back to the home page

George Walker's diaries - index of names

Note that bold type indicates a census (usually 81c) or IGI reference. Age in censuses is denoted by @nn. All dates are truncated e.g. 1881 = 81 Common abbreviations. Wh - Whitwell, H - Harthill, Sh - Sheffield, W - Walker, G - Glossop, Tw – Twining, GW - George Walker (1834-1914), GG - GG Walker (1880-1908), SarW - GW's wife, d of GeoG, P - Polly (Mary) Walker 1861-1941), JoeW - Joseph Walker (1836-84, GW's brother), GeoG - George Glossop, SarW's palab - labourer, f - farmer, s - son, d - daughter/died, m - marries(d), wid - widow(er) To contact Peter about his diaries email coxpeter@btinternet.com.

Name Event

Alletson Mr

71 wit Mr G's will

 

61c ?Chas innkeeper of Bolsover b Whitwell @63

 

61c ?Fred Alletson gamekeeper @38 of Wh High St

 

+ Wm @13 (81c ag impl manuf in Worksop @33)

 

+ Walter @10 (81c gamekeeper at Welbeck @30)

Alletson Walter

69 brings GW a pointer (see above)

 

71 kills Australian pigeon in Wh wood

Appe Mrs

97 eccentric hermit-like d @ Belph

Armstrong Mr

68 d in chair

 

97 stackyard fired

Arthur Mrs

65 d (Glossacks)

Bacon Messrs'

86 men look @ church heating app

Badger Mr

67 re Jn G's affairs 67

Baker Mr

92 GW withdraws Hendon farm from sale at his mart

Ball

77 leaves empl

Bannister Harry

72 d of smallpox @ 23

Bardsley Rev

97 preaches

Barker

72 indicted by GW who loses case

 

92 strikes for adv of wages

Barlow Geo

62 engages as lab

 

81c Gen lab of Lowmetal Yd Wh b Cresswell @65

Bartholomew Han

69 v Geo Staniland

Barron R

99 speaks freely to GW re Mrs Strafford & daughter

 

 

Bartram

62 gunmaker in Division St

Batty

73 of Killamarsh acc of stealing JoeW's fowls

Baxter Mr

73 GW joins Labourers' friendly society

Bellringer Mr

76 GW defendss rector over his dismissal

Bennett R

70 GW rows with

 

75 affair with Kenney likely to turn out unpleasant

Berry Peter

69 GW hires

 

81c lab in lime quarry Anston b Wales @46

Best Dr

73 GW hears play new organ at New Music Hall

Bilham Caroline

65 case v workhouse porter

Billam Jn

72 GW wouldn't engage son @ 11/- a day

 

81c lab of H @64

Birks GW

87 Feb 1 signs indenture with binding young Joe (son of JoeW)

Blake Capt

71 GW dines there with GG

Blake Mr

68 d @ 77

Blake Mrs

65 d @ Ecclesall

Blankley's

67 apparatus to dip ewes

 

81c Wm chemist & druggist of Arnold b Mansfield @46

Blumhardt

83 preaches same sermon as 81

Bolton Mr

92 addresses Radicals in the sch room

Bonskill

90 some affair

Booth Eliz

65 m

Booth Geo

68 hurt by wood roller

 

81c unocc farm bailiff of H 42

Booth Mr

62 tax coll

 

66 juryman

 

61c ?John Booth @45 f of 145 acres @ H.... or Jn Booth @58 f of 93 acres @ H.

Booth Wm

68 v Harriet Pearce

 

81c - wood sawyer @35 of H + Harriett @35 + 2 s.

Boothbys

72 GG & P see marionettes with

 

79 P drives to Barlbro

 

61c - Evelyn Boothby 33 rector.

Boothby Laura

72 smallpox

Bosville Dr

64 @ Rotherham

Bowden Mr

68 judge @ Sth Gate

Bowler Miss

68 schoolmistress

 

74 P's lacework

 

71c - Caroline Boaler @46 schoolmistress @ school house

 

81c - Caroline B @56 retd scoolmistress

Bowler Jane

73 21st birthday party

 

71c - Mary Jane Boaler @19 teacher sis of Caroline B

Brookes Mr

68 rents Hendon land for 7 yrs @ £120 pa

 

69 GW writes to @ Finchley

Broomhead Mr

85 makes arr JoeW's Wales house

Brough

86 guilty @ Nottm & 18 mths hard labour

Browns

81 jeweller of Sheffield

Brunt Geo d

65

 

?Bro of Rhoda B who m Wm Hancock

Buckle

70 leaves GW

Burgess Mr

68 GW gives notice to quit ho rented @ Woodall

 

68 GW moves Mrs B's furn to Whittington

 

68 leaves

Burney Mr's

77 solr empl by Fr Tebbitt

Bush Mr

79 of Sh auction at which GW buys oil paintings

Butcher Mr

66 of Honeysicks jury @ court baron

 

67 to Paris

 

67 Muncaster's testimonial

 

71 d @ 64

Butcher Mr (jnr)

74 of Honeysicks well falls in

 

85 fight with poachers

 

81c Jn farmer of 151 acres in Cresswell @45 with w My & ch

 

Jn, Geo, Rob, Herb, Is, Eliz, My, Wm, Sar

Butcher Mrs

62 men poaching

 

65 of Honeysicks d @ 94.6 (but see below....)

 

61c - Ann Butcher @87 f 160 acres @ Honeysicks.

Butcher Mrs

68 of Cresswell interred

Cadman Miss

63 d

Candling

64 tried @ Rotherham by Jn G

 

?61c Chas Candling, GW's carter @ 17 in 61c

 

?81c - Wm Candling farm bailiff b Wh now @ Cawthorne in Wortley @55

Capstick Jn

64 policeman m Betsy Drabble

Carmarthen Marquis

62 came

 

65 GW shoots with

Cannon Miss

65 of Westmoreland m

Chaloner Mr

76

 

61c - Chas Chaloner @40 f 210 acres @ Birks farm.

Chambers Mr

66 juryman

Child Mr

62, 64 GW trustee for

 

66 takes Lingerdale farm

 

66 juryman

 

67 farewell party

 

67 hanged himself

 

67 GW adm will @ Worksop

Child Joe

67 GW declines inv

 

70 Danber, GW & Mrs C meet & doesn't take farm at present

 

74 JoeW & Will Child take Grange Farm

 

61c Farms 206 acres (Jn G's farm in 51c)

Child Lizzie

72 v Herbert Layton

Child Mrs

67 affairs with Mr Danber

 

70 again see above

Childs The

73 had offer of Grange Farm

Childs Mr

71 calls re Enoch Peat's affairs

Clarke C trespassing

64

Clarke old trespasses

65

Clarke Mary

64 of Woodall interred

Clarke Sar

73 hired

Clayton Martin

62 arr with GW to live in old Woodall ho

 

65 sells pony for GG

 

66 juryman

 

66 Lucy leaves

 

67 unpleasantness with wife

 

70 highway bd

 

71 cattle epidemic

 

71 his man shot in eye

 

73 wheat stolen by Charley Pearce

 

(61c - Geo C @ H f of 240 acres + w Eliz + niece Eliz Walker 17 gen serv).

