The Gash Genealogy Page

Part of the Jackson Family History

Updated 31 December 2011

Alternative web address: http://www.hilarymaryjackson.co.uk/Gash.htm

My original family history research started with my Great Grandfather, William Gash.  My cousin Keith Hickling had asked me to try and find out more about him and our Gash Family background.  We knew that he had been in the 17th Lancers and there were stories told in the family about his experiences.  This initial research can be found by clicking on the 'Genealogy' section of the above table.

William and Elizabeth Gash

(My Great, Great, Great Grandparents)

I now know that the David Gash, born 1800 in Nocton, was my 2 x Great Grandfather and the father of William Gash; David's parents were William and Elizabeth Gash.  My thanks to Amanda Lee for putting me on the right track and to Freda Harrison (nee Gash) for her assistance.  From her research, Amanda thinks that William and Elizabeth had three other children - 

Amanda has some more unsubstantiated information on William and Elizabeth, but further research is required - I do want to return to Lincolnshire Archives and perhaps I could help with this.  Amanda has her own website and would welcome information on the families she is researching.  Please access her website for more information - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geomand/index.html  

David Gash = Elizabeth Graves

(My Great, Great Grandparents)

At Lincolnshire Archives, I tried to find David's marriage to Elizabeth, but the microfiche envelopes were missing from the files; but I did find their marriage in the Bishop's Transcripts. 

I have been searching through the Parish Records for Kirton in Holland looking for our family names of Graves, Gash, Tomlinson and Dawson.  Although I have found the Graves surname, I have not found the baptism of Elizabeth Graves.  So perhaps Elizabeth was baptised in Sculcoates, Yorkshire as stated on the 1851 Census.

According to the IGI, my 2 x Great Grandparents, David and Elizabeth Gash had six children:

* Date of Christening    ** My Great Grandfather

I originally found these entries on the Mormon Family Search website as a family group - and I now know that this William Gash, born Boston 1830, is my great grandfather.  However as can be seen from Census and parish records, there were other siblings.

For more information on David and William Gash and their military background, please follow the link to the Genealogy page.

Searching Kirton in Holland Parish Records, I have reached my first mention of our family surname "Gash" on the Baptism page 125 -

 K'n End is Kirton End

Page 171 1840

Page 173 1841

Page 183 1842 - IGI has 25th*

Page 204 1846

Page 214 1848

I have searched through St Botolph's, Boston, parish records and found the baptisms of David and Elizabeth Gash's children - they probably were living and working in that area after their marriage in 1830, included was the baptism of my great grandfather, William Gash:

Page 195

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Searching Ancestry.co.uk's 1841 Census they have indexed David and Elizabeth's surname as "Bash" and although I have contacted them with the correct name they still give priority to the wrong surname for the family:

1841 Census - 608/6/49 - The Gash Family in Kirton Holme

* The occupation column had ditto marks under "Ag Lab" - even for baby George!

IGI has an entry  for Frances Gash baptised 5 Mar 1837,  parents David and Elizabeth Gash at Langriville, Lincolnshire, quite near to Kirton Holme. David and Elizabeth seemed to have moved around quite a bit, most likely due to following the work, so I need to look for the rest of the children in other parish records.

1851 Census - 2098/138-9 - The Gash Family in Kirton Holme

For information on Frances Gash please click here. 

1861 Census

The location where David and Elizabeth lived is described in the 1861 Census schedules as "All that part of the Parish of Kirton which lies North of the Frampton road and Donington road and South East of the turnpike road from Boston to Sleaford and including the Lincoln(?) Wear."

2331/47 - The Gash Family in Kirton

Kirton Holme Road -

I have been trying to discover who were the parents of Eliza but I can't trace her in the birth indexes nor in the 1871 Census unless this is her - Louisa Gash, daughter of David and Elizabeth's daughter, Frances:

Written in the margin of this register alongside the above entry:

"P.B. Publiclly? Belived?or Baptized?  May 15 1859" then a signature/initials unreadable??!!

The only entry I could find which might be David and Elizabeth's son David was in Hunmanby, residing at Reservoir House:

I have been unable to locate Thomas so far in the 1861 census - he would have been aged 22. Please go to this link for further information regarding Thomas Gash.

Their son, John was now married and living "Near Sea Bank" in Wyberton, Lincs:

Note - this enumerator for some reason did not give the occupants full names throughout this section of the Census, except for the Head of Household.  I was checking this section of the Census for FreeCen and it was a real pain trying to decipher the enumerators very faint script.  There's a marriage on FreeBMD which could be theirs: registered Boston Dec quarter 1859 - Susannah Taylor and John Gash.

