeth Pinfold 1872

(Need marriage certificate)

CHILDREN…

Silence Ann. Baptized 2 Nov 1873 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

John James. Baptized 25 Oct 1874 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Elizabeth Mold wife of FREDERICK Mold Died: March 1875 aged 20

FREDERICK Mold is now aged 25, a widower and a Labourer Living in Middleton Cheney

Marries: Hannah Baylifs/Baylip/Bayliss aged 22 Married: 14 10 1875 in The Independent Chapel of Banbury A spinster living in Middleton Cheney Witnessed by: William Bonhaw And Eliza Baylifs/Baylip Father of Hannah is: Thomas Baylifs/Baylip a Labourer

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CHILDREN OF FREDERICK AND HANNAH MOLD…

Note: IGI and census records have different names for Frederick’s wife. Hannah and Ann but the children all match for both names so assuming Ann and Hannah are the same person.

James Charles Mold. Baptized 16 July 1876 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Walter Thomas Mold. Baptized 1 Sept 1878 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

John Mold (John Horace). Baptized 27 June 1880 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

George Rogers Mold. Baptized 1 Nov 1885 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Albert Frederick Mold. Baptized 1 Nov 1885 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Eliza Rebecca Mold. Baptized 4 Nov 1888 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Frank Mold. Baptized 1 July 1893 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

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ALBERT FREDERICK MOLD. (Fifth generation) 1/. Thomas 2/. John 3/.George 4/. Frederick 5/. Albert

Baptized 1 Nov 1885 Middleton Cheney Nothamptonshire England

Married: Elsie Hicks 21 1 1905 All Saints Middleton Cheney

Witnessed by: Nellie Hicks (Elsie’s sister?) and George Mold (Albert’s brother).

Elsie Hicks Baptized 28 1 1884 Saint Paul Warwick

Parents: William George and Sarah Ann Hicks. William is a shoe maker.

Notes; Albert Frederick Mold was a groom in Lower Middleton and they moved to Canons Ashby where he worked as a coachman. The 1911 census lists Albert - Head, Elsie - Wife, Daughter Daisy b 1907, Mother-in-law Sarah Ann Hicks, and a Barnardo’s child Alfred Frances Claude Temlett b 1902 Croydon.

CHILDREN OF ALBERT FREDERICK AND ELSIE MOLD…

Albert William Hicks Mold 1914-1972

Notes; Marks grandfather was Albert William Hicks Mold 1914-1972, known as Billy Mold. He worked for The Express Lift Co in Northampton. Billy was a pianist and led his own band 'Billy Mold’s Dance Band'. He was married to Eva Hall and had two children Derek (Marks father) b 1938 and Judith b 1946.

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ALBERT WILLIAM HICKS MOLD (Sixth generation) 1/. Thomas 2/. John 3/.George 4/. Frederick 5/. Albert 6/. Albert William

1914-1972

CHILDREN…

Derek Mold 1938

Judith 1946

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DEREK MOLD 1938 1/. Thomas 2/. John 3/.George 4/. Frederick 5/. Albert 6/. Albert William 7/. Derek

CHILD…

MARK MOLD ABOUT 1964 1/. Thomas 2/. John 3/.George 4/. Frederick 5/. Albert 6/. Albert William 7/. Derek 8/. Mark

Notes from Tracey Mold; Mark works as a Carpenter/Locksmith for our local authority 'Northampton Borough Council', where he has worked since leaving school some 29 years ago. He is almost 45, I am 37, and am employed as a Teaching Assistant. I work supporting a child who is Autistic. We have been married for almost 16 years. It has just flown by.

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Mark Mold of Northampton England

Common ancestor being the first generation

THOMAS MOLD and Elizabeth Webb of Flore England 1785

At eight generation’s back with

Matthew Robert Mold of Whangaparoa New Zealand

Common ancestor being the first generation

MATTHEW MOLD

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1841 CENSUS FOR JOHN AND ANN NOTE THAT JOANNA IS NOW JOHANNA (BOTTOM LEFT TOP RIGHT)

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1841 CENSUS FOR THOMAS AND ELIZABETH MOLD: BOTTOM RIGHT

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1841 CENSUS; CHILDREN FOR THOMAS AND ELIZABETH: TOP LEFT

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NOTES FOR TRACEY AND MARK MOLD

About Me… My name is Tracey Mold married to Mark Mold for the last 15 years, with two daughters Georgia and Sophia. Mark is directly related to John Mold b 1806 of Middleton Cheney, brother of Thomas Webb Mold b 1817. We started our search as the name will die out from our branch as we have daughters and are thrilled as to what we have discovered. Long live the Mold’s!

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I have been tracing my husband’s family (MARK MOLD) with the help of my father-in-law (DEREK WILLIAM HICKS MOLD).

Last weekend, we visited MC Northamptonshire as we all live in Northampton town. Our timing could not have been better as whilst looking at All Saints Church, we were pleased to find out that it was actually going to be MC village fete in the afternoon. We went along and left details of our relatives from MC, ALBERT FREDERICK MOLD (Marks' Great Grandfather) and his father FREDERICK.

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Little did I know then...?

Hello Roger,

Thanks for information regarding Flore, I did not realise that our John was born there. It is a beautiful village not far from where we live on the Western side of Northampton. Mark is directly related to John Mold b 1806 of Middleton Cheney, brother of Thomas Webb Mold b 1817.

Marks grandfather was Albert William Hicks Mold 1914-1972, known as Billy Mold. He worked for The Express Lift Co in Northampton. Billy was a pianist and led his own band 'Billy Mold’s Dance Band'. He was married to Eva Hall and had two children Derek (Marks father) b 1938 and Judith b 1946.

His father was Albert Frederick Mold b 1884 Middleton Cheney and married Elsie Hicks b 1884 Warwick on 21st January 1905 at All Saints Middleton Cheney. Witnessed by Nellie Hicks (Elsie’s sister) and George Mold (Alberts brother)…

Albert Frederick Mold was a groom in Middleton Cheney and they moved to Canons Ashby where he worked as a coachman. The 1911 census lists Albert - Head, Elsie - Wife, Daughter Daisy b 1907, Mother-in-law Sarah Ann Hicks, and a Barnardo’s Child Alfred Frances Claude Temlett b 1902 Croydon.

Derek is searching through his photo albums and we should have pictures available soon.

Kind Regards Cousins, Tracey and Mark

John Mold baptized 1806 Flore

Albert Frederick Mold baptized 1884 MC m. Elsie Hicks b 1884 Warwick 21 January 1905 Witnessed Nellie Hicks sister George Mold brother

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ALBERT WILLIAM HICKS MOLD 1914-1972

John Mold baptized 1806 Flore

About 1830 Children

About 1860 Children

Albert Frederick Mold baptized 1884 MC

30 yr. gap

Albert William Hicks Mold 1914-1972

24 yr. gap

Derek (Marks father) b 1938 Judith b 1946

I have Albert Frederick Mold baptized 1 Nov 1885 not 1884. MC Parents> Frederick and Ann Mold

Hi Cousins, Thank you for the photos they are lovely. It may be that I'm getting a little too excited, but I can definitely see a likeness between our girls.

Mark is most definitely related to you! When I started my search his words to me were "Make sure you confirm everything... no guessing".

Mark works as a Carpenter/Locksmith for our local authority 'Northampton Borough Council', where he has worked since leaving school some 29 years ago. He is almost 45, I am 37, and am employed as a Teaching Assistant. I work supporting a child who is Autistic. We have been married for almost 16 years. It has just flown by. Georgia is 11, very academic (way above average), and just dipping her big toe into adolescence - Help!!! Sophia is 9, not as academic as her sister, but still above average, prefers Art/Design.

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Where did I get to with our Mold’s, Albert Frederick Mold? I have a copy of his marriage certificate, showing his father as Frederick Mold. Using census records believe this as Frederick Mold b 1850. Frederick married Elizabeth Pinfold in 1872 and they had a daughter Silence Ann b 1873. Elizabeth died, and Frederick remarried Hannah Bayliss in 1875.

Children of Frederick Mold and Hannah:

James Charles Mold b 1876 m Lavinia Louisa Merry-Taylor 1897 Walter Thomas Mold b 1878 m Sarah Pinfold 1900 John Horace Mold b 1880 m Ada Sarah Adkins 1899 George Rogers Mold b 1883 Albert Frederick Mold (known as Berty-census records) b 1884 m Elsie Hick 1905 Elizabeth Ann Mold b 1889 m Arthur Gibbard 1903 Frederick Albert Mold b 1894

I have a copy of Frederick/Hannah’s marriage certificate, showing his father as George Mold. Again using census records I believe this to be George b 1830, I have a copy of his marriage certificate. George married Silence in 1849, showing his father as John Mold. Using census records I believe this to be John Mold b 1806.

I agree with you about the Flore connection, this almost definitely holds the key. As of next Saturday, I am away on holidays for 2 weeks in Cornwall. On my return I plan to visit Northamptonshire Records Office, and will keep you informed.

1. Joanna Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 05 OCT 1828 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 2. Harriett Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 01 FEB 1835 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 3. Emma Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 10 MAR 1839 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 4. Lucy Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 01 AUG 1841 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 5. Frederick Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 27 APR 1837 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England

6. Frederick Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 28 AUG 1842 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 7. George Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 23 MAY 1830 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 8. Charles Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 10 JUN 1832 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England ~ 53 ~

I have 47 John Molds baptized between 1800 and 1810.

>24 yr. gap

>I have George baptized 23 5 1830 son of John and Ann

Correct from his marriage details. >20 yr. gap

Now it would appear from George and Silence marriage that they were cousins as her dad was George Mold and Ellen 1831 and his John Mold and Ann. Now I have George Mold 1785 son of James and Ann which tells me they are of James 1705 which makes George and Silence about ten generations apart.

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George and Silence married 3 12 1849 living lower Middleton

>Frederick 10 11 1850 son of George and Silence baptized 30 6 1831 daughter of George and Ellen

We have two George and Ellen’s with children in Nethercote and Middleton

1851 census George is 21 Silence is 20 Frederick 6 months old

>23 yr. gap

>Frederick and Elizabeth, children 1873, 1874. Elizabeth who?

Elizabeth stopped having children to Frederick.

Now we have marriage cert for Frederick and Hanna but IGI and my list have Frederick having children to Hanna and then Ann Census tell us he has children to Hanna, Are the children the same names?

SOURCE CENSUS

1891 census household transcript shows Frederick Mold (Head) aged 39; Hannah Mold (wife) aged 38, and the following children:

Dates seem slightly out by two years - could it be clerical error (?).

Frederick married to Elizabeth

And now we have Elizabeth Mold death March 1875 aged 20 and Frederick is a widower when married to Hannah.

Frederick married to Hannah

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We have two Fredericks baptized in MC 1842 1850 Ok this Frederick is the son of George from the marriage cert

Children… IGI v’s census

Selina/Silence Ann Mold aged 18 Elizabeth 2 Nov 1873 James Charles Mold aged 15 Ann 16 July 1876 Walter Thomas Mold aged 13 Hannah/Ann 1 Sept 1878 John Mold (John Horace) aged 11 Ann/Hannah 27 June 1880 George Rogers Mold aged 8 Ann 1 Nov 1885 Albert Frederick Mold aged 5 Ann/Hannah 1 Nov 1885 Eliza Rebecca Mold aged 2 Ann/Hannah 4 Nov 1888 ~ 56 ~

John James Elizabeth 25 Oct 1874 Frank Ann/Hannah 1 July 1893

Ok so the children’s names all check out for both sources so we can assume that Hannah is Ann as well.

1911 census household transcript show Frederick Mold (Head), Hannah Mold (wife) married for 36 years (1875) and following child:

Frederick Albert Mold aged 17 (could this be Frank?)

Albert Frederick Mold

>26 yr. gap, if the same Frederick.

>Frederick and Ann, son baptized 16 7 1876 James Charles. Son baptized 22 6 1880 John Horace, son baptized 1 11 1885 Albert Frederick (yours) and others …..

Could this Frederick with Ann have had two wives? If so we will need death for Elizabeth or other marriage to Alfred about 1875. ~ 57 ~

All quoted from baptism records for Middleton Cheney.

Cheers, Roger.

I have found Frederick a little confusing too.

I am arranging for Albert Frederick birth cert. to confirm for certain as advised. Christened 1 Nov 1885 I agree with. Many Ag Labs waited until after the harvest to have their children baptized/christened, sometimes having multiple baptisms/christenings. I am forwarding a copy of Albert Frederick’s marriage certificate.

I have a copy of Frederick Mold/Hannah Bayliss marriage cert. and have added as attachment for you.

1891 census household transcript shows Frederick Mold (Head) aged 39; Hannah Mold (wife) aged 38, and the following children:

Dates seem slightly out by two years - could it be clerical error (?).

Selina Ann Mold (Silence) aged 18 James Charles Mold aged 15 Walter Thomas Mold aged 13 John Mold (John Horace) aged 11 George Mold aged 8 Albert Frederick Mold aged 5 Elizabeth Mold aged 2

1911 census household transcript show Frederick Mold (Head), Hannah Mold (wife) married for 36 years (1875) and following child:

Frederick Albert Mold aged 17 (could this be Frank?)

1851 census show George Mold (Head) aged 21 and Silence Mold (wife) aged 20 and following child:

Frederick Mold aged 6 months

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I have attached copy of George and Silences marriage cert 1849.

Ok so now I have a marriage for a Frederick Dec 1872

And now we have Elizabeth Mold death March 1875 aged 20

And then we have a marriage for a Frederick again Dec 1875.

As I suspected his first wife Elizabeth died and he married again to Ann.

All we need to do now is confirm who the above Frederick married and then we will have your thread back to John 1806.

I have children for both Fredericks if they are the same.

We can get both these marriages off BMD for about 14 pounds.

We have two Fredericks baptized in MC 1842-1850

The first one 1842 could be Elizabeth and then Hannah son of John and Ann

The second one 1850 could be Ann? Son of George and Silence.

We also have George son of Zacharia and Elizabeth 1832 to consider as well. He would have been about seventeen eighteen depending on how long it was before he was baptized after birth.

Tracey you have to be careful about quoting birth dates as most dates were recorded as baptisms. Sometimes years after the event.

We have a George Mold death 1844 16 yrs. old, which makes him born about 1828 baptized 1830? Could this one be from John and Ann or are you absolutely sure that on the marriage cert it clearly Source IGI states son of John?

Frederick Mold 1. Silence Ann Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 02 NOV 1873 Middleton-Cheney, , Elizabeth Mold Northampton, England Frederick Mold 2. Eliza Rebecca Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Female Christening: 04 NOV 1888 Middleton-Cheney, , Ann Mold Northampton, England Frederick Mold Ann Mold 3. George Rogers Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 01 NOV 1885 Middleton-Cheney, , ~ 59 ~

Northampton, England Frederick Mold Ann Mold 4. Albert Frederick Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 01 NOV 1885 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England Frederick Mold 5. John James Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 25 OCT 1874 Middleton-Cheney, , Elizabeth Mold Northampton, England Frederick Mold Ann Mold 6. James Charles Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 16 JUL 1876 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England Frederick Mold 7. Walter Thomas Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 01 SEP 1878 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England Hannah Mold Frederick Mold Ann Mold 8. John Horace Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 27 JUN 1880 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England Frederick Mold Ann Mold 9. Frank Mold - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Christening: 01 JUL 1893 Middleton-Che ney, , Northampton, England

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5 THOMAS WEBB SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY

1/. Thomas and Elizabeth Flore 2/. Thomas and Elizabeth Middleton Cheney

Baptized 2 Feb 1817 Died Sept 1878 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

(Parents: Thomas Mold and Elizabeth Webb)

Married: Elizabeth Gascoigne 24 May 1840 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

Elizabeth. Baptized 28 Oct 1821 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

Died: 26 March 1883 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire

Parents: William Gascoigne 1793 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire

Susanna Bricknell: Baptized 24 Jan 1796 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire

Married: 7 Jan 1816 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire

NOTES FOR THOMAS WEBB MOLD…

In the 1841 census Thomas Webb Mold was an agricultural labourer In the 1851 census Thomas Webb Mold was an agricultural labourer ~ 61 ~

In the 1871 census Thomas Webb Mold was a Thatcher/ agricultural Labourer at Middle Green Thomas Webb Mold in the year 1876 was a thatcher and a butcher

>In the Northamptonshire marriage index…

>Thomas MOLD otp, (Lower), bachelor, of full age, labourer, father Thomas, thatcher >Elizabeth GASCOIGNE otp, spinster, not of full age, father William, labourer >Married: 1840 24-May Middleton Cheney >witnesses: John GASCOIGNE & Charlotte MOLD

CHILDREN FOR THOMAS WEBB AND ELIZABETH MOLD…

Mary Ann Amelia. Born: 25 Oct 1840 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

Hannah. Born: June 1842 Baptized Dec 28 1851 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

Ellen. Born: June 1844 Baptized: Dec 28 1851 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

THOMAS GASCOIGNE MOLD (NZ) of Middleton Cheney was born on 30 May 1846 in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened on 28 Dec 1851 in All Saints Church Middleton Cheney England. He died on 16 Jun 1897 in Te Mata. Raglan, New Zealand.

Selina. Born/Baptized: Mar 1849 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

Jerry. Born/Baptized: March 1851 Died/Buried: Jan 24 1852 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

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Eziah. Born: March 1853 Baptized: 23 July 1854 Died/Buried: Oct 14 1868 Lower Middleton Northamptonshire England

John Henry. Born: June 1855 Baptized: April 13 1856 Middleton Cheney Northamptonshire England

Alfred. Baptized: 13 Dec 1857 Lower Middleton Northamptonshire England

Ruth Elizabeth. Born: 7 Mar 1860 Baptized: Dec 24 1862 Lower Middleton Northamptonshire England

Arthur Webb. Born: 27 May 1863 Baptized: Feb 7 1864 Lower Middleton Northamptonshire England

Albert. Baptized: Feb 5 1867 Died/Buried: Feb 13 1867 Lower Middleton Northamptonshire England

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6 ALFRED MOLD

Born about 1857 Thatcher- cricketer Son of Thomas Webb MOLD & Elizabeth GASCOIGNE Married 11 Nov 1877 in Middleton Cheney to Elizabeth Ann Lake born about 1859

CHILDREN…

Jeremiah: born about 1878 Christened 09 June 1878

Ada Keziah: born about 1879. Aged 8 when christened Feb 13 1887

Elizabeth: born about 1880. Aged 7 when christened Feb 13 1887

Ellen: born about 1883. Aged 4 when christened 13 Feb 1887

Alfred: born about 1885.