 

81c - Martin C farmer of Adwick-on-Deane b Wiseton (ch b Harthill) @65

Cliffe Mr

66 d

Clipp Mr

69 brings GW honey & revelations

Cockaynes

68 drapery estab

Collingham Mr

68 GW calls on re Mr G buying his land in Doles Lane

Compton GW

69 sees @ Haymarket

Coombes Mr

81 preaches Sallie's funeral sermon

Corbett Mr

71 @ Finchley v unfit for business

Corke

92 strikes for adv of wages

Cosgrove

90 summons 4 men for pl cards on Sun - 2/6 + 5/- costs

Coupe Ernest

90 fined £1 for poaching

 

81c - miner's son of Wh Common @7

Cousin Hen

70 of Woodall d thrown from cart

Cousins Elijah

71 @18 v Rebecca Willey @15

 

81c Reb C @25 with 3 ch 9 7 4 living with father lab in H.

 

81c An Elijah b Sh now stoker cotton mills in Brightside Bierlow 28 living with 24 yr old wife?!

Cripwell Mr

72 meets re conv Wh Old Hall to school

 

73 GW sees him re Mr G's farms after his d

 

78 d & GW grieves @ death

Crookes Mr & Mrs

81 visit by GGW

Cropper

89 'one of best cr in Derby XI' dies while pl football in Grimsby. GG to funeral.

Cross Miss

92 arr with 3 of Jack Tw's daughters from Leeds on way to Dorset

Crossland

84 noballed by ump @ Woodhouse - match not played

Cruit Mr

83 sees GW re f & m infection in Wh

Cutts Mr

62 sale at Carburton

 

71 sells GW 10 tons of bones @ Sheff

Dalby young

91 thrown from cart & breaks thigh in stackyard

 

92 sets fire to Sam Thompson's hayrick

 

94 arrested for stackyard fire

Dalrymple Sir Jn

69 rides with GW from Trent Stn

Danber Miss

63funeral 63

Danber Daniel

67 @ Worksop re Mrs Child's affairs 67

 

69 GW to Lingodell to take farm as trustees for Mrs Child

 

70 GW meets with Mrs C - JoeW not to take farm at pres

Darby Mr

64 re sewer

Davy Albert

72 v Miss Denton

 

85 arranges re Wales house of JoeW's plus sale of farm stock

 

90 re Lizzy moving to Scarbro

 

81c - Alb Davy retd engineer @42 with w 39 & d 10m @ 6 Cavendish Rd Brincliffe Grange in Ecclesall Bierlow

 

(a Walter S Davy is a civil eng in Ecc B too)

Davy Alfred

91 ?GW's nephew

 

81c - Alfred S Davy @22 civil engineer

Davy Jn

79 sees from trap huge cedar struck by lightning @ Worksop

Davy Jos

98 Oct 27 nephew of GW d @ 28.9 @ 47 Esplanade Scarbro

Davy Lizzy

64 v Jos Walker

 

65 Sep baby

 

66 Jun 11 daughter

 

67 Dec 24 falls out with ma-in-law

 

74 with GW's ma @ death

 

Widow of GW's bro 2/3 JoeW, moved to Scarbro after his d.

Davy Sallie

91 niece

Davy Sally

71 v Mr Dean of Manchester

Dawkins Prof

76 shows GW caves @ Cresswell Craggs

Deakin S

71 d in bed of drink @ 61

Dean Mr

71 of Manchester v Sally Davy

Denton Miss

72 v Albert Davy

Dicker Mr

67 comes re Hendon property

Dodgson Mr

64 tax assessor

Dolby Tom

90 fined £1 for stealing eggs

Dormes Mr

68 GW not satis with his work @ Hendon

Downing

72 Wm engaged

Downson Jn

66 came

Drabble Betsy

64 m Jn Capstick

Drabble

77 left empl

 

81c - ?Thos Drable of Lowpit Lane lab @62

Drabble Jack

75 conf to Websters stackyard fire

Draycott Mr

65 d @ 33

Duckworth S

70 gets severe scolding from Hudson

 

81c - ret farmer of H @57

Durken J

77 had clothes stolen

 

81c - lab with GW b Mays Foxford Ire @27 spelt Durkan

Durkson Ant

85 killed leading horse (former empl of GW)

Eadon Ellen

99 d @ Spring Ho Crookes Sh @66

 

81c - Ellen E wid b Chesterfield @48 @ 100 School Rd Nether Hallam with 2s 1d 2 servs

Eadon Harry

77 Oct 6 bacon fry-up in wood with GW & GG

 

81 Mar 8 tells GG of Sallie's death

 

William Hopkinson E @27 auct & valuer or more prob

 

Edward H E @23 cutlery manuf's clerk unempl

 

Henry GB Edon @29 medical asst

Eadon Mrs

81 gives consent to Sallie's engagement

Eadon Sallie

80 May 14 birthday

 

80 Nov 25 GG has a long walk with & 'saw all'

 

81 Jan 8 chooses from ring tray from Browns & is engaged

 

81 Feb 7 letter to GG

 

81 Mar 8 dies, funeral 11th

 

81 Mar 18 GG sends primroses to Ecclesall for grave

 

81 May 14 GG sends 2 wreaths, one of forget-me-nots entirely, one of violets & primroses

East Rob

85 shot himself, head blown to atoms

Edge Geo snr

80 rides bicycle

 

81c - wid f of West Thorpe @54 with 100 acres 1 boy b Wh

Edge Wm

67 lab engages

 

71 scalded

 

81c - lab @ Bondhay @70 b Anston

Eddison Anne

69 v Gill Moseley

Eddison Geo

68 v Miss Storey

 

76 GW hears bad report of from Mr Chaloner

 

81c - a Geo E is dayboy @ Worksop Coll @10

Eddison Mr

78 stackyard on fire

Eddison R

72 v Nessy Radley

 

81c - Rob E farmer of The Manor Ho Beighton b Wh @38

 

with 226 acres empl 5 men 2 boys + Eliz + 3b 3g under 10 + 3 servs

Ellis Jo

72 farmer of Wh d after 8 days of brain fever

Ellis Jos

75 GW discusses will with

 

76 of George Inn d @ 55

Ellis Mr

71 wit Mr G's will

Ellis W

83 cattle have f & m disease

 

81c - Wm L Ellis @ Hall Leys b Wh farmer of 300 acres @24 + Eliz + 1d + 7 servs

Elsom Dr

76 sews up SW's forehead

 

76 quarrels with Dr W

 

85 tells of Rob East's suicide 85

 

88 vacc them v smallpox

 

90 claims £11 for accident which broke his trap

 

81c - Dr Frederic J b Limehouse High St Wh unm @35 + 3 servs

Ely

73 of Worksop GW orders suit of clothes from

 

81c - Ann E Ely wid music teacher of 11 Foley Place @42 + 2 ch

Evans

90 encrochment

Evers

85 house on Backstone Moor police capt fowl stealers

 

81c - mason on Hunger Hill @43

Eyre Col

85 gives lecture on Sudan

Eyre Rob

76 Jan sees GW re culvert in flooding

 

85 to Worksop re poacher

 

85 to Duke re Jamieson problem

 

85 accidentaly shot terrier Prin Wood

 

89 with GW to Turner re shooting of wood

 

89 July 4, of Cresswell v My Webster of Butt Hill Wh after 25 yr courtship m at Redhill Sy

 

