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Updated 2 August 2009

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I have been somewhat reluctant to start researching the Jacksons, my husband Barry's family, because its a frequently occurring surname and I have been concentrating on the family research on my side of the family. However following a query from someone who found my website, I thought I'd make a start.

We had various certificates which Barry's father, Robert Jackson (known as Bob) had saved and I started with them -

For Robert Jackson, though we had only found the small birth certificate and obtained the full certificate for more information.

Bob was born on 9 October 1902 in we believed Cudworth, Barnsley. On this small certificate it gives Place of Birth Registration District as Barnsley; Sub-district as Darton. The full certificate reveals more -

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of BIRTH

Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE

Registration District of Barnsley

1902 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Darton in the County of York

Columns:

When and where born

Name, if any

Sex

Name and Surname of father

Name, surname and maiden surname of mother

Occupation of Father

Signature, description and residence of informant

When Registered

Signature of Registrar

279

Ninth October 1902

Pinfold Cudworth M.D.

Robert

Boy

John Jackson

Eliza Jackson formerly Price

Coal Miner

E Jackson Mother Pinfold Cudworth

Sixth November 1902

J H Norbury Registrar

Robert Jackson married Hilda Mary Barrowcliffe and their marriage certificate provides the following information -

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of MARRIAGE Pursuant to the Marriage Acts, 1836 to 1898.
Registration District Doncaster
*1935, Marriage solemnized at the Methodist Church, Main Avenue, Edlington* in the District of Doncaster in the County of York (West Riding)
No	When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profesion of father
8	Aug: 31st 1935	Robert Jackson	31 years	Bachelor	Colliery Boiler Fireman	13 Carr Road, Edlington	John Jackson (Deceased)	Insurance Agent
8	Aug: 31st 1935	Hilda Mary Barrowcliffe	27 years	Spinster		13 Carr Road, Edlington	Ernest Barrowcliffe	Coal Miner
Married in the Methodist Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Methodists by *Certificate* Rowland W. Chapman Authorised Person for the said Church Robert and Hilda signed the Register and the Witnesses were Albert Ernest Barrowcliffe and Elizabeth Shaw

Hilda Barrowcliffe's family history can be seen on the Barrowcliffe/Dutton page of this website.

Barry Jackson, was their only child and he was born 1940 at Balby, Doncaster and they were living at Warmsworth when they were first married. They later moved to 12 Carr Road, Edlington.

More about Barry's interests and his account of his childhood memories can be seen here.

1	Robert Jackson and Hilda Barrowcliffe	Barry's Mother and Father's 31 August 1935 wedding picture
2	Barry Jackson, age 3	I wish my hair was like that!
3	Bob and friends	3rd left is Arthur Head, husband of Miriam, Bob's sister (centre) and Bob (2nd from right) are the only ones we recognise on this picture
4-5	Bob posing at Scarborough
6	This is Bob's brother, unfortunately we don't know which one nor the name of his companion.
7	Miriam Jackson on the right	Miriam Jackson - Bob's sister at work at Parkinson's Doncaster Sweet Factory, famous for their Butterscotch. Sadly now closed.
8	Arthur Head and Miriam Jackson	The marriage of Arthur and Miriam
9	Hilda Jackson with nephew Brian	Miriam Jackson married Arthur Head and Brian was their only child - this picture may have been taken at Blackpool.

Robert Jackson's parents were :-

John Jackson = Eliza Price

Barry's Paternal Grandparents

(see photographs further down this page)

Their marriage certificate, which we found amongst Bob's possessions, provides further information:

1889, Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church, in the Parish of St. Paul, Burslem, in the County of Stafford
No	When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profesion of father
12	September 21st 1889	John Jackson Eliza Price	28 20	Bachelor Spinster	Miner -	81 Liverpool Road 81 Liverpool Road	John Jackson (deceased) Robert Price (deceased)	Brick maker Potter
Married in the Parish Church, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me Francis M Dean John Jackson and Eliza Price signed and the Witnesses were Frederick Fitzpatrick and Mary Fitzpatrick

John and Eliza Jackson had 13 children - the only names so far known to us at this time were - Ralph, Robert and Miriam. A copy of the details of Eliza's birth certificate are shown further down the page:

Not knowing much about Burslem I used Google to see what I could find. I discovered the following useful website containing articles and photographs of Burslem and the surrounding district:

http://www.thepotteries.org/six_towns/burslem.htm and another useful website can be found at - http://www.thepotteries.org/family_history/index.htm

John Jackson was born on 23 August 1860 at 99 Hot Lane, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire and his parents were -

John Jackson = Ann Bloor

Barry's Great Grandparents

The only document I had at first relating to John Jackson and Ann Bloor was the birth certificate of their son John Jackson - found with Bob's papers:

(NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THAT SPECIFIED BELOW.)

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of BIRTH

(Issued for the purposes of the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1920,

or of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920.)

Registration District of Stoke and Wolstanton;

Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford

Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where born	Name (if any)	Sex	Name and Surname of Father	Name and Maiden Surname of Mother	Rank or Profession of Father	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	When Registered	Signature of Registrar

Twenty Third August 1860

99 Hotlane

John

Boy

John Jackson

Ann Jackson formerly Bloor

Brick Maker

X the mark of Ann Jackson Mother 99 Hotlane, Burslem

First October 1860

J W Powell Registrar

I hereby certify that the above is a true Copy of an Entry of Birth in a Register Book in my custody

Witness by hand this 4th day of November 1927

Signed by Superintendent Registrar P E Rowland

This Birth Certificate was a copy applied for by John Jackson, himself - his address at this time was 20 Park Avenue, Carcroft, Nr Doncaster on 3 November 1927. This is shown on the back of the copy birth certificate and appears as a printed header - NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACTS, 1911 TO 1920 AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT 1920. Then details of the person who applied for the copy of the birth certificate as detailed above. John must have been 67 years of age when he applied for his birth certificate. On 8 May 2006, Barry and I journeyed to Carcroft and found Park Avenue - some of the houses are still standing but the even numbers start at 24 and there are some newer properties where No. 20 would have been. Picture No.1 shows the sign for Hot Lane in Burslem where John was born. Picture No.2 is the start of the houses currently standing on Park Avenue, at Carcroft, the newer houses are shown on the right. Picture No. 3 shows Bentley Moor Lane this is where the family lived in 1931 - there is no residential property left, only industrial units on both sides of this road.

The next certificate I sent for was the marriage certificate for John and Ann Bloor -

Registration District Wolstanton

1850, Marriage solemnized at Hanley Chapel in the Parish of Stoke in the County of Stafford

(1)

When married

(2)

Name and Surname

(3)

Age

(4)

Condition

(5)

Rank or Profession

(6)

Residence at the time of marriage

(7)

Father's name and surname

(8)

Rank or profesion of father

465

September 23

John Jackson

Ann Bloor

of full age

Bachelor

Spinster

Brickmaker

Well Street

Bucknall New Road

Hamlet Jackson

Hamlet Bloor

Brick maker

Porter

Married in the Chapel of Hanley according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns; by me

G F Whidborne

John Jackson and Ann Bloor signed their mark and the Witnesses were John Bath and the mark of Mary Bath

certified to be a true copy of a Register of Marriages in the District above mentioned.

