Hickling Genealogy Page

Part of the Jackson Family History Research

Updated 28 July 2009

George HICKLING = Mary PEWTRALL

My great great grandparents

George's wife Mary was Mary Ann Pewtrall - she married a George Hickling from Bardon, Leicester on 21 December 1827 at Markfield, Leicestershire.  George and Mary had at least eight children -

**My great grandfather. 

The above information was kindly supplied by Malcolm Hickling who carried out a One-name study regarding the surname Hickling.  His website is http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hickling/ but sadly Malcolm died in June 2008. I had an email from Diane Hicklin who was very worried that Malcolm's research did not appear to have been deposited anywhere.  The Society of Genealogists of which, Malcolm was a member, did not have any information nor apparently did the GOONS organisation (Guild of One Name Studies) of which we thought, Malcolm was associated. Diane is trying to contact Malcolm's family. 

Since writing the above, Diane has managed to get in touch with Malcolm's family and has now taken over his role as the custodian of the Hicklin and variants One Name Study (ONS) - http://www.one-name.org/profiles/hicklin.html  is the link to Diane's page within the GOONS network.  Diane has also kindly inserted a link to this webpage.

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I originally found a George Hickling on the IGI - this George was born about 1796, Hugglescote, Leicestershire - baptised at Hathern, 7 October 1811 when he was 6 years old. Plus other siblings whose parents were - George and Margaret HICKLING.  However, we now think that this George Hickling is not ours - see below. 

This could be confirmed when I view the film of the Parish Registers for Hathern at Sheffield LDS Church Family History Centre at Grenoside. 

An enquiry on the Leicestershire Rootsweb list led to me receiving more information regarding the Pewtrall surname - please follow this link for the Pewtrall family.  Another lister Alison U Ring has the fiches for Markfield and kindly informed me that George HICKLING, bachelor (x) of Bardon to Mary PUTREL, of Markfield, spinster (x) by banns 21 Dec 1827.  Witnesses: George PUTREL (x) and Dorothy HARVEY (x) and John NEWBALL.

Thanks to Genes Reunited, I have met a distant cousin who is also on the HICKLING trail. Carolynn Skelton, known as Lynn, is also a descendent of George and Mary Hickling - Lynn's family connection is her Great Grandfather, Henry Hickling.  Carolynn Skelton and I visited the Family History Centre at Grenoside to see if they have information regarding our Hickling family in Leicestershire.  We found several births and marriages on the IGI but in order to view the Parish Registers for Markfield and Hathern in Leicestershire we had to order the microfilms.  These eventually arrived and we found the entries shown below and others which are shown on the Pewtrall family page.

Viewing the film of the Parish Registers for Markfield at Sheffield LDS Church Family History Centre at Grenoside at the end of September showed me the entry for the marriage of George Hickling and Mary Putril - my 2 x Great Grandparents:

I also found the baptism of my 2 x Great Grandmother Mary Ann Putrell - baptised at Markfield on 20 April 1804, but unfortunately did not get a printout.  Please follow the Putrell/Peutrel/Pewtrall link for research relating to my 2 x Great Grandmother Mary Pewtrall.

A son for Mary before her marriage to George?  There might be an explanation in the Markfield Poor Law records; one for future research.

The baptism of my Great Grandfather, Francis Thomas Hickling -

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In the Hathern records I discovered an entry which I thought was George Hickling's birth - its a multi-baptism which took place on 7 October 1804:

However, Carolynn has led me to believe that the above baptisms are not 'our' Hickling family as she has found a George Hickling "born Hathern" in the 1851 Census living in Nottingham and working as a framework knitter. This census entry also matches some of the following Hathern baptisms:

So the search for George's origin and parents goes on . . .

My 2 x Great Grandparents George and Mary Hickling  appear on the 1841 Census for Hugglescote, Leicestershire, page 16a - all born in county:

* My Great Grandfather.  This 1841 Census information was kindly sent to me by Marianne Burton via the LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-L Rootsweb Mailing List.  Marianne also added that there were two more households in Hugglescote with Hickling names -

And in another household was a Harriot Hickling, age 20, a Female servant.  I need to find out more information before I can be certain that these other Hugglescote Hicklings belong to our Hickling family.