Frank: born about 1886.

Sarah Louisa: born about 1888. Christened 17 Apr 1889

Hannah: born about 1889. Christened 24 Feb 1889

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Arthur. Born about 1891 Christened 27 Sep 1891

Hubert. Born about 1893 Christened Sept 4 1898

Agnes. Born about 1895 Christened Sept 1 1895

Percy. Born About 1897 Christened Sept 4 1898

Florence. Born about 1899 Christened may sept 4 1898

Grace Margaret. Born about 1902 Christened June 1 1902

All from the Middleton Cheney Parish registers.

ALFRED MOLD LAST ON RIGHT BOTTOM ROW.

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CENSUS RECORDS FOR FAMILY OF ALFRED MOLD

NAME YEAR 1881 1891 1901 1911 IGI AND CHRISTEN CENSU CENSUS CENSUS CENSUS PARISH ED S RECORD BAP DATE JEREMIAH ABOUT 3 13 23 Married Jeremiah 09 JUN 1878 33, Wife Ethel 1878 MB Mold 29 ADA KEZIAH ABOUT 2 11 MARRIED I AGED 7 1879 ANOTHE William Graham WHEN Fudge in Kings R Norton CHRISTENED HOUSE Birmingham West Feb 13 Midlands in 1899. AS A 1887 SERVAN T ELIZABETH ABOUT 9MTHS 10 MARRIED NOW AGED 5 1880 TO ARTHUR WHEN GIBBARD CHRISTENED LIVING IN HER Feb 13 OWN HOME 1887 ELLEN ABOUT 8 13 FEB 1887 aged 4 1883 ALFRED ABOUT 6 17 26. MARRIED 1885 AND WITH HIS OWN FAMILY FRANK ABOUT 5 15 25. WITH 1886 PARENTS SARAH ABOUT 3 13. Now in 23. Now in 17 APR 1889 WARDINGTON Wandsworth LOUISA 1888 London. SERVANT FOR Domestic cook FAMILY “CHERRY” HANNAH ABOUT 2 12 22. Now in 24 FEB 1889 Hampstead 1889 London. As a servant Arthur about 1891 10 19 27 SEP 1891 Hubert about 1893 8 18. IN THE Sept 4 ARMY NOW 1898, HERBERT Agnes about 1895 6 17. NOW Sept 1 LIVING 1895, BROMLEY ~ 66 ~

KENT AS A SERVANT Percy About 1897 4 14 Sept 4 1898, FLORENCE ABOUT 2 12 Sept 4 MAY 1899. 1898, GRACE ABOUT 9 June 1 MARGARET 1902 1902 BERTIE GRANDCH 8 MOLD ILD BORN EASTBOU RNE DOLLY GRANDCH 6 (DOROTHY) ILD MOLD ELLEN’S CHILD BORN BANBURY

NOTES FOR CHILDREN OF ALFRED MOLD OF MIDDLETON CHENEY

1891 census: Ada Keziah, recorded as Keziah, in household of Alfred W Jarvis butcher in Middleton Cheney. 1901 census: Sarah Louisa is at Fern hill Farm, Wardington, North Oxfordshire. Household of John Cherry, his wife, 9 children between the ages of 18 years and 5 months. The only other employee recorded is a cowman. I wonder whether they had any other staff that came daily. 1911 census: children living with parents: Frank is described as a labourer Thatcher, Arthur is a domestic groom, Percy is a labourer, and May is at school. Hubert (recorded as Herbert) is a private in the Northamptonshire Regiment. Still 1911 census - Jeremiah was a Thatcher, married 6 years, now living back in MC with his wife Ethel M B and 4 children. Elizabeth has been married to Arthur Gibbard for 7 years, he is an ironstone quarryman and they have 4 children and live in MC. Alfred is a platelayer, married to Esther Maud for 4 years and with 1 child.

Re Ada Keziah she must have been 19 or 20 when she married in 1899, comparing with info in 1881 and 1891 census. Could she have married without producing her birth cert? She married in a register office by licence and witnesses were not Mold or Fudge. Perhaps she did not have her parents’ permission so had to pretend to be over 21. Re the “Professional ~ 67 ~

Cricketer” for father’s rank or profession, Alfred’s occupation is recorded as “Thatcher and Cricketer” in the MC parish records in June 1902 when Grace was christened. There are two King’s Norton’s in England – one near Leicester and the other a few miles south of Birmingham in what is now described as West Midlands. Ada Keziah got married in the latter.

So Ada Keziah married William Graham Fudge in King’s Norton and her father is given as Alfred Mold, Professional cricketer. She would not have been 22 as stated. They also told me this morning that there have been boundary changes but the info I wanted was held by the Birmingham office.

Census info for Alfred and Elizabeth’s family: 1911 - Jeremiah’s wife is recorded as Ethel M B Mold age 29. The Elizabeth aged 30 is Alfred and Elizabeth Mold’s daughter who married Arthur Gibbard. Christenings of Alfred and Elizabeth’s children as on microfiche of Middleton Cheney parish records: Jeremiah June 9 1878, Alfred April 2 1886, Frank also April 2 1886, Ada Kezia aged 7 years and Elizabeth Ann aged 5 years and Ellen aged 4 years all on Feb 13 1887, Hannah Feb 24 1889, Sarah Louisa April 17 1889, Arthur Sept 27 1891, Agnes Sept 1 1895, Hubert and Percy Valentine and Florence May all on Sept 4 1898, Grace Margaret on June 1 1902. All recorded as children of Alfred and Elizabeth Mold.

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JEREMIAH MOLD 1878 - 1966

Son of Alfred Mold and Elizabeth Ann Lake

Born about 1878 Middleton Cheney Thatcher, labourer, soldier, green keeper

Married Ethel Mary Burgess Bradford Of Woodford, Halse 5th March 1905 St. Paul's, Cambridge

CHILDREN…

Walter Alfred. About 1905 Cambridge

Neville. About 1907 Middleton Cheney

Claude. About 1908 Middleton Cheney

Irene. About 1910 Middleton Cheney

Mildred Florence. About 1913 Middleton Cheney

Marguerite. About 1920 Middleton Cheney

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JEREMIAH MOLD

Jeremiah was the first born son of Alfred Mold and Elizabeth Lake from Woodford Halse, Jeremiah was christened on the 9th June 1878 at All Saints Church, Middleton Cheney. He can be found in the 1881 census living with his parents and siblings on the Lower Green in the lower part of the village, his father is listed as an Agricultural Labourer, Jeremiah was recorded as Jerry and was 3 years old, he had two sisters, Ada Keziah aged 2 and Elizabeth aged 9 months - Jeremiah grew up in the village, playing cricket and becoming involved in village activities, when he was 13 years old he was working as a Thatcher, no doubt with his father, who was a Thatcher in 1891 - Jeremiah married Ethel Mary Burgess Bradford on the 5th March 1905 in St. Paul's, Cambridge and their children quickly followed, Walter Alfred was born on 31st May 1905 in Cambridge, Neville, Claude, Irene, and Mildred Florence were born in Middleton. These children are listed on Jeremiah's Service Record. Marguerite was born in 1920. ~ 70 ~

Inevitably on the 31st March 1915 Jeremiah received his 'Notice to serve his Country', he was 37 years and 2 months old when he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in Northampton. He was 6'1 and a half inch tall and his girth measurement was 42 and a half inches. In or around the year 1922 Jeremiah and his family left these shores for pastures new, and settled in New Zealand, where his many descendants are happily living today. On the 12 July 1923 Jeremiah and his family left for New Zealand on the Good Ship the Corinthic. On board were Mr and Mrs Jeremiah Mold, Claude, Marguerite, Mildred, and Neville. At the time they were living at Glovers Cottage, Middleton Cheney. Two of Jeremiahs children Walter and Irene had already departed for New Zealand on the good ship Dorset bound for Auckland on the 3rd of August 1922. Apparently Jeremiah and his wife parted company in Auckland where Jeremiah worked as a greenkeeper. Jeremiah died in 1966 and is buried in Waikumete Cemetery in West Auckland NZ. ~ 71 ~

JEREMIAH'S SERVICE RECORD

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JEREMIAH'S WW1 MEDAL CARD

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JEREMIAH MOLD

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HEADSTONE OF CLAUDE MOLD, SON OF JEREMIAH CLAUDE WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS PUSH BIKE BY A VEHICLE AND DIED AT AN EARLY AGE ALSO CLAUDE’S MOTHER ETHEL MOLD

BELOW LEFT JEREMIAH AND FAMILY AND BOTTOM RIGHT HIS SONS

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WAIKUMETE CEMETERY

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Name: JEREMIAH MOLD Date of departure: 12 JULY 1923

Port of departure: SOUTHAMPTON Passenger destination port: WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND Passenger destination: WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND

Date of Birth: 1878 (CALCULATED FROM AGE) Age: 45 Marital status: Married Sex: MALE Occupation: LABORER Passenger recorded on: PAGE 6 OF 18

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MRS MOLD Page 6 of 18 View transcript CLAUDE MOLD Page 6 of 18 View transcript MARGUERITE MOLD Page 6 of 18 View transcript MILDRED MOLD Page 6 of 18 View transcript NEVILLE MOLD Page 6 of 18 View transcript

Ship: CORINTHIC Official Number: 115296 Master's name: F HART Steamship Line: SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CO. LTD.

Where bound: NEW ZEALAND Square feet: Registered tonnage: 7646 Passengers on voyage: 632

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Notes for Alfred Mold

Walter Alfred was born on 31st May 1905 in Cambridge, Neville, Claude, Irene, and Mildred Florence was born in Middleton. These children are listed on Jeremiah's Service Record. Marguerite was born in 1920. Jeremiah was the first born son of Alfred Mold and Elizabeth Lake from Woodford Halse, Jeremiah was christened on the 9th June 1878 at All Saints Church, Middleton Cheney. He can be found in the 1881 census living with his parents and siblings on the Lower Green in the lower part of the village, his father is listed as an Agricultural Labourer, Jeremiah was recorded as Jerry and was 3 years old, he had two sisters, Ada Keziah aged 2 and Elizabeth aged 9 months - Jeremiah grew up in the village, playing cricket and becoming involved in village activities, when he was 13 years old he was working as a Thatcher, no doubt with his father, who was a Thatcher in 1891 - Jeremiah married Ethel Mary Burgess Bradford on the 5th March 1905 in St. Paul's, Cambridge and their children quickly followed, Walter Alfred was born on 31st May 1905 in Cambridge, Neville, Claude, Irene, and Mildred Florence were born in Middleton. These children are listed on Jeremiah's Service Record. Marguerite was born in 1920.

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7 SARAH LOUISA MOLD

Christened 17 APRIL 1889

DAUGHTER OF ALFRED MOLD AND ELIZABETH ANN LAKE

We have not managed to find a marriage or death of a Sarah Louisa Mold nor have we found her on passenger lists. However, as she was recorded as Louisa Mold in the 1911 census we decided to enquire about a Louise Mold who died in Banstead Hospital in Surrey in 1956 and who was 69 - the age that Sarah Louisa would have been – this hospital belonged to the London authorities. I sent for the death certificate then Jill filled in forms to obtain further information about this lady. The form was submitted several weeks ago but Jill had no further info when we rang her (twice) recently and she was going to give them a nudge. This Louise was a widow according to the death cert but her late husband’s name was recorded as Mold. So had she been married? Paul and I have 3 children – Neil Geoffrey, Esther Jane and Ralph William. One of the many things I must do is to draw up the Mold family tree from Sarah Louisa Mold was born on August 3rd 1887 at Middleton Cheney and christened at the Parish church in the same village on April 17th 1889. Her parents were Alfred and Elizabeth Mold (nee Lake). In 1891 census she was living with her parents and siblings in Middleton Cheney. In 1901 census she was at Wardington about 4 miles from home working as a general domestic servant for a family with the surname Cherry – Sarah was then 13 years old. In 1911 census she was living in Wandsworth, London, working as a cook and using the name Louisa Mold. The only other information we have is that she gave birth to a male child on April 16th 1912 at the casual wards of Paddington hospital. That child was Paul’s father. His birth certificate gives his name as Stanley William Mold, there is no father’s name given. Paul’s father was fostered in London. We know no more about Sarah Louisa Mold.

Good evening Roger, I have followed Sarah Louisa and her siblings through the census returns 1881 – 1911. In 1881 there were 3 children: Jerry 3, Ada Keziah 2 and Elizabeth 9 months. In 1891 there were 8 children, 7 living with their parents: Jerry 13, Keziah 11 working as a servant in another household, Elizabeth 10, Ellen 8, Alfred 6, Frank 5, Sarah Louisa 3 and Hannah 2. By the 1901 census there were 5 more children. There were 9 of them living with their parents: Jerry 23, Alfred 17, Frank 15, Hannah 12, Arthur 10, Hubert 8, Agnes 6, Percy 4 and Prudence 2 (this last child is recorded as Florence in the MC parish records at her baptism). Sarah Louisa is working as a servant at Wardington. Ada was married by this ~ 81 ~ time we have a copy of her marriage cert but cannot find her in the census. Nor can we find Elizabeth or Ellen. Other info we have: 1891 census of Alfred and Elizabeth with 7 children at home and Ada Keziah working elsewhere as a servant age 11. 1901 census Alfred and Elizabeth have 9 children at home- Ada, Elizabeth, Ellen and Sarah are not there. I have found Sarah, also Ada’s marriage to William Graham Fudge in Birmingham in 1899 but I can’t find Ada in the 1901 census. In 1911 census Jeremiah 33, Elizabeth (now Gibbard) age 30 and Alfred 26 are in their own homes married with children, Sarah 23 and Hannah 22 and Agnes 17 are working in London, Herbert 18 is in the army, I can’t find Ada 32 and Ellen 28. Alfred and Elizabeth have Frank 25, Arthur 19, Percy 14, May 12 (called Prudence in 1901 census), Grace 9. They also have 2 grandchildren there: Bertie Mold 8 born in Eastbourne and Dolly Mold 6 born in Banbury area. Dolly (Dorothy) is Ellen’s child and no fathers name on birth cert. I can’t find Bertie’s birth in GRO records and enquiries to Eastbourne record office drew a blank. Have some info on Arthur Mold cricketer younger brother of your Thomas and Paul’s Alfred, also Sarah Louisa’s younger brother Arthur killed in action in WW1, saw Jeremiah’s family went to New Zealand in two groups in 1922 and 1923. All good wishes Paul and Pam

You said in an email recently that you had some news of Sarah Louisa and asked for her details. Did you discover anything? All good wishes,

In 1911 census Jeremiah 33, Elizabeth (now Gibbard) age 30 and Alfred 26 are in their own homes married with children, Sarah 23 and Hannah 22 and Agnes 17 are working in London, Herbert 18 is in the army, I can’t find Ada 32 and Ellen 28. Alfred and Elizabeth have Frank 25, Arthur 19, Percy 14, May 12 (called Prudence in 1901 census), Grace 9. They also have 2 grandchildren there: Bertie Mold 8 born in Eastbourne and Dolly Mold 6 born in Banbury area. Dolly (Dorothy) is Ellen’s child and no fathers name on birth cert. I can’t find Bertie’s birth in GRO records and enquiries to Eastbourne record office drew a blank.

In 1911 Jeremiah, Elizabeth and Alfred are all married with children. We cannot find Ada or Ellen. Sarah is in Wandsworth, London working as a domestic cook and recorded as Louisa Mold, Hannah a servant in Hampstead, London. Agnes is a servant nearby in Bromley, Kent. Hubert is in the army and is recorded as Herbert Mold. There are 5 living with their parents Frank, Arthur, Percy, May 12 who was christened Florence May plus one addition to the family Grace 9. In most cases the ages are just 10 more years each time. The only exceptions are: an Alfred who is 6, then 17, then 26. b Arthur 10 then 19. C Agnes 6 then 17.

Good afternoon Roger, Thank you for the photographs. Is the one of the cricket team from ‘Grist to the mill’? I reckon that Frank, Jerry and the Arthur Mold who died in 1915 are Sarah Louisa’s ~ 82 ~ brothers. Alf Mold is her father (he is recorded as a cricketer on the marriage certificates of two of his children) and Arthur Mold ( Lancs and England ) is Alf’s youngest brother.

Re Sarah Louisa Mold. Paul’s sister Jill had written down some years ago that Harriet Mitchener was the sister of the man who had brought her father up and that she lived at Kensal Green in London. I found a Harriet Mitchener who had several brothers and I traced their family through several sets of census returns. Harriet remained single. Now in the 1911 census I have found another Harriet Mitchener who is married. The two Harriet’s are nearly the same age, both living in London a few miles apart. So if the single Harriet is the one referred to, Paul’s father was brought up by someone whose surname was Mitchener – this Harriet had more than one brother. If it was the married Harriet I have no idea, unfortunately.

What date was the sheep stealing? Did they steal from our line?

Re photos – the earliest photos we have of Paul’s father are those taken at our wedding when he was approaching 55. Were you interested in stories of his war service or other aspects of his life?

I have a lot of work to do re Mold family tree. I ordered 55 microfiche of the parish records of Middleton Cheney and they have arrived – do you still want details of how to purchase them? Or have you obtained that info? Or can I check some info for you? I have baptisms 1851 – 1975, marriages 1837 – 1975, burials 1879 – 1999. Paul saw a second hand microfiche reader advertised on ebay, Neil bid for it for us, managed to get it and it has arrived.

Paul and I have 3 children – Neil Geoffrey, Esther Jane and Ralph William. One of the many things I must do is to draw up the Mold family tree from Paul’s father onwards and send you a copy. I decided to buy myself a laptop in the near future - I may only use it for family tree info.

