Notts 1911 – Part 1
This is the Kipling family group with the largest number of households in the 1911 census. All originate with William Kipling who married Ann Fleeman at Marnham in 1765 (‘both of Grasthorp’). See Appendix 1 for William’s origins.
They had children William (1767?), John (1768), Joseph (1771), Benjamin (1777), Ruth (1779), Robert (1780), Mary (1782), George (1783), Gervas (1786), Sarah (1789) and Ann (1797)1. All were baptised at the nearby parish of Laxton.
William paid window tax in 1771 (of 3 shillings on six windows; most houses in Laxton having 6 or 7 windows taxed).
Ma S 16 : Ma B 192/1176: Laxton window tax return, 1771
William (75) and wife Ann (72) both died in 1814 and daughter Mary in 1816, all ‘of Lexington’ and buried at Laxton.2
For son George and his descendants, see ‘Notts 1911 – part 2’ and for William and his descendants, see ‘Notts 1911 – part 3’
William (1739-1814) ,------,------|------,------,------,------¬ William John Joseph Benjamin Robert George Gervas (1767?-) (1768-?) (1771-?) (1777-) (1780-1840?) (1783-) (1786-1864) Notts 3 | dsp? | dsp Notts 2 ? ,------'------,------¬ |------,------,------,------¬ William Martha John Joseph William Mary George Benjamin (1819-88) (1821-1901) (1824-83) (1800-77) (1804-4?) (1808-) (1813-48) (1815-69) | | dsp | ? | | dsmp |------¬ |------¬ | John George William (2)= (1903) John Charles William William (1843-1906) (1848-) Henry Rosina Arthur (1850-1921) (1856-?) (1844-1913) | ? (1859-1909) #344 (1861-1928) #228 #349 #10 Francis John | | #144 | | dsp Joseph Lily Grace | |------,------¬ William (1870-?) (1889-1966?) (1905-) | John Fred Charles Burkinshaw #150 #174 Canada | (1884-1959?) (1888-1977) (1893-1977) (1885-1938) dsp? | #4 #345 ,------,------|------¬ ,------| Frank Edgar Harold Arthur William Rothwell (1888-1906?) (1893-1969) (1899-1995) (1901-42) Burkinshaw Henry (1910-73) (1910-77)
John (1768)
1 Ann would have been an unfeasible 57 or 58 in 1797 if her age at death was correct. This might therefore have been a child of son William and Mary or a disguised illegitimate child of a daughter (or, of course, a clerical or transcription error). 2 Lexington is another name for Laxton, being the family name of the long-time lords of the manor. John probably married a Mary Taylor, at Mattersey, further north in the county, in 1798.3 A daughter, Elizabeth, was baptised there in 1799. A further daughter, Ann, was baptised at adjacent Everton, in 1801. Mary (1804), Sarah (1807), Ann (1810) and Ruth (1812) followed.
Mary died in 1813 and John remarried, to Elizabeth Cobb, at Sutton cum Loud in 1815. Further children were Elizabeth (1816), William (1819), Martha (1821) and John (1824). I have not identified when the first Elizabeth and Ann died, which they presumably did. John (senior) must also have died by the time of the 1839 tithe apportionment.
Elizabeth, daughter Elizabeth and Sarah (probably Sarah Ann, an illegitimate daughter of Ann, bpt Everton 1833) were still there in 1841.
Scaftworth 1841.
Scrooby 1841
Scaftworth 1851.
3 However, receipts exists for rent paid by a John Kipling at Laxton in 1820-22. University of Nottingham Ma B 174/308-311 Charles was the illegitimate son of Martha (1821). His father was named as Charles Mellitt in the Everton baptismal register.
Scaftworth 1861
William (1856) was a further illegitimate son of Martha (who lived as a Scaftworth spinster for the rest of her life).
Scaftworth 1871
Scaftworth 1881
Scaftworth 1891
Martha died in January 1901.
Sarah Ann invented a fictional father when she married in Sheffield in 1866.