In 1849 on 26 November, Francis Thos Hickling was recorded as a witness to the marriage of Elizabeth Hannah Pewtrell and George Hewitt, the bride's father being Joseph Pewtrall - and the bride was the sister of Mary Pewtrall, Francis's Mother.

Thanks to another Leicestershire Web site http://uk.geocities.com/leicslookup/, Harvey Bates, who resides in Adelaide, South Australia. Harvey sent me the following information regarding the Hickling family, still living in Hugglescote, from the 1851 Census index - I have now obtained the full copy; however on Ancestry.co.uk they have been transcribed as "Stickling" - I have filled in the amendment form for each member of the family -

Their Schedule No. was 97 and looking at the previous Census page, against Schedule No. 93 in the 'Name of Street, Place or Road' Column it stated "on the Donington Road. In Green Row".

The above information shows that my Great Grandfather* must have left Leicestershire for the pits of South Yorkshire shortly after this Census as can be seen from the certificate shown below, he was married in Rawmarsh, Yorkshire in 1853. 

* David Pittam - 2 x Great Grandson of Jane Hickling, on finding this website, contacted me with information regarding Jane.  Please follow this link to find out more about Jane

Francis Thomas Hickling = Mary Thomson (nee Vaughan)

My great grandparents

I have received the wedding certificate for Francis and Mary, and much to my surprise, found that she was a widow at only 25 when they married in 1853 - 

*John Hickling was the bridegroom's brother.

Keen to discover who was Mary's first husband, I searched for previous marriage entry for Mary Vaughan.  This brought no record on the Free BMD site; but on the Ancestry.co.uk site I found that, included on the list for marriages taking place in the December quarter 1848 were Abraham Thompson and Mary Vaughan.  I have sent for their wedding certificate.  Knowing the full name of Mary's first husband I then searched for his death.

I found that Abraham had died during the March quarter of 1852 and the death was registered at Rotherham.  This certificate should arrive on our doormat within seven days.  Details of Mary's first wedding and Abraham's subsequent death can be found on the Vaughan family web page.

1861 Census

Shown on the Census as living at Upper Haugh:

This Census reveals that Abraham and Mary did have a child, now age nine.  In the 1851 Censes, Mary was shown with her son George, age 1, I need to find out what happened to George.  No record though on the BMD site, so I will have to search the parish records for details.  The birth of Adeline Hickling is on BMD, but no record of Bertha is to be found, except a marriage in 1877 March quarter v9c p605 to either Herbert Gamblen (sic) or Frederick Hague.  (This mystery was solved later following details of the marriage of Frances Ann Hickling to James Fretwell - one of the witnesses was Bertha Gambles.)

Adeline, though appears in the NBI list as being buried in Rawmarsh St Mary's churchyard on 28 Jan 1862 age 3 years.  Also on the NBI list is Mary Jane Hickling buried 1 Oct 1868 aged 5 from Upper Haugh.

Another death found on the Rotherham FHS burial list was listed as follows:

THOMPSON Fredriss (sic) 19 Sep 1868 abode: Upper Haugh age: 17 son of Mary Hickling
Grave location Rawmarsh High Street Cemetery from 22/Jan/1867 to 17/Jan/1871

This must be the son of Abraham and Mary Thompson shown on the above 1861 Census entry as stepson of Francis and Mary Hickling.  I don't know if Fredriss was a nickname or if the transcriber had difficulty with the name.  It is however shown on FeeBMD as "Fredis Thompson".

Gordon Neal (a Vaughan researcher informed me that Francis Thomas Hickling, along with Ann Finney were witnesses at the marriage of John Vaughan and Sarah Waddams on 13 October 1861.  John was the brother of Francis Thomas's wife Mary.  The Finney family lived at Upper Haugh, neighbours of the Hickling family.  Sarah Waddams was a widow; her family name had been Finney - details on the Vaughan family website.