David and Elizabeth's son, George, was working in Wargate Way, Gosberton:

Charlotte was also working away in St Nicholas district of Nottingham at Cumberland Place:

Two other descendants of David and Elizabeth Gash contacted me, one through the Genes Reunited  website Peter Gash - and that their son, James Edward,  is his family connection.  He put me on the right track for finding Elizabeth Graves, as I originally thought David married  Elizabeth Woolfitt.   The other contact had seen this web page and was a descendant of Charlotte Gash - Charlotte later married Jabez Tomlinson, the brother of William Gash's future wife, Mary (see the Tomlinson/Dawson family pages for more information).  Thanks to Peter Gash and Philip Tomlinson for their information.  

Yet another descendant of Charlotte Gash has contacted me, like Philip, Charlotte is Jennifer Frost's Great Grandmother.   More information regarding these connections can be found by accessing the above Tomlinson/Dawson page link.

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William and Mary Gash

(My  Great Grandparents)

I found the index numbers on FreeBMD and sent for their Marriage Certificate

A new name appeared on the above certificate, that of Samuel Tomlinson, my Great Great Grandfather. 

Incidentally, I sent the photograph of William and Mary, shown here on the left, to Practical Family History magazine to try and establish the date of the photograph.  This appeared in their  March 2007 issue  together with a copy of the painting of William in his 17th Lancers Uniform. Jane Shrimpton who is their Photograph dating expert believes that the photograph was taken to commemorate their wedding in 1866.  Jane later emailed me as she was writing a guide to dating old photographs and wanted to include the photograph as it "is a good early marriage portrait and would be very useful for the 1860s chapter".  This has now been published and sure enough, their photograph is included on page 30.

I next sent for the birth certificate of my Great Grandmother, Mary Gash (nee Tomlinson) -

Mary's birth certificate gave me the maiden name of her mother and another generation -

Samuel Tomlinson = Mary Dawson

My Great Great Grandparents

Please go to the Tomlinson and Dawson family page for more about the Tomlinson connection.

1871 Census - 3333/48 - Also living on the Road from Kirton to Kirton Holme, Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire

Elizabeth now a widow and living with her son George.  Details of David Gash's death are given further down this page.

1871 Census - 3346/56 - My Great Grandparents, William and Mary Gash - married in 1866 - were living at Harts Grounds, near North and South Kyme

William's brother, John and his wife Susannah were living in the hamlet of Langrick at Little Coningsby:

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These are some photographs of the churches and localities where the Gash family had lived:  

*Picture No 1 -  please visit http://www.allsaintsnocton.org.uk/history.htm Nocton Church website from which this picture was taken.

The Pictures 2, 8 and 15 are used with permission from the following website:  http://www.wparkinson.com/Churches - Please visit Wendy Parkinson's site for wonderful pictures of Lincolnshire and churches from other Counties.  I snapped the rest of the photographs.

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The 1881 Census revealed that my Great Grandparents and family had moved to Sibsey Road, Thornton Le Fen, Lincolnshire - the family comprising of William and Mary and their ten children:

*  = my Grandmother    Details of her birth certificate are shown below:

Also found in the 1881 Census was William's widowed mother, still in Kirton with two of her children.  They were living in Wash Road, Kirton. 

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Using the FreeBMD search on Rootsweb I have found  a date of death for an Elizabeth Gash, aged 75, this is almost certainly my 2 x Great Grandmother Elizabeth Gash.  Elizabeth's death was recorded in the March 1882 quarter, in the Boston registration district, Vol 7a; page 237: 

Hannah Latimore - searching for "Latimore" on the 1881 Census, I found a Hannah Lattimer, aged 72 living on her own in an Alms House at Kirton, Lincoln - a labourer's widow. 

Details of David Gash's death was proving to be difficult to discover; I thought I had found a match and sent for a death certificate.  The details on BMD were Spilsby registration district; but no age was included with the entry.  When the certificate arrived I knew instantly that this wasn't 'our David'!  He was only 37 years of age; David would have been 52 years old; this David Gash died of consumption on 23 August 1858 in Skegness; his occupation was given as "Gentleman".

Gash researcher, Amanda Lee has discovered  that David was buried on 21 November 1870, age 74; and Elizabeth was buried on 17 January 1882 - both at Kirton in Holland (source: Burial Index).