90 with P Webster re Evans' encroachment

 

90 re Dr Elsom's claim for damage to trap

 

96 June 4 describes floods

 

farmer of 130 acres @ Top Mill Elmton 170 acres empl 2 men 3 boys

 

@36 unm with coz Eliza Milnes hkeeper + 5 servs, b Cresswell

Favell Dr

81 Sallie's Dr

 

Wm Favell surgeon of Nether Hallam wid @48 b Sh + sis + 3 servs

Favell T

68 gives GW barrel of oysters

 

72 gives GW a painting

 

Thos Favell wine merch of Ecclesall Bierlow @49 m 2 servs

Firbeck 'Geo'

66 d @34

Fleming Dr

73 made SW's medicine too strong

Fletcher Mrs

97 March 13 Lucy's sister Mary Fletcher sailed for SA with Alice Tw

 

Lucy's youngest sis Mary R Fletcher b Canada 1860, v Angus A Fletcher

Flockton Mr

62 juryman

 

72 badly burnt in paraffin expl

 

61c - H f of 124 acres

 

81c - Thos J Flockton arch & suveyr of Woodleigh Worksop b Wakefield @56

Flower

67 young F catches arm in cog wheel

Footit Mr

65 d

Forrest Mr

66 of Derby re letter delivery

Foster Jn

71 of New Hall Grange meets absconder on train

Fowler Ed

94 returns from France after a yr - doesn't like land or people4

Freeman Mr

68 of Hendon GW writes letter to

French Alfred

69 GW complains about trespass & damage

Foulds Geo

62 old schoolmaster for 30 yrs dies (see below?)

Foulds Mary

69 d @ 94

 

61c - wid of H shopkeeper @ 86 + s Geo 58 gent

 

81c - note 2d? live together, both schoolteachers - Elza @64 + Mary @59

Futtit

89 behaved shamefully @ match v Chesterfield, so GW leaves club

 

81c - Wm Futtit f @21 gson of Geo Hancock @ Belph Grange

Galway Lord

69 sends GW hare & pheasant

 

72 GW writes to re fox killing account

 

90 sends GWbrace of pheasants 90

 

81c JPDL Monckton Viscount Galway MP for N Notts Serlby Hall Harworth

 

@36 + Vera + d 10m + 14 servs

Gee Sar

77 leaves empl

Gillatt Geo

68 lives @ Whitwell

 

68 v ill in Piccadilly

 

69 to Alhambra with

 

69 re forged £5 note

 

69 Horse Guards @ Ho of Lords

 

71 GW calls on

 

72 with GW to Hendon, marks 41 trees for felling & £120 to enfranchise copyhold land 72

 

73 telegram from GW re Mr G's d

 

82 letter to GW saying Gillatt Bros dissolved, trading since 1780 in Jermyn St

 

85 d @ 131 Edgware Rd 'old & respected friend'

 

?81c - wine merchant @61 b Westminster visiting in Walton Thames

Gillatt Mr

65 v Sar Glossop

 

68 GW to London with

Gillatt Sam

68 with GW to inspect Hendon property

 

68 arranges let of Mr Brookes there

 

69 to Haymarket with

Gladish

64 miller of Barlbro failed

 

65 creditors meet

Gladstone

65 Ch of Ex excellent speech @ Shireoaks church

Glossop Anne

64 bought hops @ Bell

 

65, 68 to Westmoreland

 

61c - Ann G @69 wid retd f of H + 3 unm d - Mary 45, Sar 38, Ann 35

Glossop Anne

see above

 

D of Fr G & Anne (Aunt Betty)

 

81c - @55 unm @ H annuitant + Anne 26 niece also annuitant b Clowne or oss orphaned d of JnG?

Glossop B

66 juryman

Glossop Aunt Betty

61 d

 

Ann Blankley v Francis G, Sar G's unc, eldest son 1/3 of Fr G v Sar Rutherforth, maltster,

 

kept Blue Bell in H. Ch, Pet, Rob, Sarah, Annie, Maria.

 

61c - Ann B G wid @64 maltster & publican of Blue Bell

 

+ s Rob 33 f of 98 acres + d Annie 26, Maria 23 + Geo E Pearce 3 gs.

 

Francis d 57, Betty d 61.

Glossop Charles

 
 

Chas G of Intake 1770-1836, 4/4 son of Peter G & Ann Gillatt

 

so uncle of SW's pa GG. m 1808 Eliz Rutherforth.

Glossop

Eliz 61 d

 

b Eliz Rutherforth, sis of Sar Rutherforth, ma of SW's pa GeoG,

 

b 1779 m 1808 Chas G of Intake, 4/4 bro of GeoG's father Fr G (so sisters m brothers)

 

1861 will leaves money to bro Fr Rutherforth, neph Jn G, & nephs & nieces of dead husband Chas G.

Glossop Mrs C

68 d

 

w of Chas G of Intake, GeoG's uncl, 4/5 son of Peter G & Ann Gillatt.

Glossop Eliz

65 d of stroke

 

Wife of GeoG, b Eliz Hancock 1/5 d of Peter Hancock & Eliz Hills (who had no sons)

 

v 1832 Geo Glossop, ma of SarW. - see 81c entry for GeoG

 

Brings the Hendon (Hills) & Whitwell land in trust to GW via d Sarah.

Glossop Eliz

61c @52 H wid with ch MA 19, Han 17, Sar 15 & gs Geo 5 mths.

Glossop Frank

62/66/68 (late Jn son?) app to grocer Mr Single

 

70 GW gets baptism cert

 

Son of SW's unc Jn G & Ann Wilks, orph @ d of ma 1861

Glossop Geo

62 Mar 4 his b1rthday

 

64 new cottages @ Bondhay

 

66 wrote up books

 

68 fowls stolen

 

68 @ trial 68

 

68 not ill after all

 

71 will made

 

72 GW @ Wh re yard & bdgs 72

 

72 re raising men's wages

 

72 Aug brought downstairs

 

72 Nov last alt to will?!

 

72 Nov Moorhead dresses sores

 

73 Jan 6 dies 7.30 pm

 

74 April 23 uproar at will, affairs to Chancery

 

GeoG, SarW's pa, 3/3 son of Fr G & Sar Rutherforth

 

b 26 Mar 1798, m 25 Apr 1832, d 6 Jan 73

 

m Eliz Hancock, 1/5 d of Peter Hancock of Wh & Eliz Hills of Hendon

 

one son b & d 1837, 3 d - Eliz 1833-59 v Marriott Hall 57, Sar v GW,

 

Mary Ann v 73 Dr Hamilton Moorhead

 

Will gives Sar land @ Bondhay, Hendon & Wh + £200 cash (she's already had £1500)

 

Mary Ann gets £14500 in securities + £2000 cash

 

Lily Hall (gd, d of eldest d Eliz d 59) £8000 in securities, in trust till 21

 

If Lily dies it's split between Sar & MA. Marriott Hall expected more for Lily....

Glossop Hannah

70 false stmt...?

 

61c poss Hann d of Eliz G wid in 61c

Glossop Jn

66 indenture with JM Twibell broken thru dishonesty

 

Poss orphan son of SarW's unc Jn G & Ann Wilks.