Also found on the 1861 Census were George and Mary Hickling still residing in Hugglescote on Ibstock Road, with their son, William:

George and Mary's daughter, Sarah Hickling had married George Dexter on 25 December 1860 and in the 1861 Census they were residing  in Mill Street, Hugglescote, Leics: 

- their son, Henry Hickling had moved up to South Yorkshire and was living in Barnsley; he had married Lucy Litchfield and details are shown here.

I was unable to trace John, James or Elizabeth in the 1861 Census. However I have found the following possibilities:

This entry could be John and James Hickling, names wrongly heard or transcribed by the enumerator or the householder, two brothers boarding in Wombwell, South Yorkshire,  the village of Wombwell, staying at the 'Prince of Wales' (John did eventually move to South Yorkshire) -

This entry is more certain, Elizabeth at Donington le Heath, Leicestershire, living in the household of John Puxley White:

Only one member of George and Mary Hickling's family missing in 1861 is Jane . . . ?

1871 Census

Francis and Mary were living at Upper Haugh, most probably Chapel Walk, as appearing on the schedule - just above the previous household, the census log states Haugh Weslean Chapele (sic) and that was on Chapel Walk.

 * My Grandfather

I have now received my grandfather Willie Hickling's, birth certificate -

My 2 x G Grandparents, George Hickling and his wife were in Hugglescote, Leicestershire,  in 1871 - RG10/3250; Folio 45, schedule 58 -

Amy is the illegitimate daughter of Jane.  Confirmed by Jane's 2 x Great Grandson, David Pittam - Amy was born on 10 February 1867 in Hugglescote - there was no father's name given, the sub-registration district was given as Whitwick;more information regarding Amy and Jane can be found here.

In the 1871 Census John and Sarah Hickling were living in Kirkroyds, Near Wombwell, in Yorkshire:  A little mystery here though was Bertha Sarah's or John's daughter from a previous marriage or was she illegitimate?   I did locate a John Hickling who married a Sarah Gocher in 1866 on FREEBMD, but looking on the 1871 Census on Ancestry.com, I found this couple were from Swannington, Leics.  So to date I haven't managed to find a marriage for 'our' John and Sarah.

I have found a death for a Bertha Hannah Hickling, age 21 registered in Barnsley Jan 1878 9c p123. 

Sarah Dexter nee Hickling died on 13 July 1869 - her husband George and their sons were still living in Hugglescote -

According to Violet Matthew's research George and Mary's son James had married Elizabeth Clayton on 18 June 1861 in Syston; in the 1871 Census they are living in London Road, Whitwick, Leicestershire -

The James Hickling shown above and the following entry showing a William Hickling visiting the Clayton household in Syston are NOT our HICKLING branch.  I thought that this was George and Mary's youngest son, William.  The above mentioned James Hickling's father was Thomas Hickling -  I have been contacted by Gareth Thomas who is connected to this particular Hickling/Clayton family. 

Carolyn always thought I was following the wrong 'track' regarding James - so what has happened to William and Mary's sons James born Markfield in 1833 and William, born Hugglescote in 1844?  I have found a death which might be William on FreeBMD - registered at Aschby Zouch age 28; vol 7a page 60.

Update 2007! Carolyn has done some detective work based on the 1861 misnaming of James and John at the Prince of Wales pub, and we think this is James transcribed on Ancestry.co.uk as Lkling!! - enumerator's version is "Ikling" in the 1871 Census: 

The address was given as 214 Skelson Cttgs; The enumeration district gives a clue: "Wombwell Township (part of).  All the remaining part of the Township of Wombwell, comprising Kit Royd, and Jump, and Woodhead.  Obviously James wasn't consulted on the content as there was nothing in the "Condition" column and 3 dashes in the "Where born" column.

