The Wilkinson and Hornsey Genealogy Page

Part of the Jackson Family History

Updated  16 May 2008

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CHRISTIANA WILKINSON HORNSEY

Barry's Great Grandmother

My husband, Barry Jackson's Great Grandmother, Christiana Wilkinson Hornsey was born in Moortown, near Caistor in Lincolnshire according to Census records found and shown on the "Barrowcliffe/Dutton" family page.  The picture on the left shows Christiana (seated) with her daughters Winifred (Barry's Grandmother) on the left and Phoebe on the right.  A larger version can be seen by clicking on the photograph.  To return to this page, just click the 'Back' button on the top left hand side of the screen.

Christiana's name however appears on Winifred's birth certificate (shown on the Barrowcliffe/Dutton link above) as "Christiana Dutton formerley Wilkinson".  I have found details of her birth in Ancestry.com as Christiana Wilkinson Hornsey.  She was born in 1847 in Lincolnshire and  I now have a copy of her certificate, shown below. 

On a family tree which we found amongst Barry's father's papers, her name is typed as Christianna Wilkinson (Hornsey) with Hornsey typed in brackets as shown, born Moortown, Lincs in 1845 it also states that her husband Thomas Dutton was also born in 1845, yet on the census information I have found Thomas is 2 years older than Christiana.  Their marriage date is given as 18 November 1865 at Ilkeston; Christiana's parents were listed as Mary and William Hornsey.  William Hornsey's parents were Ann and Mark Hornsey; Mark Hornsey's parents were Sarah and Joseph Hornsey - this gave me some clues for further research.

*Christiana's birth certificate has arrived (Oct 2005) and here are the details:

Another unknown family name - BUXTON.  Mary's parents would be Barry's 3 x Great Grandparents. Note that her birth certificate states Christiana was born in South Kelsey.

I was extremely fortunate to have received quite a lot of information regarding the Wilkinson family and family trees going back to the 1600s from a Wilkinson researcher named Alan J Wilkinson - if anyone is researching the WILKINSON    surname in Lincolnshire, please contact Alan on Mary1W"at"aol.com  (please substitute "at" with @). 

I list below the information which relates to the ancestors of Christiana Wilkinson Hornsey:

In Nettleton: Robert Barkworth married Margaret Cowleham on 1 May 1673 - I think this is my husband Barry's 8 x Great Grandparents.  The IGI has the marriage for  Rob Barkworth to Margerit Cowleham on 1 May 1673 at Nettleton and shows a baptism for an Anne Barkworth in April 1675 at Nettleton - parents Robert and Margaret Barkworth.

In Walesby on 8 May 1705, Robert and Margaret's daughter, Hannah Barkworth married Peter Wilkinson - found on IGI; Hannah was born abt 1680; Peter was born circa 1680 and died 1723 - Barry's 7 x Great Grandparents

Peter and Hannah Wilkinson's children were:

On 3 July 1740 in North Thoresby, Hannah and Peter Wilkinson's son Peter married Helen Greenfield; Helen was born in 1713.  Barry's 6 x Great Grandparents

Peter and Helen Wilkinson's children were:

*Peter and Helen's third child, Robert Wilkinson married Christina Chambers on 17 May 1771 at Walesby; Robert was born in 1745 at North Thoresby and died in 1833 - Christina was born in South Willingham in 1746 and died in 1835.  Robert and Christina are Wilkinson researcher, Alan's 4 x G Grandparents.  If I've worked it out correctly Robert and Christina must also be Barry's 5 x Great Grandparents.

Robert and Christina Wilkinson's children were:

Robert and Christina Wilkinson's second child was Robert Wilkinson*, baptized Walesby in 1776, died 1853; he married Mary Thistleton (1779-1852) of Scawby in 1800.  **Alan's connection is Robert and Christina's 4th child, William who married Ann Lidget 1781-1851. Robert and Mary Wilkinson - Barry's 4 x Great Grandparents. 

Alan has since found that William may have married twice - his second wife being Ann Gowshall - more evidence is required though as no death or burial has been found for Ann Wilkinson nee Lidget.  Another Wilkinson descendant from William's marriage to Ann Lidget - Sandy Darker has contacted me with this information.  Alan's connection is now thought to be William and Ann Gowshall.