Charles (1850)
Charles enlisted in the army in early 1871. It is unclear whether he joined the 97th Regiment of Foot or 2nd Bn 14th (Buckinghamshire - The Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Foot as records exist apparently showing both
Records of 97th regiment of Foot (Ancestry). Findmypast suggests the other regiment.
He was at Sheffield Barracks on the date of the census a few months later.
Sheffield. 1871
A decade later, he was back at Scaftworth, working on a farm.
Scaftworth. 1881
He married Dinah Gorrill in 1883.
Bawtry Rd., Scaftworth. 1891
Bawtry Rd., Scaftworth. 1901
(#228)
Charles died in 1921. Son John probably died in 1959 in Nottinghamshire. Son Charles died at Spilsby, Lincolnshire in 1977.
In 1911, son Fred was boarding at Killamarsh, Derbyshire (#4).
He died in Derbyshire in 1977.
William (1856)
William married Martha Ann Hitchen in Sheffield in 1880,
Lumley Street, Sheffield. 1881
A son, William Burkinshaw, was born in 1884.
Sheffield parish church
Bradfield, Sheffield., 1891
1901, Lumley Street, Sheffield
(#349)
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 21 February 1922
I can’t trace when William died.
William Burkinshaw (1884)
William B married in 1909.
In 1910, they had twin sons William and Rothwell.
Wincobank parish church, Sheffield.
(#345)
He died in Sheffield in 1938.
William B junior died in 1973 and Rothwell in 1977, both in Sheffield.
William (1819)
Cromwell 1841 (may be him but Cromwell is well south of Scaftworth)
William later enlisted in the army, where he served until 1850. He was discharged after suffering chronic ill-health.
1851 Carlton in Lindrick
William married Mary Ellen Rowland at Carlton in May 1851.
William moved to Sheffield, where Mary Ellen died in 1853. He remarried the following year.
They had sons William Henry (1859) and John Arthur (1861).
Queen Street Chapel, Sheffield. 1861 (John was also baptised at Watery Street Wesleyan Reformed Chapel on the same day)
1861. Bardwell Road, Sheffield
1871. Bardwell Road, Sheffield
1881. Neepsend Lane, Sheffield
Mary Ann died in 1882 and William in 1887.
William Henry (1859)
Creswick Road, Sheffield. 1881
Wicker, Sheffield. 1891
Jane died later in 1891.
Electoral register, 1900. WadsleyHamlet, Sheffield.
Holme Lane, Wadsley. 1901
William Henry remarried in 1903, to Rosina Smith. A daughter, Grace, was born in 1904. William Henry died in 1909. Rosina was living with Grace in 1911 (#344).
White’s Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham 1911
Rosina remarried in 1911.
Marlcliffe (Hillsborough) Temporary School. Admissions 1911
The family then emigrated to Canada.
‘Virginian’. Liverpool to Quebec. July 1913
1921, York, Ontario
In 1911, daughter Lily was living with her brother-in-law in Dalton-in-Furness
In 1939, Lily was living in Nottingham.
Shakespeare St., Nottingham. 1939
It’s possible that Lily died at Blackpool in 1966.
John Arthur (1861)
John Arthur married Annie Maria Coates in Sheffield in 1886. In 1888, he was left £100 in the will of his employer.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 18 June 1888
A son, Frank, was born the same year.
Trinity Church, Darnall, Sheffield 1889
After the birth of a son, Frank, they moved to Pollockshields in Glasgow, where daughter Edith was born.
Post Office directory. Glasgow 1890-91
1891 Kenmuir St, Pollockshields, Glasgow.
Further children Alice and Edgar were born in Scotland.
The family subsequently relocated to Penarth in South Wales, where a further three children were born; May, Harold and Arthur.
Penarth Parish church. 1899.
John’s sister, mary Elizabeth, must have lived with them, as she died in Penarth in 198
The children attended the local school.
Albert Road School, Penarth.