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Both George and Mary Hickling died between the 1871 and 1881 Census.  I believe these are their death certificates:

Joseph Richardson was the husband of George's daughter Elizabeth - they had married in 1869 - the marriage being registered at Ashby de la Zouch June quarter of 1869.

Joseph Hardy was the husband of Mary and George's daughter Jane - see 1881 Census entry. 

The following is the 1871 Census entry for George and Mary's daughter Elizabeth and her new husband, Joseph Richardson living at 15 Winstanley Terrace, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire:

1881 Census

Found living at 32 Upper Haugh – that was 32 Chapel Walk, Upper Haugh -

* = my Grandfather

Brother John and his wife, Sarah Hickling were living near Wombwell at 165 Cowoods Cottgs, Jump with their two Yorkshire born children:

*Transcribed as Mackfield

James Hickling appears in the 1881 Census as born Hoyland, Yorkshire, living in Hoyland Nether, Barnsley, with wife E. Hickling also born Hoyland:

Carolynn found these children and James's wife 'E.' in the 1871 census living in Hoyland:

By 1881, George and Mary's daughter Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Richardson had moved back to Leicestershire and were in Desford - the address given as "Village St":

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Finding out that my great grandmother Mary Hickling was a widow in the 1891 Census, I sent for my grandfather's death certificate -

According to the fpnotebook.com website this was probably a stroke involving loss of movement lasting 3 days.

At a meeting of the Rotherham Family History Society I asked for a search of the burial records for the surname Hickling and found that Frances Thomas Hickling was buried on 21 February 1890  at Rawmarsh, St Mary's cemetery. 

Now looking for his grave will be an interesting experience as this is a graveyard where the environment has been left in order to encourage the growth of plants so that insects and wildlife can flourish. 

Francis Thomas Hickling's death appears in William Parkin's Book (1872-1916) - this is an indexed list of fatal accidents and other stories taken from the Rotherham Advertiser.  Amongst the pages was the death of my great grandfather -

Thanks to Anne Thompson of the Rawmarsh and Parkgate Local History Group for loaning me this information. 

Barry and I attempted to find Francis Thomas's grave, but its impossible most of the graves are now almost covered in Ivy.  It was raining at the time too, so we gave up and went home.

I telephoned Rotherham Crematorium and found out that they operate the same service as Barnsley MBC and we arranged to meet on Thursday, 14 October to be shown the grave and also perhaps to find Abraham Thompson's grave - Mary Hickling's first husband.

Barry and I were shown Francis Thomas Hickling's Grave - this was on a plot behind the former Rollett's Garage on Rawmarsh Hill.  The grave was at the top of this section of the graveyard and underneath lots of debris, old branches and litter.  We cleared the rubbish and saw only grass.  There was no gravestone whatsoever.   I took a few photographs and show the thumbnails here - to view a larger shot, click on the photograph and then on the 'back' button to return to this page. 

Picture 1 on the left shows where the grave is from where we were standing on the top path. 

Picture 2 is taken a little closer and the adjoining grave can just be seen. Francis Thomas is buried to the left of the gravestone in the second picture. 

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1891 CENSUS

On visiting the Rotherham Library, Local Studies and Archives, I found the following entries in the 1891 Census - the Hickling family were still living at 32 Chapel Walk where Mary was now a widow and Head of household -

 I have yet to discover who were the parents of Agnes, born in Hoyland. Willie was my Grandfather.

 I did find Francis and Mary's son, Francis Thos Hickling living at 25 High Street, Rawmarsh -

The FreeBMD website revealed the marriage of Francis Thomas Hickling (Jnr) and Rebecca Jenkinson; the marriage was registered at Rotherham in the September quarter of 1885 (9c p722).  In the 1881 Census Rebecca Jenkinson was living at 5 Phillips Row, Rawmarsh, unmarried, age 20, born Rawmarsh, employed as a Domestic Servant at the home of Henry and Elizabeth Hicks.  Henry's occupation was a Saddler and Farmer with 40 acres.