Robert and Mary Wilkinson's children were:

Robert and Mary Thistleton's child, Ann Wilkinson* was baptised 1803 in Claxby. 

Ann married Mark Hornsey (born 1802) at St Nicholas, South Kelsey on 15 January 1824.  Mark was the son of Joseph (1767-1860) and Sarah Hornsey (formerly Smith) 1776-1860; Mark and Ann's children are shown below. 

Joseph and Sarah Hornsey were Barry's 4 x Great Grandparents - Mark and Ann - Barry's 3 x Great Grandparents.

Joseph and Sarah Hornsey's children were:

Mark and Anns' children were:

Ann and Mark Hornsey's son, William was baptised at St Mary, South Kelsey on 6 May 1824 and William married Mary Buxton in 1844 in Nottinghamshire, their marriage certificate is shown further down this page.  William and Mary Hornsey were Barry's 2 x Great Grandparents.

Alan wrote "Christina Wilkinson Hornsey baptised 25.12.1847 at South Kelsey, parents William and Mary Hornsey, abode Riverhead, occupation Labourer.  The Riverhead is a spot in Moortown where the canal stopped - at this time Moortown had about 10 houses". 

I received an email on 1 Dec 2006 from Steve Wilson who 'stumbled' upon my website by accident.  He is also researching the Hornsey family and is descended from Mark and Ann's daughter Mary Ann Hornsey.  Steve informed me that Mary Ann had married George Kennington of Brigg.  They moved to Hull in the 1860's.

Barry and I visited the Caistor area of Lincolnshire on 11 August 2006 and I took the following photographs of some of the sites mentioned on this page:

Picture 1: St Mary's, Claxby - Ann Wilkinson was baptised in 1803 in Claxby - according to 1851 Census she was born Claxby in c1793.

Picture 2: Riverhead at Moortown, where William and Mary Hornsey were living when Christiana was baptised.

Picture 3: St Mary's Church, South Kelsey.

Picture 4: The grave of George Skipworth Esq; Mark was a gamekeeper on the estate of George Skipworth.

Picture 5: Moortown House - now known as Moortown House Farm at South Kelsey. I could not get a decent view of Moortown House, the front being quite some distance from the road.

Picture 6: All Hallows Church, North Kelsey.

Picture 7: St John the Baptist, Nettleton.

It was pouring with rain most of the time on 11 August when these pictures were taken and some are dark as a result.

1841 CENSUS

I discovered Christiana Hornsey's Paternal Grandparents and family in 1841 living in South Kelsey:

The following entry might be the location of Mark and Ann's daughter Elizabeth in 1841:

Living close by were the parents of Ann Hornsey (nee Wilkinson)

Charles Kendle was their grandson, his parents were Christina (formerly Wilkinson) and Thomas Kendle.

Residing in North Kelsey were a Joseph and Sarah Hornsey - I think this entry shows Mark Hornsey's parents:

William,  Mark and Ann's son (Christiana's father) has been hard to find  in the 1841, but I have found an entry which might be Christiana mother's entry** in the 1841 in Bunny, Nottinghamshire:

Mary Buxton, widow, age 85 was John Buxton's mother - his father Thomas Buxton died 1828, buried 2 July 1828 at Bunny age 77. 

Mary and Thomas Buxton were Barry's 4 x Great Grandparents.  There is a marriage on IGI dated 29 July 1779 for Thomas Buxton and Mary Rew although the Bunny website has Mary's surname as KEW.

http://www.bunnyvillage.org.uk/ is a website for the small village in South Nottinghamshire.  and I am grateful to them for the following information from the Parish Records and there's a record of Mary's birth.  The following were baptised in St. Mary's Church, Bunny: 

There was no record of a marriage for John and Fanny/Frances in the Bunny records but I found a marriage on the IGI between a John Buxton and a Frances Taft taking place on 2 September 1817 at St Mary's, Nottingham. John and Frances Buxton were Barry's 3 x Great Grandparents

John and Frances Buxton

My husband Barry's 3 x Great Grandparents

I had found no sign of Mary's mother, Frances,  in the 1841, but looking at the Bunny website there is a record of her burial in 1832:

The death of Frances was followed by the death of their infant son, William, buried on 3rd February 1833. 