Re Cold-stream Guards – I enquired about my father’s records for WW 11 and received a number of forms. I have to declare that I am next of kin and pay for the search, with no ~ 83 ~ guarantee that they will find anything because of the form in which the Guards’ records are kept. So I do not know where that leaves us with regard to obtaining Jeremiah’s records from WW1. I have not completed the forms enquiring about my father’s records yet.

Present situation: Esther and children were able to go out again following Alistair’s op and his chicken pox but after two days of going out were isolated once again as Elise went down with chickenpox. All clear now. Neil finished at GlaxoSmithKline, now on courses and interviews, baby due in 4 weeks. Have 3 sets of people interested in maisonette, one offer taken up, hopefully will proceed to completion. Have not had knee op yet, see consultant next Wed (20th May) should get some idea of date of op. Better draw this to a conclusion. Babysitting for Esther and Simon tonight as it is Esther’s birthday during the coming week. On the way we are leaving flowers at the crematorium and reading the book of remembrance as it is the anniversary of my mother’s death today – we will leave the little patio rose in the part of the woodland where my parents ashes are scattered. All good wishes, Pam

Roger, Greetings and thank you for your message. Sarah Louisa Mold was born on August 3rd 1887 at Middleton Cheney and christened at the Parish church in the same village on April 17th 1889. Her parents were Alfred and Elizabeth Mold (nee Lake). In 1891 census she was living with her parents and siblings in Middleton Cheney. In 1901 census she was at Wardington about 4 miles from home working as a general domestic servant for a family with the surname Cherry – Sarah was then 13 years old. In 1911 census she was living in Wandsworth, London, working as a cook and using the name Louisa Mold. The only other information we have is that she gave birth to a male child on April 16th 1912 at the casual wards of Paddington hospital. That child was Paul’s father. His birth certificate gives his name as Stanley William Mold, there is no father’s name given. Paul’s father was fostered in London. We know no more about Sarah Louisa Mold. All good wishes, Pam and Paul

Some info about our branch. Paul’s father was stationed in Cornwall early in the war, met Paul’s mother Lilian Emma Brind and they married on Dec 26th 1940. Valerie, Paul, Elleanore and Jill were born between Nov 1941 and July 1955. The family moved to Plymouth after the war as Paul’s father was a carpenter and there was plenty of work in Plymouth as the city had a huge amount of war damage. Paul came to Southampton in 1962 to start work as ~ 84 ~ a draughtsman with the Ordnance Survey. Valerie became a teacher, Elly is still nursing and Jill is in admin. All four married and had children and are now grandparents. Val is now on her own while her ex-husband married again. Jill has married a second time and Elly three times. Paul and I met in Southampton after I started teaching and we have been married for 42 years. Neil, our oldest, works for GlaxoSmithKline and has lived in Scotland since 1993 after he gained his first degree. He and his wife Shamyla, a doctor, are expecting their first child in June. Esther is a social worker, on maternity leave at the moment as she had Elise her second child in November, on Alistair’s 3rd birthday. Her husband Simon is an electrician- he has worked in the Antarctic a number of times, for a whole year at a time and for summers. When Esther first met him he had just returned from a year there. He last went there before Alistair was born and is not planning to go again while the children are young. They live in Southampton only about half an hour’s drive from us. Ralph, our youngest, met his wife Samantha (Sam) when they were both at Durham University. They live and work in London, both having gained places in the graduate fast stream in the Civil Service – Ralph in NHS and Sam in the Government Statistical Service. They have both gained promotion out of fast stream, both having left university in 2004.

We also queried the household where Sarah Louisa worked as father and son both had “ widow” written by their names - it has been changed now to “widower” by father’s name but no change by 16 year old son’s so have reported the error again on line. On 1911 census Jeremiah had been married to Ethel M B for 6 years. She was born in Cambridge as was their son Walter who was 5 at that time. The three younger children Neville 4, Claude 3 and Irene 1 were born in Middleton Cheney and they were living at The Forge in MC. Have looked for death of Ethel from Marguerite’s birth in second quarter of 1920 to third quarter of 1923. Wonder why her Christian name is not given on the passenger list. “Mrs Mold” is the right age to be Ethel – comparing with 1911 census.

I have a number of Alfred’s siblings using census 1841 – 1871. I wonder if I have them all. Mary Ann, Hannah, Ellen, Thomas Gascoigne, Selena, Keziah, John Henry, Alfred, Ruth Elizabeth and Arthur. Do you have any contact with any Mold’s in the UK? It didn’t sound like it from your response to our first email.

Well Roger, What a wealth of information about Jeremiah and his descendants. It is nearly all new information to me. A couple of things I know about: Jeremiah’s birth is registered in the GRO in the first quarter of 1878 and this is consistent with his age in census returns 1881 – 1911. I hope you receive the two attachments to this email: the handwritten passenger list for Jeremiah, his wife and four children showing their last address in Middleton Cheney and secondly a typed sheet shows the names of the Mold’s on board. Looking at 1911 census and the passenger info for 1922 and 1923 I have found 6 of Jeremiah’s children. Is the Rita you mention Marguerite born 1920? ~ 85 ~

Between 1890 and 1960 there are Mold’s travelling from England to NZ: Mary in 1949, Frank and Joan in 1950, Beryl and Sidney in 1957 then Christine, Denise, Frank and Joan in 1959. I don’t know which of them are emigrating or who they are!

Thank you for all the photos. (My father was in the Coldstream Guards and he was in Italy (Trieste for a long time) and in North Africa). Paul’s father was in Egypt at one time. It was very hard to imagine the conditions that our forebears had to endure in wartime when visiting the beautiful cities of Italy or cruising on the Nile. Having seen so many photos and films of WW1 it is easier to imagine the trenches of 1914 - 18 as you travel across the flat cheerless landscape of Northern France and Belgium.

Dear Roger, Thank you for the two sets of photos – we had no problem retrieving them. Paul’s family had mixed experiences in the two world wars – his father was invalided out of army in WW2 with shell shock, returning to England in a hospital ship then spending time in hospital in this country before returning home when still unpredictable in his responses. (My paternal grandfather was killed at Cambrai, France in WW1 and we are talking of visiting the area including his grave. My grandmother and my father never did). We were not many miles from Cambrai on a coach holiday to Paris three years ago but you can’t divert on a group holiday! Also thank you for the info re christenings for Alfred and Elizabeth’s children. I know some of Alfred’s siblings but I don’t know whether I have them all. I would be pleased to have all their names and dates of birth or christenings.

It is fortunate that Sarah Louisa Mold is an uncommon name. A few years ago we wrote to people researching Mold’s in other parts of the country. Various families ‘claimed’ some of them including a Sarah Louisa Kate Mold whose birth is registered in the Alderbury area (Wiltshire) in Sept quarter 1891. I gather that you must have access to a number of UK records. Paul’s sister Jill has discovered that Banstead hospital was an ordinary hospital in later years or at least some wards were. Jeremiah who went to NZ was the oldest child of Alfred and Elizabeth. I don’t know his exact date of birth. His birth is registered in GRO in first quarter of 1878. He travelled to Wellington on the Corinthic, leaving Southampton on 12 July 1923 with his wife (Christian name not given, born 1881) and sons Claude born 1908 and Neville born 1907 plus daughters Marguerite born 1920 and Mildred born 1913. Their children Walter born 1905 and Irene born 1910 left Liverpool bound for Auckland on the Dorset on 3 August 1922. All good wishes Pam and Paul

Dear Roger, ~ 86 ~

Thank you for your latest email. Your daughter must have been thrilled when she found you. Thinking of Paul’s situation, he had an immediate family but knew of no other Mold’s – no relations at all on his father’s side of the family. We have had the occasional enquiries over the years from people tracing their Mold ancestors but had not been able to find a connection. One, an Ian Mold in Australia, was convinced that we were related because his ancestors had lived in Southampton at one time (as we do). However Paul came to Southampton to work when he was 19. We were able to do some research for Ian Mold in the Southampton record office, took him back one or two generations and discovered that some of his ancestors even married in the church where Paul and I married in 1967. The DNA idea could be interesting at a later date. I don’t know whether you can get results if you have no idea of paternity – or of paternal grandfather in Paul’s case but we have a lot to follow up at the moment. Two points about Alfred and Elizabeth’s children: their oldest child is recorded as Jerry in the GRO entry of his birth and in census returns for 1881 – 1901. It is only in 1911 after he marries and is the head of the household that he is recorded as Jeremiah and again in the passenger list when he and his family travelled to New Zealand in 1923. Also the baptisms are confusing. I imagine that they were one of those families who had a reminder about christenings from the vicar every few years as they had x number of children who had not been christened and then the next group would be taken along. Paul has just joined the Northamptonshire FHS and has submitted the details of his interest and received his first magazine. We plan to go back to Middleton Cheney as our last visit was brief because we just diverted on our way back to the south coast. We also want to go to the county record office to look at parish records - we have renewed vigour since mid- January as 1911 census has convinced us that we have the right family. We have many questions about the Mold family. First, please could you tell us about the Mold’s in New Zealand? That might well be in several episodes. Nancy Long told us that when she started as voluntary village archivist about twenty years ago some of the older people referred to Jerry as “ the one who went to New Zealand” as they remembered him. However, one of the Mold’s Paul wrote to use the Banbury phone book said that quite a few Mold’s went to New Zealand and Australia at one time. I don’t know whether we have information that will help you. We have written about our research re Alfred and Elizabeth and their children and about Paul’s father’s childhood. We now have Paul’s father’s adult life, Paul and his three sisters, then all the marriages and the children and grandchildren. Incidentally, our three year old grandson Alistair was due to have adenoids and tonsils operated on tomorrow and our daughter had a phone call at 8 o’clock this morning to say that his op is cancelled due to an emergency. So having been well prepared over the last little while, he is now upset and bewildered - this situation happens far too often. Where in London is your son living and working? Our younger son Ralph and his wife Samantha (Sam) live in Lewisham and work in Central London… We are looking forward to hearing about the Mold family. All good wishes Pam and Paul ~ 87 ~

Dear Roger, Thank you for your latest email. There is not much more to say about Sarah Louisa. We looked through decades of marriages and deaths without success so concluded eventually that she probably lived as a common law wife – did not marry and died under another name. We can’t find her in passenger lists either. Paul’s father thought she went abroad in WW1 as a nurse but Paul’s sister Jill has tried that and came up with nothing. However various facts that Paul’s father told his children about his very young life have proved incorrect and that is out of the small amount that we have found out. Jill also wrote down some years ago that Harriet Mitchener was the sister of the man who brought up their father. I found Harriet and her brothers and traced their family through several sets of census returns and Harriet remained single. Now in 1911 census I find another Harriet Mitchener who is a wife, a similar age to the first, both living in London a few miles apart. Paul’s oldest sister Val said that there was someone that their father referred to as Aunt – we don’t know whether she was in the Mitchener family or whether she was possibly a Mold as more and more Mold’s went to London to work. One last item re Sarah Louisa: Years ago we noted the death of a Louise Mold in Surrey in 1956 age 69, the right age for Sarah Louisa. Having found out in 1911 census that she called herself Louisa at that time we are getting info about this Louise. There were no Louise Mold’s born at the right time and although the death cert says widow, it reads widow of ...Mold. She died in a mental hospital belonging to the London authorities. Jill is investigating that one. One set of questions we have regarded the life of Sarah Louisa any time after April 1912. Also anything about the family who brought up Paul’s father Stanley William Mold. Paul and I will be almost 80 when the next census is released so that’s too long to wait. We have gradually gathered information about previous generations. We stopped at Middleton Cheney on our travels a few years ago, spoke to staff in the village shop who gave us the name and address of the village archivist. When we wrote to her she sent us details of 1881 census showing Alfred and Elizabeth with oldest 3 children plus 1871 census showing Alfred and 3 siblings with their parents Thomas and Elizabeth. Nancy Long the archivist said that she could not go any further back than Thomas as there were so many Mold’s in the village at that time and there were several who might have been Thomas’ father. Nor could she come further forward for us. Other info we have: 1891 census of Alfred and Elizabeth with 7 children at home and Ada Keziah working elsewhere as a servant age 11. 1901 census Alfred and Elizabeth have 9 children at home- Ada, Elizabeth, Ellen and Sarah are not there. I have found Sarah, also Ada’s marriage to William Graham Fudge in Birmingham in 1899 but I can’t find Ada in the 1901 census. In 1911 census Jeremiah 33, Elizabeth (now Gibbard) age 30 and Alfred 26 are in their own homes married with children, Sarah 23 and Hannah 22 and Agnes 17 are working in London, Herbert 18 is in the army, I can’t find Ada 32 and Ellen 28. Alfred and Elizabeth have Frank 25, Arthur 19, Percy 14, May 12 (called Prudence in 1901 census), Grace 9. They also have 2 grandchildren there: Bertie Mold 8 born in Eastbourne and Dolly Mold 6 born in Banbury area. Dolly (Dorothy) is Ellen’s child and no fathers name on birth ~ 88 ~ cert. I can’t find Bertie’s birth in GRO records and enquiries to Eastbourne record office drew a blank. Have some info on Arthur Mold cricketer younger brother of your Thomas and Paul’s Alfred, also Sarah Louisa’s younger brother Arthur killed in action in WW1, saw Jeremiah’s family went to New Zealand in two groups in 1922 and 1923. All good wishes Paul and Pam

Dear Roger, Thank you very much for your three emails. I will try to keep the length of this explanation reasonable. Paul’s father was born in London. He had the name Sarah Louisa Mold under mother’s name on his birth cert, she was a domestic cook - but there was no father’s name. Paul’s father was fostered in London and talked of being in a children’s home before that. He didn’t know much about his early childhood and did not want to find out any more. He didn’t know his mother or any blood relatives. After he and Paul’s mother died we decided to see what we could find out. (I had been tracing my ancestors for some years). Many records were destroyed by enemy action in WW2, especially in London, so it was not necessarily going to be easy. Since we have been searching some records have been found and others made available. Paul wrote to various organisations that ran children’s homes – without success. We made a number of visits to London – mainly to record offices. We discovered that the address where Paul’s father was born was the casual ward(s) of Paddington hospital and we found in the admissions book that Sarah Louisa Mold had a boy on April 16th 1912 – Paul’s father’s birthday. On a subsequent visit we found an entry in the record of births of Paddington workhouse where it is stated that Louisa Mold had a male child April 16th 1912. We did not know her age or whether she had always lived in London. We went through decades of records of births and we could only find one Sarah Louisa Mold so we sent for her birth certificate and then found the family on the 1891 census, then later found Sarah Louisa aged 13 working as a servant a few miles from her parents’ home in the 1901 census. It is only in the last few weeks that we have had access to the 1911 census and we have found her in London at that time working as a domestic cook in Wandsworth not far from Paddington calling herself Louisa Mold. This is just a year before Paul’s father was born. Sarah’s sister Hannah is working as a domestic cook only a few miles away in Hampstead. We visited Middleton Cheney a few years ago and someone working in the village post office gave us the name and address of the village archivist. When we wrote to her she was able to give us some useful information. Paul wrote to all Mold’s in the Banbury phone book several years ago but that did not bear much fruit. I am sure that this epistle is enough to read for now. Tomorrow I will write again and tell you all the things that we do know and what we are eager to find out. All good wishes Pam and Paul Mold ~ 89 ~

Dear Roger, I saw a message from you re Gascoigne’s. My husband Paul is descended from the marriage of Elizabeth Gascoigne and Thomas Mold in 1840. Paul is descended from their son Alfred Mold who was born in 1857 and married Elizabeth Lake in 1877. Alfred and Elizabeth had a large family -14 children I believe. Paul’s father Stanley William Mold was born to Elizabeth and Alfred’s daughter Sarah Louisa in London in 1912. We wondered whether you knew anything about the descendants of Elizabeth and Alfred or know anyone who does as Paul’s father was fostered and did not know his true family. Pam Mold

1. Ellen Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Christening: 13 FEB 1887 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 2. Hannah Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Christening: 24 FEB 1889 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 3. Sarah Louisa Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Christening: 17 APR 1889 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 4. Jeremiah Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 09 JUN 1878 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England 5. Arthur Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 27 SEP 1891 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England

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2. SARAH LOUISA KTE MOLD - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Christening: 18 SEP 1891 St Edmund'S, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

SARAH LOUISA MOLD CHRISTENED 18 SEPT 1891 ST EDMUNDS SALISBURY WILTSHIRE

2. Sarah Annie Mould - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Birth: 11 FEB 1886 3. SARAH JANE MOULD - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Marriage: 02 AUG 1886 Saint Martin, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 4. Sarah Frances Mould - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Female Christening: 11 AUG 1887 Wimbledon, Surrey, England

1. Stanley James Mould - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 18 APR 1897 St Martin, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England ~ 90 ~

Stanley James Mould christening 18 April 1897 Salisbury Wiltshire England.

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Alfred MOLD Elizabeth Ann Lake Parents: Thomas Webb MOLD & Elizabeth GASCOIGNE Parents: Unknown & Unknown Birth: Dec 1857 Birth: abt 1859 Middleton Cheney, Woodford, Northamptonshire, England Northamptonshire, England Death: Death:

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Marriage — 11 Nov 1877 in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England all were born in Middleton Cheney i will need to check all of these off against my baptism records to prove conclusive. your line is Alfred born about 1884 is this correct?

Alfred MOLD Elizabeth Ann Lake Parents: Thomas Webb MOLD & Elizabeth Parents: Unknown & Unknown GASCOIGNE Birth: abt 1859 Birth: Dec 1857 Woodford, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England England Death: Death:

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Marriage — 11 Nov 1877 in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England CHILDREN

Name Sex Birth Death Ada Keziah MOLD F abt 1879 Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England

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Frank MOLD M abt 1886 Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England

Arthur MOLD M abt 1891 Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England

Agnes MOLD F abt 1895 Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England

Prudence MOLD F abt 1899 Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England

 1861 census  1871 census  1881 census  1891 census  1901 census  1911 census  FFHS  SoG  NBI  ScotlandsPeople

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 Home  Molds & Middleton Cheney  Photo Gallery  Arthur Webb Mold  The Churches  Middleton Cheney School  Forums  Guestbook

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8 THOMAS GASCOIGNE SON FOR ‘MOLD’ OF MIDDLETON CHENEY 1/. Thomas and Elizabeth Flore 2/. Thomas and Elizabeth Middleton Cheney 3/.Thomas Gascoigne

Parents: Thomas Webb Mold and Elizabeth Gascoigne

Birth Details: About 30 May 1846 at Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England.