The actual date of David's death was supplied by Chris Gash - I sent for his death certificate and the details are shown below:

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William and Mary Gash had another child in 1885 a girl, Ada Sarah Gash but Ada Sarah did not reach her first birthday; her birth and death are both shown on BMD Sep 1885, registered Boston, Lincolnshire.

Accessing the 1891 Census on http://freecen.rootsweb.com I found William and Mary Gash with some of the previously mentioned siblings and some new ones! living at 121 Hemmingfield, Wombwell, Barnsley in the West Riding of Yorkshire -

My distant cousin Susan Principe, has sent me a copy of the birth certificate of Great Aunt Amy Gash:

Hannah, Lucy, David, William and Mary were not listed as living at 121 Hemmingfield. I eventually found Lucy, after talking to my cousin, Eileen.  Eileen knew  that Lucy's married name was Simms - I discovered them living close by at an address in Hemmingfield - they could have been living in the same house - at 121 Hemmingfield - their schedule does not list the whole address but the schedule number follows on.

Arthur's full name was Arthur John Charles Simms and in 1881 he was working on a Farm at Langton Moor, age 17, born Lincolnshire, Thornton, a Farm Servant working for Cristopher and Harriet Day. There's a marriage on FreeBMD, registered at Boston, March quarter of 1885: Lucy Gash and Arthur John C Simms were on the list of 4 shown, vol 7a page 501. More information on the Simms family can be seen on the Lucy and Emma Simms page.

Thanks to Ann Thompson, the Secretary of Rawmarsh and Parkgate Local History Group; she has found William and Mary's missing family on the 1891 Census -

* my grandmother

On the FreeBMD website, I have discovered the marriages of William and of David Gash  -  William married Emma Ward in the December 1892 quarter in the Horncastle district; and David married Emma's sister Alice Ward in the September 1894 quarter in Rotherham.  I then searched the 1881 Census for the Ward family and found that they were living in Middle Road, Coningsby, Lincoln. (This is transcribed further down the page.)

Making use of a free trial database and the 1891 Census, I found  George Gash, son of David and Elizabeth Gash, brother of William.  George had married in 1882 and they had one son - living at Eleven Acre Lane, Kirton:

Searching the FreeBMD, I found that George had married Maria Leedell, registered Boston Dec 1882; and a birth for a George Gash, born Boston December 1883 vol 7a, p393. 

According to the following entry in the 1881 Census, Maria was the widow of George Leedell and they were living at Sutterton, on Spalding Road:

George's death, at the age of 49, had been registered at Boston, June 1881.

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My Great Grandmother, Mary - William Gash's wife must have died between the 1891 and 1901 census as William appeared in the 1901 census living with his daughter, Mary,  his marital status - widower.  I found Mary's death on the FreeBMD website listed as March 1894.  Their son Fred's death was also listed as June 1891 - their 14th child - Fred died before his 1st birthday.   I sent for Mary's death certificate and discovered -

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William and Mary's sons, William and David Gash as mentioned prevously had married two sisters - Emma and Alice Ward - I searched for them in the 1881 Census and found a Ward family living at Middle Road, Coningsby, Lincoln -

I have received  an email from a descendant of the Ward family, Stephen Pinner.  Steven tells me that Emma and Alice Ward's father was Western Ward.  The unusual forename "Western" was passed down the generations within the Gash family residing in Nottinghamshire.  A death is listed on Ancestry.com for a Western Ward, age 58 Sept Quarter 1879, Volume 7a page 311 for the Horncastle district of Lincolnshire.  Stephen very kindly sent me a copy of the marriage certificate of William Gash and Emma Ward - this took place at the Parish Church in Coningsby, Lincolnshire on 6th December 1892:

My distant cousin Susan Principe, has sent me a copy of the marriage certificate of David Gash and Alice Ward which took place at St Mary's Church, Greasbrough in 1894:

Incidentally when searching the 1901 Census for my grandmother, Mary Gash (formerly Hickling) I could not find them; I found the page eventually by searching for William Gash - he was listed as an Army pensioner living with his daughter, Mary 'Hickbrig'.  The original Census page had been misread and their name appeared as 'Hickbrig' on the 1901 Census schedule.  Her son Norman was transferred as 'Forman Hickbrig'.  I have filled in the correction form, and this has now been amended.  The details of this Census is included on the Hickling webpage.   I have since learnt that this particular Census was contracted out to India and Sri Lanka - that explains the many transcription errors!