I have contacted the Bunny Village History Society and exchanged emails with Roger Sewell. 

Roger is also interested in the "Buxton" surname and he informs me that he has been trying to find descendants of the Buxton family for many years and that there used to be lots of Buxton's in Bunny and nearby Bradmore. 

"In 1910 Thomas and Mary Buxton with their son John Davis Buxton (age 10) left the cottage where the family had lived for at least 70 years as the village tailors.  This was when the new owner of the estate put pressure on his tenants.  They moved to Long Eaton, where Mary came from.  In 1918 John was killed in the war.  We have been trying to find a photograph of him for our memorial records or any further information.  It seems all of the Buxton family had left the area." 

Here are some photographs taken on a visit to Bunny during the summer (2007):

Photo 1: Using the "Bunny Images of the Past" book, we tried to work out, the location of the Buxton's cottage.  Unfortunately, there was no one around to ask and we thought this might be where the cottage had been or if this was the actual cottage. 

Photo No.2: Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bunny with Bradmore, in the diocese of Southwell. 

Photo No.3: Bunny School and Almshouses with the Church in the background. 

Photo No.4: Bunny School

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The 1841 Cenus shows a William Hornsey, age 18 living at Manton, Worksop, Notts - this could be Christiana's father

Manton is a former mining village, near Worksop.  William Hornsey is shown as a Male Servant

I sent for the marriage certificate for William and Mary Hornsey - this showed William's occupation as a boatman and his father's occupation as a labourer:

1851 Census

William and Mary Hornsey (nee Buxton), after their marriage in 1847 were in Nettleton and William's occupation is here shown as Game Keeper:

* Barry's Great Grandmother baptised on 25 December 1847 at St Nicholas, South Kelsey.

On the same page as William and Mary at Nettleton was William's brother, Robert:

Living in North Kelsey were Robert and Mary Wilkinson, Ann's parents:

Also at North Kelsey were Mark's parents, Joseph and Sarah Hornsey:

Mark and Ann were in South Kelsey:

Looking through the 1851 Census for the household of G. Skipworth Esq, I eventually found him living with his children and servants at Moorton House so presumably this was the estate where Mark worked. 

Mary Hornsey nee Buxton's widowed father was still living in Bunny Village, Nottinghamshire in 1851:

I couldn't find Mark in the 1861 Census, but found him in Ancestry.co.uk's death index records:

Searching the 1861 Census, I think the following entry is Christiana Hornsey' living in Costock, Nottinghamshire in 1861 working as a General Servant in the home of Nathaniel and Mary Jackson - she was named as 'Catherine' and her age given as 13, birthplace "More Town", Lincolnshire. 

I have received an email regarding the above entry from David Meredith.  David found this page whilst 'trawling' for mentions of 'Gartons'.  He went on to inform me that the Garton couple living in the household had another son born at Costock in 1863 by the name of Frederick Gibson Garton.  The family later settled in the New Basford area of Nottingham where during the 1890's, Frederick Gibson Garton first produced his 'Garton HP Sauce' which he later sold to a firm in Aston, Birmingham and which is still on the go today under the brand name of "HP".

Christiana Wilkinson Hornsey married Thomas Dutton in Ilkeston in 1865 - more information can be found on the Barrowcliffe/Dutton family page. 

Mark and Ann's daughter Mary Ann, now married to George Kennington was living at No.2 Rutland Terrace, Sutton, Yorkshire in 1861:

In 1861, Christiana's mother, Mary Hornsey, wife of William was back in Bunny, Notts with her widowed father, John Buxton and unmarried brother, Thomas:

There were several marks made by the enumerator obliterating parts of the "Condition" column, but it does look as if Mary was marked as "Married" rather than a widow.  But where was William?  I have found an entry on the BMD listings, a death for a William Hornsey.

Mystery still unsolved!  I sent for the certificate, but unfortunately this William Hornsey was 88 years of age, a schoolmaster who died in 1853 in North Owersby.  I am wondering now if William and Ann emigrated as I cannot trace a death (as yet) for either William nor Ann, nor can I find Ann in the 1871 census.  I thought she might have remarried, but can't find a marriage for her either. 