Childhood: Early childhood unknown.

Occupations; Farm labourer Gunner in the Royal Artillery for five and a half years Farm labourer Re-joined Army in New Zealand (The Armed Constabulary) Contractor on death certificate (Farm related probably bush clearing or fencing) Farm owner Death Details: Thomas died on 16 June 1897, aged 52 at Te Mata in the Waikato of New Zealand. He died of heart disease over a two month period and was buried He lived for 19 years in New Zealand. (From his death certificate)

Religion: Church of England.

Marriage Details: Married on 27 September 1876 at Somerton, Oxfordshire, England to Eliza Billington.

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ABOVE: CHURCH OF SOMERTON THOMAS GASCOIGNE MOLD AND ELIZA BILLINGTON WERE MARRIED HERE

BELOW: THOMAS GASCOIGNE, ELIZA AND THOMAS GASCOIGNE JUNIOR MOLD

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CHILDREN FOR ELIZA BILLINGTON…

Barron, Fredrick, John Billington/Gates. Born about 20 Feb 1866 Somerton Oxfordshire (T. G’s Step child) Brought up by Billington grandparents married and lived a full life in Derbyshire England Son George was at WW1

Rosa Billington/Paston/Paxton. Born about 16 May 1870 St Pancras London Died about 7 March 1942 (T. G’s Step child) Rose Nicholson, wife of George Nicholson, farmer of Otahuhu

Susannah. Born about 12 Sept 1875 King Sutton Rd Warkworth Banbury Oxfordshire? Died about 8 Sept 1951 or… Dec 1875 Susannah Billington. Born at Brackley about 10ks down the road from Middleton Cheney. BDM England Annie Bell, wife of William Bell, Postal Clerk of Auckland (T. Gs Step child)

CHILDREN FOR THOMAS AND ELIZA…

Thomas Gascoigne. Born about Sep 1877 Brixworth Northamptonshire Died about 27 Dec 1919 Thomas Gascoigne Mold of Kihikihi died 27 Dec 1919 His mother is Eliza Mold of Panmure, Widow. Doctors thought he was dying from an old war wound but after an autopsy discovered he had appendicitis. His death could have been prevented

Joseph. Born about 22 Dec 1879 St Johns College Auckland or St Johns church Te Awamutu Died about 25 July 1880 Only one year old

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Arthur. Born about 12 Oct 1880 Alexandra, Waikato. Died about 1 June 1961 Soldier Boar War Arthur Mold, Farmer of Otorohanga

Elizabeth Amy. Born about 16 Feb 1883 Alexandra, Waikato Died about 26 May 1964 Elizabeth Amy Millar, wife of George Millar, Farmer of Te Mata

Grace Lillian. Born about 4 July 1885 Ruapuke, Raglan, Waikato Died about 1964 Gracie Lillian White, wife of Henry White, Butcher of Pakuranga

Herbert John. Born about 28 May 1887 Ruapuke, Raglan, Waikato Died about 2 Aug 1958 Herbert John Mold, farmer of Kaihu

William Edward. Born about 16 Feb 1889 Ruapuke, Raglan, Waikato Died about 16 Sept 1916 Shot by a sniper WW1 and lays in the Caterpillar Valley in France

Josephine. Born about 16 Feb 1889 Ruapuke, Raglan, Waikato Died about 14 April 1969 Josephine Goodwin, wife of Herbert Goodwin, farmer of Te Mata

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THE IRON BARQUE MAY QUEEN 1869- 1888 THIS GOOD SHIP BROUGHT THOMAS AND ELIZA MOLD WITH THEIR CHILDREN TO NEW ZEALAND

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9 SELINA MOLD

FAMILY OF RICHARD FULLER Note: Richard is a cruise liner Captain now working out of Florida. We have been in contact for some time now.

SELINA… Birth- death about 1849- 1901 Middleton Cheney Daughter of Thomas Webb Mold sister to Thomas Gascoigne Mold my Great Grandfather

Married George Mold Birth- death about 1849-1911 Middleton Cheney

Note: Some punters have said George is Selina’s third cousin but the DNA evidence shows they are very distant cousins probably about sixth.

Children…

Note: These seem to be all correct but treat as conjecture Arthur, William, and Harold.

George Edward Mold about 1871 Edith Ann Mold about 1872 John Thomas Mold about 1874 Albert Mold about 1876 – 1954 Selina Mold about 1878 Harriet Jane Mold about 1880- 1949 Arthur Mold about 1883 -1952 William Mold about 1886 – 1937 Sarah Jane Mold about 1888-1941 Harold Mold about 1892

Christened…

July 2 1871 George Edward son of George and Selina Mold of Grimsbury Green in Warkworth, labourer. ~ 102 ~

For all the other 9 entries the family are living in Lower Middleton and father George is recorded as a labourer.

Sept 22 1872 Edith Ann Oct 25 1874 John Thomas July 23 1876 Albert June 9 1878 Selina (same day as Alfred and Elizabeth’s Jeremiah) July 11 1880 Harriet Oct 28 1883 Arthur June 13 1886 William Oct 15 1888 Sarah Jane Sept 27 1891 Harry

LEFT: SARAH JANE MOLD BORN 1888-MIDDLETON CHENEY DIED 1941- 79 REDSTONE FARM ROAD, HALL GREEN, BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND

RIGHT: WILLIAM HUMPHREY AND SARAH JANE MOLD

LEFT: WILLIAM ERNEST JAMES HUMPHREY BORN 1890- MIDDLETON CHENEY DIED 1958- 79 REDSTONE FARM ROAD HALL GREEN, BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND

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CHILDREN…

Arthur Ernest HUMPHREY 1914 – 2004 Edgar James HUMPHREY 1917 – 2004

Edgar

Ralph William HUMPHREY 1920 – Daisy May HUMPHREY 1922 – 2001 Harold HUMPHREY 1922 – 1922

Daisy May HUMPHREY married Herbert Charles FULLER.

Daisy May HUMPHREY Born 3 Dec 1922 6 Stretton Road, Aston Manor, Birmingham, England

Died Jun 2001 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

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Herbert Charles Fuller Born 13 Apr 1921 Edmonton, London, England Died 3 Nov 1985 Solihull, West Midlands, England

CHILDREN…

David John FULLER 1946 –

Peter James FULLER 1948 –

Paul Michael FULLER 1954

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David John FULLER married Angela Jane REYNOLDS

David John FULLER Born 25 Oct 1946 Wake Green Road, Kings Norton, Warwickshire, England.

Angela Jane Reynolds Born 27 Nov 1948 Solihull, Warwickshire, England

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CHILDREN…

Richard Andrew FULLER Born 27 June 1968 Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England

Robert Neil Fuller Born 25 Nov 1969 Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire, England

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Suzanne Jane Fuller 26 Dec 1970 Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, England

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JOHN THOMAS MOLD SON OF SELINA

Hi Roger,

Some great pictures, I thought that was you in the water! No worries about the line discontinuing in NZ then eh! Lovely kids - made me think now how many Mold’s we still have in MC - not many, we've got old Gerald Mold across the way from me, he's 88 I guess he must be the oldest Mold in the village now !

BELOW: SON OF JOHN THOMAS MOLD AND CAROLINE DUNN

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THIS IS JOHN THOMAS MOLD AND WIFE OUTSIDE THEIR COTTAGE IN LOWER MC 7 ROSEHALL LANE WHERE GERALD WAS BORN IN 1924 - ABOUT THE ONLY MOLD PICTURE I HAVE OF THE OLD LOT

Denise Howes

They are yours; John Thomas (father of Gerald and Edwin) was the son of Selena, b 1848 child of Thomas Webb Mold! You know the rest - Selena married her 3rd cousin George Mold son of John Mold and Sarah Reynolds...

Selena was TGM's sister (next to him) so Gerald is close to you and he doesn’t know it - he is a lovely old man, poor ole tool now but he still walks out every morning to the paper shop, they have a look similar to yours now when I look at them ! Here is Edwin his brother - ahhh sad eh ! So handsome and so young!

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mmrhowes1added this on 29 Apr 2009 Category Type: Portrait / Family Photo In Memory of Aircraftman 2nd Class EDIN MOLD 626134, 4 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died age 23 on 13 May 1940 Son of John Thomas Mold and Caroline Mold, of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire. Remembered with honour In Memory of Aircraftman 2nd Class *EDIN MOLD 626134, 4 Sqdn., Royal Air Force who died age 23 on 13 May 1940 Son of John Thomas Mold and Caroline Mold, of Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire. Remembered with honour OUTGAARDEN COMMUNAL CEMETERY *Unfortunately a typing error exists in the original CWG memorial to Edwin, his name is mis-spelt as Edin*

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10 KEZIAH MOLD

And then her Auntie… 2. Keziah/Kezia Mold. Baptised 23 July 1854 all saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England.

Note: Daughter of Thomas Webb Mold. (Ours)

Now is there a connection with this family… 3. Keziah Mold. Baptised 12 Feb. 1837 Guilsborough, Northamptonshire. Daughter of William and Martha Mold.

And then back to this family in Middleton… 4. Keziah/Kezia Mold. Baptised, 24 Feb. 1804. Lower Middleton. Daughter of George and Elizabeth Mold.

Or is it this one? 5. Kezia Mole. Baptised, 24 March. 1805. Steeple Barton, Oxford, England. Daughter of John and Elizabeth Mole.

And then maybe this family: Remember spelling was a problem… 6. Cassia Mould. Baptised about 1770 Wirksworth, Derby. Married Thomas Alcock, 28 DEC 1789 Wirksworth, Derby, England

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Note: May be one of you or others in our family will one day make the connection?

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PHOTOS FOR DESCENDANTS OF JOHN HENRY MOLD & EMMA MOORE

ABOVE: KEZIAH MOLD

Baptised, 1 Jan 1893 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England Daughter of John Henry Mold and Emma Moore John is the son of our Thomas Webb Mold. (Ours) ~ 115 ~

ABOVE: KEZIAH MOLD. BAPTIZED 1893

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ABOVE: ELIZABETH LAKE & KEZIAH IN THE GARDEN

LEFT: KEZIAH AND FRIEND

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ELDERLY KEZIAH OFF TO CHURCH

ELDERLY KEZIAH TUCKED IN

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BELOW: DAUGHTER OF KEZIAH MOLD & JOHN THOMAS WATERS

BETTY WATERS

HILDA WATERS DAUGHTER OF KEZIAH

JACK WATER’S SON OF KEZIAH

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OTHER CHILDREN FOR JOHN HENRY MOLD & EMMA MOORE

1911 census John Henry Mold age 55 thatcher born MC Northants Emma Mold age 56 married 33 years no occupation born North Leigh Oxon John Henry Mold son single age 32 labourer ironstone born MC James C Mold son single age 29 also labourer ironstone born MC Alfred E Mold son single age 27 butcher assistant born MC Jessie (should be Jesse) Mold son single 23 also butcher assistant born MC Elizia (should be Keziah) Mold daughter single 18 mother help born MC Ronald (should be Harold) Mold son single 15 butcher’s assistant born MC. Then there is Annie M Mold daughter age 13 born MC – I have just checked and found her on 1901 census aged 3

John Henry June 1 1879-1944: John Henry buried Sept 14 1944 aged 66, Thomas Moore Sept 5 1880-1904 Thomas Moore buried Aug 1 1904 aged 24, James Charles Nov 20 1881 - 1955 James Charles buried Oct 28 1955 aged 74, Alfred Edward Jan 13 1884 -1964 Alfred Edward buried Oct 14 1964 aged 81, Jesse (boy) and Hilda Ellen May 12 1889 Hilda Ellen Christened about 1889 Jesse Christened about 1889 -1957 Jesse buried Oct 19 1957 aged 70, Stephen Christened about 1890 - 1891 Stephen buried Aug 29 1891 aged 19 months, Christopher Christened about 1891- 1891 Christopher buried Dec 12 1891 aged 5 weeks, Keziah Christened about 1893 Harold Christened about 1895 Harold buried Aug 15 1964 aged 69, Cyril Mold 1896 - 1896 Cyril buried May 28 1896 aged 11 days.

Note: All above from Middleton Cheney Parish registers

Christenings of John Henry and Emma Mold’s children as recorded in MC parish records: John Henry June 1 1879, Thomas Moore Sept 5 1880, James Charles Nov 20 1881, Alfred Edward Jan 13 1884, Jesse (boy) and Hilda Ellen May 12 1889, Stephen Oct 1 1890, Christopher Dec 5 1891, Keziah Jan 1 1893, Harold Sept 1 1895 (born April 28 1895), Cyril May 23 1896 (born May 15 1896). ~ 120 ~

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THOMAS ALCOCK 1. CASSIA MOULD - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE MARRIAGE: 28 DEC 1789 WIRKSWORTH, DERBY, ENGLAND WILLIAM MOLD MARTHA MOLD 2. KEZIAH MOLD - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 12 FEB 1837 GUILSBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND THOMAS MOLD ELIZABETH 3. KEZIA MOLD - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GASCOUGNE GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 23 JUL 1854 LOWER MIDDLETON, , NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND JOHN HENRY MOLD EMMA MOLD 4. KEZIAH MOLD - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 01 JAN 1893 MIDDLETON-CHENEY, , NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND MARY MOLDS 5. KEZIA MOLDS - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 08 OCT 1896 TYLDESLEY, , LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND

1. KEZIA MOLE - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE MARRIAGE: 1731 BANBURY, OXFORD, ENGLAND

2. KEZIA MOLE - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE MARRIAGE: 14 NOV 1731 BANBURY, OXFORD, ENGLAND SPOUSE: THOMAS HOLLOWAY

JOHN MOLE ELIZTH. 3. KEZIA MOLE - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 24 MAR 1805 STEEPLE BARTON, OXFORD, ENGLAND RICH JEE SPOUSE 4. KEZIAH MOLE - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE MARRIAGE: 1825 CHIPPING NORTON, OXFORD, ENGLAND MARK MOLL MARY 5. KASIAH MOLL - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 25 JUN 1826 SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST WITH SAINT ANN, BUXTON, DERBY, ENGLAND GEORGE MOLE MARY 6. KEZIA MOLE - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX GENDER: FEMALE CHRISTENING: 25 AUG 1854 BAYTON, WORCESTER, ENGLAND

NAME: KEZIAH BEERE VIEW AGE: 75 ORIGINAL ESTIMATED BIRTH ABT 1766 RECORD YEAR: GENDER: FEMALE WHERE BORN: OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

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CIVIL PARISH: BANBURY HUNDRED: BANBURY COUNTY/ISLAND: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRY: ENGLAND

VIEW ORIGINAL STREET ADDRESS: IMAGE

OCCUPATION: VIEW IMAGE

REGISTRATION BANBURY DISTRICT: SUB REGISTRATION BANBURY DISTRICT: NEIGHBORS: VIEW OTHERS ON PAGE HOUSEHOLD NAME AGE MEMBERS: GEORGE BEERE 45 KEZIAH BEERE 75 EMILY BEERE 15 JANE BEERE 15 ELIZABETH BEERE 12 WILLIAM BEERE 10 HARRIETT GARDNER 25

NAME: KEZIAH BLENCOWE VIEW AGE: 40 ORIGINAL ESTIMATED BIRTH ABT 1801 RECORD YEAR: GENDER: FEMALE WHERE BORN: OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

CIVIL PARISH: BICESTER HUNDRED: PLOUGHLEY COUNTY/ISLAND: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRY: ENGLAND

VIEW ORIGINAL STREET ADDRESS: IMAGE

OCCUPATION: VIEW IMAGE

REGISTRATION BICESTER DISTRICT: SUB REGISTRATION BICESTER ~ 122 ~

DISTRICT: NEIGHBORS: VIEW OTHERS ON PAGE HOUSEHOLD NAME AGE MEMBERS: GEORGE BLENCOWE 45 KEZIAH BLENCOWE 40 CHARLES BLENCOWE 20 JOHN BLENCOWE 15 SARAH BLENCOWE 13 HARRIET BLENCOWE 15 HENRY BLENCOWE 10 GEORGE BLENCOWE 8 MARY BLENCOWE 5 JANE BLENCOWE 3

NAME: KEZIAH EAGLETON VIEW AGE: 60 ORIGINAL ESTIMATED BIRTH ABT 1781 RECORD YEAR: GENDER: FEMALE WHERE BORN: OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND

CIVIL PARISH: BICESTER HUNDRED: PLOUGHLEY COUNTY/ISLAND: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRY: ENGLAND

VIEW ORIGINAL STREET ADDRESS: IMAGE VIEW OCCUPATION: VIEW IMAGE

REGISTRATION BICESTER DISTRICT: SUB REGISTRATION BICESTER DISTRICT: NEIGHBORS: VIEW OTHERS ON PAGE HOUSEHOLD NAME AGE MEMBERS: JOHN EAGLETON 55 KEZIAH EAGLETON 60 CAROLINE EAGLETON 15

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NAME: KEZIAH HUNT VIEW AGE: 25 ORIGINAL ESTIMATED BIRTH ABT 1816 RECORD YEAR: GENDER: FEMALE

CIVIL PARISH: FULBROOK HUNDRED: CHADLINGTON COUNTY/ISLAND: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTRY: ENGLAND

STREET ADDRESS: VIEW ORIGINAL IMAGE OCCUPATION: VIEW IMAGE

REGISTRATION WITNEY DISTRICT: SUB REGISTRATION BURFORD DISTRICT: NEIGHBORS: VIEW OTHERS ON PAGE HOUSEHOLD NAME AGE MEMBERS: DAVID HUNT 25 KEZIAH HUNT 25 GEORGE HUNT 6 JONATHAN HUNT 3 MARIA HUNT 1

BIRTHS DEATHS MARRIAGES

NAME: KEZIA MOLD YEAR OF 1892 REGISTRATION: QUARTER OF OCT-NOV-DEC REGISTRATION: DISTRICT: BANBURY COUNTY: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE VOLUME: 3A PAGE: 862 (CLICK TO SEE OTHERS ON PAGE)