Similar records exist for Harold (started 1903) and Arthur (1905).
Clive Place, Penarth. 1901
Son Frank died in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire in 1906 but was buried back in Penarth.
Penarth Parish Church 1906
In 1907, John Arthur was initiated into the freemasons’ Windsor Lodge, Penarth and in 1918 into the Hendre Lodge, Cardiff.
In 1911, the family was still in Penarth (#144).
Western Mail - Monday 22 April 1918
Western Mail - Tuesday 23 April 1918
John Arthur died in 1928.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Friday 28 September 1928
In 1939, son Harold and two daughters were living with Annie Maria.
12 Clive Place, Penarth.
Annie Maria died in 1941.
Penarth. 1941
Son Edgar was a marine engineer. On the outbreak of World War One, his ship’s crew was interned (at Ruleben camp, near Berlin)
After the war, he returned to sea.
In 1934, he was one of a group of ‘distressed British seamen’ who embarked upon the RMS Orduna at Nassau, bound for Liverpool.
1939. Plymouth Road, Penarth.
Edgar probably died in East Glamorgan district in 1969.
Harold also went to sea, as a radio operator.
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He died in South Wales in 1995.
Arthur also went to sea.
He married Jessie Sims (nee Davies) in 1931.
1939. Station Approach, Penarth
In 1942, when Chief Engineering Officer of MV British Splendour, Arthur was killed when his ship (a gasoline tanker) was sunk by U552 off Cape Hatteras whilst travelling from Houston to Britain. His name is on panel 21 of the Tower Hill memorial.
John (1824)
John married Mary Nutt in Sheffield in 1855.
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 28 March 1865
Eyre Street, Sheffield. 1881
John died in 1883 and was buried at Derbyshire Lane Cemetery, Norton.
Sheffield. 1891
Sheffield. 1901
Mary died in 1910 and was also buried at Derbyshire Lane Cemetery, Norton (under the name Mary Jane).
Joseph (1771)
Joseph married Mary Gabbitas at Everton in 1803. I can find no evidence that they had children. Could this be them (Joseph is 10 years younger than would be expected and the age gap to Mary seems large)?
Scaftworth 1841
Stamford Mercury - Friday 24 February 1843
It is not known when Joseph died.
Benjamin (1777)
Benjamin married Elizabeth Roe at Weston in 1799. A son Joseph was baptised there in 1800 and a daughter, Hannah, at Marnham in 1802 (when Benjamin was a labourer of Skegby). William (1804), Mary (1808), Ann (1810), George (1813) and Benjamin (1815) followed.
I have not discovered when Benjamin and Elizabeth died.
Joseph (1800)
Stamford Mercury - Friday 29 November 1839
Welham Hamlet 1841
Clarborough 1851
Nottinghamshire Guardian - Thursday 05 January 1860
Welham. 1861
Bollam Lane, Clarborough. 1871
Joseph died in 1877.
Bollam Lane, Clarborough. 1881
Elizabeth died in 1886. In 1891, William was living at the Chesterfield Union Workhouse in Chesterfield.
In 1901 and 1911, he was living in Mellor’s lodging house in Glossop (#10).
William died in Glossop in 1913.
William (1804)
William married Sarah Palmer at Marnham in 1836. Sarah was is mentioned in the Skegby (Marnham) tithe apportionment of 1839 (possibly a property she had inherited).
Marnham 1841
It is possible that William died in the following decade and Sarah married George Day at Normanton in 1849.
George (1813)
George married Ann Cullen at Cromwell in November 1847. Three months later he was dead.
Stamford Mercury - Friday 25 February 1848
A son, George, was born posthumously in August or September 1848.
In 1849, the Southwell Poor Law Union wrote to the Poor Law Board at Somerset House, asking whether Ann and the children could be removed to Marnham, where George had his settlement (i.e was entitled to parish relief)
The Board replied asking for further details.
These were supplied and included the information that Anne and the family had been in the Southwell Union Workhouse for some time.