To see pictures of some members of the family please visit the Photo Gallery page. Amongst them you'll find William and Mary Gash; my Great Aunt - Lucy Simms nee Gash and her daughters; Great Uncle William Gash and his wife, who moved to Newark; several pictures of Great Uncle Jim in Coldstream Guards uniform and one in civvies;  and my 'Aunt' Mary Emma who supplied some of the pictures.  Mary Emma was not really my Aunt, being my Mother's cousin, but in view of her age, I was always told to call her 'Auntie Emma'.

In the 1901 Census I found the following information regarding William and Mary's children. All were living in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Living at Birch Wood, Rawmarsh was William and Emma Gash -

* I have transcribed Kilnhurst St Thomas Church of England School's log book for the period 1888 to 1921 and I whilst typing it, I found an entry for 4th March 1910 -

William and Emma's  first child, William Western Gash was born on 4 October 1893 whilst the family were living at Winterwell, West Melton, the trade of his father William was given as Collier; William Western Gash was baptised on 22 November 1893 at West Melton Congregational Church.

This family after struggling in Yorkshire* to survive, eventually moved to Syerston, near Newark, to take over the farm which was being run by brothers David and Jim.  William's son, also called William eventually formed the Wm Gash & Sons bus company. I remember visiting them when I was a child.  One of the pictures in the photo gallery is taken on their farm. 

I found information on several websites regarding the bus company mainly for bus 'anoraks'  -

http://www.bammot.org.uk/vehicles/vkal579.asp and http://www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/?cat=56

The photograph, above left, arrived from Canada from my nephew and identified by Douglas Moutrie shows, right to left - William Western Gash, 2 Women's Voluntary Service members (names not known), Emma Gash nee Ward, William Gash, James Gash, Alan Gash, William Western Wright, and Edith Wright nee Gash - the photograph dates from about 1950.  At that time Wm Gash & Sons provided a free day out for OAP's in the Newark area, the WVS ladies accompanied the OAP's and the owners of the company, William and Alan Gash drove the coaches on that day.  The photo was taken in Newark Market Place and the car was a Triumph Vitesse Reg. No. BAY 86.

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Further information regarding  the family of William and Emma Gash has been kindly sent to me by my distant cousin Rev. Christopher Gash -

William Gash, born 1871, died 1957 was married to Emma Ward in 1892; Emma was born in 1870 and died in 1959.  They had five children:

William Western Gash married Euphemia (Effie) Kemp in 1919 and they had one daughter Margaret Emma Gash, born 1921; William died in 1974 and Euphemia in 1983. 

Charles Edwin Gash married Eva Agnes McKay in 1917 and they had three children; Charles Edwin known as Eddie died in 1971; Eva Agnes was born in 1896 and died in 1983.  Their children were:

Edith Mary Gash married William Wright (1899-1967) in 1927; they had one son, William Western Wright.  Edith died in 1998. 

George Robert Gash married Sybil Talbot* in 1932; Sybil was born 1912 and died 2003; George Robert died in 1991; they had 4 children -

* Please visit Photo Gallery 1 for pictures of George and Sybil Gash at Cotham Grange Farm

John Alan Gash married Sybil Chalk in 1937; Sybil was born 1913 and died in 2000; John Alan died in 1981; they had three children -

1901 Census: Living at Birchwood, Rawmarsh, next door to William was his brother, David Gash -

*David appears in the 1881 Census as born in Swineshead. Alice was formerly Alice Ward.

Susan Principe a descendant of Alice Edna Gash has sent me the copy of Alice Edna's baptism certificate (shown on the left).  This took place at St Mary's Church, Greasbrough in 1898.

David and his family with brother James moved to Syerston, near Newark to go back to the land.  As seen above, they handed over to their brother William.  David and James then emigrated to Canada.

Up to date information regarding David and Alice:

David and Alice Gash had four children -

* Searching the British Columbia Archives I did find two possible marriages for David Gash -

A Groom called David Gash married Mercy Elizabeth Tolley in Victoria on 28 Dec 1924 (probably David Gash born 1895);

another entry for David Gash shows him marrying Lydia Grundy at Cranbrook on 27 Jul 1928.  This proved to be David Gash senior, David remarried Lydia after Alice died in 1925.a

These though have yet to be confirmed as 'our' David Gash.  BC Archives also show their deaths - Lydia Gash on 16 March 1951, age 87; and Mercy Elizabeth Gash died on 9 July 1956, age 69. 