NAME: ADA KEZIA MOLD YEAR OF 1899 REGISTRATION: QUARTER OF JAN-FEB-MAR REGISTRATION: DISTRICT: KINGS NORTON (TO 1912) ~ 124 ~

COUNTY: STAFFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE VOLUME: 6E PAGE: 594 (CLICK TO SEE OTHERS ON PAGE)

NAME: KEZIA MOLD YEAR OF 1845 REGISTRATION: QUARTER OF APR-MAY-JUN REGISTRATION: DISTRICT: NORTHAMPTON (1837-1923) COUNTY: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VOLUME: 15 PAGE: 402 (CLICK TO SEE OTHERS ON PAGE)

1901 ENGLAND CENSUS ABOUT KEZIA MOLD

NAME: KEZIA MOLD VIEW AGE: 8 ORIGINAL ESTIMATED BIRTH ABT 1893 RECORD YEAR: RELATION: DAUGHTER FATHER'S NAME: JOHN HY MOTHER'S NAME: EMMA GENDER: FEMALE WHERE BORN: MIDDLETON CHENEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND

CIVIL PARISH: MIDDLETON CHENEY

ECCLESIASTICAL ALL SAINTS VIEW ORIGINAL PARISH: IMAGE COUNTY/ISLAND: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE VIEW COUNTRY: ENGLAND

STREET ADDRESS:

OCCUPATION:

CONDITION AS TO MARRIAGE: VIEW IMAGE EDUCATION:

EMPLOYMENT STATUS:

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DISTRICT: ED, INSTITUTION, 10 OR VESSEL: NEIGHBORS: VIEW OTHERS ON PAGE HOUSEHOLD 40 SCHEDULE NUMBER: HOUSEHOLD NAME AGE MEMBERS: JOHN HY MOLD 43 EMMA MOLD 46 JOHN HY MOLD 23 TOM MOORE MOLD 20 JAS CHAS MOLD 19 ALFRED E MOLD 17 JESSE MOLD 13 HILDA E MOLD 12 KEZIA MOLD 8 HAROLD MOLD 5 ANNA MOLD 3

NAME: KEZIA MOLD ESTIMATED BIRTH ABT 1853 YEAR: YEAR OF 1868 REGISTRATION: QUARTER OF OCT-NOV-DEC REGISTRATION: AGE AT DEATH: 15 DISTRICT: BANBURY COUNTY: NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE, WARWICKSHIRE VOLUME: 3A PAGE: 436 (CLICK TO SEE OTHERS ON PAGE)

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11 EMMA MOLD AND WILLIAM HENRY SEWELL

EMMA MOLD Emma Mold baptised Oct 21 1848 is the daughter of William Mold b 1828 and Jane NEWMAN. William Mold and Jane Newman were married 7 Feb 1848 in the parish church of Middleton Cheney. William Mold is the son of Thomas Mold, (Thatcher) and Elizabeth Webb.

OK so the rules have been changed again on this forum site. As owners I guess you have that right but it certainly does not help one sort out exact families if one cannot discuss these with the use of Parish records. For years I have watched people scramble to get their family trees together and in a lot of cases without any substance and so therefore I will continue to question the validity of entries of my family line and if not on this site then there will be others.

As we now know we have two distinct families of Mold’s living in MC. This has come about by the results of the DNA test between Roger Mold family of Thomas and Elizabeth of Flore and Patrick family of Hartin Mold Middleton Cheney whose line goes back to James Mold 1705. ~ 127 ~

There is a distinct distance of 16 generations after Roger and Patrick before they have a common ancestor.

Now to siblings of Emma Mold;

This is interesting because we have two William and Jane Mold’s christening children in Middleton Cheney. (Jane Bricknell and Jane Newman) We have one William who is a labourer-Ragman and the other a Sawyer- labourer. It also seems they live in different areas as well with Middleton, Lower Middleton and Middleton Cheney listed.

They are; Emma christened 1848.

Sarah christened 1851

Emma christened 1851

Ann Eliza christened 1853

Thomas christened 1854

George christened 1857

George christened 1858

Charles christened 1859

Ellen christened 1859

Mary christened 1862

Ada Louisa christened 1865

Please correct if we have any of these as conjecture only.

Note; we have two Emma’s and two Georges.

Now our question is.

Does Denise know which Emma is hers and can she substantiate her answer with parish records? ~ 128 ~

I believe we have one Emma from Rogers’s line and one from Patricks.

With thanks, Roger and daughter

CHILDREN OF EMMA MOLD AND WILLIAM HENRY SEWELL… (Married about 1873. As yet no record of this event)

1/. Ellen Eliza Sewell. Christened 11 Jan 1874 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

2/. Sarah Jane Mary Sewell. Christened 23 Sep 1888 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

Sarah Jane

3/. Charles Sewell. Christened 14 Oct 1883, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

4/. John Ernest Sewell. Christened 27 March 1882, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England.

5/. William Henry Charles Sewell. Christened 27 April 1879, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

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WILLIAM HENRY

6/. Albert Thomas Sewell. Christened 31 Oct 1880, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

ALBERT

7/. Ernest Frederick Sewell. Christened 31 Oct 1886, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

ERNEST AND AGAIN IN THE TRENCHES

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8/. Arthur Sewell. Christened 2 Oct 1892, Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England William Henry Charles Sewell Son of Ernest Frederick Sewell

WILLIAM HENRY CHARLES SEWELL AND HIS WEDDING DAY TO BEATRICE PARENTS OF DENISE SEWELL/HOWES.

NOTES FOR EMMA MOLD MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE FOR WILLIAM MOLD & JANE NEWMAN « Back to Album Photo 10 of 10 Previous | Next

Taken from microfilm hence the colour !

Taken from microfilm hence the colour ! 7th February 1848 All Saints Church, MC.

3. William Mold - International Genealogical Index

Thomas Mold Elizabeth Mold Gender: Male Christening: 05 OCT 1828 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England This is Thomas and Elizabeth from Flore Their first William died at 13yrsold. 1. William Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 03 APR 1825 Guilsborough, Northampton, England 2. William Mold - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 05 OCT 1828 Middleton-Cheney, , Northampton, England

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1. William Mould - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Birth: 1820 , Oxford, England 2. WILLIAM MOLD - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 27 OCT 1822 Banbury, Oxford, England 3. WILLIAM MOLD - International Genealogical Index

Gender: Male Christening: 31 OCT 1830 Banbury, Oxford, England Which William married Jane Mold do you have marriage certificate for this couple?

10. William Mold - International Genealogical Index

Jane Bricknell Gender: Male Marriage: 31 OCT 1853 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 3. Emma Mold - International Genealogical Index

William Mold Jane Mold Gender: Female Christening: 21 OCT 1848 Middleton- Cheney, , Northampton, England Are there any other siblings for Emma?

1. Ellen Eliza Sewell - International Genealogical Index Emma Sewell Gender: Female Christening: 11 JAN 1874 Middleton- Ellen Eliza Sewell. Christened 11 Jan Cheney, , Northampton, England 1874 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 2. Sarah Jane Mary Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Henry Sewell Gender: Female Christening: 23 SEP 1888 Middleton- Emma Sewell Cheney, , Northampton, England

Sarah Jane Mary Sewell. Christened 23 Sep 1888 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 3. Charles Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Henry Sewell Gender: Male Christening: 14 OCT 1883 Middleton-Cheney, , Emma Sewell Charles Sewell Northampton, England Christened 14 Oct 1883 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 4. John Ernest Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Henry Sewell Gender: Male Christening: 27 MAR 1882 Middleton-Cheney, Emma Sewell John Ernest Sewell , Northampton, England Christened 27 March 1882. Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 5. William Henry Charles Sewell - International Genealogical William Henry Sewell Index Emma Sewell William Henry Gender: Male Christening: 27 APR 1879 Middleton-Cheney, , Charles Christened 27 April 1879 Northampton, England Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 6. Albert Thomas Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Henry Sewell Gender: Male Christening: 31 OCT 1880 Middleton-Cheney, , Emma Sewell Northampton, England Albert Thomas Sewell Christened 31 Oct 1880 Middleton Cheney, ~ 132 ~

Northampton, England 7. Ernest Frederick Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Henry Sewell Gender: Male Christening: 31 OCT 1886 Middleton-Cheney, , Emma Sewell Northampton, England Ernest Frederick Sewell 31 Oct 1886 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England 8. Arthur Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Henry Sewell Gender: Male Christening: 02 OCT 1892 Middleton-Cheney, , Emma Sewell Northampton, England Arthur Sewell Christened 2 Oct 1892 Middleton Cheney, Northampton, England

3. Fanny Sewell - International Genealogical Index William Sewell Gender: Female Christening: 29 JAN 1826 Middleton- Fanny Sewell Cheney, , Northampton, England

26. Henry William Sewell - International Genealogical Index

William Sewell Mary Gender: Male Christening: 03 OCT 1852 Woodford Near Daventry, Northampton, England

This could be parents for Emma’s husband Henry William Sewell

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12 SONS OF THOMAS GASCOIGNE AND ELIZA MOLD

Herbert John, William Edward and Tom Gascoigne Junior Mold, brothers lived on the family farm at Te Mata. They grew wheat and other produce and supplemented their income by clearing bush for other local farmers. Through the grapevine they had heard that land was cheap in the north, and deciding they needed a change of scenery, they loaded up their horses with all their worldly possessions and rode north. After many a day on the road, they eventually arrived at Kaihu north of Dargaville and booked into the little Hotel. The hospitality was so good here they decided that if they could buy some land locally they would settle down in this little timber milling town. The prospects were good for work as well, as this was a kauri logging area and also a large timber mill owned by the Trounson family was producing sawn timber which was then being shipped out on the newly established rail way line. After making some enquires they eventually found some rough bush land at the back of Kaihu a Crown lease, east of the Kaihu Hotel. After some hard negotiating about five hundred acres was leased. The land was mostly in bush and scrub and so the three very strong brothers set to too clear it.

A whare was built, initially with a dirt floor and a room was built on one end with a wooden floor for their mum who had travelled up from Te Mata to be the cook and bottle washer.

In time a large house was built from pit sawn timber milled on the farm. The brothers would toss a coin in the mornings to see who would work in the pit all day.

The house had three bedrooms a large lounge with an open fire, large kitchen with open fire for cooking and meals were taken here. There were no flush toilets those days so a large hole was dug out the back and a shed was built over it. This became the long drop or the outhouse. Eventually a large wood stove was brought but because there was no formed road up to the house it had to be dismantled put on horseback and rebuilt when it arrived at the house. The land was slowly cleared and would eventually run cattle and sheep. ~ 134 ~

Income was supplemented by bush felling and railway work.

Herbert John would eventually marry the local school mistress my Grandmother Henrietta Webb. The wedding was held at the Webb family home at Arapohue. (Maybe Grafton Auckland)

When first married they moved to manage a farm at Te Kuiti in the King country and the two remaining brothers ran the farm at Kaihu.

After about three years, about 1915, Herbert John and Henrietta would return to the farm at Kaihu with their first born Molly and Harold.

Thomas and William were about to join up for the First World War. Herbert John was unable to join because of a badly mended broken leg. He would later in his life loose this leg just above the knee and spend the rest of his life on crutches --- and so it was decided that he and his family would stay on the farm at Kaihu and keep the home fire’s burning while the brothers were away at war.

Before the boys went to war they bought a small cottage for their Mother down by the railway line in the Kaihu village. She had by this time sold the family farm at Te Mata. During the war one of her daughters would come to Kaihu sell the cottage and shift her mother to a small house in Panmure.

Thomas would return from the war after being injured in the stomach and he had also lost an eye. He was discharged 31.1.18 no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action and was eventually discharged on an invalid’s pension 3.2.1918. Thomas died at Hamilton hospital 27.12.1919. Cause unknown. (Maybe Peritonitis). Doctors thought it was his old war wound playing up but after he died it was discovered he had had appendicitis. Death not due to War service.

The other brother William was killed during a battle in Caterpillar Valley, Somme, France.

He was killed on the 17th September 1916 and his name is on a memorial plaque just outside the town of Longueval with 1200 other N.Z. soldiers.

Herbert John would carry on with the brother’s farm and would supplement his growing family’s income working for returning soldiers who were taking up resettlement blocks of land funded by the Government. This consisted mostly of bush felling and scrub clearing and splitting sleepers for the railway.

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His wife Henrietta would also assist with the family income by taking on sewing work for local families. The children would attend the local school with a short cut walk over Maori land of three miles or the long way five miles by road. Sometimes they would ride their horses.

Eventually the farm was returned to the Crown as the lease payment for the land was unable to be paid.

The Mold homestead which held so many fond memories for all was brought by a local sheep farmer. He pulled it down and rebuilt it into a shearing shed on his own farm.

The Mold farm was taken over by another settler who would eventually sell it as part of the catchment area for water for Dargaville. Eventually it would be planted in pines.

A dam was built and a pipe line was laid all the way to Dargaville.

During the late sixties while hunting for wild cattle I came across the old house site. The fence around it was still standing and some of the old garden plants were still living.

Herbert John, his wife and those children who had not left home moved to Dargaville and rented for about two years but the children did not like living there and so they moved back to a rented house at Kaihu. This was just before Aunty Joyce was born. The house they lived in was where the Memorial Hall is today and right behind the goal posts of the then rugby field.

The Mold’s would continue to live in Kaihu for the next several years and when Aunty Lois was eight they would move back to Dargaville to I believe a house that was left to my Gran by her Webb family. They would live out the rest of their lives here.

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THIS IS A FAMILY PHOTO BUT NOT SURE IF IT IS THE MOLD’S PIT SAWING TIMBER

ELIZA OUTSIDE HER COTTAGE AT KAIHU

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FOURTH KNOWN GENERATION NOW NEW ZEALAND

13 HERBERT JOHN MOLD 1/. Thomas and Elizabeth Flore 2/. Thomas and Elizabeth Middleton Cheney 3/.Thomas Gascoigne 4/. Hubert John

Born about 28 May 1887 Ruapuke, Raglan, Waikato Died about 2 Aug 1958 Dargaville

A SPECIAL MEMORY FROM A SPECIAL GRANDDAUGHTER…

In the little box where I keep the death notices of family I found the sixpence Grandfather Mold gave me when I was little. I had six little warts on my knee and he bought them off me. He said the warts would disappear (they did) now he owned them. I couldn't spend the sixpence or they would return. I lay it on a piece of cardboard that I carefully coloured in sat it on cotton wool and wrapped cello tape all around it. The cello tape is so yellow now I can't read the date on the sixpence.

That was so special to me at the time I have kept it all these years. ~ 138 ~

Married; Henrietta WEBB 28-08-1912, at Grafton, Auckland Henrietta born 30-03-1892, Dargaville, New Zealand Died 31-10-1969, Hamilton, New Zealand (Both buried at the New Mt Wesley Lawn Cemetery, Dargaville)

ROGER WITH HIS GRANDPARENTS AT THE DARGAVILLE CEMETERY LEFT THROUGH THE GATE AND DUE NTH - WEST

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CHILDREN FOR HERBERT JOHN AND HENRIETTA MOLD…

LEFT BACK: GLADYS, JACK, MOLLY, HAROLD, JOYCE CENTRE: WILLIAM, HENRIETTA, HERBERT FRONT: LOIS AND RUTH

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NOTES FOR GASCOIGNE

Re: your enquiry: I am updating my family tree and found your e-mail address on Google. I have a William Gascoigne born about 1793 in Middleton Cheney, Northhamptonshire. Married Susanna Bricknell also born about 1793 in Middleton Cheney. Their children were: John - Mary - Elisabeth - Thomas - Ann - Richard and William. Elizabeth married my Great - Great Grandfather, Thomas Webb Mold of whom we now have a long line living in New Zealand. I know this is a long shot but I must ask if my Gascoigne’s have any connection to yours.

I've no record of any link to a William Gascoigne at the date you mention, I've looked back in the tree and cannot readily see a connection. However with these old families it is possible that the line can be very widely spread. There was a claim by a certain Captain Clifton Charles Orby Gascoigne [around 1900], that he was related to Nicholas Gascoigne of Lasingcroft, the source of the Gascoigne family at Parlington: There is thought to be a link between the celebrity presenter Bamber Gascoigne and C C Orby Gascoigne. Essentially the bloodline of the Gascoigne family died out in 1810. The Orby Gascoigne line seems to be centred around Barking and Chiswick and later Huyton in Lancashire.

Sorry I can't be more helpful. Regards Brian Hull ...... t: 0113 281 1190 t: 0113 393 5932 m: 07999 533421 w: www.quadriform.com ...... Quadriform Dataserve Parlington Hall Aberford Leeds LS25 3EG ......

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THIS MIGHT NOT BE OUR GASCOIGNE’S JUST HISTORY ONLY…

The Gascoigne family originated in Gascony and is said to have come to England at the time of the Norman Conquest. By the fourteenth century the Gascoigne’s had estates at Gawthorpe and Harewood, where some of their tombs can still be seen. Eventually the estates were to pass on to Thomas Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, who married the Gascoigne heiress, Margaret, in 1567.

The junior branch of the family, headed by Nicholas Gascoigne, acquired the estate of Lasingcroft in 1392. This was to remain the family seat until the sixteenth century, when Richard Gascoigne purchased the estate of Barnbow not far from Leeds. This in turn was to be supplanted by Parlington. Set due west of Aberford, the Parlington estate had been bought by Richard Gascoigne's father John from Thomas Wentworth in 1546.

Sir John Gascoigne, the 1st Baronet, succeeded in 1602; he was Richard Gascoigne's grandson and until the death of Sir Thomas Gascoigne in 1810 there was a continuous succession. Sir John and his family had reverted to Roman Catholicism in 1604. Sir Thomas, 2nd baronet, also a zealous Catholic, was an ardent supporter of the Royal cause in the Civil War and had his land confiscated in 1644. A critic said of him that he was mentally incapable, but he gave some indication of his ability when he secured his own acquittal in the face of the notorious Judge Jeffries, on a charge of treason for his part in the so-called Barnbow Plot. He afterwards retired to Lampspringe, in Germany, where his younger brother John was Abbot, and died there in 1686.

