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Madmeg

Madmeg Report 4 Aug 2010 18:42

1851 England Census
about Sarah Hiner
Name: Sarah Hiner
[Sarah Hind]
Age: 68
Estimated birth year: abt 1783
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Walesby
Ecclesiastical parish: Walesby
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Southwell
Sub-registration district: Kneesal
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 7
Household Members: Name Age
William Hiner 78
Sarah Hiner 68
William Hiner 24
George Hiner 24

No connection with lace. No idea who George is.

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1861 England Census
about Sarah Hind
Name: Sarah Hind
Age: 79
Estimated birth year: abt 1782
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Walesby, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: Walesby
County/Island: Nottinghamshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage: View image

Registration district: Southwell
Sub-registration district: Kneesal
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 61
Household Members: Name Age
William Hind 90
Sarah Hind 79
William Hind 33

Doesn't look like William and Sarah went to America.
Back to the Chamberlains.

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 4 Aug 2010 19:32

You were asking wether the families posted by Anne in 1881 census would still be around in 1891.

I`ve taken a look and

Robert Chamberlain died in 1883 and Mary his wife remarried in 1886 to Thomas Boot, they are on the 1891 census with her 4 children by Robert .......Anne, Emma, John, and Robert.

Thomas Hind and his family are there in 1891, mistranscribed as Hand, he is still a Lacemaker and also Innkeeper.

As for George and Charlotte Chamberlain....... looks like Charlotte died in 1886 and I found a George Chamberlain on his own in 1891 who I think may be him, his daughter Sylvia seems to have married in 1882

So this rules out any of those from the 1881 census going to America before 1891.

Passenger lists for people leaving UK start at 1890 on Findmypast, it may be worth asking for a look-up for the Chamberlain surname bound for America. I only have 1911 now on Fmp so can`t look for you.



Nicky

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 4 Aug 2010 19:57

We don't know it was the Chamberlains who went to America.

It wasn't any of the Hind sons:

Adolphus d 1894, William 1874, Richard 1907, Augustus 1891.

(Unless there are some we don't know about).

Adolphus (Frances's father) married Mira Smith, so it might have a Smith who went to America. Frances herself married David King, so it might have been a King. Or maybe one of Frances's own children.

1891 England Census
about Frances M King
Name: Frances M King
Age: 39
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Nottinghamshire, England

Civil parish: South Kirkby
Ecclesiastical parish: South Kirkby
Town: Moorthorpe
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Hemsworth
Sub-registration district: Hemsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 25
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William King 36
Frances M King 39
John H King 13
Myra E King 11
Mary A King 9
William E King 6
Maria E King 4
Alice King 1
Alice Robinson 30
Annie Robinson 3/12

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1901 England Census
about Francis M King
Name: Francis M King
Age: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1852
Relation: Wife
Spouse's name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England

Civil parish: South Kirkby
Ecclesiastical parish: South Kirkby All Saints
Town: South Kirkby
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Hemsworth
Sub-registration district: Hemsworth
ED, institution, or vessel: 27
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 78
Household Members: Name Age
William King 46
Francis M King 49
John H King 23
Mary A King 18
William E King 16
Alice King 11
Adolphus C King 7

Nah, they are all colliers.

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 4 Aug 2010 20:15

Hi Madmeg..

this is like looking for a needle in a haystack...I`ve just been looking at the incoming passenger lists on Ancestry....many many Chamberlains....far too many to pinpoint the correct people without having more to go on.

And as you say ...what if they wern`t Chamberlains???

Anne of green Gables found some information on Chamberlain Mallet and Co. Lace Manfactureres, but if you look at the information it seems that it covers 1834-1844...........so maybe we are looking at the wrong generation.


nicky

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 4 Aug 2010 20:55

This was my thinking Nicky. Polly is most like Mary, 1862, so who did she marry?

Marriages Dec 1889 (>99%)
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Hill William Mansfield 7b 172
Hind Mary Ann Mansfield 7b 172

So it could be a member of the Hill family.

Not having any luck in finding them.

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 4 Aug 2010 21:07

Looking back at Babaras original posting it says Aunt polly went to visit her sister, could that be Maria E born a few years before Mary Ann?

Is this Marias marriage?

Marriages Dec 1881 (>99%)
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COOPE Arthur Nottingham 7b 495
HIND Maria Emma Nottingham 7b 495
Shacklock Annie Nottingham 7b 495
STRONG Robert Nottingham 7b 495

Looks like she married Arthur Coope and then promptly died......guess she didn`t go to the USA!!

Name: Maria Emma Coope
Birth: abt 1857
Death: Mar 1884 - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire




Nicky

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 5 Aug 2010 00:12

Not quite right, Nicky:

"I found some notes written by my Aunt concerning her Grandmothers sister Aunt Polly. I do not know which sister is Polly as she had 5 born about the 1850's. Their surname was Hind. The note read Aunt Polly went twice to America first class to visit them."

She doesn't say who "them" were.

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 5 Aug 2010 00:25

Of course, now I've re-read that, I realise there is also

John H Hind 1861
Washington W Hind 1863
George E C Hind 1865

that I forgot about.

Mary

Mary Report 5 Aug 2010 06:17

Dear Barbara,
According to Janet's tree "Aunty Polly" was Mary Ann Hind b.1862 Long Eaton, Derbyshire. Please see my tree for further help.

Mary

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 5 Aug 2010 10:55

I`m getting really confused with this.