Consulting British Columbia Archives I also found Great Uncle David Gash's death at Duncan on 9 August 1952, age 82; his wife Alice had died first at Fernie on 30 December 1925, age 53. 

My new-found cousin, Susan Principle has solved these queries for me -  regarding the 'David Gash' marriages: David Gash (senior) married Lydia Grundy three and a half years after the death of Alice Ward Gash - Lydia was a widow. 

David Gash's eldest son David married Mercy Tolley in 1924 (his second marriage) - their only daughter, Joan, suffered brain damage from a fall down some stairs and died some time later as a result of her injuries.  There is a photograph of David with his first wife, Minnie on 'our Canadian family' page - Minnie died shortly after their marriage.  David Gash Jnr had enlisted in the Canadian army and fought in Europe in WW1, he married Minnie in England - reports of his time in England can be seen in these extracts from Fernie Free Press which also contains details of his marriage.  Consulting FreeBMD I found a marriage for a David Gash to Miriam Buckler registered March 1919 at Auckland, County Durham, vol 10a p 343.  I found Miriam in 1901 living with her parents in Bowman's Yard, Escomb, Bishop Auckland:

William Buckler married Bridget Callighan in April/June quarter of 1891, registered in Auckland 10a, page 318.

The children of Hedley Fernie and Elva Maud Gash were -

** More information and photographs of David and Alice Ward Gash  and their extended family can be found on the Canadian webpage link shown above.

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William and Mary's son, Samuel Gash was living at 4 Peashill Street, Rawmarsh, Rotherham and he had married Clara Ann Dobson - registered at Rotherham, in the December 1895 quarter, vol 9c, page 1017 and their household was as follows -

Samuel and Clara had two children -

I have obtained a baptism transcription of the christenings which took place at Upper Haugh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel 1848-1966 and Samuel and Clara are recorded as the parents of Phyliss date of birth 23 Jul 1899 - the baptism date though has been transcribed with a query - "Aug?23 1899".  I will check the original registers for the full transcript. Their abode was given as "Rawmarsh". 

Looking through Rawmarsh National Infant School Admission Register for the years 1899-1929, I found the following:

Samuel and Clara's daughter, Edith married Tom Cheers in Canada.  Their photos are on the Photo Gallery (link below).  I have found a document on http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html  - this collection includes Attestation papers for Canadians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force who enlisted during the First World War.  Page one of Arthur Gash's enlistment was found on this website  - unfortunately there was no page 2.  The information found on these attestation papers can be seen on my Canadian page.  My distant cousin Susan Principe remembers visiting Samuel and Clara in Canada - related on the Canadian webpage  and there's also a photo of Clara on the Canadian webpage.

I  met a descendant of Samuel and Clara Gash, Dorothy Galenzoski, in May 2008, their Grandaughter and daughter of Arthur Gash.  Dorothy was visiting her son who now lives in Stockport, Lancashire.  Dorothy found this website and emailed me and we met on the day before she returned to Canada.

Dorothy lives in Surrey a suburb of Vancouver and she is to speak to her cousin, who is the daughter of Edith Cheers nee Gash (daughter of Samuel and Clara Gash) - Edith and Tom's daughter has researched the family history and will be able to let me know more about that side of our Gash family. See the Canadian family page for more information.

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The 1901 Census - showed William and Mary's other children -

Consulting the Canadian BC Archives, I found 3 entries in the Marriages section for "James Gash":

1. James Gash = Esther Ann Puttinger at Fernie on 18 March 1915* - name I believe should have read "Pettinger".

2. James Gash = Esther Ann Winstanley at Fernie on 18 March 1915*

3. James Gash = Isabel Lindsay Geddes at Vancouver on 3 March 1928*

Note, though the first two show the same date and also on the record they show the same register number.  It wqs thought that James had three sons; to date though, I had no firm information regarding his marriage nor of his children. Great Uncle Jim died on 30 June 1954 in Vancouver, he was 76.

BC Archives also show a death for Esther Anne Gash at Coquitlam on 2 June 1965, age 85; and a death for Isabell Jean Gash at New Westminster on 15 July 1980, age 82.  Another James Gash's death is shown as 20 February 1976 giving an age of 71 at Coquitlam - this James Gash was born c1905 and Great Uncle Jim was born in 1877.  This entry might be the son of James and Esther Ann Gash.

* Information supplied via a photograph identified by Gladys Gash from Canada shows Uncle Jim with wife Esther.