His surviving son succeeded him but died without an heir, whereupon the estates passed to his two nephews in turn. The elder, Thomas, 4th Baronet, who is said to have conformed to the Established Church, also died without heir, leaving his estates to his brother. In 1723 the lands were inherited by Edward Gascoigne, who became the 6th Baronet. He travelled extensively on the Continent, returning to settle at Parlington in 1726. In the same year he married Mary, the daughter and heir of Sir Francis Hungate of nearby Huddleston Hall. She eventually brought with her a considerable estate; the Elizabethan Hall survives to this day.

He was succeeded by his two sons, the younger, Sir Thomas, became 8th Baronet in 1762. Born at Cambrai in 1745 and educated in France, he had spent a large part of his early life on the Continent. He returned to settle at Parlington in 1779, a year which also saw him in

Paris, Bordeaux, Milan, Naples and Rome, where he was painted by Pompeo Batoni. He is depicted in the elegant pose and cultured surroundings, symbolic of his education, taste and intellectual pursuits. Such portraits were Batoni's specialty. Indeed it was Sir Thomas who acquired Francis Wheatley's Irish House of Commons and ordered the Chinese ~ 142 ~ armorial tea and dinner services which can still be seen in the house. He was a Member of Parliament and the strength of his political views is reflected in the Triumphal Arch built on his estate at Parlington to show his approval of American Independence. The architect was Thomas Leverton, who was also among those who submitted designs for a new house at Parlington; John Carr of York was another.

Sir Thomas was a keen agriculturist and racehorse owner; his successes are commemorated in the magnificent series of Race Cups at Lotherton. He renounced the Roman Catholic faith of his predecessors and died without heir in 1810. Under his will the estates passed to Richard Oliver, son of the Hon. Silver Oliver of County Limerick: he married Sir Thomas's step-daughter and, taking the surname and arms of Gascoigne, lived at Parlington for thirty- three years and maintained the agricultural interest and racing successes of Sir Thomas. It was he who in 1825 purchased Lotherton Hall and Park from Lamplugh Raper, a local landowner.

R. 0. Gascoigne's daughters Mary Isabella and Elizabeth inherited the estate in 1843, and whilst unmarried lived together at Parlington. They were noted for their generosity both locally (building the Almshouses at Aberford in a picturesque Gothic style in 1844) and in Ireland, where they assumed responsibility for the relief of distress on their Oliver estates during the potato famine of 1846-47. When they married they divided the Yorkshire lands between them, Mary Isabella living at Parlington with her husband Frederick Charles Trench, who took the surname Gascoigne. Elizabeth married Charles' cousin Frederick Mason Trench, the 2nd Baron Ashtown, in 1852. They took the Lotherton property although they did not live there, and died without an heir. In 1893 Lotherton passed to Mary Isabella's son Colonel Frederick R. T. T. Gascoigne, a noted soldier and traveler.

Together with his wife Gwendolen, daughter of a famous engineer, Sir Douglas Calton (and second cousin to Florence Nightingale), the Colonel set about remodeling and improving the house to accommodate his growing family. From 1897 to 1931 a new dining room, entrance hall, drawing room and servants' wing were added to the house, whilst Mrs Gascoigne created the charming Edwardian gardens along the south front. In 1905 the Gascoigne’s inherited the Parlington estates and hall. Many of the furnishings were transferred to Lotherton and the old house was shuttered and abandoned. It was finally demolished in the 1950’s.

Colonel and Mrs. Gascoigne had three children, Alvary, Oliver (who died in infancy) and Cynthia. Alvary inherited the house in 1937 and, on his retirement from the Diplomatic Service, lived here with his wife Lorna Priscilla, until his death in 1970. Sir Alvary and Lady Gascoigne made few alterations to the house but enriched it with oriental works of art acquired during Sir Alvary's service as British Ambassador to Japan and Moscow. Sir Alvary's only son, Douglas Wilder Gascoigne, was killed in action during the Second World War and in 1968 the house and its contents were presented to the City of Leeds, together with an ~ 143 ~ endowment fund for buying works of art for the collection. Many of the Gascoigne’s friends and retainers continue to live on in Aberford and the surrounding area.

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14 BURGESS

NOTES FOR BURGESS CONNECTED TO OUR GASCOIGNE THRU SUSANNA BRICKNELL

(I have this thread if any one requires it)

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THE ADJOURNED INQUEST AT MIDDLETON CHENEY

The adjourned inquest on the new born child of Mrs. Mary Ann Burgess was resumed yesterday week. Since the former inquiry the case has assumed an additional degree of melancholy interest in consequence of the death of Mrs. Burgess. It may be remembered that on Friday the 6th of March inst., Mrs. Burgess being ill sent for Mr. Croome, Surgeon, of Middleton (who had previously been attending her daughter for fever), and then informed him she had given birth to a child about three weeks before, which was concealed in a box under her bed. Mr. Croome supposing her to be wandering in her mind, paid but slight attention to the remark, as neither he nor any of her attendants had the slightest suspicion of her having been enceinte. A woman, however, who was present, remarking it might be true, Mr. Croome directed the box to be opened, when the body of the child was discovered. From its appearance on a cursory examination, Mr. Croome supposed that if the child had been born alive it had died immediately after birth. Mr. Croome considered it requisite for an inquest to be holden, and caused information to be given to the coroner of the circumstance. The inquest was accordingly summoned, Mr. Weston, the coroner, having in the meantime directed Mr. R. S. Wise, of Banbury, to examine the body of the child, and to attend and give evidence at the inquest. Mr. Croome; being called upon to give his evidence, refused to do so, stating his unwillingness, and ultimately his determination not professionally to meet Mr. R. S. Wise. After considerable altercation Mr. Weston threatened to commit Mr Croome to Northampton gaol for contempt of the law. The coroner, however, on consideration, adjourned the inquest for one week, in order to give time for a legal notice to be served on Mr Croome. At the adjourned Inquest yesterday week, Mr. Croome attended for examination, as well as Mr. R. S. Wise. Mr. Croome stated in effect that he should not have objected to meet any other medical man; but he considered Mr. Wise had been guilty of some unprofessional conduct, which he felt bound to resent; in addition to which, he considered that having been Mrs. Burgess's medical attendant, the case ought to have been placed in his hands. Mr. Croome then tendered his evidence, which went to shew the finding of the body upon Mrs. Burgess's confession; that she was at that time suffering from fever {that he bled her for fever,and that his treatment would have been the same had he been aware she had had a child. Mrs. Burgess told him Mr. John Golby junior was the father of the child. Mr. Croome believed; the child was nearly at its full period, but that it was a simple ease of preternatural labour, under which circumstances the child born more frequently died than lived. Mrs. Burgess was wandering in her mind at times, Mr. R. S. Wise, Surgeon, Banbury, stated he had made a post mortem examination of the body. Observing a mark round the child's neck, be suggested to the coroner the propriety of instituting a search In Mrs. Burgess house for a cap string or ligature likely to make such a mark, and the ribbon produced by the policeman (which was much stained with blood) would, if doubled, produce such a mark. On his post mortem examination he found that the child had been born alive, and had respired freely, but could not say how long it had lived. It was about a fortnight under its full time. Mr. Wise explained the tests he had applied to prove the child did live after the birth. The mark round the neck was in some places deep enough to place the finger in the cavity. Had examined Mrs Burgess by direction of the coroner could not swear she had been delivered a child but was of the opinion she probably had been. The ribbon was one likely to be used in bleeding the arm. The other evidence was that of the policeman, who stated that for the purpose of search Mrs. Burgess had been removed from one bed to another, but he made as quiet a search as possible. He found the ribbon and napkin produced, Mr. Croome, upon ~ 151 ~ being asked by the coroner, stated that the ribbon produced was the identical ribbon be had used in bleeding Mrs. Burgess in the arm. The coroner then summed up, and the Jury returned the following verdict. “That the child was born alive, but by what means it came by its death we have not sufficient evidence to show." On the day following the inquest Mrs. Burgess died, and on Monday a Jury was summoned to hold an Inquest on her body. The principal evidence in this case was from Mr, Croome, and Mr. Chesterman, Surgeons, and from attendants, to shew the fact of the policeman's search, and Mr. Wise's examination of the person of Mrs. Burgess. The evidence of the attendants went to shew that the search was made quietly and without unnecessary alarm to Mrs. Burgess; but that from that day she had gradually got worse, thinking she was in custody, and was much excited by the policeman’s visit. Mr. Croome stated he had been attending the daughter of Mrs. Burgess for fever, for two mouths past, and was first in attendance on Mrs. Burgess, on the 21st of February, when she was suffering from fever and great nervous irritability, he attended her constantly till Tuesday last, when Owing to the circumstances that had occurred at the previous inquest he gave the case entirely into the hands of Mr. Chesterman. Had no doubt she died from fever: considered her removal from her bed for the purpose of search was improper under the circumstances in which it was conducted, although if properly conducted it might not have injured the deceased. Would not say it had injured her, but considered be ought to have been consulted by the policeman before she had been removed. The coroner did not know how Mr. Croome could expect to be consulted after he had set the court at defiance in the manner he had done. Mr. Croome last saw Mrs. Burgess on Tuesday morning. She was then very ill, in a dangerous state; had no doubt her distress of mind acted on her body, and aggravated the fever. Had had most favourable hopes of Mrs. Burgess till after the discovery of the child. since which time she had been gradually getting worse. Mr. Chesterman, Surgeon, of Banbury, found Mrs. Burgess in bed, on Tuesday last, suffering from symptoms of advanced fever. Her having had a child would not necessarily lend to different treatment, but that circumstance, with fever previously existing, would tend to aggravate that fever. Witness desired her to be kept perfectly quiet, the room was darkened, and no person but the nurses admitted ; but upon his next visit he found Mr. R. S. Wise had seen her and examined her, which was contrary to etique'te, without previous consultation with witness, and in deceased's state of health decidedly improper. Would not say it had a prejudicial effect upon deceased, but it was improper. On Wednesday, found her labouring under great exhaustion. and delirium, and commenced giving Port wine and restoratives, but she gradually sunk, and died on Saturday morning. The coroner remarked, he had considered it necessary, for the sake of justice, that an examination should take place, as it was requisite, to get proper evidence; that his duty had been a painful one to perform ; he had performed it as mercifully as he could. Mr. Chesterman must he aware he should have been justified in giving Mrs. Burgess in charge. Mr. Chesterman could only regret it was deemed necessary in Mrs. Burgess's state of health, as it had caused her great additional excitement. John Frederick Carpenter, police officer, was then examined at length, to shew in what manner he had performed his duty, and proved he had acted in the most kind and quiet way he possibly could. The coroner then summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of " Died from fever, aggravated by mental sufferings brought on from giving birth to a child." The Revds. F. Litchfield and F. Clerke. magistrates, attended the inquest. As we understood, if Mrs. Burgess had not been deceased, evidence would have been taken before them upon the charge of concealment of birth.

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15 PATRICK KENNY

FAMILY OF PATRICK KENNY/MOULD/MOLD AMERICAN THREAD

What a very interesting gentleman Patrick is. He has so much information relating to Mould/Mold it is unbelievable but unfortunately he is off line now as the DNA results have changed his original entries somewhat. I have known Patrick for some time now and he is also absolutely sure that I have made the right conclusion re our family thread. His family came from Middleton Cheney as well with his ancestor being Mold when he got on the ship for the States and Mould when he got off. It has been Mould ever since. Patrick was adopted out hence the surname ‘Kenny’ and so it was with good faith that I decided to have a DNA test done with him to try and sort out his thread. Little did we know what a can of worms it would open up? It has all been good. Patrick is a computer programmer and lives in Las Vegas.

HISTORY OF THE MOULD’S OF AMERICA

Dear Roger, John Mould, and at least his siblings Elizabeth Mould, Thomas Mould Jr., James H. Mould and their father Thomas, step-mother Mary Anne Morrell-Mould, immigrated to the Port of New York, United States of America on 22 Aug 1839, (John, Thomas, James being under the age of 18 at the time) and John & his brother Thomas were naturalized as U.S. Citizens on 31 Oct 1844.

As I mentioned previously, until my direct line came to the United States, I found the family itemized in various primary source records with the surname spelled Mold, Mole, and Mould...

Since the family has been in the United States, they have always spelled it Mould in all records I have found, except for a corrupted spelling by a census taker in 1850 which listed the spelling as MENL.

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Patrick’s Thread

James MOULD - Kit#: 39882 James MOULD/MOLD of Middleton-Cheney is the paternal 8th great-grandfather of this Participant. 1st Generation: James MOULD/MOLD b. about 1683 Presumably Middleton-Cheney, Northamptonshire, England d. 1743 bur. 15 Jan/Sep 1743 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England m. 28 Dec 1704 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England Spouse Mary LINES.

2nd Generation: James MOULD/MOLD c. 23 Sep 1705 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England d. 1769 bur. 13 Feb 1769 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England m. Date or Location Unknown Spouse Ann

3rd Generation: Thomas MOULD/MOLD c. 6 Aug 1738/1739 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England m1. Date or Location Unknown Spouse Ann HARTIN m2. 16 Nov 1777 Church of England, St. Mary's Parish Church of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Spouse Hannah HARTIN

4th Generation: Hartin MOULD/MOLD c. 7 Feb 1773 All Saints, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire, England d. 1838 Neithrop, Banbury Borough, Oxfordshire, England bur. 4 Mar 1838 St. Mary's Cemetery, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England m. 30 Mar 1794 Church of England, St. Mary's Parish Church of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Spouse Hannah TREDWELL c. 7 Apr 1776 Church of England, St. Mary's, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England

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5th Generation: Thomas MOULD/MOLD c. 9 Oct 1796 Church of England, St. Mary's, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England d. aft 1850 Presumably Saratoga County, New York, United States m1. 11 Jan 1813 Church of England, St. Mary's, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England Spouse Sarah BUSBY c. 11 Jan 1792 Church of England, St. Mary's, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England d. 1830 Nethercote, Banbury Parish, Northamptonshire, England bur. 11 Jul 1830 St. Mary's Cemetery, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England m2. 22 Jan 1833 Church of England, St. Mary's Parish Church of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Spouse Mary Anne MORRELL c. 9 Dec 1798 Church of England, Parish Church of Deddington, Oxfordshire, England d. aft 1850 Presumably Saratoga County, New York, United States

6th Generation: John MOULD/MOLD b. 8 Feb 1821 Nethercote, Banbury Parish, Northamptonshire, England c. 11 Mar 1821 Church of England, St. Mary's, Banbury Parish, Oxfordshire, England d. 18 Jan 1892 Milton, Saratoga County, New York bur. 20 Jan 1892 Ballston Village Cemetery, Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York m. 24 Oct 1840 New York Spouse Mary Ann BEEMAN b. 30 Aug 1824 Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York c. 24 Apr 1825 First Presbyterian Church at Ballston, Ballston Center, Saratoga, New York d. 18 Sep 1900 West Albany, Albany County, New York bur. 20 Sep 1900 Ballston Village Cemetery, Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York

7th Generation: Edward Busby MOULD b. 17 Mar 1847 Glenville, Schenectady County, New York d. 26 Jan 1898 Red House, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York bur. 29 Jan 1898 Greenwood Cemetery, Red House, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York m1. 7 May 1871(D) Saratoga County, New York Spouse Emma Lucinda WELLS m2. 28 Sep 1877 Schuylerville Methodist Church, Saratoga County, New York Spouse Emma Lucinda WELLS b. 27 Aug 1855 Saratoga County, New York d. from 4 Apr 1930 to 1938 bur. Greenwood Cemetery, Red House, Salamanca, Cattaraugus County, New York

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8th Generation: Ray Beeman MOULD I. b. 25 Feb 1888 Greycourt, Orange County, New York d. 10 Apr 1949 Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon bur. Portland Memorial Inc, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon m1. 21 Sep 1910(D) La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana Spouse Marie Mayme WILLIS b. 23 Jul 1891 Wellsboro, Noble Township, La Porte County, Indiana d. 27 Jun 1965 La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana bur. 1 Jul 1965 Union Mills Cemetery, Union Mills, Noble Township, La Porte County, Indiana m2. Edna Marie DAVIDSON b. 5 May 1890 Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio d. Jun 1974 Seattle, King County, Washington bur. Portland Memorial Inc, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

9th Generation: Ray Beeman MOULD II. b. 12 Nov 1911 Union Mills, Noble Township, La Porte County, Indiana d. 28 Oct 1978 Panorama City, Los Angeles County, California bur. Union Mills Cemetery, Union Mills, Noble Township, La Porte County, Indiana m. 25 Jun 1932 La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana Spouse Ruth Irene LAIN b. 21 Oct 1911 La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana d. 18 Jan 1982 Evergreen Hospital, Kirkland, King County, Washington bur. 22 Jan 1982 Valhalla Cemetery, Burbank, Los Angeles County, California

10th Generation: Eugene Raymond MOULD b. 26 Oct 1938 Holy Family Hospital, La Porte, La Porte County, Indiana d. 23 Nov 1998 Pacoima, Los Angeles County, California m. 27 Oct 1961(D) St. Mark's Lutheran Church 2064 Fifth Street San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California Spouse Donna Rolfe BOWERS b. 11 Dec 1937 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California d. 29 Jan 1998 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona

11 th Generation: Living Paternal lineage of Participant # 39882: James MOULD & Mary LINES

James MOULD & Ann ______~ 159 ~

Thomas MOULD & Ann HARTIN

Hartin MOULD & Hannah TREDWELL

Thomas MOULD & Sarah BUSBY

John MOULD & Mary Ann BEEMAN

Edward Busby MOULD & Emma Lucinda WELLS

Ray Beeman MOULD I. & Marie Mayme WILLIS

Ray Beeman MOULD II. & Ruth Irene LAIN

Eugene Raymond MOULD & Donna Rolfe BOWERS

Living.

Sources http://www.familytreedna.com/kit.html http://www.familytreedna.com/public/mould/ This one for results http://www.familytreedna.com/faq.html http://www.familytreedna.com/faq_privacy.html http://forums.familytreedna.com/ http://www.mouldfamily.com/moulddnaproject/dnaresources.htm https://www9.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/atlas.html

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PHOTOS FOR THE MOULD FAMILY FROM MIDDLETON CHENEY AND THEN AMERICA

Itemization:

John Mould - 4 - his father, my paternal 3rd great-grandfather: John Mould.