 

(Nic Twibell m 1811 Sar eldest d of Fr G & Sar Rutherforth. So JM Twibell could be SarW's 1st coz).

Glossop Jn

80 Mar of Wales leaves farm at Wales

Glossop Jn

d<62

 

62 GW invests £550

 

66 GW gets death cert

 

70 GW to Liv to estab from Nat SS Co that he died in NY

 

73 letter re unpaid (62) duty

 

2/3 son of Fr G & Sar Rutherforth, b 1791 d 1857 New York? 1st coz of SW.

Glossop Jn

62 highway surveyor

 

63 new house

 

64 sheep stolen

 

64 moves to Carr Ho

 

66 juryman

 

68 buys piano

 

68 canvasses for tories

 

69 takes only son Simpson to Ln

 

70 leaves Carrs for Harthill

 

72 gives up old H place to Herbert Layton

 

85 Dec 26 d @ Penrith @67 b H 1818 d 26 Dec 85

 

Prob son of Jn G d 56, 2/3 son of Fr G & Sar Rutherforth, so 1st coz of SG.

 

Farmed 290 acres @ Carrs. Ch Simpson, Jos 51 (d young?), Ann 55.

 

61c - @43 f of 290 acres @ H + Eliz + Jos 10 + Anne 6

 

71c same + Anne 16 only

 

81c - living Penrith @63 + w Eliz @63 + 1 servant

Glossop Jos

72 d @ 72

 

71c - Joseph G cottager of High St Wh.

Glossop Mary Anne

64 b 25 Nov 1850

 

66 to Gen Tom Thumb

 

67 GW buys piano @ Sh

 

70 not pleased @C '70'

 

71 debut @ Websters' ball

 

73 Apr 26 v Dr Hamilton Moorhead

 

74 Feb 16 son b

 

74 @ 11 Westbourne Pk Bayswater

 

75 bad news & SW meets in Ln

 

76 Jul 29 son b @ Dalkey

 

77 Jan 5 sails on SS American from Plymouth to the Cape

 

77 Jan 30 arr Cape

 

78 Apr 9 d born @ Coote Hill

 

84 Oct 23 week with SW in Southport

 

84 Oct 23 op in Birm by Sir Lawson Tait

 

85 Jun 24

 

88 Jun 5 taken from Warren Pt to Dublin

 

89 May 31 Liverpool to Dundalk with SarW 31 May 89

 

90 visits 5 Nov - 18 Dec incl 40th birthday

 

91 visits from Coote Hill 28 Nov - 14 Dec 91

 

92 Dec 3-19 re Hendon land with GW/SW

 

Mary Anne G, SW's sis & 3/3 d of Geo G, b 25 Nov 1850

 

v 28 Apr 73 Dr Hamilton Moorhead

 

Ch Geo GH 1874-1954 (Dr at Weston Zoyland, Somerset 1902-50)

 

sons 76, 81 (one is Dr Ern Sam M to Winnipeg)

 

+ d Adele 78 (unm in Retford in 1930s).

Glossop Miss

64 from the Bell

 

Prob Annie G, see above, b 1834/5

Glossop Mrs

65 to Westmoreland 65

 

Anne G above

Glossop Mrs

96 of Wh Common d @ 70

 

61c - Mary G @59 wid f of 83 acres @ Wh Common + Thos 36, Wm 34. (81c Eliz w of Thos 53)

Glossop P

66 man hired

 

80 Mar of Woodall leaves farm

 

Peter G, 1/2 son of Fr G, SW's unc, & 'Aunt Betty' b 1823/4 v 1850 Ann Hancock

 

61c - f of 108 acres - 90 @ 71c

 

81c - Peter G retd f of H + Ann both @58.

 

[61c has 4 sons: Fr 10, Chas 8, Geo 6, Peter 5. Unless these are the orphaned ch of Jn G?!]

Glossop Peter jnr 70

 
 

son of Peter G & Ann Hancock b 1855/6

Glossop Rob

64 tenant farmer

 

65 v Mary Lister 'after singular courtship' to Fr Rotherforth

 

68 churchwarden

 

68 distributess dole money with GW

 

69 finds GG's lost cat

 

69 churchwarden

 

69 meets Newstead re Jn G's affairs

 

70 churchwarden

 

70 distributes dole

 

71 churchwarden

 

72 foot almost cut off by reaper

 

Rob G, 1st coz of SW, 2/2 son of Fr G, 1/3 son of Fr G & Sar Rutherforth

 

b 1827 v Mary M Lister 1865, ch Marian E, Wm E

 

61c - f of 98 acres @ Blue Bell with wid ma Anne B (Aunt Betty) G

 

81c - f of 134 acres @ H, 1man 2boys @53 + w My M @40

 

+ ch Wm E, Geo F, Lil M, Percy L, Mabel H + 2 servs

 

+ Ed Lister grocer bro in law unm @35

Glossop Sarah

65 v Mr Gillatt

Glossop Simpson

64

 

65 @ Shireoaks church

 

69 to London

 

69 Jun 8 d @18

 

Only surviving son of Jn G , 1850-69.

Glossop Thos

96 of Wh Common d @ 7

 

Thos G, d of ? & My G (83 acres on Wh Common 61c)

 

81c - f of Wh Common of 100 acres empl 1 boy + w Eliz + 3 servs @55

Goodall Dr

90 pres GGW with cuckoo clock from Brimington CC

Grant Ann

69 v Geo Turner

Grant Ann

69 d @ 88

Grant Wm jnr

70 caught in robbery 70

 

71 6 mths @ Wakefield prison

Greenaway Mr

85 GW offered Hendon to for £100 [per annum?]

Greenhalgh's

78 sch @ Sh - GGW wins silver cup for 100 yds there

Guist van der

95 calls re Sam Thompson's property. GW takes mortgage of £600

Hall Edmond

69 of Sheffield Park d @ 66

Hall Geo

69 uncle of Jn Hall d (b Rawmarsh)

Hall Herbert

86 blew off rt thumb

Hall JF (Frank)

97 2nd coz d @ Sh @ 43

Hall Jn

70 GW has awkward conversation with

 

Prob pa of Marriott Hall.

Hall Lilli 'little'

63/64 birthday

 

b 16 Dec 1858

 

81c - Eliz G Hall @22 unm with pa & stepma in Thorpe Salvin

 

Receivess £8000 in securitiess in trust in gf Geo G's 1873 will.

Hall Mark

76 accidentally puts fork grain in little Rotherham's eye

 

81c - Mark H @18 b Wh farm lab @ Kirkby in Ashfield

Hall Marriott

78 surgeon friend of GW 'during life in Sheffield' d @ 38 leaving w & 2 ch

Hall Marriott

62 @ Thorpe Hall

 

63 m Harriet Colley (2nd wife)

 

66 has Pashleys farm

 

66 GW pays for shooting

 

68 new malt kiln blown down in gale

 

70 settles family affair with SarW

 

73 Jan 8 trouble over Mr G's will?

 

74 Apr 23 rage at Mr G's will

 

91 v ill (flu?) 91

 

98 stacks destroyed thru overheating 98

 

Son of Jn Hall

 

61c - 600 acres at Thorpe Salvin empl 18 men 8 boys

 

81c - maltster & farmer of 993 acres with 37 men 10 lads @49 + Harriet @40

 

+ Herbert C 12 + Thos E 8 (b 3 July 72) + 4 servs @ Thorpe Salvin....