Searching further on FreeBMD, I next found three births, registered at Rotherham, which appear relevant to my Great Uncle James Gash and Esther Ann Winstanley:

December Quarter of 1904 James Gash Winstanley; December Quarter 1907 Fred Gash Winstanley*; December Quarter 1908 Ernest Gash Winstanley. 

* A death was registed in December 1907 for Fred Gash Winstanley.

I was pleased to hear recently from the grand daughter of my Great Uncle, James Gash.  The family had only just started to research their family history when they found this website.  They contacted me and will recontact me when they have further information.

Meanwhile I think I have found more about Great Uncle Jim's wife, Esther Ann Winstanley nee Pettinger - she was the daughter of William Pettinger and Mary Ann Sanderson who were married in Rotherham in 1877 - ceremony registered at Rotherham December quarter of 1877 vol 7c page 635.

The 1881 Census shows them living at 7-8 Pottery Square, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham:

I also found a birth for Esther Ann Pettinger registered at Rotherham, December quarter of 1879, vol 9c page 635.  It looks as if these children may be from a previous marriage of William or Mary Ann.  There seems to be a mixup for the "Where born" information - if this is the correct family, Rosehannah (Sanderson) shows born Derbyshire and Ester Ann is shown as born Lincolnshire - if this is Rose Hannah who later married John Wallwork, she was born in Lincolnshire and Esther Ann born in Rotherham.  See the Canadian family page for the Wallwork Census entries. 

The 1891 Census has a William Pettinger living with his parents in Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham at 15 Midland Terrace:

In Column 16 of the above schedule (the disability column) it states "Fits" alongside William's entry. 

In 1881 William's parents were living in Wath upon Dearne with their daughter Mary Ann at 15 Station Lane:

In 1871, the Pettingers were living "Near Newhill Pottery" in the hamlet of Newhill, Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham:

*The IGI has a record submitted by a member of the LDS Church: "William Pettinger; Male; Christening: 13 May 1855 Edwinstowe, Nottingham, England; Parents Richard and Esther Pettinger".  I have found a death for a William Pettinger, age 38, registered at Rotherham June quarter of 1893 vol 9c page 432.  I can't verify that this is Esther Ann's father but it does look likely.  To date I can't find Esther Ann nor her mother in the 1891 Census. 

However in 1894 there's a marriage registered in Barnsley, September quarter for a Mary Ann Pettinger and an Edward Martin and in the 1901 Census this couple are living at 8 Packman Road, West Melton, Rotherham:

*There was another marriage which took place in Rotherham, registered July quarter of 1896 between Esther Ann Pettinger and John Winstanley and their son Ralph's birth was registered the same time - July quarter of 1896 vol 9c page 754.  In the 1901 Census Esther Ann and John were shown at separate addresses and their son, Ralph was, as can be seen above was living with his grandmother - Esther Ann's Mother, Mary Ann Martin, formerly Pettinger. 

Esther Ann had reverted back to her single name and was working as a domestic servant in the home of Cornelius Wells, Licensed Victualler in Sheffield at The Don Inn, 2 Penistone Road:

and John Winstanley was back living with his parents at 25 Littlemoor Road, Wath upon Dearne:

Looking again at FreeBMD, I discovered a death registered at Rotherham, June quarter of 1914 for a John Winstanley, age 39. 

Looking on the IGI and FreeBMD for the baptisms/births of the 'Pettinger' children shown on the 1881 Census , I found -

Joseph Brown Sanderson's birth registered at Horncastle, LIN June 1863 vol 7a page 529 and on the IGI Joseph Brown born Goulceby, Lincoln on 22 May 1863 - note no parents names nor a baptism date shown (Joseph was shown as 17 in 1881). 

Eliza Jane Brown Sanderson's  baptism found on IGI - 5 Oct 1867 at Horncastle, LIN parents George Brown Sanderson & Mary Ann (Eliza can be seen on 1871 (see below) but not on the 1881

Sarah Ann Sanderson's baptism on the IGI - 21 Nov 1869 at Horncastle, parents George Brown Sanderson & Mary Ann; FreeBMD have a birth registered Dec 1869 at Horncastle for a Sarah Ann Sanderson vol 7a page 499.  

Georgiana Sanderson's baptism is shown on IGI as 21 Dec 1873; parents as above; On FreeBMD there's a Georgina Sanderson registered in Horncastle in March 1872 vol 71 page 545. 