Ray Mould Sr - 1 - his father, my paternal great-grandfather: Ray Beeman Mould I. Edward B. Mould - 1865 - his father, my paternal 2nd great-grandfather: Edward Busby Mould I.

Ray Mould Jr. & Ruth Lain - his parents, my paternal Grandparents: Ray Beeman Mould II. and Ruth Irene Lain

Dad-Sepia – Patricks Birth Father: Eugene Raymond Mould

All the pictures of Patrick were taken 15 Aug 1999, at 37 years of age.

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LEFT: JOHN MOULD AND MARY BUSMAN RIGHT: JOHN MOULD

LEFT: EDWARD B MOULD

RIGHT: RAY MOULD SNR

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LEFT: RAY MOULD JNR RUTH LAIN

RIGHT: DAD-SEPIA - MY BIRTH FATHER: EUGENE RAYMOND MOULD

RIGHT: PATRICK KENNY.

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16 TWO SHEEP MOLD

MOLD CONVICTS MIDDLETON CHENEY TO TASMANIA

Note: From previous research I seem to remember my conclusion for this story was that these scallywags were from Patricks line of Mold’s in Middleton Cheney. There were two distinct threads of Mold families living in this area, ours and Patricks. From DNA evidence we had a common ancestor about 12-16 generations out.

Anyway I have found this research fascinating so have endeavoured to build the big picture of the puzzle from information contributed from my many sources. Names…

1851 CENSUS JOSEPH MOLD 59 SARAH MOLD 58

1861 CENSUS JOSEPH MOLD 69 SARAH MOLD 68

JOHN MOLD DIED AT SALTWATER RIVER TASMANIA 17 DEC 1843

THOMAS MOLD DEPARTED 7 APRIL 1836 FOR LIFE ON THE HENRY PORCHER

RICHARD MOLD DEPARTED 7 APRIL 1836 FO LIFE ON THE HENRY PORCHER

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THOMAS AND RICHARD MOLD News Clip

Richard Mold, aged 21, Thomas Mold aged 18, and Charles Waters aged 17, were charged with stealing a sheep, the property of Robert Blencowe Robert Blencowe lives at Marston St, Lawrence. On Monday March 1 he had 53 sheep. On the Thursday morning following a man named Richard Stanton brought him one of the skins. ~ 165 ~

Richard Stanton works for Mr Blencowe. He and another man Thomas Stanton who has since gone to America found the skin under a hedge. About 40 Yards off they found an ash stick. Mr. Weston produced the examination of the prisoners before the magistrates. R. Mold stated that on the Wednesday night he and the other two prisoners went into a grass field where there were some sheep. They drove them into a corner, caught one, killed it, skinned it and carried it home and divided it. Thomas Mold and Charles Waters made a similar admission. The jury found all the prisoner’s charged guilty. Sentence to be actioned: transported for life. Thomas Mold aged 19 and William Spencer, aged 20 were charged with stealing a sheep, the property of Jos. Mawle of Warkworth. Thos Mawle is the son of the prosecutor. He counted his father’s sheep on the 26th February. On the following morning one was missing and he found a sheep skin in a neighbouring field, which he supposed to be long to father’s sheep. He showed it to his father. Joseph Mawle identified the skin as belonging to one of his sheep. The examinations of the prisoners were read by Mr. R. Weston, admitting the felony. Guilty as charged: Transportation for life. William Smith, aged 24 and Thomas Mold aged 19 were indicted for stealing a sheep, the property of Mr. Wm. Dickens, of Warkworth. Wm. Gray is ploughboy to Mr. Dickens. On a Saturday evening in February last, he counted his masters sheep. Mr. William Dickens missed one of his sheep on the following morning. He found that the sheep had been killed in an adjoining field------The examination of the prisoner Smith before the magistrate was read in this case, fully admitting the felony. There was no evidence against Mold on this indictment, who was acquitted. Smith was found to be guilty and sentenced to be transported for life.

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ABOVE: A VERY DIFFICULT TO READ CENSUS BUT CAN JUST DECIPHER ROBERT BLENCOWE AND HIS SISTER CATHERINE. ROBERT WAS BORN C 1800 AND IS LISTED AS A FARMER. IN A LATER CENSUS CATHERINE IS LISTED AS BEING FIVE YEARS OLDER AND HIS HOUSEKEEPER. IN 1861 HE FARMS OVER 100 ACRES AND EMPLOYS 4 MEN

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FOLLOWING IS SOME HISTORY OF MARSTON ST LAWRENCE

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ABOVE: CONVICT RECORDS FOR THOMAS AND RICHARD MOLD

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ABOVE: 1851 JOSEPH AND SARAH MOLD IN MIDDLETON CHENEY

ABOVE: 1861 JOSEPH AND SARAH MOLD IN MIDDLETON CHENEY

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Henry Porcher

ABOVE: VIEW IN PORT ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. ABOUT ONE MILE BELOW THE PRESENT LANDING PLACE (LOOKING UP THE RIVER) SHOWS FROM LEFT DAVID, HENRY PORCHER, GOSHAWK, EDEN AND EMERALD ISLE

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ABOVE: THOMAS AND RICHARD MOLD 1836

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ABOVE: POSSIBLE PARENTS OF THOMAS AND RICHARD MOLD NOTE: RICHARD AND THOMAS MOLD CONVICTS FROM MARSTON, ST. LAWRENCE

FAMILY TREES CONJECTURE ONLY DENISE AND THEN GRAHAME’S

Descendants of: Page 1 of 1 Australia. Thomas Mold 1st Generation 1. Thomas Mold was born on Aug. 18, 1816 in Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire and died in 1880 in Victoria, Australia. He married 1st Mary then Ann Jewell in 1850. Mary Ann was born in 1829 in Cornwall England and died in 1860 in Victoria, Australia. He married 2nd Mary Ryan in 1861 in Victoria Australia. Children of Thomas Mold and Mary Ann Jewell i. 2. Sarah Elizabeth Mold was born in 1851 in Ceres, Victoria, Australia and died in 1908 in Narrandea, NSW, Australia. ii. 3. Joseph Mold was born in 1853 in Victoria, Australia and died on an unknown date. ~ 173 ~ iii. 4. Mary Ann Mold was born in 1855 in Geelong Victoria Australia?: and died in 1929 in Natte Yallock, Victoria Australia. iv. 5. Thomas Mold was born in 1858 in Geelong Victoria Australia?: and died in 1934 in Majorca Victoria Australia. v. 6. Frances Mold was born in 1860 in Leigh Creek, Victoria Australia and died in 1860 in Victoria, Australia. Children of Thomas Mold and Mary Ryan vi. 7. Ann Mold was born in 1862 in Victoria Australia and died on an unknown date. 2nd Generation (Children) 2. Sarah Elizabeth Mold was born in 1851 in Ceres, Victoria, Australia and died in 1908 in Narrandea, NSW, Australia. 3. Joseph Mold was born in 1853 in Victoria, Australia and died on an unknown date. 4. Mary Ann Mold was born in 1855 in Geelong Victoria Australia ? and died in 1929 in Natte Yallock, Victoria Australia. She married James Henderson. James, son of Thomas Henderson and Mary Ann Thompson, was born in 1857 in Melbourne, Australia and died in 1929 in Victoria, Australia. Children of Mary Ann Mold and James Henderson i. 8. Ellen Henderson was born in 1888 in Natte Yallock, Victoria Australia and died in Melbourne, Australia. 5. Thomas Mold was born in 1858 in Geelong Victoria Australia? And died in 1934 in Majorca Victoria Australia. 6. Frances Mold was born in 1860 in Leigh Creek, Victoria Australia and died in 1860 in Victoria, Australia. 7. Ann Mold was born in 1862 in Victoria Australia and died on an unknown date. 3rd Generation (Grandchildren) 8. Ellen Henderson was born in 1888 in Natte Yallock, Victoria Australia and died in Melbourne, Australia. She married E lkannah A McDiarmid in 1947 in Bright Victoria. Elkannah A, son of Angus McDiarmid and Alice Elizabeth Vaughan, was born in 1891 in Western Australia and died in 1947 in Bright Victoria. Children of Ellen Henderson and Elkannah A McDiarmid i. 9. Donald Henry McDiarmid was born in 1913 in Moonee Ponds Victoria and died in 2001 in Sunshine Victoria. 4th Generation (Great-grandchildren) 9. Donald Henry McDiarmid was born in 1913 in Moonee Ponds Victoria and died in 2001 in Sunshine Victoria. He married A lma D E Chivel lin 1935 in St Thomas Essendon. Alma D E, daughter of Henry (Harry) S Chivell and Mary Dora English, was born in 1912 in Ascot Vale Victoria and died in 2004 in Sunshine Victoria. ~ 174 ~

CHURCH WHERE THOMAS MOLD MARRIED IN AUSTRALIA

Parents;

>I have Thomas Mold and Ann Gulliver from Warkworth to consider as well. Married @ Marston St Lawrence. 30 8 1762

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about Richard Mold

Name: Richard Mold

Vessel: Henry Porcher

Convicted Date: 7 Apr 1836

Voyage Date: 1 Aug 1836

Colony: Van Dieman's Land

Piece: HO 11/10

Place of Northampton Conviction:

County of Northampton

Conviction:

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Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about James Smith

Name: James Smith [James Mold]

Vessel: Henry Porcher

Convicted Date: 26 Feb 1834

Voyage Date: 29 Aug 1834

Colony: New South Wales

Piece: HO 11/9

Place of Herts Conviction:

County of Herts Conviction:

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about Thomas Mold

Name: Thomas Mold

Vessel: Minerva

Convicted Date: 3 Dec 1823

Voyage Date: 8 Jul 1824

Colony: New South Wales

Piece: HO 11/5

Place of London Conviction:

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788 about William Mould

Name: William Mould

Vessel: Scarborough

Fleet: First

Convicted Date: 11 Aug 1784

Voyage Date: Feb 1787 ~ 176 ~

Colony: New South Wales

Piece: HO 11/1

Place of Guildford, Surrey Conviction:

County of Surrey Conviction:

ABOVE: JAMES SMITH ALIAS MOLD

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THOMAS MOLD 1823 MINERVA

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NOTES

MINE…

I have caused a ruckus in Middleton Cheney from where my people came from to NZ. Local historians had my family as residents back to 1705 but the DNA programme has proved them all wrong and so I have spent a lot of time recently trying to convince these people and finally have a conclusion that I have a brick wall in Middleton Cheney at about 1812.

To cut a long story short- during all of my recent discoveries and research I have your chap Frederick William Mold born about 1857 living in Tasmania. Now this is where it gets very interesting, I have also Richard Moles/Mold from Middleton Cheney with a family in Tasmania. His children listed are all born about the same time as your chap. Your chap is not listed with these.

Also of late I have been indexing all Mouldy names from the 1841 census in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire and have discovered in some of the thirty plus villages we have Mold/Mould/Moles living with some living in the same house. Now as I know in the 1700’s most if not all were very poor and uneducated with some signing their marriage certificates with an X. So you see we obviously have a spelling problem when we look at the variants for Mold. My question is: Do you now think it is possible that your chap’s thread is to Middleton Cheney via Richard Moles/Mold?

I have searched all inward passenger list’s to Tasmania and so far have not been able to find any record for Frederick William and also I have been though all of the information you gave me with no mention of his arrival.

Well, I do hope you can clear this up for me.

Thanks and take care, Roger Mold.

PS. I also have a Frederick William Mold born and died three years later in Tasmania which adds some weight to my theory that your chap was also born there.

Dear Denise,

My latest summary:

The question of the day is; ~ 179 ~

When does Thomas Mold baptised 2 Feb 1817 son of Thomas and Elizabeth (ours?) become Thomas WEBB Mold. E.g. Which is the first official record of his name being recorded as Thomas Webb Mold?

This Thomas Webb of Thomas and Elizabeth is a better fit for two sheep but I also have two other possible families in Banbury who you don’t have on your recent list. One being Thomas and Sarah of Banbury with at least eight children including a Thomas all baptised between 1815 and 1830. Note; Thomas is now 19 yrs. old re the news clip? They was deported the same year of their conviction 1836

19 yrs. old and 1817 make 1836 re Thomas of Thomas and Elizabeth of Middleton Cheney. 19 yrs. old and 1816 make 1835 re Thomas of Joseph and Sarah (Yours) of Middleton Cheney. Now for the life of me I cannot find reference to Thomas two sheep being from Middleton Cheney other than his brother Richard marrying a lass from lower Middleton, Louisa (it seems she died July/Sept 1839 Banbury) and two of their mates Charles Waters and William Spencer having been baptised there. His other mate William Smith could be from Flore but not Middleton Cheney. I put this to you;

We now have several possible ideas to search further before making a positive conclusion.

1/. Which Thomas of Middleton Cheney is now a possibility?

2/. Search for a possible link for Thomas to Mold families from Banbury or elsewhere. (You and I have already started this, need further research. There are possible families)

3/. We have not been able to find Richards baptism or family as yet so I am thinking we have a rebel family who did not baptise their children probably living in or close to Banbury. A very, very poor family.

4/. Or what you have in your tree re the Victorian branch is bang on because when I look at Thomas’s children in Victoria I see names that are familiar to Joseph and Sarah. But do we have the correct Thomas?

Action; We need, A/. A written record related to the said crime stating that Thomas two sheep is from Middleton Cheney, other than baptism records.

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B/. Now that I have Richard living in Tasmania and your possible link through Thomas in Victoria we need their marriage certificates and death certificates to see whether or not their parents are mentioned.

Lots to do and thanks for your interest and help.

Happy days, Roger Mold.

Sorry, I’ve been swamped and will be for next two weeks. My oldest Mold is William John Mold born Feb 27 1835 Southampton Died Oct 6, 1912 Southampton Married Georgina Grant They had Frederick William Mold born May 15, 1859 Tasmania

Adelaide, Louisa Georgina, William John, Louisa Ann, Harriet and another Georgina, no dates of birth or any other info About those children: I assume all born in Tasmania. Does this link you with you at all? ////// I started a MOLD DNA project at FTDNA. com , it has a few participants, I think a Kiwi has MOULD set up, It’s not that common a name so, there is a good chance they are related. Let me know, MOLD is the last name of my maternal grandfather, Regards Roger

CON31 & CON40 - Conduct records of male and female convicts arriving under the ‘assignment system’. Format Top left hand corner Name of convict Name of ship and date of arrival Place and date of trial Length of sentence “Transported for” Sentence “Gaol Report” Any previous convictions “Hulk Report” Behaviour on prison ship (in U.K.) Marital Status “Stated this Offence” Convict’s statement of his offence including previous convictions. ~ 181 ~

Conduct while serving Date of offence - place of employment or employer - offence - sentence sentence - magistrate’s initials. Notes on bottom of page indicate the areas to which the convict was assigned.

Abbreviations (frequently used in most records) T. L. - Ticket of Leave

C. P. - Conditional Pardon abs - Absconded miscondt - Misconduct appd - Approved mos - Months b & w - Bread and Water n.p. - Native Place casc - Cascades [female factory]

P.B. - Prisoners’ Barracks conf - Confinement

Pr - Prosecutor convtd - Convicted

P.W. - Public Works disobce - Disobedience sol/solity - Solitary hd lab - Hard labour witht - without impt - Imprisonment ~ 182 ~

CON 33 & CON 41 - Conduct records of male and female convicts arriving under the 'probation system' Format Top left hand corner: name length of sentence "Tried" Place of trial - Gaol Delivery, Assizes, Court of Justiciary, Central Criminal Court, Quarter Sessions “Embarked” date of sailing “Arrived” date of arrival at Hobart marital status “Stated this offence” convict’s statement of what he was transported for, includes any previous offences “Hulk Report” behaviour on ships used as prisons in England “Surgeons Report” Doctor’s report of convict’s health and behaviour during the voyage. “Description” M: H = medium height; M: W = medium width; Bro = Brown “Marks” tattoos, scars and other distinguishing marks “Station of gang” Town in which convict is employed “Class” Probation Pass Holder [P. P. H.] - 3 classes of pass were issued varying in degrees of restriction and wages. “Offences and sentences” That is, conduct in the colony. Date of offence - place of employment or employer offence - sentence - magistrate initials “vide Lieut Gov’s Memo/Decision” [these memos have not survived]. “Remarks” Refer to place and name of employer and any notable events during convict’s period of transportation, e.g. capture of a bushranger. CON 14 & CON 15 - Indents of male and female convicts

Some definitions Abbreviations (frequently used in most records) N. P. - Native Place

F - Father

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M - Mother

S - Sister

B - Brother

W - Wife

Jas. - James

M.A. - Mary Anne

Wm - William

Geo - George

Jno - John

Hy - Henry

Jos - Joseph

Elizth - Elizabeth

Saml - Samuel

Margt - Margaret

CON 18 & CON 19 – Description lists of male and female convicts Abbreviations (frequently used in most records) M. H. - Medium height

M.S. - Medium size

M. W. - Medium width

M. L. - Medium length

Dark - Dark

Bro - Brown perpen’ - perpendicular ~ 184 ~

lt - light pointd - pointed

Do - Ditto = as above

Redh - Reddish

Remarks - distinguishing features such as tattoos, scars, and moles are noted here ins - inside rt - right blk - black

Plo’ - Plough

Fars - Farm servant

Lab – Labourer

Assignment … On arrival in the colony, many convicts were assigned to work for free settlers who provided accommodation, food and clothing. Others were ‘assigned’ into government service. For male convicts the system was replaced in 1840 with the Probation System but female convicts continued to be assigned.

Certificate of Freedom… A certificate which was available to the convict when his or her sentence had expired. To certify to their ‘free; status. They were not necessarily collected by all convicts and those that were collected were not always collected immediately on completion of the sentence.

Conditional Pardon… A pardon granted by the Crown on the recommendation of the Lieutenant-Governor. The pardon stipulated conditions that the convict had to abide by. Generally these were limitations on returning to the United Kingdom or restrictions on the colony, or colonies, in which the holder was permitted to reside.