Piece No RG9/2393 Parish of South Kelsey - Schedule 65, Moortown has an interesting entry on the first line: "65 - Moortown - Ann Hornsey - Head - Widow" with no other items filled in on this line; and these words were crossed through - strangely, this was Christiana's Grandmother and Mother of the following three siblings, Ann died 11 Dec 1861 - the date the 1861 Census was taken on 7 April 1861, so the whereabouts of Ann on Census night is to date a bit of a mystery!  The household comprised:

these three were all children of Mark and Ann Hornsey nee Wilkinson - Robert's full name was Robert Wilkinson Hornsey. 

There is an Ann Hornsey at 4 Spittal Lane, in Sheffield which I think might be Mark Hornsey's widow visiting with her grandson, (Robert's son) Mark age 6:

Ann's birthplace was transcribed by the enumerator as Exleby, but there doesn't appear to be a place called Exleby in Lincolnshire - Our 'Ann' was born Claxby - this might have been mistranscribed by a Yorkshireman hearing a Lincolnshire accent.  There is a Mark Hornsey age 16, born Nettleton, shown below in the 1871 Census, son of Robert Hornsey and his 2nd Wife Mary Ann by then living in Sheffield.  Elizabeth Redpath was the daughter of Mark and Ann Hornsey born South Kelsey not as the enumerator wrote "South Kilby" - and this is the family in the 1851 Census showing Thomas and Elizabeth "Ridpath" living in Kingston upon Hull at 27 Wincolmlee, the household also included Elizabeth's sister, Emma:

There's a marriage on FreeBMD Registered at Sculcoates in Sept 1846 for a Thomas Ridpath and Elizabeth Hornsey Vol 22 page 421.

I couldn't find Joseph and Sarah Hornsey in 1871, but there are deaths on FreeBMD for a Joseph Hornsey March quarter of 1860 vol 7a page 420 (page number not very clear), registered in Caistor; and for a Sarah Hornsey in March quarter of 1858, registered at Caistor, vol 7a page 464.  Their unmarried son Joseph was living alone in North Kelsey:

I found Robert Hornsey, William's brother, in Sheffield in the 1871 Census living at 66 Tenter Street, -

Searching for the marriage of Robert and Mary Ann, the search results offered me Mary Ann Smith and Robert Hornsey AND also - Sophia Hornsey and George Whelpton - both couples being on the same page, registered in Sheffield; vol 9c and page 373 for April-June quarter of 1861.

Sophia Whelpton nee Hornsey were living in Nottinghamshire in 1871 in St John Street, East Retford:

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 I recently received an email from Helen Bell whose 3 x Great Grandmother was Elizabeth Hornsey:

Hi, saw your family tree on the internet and I noticed  that you had some of my family members on it. My 3rd great-grandmother was Elizabeth Hornsey who married Thomas Redpath (ridpath). We just received Selina Redpaths birth certificate which gave us the Hornsey name. We do have some census and certificates if you are interested. Anyway hope to hear from you soon. Helen

Helen kindly sent me the photograph (above right) of Selina Brookes nee Redpath, her 2 x Great Grandmother and the following 1871 Census shows the Redpath family in Long Street, Easingwold with Selina, age 10:

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I have also received the following email requesting information:

Hello Hilary,
I am interested also in the HORNSEY family. I have a Jane HORNSEY married to a William Henry PHIBBS in 1792 at Bushey Yorkshire. I have seen on the LDS site where there is a Jane HORNSEY christened 20 Dec 1776  at Lincolnshire,  parents were Joseph and Rebeckah HORNSEY.

This birth date/christening date is correct for my Jane HORNSEY. I have been told that her parents died young and then she was in the care of Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone and his wife. They lived at Hackness Hall, Yorkshire.  On the back of a photo of Jane it states that she was the Granddaughter of Sir Marmaduke LANGDALE.
So, are you able to help me at all? I was wondering if you had heard any of these names at all linked to your family.
Maybe you have this Jane in your family and she is in fact not mine at all.

Thank you for your lovely family tree site, I read it with much interest.
  regards  Kathryn
I repeat Kathryn's email here hoping that someone can provide her with further information regarding her HORNSEY and PHIBBS connection.  Please contact me as below if you can help Kathryn.

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Updated 16 May 2008