I could not find any further information regarding the rest of the Hickling household.  However searching again on the FreeBMD website I discovered that Frances Ann Hickling had married James Fretwell in the December quarter of 1889 (Rotherham 9c p1046).

Searching the 1881 Census again, I found the Fretwell family living at Knaptons Yard - 21 Green Lane, Rawmarsh, James was then 18 and had been born in Root (Wroot), Lincoln - he was a coal miner.  James's Mother and Father were Thomas and Sarah Fretwell from Heppeth, Lincoln and West Wood, Lincoln, respectively.  I had still to find out where Frances Ann was at the time of the 1891 Census. 

Now knowing Frances Ann had married, I returned to the 1891 Cenus and found the couple with a baby son, living at 11 High Street, Rawmarsh -

* A descendant of James and Frances Fretwell has contacted me from Scotland; Peter Fretwell's father was Gilbert Willis Fretwell.  Gilbert was born at 32 Upper Haugh, Rawmarsh - Frances Ann's former home at Chapel Walk. 

Peter informs me that James Fretwell had been born in 1862 and had been in the army and served in India - he was 236 Pte J Fretwell 1-Yorks L.I.  Peter has James's medal with two campaign bars for Burma 1885-7 and 1887-89 but has drawn a blank trying to research James's army background; a researcher searching for details at Kew, informed him that the 'box' was empty.

James and Frances were married 15 Dec 1889, James was 29 and Frances aged 24, the witnesses were Frances's brother and sister, Willie Hickling and Bertha Gambles.

Peter's mother thought that Frances Ann had been a school teacher - I have said I would try to find out more information for him.  My daughter is a school teacher and we have seen the log books for her school and there's a wealth of detail to be found in these records.

Having discovered Francis and Mary Hickling's daughter Bertha's married name I looked on the 1881 Census and found them living on the same street,  at 44 Chapel Walk, at Upper Haugh, Rawmarsh:

and in the 1891 Census they were living at the same address:

Sadly I found Henry and Lucy Gambles in the Rotherham FHS burial list:

John and Sarah Hickling were still living in Jump but now at 196 Church Street and John had left the pit!

Thanks to Carolynn who found James Hickling living at No. 7 Loys Buildings, Hoyland Nether - transcribed as 'Hickley':

In the 1891 Census Joseph and Elizabeth Richardson have moved to 6 Wilson Street, St Margaret's district of Leicester and Joseph had once again changed his job:

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Willie Hickling = Mary Gash

My grandparents

I already possessed my Grandparents' marriage certificate, found amongst my mother's possessions:

Witnesses were Mary's brother and sister

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1901 CENSUS

Changes of addresses for the 1901 Census, beginning with G Grandmother Mary Hickling, now living at No 38 Chapel Walk, Upper Haugh -

I had found a death on FreeBMD for a Mary Hickling, registered at Rotherham, age 77 in the March quarter of 1906, vol 9c page 417 and I have now received the certificate:

The puzzle of whose child Agnes Hickling was, was solved with the following entry in the 1901 Census.  The Fretwell family were now living at 5 Workhouse Yard, High Street, Rawmarsh:

Agnes married Colin Lilley in 1906.  The Lilley family were neighbours of the Fretwell family, living in Workhouse Yard, Rawmarsh at No.1.

Francis and Mary's son Francis T. Hickling and his family were still living at 25 High Street, Rawmarsh:

Francis and Rebecca had another son born in 1904, Percy Hickling.  I remember visiting Percy with my parents and believe that was in Doncaster. 

*Charles Francis Hickling, b 9 July 1888, son of Francis Hickling and Rebecca married May Bartlett (born c1895); their children were:

Bernard married Doris Collins and they had two sons and now live in Lincolnshire.

Frank married Doreen White registered at Rother Valley Vol 2c page 1714 April 1947 - a photo of their marriage is shown below.