 

and son? Marriott F 14 @ Rugby Sch boarding house

 

+ Bern F 16 + Sydney M 15 + Arthur C 13 all @ boarding sch

Hall Peter

95 goes with GW to Derby v Yorks

Hall Sam

71 reprimanded by auditors for sloppy bookkeeping

 

71 GW rows with over shooting over Moore's farm @ Woodall

 

71c f 500 acres @ H with 12 labs + 5 boys

Hancock Chas

72 left GW or SW £64 in will

 

Chas Hancock, 2/4 son of Charles Hancock & Eliz Hunt, 1793-1857

 

farmed @ 200 acre Belph Grange till death

 

41c - with 82 year old ma + My Hunt f serv

 

Pa of Ann H who m Peter G 1850

Hancock Geo

71/74

 

95 Jan 30 d @ Belph Grange in 89th yr last of generation

 

Geo Hancock, 3/4 son of Chas H & Eliz Hunt, 1796- 30 Jan 85

 

d Mary b 1828 v Wm Futtit (both d1865), Sus 1823-37, Chas b 1837

 

81c - f of 240 acres @ Belph Grange @85

 

+ 2 labs + 2 servs + w Maria, unm son Chas 42 + gson Wm Futtit 21 farmer

Hancock Mary

70 interred

Hancock Mary

84 Aug 29 d @ Belph Grange @ 86

 

61c - w of Geo H

 

81c - 'Maria' H 81 b Gamston

Hancock Peter

 
 

Peter Hancock, 1/4 son of Charles H & Eliz Hunt. b Wh 1 Jan 1780

 

1809 Feb 12 v Eliz Hills @ St Geo Han Sq d 3 Jan 1855 Wh

 

Lived Manor Farm Wh, later to Geo Glossop then GW via daughters...

 

...neither PH nor GG had sons

 

Wife Eliz Hills had Hendon land from pa Jn Hills, butcher of The Burroughs

 

which passed on to GW.

Hancock Wm

74 of Hall Leys d 22 Sep 77

 

Wm Hancock, 4/4 son of Peter H & Eliz Hunt (b when ma 48)

 

51c + 71c - farming 142 acres @ Hall Leys

 

v Rhoda ?Brunt (1816-71) & had d Eliz b 1856

 

41c - Hall Leys farmed by Charles H, 2/4 son of PH & Eliz Hunt, who d 1857

Hardcastle young

70 re Mr G's will

Harker Marg

66 d in Westmoreland

Harley

72 indicted by GW in case he loses

Harris Mr

69 papers to sign re endowed school

 

87 comes to tea & is laughed at

Hatfield Mr

70 of Barlbro arranged for ma to live at Old House Woodall

Haylock Thos

88 d @71in Jn Wood's barn, 35 yrs a pedlar @ 71

Hayward Miss

77 Dr W's housekeeper leaves after his suicide bid

Heale CJ

72 meets re Wh Old Hall becoming a school

Healey Mr

90 presents GGW with cuckoo clock from Brimington CC

Heartington family

74 preside over concert in schoolroom

Heath Mr

76 excavates a human skull on Creswell Craggs while GW watches

Helmsley

65 drowned @ Clipston

Henry Mr

83 tells GW of fire in church (flue ign wood in N aisle)

Hewitt Emma

69 v W Hydes

Higgins

88 gets 10 yrs manslaughter for stabbing - GW juror

Hills Miss

74 GW takes P there

Hills Mr

74 called for church rate

 

Thomas Chas Hills vicar of Bolsover b Rye Kent 1 serv @44

Hills Wm

75

 

?annuitant of Butt Lane Warsop @72 b Arrington Cambs

Hingham Elijah

77 m Xmas day

Hodding Mr

68 solicitor of Worksop sees with Mr G re Hendon

 

71 Mr G's will

 

71 letter re GW's election as trustee of Mansfield turnpike

 

72/3 Mr G's will

 

77 re Jn Widdison's legacies

 

86 re poor state of affairs @ Donnington

 

92 to London to sell Burroughs Farm Hendon

 

92 withdrawn after £9700 bid

 

92 Dec re Hendon with SW/MA

 

97 offers a portion of Hendon for sale

 

97 writes to Mr Turner re minerals on 15 acres of GW's land

Hodding Jn

72 with GG to volunteer camp

Holdsworth Harry

62 bankrupt

Holmes Anne

64

 

66/8 Annie 66 68

 

71 to Beighton

 

77 Apr 7v Fred Hudson @ H

 

d of Geo & Helen Holmes b 1853 v Fred Hudson 1877

Holmes Aunt Eliz

65/66 to Joe to stay

 

79 with GW's ma @ death

 

86 Apr 24 d of stroke b 13 Jun 1797

 

Wife of Jos Holmes, GW's great uncle, 1797-1886

Holmes Fisher

74 @ Darnall

Holmes Geo

62 tithe rent

 

63 field

 

64 v ill 64

 

65 to Shireoaks church

 

65 2nd anniv 65

 

65 to Pitthouses

 

66 Sep 11 is 40th birthday

 

67/68 looks @ property in Beighton

 

68 canv for tories

 

69 swops homes with parents

 

70 to Clowne with pa to look @ new railway

 

70 row with Jas Roberts

 

73 GW can't persuade to make will

 

92 to Southwell to hear new organ

 

96 b 11 Sep 1826

 

Son of Jos Holmes & grandson of GW's great uncle Jos Holmes limeburner of H, b 11 Sep 1826

 

61c - innkeeper @34 + Helen + Ann 7

 

81c - annuitant @54 + Helen @54 + 1 serv

Holmes Helen

71 cross....

 

Wife of Geo Holmes, b 1828.

 

61c - @32 b Anston

Holmes Joe

65 sale @ Pennyholme

 

61c - Jos Holmes @39 @ Kiveton Inn + w 26 + 5 ch.

Holmes Lizzie

90 d @ Belph @ 27 (m a Jackson)

 

81c - ?chemists warehouse woman d of Geo H stone sawyer of Bakestone Moor @19

Holmes Uncle

63 b 27 Dec 1794

 

67 farewell party for Mr Child

 

69 swops homes with son Geo 69

 

73 GW discusses affairs with

 

82 Dec of H d 87 @ 72

 

Son of GW's great uncle Jos Holmes (b 1766)

 

b 27 Dec 1794 d 24 Dec 1882, H limeburner & choir leader

 

81c - Jos H annuitant @86 + w Eliz @83

Holmes Wm

64 of Thorpe d @ 76

 

Son of GW's great uncle Jos Holmes (b 1766), b 1788 d 1864

   

Holmes Wm

70 of Th Salvin d @ 52

 

Son of Wm Holmes of TS & grandson of GW's great unc Jos Holmes

 

61c - f 70 acres @ Thorpe Salvin @44

Holmes young

78 @ Mansfield GW demandss payment for horse

Houghton Jane

72 legacy for GW

Howard Mr

69 d @ 88

Howarth Rev GW

72 arranges for GG to go to his sch 72

 

75 dies

Hudson Mr

62 63 64

 

65 sends GGW cr bat & stumps

 

67 distributes dole money with GW

 

70 scolds Duckworth

 