Rosehannah Sanderson appears on the IGI as Rose Anna Sanderson baptised 21 Dec 1873 at Horncastle - parents as above; Free BMD shows Rosanna Sanderson registered Horncastle Sep 1873, vol 7a page 538.  I've just received the birth certificate of Rosanna - this I thought might help establish that the father and mother were George Brown Sanderson and Mary Ann - as can be seen George's first name was not shown on the certificate:

William Rich'd Pettinger - I couldn't find a William Richard Sanderson (or Brown) on FreeBMD but there is a record of William Pettinger registered at Chesterfield in Dec 1876, vol 7b page 709 - Chesterfield includes Eckington, the 1881 Census entry shows William Rich'd as being born Derbyshire, Eckington.  Sadly William Richard Pettinger's death was registered Rotherham Mar quarter 1886, age 8 vol 9c p384.

I think this is the copy of Mary Ann's first marriage certificate to George Brown Sanderson:

 George's father not given - is the name 'Brown' a clue?

This might be Mary Ann and George Brown Sanderson living in Horncastle at the time of the 1871 Census:

The above was Schedule No. 285 and on the same Horncastle Census sheet, Schedule No. 283 showed -

Searching for George and Mary Ann in the 1861 Census, they were shown as 'Saunderson', living in Goulceby at Mandle Bottom

And I found William and Jane in Goucelby:

in the 1851 Census, William Brown and Jane Sanderson were shown to be living in South Road, Goucelby, Lincolnshire:

In the 1841 Census George Brown was 9 and the family were living in Stickney, West Fen Allotment, Lincolnshire:

and going forward in time to the 1891 Census Georgina Brown Sanderson was living in Hemsworth with her husband Lewis Harrison in Baylee Street:

I found a marriage for Georgina Brown Sanderson to Lewis Harrison - registered at Barnsley Apr 1890 vol9c p353. 

In 1901 Georgina was living on the same road as her mother and stepfather, at 5 Packman Road, West Melton:

Before the 1901 Census Rosehannah Brown Sanderson had married John Wallwork and they were living at 162 Hemmingfield, Wombwell.  This census entry appears on our Canadian webpage.

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I can't find Hannah Gash, William and Mary's oldest child.  There is a photo in the photo gallery of Great Aunt Anna and Uncle Jack, I have to consult with other relatives about whether this is Hannah;  Rachel, Ruth, Amy and Esther - I haven't found an official trace of these sisters yet so the story continues . . .

I eventually found Esther Gash living at Upper Haugh, Rawmarsh - a Domestic Servant in the home of William and Maria Shaw:

Esther Gash was the first of William and Mary's children to emigrate to Canada.  (More about Esther on the Canadian page). 

This could be Amy Gash working as a servant in Sheffield, in the home of John and Eliza Hall at 44 Brocco Bank, Nether Hallam:

And this might be Ruth Gash, working for the Horridge family at 18 Southbourne Road, Nether Hallam in Sheffield:

I think this is Rachel Gash, twin sister of Ruth, working for John and Susan Bringeman(?) on Langrick Ferry Road at Langriville, Lincolnshire:

Rachel Gash stayed in Lincolnshire and eventually married Wright Henry English on 17 May 1911 at Coningsby, Lincolnshire.  Here's Wright English in 1891 and 1901 living in the Wildmore area, Horncastle district on Haven Bank Road:

The IGI has a marriage for William English and Mary Ann Rodgers on 4 April 1866 at Coningsby with the additional information that William was baptised on 15 April 1832 at Thornton Le Fen the same area in Lincolnshire now known as Wildmore.  In 1901 Wright Henry is shown as Head of household:

Searching FreeBMD for possible children of Wright Henry and Rachel English, I found the following births, all were registered at Horncastle, Lincolnshire; these entries were in the period when the Mother's surname appeared on the index:

Rachel's twin sister, Ruth Gash stayed in South Yorkshire and came to live with her sister Mary Hickling, nee Gash (my Grandmother) at 52 Kilnhurst Road, Rawmarsh.  Eventually though she began to have serious epileptic fits and at that time no one knew how to deal with them and Ruth spent the rest of her life in the Workhouse, I'm not certain which Workhouse this was - but think it was somewhere near Lodge Moor at Sheffield.  When she died she was buried in Wombwell Cemetery - see below for more information.  

Amy Gash married William Copley and moved up to Ambleside, in the Lake District after they were married.  See the Copley Family page for more information. 

Chris Gash suggested looking on the 1901 Census website for William and Mary's daughter Hannah Gash in Greasbrough, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire as he had been told that an Uncle, William Gash (born 1893), had visited her there when he was younger, an Aunt had also mentioned that Hannah had had a large family and that the eldest boy was John Thomas - Chris was unsure whether this meant 'Thomas' as a surname or as a second forename. 