Ethel married twice, her first marriage to a soldier in 1950, Thomas Homer, ended in divorce and she later married Vic Mayo; Tony Homer was her son from her first marriage - Tony was later adopted by Vic and his name was changed to Tony Mayo.  Ethel and Vic had three boys, Peter, Keith and Nigel. 

I remember visiting Uncle Charlie and Auntie May at their house at Rawmarsh, on Dale Street in "the City" this is a series of streets just below Rosehill Park.  I became firm friends with their daughter Ethel until she died very tragically of leukaemia in 1973.

Picture 1 is Frank Hickling's wedding; Uncle Charlie is on the left; that's me in front of him; Auntie May is sat down in front of the bridegroom and Ethel is the adult bridesmaid on the right. Thanks to Craig for identifying some of the other people on this photograph and in addition reintroducing me to the other bridesmaid Julia who confirmed some of these names. Back row, left to right - Charles Hickling (groom's father); George D. White (bride's brother); Frank Hickling; Doreen White; George White (bride's father) the other two men have not yet been identified*; Front row: Hilary Braithwaite (me); Elsie Ogden (fiancé of George D. White); May Hickling nee Bartlett (groom's mother); Lily White nee Rowbottom (bride's mother); Ethel Hickling (groom's sister); and Julia Smith (bride's cousin from Halifax). Frank and Doreen were later divorced; and Doreen married Dennis Beech in 1954 and they subsequently went to live in Lincolnshire.

* Julie thinks that the man (2nd right) is George White's brother; I think the remaining man could be Percy Hickling as he is also on picture number three, Ethel's wedding.

Picture 2 shows Ethel as a bridesmaid at another wedding, possibly her brother Bernard's marriage to Doris Collins.

Picture 3 is the wedding of Ethel Hickling and Thomas Homer - the youngest bridesmaid is me on a very wet day outside Rawmarsh Parish Church. I think the man standing at the back, just behind the bride and groom is Bernard Hickling, Ethel's brother; her other brother Frank is on the extreme right; Charlie and May Hickling, Ethel's parents are shown just behind me.

Picture 4 shows of Ethel and Tony Homer prior to her second marriage to Victor Mayo.

Picture 5 was taken in Redhill, near London - Stephen Hutchinson, son of George and Francis Hutchinson, nee Lilley - Francis was my Mother's cousin.  Descendant of Agnes Hickling who married Colin Lilley in 1906.

Picture 6 another photographs taken in the same garden at Redhill - Stephen is sat on Irene Burling, nee Lilley's knee, I need to find out the names of the other people in the group.

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Herbert and Bertha Gambles were at No.50 Upper Haugh, Rawmarsh:

Henry and Lucy's eldest son, John was living nearby at No.145 single with his housekeeper and her children; Annie Evans is also described as single, so the children might be John's but have Annie's name? -

I have received an email from a descendant of John Hickling and Annie Evans - Chris Arkle:

"I was trying to trace my grandfathers family tree and came across your website. My grandfather was James Hickling Evans. He was the son of Annie Evans. I had got his birth certificate this morning and had been surprised that there was no fathers name on the certificate. James or Jim as I believe he was commonly called was born on the 18th February 1903 at 12 Brick Yard, Jump and as your site states maybe the son of John Hickling. From a brief family history that I am aware of he was also a coal miner but joined the Royal Horse Artillery and served in India.
He married Winifred Margaret Duff and they had two children Allan and Jane. He lived and worked in Merstham, Surrey until his death in I believe 1971. If you would like a copy of his birth certificate I can scan and copy it for you. I have printed the Hickling genealogy page and will show it to my mother Jane. I am trying to find his military records but have only just started tracing my mothers side of the family. Thanks for the great work on your site." 

Chris has kindly forwarded a copy of his Grandfather's birth certificate which he was surprised to see did not show the father's name:

George and Mary Hickling's son John was still at No. 196 Church Street, Jump:

John and Sarah's daughter Lura had married Edmund Perry on 31 Jan 1892; at the time of their marriage Edmund was age 24, a Tailor, his father was John Perry, also a tailor; their residence was given as 196 Church Street; Lura was 18 years old; her father John's occupation was shown as "Newsagent"; one of the witnesses was Mary Jane Hickling.