Free by Servitude… When convicts had served the period of their sentence and therefore became free they were recorded as being ‘free by servitude’. Men and women sentenced to life could ~ 185 ~ never be freed by servitude in time they would be granted a pardon.

Probation System… This was a system that was adopted in 1839 to replace the ‘assignment system’ for male convicts. These convicts were not assigned on arrival but instead worked on government gangs for a period ‘on probation’. In time, and depending on their behaviour, they passed through stages of the probation process with gradual reductions in the restrictions placed upon them as they moved towards ‘Ticket of Leave’ status.

Ticket-of-Leave … An indulgence given at the Lieutenant-Governor’s discretion, which entitled convicts to work for wages, though they were required to report for regular musters. The minimum period before which a ticket could be granted was generally related to the length of the convict’s sentence.

File for Mold convicts and other related deports…

Ok my good people I have from my file the following re Thomas Mold convict or not??

Thomas Mold Van Diemen’s Land: CONVICT. 9 yrs later pardoned, now in Virginia Richard Mold Van Diemen’s Land: CONVICT. 9 yrs later pardoned, now in Virginia Charles Waters/Mold Van Diemen’s Land: CONVICT. Unknown to date William Spencer Van Diemen’s Land: CONVICT. Unknown to date William Smith NSW. CONVICT. Unknown to date William Mould NSW. CONVICT. Unknown to date Thomas Mold NSW. CONVICT. June’s family re Grahame and Denise or Thomas Mold NSW. IMMIGRANT The “Grenada” 1821. June’s family re Grahame and Denise. ~ 186 ~

Frederick William Mold. Married 1887 son of Mold landed Van Diemen’s Land about 1840 (CONVICT?) Roger Townsend family.

Question to one and all re Thomas Mold married to Mary Ann Jewell and or Mary Ryan.

1/. Your sources please for Birth and Death of Thomas Mold with certificate.

2/. Marriage to Mary Ann Jewell with certificate

3/. Marriage to Mary Ryan with certificate.

Reply from Marg Hello June As you can see Roger in New Zealand is beavering away. As Civil Registration did not start in England until 1837, there is no birth cert for Thomas Mold, sent to Tasmania in 1836. Year of birth would be calculated from christening details if available, plus any evidence from census - not applicable in the UK for this Thomas as first census in 1841. Do you have marriage certs for your Thomas born about 1816, June? And again… Some good came out of my Ancestry search though 'cos I noticed they too have Australian convict records, which I could access, without World-wide sub! Charles Waters, the man I found in Tasmanian records is there with the Mold brothers - convicted Northampton Assizes, 2nd sessions on 7 APRIL 1836; others convicted for sheep stealing, same date & place, were William Spencer, who also went to Van Diemen's Land, but did not travel to Tasmania until 29 November, 1836, on ship 'Sarah' & William Smith who went to New South Wales on 27 October 1836 on ship 'Norfolk'. Guess it was the luck of the draw, as to where you ended up!

Thomas Mold 'Convict' circa 1834 Added by mmrhowes1 on 27 Aug 2008 originally submitted by LeeChristiansen621 to CHRISTIANSEN Family Tree on 30 Nov 2007 At the age of 18 Thomas Mold along with Richard Mold (21) and Charles Waters (17) were charged with stealing a sheep, the property of Mr Robert Blencowe. Robert Blencowe lived at Marston St. Lawrence, about 3 miles from Middleton Cheney. On Monday 1st of March he had 53 sheep, on the Tuesday morning following a man named Richard Stanton bought one of the skins. Mr Stanton was employed by Mr Blencowe, he and another gentleman by the name of Thomas Stanton, who has since gone to America, found the sheep skin under a hedge. About 40 yards off they found a sab stick. Mr Weston produced the examinations of the prisoner before the magistrates. Richard Mold stated that, on the Wednesday night he and the other two prisoners went into a grass field where there were some sheep. They drove them into a corner and caught one, killed ~ 187 ~ it, skinned it, carried it home and divided it. Thomas Mold and Charles Waters made similar admissions. The Jury found all the prisoners guilty. Transported for life Thomas Mold was transported on the 'Henry Porcher' which departed from Portsmouth on the 4-8-1836. The voyage took 103 days - 260 males were on board - 2 died on the crossings The ships Master was Mr John Hart and Mr John Smith was the Surgeon They arrived at Tasmania on 15-11-1836. Notes: A birth for Richard Mold has yet to be found although an IGI entry has been found for the christening of a Charles Waters - Christening: 19 APR 1818 Middleton-Cheney, Northampton, England - the son of Charles & Mary Waters

With Grateful Thanks -

Added by mmrhowes1 on 14 Sep 2008 Thanks to public trees I have been enlightened to these two members of my family - at about this time there was great unrest in Middleton Cheney and times were very hard. Many village people were Frame Work Knitters and the introduction of new machinery in Leicester took the work away from the village which resulted in very severe conditions for the workpeople. It became so bad that relief work had to be instituted and numbers of men were set to getting native stone to make up the roads in the locality. I like to think that Thomas and his brother were given a chance for a better life!

Databas Famil Given See See Date Ship Date of Port of Remark e y Names Surnam Given of Name Departur Departure s Number Name e Name Arriva e s l 50025 Mold John 17 Lady 02 Dec Portsmout Mar Raffles 1840 h 1841 50026 Mold Richard 15 Henry 14 Jul London Nov Porche 1836 1836 r 50027 Mold Thoma 15 Henry 14 Jul London s Nov Porche 1836 1836 r

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To Grahame, Have contact with the owner of the PDF file you sent me re 2 sheep. Her name is June and she seems very sensitive about the possible contact re a convict. She is the great, great granddaughter of Sarah Elizabeth Mold, 1851, daughter of 2 sheep Thomas, on the tree report you sent me. She says the birth record is Mould & she is sending for the cert. She seems to be at the same point as us with her research & I have asked her if she has the newspaper report I was looking again at Alan Clarke's newspaper cuttings 1836 & noticed that I may have picked up the wrong man. Above the two entries, re Thomas Mold, Warkworth, Northampton Quarter Sessions - see article, are Richard Mold, Marston St Lawrence, Northampton Quarter Sessions & Thomas Mold ditto. Maybe all four are the same story. We know Richard was living at Latimer Place, Middleton, or at least, that was his wife's address, when he was transported. But Thomas was single & I had assumed he lived at Warkworth, adjoining parish of MC. Maybe he came from Marston St Lawrence???? Or was that the sheep?????

From Marg; Found Charles Waters, C book page 194, but cannot find the other two

Found a link between 3 sheep & my tree! No. 2 case Joseph Mawle, versus Thomas Mold, 19 & William Spencer, is mine; his daughter Mary Ann married Charles Burgess in Warkworth in 1830. Mary Mawle had a brother Thomas, too, so pretty sure it is her family. This is the lady, widowed, who probably killed her new born illegitimate child in 1846 ...... but died before the Inquest jury's verdict ...... did I send you those cuttings?

From Grahame; "Transported for Life" - 4th Aug 1836 x Liverpool aboard the Henry Pocher. Trip 103 days arriving Tassie 15th Nov 1836. As a "prisoner" Richard was given "permission" to marry, his wife being a fellow "prisoner" Margaret Peddar. She was "deported" from London on the Garland Grove, leaving on the 23rd June 1841 arriving on the 10th Oct 1841. The other finds his way to Geelong Victoria where he marry's.

I see Richard is noted as married to Louisa; if he asked to marry Margaret Pedder, then he must have learned Louisa had died - there is a death record July/Sept 1839 Banbury registration district, for a Louisa Mold, which may be hers. Sadly, no age is given that early in the 1800s.

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Newspaper Articles 1836 Newspaper

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JAMES SMITH ALIAS MOLD AND WILLIAM SPENCER

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Thomas Mold “Minerva”I

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788 about William Mould

Name: William Mould Vessel: Scarborough Fleet: First Convicted 11 Aug 1784 Date: Voyage Date: Feb 1787 Colony: New South Wales Piece: HO 11/1 Place of Guildford, Surrey Conviction: County of Surrey Conviction:

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about Thomas Mold

Name: Thomas Mold Vessel: Minerva Convicted 3 Dec 1823 Date: Voyage Date: 8 Jul 1824 Colony: New South Wales Piece: HO 11/5 Place of London Conviction:

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about John Mold

Name: John Mold Vessel: Grenada Convicted 15 Jan 1821 ~ 192 ~

Date: Voyage Date: 3 May 1821 Colony: New South Wales Piece: HO 11/4 Place of Suffolk Conviction: County of Suffolk Conviction:

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about Richard Mold

Name: Richard Mold Vessel: Henry Porcher Convicted 7 Apr 1836 Date: Voyage Date: 1 Aug 1836 Colony: Van Diemen’s Land Piece: HO 11/10 Place of Northampton Conviction: County of Northampton Conviction:

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about James Smith

Name: James Smith [James Mold] Vessel: Henry Porcher Convicted 26 Feb 1834 Date: Voyage Date: 29 Aug 1834 Colony: New South Wales Piece: HO 11/9 ~ 193 ~

Place of Herts Conviction: County of Herts Conviction:

John Mold

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 about John Mold

Name: John Mold Vessel: Grenada Convicted Date: 15 Jan 1821 Voyage Date: 3 May 1821 Colony: New South Wales Piece: HO 11/4 Place of Suffolk Conviction: County of Suffolk Conviction:

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ABOVE: JOHN MOLD

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ABOVE: JOHN MOLD GRENADA 1821

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ABOVE: CONVICT HISTORY FOR JOHN MOLD

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SALTWATER RIVER - PLACES TO SEE Getting There… It is necessary to drive beyond the small settlement on a dirt road through the bush until you reach a fork in the road. Both the signs at the fork are less than welcoming. One sign reads 'Dangerous Ruins and Disused Mines' and this leads to the major convict ruins and the coal mine. If, however, you take the road indicated by the sign 'Vehicles including Trail Bikes must keep to formed roads' it winds through the bush to the Penitentiary and the Convict Ruins and continues on to a number of pleasant bush locations overlooking Ironstone Bay which are suitable places for picnics. The 'Dangerous Ruins and Disused Mines' road winds for a short distance through the bush before reaching the Underground Cells which were restored in 1977. These cells must surely be one of the most horrific examples of penal life anywhere in Australia. They are totally without light, the air is fetid, and they are small, harsh and inhospitable. Beyond the cells are remnants of the larger penitentiary with constant warnings announcing 'Danger. Keep Out'. It is obvious that the ruins are collapsing and while the buildings are as substantial as those at Port Arthur they have been allowed to deteriorate to a point where the bricks are flaking away with decay. Further up the track (it is almost 4 W. D. territories although it is only a short walk from the Underground Cells) is the old convict coal mine shaft which is now nothing more than a deep hole surrounded by a large fence. A sign nearby notes 'This large excavation is all that remains of the main shaft of the coal mines of Plunkett Point. Mining was commenced in 1834 during the regime of Captain Charles O'Hara Booth. It was designed primarily to supply the convict and military departments. For a convict work in the coal mines was a form of punishment. The original works were near the main building on the foreshore. Following a survey of the area this shaft was sunk in 1842. At the peak of production some 500 tonnes of coal per year were sent to Hobart. It was of inferior quality and sold for 10 shillings per ton. A steam engine was located at the edge of the shaft and was used to haul coal and water from the mine. It was the first mechanical device used in coal mining in Australia. The stone blocks of the engine mountings can still be seen. The cost of operating the mine was considered excessive. Operations eventually discontinued in 1848. The mine was leased to a private company but by 1867 supply of coal was exhausted and the mine closed down. Subsequently in the interest of public safety the shaft was sealed.'

AREA HISTORY

The Tasman Peninsula is named after Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. At the time of first contact with Europeans, the area was the country of the Pydairrerme band of the Oyster Bay tribe. Their territory was what is now known as the Tasman and Forester Peninsulas. A narrow “neck” of land joins these two peninsulas. There is no recorded evidence of any remaining Pydairrerme people on the Tasman Peninsula from the 1830s onwards, although remains of middens and stone artefacts remain in the landscape from this period. ~ 198 ~

The Tasman Peninsula convict history represents perhaps the best collection of British penal station remains in the world. This includes extant prison complexes, wharves, farms, tramways, quarries, mines, garden plots, constable stations, semaphore stations, cemeteries and other remains spread across the peninsula. Governor George Arthur first proposed a penal settlement on the Tasman Peninsula in 1827. With its clear strategic and security possibilities, Arthur considered the site a ‘natural penitentiary’. Besides its attributes as a ‘natural prison’ the Tasman Peninsula was rich in natural resources – including timber, stone, clay, lime and coal. The Peninsula was close enough to Hobart to allow for a viable settlement, and to develop industries for export within and beyond Van Diemen’s Land. Port Arthur was also endowed with a protected harbour and freshwater stream. These were critical factors in the choice of site, both to ensure its viability, and to provide the capacity for large-scale convict employment. In 1830 timber was cleared, building commenced and the first convicts arrived. Across Opossum Bay, at Point Puer, a boys’ penitentiary was established in 1834. A line of guard dogs and lamps was stationed across the narrow land bridge at Eagle-hawk Neck, which proved a virtually impenetrable barrier to escaping convicts. In the 1840s, a network of probation stations was established throughout the Tasman Peninsula. This created a more productive labour force and transformed Port Arthur into a large scale and diverse industrial complex that stretched across the Tasman Peninsula. A ‘convict railway’ powered by human effort was completed in 1836 and linked Norfolk Bay and Long Bay and the Saltwater River coal mines and Eagle-hawk Neck were linked by roads. A wide network of signal stations was set up in the mid-1830s that connected the settlements and the Peninsula to Hobart. By the mid-1840’s there was a decline in transported convicts, the boys penitentiary at Point Puer closed in 1849 and in 1877 the Port Arthur penal settlement closed. A new township named Carnarvon was superimposed on the remains of the former penal settlement. The site became a tourist centre and by 1880 tours of Port Arthur were operating. The former Commandant’s Residence became the Carnarvon Hotel. By 1892 Port Arthur had become an established port of call for tourists. In 1912 a local councillor estimated that 5000 tourists visited the town. (Today there is an estimated 280,000 annually visit the site). Forestry, fishing and agriculture have been the dominant industries since the beginning of white settlement. Following the closure of the penal settlements, land around the peninsula was subdivided for farms and orchards and small rural settlements (Nubeena, Koonya, Taranna, Saltwater River, Premaydena & Eagle-hawk Neck) grew out of the former probations stations. Orchard-ing became one of the main industries, although most of the early orchardists were dependent on the timber industry in conjunction with vegetable and dairy products. Small schools were opened in these settlements. In the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th century there were 8 local schools situated around the Peninsula including at Port Arthur, Saltwater River, Nubeena, Eaglehawk neck, Oakwood, Taranna, Koonya, and Premaydena. By 1953 all of these had closed and the Nubeena Area School was opened in its current site. (Prior to this the Nubeena School had been situated in Judd Park and then moved to where the existing CWA hall is situated). The first hospital on the Peninsula was situated in Nubeena, although this was only open for 12 months ~ 199 ~ before being moved to Koonya in 1927. This remained the hospital until 1970. In 1971 the Country District Hospital opened in Nubeena and 10 years later became the Tasman Nursing Home, until in 2003 it became the Tasman Multi-Purpose Service. In the late 19th Century water transport was the marketing lifeline between the Peninsula, Hobart and elsewhere and jetties were erected at key locations. Some of the names of the river steamers were Taranna, Koonya, Nubeena and Cartela. A voyage when fully loaded with products and passengers may have taken between four and six hours to reach Hobart. Orchard-ing remained a viable industry in the region until the 1970’s. By 1990 only three commercial orchards were left on the Peninsula. Today there has been a slight resurgence in orchard-ing as a number of cherry and berry orchards have been established. Forestry and fishing remain dominant industries. Small scale poultry farming blossomed into an embryo battery-chicken industry in 1953. Contract growing was initiated and chicken sheds appeared on properties in all Peninsula districts. Today in addition to forestry and fishing the main industries include tourism, aquaculture, some niche market agriculture and health and community-services.

1837… Separate transport ships were used to bring out boys from Britain on at least 8 occasions, the first being "Frances Charlotte" in 1837 with 140 boys on board. 1840… Transportation of convicts to NSW stopped. 1841… Salt Water River established as first probation station on Tasman's Peninsula. Flinders Bay, Slopen Island and Impression Bay probation stations also opened that year. In 1847 Impressions Bay reverted to an invalid depot and at the same time an immigrant ship "Persian" with over 300 souls aboard was afflicted with Typhoid fever and Impression Bay was used as a quarantine station. Government stated no more convict assignments to settlers would be made. A Probation System was activated, whereby convicts were divided into gangs and sent to work in the under developed areas of the Colony. Gangs of 250 to 300 men would have light to heavy labour, graded according to prisoner diligence and conduct. The gangs would build their own accommodation and then be employed on public works at stations. Tasmania, with over half its land mass covered in trees, still has timber as one of its primary resources. It is often quoted that "Melbourne was built with Tasmanian timber first developed by the penal system". Ship building was the main industry of Sarah Island and Port Arthur. Probationary periods: 7-10 year sentence: 2 years' probation; 14-20 year sentence - 3 years; life sentence - 4 years. With good behaviour at the completion of the probationary period, a convict received a probation pass, then a ticket-of-leave, later graduating finally to a conditional or absolute pardon. 1842… 150 convicts sent back to Maria Island to re-occupy the old penitentiary and work started on new buildings. Cascade probation station, by a nearby waterfall was opened.

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Contacts re the following; Two sheep Convicts Mold brothers from Middleton Cheney…

MARGARET HAWKINS [[email protected]] M HOWES [[email protected]]

Link: http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=11 Page with Thomas and Richard records on it: http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON31-1-31,135,106,L,80 – Page 106 of Book http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=CON31/1/31 - Book link for Thomas and Richard Mold (click on view record, then Enlarge at top of new page, and then go to page 106)

Page with John Mold on it: http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-6,346,193,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=CON33/1/6 - Book Link for John Mold (click on view record, then Enlarge at top of new page, and then go to page 193)

Compiled by: Roger Mold e-mail [email protected]