For further research into the Bloor connection please follow this link to the page for Hamlet Bloor.

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I next found the birth of a daughter Ann, to Hamlet and Elizabeth JACKSON - Hamlet and Elizabeth Jackson could be Barry's 2 x Great Grandparents:

Page 34
B A P T I S M S solemnized in the Parish of Burslem in the County of Stafford in the Year 1822
When Baptized	Chriftian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profeffion	By whom the Ceremony was performed
		Chriftian	Surname
1822 25th August No. 264	*Ann*	*Hamlet and Elizh*	*Jackson*	*Burslem*	*Potter*	*James Irvine* *Curate*

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Obtaining the birth certificate for Eliza Price, wife of John Jackson (junior), and Barry's Grandmother, details are shown below:

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of BIRTH Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District of Wolstanton 1869 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where born	Name (if any)	Sex	Name and Surname of Father	Name and Maiden Surname of Mother	Rank or Profession of Father	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	When Registered	Signature of Registrar
247	Tenth August 1869 29 Orme Street	Eliza	Girl	Robert Price	Eliza Price formerly Lees	Potter	X the mark of Robert Price Father 29 Orme Street	Third September 1869	J W Powell Registrar

Receipt of this document revealed Barry's other Great Grandparents -

Robert Price = Eliza Lees

Great Grandparents

They were married in 1859; September quarter vol 6b page 113. I sent for their wedding certificate to discover more about Robert and Eliza. This document arrived and provides me with the beginnings of other 'branches' -

Barry's 2 x Great Grandfathers Samuel Lees and Elijah Price

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of MARRIAGE GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
1859, Marriage solemnized at the Church in the Parish of St Paul Burslem in the County of Stafford
No	When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profesion of father
188	September 24th	Robert Price Eliza Lees	20 21	Bachelor Spinster	Potter Potter	Dale Hall Dale Hall	Elijah Price Samuel Lees	Shoemaker Potter
Married in the Church of St Paul according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns; by me R Hedman Arnold Robert and Eliza signed their X marks and the Witnesses were Elijah Price and Sarah Spencer X their marks

This document shows that Robert Price was born in abt 1839 and Eliza Lees in abt 1838. The Residence at the time of marriage is hard to read but just might have been Dale Hale*. Also the name of Eliza Lees's father has been transcribed as 'Samuel' when in various Census returns its shown as Simeon. I have queried this with the GRO and they relooked at the original Marriage Certificate and confirmed that the name of Eliza's father was definitely given as 'Samuel' on the certificate. We believe the error is on the certificate as we can't trace a Samuel Lees who matches any of our information.

* http://www.thepotteries.org/did_you/003.htm Finding this site on the Internet, led me to believe that the residence on the marriage certificate was indeed Dale Hall.

I sent for a birth certificate for the only Eliza LEES I could find on any of the birth lists that was a near match - that was found on Staffordshire BMD - the certificate arrived on 26 May 2005 and if this is 'our' Eliza, reveals her Mother and Father as Simeon and Ann Lees (formerly Poulson):

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of BIRTH Pursuant to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Registration District of Tunstall 1839 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Tunstall in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where born	Name (if any)	Sex	Name and Surname of Father	Name and Maiden Surname of Mother	Rank or Profession of Father	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	When Registered	Signature of Registrar
356	Nineteenth of January 1839 at America Tunstall	Eliza	Girl	Simeon Lees	Ann Lees formerly Poulson	Potter	The mark X of Simeon Lees Father America Tunstall	Twentyfifth of January 1839	Samuel Adams Registrar

A new family name - 'Poulson' - 3 x Great Grandparents! Subsequent records shown below reveal that Barry's

3 x Great Grandparents were

John and Elizabeth Poulson and

On the Burslem microfilm I found the marriage of Barry's 2 x Great Grandparents, Simeon Leese and Ann Poulson taking place at St John's, Burslem:

[Page 121]

Marriages solemnized in the Parish of Burslem

In the County of Stafford in the Year 1831

Simeon Leese of ( Parish

Bachelor {this

And Ann Poulson of ( Parish

Spinster

Were married in this Church by Banns

This Twenty third Day of

May in the Year one Thousand eight Hundred and Thirtyone

By me Jno Cooper, Curate

This marriage was solemnized between us (Simeon Leese (Ann Poulson

In the presence of (Levi Moulbean?

No. 362 (Hannah Poulson

The person compiling the Bishop Transcripts for the estalished church at this period didn't mention occupations on marriage records but the nonconformists registers did give 3 generations of names on baptisms. Searching these Non-conformist records for Staffordshire, I found several baptism entries for children of Simeon and Ann in the registers for the Wesleyan Chapel, Tunstall in the Parish of Wolstanton -

Page 96: No.703 Herbert the son of Simeon Leese, Tunstall in the Parish of Wolstanton in the County of Stafford, Printer, and of Ann his wife who was the daughter of John and (Blank) Poulson born (blanks) And was solemnly baptized with Water in the name of the father, of the son, and of the Holy Ghost, on the Twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord 1832 by me John Brandreth

Page 120: No.890 Elizabeth the daughter of Simeon Leese, Tunstall in the Parish of Wolstanton in the County of Stafford, Potter, and of Ann his wife who was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Poulson born on the Third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirtyseven; And was solemnly baptized with Water in the name of the father, of the son, and of the Holy Ghost, on the Fifth day of March in the year of our Lord 1837 by me Samuel Fiddian

Page 120: No.891 Jane the daughter of Simeon Leese, Tunstall in the Parish of Wolstanton in the County of Stafford, Potter, and of Ann his wife who was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Poulson born on the Third day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Thirtyseven; And was solemnly baptized with Water in the name of the father, of the son, and of the Holy Ghost, on the Fifth day of March in the year of our Lord 1837 by me Samuel Fiddian

A previous record from the Wesleyan Chapel at Tunstall showed -

No.39 Simeon the son of Aaron Lees of Tunstall in the Parish of Burslem in the County of Stafford (Potter) and of Jane his wife who was the daughter of Samuel and Hannah Harvey was born on the Twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven. And solemnly baptized with Water in the name of the father, of the son, and of the Holy Ghost, on Ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, by me J. D. Burton.