Although no copy of the Board’s advice has been seen, a note on the rear of the above document dated early 1850 suggests that it might have been that the family was not removable.
I have not identified what happened to Ann and the children subsequently.
Benjamin (1815)
Lincolnshire Chronicle - Friday 10 December 1841
Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties - Friday 10 December 1841
Brother George was a witness. They had daughters Elizabeth (c1841), Sarah (1844) and Mary (1847)
North Muskham 1847
Stamford Mercury - Friday 25 February 1848
Nottinghamshire Guardian - Thursday 02 August 1855
Benjamin probably died in 1869 (his actual age however, would only have been c54)
Stamford Mercury - Friday 02 July 1869
Mary (1808)
An illegitimate son, John, was born at Retford in 1843 to Mary Kipling, who was probably the daughter of Benjamin (b1808).
Nottingham Review and General Advertiser for the Midland Counties - 22 March 1844 (they had married in April 1843 at St Swithun, East Retford)
In 1851, John was probably lodging at nearby Elkesley, where his mother was probably working as a servant (describing herself as a widow).
Boswell’s Row, Elkesley. 1851(b Elkesley)
Elkesley. 1851
John later worked in London as a gardener, where he married in 1868, seemingly naming a fictional father.
By 1871, he was Head Gardener at Knebworth House, mother Mary living with him. A son, John Francis Joseph (Frank), had been born in 1870, although I cannot trace a registration or baptism.
Knebworth, 1871
John himself was baptised as an adult in 1872.
Knebworth
Shortly thereafter, mother Mary died (her age being given as 67, rather older than in the 1871 census). Son Frank attended the local school, where his name entered the log on several occasions.
Knebworth Church of England School. 9 Jul 1875
Knebworth Church of England School. 02 Oct 1876
Knebworth Church of England School. 28 Apr 1882
Gardener’s Lodge, Knebworth. 1881
Herts Advertiser - Saturday 01 September 1883
Hertford Mercury and Reformer - Saturday 19 November 1887
Stevenage Rd, Knebworth. 1891
Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society.1901
Knebworth House Lodge. 1901
Luton Times and Advertiser - Friday 28 June 1901
Knebworth
Nottingham Evening Post - Monday 08 January 1906
To the north of the church is one of several designer gravestones, that to head gardener John Kipling by Eric Gill, 1906.
In 1911, widow Matilda was living with son Francis (#150).
Matilda died in 1917.
Knebworth
Middle Row, Stevenage. 1925
I have not been able to trace Francis subsequently.
Robert (1780)
Robert married Elizabeth Fairbanks at Laxton in 1807.
There are records of his involvement in property transactions:
Particulars of Sale: a freehold estate; to be sold in 13 lots at Mrs Wright's, the Dovecot, Laxton; gives field, 'land' [strip], tenants names and area (in acres). Tenants: Robert Kipling; John Baker. Vendor: [... Hazard]. Agent: George William Hutton, Carlton upon Trent, Nottinghamshire. University of Nottingham MS 76/8
Feoffment of a messuage and homestead in Laxton, Nottinghamshire from Robert Kipling and wife, and George Hazard to George Taylor and his Trustee; 7 April 1817 University of Nottingham Ma 5866
Final Concord (1st part) between G W Hutton Plaintiff and Robert Kipling and wife, and George Hazard and wife Deforciants, concerning Laxton and Egmanton, Nottinghamshire; Trinity Term 1817 University of Nottingham 5868
He may have married again at Bassingham in Lincs in 1830.
Stamford Mercury - Friday 07 January 1831
Nothing more is known about him (poss d 1840).
Gervas (1786)
Gervas married Ann Hind at Laxton in 1808. She died the following year and he married Maria Rushmore in 1813, also at Laxton.
West Retford 1841
Babworth Hills, West Retford. 1851
…
Nottinghamshire Guardian - Thursday 30 October 1851
Babworth Terrace, West Retford. 1861
Gervaise died in 1864 and Maria in 1868. I have yet to discover who the two children mentioned in the newspaper were.