Looking for George & Mary Hickling's son, James in 1901, Carolynn found that his wife Eliza was living at 139 Milton Road, Hoyland Nether with her son, Thomas Eyre:

Carolynn found two deaths registered in Pontefract which might be James and Eliza - James Hickling age 68, death registered Sep 1900; and Eliza Hickling, age 66, death registered Dec 1901. No marriage found for James and Eliza to date.

My grandparent's household in the 1901 census was very difficult to find.  In the end I gave up and searched for great grandfather William Gash and found  him living with the "Hickbrig's" at 15 Levite Hagg, Rawmarsh.  Incidentally, Levite Hagg was known in later years as Greenpiece Cottages (pictured below).  There were quite a few errors on this 1901 census entry.  Mary Hickling was transcribed as born in "Lilcols, Lattersall".  I had filled in the census error form and the amendments I related have now been made; However there are also several mistakes on the Ancestry.com version which have been wrongly transcribed and I have contributed to their comments and corrections procedure - this time the major error though is my Great Grandfather, William Gash transcribed as "William Garlo"! -

The newly published 1911 Census showed my Grandparents living at 38 Upper Haugh, near Rotherham, Yorkshire, this was the address where Great Grandmother was living in 1901. In this census record they were shown to have been married 15 years:

* My mother.  Auntie Ruth's birthplace is a puzzle! In previous census records she's shown as being born in Thornton le Fen which was later known as Wildmore. I haven't purchased the original as yet because I think they are charging too much.

Agnes Hickling had married Colin Lilley - shown in this census as 5 years married and they were living at No.5 Off High Street, Rawmarsh:

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

Later entries in the register showed more information:

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Picture 1: William Hickling with his wife Beatrice (formerly Briggs)*, I'm not sure whether this picture may have been taken before or after their marriage. 

Picture 2: Charles Hickling and Phyllis Briggs* on their wedding day - this may have been taken in the back yard of 52 Kilnhurst Road, Rawmarsh, the home of Willie and Mary Hickling. 

* Beatrice and Phyllis Briggs were cousins.

Picture 3: Leslie Hickling and Miriam Jackson on the day of their marriage - these 3 photographs look as if they were all taken at 52 Kilnhurst Road, Rawmarsh.

Picture 4: Mary Alice Irene Hickling and Albert Braithwaite on their wedding day, 26 December 1925.

Picture 5: Eileen Hickling married Ron Gooseman on 3 June 1950 at Rawmarsh Parish Church, Eileen's parents were Charles Hickling and Phyllis Briggs.    

Picture 6: Wedding Group picture when Freda Hickling married Harold Lidster; Freda was the daughter of William Francis Hickling and Beatrice Briggs; I think the people on the left are Harold's family (names not known); the smaller bridesmaids - me on the left and my cousin Joan Hickling on the right; the names of the other bridesmaids - not known; next to Freda is her parents; her brother Keith; and her Grandparents William Richard Briggs and his wife Hannah Briggs nee Pearce.

Picture 7: Another Wedding Day Picture - Keith Hickling and Sonya Winstanley with Susan Lidster, Freda and Harold's daughter

Picture 8: Derek Hickling with his wife Lynn formerly Walker.  Derek's parents were Leslie and Miriam Hickling.

Please visit the Photo Gallery 2 for more photographs of the Hickling family. 

Looking in Kelly's directory for Sheffield and Rotherham Suburbs at Rotherham Archives, I found the following entries: 

My Mother and Father had moved into the 50 Kilnhurst Road house and shop by 1926, but yet my Mother isn't shown in Kelly's as living at No. 50 until 1928, Mr Thomas Beckett is shown in the 1926 directory as being in residence at No. 50.  And although they were married, my Mother used her maiden name as proprietor of the shop.  Now I realise why the business was always known as "Hickling's". 

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Updated 28 July 2009