The above register entry showed another two generations;

Aaron Lees and Jane Harvey 3 x Great Grandparents and

Samuel and Hannah Harvey 4 x Great Grandparents

All children of Aaron and Jane, shown on the above records were:

Harvey, born 15 May 1808 baptised 4 June; Married Maria Machin 26 Jun 1830 in Newcastle under Lyme	Simeon (as above)	Asaph, born 10 June 1813, baptised 17 June 1813; Married Elizabeth Foster, daughter of John & Sarah Foster	Austin, born 3 July 1815, baptised 30 July 1815	Henry, born 5 May 1817, baptised 6 July 1817
Christopher Christian, born 4 Nov 1819, baptised 5 Dec 1819	Jabez Septamus born 23 Feb 1822 baptised 7 April 1822	Jabez 13 March 1824, baptised 25 April 1824; married Jane Cash	Hannah, born 12 May 1826, baptised 20 Aug 1826.	Ann, born 16 Aug 1827, baptised 2 Dec 1827

Harvey, Simeon, Asaph, Austin and Henry were born when the family lived in Brownhills, they then moved to Tunstall where the rest of their children were born. The entry for Christopher Christian though does state that Aaron's wife was Sarah but the parents of Sarah were shown to be the same, i.e. Samuel and Hannah Harvey.

IGI has a marriage for Samuel Harvey and Hannah Pepper at Keele, Staffs on 26 May 1788 and a daughter Jane was baptised 6 Sep 1789 at Wolstanton, but these entries need verifying.

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Sending for Robert Price's Birth Certificate showed another new 'branch' of Barry's family:

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of BIRTH Pursuant to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Registration District of Wolstanton and Burslem 1839 BIRTH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where born	Name (if any)	Sex	Name and Surname of Father	Name and Maiden Surname of Mother	Rank or Profession of Father	Signature, Description and Residence of Informant	When Registered	Signature of Registrar
109	Twenty eighth of August 1839 4a Mat Longport, Burslem	Robert	Boy	Elijah Price	Mary Price formerly Chorlton	Shoemaker	Elijah Price his X mark Father Longport, Burlsem	Twentyeighth of August 1839	Joseph Powell Registrar

The address is column 1 is difficult to decipher "4a" with an undecipherable squiggle "Mat Longport Burslem"

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I have just discovered a Staffordshire website which contained some information on various people within the Jackson Family research: http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ - to navigate around this website - choose a locality on the map which appears on the left of the screen - I chose "the Potteries" and subsequently another map appeared; I then chose "Burslem" and then selected the "View records" button and amongst the items available was "A List of Persons Receiving Relief from the Parish of Wolstanton - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook".

I found that -

Elijah Price, Shoe Maker of Burslem, and father of Robert Price had received relief during 1830-31 because he was sick;

Aaron Leese, jnr of Tunstall, potter had received relief during the same period because he was unemployed.

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1841 Census

Elijah and Mary Price were found to be living "Longport, Near Pack Horse", Burslem, Staffordshire in 1841:

Elijah Price,

age 50, a Shoe maker

Mary Price,

age 44

Harriett Ann, age 22, a Potter

Sarah, age 20, a Potter

Mary,

age 18, a Potter

William, age 15, a Potter

Elijah, age 12, a Potter

Isaac, age 7

Joseph, age 4

Robert, age 1

Only Mary Price was born out of County

The Leese family were found living in 'America', Tunstall:

Simeon Leese, age 30, Potter	Ann Leese, age 20		Aron, age 7		Elizabeth, age 4
Jane, age 4		Eliza, age 2		John, one day
All were born in the county of Staffordshire. There were also two people living at the same address, probably boarders, but only their 1st names were readable - Hannah Sl? age 25 and Sarah Sl?, age 15 both were shown to be 'Paintress' in the occupation column. This page was very difficult to read.

On the enumerator's schedule, the entry above Simeon and Anns' household in Tunstall showed Aaron Leese, age 50, occupation painter, born in County. Could this be Simeon's father? I think the following entry is the more likely Aaron and Jane Leese, living at John Street, Tunstall:

Aaron Leese, age 50, Potter J.	Jane Leese, age 50	Christopher, age 20, Potter J.	Anne, age 20
Jabez, age 15, Potter Ap.		Ann, age 13
All were shown as born in the county of Staffordshire with the exception of Aaron.

I searched the 1841 Census for Ann Leese's parents, John and Elizabeth Poulson and this could be them, living at Well Street, Tunstall:

John Poulson, age 55, Baker	Elizabeth, age 50	Edgar, age 20, Potter	Henry, age 10, Potter
Only John was shown to be born outside Staffordshire - All others shown as born in the county

Or there was another John and Elizabeth but they were in Clerkenwell, Borough of Finsbury:

John Poulson, age 47, Stone Merchant*	Elizabeth, age 44*		John, age 9		Christopher, age 1
Sarah Wood, age 30, Ind.*		Mary Wathley, age 20, F.S.*		Mary Bond, age 18, F.S.
* = born outside county - all others shown as born in the county

I found the above couple in 1861 where it stated John was born Staffs, Stoke on Trent; Elizabeth born in Devonshire

John Jackson, senior was living with his parents, Hamlet and Elizabeth Jackson in New Street, Shelton:

Hamlet Jackson, age 35, Brick Maker J

Elizabeth, age 40, Brick Maker J

John, age 15, Brick Maker J

Ellen, age 14, Pottery Lathe

Turner J

Harriet, age 9

Mary, age 7

All were born in the county of Staffordshire

In the fiches for St John the Evangelist, Hanley I found a baptism for Hamlet Jackson, born 27th December 1799; baptised 5 Jan 1800, parents Jos and Ellen Jackson; and on the IGI a marriage for Hamlet Jackson and Elizabeth Bowers, taking place at Norton In the Moors, Staffs on 2 July 1820.

In the 1851 Census, Elijah Price and his family were living in Mount Pleasant, Burslem -

Elijah Price,

age 64, a Cordwainer, born Stafford, Wolstanton

Mary Price, wife,

age 56, born Castleford

Mary Price, daughter,

age 25, a Potter Transferer, born Stafford, Wolstanton

Isac Price, son,

age 15, a Potter Apprentice Presser, born Stafford, Wolstanton

Joseph Price, son,

age 13, a Potter Apprentice Painter, born Stafford, Wolstanton

Robert Price, son,

age 11, a Potter runs Moulds, 24 born Stafford, Burslem

Frederick John Price, grandson,

age 8, born Stafford, Wolstanton

Prudence Price, granddaughter,

age 4, born Stafford, Wolstanton

James Price, grandson, age 7m, born Stafford, Wolstanton

Also in 1851 - Living at 47 Sneyd Street, Tunstall, lodging with the James Colly family were:

Simeon Leese, Lodger,

age 40, Married, a Potter Printer, born Tunstall

Ann Leese, Lodger,

age 35, Married, born Tunstall

Aron Leese, Lodger, unmarried, age 15, a Coal Miner, born Tunstall

Jane Leese, Lodger,

age 12, Potter Paper Cutter, born Tunstall

Betsy Leese, Lodger, age 12, Potter Paper Cutter, born Tunstall

Eliza Leese, Lodger,

age 10, Potter Paper Cutter, born Tunstall

Amey Leese, Lodger,

age 7, Scholar, born Tunstall

John Leese, Lodger,

age 8, Forge boy, born Tunstall

I'm not yet sure whether this Leese family is our connection, but it is the closest yet. And this could be Simeon's parents at Globe Street, Burslem:

Aaron Lees, Head,

age 64, Marr, a Potter Manager, born Stafford're, Hulme

Jane Lees, Wife,

age 61, Marr, born Stafford're, Tunstall

Anne Lees, daur, unmarried, age 22, a Potter Burnsher, born Stafford're, Tunstall

Anne Lees, daur in law, widow, age 30, a Potter Transferer, born Stafford're, Burslem

Looking for the Poulson family in 1851, I found a John Poulson, widower:

John Jackson, by 1851, now married to Ann Bloor was lodging with the Lowe family in the Hamlet of Sneyd at Holecroft:

Joseph LOWE, Head, marr, age 28, Potter Slap Bedder(or beater), born Burslem, Staffordsh.