Appendix 1
A William Kipling, son of Richard Kipling and wife Gate Ruth (sic)4 was baptised in Norwich in 1706. This would fit with William’s age at death (see below).
1706, All Saints, Norwich.
He may well be the William Kipline who later married Anne Willis on 4 May 1732 at Brant Broughton, Lincs.
Children Anne (1733), William (1734-37), Mary (1736), William (1739) and Elizabeth (1741) were all baptised at North and South Clifton, around 12 miles from Brant Broughton.
William and Anne then moved to Marnham, where Sarah (1744) and Jane (1746) were born.
Ann died in 1778 (‘of Normanton’) and was buried at Marnham. William died in 1785 at age 80 (‘Labourer of Normanton upon Trent. Died at Walesby’) and was also buried at Marhnam.
It is known from two y-chromosome DNA tests (see ‘Notts Kiplings’ Parts 2 and 3) that the Notts Kiplings are related to those of Baldersdale. However, I have not identified which Richard could have been William’s father. Richard Kipling of the Newhouses tree (b1670, mentioned in father William’s will Jan 1718/9) was a gunsmith in London like his brother Charles (in whose will he was mentioned in 1735). It is not obvious why he should be in Norwich nor why his son remained in that part of the country. Nor is it known whether Richard ever married. Neither have I identified a suitable William from Baldersdale if he was not the one baptised in Norwich.
Intriguingly, the following record exists [NYRO QSB 1797 1/15/35]
Bill of expenses [of William Parker conveyor of vagrants], for vagrants conveyed from Kirby Hill to Neasham and Blewgrass since last Michaelmas Sessions. Includes orders for the conveyance of vagrants from Kirby Hill to Neasham in county Durham, made between 25 August 1796 and 9 December 1796. Includes:
- order to convey John Kipling to his place of settlement in Romaldkirk, with a pass dated 10 December 1796 from one of the Justices for Newark on Trent in Nottinghamshire
4 Could this be Gertrude? However, I have found no records of a Richard Kipling marrying a Gertrude around this time.
Appendix 2 – Other Notts Kipling records
First name(s) Ann
Last name Kipling
Age 26
Birth year 1712
Residence North Markham
Death year -
Burial year 1738
Burial date 22 Feb 1738
Denomination Anglican
Place Annesley
County Nottinghamshire
Country England
Archive Nottinghamshire Archives
Document type Bishop's Transcripts
Presumably she was the wife of George, buried on the same day (although different places of residence are given).
First name(s) George
Last name Kipling
Age 36
Birth year 1702
Residence Cromwell
Death year - Burial year 1738
Burial date 22 Feb 1738
Denomination Anglican
Place Annesley
County Nottinghamshire
Country England
Archive Nottinghamshire Archives
Document type Bishop's Transcripts
20 May 1615. Richard Thekeston, of Newark-on-Trent, butcher, & Marie Kiblinge, p. St. Peter's, Nottm., spr.; at St. Peter's
A Joseph Kipling married Charlotte Twells by licence on 8 Dec 1789
Derby Mercury Thursday 10 December 1789
They had children Peter (1790-92) and Mary Ann (1791). Joseph also died in 1792 (baptisms and burials at St Mary’s, Nottingham).
Mary Anne (of ‘Brook Alley’) died in 1816 and was buried at St Mary’s.
1841 Census, Notttingham
Charlotte lived until 1847, dying at Collin Hospital and being buried at St Nicholas, age 86.
I have not been able to identify who Joseph’s ancestors were.
An Elizabeth Kipling(‘wife of Isaac’) was reportedly buried at St Mary’s in 1805. Nothing is known of her (or him) so it may be a mistranscription. A George Kippling was a tenant at Hodstock, Blythe at the time of the 1839 tithe apportionment. It’s not yet clear which George this was (he does not appear to be there in the 1841 census).