70 GW meets @ Woodall re bdgs & Joe's new house

 

84 Rev H d @ H rectory after rector there 36 yrs @ 79

 

81c - Geo T Hudson 75 unm Rector of H + 2 servs b Norfolk

Hudson Fred Eli

77 v Anne Glossop @ H

 

90 respected 2nd coz-in-law d @ Kiveton @ 54

 

Fred E Hudson cashier at mine @45 @ no 1 villa Kiveton b Lancs + Anne W 29 + 1 serv

Hudson Harry

65 d @ York of diphtheria @ 20

Hunt Geo & Ann

83 Aug 29 host GGW @ Surrey v Derby Oval 29 Aug

Hydes Edwin

62/64 poor overseer

 

69 d @ Woodall @ 39

 

Prob son of Wm & Harriet Hydes, v Matilda, farming 68 acres @ Woodall in 61

Hydes Harriett

64 v GJ Morton 64

 

Prob d of Wm & Harriet Hydes

Hydes Aunt

78 d @ Woodall @ 69

 

GW's aunt, Harriet W, 4/5 d of Geo W & Sar Holmes b 1808 d 1878

 

v Wm Hydes f of 57 acres @ Woodall in 61c

 

+ Mary 14, Zillah 12, Lydia 11 + 2 labs, 1 boy.

Hydes Jack

62

Hydes Jn of H

62

 

75 d @ 73

 

61c - grocer @59 of H + w Juliana @57, poss bro of Wm H.

 

81c - Juliana wid @77 with d Juliana Archer

Hydes Lydia

63

 

d of Wm & Harriet Hydes, @11 in 61c.

Hydes Mark

65 horse injures girl

Hydes Mr

66 juryman

Hydes Uncle Joe

71 & GW witness will

 

78 d Woodall @ 69

 

Husb of GW's aunt Harriet W. 1808-78

Hydes W

69 v Emma Hewitt

Hydes Zillah

62

 

d of Wm & Harriet Hydes, @12 in 61c.

Jackson

64 trespassing

Jackson Dr

74 thinks GG has measles but he's had it

Jackson Mrs

74 GW declines to speak to bro Jos Ellis re affairs

 

61c - Jn Jackson @39 f 100 acres @ Firbeck

 

81c - @59 f of 170 acres empl 2 labs 2 boys

Jamieson

84 ch with poaching in wood

 

85 prob with re wood

Jardine Mr & Mrs

86 Mar 29 GGW drives with 3 of the young ones to Dinnington

 

86 Apr 6 Mr J calls on GW

 

Mrs J is Lucy's eldest sister Martha J, m to a vicar Chas Jardine

Jenkinson Geo

74 @ Woodall

Jenkinson R

68 Jan 1 found d in railway carriage

Jepson

94 catches poacher

Jervis Admiral & Lady

74 occ Gw's pew

Johncock Miss Nelly

98 obliged to take ch from sch room because of roof's wretched state

 

81c - Amelia J unm teacher @ Wh school @27

Kenney

75 affairs with Bennett likely to turn out unpleasant

 

(Harrietta Kenney 27 b Ireland staying with Geo Unwin)

Kirk Mr

77 the mailman thrown from trap & injured

Kirkby Jn

64 taxes

 

65 damages meadow

Kirkby Mr

68 of Park St London GW sees

Kirkby Wm

62

 

68 d

 

61c - H f of 48 acres.

Kitchener Lord

99 @ Welbeck Show

Laking Frank

62

Lawson Mr

89 stays with GW

Layton Herbert

72 takes Jn G's place @ H

 

72 v Lizzie Child

Ledger Mr

92 cart runs over GW's fox terrier Vic

Leeds Duke of

d<62

 

72 d at Gog Magog Cambs

Leonard Dr

65 of Sheffield

Lindley Geo

78 kills ailing mare Diamond

 

Saddler & harness maker of Wh b Wh @57

Linley Geo

63 d @ 58

Linley Jo

62 worked @ Grange 30 yrs retires thru infirmity

Linley Mr

68 GW sees @ Gipsy Hill quarry re trespasser on Bondhay

Lisle de

96 curate whose two bros drowned @ Broadstairs

Lister Mr Ed

62...66 field

 

66 cert of Jn G's d

 

66 juryman

 

67 GW goes with to Mr Badger re late Jn G's affairs (chancery)

 

67 sees Aunt Pearce with 67

 

yr? gives Geo Walker of Wales notice to quit

 

73 letter re Jn G's affairs 73

 

77 re Mr Pearce's money

 

80 Mar leaves farm @ Woodall

 

61c H f @52 with 156 acres

 

81c - retd f @72 boarding with Mary Mullins wid 78, her m d My Unwin 42,

 

her dressmaker husband Geo Unwin 51 f of 16 acres & shoemaker all b H

Lister Geo

73 sells GW a terrier for W

 

1881c - 38 innkeeper of Blue Bell b Beal with w Annie 43 & 1 serv

Lister Mary

65 v Rob Glossop

Lister Wm

68 of Beighton interred @ Ecclesall

Lockwood Mrs

92 Mozart sonata with Miss Lucas

Lucas Miss

92 perfect on the violin in the sch room

 

92 plays Mozart sonata

Ludlow Mr

70 of Clown d @ 80

Lyons Sarah

64 (nee Hancock) d @ 27 or 37

McGregor Dr

80 sees G Edge riding cycle

Malthouse F

82 cr with GW

Malthouse S

81 42* @ cr with GGW

 

82 cr with GWwith GW

 

82 to Derby with colts

 

82 bowls Edwinstowe out for 10 with GGW

 

83 74* & 8 wkts

 

85 in Wales benefit for colliers

 

81c - unempl mason @23 b Wh & Derbyshire cricketer

Mann M

80 Mar leaves farm @ Woodall

Marriott Lesley

65 quarrel

Marshall Margaret

69 leaves employ

Masey Mr

69 bailiff

Mason Miss

80 GG mentions

 

81c - Frances M @31 unm d of Geo M @33 rector of Wh

Mason Mr

97 lecture in sch room

Meggitt Mr

92 of Sutton - GW's 1st phone call

Mellors Anne

65 to be Mrs G's hkeeper

 

66 engaged

 

72 gives GW notice to quit

 

G71c - Geo G's hkeeper @61

Mellors

73 values Whitwell, Bondhay & Castle Hill farms

Monk

75 Dr Neale's asst sacked as drunkard

Moody Mr

67 comes on particular bus

Moore Jn

62/3 poor overseer

Moore Mr

62 64

 

70 highway board

 

83 vet looks @ mare Darling 83

 

61c - Jn Moore @45 H f of 145 acres, 138 in 71c

Moorhead Dr Hamilton

72 Sep suitor to Mary Ann G

 

72 Nov dresses Mr G's sores

 

73 Jan 27 GW has long chat with

 

73 Mar 2 walk with MaryAnn G

 

73 Apr 16 GW hears unpleasant news

 

73 Apr 18 GW chats with

 

73 Apr 29 v Mary Ann Glossop

 

76 Feb 18 telegram to say arrived Kingstown Dublin

 

77 Jan 5 sails for Cape fr Plymouth on SS American

 

77 Mar 2 leaves Cape on steamer Nubian

 

77 Jul 10 writes to ask if S & ch can stay longer @ Dalkey

 

88 Jun 6 bad news, takes MA from Warren Pt to Dublin

Morgan

72 GW complains to re foxes taking lambs

Morris Tom

91 GW sells horse m/c his father put down in 45

 

91 Woodall changed....

 

?81c farm lag @26 b Ireland in H

Morris Tom jnr

98 has both legs shattered by friend shooting jays

Morse Mr

66 juryman

Morton Aunt

65 @ Woodall

 

66 @ Eckington

 

67 d @ 68

 

GW's Aunt Hannah, 2/5 d of Geo W & Sar Holmes, b 1797, v ? Morton.