Elizabeth LOWE, Head, marr, age 24, Potter Wheel Turner, born Burslem, Staffordsh.

John JACKSON, lodger, marr, age 25, Brickmaker, born Burslem, Staffordsh.

Ann JACKSON, wife, marr, age 22, born Tunstall, Staffordsh.

Harriet JACKSON, daur, age 3 mo, born Burslem, Staffordsh.

Mary HIBBERT, lodger, Marr, age 52, employee at Paint Bank, born Bury Lancashire.

John's parents were living in Hotlane, Sneyd Parish, Burslem - in the same household was their two unmarried daughters and daughter Ellen, married to John Fox and their family:

Hamblet Jackson, Head, Marr, age 51, Labourer, born Staffordsh, Burslem		Elizabeth Jackson, Wife, Marr, age 54, Domestic, born Staffordsh,Tunstall		Harriet JACKSON, daur, Unm, age 21, Potter, born Staffordsh, Burslem		Mary JACKSON, daur, Unm, age 18, Potter, born Staffordsh, Burslem
John Fox, Head, marr, age 30, labourer, born Staffordsh, Lane End.	Ellen Fox, wife, marr, age 26, Domestic, born Staffordsh, Burslem		Hamblet Fox, son, age 7, labourer's son, born Staffordsh, Burslem		Elizabeth Fox, daur, age 5, labourer's son[sic], born Staffordsh, Burslem		John Fox, son, age 2, labourer's son, born Staffordsh, Burslem

Note spelling of Hamlet. Ellen Jackson had married John Fox in 1843 at Shelton St Marks.

I couldn't find Robert's parents, Elijah and Mary Price in the 1861 Census, and looked for the deaths on the BMD index:

Elijah Price died 3 November 1856 - here's the information from his death certificate:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Wolstanton 1856 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
190	Third November 1856 31 Reid Street	Elijah Price	Male	68 years	Shoemaker	Chronic Bronchitis 10 days Certified	X The mark of Mary Price Present at Death, 31 Reid Street, Burslem	Sixth November 1856	J W Powell Registrar

and Mary died later in 1859, on 16th December at 42 Ellgreave Street:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Wolstanton 1856 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
477	Sixteenth December 1859 42 Ellgreave Street	Mary Price	Female	62 years	Widow of Elijah Price Shoemaker	Chronic Bronchitis 6 months Certified	Henry Spencer Present at Death, 40 Ellgreave Street, Burslem	Nineteenth November 1859	J W Powell Registrar

Present at death of Mary was Neighbour, Henry Spencer. There was a witness named "Sarah Spencer" on the marriage certificate of Robert Price and Eliza Lees. I looked on FreeBMD for a marriage for Sarah Price, daughter of Elijah and Mary Price, shown as age 20 in 1841. There is a marriage registered Wolstanton in June 1850 and amongst the possible bridegrooms given on the list is a Henry Spencer vol 17, page 373; this entry in the 1851 Census might be Henry Spencer and his wife Sarah living in "New Bag St"?, Burslem:

Henry Spencer, Head, Marr, age 24, Joiner, born Stafford, Burslem

Sarah Spencer, Wife, Marr, age 28, Potter Transferer, born Stafford, Burslem

This is Henry and Sarah Spencer living at 40 Ellgreave Street, Burslem in 1861:

Henry Spencer, Head, Marr, age 34, Wheelwright, born Stafford, Longport

Sarah Spencer, Wife, Marr, age 39, born Stafford, Chesterton

Frederick L Price, Boarder, Unm,

age 18, Wheelwright, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Thomas Seckerson,

Boarder, Unm, age 17, Potter, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Frederick Price could be Sarah's brother.

Shown at No.44 Ellgreave Street, Burslem in 1871:

Henry Spencer, Head, Marr, age 44, Joiner, born Stafford, Burslem

Sarah Spencer, Wife, Marr, age 49, born Stafford, Chesterton

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1861 Census

I believe this is Robert and Eliza Price living at 23 Reid Street, Burslem:

Robert Price, Head,

age 21, Potter, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Eliza Price, wife, age 22, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

Frederick L Price, son,

age 1, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Mary A Price, daughter

age 1 month, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Also Residing at 23 Reid Street, but listed as a separate schedule were -

Simeon Lees, Head,

age 49, Potter, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

Ann Lees, Wife,

age 48, born Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent

John Lees, Son,

age 20, Potter, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

Mary Lees, Grandaughter , age 4, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

I found John and Ann Jackson at 99 Hot Lane, Burslem:

John Jackson, Head, age 38, Brickmaker, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Ann Jackson, Wife, age 32, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Harriet Jackson, daughter, age 10, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Ann Jackson, daughter, age 2, born Staffordshire, Burslem

John Jackson, Son, age 7 months, born Staffordshire, Burslem

And John's father Hamlet Jackson was still residing with his daughter and son-in-law in Hot Lane at No.41:

John Fox, Head, marr, age 39, Brick maker, born Staffordshire, Stoke upon Trent

Ellen Fox, wife, marr, age 31, Brick maker's wife, born Staffordshire, Wolstanton

Hamlet Fox, son, Unm, age 16, Potter's labourer, born Staffordshire, Shelton

Mary Ann Fox, daur, age 9, Potter, born Staffordshire, Burslem

George Fox, son, age 7, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Elizabeth Fox, daur, age 5, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Elija Fox, son, age 2, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Hamlet Jackson, Father in Law, Wid, age 63, Brickmaker, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Mary Wood, Visitor, Sister in Law, age 28, Potter's wife, born Staffordshire, Wolstanton

Mary Wood, Visitor was Hamlet Jackson's daughter who had married William Wood at Bucknall, St Mary's in 1852.