Madmeg your correct, she does say them....but.....if the family name was Hind why did Babaras original post ask about the chamberlain family who went to America?

If its none of the girls, Maria, Frances or Mary ann {polly] ...none of them married a chamberlain

then it has to be one of the boys, who maybe married in to the Chamberlain family {a distant cousin??} the only connection with Chamberlain that we know of is Sarah Chamberlain who married william Hind and would have been their grandmother,

going to check out all the sons marriages.


Nicky

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 5 Aug 2010 11:00

Heres that family in 1881..

Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation Disability
Myra HIND Head M Female 52 Radford, Nottingham, England Designers Wife
John H. HIND Son U Male 20 Radford, Nottingham, England Cleaner
Mary A. HIND Daur U Female 19 Long Eaton, Derby, England Machine Hand (Facty)
Washington W. HIND Son U Male 17 Long Eaton, Derby, England Bobbin Hand (Spinning & C)
George E.C. HIND Son U Male 15 Nottingham, England Carriage Hand (Spinning & C)


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Source Information:
Dwelling 96 Waterway St
Census Place Nottingham St Mary, Nottingham, England
Family History Library Film 1341803
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 3362 / 81
Page Number 77


Nicky

Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 5 Aug 2010 11:15

can`t find father and son Adolphus and Adolphus in 1881 ,but they both died in Nottingham.

Adolphus junior had married in 1875.

Deaths Mar 1894 (>99%)
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Hind Adolphus Chamberlain 71 Nottingham 7b 240

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Deaths Jun 1899 (>99%)
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Hind Adolphus James 46 Nottingham 7b 208




Can rule this one out..

Marriages Mar 1883 (>99%)
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HIND Washington William Nottingham 7b 373


Surname First name(s) Mother/Spouse/Age District Vol Page

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Deaths Mar 1922 (>99%)
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Hind Washington W 57 Nottingham 7b 278


George E C Hind married 1890...but not to a Chamberlain....and is with her in 1911 and also B in law and M in law.

John E Hind marriage more difficult to pinpoint, he`s the only one i can`t account for.

what about this one?? obviously don`t know who married who, but in right area..


September 1900
Booth Sarah Ellen Shardlow 7b 853
>>>Chamberlain Grace Ethel Shardlow 7b 853
Garland Joseph Ernest Shardlow 7b 853
>>>>Hind Richard Robert Shardlow 7b 853 ...forget that one I`ve found them in 1911 ...he`s a Carter.


nicky

Madmeg

Madmeg Report 5 Aug 2010 18:42

Mary, do you or Janet know who it was that Polly went to visit?

We have ruled out most of the family - could it have been a neighbour, friend, employer? I've run out of ideas.

Barbara

Barbara Report 6 Aug 2010 09:42

Hello all you busy researchers you certainly have found out a lot.

What sent me to ask for help were these notes from a letter.

"Aunt Polly also told me we were very wealthy then one morning we got up

and were told that they were poor. My Grandma blamed the

Chamberlains who took the work machines, the work people and there

families to America they were the first lacemakers to go there. Aunt Polly

went over twice to visit them which was quite an achievement nearly a hundred years ago.and she travelled firstclass to America."

The lady who wrote the letter was born in 1908 and died more than 20 years ago. Fascinating reading but is it true?
Thankyou for all time that you all have taken

Regards Barbara


Barbara

Barbara Report 6 Aug 2010 09:49

Thankyou Mary,
it was Janet who sent me a copy of this intrigueing letter. I have gone abit further with the Hinds but proving it all is so difficult. to prove I have refered back to your tree a few times, a good reference point.
Best wishes Barbara

Barbara

Barbara Report 6 Aug 2010 09:53

Another thought what about Sarahs siblings. The name Chamberlain carried through a lot of her descendants perhaps hers was an important family
Barbara

ElizabethK

ElizabethK Report 6 Aug 2010 12:46

Have you tried the Lace Museum in Nottingham to see if they have any info on a Chamberlain family ?

They have lots of info on the Lace Industry and families connected to it

Barbara

Barbara Report 7 Aug 2010 08:56

Thanks Elizabeth, I will look there.
Barbara

Mary

Mary Report 8 Aug 2010 15:12

I think the letter is fascinating. I love a bit of a mystery so i will try & look through my file (2") of Hind notes i have saved "just in case".
I have tried researching Sarah Chamberlain's family several times but cannot prove the families i have found belong to hers - and it would seem that no one else has too!
Pleased my tree has been of help to you.

Mary

Mary Report 8 Aug 2010 22:17

Here's what i've managed to find out so far.
In my tree i have a John Frederick Hind b.1889 Notts(son of Albert Hind & Sarah). He died 1969 in Scranton,Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. He emigrated with his family in 1927.
In my notes i researched Scranton and discovered that there was a Scranton Lace Company.
It was founded in 1897 and was the world's largest producer of Nottingham lace.
The Scranton Lace Company used authentic Nottingham looms that were shipped from England.
In the 1911census John Frederick's occupation was a Lace machine worker so he probably could have gone to work at the Scranton Lace Company.
This has made me wonder if this could be the connection to your letter.
I found 2 articles from the New York Times Archives.
The first one published Jan 22 1891 and the second published March 29 1891
- a little snippet - " a party of Englishmen have been negotiating for some time the location of a large lace factory .......the building of the factory was expected to begin in a short time followed by the removal of costly machinery from England together with about forty families of lacemakers".
I will e-mail the documents to you.
Mary