Morton Aunt

81 Jan 12 (GGW's) has son

 

81 '& Ernest'in GGW's diary 81

Morton Chas

69 of Brook Ho d @ 51 @ Blackpool

Morton Fred

67 of Eckington - wife dies

Morton Miss Helen

69 at Wales shows GW Mr Sumers' house

Morton GJ

64 v Harriet Hydes

Morton Mr

72 summoned for selling diseased calf

Morton Mrs

73 sale of property @ Wh, Clowne & Backstone Moor

Morton young

66 - how much land had they @ Wh

Mosey Mr

70 meets GW & Hudson @ Woodall re Joe's new house

 

73 GW arranges to give up Grange farm

 

81c - Wm Mosey land agent of H @51 + w 39 + d of 6 days

Moseley Gill

69 v Anne Eddison

Mullins Geo

71 farmer

Mullins Hannah

71 hired

Mullins Martin

65 interred

Mullins Sam

69 ex parish clerk of Harthill d @ 80

Muncaster Mr

63/64 agent of Duke of Leeds

 

66 re new cottages @ Bondhay

 

66 juryman

 

66 leaves

 

67 testimonial

 

69 d @ 43 @ Birdsall Grange 69

 

61c - Thos Muncaster of Kiveton Lodge @35

Munford

97 cycle breaks

Neale Dr

75

Newstead Mr

69 of London meets GW re Jn G's affairs @ Rotherham

Newton Chas

71 row with Jn Taylor

Newton

77 leaves employ

Oakley Mr

68 GW meets at Kings X

Overend Wm

68 addresses Conservatives @ Barlbro

Patterson Sar

73 hired

Pearce Aunt

67 sees with Mr Lister re late Jn G's affairs

 

Harriet Pearce wid of (Geo?) P, bro of GW's ma

 

61c - @51 wid + s Geo @29 master cordwainer, d Harriet @15 singer

 

81c - wid @71 with d in law Mary Laking in H

Pearce Charley

73 caught stealing wheat from Mr Clayton

 

81c - colliery lab @36 m with 4 sons

Pearce Harriet

68 v Wm Booth

 

61c - singer @15, d of Harriet P, bro in law of GW's ma

 

81c - with Wm B wood sawyer + 2 sons

Pearce Mr (Geo)

62 shoemaker

Pearce Mr (Geo)

77 GW with Lister re his money

Pearce Geo

65 voting papers

 

70 daily delivery of (Sheffield?) Telegraph paper to H

 

The GW diaries were always bound in the London Times

 

71c - letter carrier @39 in H

 

81c - subpostman & shoemaker @48 + w + 3s + 1d

 

A Geo E Pearce @3 is gson of Aunt Betty G @ Blue Bell, son of an unm d?!

 

An Eliz P @18 is dom serv @ the rectory in Wh

Pearce Jn

71 d @ Wakefield & wife d of typhoid fever leaving 4 ch

Pearce Nancy

68 interred

Pearce Sam

70 caught in robbery

 

71 6 mths @ Wakefield

 

81c - colliery lab @47 in H

Pearson Joe

83 scores 123* for Worksop with GGW's 56

Peat Enoch

71 in difficulties

 

71 Mr Child calls re his affairs

 

61c - butcher @36 with 6 ch @ H

 

71c - grocer of H @46

 

81c - wid grocer of H @56 b Wales with 3 unm ch + 3 gch

Picard

70 policeman catches Wm Grant jnr & Sam Pearce in robbery

 

81c - Wm Picard m PC in Beverley @31

Plant Jim & Sarah

68 say goodbye before leaving for America

Plant Jn

67 wife dies in storm

 

68 v Eliz Staniland

 

61c - Jn Plant @49 H blacksmith.

Platts Geo

69 v Fanny Rotherforth

 

81c - farm lab @38 in H b Wh + w + 4s + 2d under 11

Platts GW

72 reports cattle with F & M

Portland Duke of

64 @ Castle Hill

 

73 sells GW Bondhay farm for £6100

 

90 May 24 turns the first sod of the colliery - a great day

Pressley Mr

92 stackyard fired

 

81c - Jarvis P @45 f son (ma Jane @83 f 108 acres @ Henry Moor)

Radley Nessy

72 v R Eddison

Raw Harold

89 pupil teacher dismissed by GW for stealing from sch

 

81c - Jn Raw 32 schoolteacher @ Wh + w + 4s incl Harrold 6 + 1d

Revell Mr

77 weighs Joe's dreadful wool

Rhodes A

64 keeper

Richards Geo

73 GW refuses to advance wages to

Richardson Alice

96 prize for long servitude (?!) @ Welbeck show

Richardson Bill

74 caught poaching & fined

Richardson C

91 suspected of damaging 20 ornamental trees of GW

 

92 arrested for stackyard fire

 

94 released but 6 months hard labour for stealing bicycles from Rectory

Richardson Jack

97 arrested for firing stackyard

Richardson Jn

89 GW engages with daughter

 

81c lab @27 @ Burnt Leys + d Alice 3

Roberts Emma

64 (Brampton) poisoned herself

Roberts Geo

67 wife d in storm

Roberts Hannah

69 d @ Harthill @ 79

Roberts

70 row with Geo Holmes

Roberts Mr

94 stackyard fired

Rodeley

71 succeeds Jn G @ Carrs

 

80 Mar leaves Carrs

Rodeley Jn

72 plays cribbage with family

 

73 makes GW v kind offer

 

75 asks for turnips as ewes dying but GW can't oblige

Roe Sam

65 v Marg Rotherham @ Wh

Rotherford Geo

64 d

 

61c - Geo R @62 maltster of H.

Rotherforth Hannah

69 d @ 78

Rotherforth Fanny

69 v Geo Platts

Rotherforth Frank

66 of Nottm in bad way

 

69 d @ 88 funeral @ Radford

 

69 will shared £375 among 60 people @ the Bell

Rotherforth Hannah

67

Rotherham Edwin

69 of Woodall d @ 55

Rotherham

64 lab

 

68 GW sends notice to quit Woodall

 

68 GW has words with

Rotherham little

76 gets fork in eye from Mark Hall

Rotherham Lucy

69 d @ Woodall @ 20

Rotherham Marg

65 v Sam Roe @ Wh

 

GW's serv @13 in 61c

Royston Mr

68 GW goes to H with

 

69 leaves Wh for Chesterfield

Russell Dr

72

Sadler

92 strikes for adv of wages

Saking Jn

68 killed @ Hirds colliery

Sampson W

64 hired

Sapsford Jacob

94 reports to Guarantee co re highway a/c

 

97 silver tea serv from church finance cttee

 

71c - Jacob J Sapsford @39 carp of Belph

 

81c - Jacob J S now @49 f of 40 acres @ Wh + w + 8 sons!