I have found a possible death of Hamlet Jackson's wife, Elizabeth on FreeBMD - March 1861 Registered Wolstanton Vol 6b, page 91 and also a death for Hamlet Jackson in March 1867 vol 6b page 116 at the age of 67 - Barry's 2 x Great Grandparents:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Wolstanton 1861 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
234	Twenty fifth March 1861 41 Hotlane	Elizabeth Jackson	Female	63 years	Wife of Hamlet Jackson Brickmaker	Bronchitis 6 months Dropsey 2 months Certified	X The mark of Hamlet Jackson Present at Death, 41 Hotlane, Burslem	Twenty fifth March 1861	J W Powell Registrar

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Wolstanton 1867 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
259	Twenty eighth February 1867 Hotlane	Hamlet Jackson	Male	67 years	Brickmaker	Asthma Several years Certified	X The mark of John Jackson in attendance Hotlane, Burslem	Twenty eighth February 1867	J W Powell Registrar

1871 Census

John and Ann Jackson were still in Hot Lane, Burslem but in 1871 had moved to No.94:

John Jackson, Head, Mar, age 47, Fireman Brick Maker, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Ann Jackson, Wife, Mar, age 42, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Ann Jackson, daughter, age 12, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

John Jackson, Son, age 10, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Thomas Jackson*, son, age 7, Scholar

born Staffordshire, Burslem

Elizabeth Jackson, daughter, age 6, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Emily Jackson, daughter, age 3, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

* Adding my Jackson family tree to ancestry.co.uk, I have discovered someone else researching this Jackson family - Brian Jackson is a descendant of Thomas Jackson, 2nd son of John and Ann Jackson.

John and Ann's daughter Harriet had married Thomas Tomkinson in 1869 and they were living at 109 Hot Lane:

Thomas Tomkinson, Head, Mar, age 23, Engine Driver Colliery, born Staffordshire, Smallthorne

Harriet Tomkinson, wife, age 20, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Simeon and Ann Lees (now spelt Leese) were living at Sneyd Croft, Burslem, with their son John and his family:

Head:

John H Leese,

age 30, Potter, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

Lucy Leese, wife, age 29, born Staffordshire, Burslem

John Henry Leese, son, aged 4, scholar, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Ann Leese, daughter, age 1, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Simeon Leese, Father, age 59, Potters Painter, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

Ann Leese, Mother,

age 57, born Staffordshire, Stoke

John had married Lucy Eardley in 1864 - found on Staffordshire BMD.

I found a Robert and Eliza Price living on Dale Street, Burslem - Head of household was Sarah Paule - this was the nearest match, but I'm not that certain its 'our' Price family:

Head: Sarah Paule, Marr, age 66, Potter's Transferer, born Hanley, Staffs

Robert Price, Son in law, Marr, age 36, Potter's Presser, born Burslem, Staffs

Eliza Price, Marr, wife, age 36, Potter's Transferer, born Burslem, Staffs

Robert Price, son, age 4, born Burslem, Staffs

Elizabeth Price, daur, age 2, born Burslem, Staffs

Looking at the original the name of Sarah looks more like 'Poole' - the census record shows Robert Price as "Son in law" - this makes me think that I may have the wrong family. I have searched for Sarah Poole in other Census records and can only find her married to a Hamlet Poole, but can't find evidence as to why Robert Price should be her "son in law". Sarah and Hamlet Poole do have a daughter Eliza but she is 10 years older than the above Eliza.

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1881 Census

In 1881, living in Burslem at 37 Reid Street was Eliza Price, the widow of Robert Price and their daughter Eliza, who was later to marry John Jackson (Barry's Grandparents):

Eliza PRICE, Head, Widow, age 43, born Tunstall, Stafford, Occupation Potter

Robert Price, Son, age 13, born Burslem, Stafford, Occupation Potter

Eliza PRICE, Daughter, unmarried, age 11, born Burslem, Stafford, Scholar

Joseph Price, son, age 9, born Burslem, Stafford, Scholar

I found a death on FreeBMD which could be Robert Price; registered at Wolstanton June 1876 age 37 Vol 6b page 102. This death certificate shows:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District WOLSTANTON 1876 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
216	Thirty first May 1876 37 Reid Street	Robert Price	Male	37 years	Potter (Presser)	Phthisis 1 year Certified by S Oldham MRCS	X The mark of Eliza Price, Widow of deceased present at the death 37 Reid Street Burslem	first June 1876	J W Powell Registrar

According to Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, Phthisis is a wasting disease such as tuberculosis. I couldn't find Eliza's parents Simeon and Ann Leese in the 1881 Census, but searching the death index records I found their deaths - like Robert, their deaths occurred at 37 Reid Street, Burslem:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District WOLSTANTON 1879 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
346	eighteenth June 1879 37 Reid Street	Ann Leese	Female	65 years	Wife of Simeon Leese Potter	Peritonitis	X The mark of Simeon Leese, Widower of deceased present at the death 37 Reid Street Burslem	eighteenth June 1879	J W Powell Registrar

Cause of death - Peritonitis: acute abdominal pain.

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District WOLSTANTON 1880 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
142	sixth November 1880 37 Reid Street	Simeon Leese	Male	69 years	Potter (Painter)	Bronchitis Certified by J M Taylor LRCP	X The mark of Eliza Price, Daughter present at the death 37 Reid Street Burslem	eighth November 1880	J W Powell Registrar

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Thanks to Andrew MacIntosh from Denbighshire, for getting in touch with me. Andrew informed me that John and Ann Jackson split up between 1871 and 1881. Ann married James Abbotts (b 1816). John Jackson relocates to Runcorn in Cheshire before moving to Blackburn and he is shown below in the 1881 Census living with his 'new' wife Elizabeth at 15 Pleasant View, Blackburn, Lancashire -

John Jackson, Head, aged 58; born Potteries, Stafford - a Brick Burner

Elizabeth Jackson, Wife, aged 48; born Northwich, Cheshire

George Jackson, son, aged 17; born Runcorn, Cheshire - a Brick Labourer

John Jackson, son, aged 12; born Runcorn, Cheshire - a Cotton Weaver

Charles Jackson, son, aged 7; born Runcorn, Cheshire - a Scholar

Elizabeth Jackson, daughter, aged 5, born Runcorn, Cheshire - a Scholar

Andrew is unsure whose children these are, they all are recorded as born in Cheshire; Andrew thinks that possibly the two younger children were John's but then speculates that they all four could be John's as, continuing the speculation, he suspects that John was having an affair with Elizabeth whilst living with Ann.