I decided to try the 1901 with just Hannah's first name, her birth year (+/- 2 year) and her birthplace; this brought just five results and the most obvious was the surname 'Dixon' living in Wombwell.  I then requested all the Dixon's living in Wombwell and found the rest of the family - I had no voucher so could not purchase the full information.  Then thanks to Lincolnshire ENG-LINCSGEN-L@rootsweb.com emailing list - I had posted a general request regarding the Gash family and had included my surname interests which included the new entry DIXON; Jean Dixon contacted me to see what my connection to the name 'Dixon' was and it turned out that Jean's husband was a relative of the husband of Great Aunt Hannah - John Dixon.  Jean then sent me the details of the 1901 Census - these can be found on the Dixon family page. 

There were two GASH witnesses at the marriage of Hannah Gash to John William Dixon in 1895, George Henry Gash and Jane Gash.  Searching the 1901 Census, I found a George H Gash, living at 95 New Street, Barnsley:

George Henry was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Gash and nephew of my Great Grandfather, William Gash.

William's brother, George was still living with his wife Maria in Kirton in Holland, Lincolnshire - their address was the same as in 1891 - Wash Road, 11 Acre Lane:

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Barry and I went to Wombwell Cemetery where William and Mary are buried but I could not find them.  There were so many of the old graves unreadable because the authorities have had to pull them from the ground and they have been placed face down.  This is for safety reasons because a child was killed when he was playing in a cemetery when a tombstone fell on him.

I visited Barnsley Archives to search for their burial records.  In the fiches for Wombwell I found that Fred, William and Mary's infant son was buried on 1st July 1891, having died on 28th June; Mary had been buried on 6th February 1894, after her death on 2nd February, William had died in Winterwell Road, West Melton on 6 Jan 1902, and was buried on 10 January 1902.

I sent for my Great Grandfather, William Gash's death certificate and was shocked and dismayed to see the cause of death.  There had been no information regarding this circulating within the family:

Another inquest to investigate and there may have been an account written in the local newspaper.

The Barnsley Archivist at Barnsley Archives told me that if I telephoned Ardsley Crematorium, they would meet me in Wombwell Cemetery and show me exactly where my relatives' graves were.  A member of their staff met with Barry and I on 16 July, but it took some time to locate the graves as the numbering system is difficult  to follow.  I already had the grave number for Great Aunt Ruth, as my Mother had arranged her funeral and the lady found that one easily.  This was in what she called newly consecrated ground, and the numbers follow on consecutively.  Ruth had died  on 21 November 1968, age 88.  We started back to try again to find the grave of Fred, William and Mary.  They were in what she described as old consecrated ground.   This turned out to be groups of 4 graves running alongside of one of the paths, all the way down to the cemetery chapels.  Knowing this it was then easier to locate.  I was just beginning to think that William and Mary were in an unmarked grave, or that their grave had been damaged, when we found it.  The grave was in quite good order with a very low headstone and there were surprisingly few weeds. Next to the grave was the space where Fred was buried - this grave was unmarked.  Barry and I have cleared the small amount of weeds and planted some small Hebe plants and winter-flowering pansies on the grave - the Hebe will eventually produce little white flowers.

Rotherham Archives has microfilms of the Rotherham Advertiser and the South Yorkshire Times and on Friday, 22 April 2005 I found the reports of the suicide of my Great Grandfather:

The 1911 Census, is now on line and I have found that Samuel Gash and his family had moved from Rawmarsh to Batley, Yorkshire - the date of the Census was 2 April 1911.  They just made it, as they sailed from Liverpool on the "Empress of Britain" bound for Canada on the 7th April!  They also featured in the Canadian 1911 Census. However on 2nd April they were staying with John Edward Lee and his family at 1 Yd. Wellington Street, Batley:

The transcript showed that John and Lily Lee had been married 6 years; and Clara and Samuel Gash, married 15 years.

Clara and Samuel's son Arthur was not staying in the same house, he was with Charles Henry Bose and his wife Ada at Foundry Street, Mirfield:

Both wives in these two household were born in Rawmarsh, and the presence of Charles Dobson in this second transcript, reveals that Ada Bose and Clara Gash nee Dobson were sisters. The transcript showed that Charles Henry and Ada Bose had been married 14 years.

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Updated 31 December 2011