NOTE: One doubt about this family though is that the same couple are together in the previous Census records, living in Parrs Square, Runcorn, Cheshire in 1871 and in Back Mersy Street, Runcorn in 1861. I have also found a death for a John Jackson registered at Wolstanton in 1871 and sent for the Certificate - this seems to indicate that Ann was a widow when she married or just moved in with James Abbots and the John and Elizabeth Jackson, mentioned above are not 'our' Jackson family. Details found on John's death certificate are shown here:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Wolstanton 1871 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
185	Twenty ninth June 1871 Hotlane	John Jackson	Male	48 years	Brick Fireman	Apoplexy Sudden No Medical Attendant	X The mark of Ann Jackson Present at Death, Hotlane, Burslem	Thirtieth June 1871	J W Powell Registrar

Andrew's connection is John and Ann Jackson's daughter Ann who left home and married John Moore in 1876. In 1881, they were living at 8 Davenport Square, Burslem - John and Ann Moore are Andrew's 2 x Great Grandparents:

Head:

John Moore,

age 29, Potter, born Staffordshire, Tunstall

Ann, wife, age 23, Potter, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Agnes, Daur, aged 5, born Staffordshire, Burslem

John, son, age 3, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Rueben, son, age 1, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Mary Clewlow, Lodger,

Mar, age 21, Potter, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Searching the 1881 Census I found John Jackson (Barry's Grandfather) at 94 Hot Lane, Burslem, Stafford, living with his Mother and Step-father:

James ABBOTTS, Head, age 65, born Hanley, Stafford, a Brickmaker's Labourer

Ann ABBOTTS, wife, age 52, born Tunstall, Stafford

John Jackson, Son, unmarried, age 20, born Burslem, Stafford, Labourer

Elizabeth Jackson, Daughter, unmarried, age 16, born Burslem, Stafford; a Potter

Emily Jackson, Daughter, age 13, born Burslem, Stafford; Servant Domestic

James Abbotts had lived at No.1 Hot Lane for a number of years with his wife Sarah and their children. I have been unable to find a marriage for James Abbotts and Ann Jackson to date, but I have found a marriage for an Ann Jackson to a George Prince in 1872*; a death for George Prince in 1875; and then a 1878 marriage for James Abbotts and an Ann Prince. I then sent for this 1878 marriage certificate to establish whether or not this is Barry's Great Grandmother's 3rd marriage and also a death certificate for Ann Abbotts in 1882. The marriage certificate arrived first:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
1878, Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Smallthorne in the County of Stafford
No	When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profesion of father
221	February 11th 1878	James Abbotts Ann Prince	62 48	Widower Widow	Brickmaker	Smallthorne Smallthorne	Samuel Abbotts Hamlet Bloor	Deceased Deceased
Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns; by me Henry S Kelwall, Rector James and Ann signed their X marks and the Witnesses were Thomas Jenkinson and Amy Mear X her mark

The father being shown as Hamlet Bloor confirmed that this was the former Ann Jackson. The death certificate arrived a couple of days later:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Wolstanton 1882 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
233	Sixth August 1882 66 Hot Lane U.S.D.	Ann Abbotts	Female	52 years	Wife of James Abbotts, Brickmaker	Phthisis Certified by J Alcock MRCS	X The mark of James Abbotts, Widower of deceased present at this death 66 Hot lane, Burslem	Seventh August 18⁵82 ^X	J W Powell Registrar

In the "When registered" column a figure '5' was placed between the two eight digits of the year 1882 and a 'cross' placed under them.

I have been corresponding with an ancestor of James Abbotts, Melody Wright, who contacted me as we both have James Abbotts on our trees on Ancestry.co.uk; Melody confirmed the name of James 1st wife - Melody states "James is my 3xgreat grandad & was married to Sarah Till. I'm now going to send for the death certs. It all adds up, from his father Samuel to being a brickmaker."

*I found a possible George Prince in the 1871 Census living in Hot Lane - a boarder at No. 105:

John Poole, Head, Widower, age 49, Blacksmith, born Staffordshire, Stoke

George Prince, Boarder, Widower, age 46, Potter, born Canada, North America

Joseph Prince, Boarder, age 15, Collier, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Sarah Jane Prince, Boarder, age 7, born Staffordshire, Burslem

In 1861 George is shown living in Burslem at 6 Kilncroft with his wife and two sons:

George Prince, Head, Mar, age 36, Potter Presser, born America, Canada

Jane Prince, Wife, Mar, age 39, born Stafford, Burslem

John Prince, son, age 15, Potter runs moulds, born Stafford, Burslem

Joseph Prince, son, age 5, Scholar, born Stafford, Burslem

In the 1851 Census, George is shown living with his widowed mother who hails from Virginia, USA, they were residing at Kilncroft:

Rebecca Prince, Head, Widow, age 55, Keeps House, born Virginia, America - British subject

George Prince, Son, Mar, age 26, Potter, born America, America born subject of England

Jane Prince, Daur in Law, Mar, age 30, Emp at a school?, born Staffs, Burslem

Mary Ann Prince, Daur, U, age 22, Emp at a school?, born Staffs, Burslem

Ellen Prince, Daur, U, age 20, Emp at a school?, born Staffs, Burslem

John Prince, Grandson, age 5, at home, born Staffs, Burslem

Ellen Prince, Granddaur, age 12 months, at home, born Staffs, Burslem

The IGI has a marriage for George Prince and Jane Cartledge on 8 November 1845 at Burslem, St John's and George's father was shown as John Prince.

The marriage certificate for Ann Jackson's 2nd marriage to George Prince shows -

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
1872, Marriage solemnized at Cobridge Parish Church in the Parish of Burslem in the County of Stafford
No	When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profesion of father
123	May 20 1872	George Prince Ann Jackson	47 42	Widower Widow	Potter	Hot Lane Hot Lane	John Prince Hamlet Bloor	Joiner Potter
Married in the Church of Cobridge according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church, by______or after Banns; by me James A M Miller George signed and Ann made her X mark and the Witnesses, John Prince and Mary Ann Prince made their X marks

they were only married just less than three years when George Prince died on 1 January 1875 at 3 Massey's Square, Burslem:

CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY of DEATH GIVEN AT THE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District WOLSTANTON 1875 DEATH in the Sub-District of Burslem in the County of Stafford
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
251	First January 1875 3 Massey's Square	George Prince	Male	50 years	Potter (Presser)	Asthma Certified by S Oldham MRCS	X The mark of John Prince, Son. Present at the death 3 Massey's Square,, Burslem	Fourth January 1875 ^X	J W Powell Registrar

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By 1881, Harriet, John and Ann Jackson's daughter Harriet, had moved to Norton le Moors - she is shown with husband Thomas and their family living in Sparrow Street but where the address should be shown, the enumerator has written "nk" - unknown - the previous entry address was 16 Sparrow Street:

Thomas Tomkinson, Head, Mar, age 32, Engine Tenter, born Staffordshire, Norton le Moors

Harriet, wife, age 31, Engine Tenter wife, born Staffordshire, Burslem

Thomas, Son, age 9, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Norton le Moors

Arthur, Son, age 6, Scholar, born Staffordshire, Norton le Moors

John H., Son, age 1, born Staffordshire, Norton le Moors

Thomas, Father, Widower, age 66, Retired Auctioneer, born Cheshire, Macclesfield

and John and Ann Jackson's son, Thomas was living in lodgings in Commercial Street, Burslem - he was age 18 and working as a Potter. His landlord was Innkeeper, Henry Scott. Thomas married Lavinia Yoxall on 28 July 1884 in Longton, Staffs.

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1891 Census

As mentioned at the beginning of this page John Jackson (junior) married Eliza Price on 21 September 1889. I found their entry on Ancestry.co.uk living at Broad Meadow, Chesterton, Newcastle under Lyme:

John Jackson, Head, married, aged 29, born Burslem, Coal Miner

Eliza Jackson, wife, aged 21,

born Burslem

Elizabeth J Jackson, daughter, aged 1, born Burslem

Still living at 37 Reid Street, Burslem was Barry's Great Grandmother, Eliza, widow of Robert Price (formerley Eliza Lees):

Eliza PRICE, Head, Widow, age 52, Potter's Transferer, born Staffs, Tunstall

Robert Price, Son, single, age 23, Potter's Presser, born Staffs, Burslem

Jos Price, son, single, age 19, Grocer's Porter, born Staffs, Burslem

Chas. Price, Nephew, single age 29, Potter's Foreman, born Staffs, Burslem

Ethel Price, Niece, single age 22, born Staffs, Burslem

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Visiting Barnsley Archives on 29 November 2004, as there was no name index, I trawled through a couple of microfiches for Cudworth - this was where Barry's father was born in 1902 and I wanted to establish if the family were there for the Census in 1901. Bingo! - I found them at the end of the second fiche:

Living in Jubilee Terrace, Royston, Barnsley

John Jackson, Head, married, aged 39, born Stafford, Coal Hewer

Eliza Jackson, wife, aged 31, born Stafford

Elizabeth Jackson, daughter, aged 11, born Stafford

John Jackson, son, aged 9, born Stafford

Arthur Jackson, son, aged 3,

born Stafford

Eliza Jackson, daughter, aged 2,

born Yorks, Royston

Frank Jackson, son, 1 month, birthplace not given

This Census schedule shows that the Jackson family were still in Staffordshire for the birth of Arthur, and by the time Eliza was born they were living in Royston. I visited Barnsley Archives to try to find the baptisms of John and Eliza's children in the Royston records. I did find three baptised at Royston St Matthews but the writing became so faint I could not read the latter entries on that particular fiche. I asked the archivist if they had the original records; I was told that they did but they were not yet available for viewing as they were still being catalogued. Here are the records I did manage to find, unfortunately they do not include Barry's father Robert:

ROYSTON ST MATTHEWS WESLEYAN METHODIST 1898-1975

1899

March 2^nd

No.6

Eliza daughter

John & Eliza

JACKSON

Royston

Born Feb 10^th 1899

1904

22 May

No 26

Gerald son of

John & Eliza

JACKSON

Jubilee Terrace, Royston

Born 4^th May 1904

Thos Arrowsmith

1906

May 24^th

Doris May

John & Eliza

JACKSON

Royston

Born 22 April 1906

R Fuller Appleby?

In 1901, Eliza's mother was now living at 22 Elder Road, Burslem with her son Robert and his family:

Robert Price, Head, Son, marr, age 33, Potter's Holloware Presser, born Burslem, Staffs

Mary A. Price, wife, marr, age 27, born Hanley, Staffs

Betsey Price, Daur, single age 7, born Hanley, Staffs

Eliza PRICE, mother, Widow, age 62, Potter's Printer's Transferer, born Tunstall, Staffs

Robert Price and Mary A Goodwin's marriage in 1896, St John, Burslem, is recorded on Staffordshire BMD

The 1911 Census has arrived! and the first person I found was Eliza Price; still living with her son Robert's family but at a different address - 15 Primitive Street, Smallthorne, Staffs:

Robert Price, Son, age 43, Holloware Presser - Potter, Worker, born Staffs, Burslem	Mary Ann Price, wife, age 37, born Hanley, Staffs		Mary Ann Price, Daughter, age 9, School, born Burslem, Staffs		Alice Maud Mary Price, Daughter, age 6, School, born Burslem, Staffs
Lucy Price, Daughter, age 2, born Burslem, Staffs		Eliza Price, Daughter, age 1, born Burslem, Staffs		Eliza PRICE, mother, Widow, age 72, born Tunstall, Staffs

There were extra colums headed "Particulars as to Marriage" and this was divided into 4 columns - Marital status; How long the marriage had lasted; Total children born alive; No. still living; No. who had died. In this case the columns showed:

Married

And her daughter Eliza and son-in-law John Jackson, was living at 31 William Street, Highgate, Goldthorpe - this gave the following information with the details of the "Particulars of Marriage" showing 21 years married, and the details as to number of children born/died:

John Jackson, Head, married, aged 49, Coal Miner Hewer, born Staffs, Burslem		Eliza Jackson, wife, married, aged 41, born Staffs, Burslem		Elizabeth Jane Jackson, daughter, Single, aged 21, born Staffs, Burslem		John Jackson, son, Single, aged 19, Coal Miner Pony Driver, born Staffs, Burslem		Arthur Jackson, son, aged 13, Coal Miner Screenman above ground Colliery, born Staffs, Cowbridge
Eliza Jackson, daughter, aged 12, School, born Yorks, Royston	Frank Jackson, son, aged 10, School, born Yorks, Royston		Robert Jackson, son, aged 8, School, born Yorks, Cudworth		Gerald Jackson, son, aged 6, School, born Yorks, Royston		Doris May Jackson, daughter, aged 5, School, born Yorks, Royston		Miriam Jackson, daughter, aged 1, born Yorks, Goldthorpe

Married

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In 2007, I joined the Blo(o)r(e) Society, an association for those interested in the history and genealogy of the Blore, Bloor and Bloore surnames. I have attended two of their meetings - in 2007 at Stockport and on 10 May 2008 met with them again in Hanley, Stoke on Trent.

The Society's Librarian Peter Hodgkinson found what could be the marriage of Hamlet Bloore's parents. According to the IGI Sarah Clare married John Bloor at Norton In the Moors on 5 June 1808. Peter thought that there were four baptisms which could be their children:

Hamlet born 1809 at Burslem; Timothy 1813 at Hanley; Thirza 1817 at Burslem St. John; and Lewis 1819 at Burslem St John.

I need to order the various parish record films to find out more information.

Whilst in Hanley, Barry and I took the opportunity of visiting several of the places mentioned on certificates and on census returns - here's the photographs:

1-2	Bethesda Methodist Chapel at Hanley. John Jackson and Ann Bloore were married in "Hanley Chapel". I need to see the actual registers to see if it was this Chapel. We were lucky to be there when the chapel had an 'Open Day'. They are fund raising to help pay for the restoration work, see http://www.bethesda-stoke.org.uk/ for more information.
3-4	Bucknall New Road sign - this road was given as Ann's residence on their wedding certificate. Now a mixture of old and new properties
5-6	Well Street sign - this street was shown on the wedding certificate as the place John Jackson was living at the time of their marriage.
7-9	Hot Lane sign - this Lane played a large part in the life of the Jackson family - Hamlet and Elizabeth Jackson were residing here in the 1861 Census at No.41 and both died there in 1861 and 1867 respectively; John and Ann Jackson were also there, shown in the 1861 and the 1871 Census at No. 94; and their son John was born at No.99 Hot Lane in 1860. John Jackson senior died in Hot Lane in 1871; Ann's 2nd husband, George Prince lived at No.105 and Ann was shown to be still living at No. 94 with her 3rd husband James Abbotts in the 1881 Census and at No.66 on her death. This area has no housing now just some industrial buildings and some derelict ones including an old school complex (photos 8,9 above) and a Scout HQ building (photos 10-12 below) which is now boarded up. A war memorial, dedicated to the men of Hot Lane and Elder Road who died in WW1, is built into the wall of this building.
10-12

13-16	A widow, Eliza Bloor, was living in Nile Street with her family, including a daughter, Ann in 1841. As these pictures show the area has a lot of derelict factories, buildings and shops (14,15) including a large complex belonging to Royal Doulton. Picture 13 shows a few houses still remain on Nile Street, opposite the closed Royal Doulton factory (16).
17-18	Simeon and Ann Leese were living in Sneyd Street in the 1851 Census - this is quite a long road, with mostly modern housing and shops. The Raven pub is placed at one end of Sneyd Street. John and Ann Jackson also lived near by in the hamlet of Sneyd at Holecroft.

19	The sign for Dalehall district - Robert Price and Eliza Lees gave "Dale Hall" as their residence on their wedding certificate in 1869.
20	Approaching Dalehall just after the sign. http://www.thepotteries.org/walks/longport/h.htm see a 1900 map of this area.
21-22	The Reid Street sign on this beer-off and the oldest building left on Reid Street. See above website for Reid Street and Orme Street in 1900 - this map shows extensive terraced housing, now no longer there. The Price and Leese families lived on Reid Street; Robert and Eliza Price were living at No.23 Reid Street in 1861 and living with them at that time were Simeon and Ann Leese. Elijah Price died at No.31, Simeon and Ann Leese and also Robert Price died at No. 37, their death certificates giving Reid Street as their place of death. The 1881 Census shows Eliza Price (Robert's widow) still living at No. 37 Reid Street with her daughter Eliza age 11 (Barry's Grandmother).
23-24	Eliza Price was born at 29 Orme Street on 10 August 1869. This sign is in front of the Travellers Rest pub. As I was taking these photos a car drew up alongside the pub and the driver asked me why I was taking the photographs. I explained that Barry's Grandmother was born on Orme Street and he very kindly invited us in for a drink "on the house" - the people in the car were the proprietors of the pub. This was very much appreciated as it was an extremely hot day!
25	This photograph, taken at the corner of Ellgreave Street and Newcastle Street shows the Travellers Rest pub on the corner of Orme Street and Newcastle Street.

26-27

Ellgreave Street sign; Mary Price, widow of Elijah Price died at No. 42 Ellgreave Street 16th December 1859.

28-29

Globe Street sign; Only these two older properties remain on Globe Street - in the 1851 Census a Aaron and Jane Lees resided here.

http://www.thepotteries.org/church/burslem/st_pauls1.htm select this link to see the original St Paul's Church. This has been replaced by an ultra modern building which looks nothing like a church except that it has a cross on the front. The sign in the grounds was dilapidated and almost covered by bushes. The church was behind locked gates, it did look as if it was no longer used. John Jackson and Eliza Price were married in the old St Paul's Church on 21 September 1889

The older photographs on the left were all found with Robert Jackson's possessions.

We can't identify anyone on the third or fourth picture which obviously are school photographs.

The other photos are - Photo No.1: John Jackson with two of his sons, we think Robert is the one on the left. Photo No.2 shows Eliza Jackson (nee Price) with two of their children. Photo No.5: is of Royston St Matthews Wesleyan Methodist Church where some of the Jackson children were baptised whilst living in Royston - now a fitness studio.

$Grave of Doris M. Jackson and her brother Arthur a\t Arksey$

Another document in our possession is a Deed of Conveyance relating to the interment of Doris May Jackson - a date alongside the name was 14 December 1922; No in R.B. 110 - these details appeared in a small vertical side table.

The Grave Space was purchased by John Jackson for £1.1.0, 1 guinea! This gave John exclusive rights to Grave Space No 142, Section D, in Arksey, in the Urban District of Bentley with Arksey. John Jackson was living at 14 Esk Terrace, Bentley at this time - 24 January 1923. The inscription on this photograph though states "In loving memory of" across the top and "Doris M Jackson 1906-1922" on one side "Arthur Jackson 1897-1964" on the right hand side; finished off below with "Safe in the arms of Jesus". Doris was 16 when she died; Arthur much older about 66 years of age. Searching on the Death registers, I found Doris died Oct-Dec quarter of 1922 age 16 Vol 9c p751 registered at Doncaster; the only record in 1964 which I could find for Arthur was in April quarter of 1964 Registered at Don Valley Vol 28 page 476 the age given is 66.

Amongst Barry's father's papers were two invoices issued by R. Bletcher, Wheelwright, Joiner and Undertaker of Skellow, Nr Doncaster. Both these invoices were for funerals, one dated March 12th 1930 addressed to Mrs Jackson of Park Avenue Carcroft - looking on the Death index for the first quarter of 1930 there was a death of John Jackson, age 69 registered at Doncaster vol 9c, page 868:

Here's the details taken from John's death certificate -

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of DEATH Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Doncaster 1930 DEATH in the Sub-District of Campsall in the County of York (W.R.)
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
211	Eighth March 1930 20 Park Avenue, Carcroft, Adwick le Street, UD	John Jackson	Male	69 years	Retired Insurance Agent	1a. Chronic Bronchitis No PM Certified by C Sheahan LRCP	R Jackson. Son. Present at Death, 20 Park Avenue, Carcroft, Adwick le Street	Tenth March 192/30	J Thurgood Registrar

Present at death was Mr R Jackson - this might have been Robert, Barry's father or Robert's brother, Ralph.

The second invoice from the same undertaker was this time addressed to Mr Jackson of Bentley Moor Lane and was dated April 6th 1931. In the Death index, I found a death for Eliza Jackson, age 62, registered at Doncaster April quarter of 1931 vol 9c p836.

Eliza's death certificate shows she died on 3 April 1931 when the family were living in Bentley Moor Lane, Adwick le Street:

CERTIFIED COPY of an ENTRY of DEATH Given at the GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
Registration District Doncaster 1931 DEATH in the Sub-District of Campsall in the County of York (W.R.)
Columns	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
No	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
87	Third April 1931 23 Bentley Moor Lane, Adwick le Street, UD	Eliza Jackson	Female	62 years	Widow of John Jackson, Insurance Agent	1a. Chronic Intestinal Obstruction. No PM Certified by Archibald Young MB	A Jackson Son Present at Death, 23 Bentley Moor Lane, Adwick le Street	Fourth April 1931	J Thurgood Registrar

A. Jackson might be John and Eliza's son Arthur, shown on the 1901 Census entry above and is probably the person buried in the grave we found in Arksey Cemetery.

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