Scarsdale Lord & Lady

67 GW sees @ Eckington

Seymour

68 of Rotten Row GW sees

Shipston Alice

66 interred

Shipston

72 indicted by GW in case he loses

Simpkin Jn

65 of Highwood d @ 78

 

61c - Jn Simpkin @73 of High Wood f of 300 acres

Simpson

70 GGW's old soldier friend d @ 49

Simpson young

72 dies in colliery accident

Single Mr

62 grocer @ Charles St ?Shireoaks on Frank G

Sissons F

73 values Mr G's farms for probate

 

81c - Frank Sissons @53 printer & auctioneer @ Worksop

Skelton Mr

67 piano tuner

Smith

?? killed in Darfolds pit leaving wife & 8 children

Smith Jos

67 of Wh boy hired

Smith

98 the infants sch room architect - GW complains re delay

Smith Mr

71 succeeds Sorby @ Child's old farm

 

71 farm in bad way

 

73 refuses to stand as Surveyor of Highway

 

76 presents false a/c to highways cttee

 

71c - Cass Smith f of 227 acres

 

81c - Cass Smith jnr f 100 acres @34

 

81c - Sydney Smith @42 f of 560 acres empl 11 labs + 4 boys

Smith Tom

70 hired

 

?61c - Thos Smith @29 f Burnt Leys 360 acres.

Sorby Fred

67 takes Child's farm

 

68 daughter

 

69 GW is godfather to boy

 

69 Dec 26 a daughter born...

 

70 Jan 6 ....but it dies

 

70 Jan 14 his ma dies @ Mattersea @ 50

 

70 highway board

 

71 daughter Lucinda

 

71 leaves H

 

81c - Fred Wm Sorby @37 f of 10 acres in Sheffield + w + 2 ch

 

s Fred @12 b H 1869 @ boarding sch in Lancs

 

d Lucy @10 boarder @ sch in Derbys

Sotheron

68/69 GW hears @ the Haymarket

Staniland Eliz

63

 

68 v Jn Plant

 

GW's serv @17 in 61c

Staniland Geo

64 wife v ill

 

65 wife d

 

66 told to leave

 

67 ill

 

69 v Hannah Bartholomew

 

72 left

 

?61c f @ Wales of 200 acres

 

71c - a Geo S lab @ 43 with wife Han 21

 

81c - Geo S sawyer of H @55 wid with ma Harriet @75

Staniland Jn

62 day boy

Staplyton Jn

92 called on return from India - a wreck @ 26

Staton Mr

72 organist

 

76 tells GW of election chaos in Worksop

Storey Geo

63 takes Geo Holmes' fields

 

63 d @ Beehive H @ 63

 

81c - a Geo S innkeeper & f of 34 acres with s-in-law Chas G

Storey Geo

91 cattle salesman since age of 14

 

Latter is poss son of former

 

61c - cattle salesman of H @31.

Storey Geo

69 pensioner of Woodall lived 50 yrs in Woodall House d @ 84

Storey Miss

68 v Geo Eddison

Storey Rebecca

64 & bailiffs

Strafford Mrs

99 & daughter spoken of freely by Mr Barron

Stringfellow

94 notorious poacher capt by Jepson

Stringfellow Henry

92 takes Castle Hill & Bondhay farms from GW

 

98 stacks destroyed thru overheating

Stringfellow Jn

70 highway board

 

61c H @50 f of 67 acres

 

71c - H f @60

 

81c - f @70 of 50 acres

Stubbings

78 bowled splendidly with GGW

 

79 made 12 + 20 + took 11 wkts @ trial @ Chesterfield

 

85 made 66* in Wales colliers' benefit

Sumers Mr GW

69 GW sees house or 'old curiosity shop'

Swift Nicholas

64 re parish boundaries

Styrings Mr

69 of Change Alley

 

69 GW selects wallpaper alone

Sydney Snr

85 fight with poachers

 

87 appears against poacher caught in 85 & wins

 

90 GW consoles on loss of bro Kenneth

Tateham Mr

73 invites himself to breakfast to ask GW to organise concert cttee

Taylor

98 Turner indig with

Taylor Ann

84 d @ Castle Hill @ 70 faihful servant to family for 49 yrs

 

81c - Castle Hill @67, w of Jn T below

Taylor Ann

88 & Emma buy GGW handsome wedding present from Worksop

Taylor AG

91 receives a punning epistle re

Taylor Arthur

89 expelled from Cricket club @ George Inn

Taylor Aunt

66 d Adelaide @ 64

 

GW's aunt, 5/5 d of Geo W & Sar Holmes, b 1811

 

v 1835 Rob Taylor, d 30 Apr 1866

Taylor Chas

69 hires for £13

 

70 gone home

 

85 Charlie T digs out Totty

Taylor M & G

96 prize for long servitude @ Welbeck show

Taylor Jn

71 row with Chas Newton

 

92 retires after 48 yrs of faithful service

 

97 d @ Bakestone Moor in 84th year

 

81c - @67 farm bailiff @ Castle Hill + w Ann @67 + son Job

Taylor Mr

63 lost watch

 

87 sec of Church restoration ctee gets nasty letter from Mr Turner

 

90 with P Webster re Bonskills affair

Taylor Ned

82 forefinger cut in horse chopper 'great hindrance...'

Taylor Dr

64

Taylor Frank

92 removed into GW's cottage

Tebbitt Frank

77 empl Mr Burney's solr to success in appeal against highways acc

Thompson

83 cattle have f & m disease

Thompson Mr

69 present @ Frank Rotherforth's will payout @ the Bell

Thompson Miss

76 GW sees her painting of Quatre Bras @ Sheffield

 

[Famous picture by Eliz Thompson, later Lady Butler, sensation @26 with

 

'Rollcall' of Crimean War, admired & bought by Q Vic. After Quatre Bras

 

painting she was defeated 3 times for election as Royal Acad associate

 

'....men of good character' even tho 2 of the RA founders were women!]

Thompson Sam

73 bowled well with GG

 

92 hayrick set on fire in Dicker field by young Dalby

 

?? GW (we) mortgage on his prop of £600

Tomkins Mrs

68 GW hires her servant Margaret

Turbutt

68 addresses Conservatives @ Barlbro

Turner Geo

69 v Ann Grant

Turner Mary

66 hired

Turner Mr

84 @ Mansfield Woodhouse GW fails to see re poacher

 

85 problem re Jamieson & wood

 

87 writes nasty letter re church restoration fund to Mr Taylo

 

89 GW & R Eyre re shooting in wood

 

92 GW gives notice to give up Castle Hill & Bondhay farms

 

97 letter to re minerals on 15 acres of GW's land

 

98 calls, indignant with Taylor & P Webster

Turner Tom

66 to build Bondhay cotts

 

73 reciphers old family gravestones at H

 

81c H stonemason @60

Twibell JM

66 breaks indenture with Jn Glossop

 

Poss gson of SarW's aunt Sar, 1/3 d of Fr G v Sar Rutherforth

Twining Alice

88 Oct 26 visits ucy

 

88 Nov 2 leaves for Hull

 

97 Mar 13 sails for SA with sis Mrs Fletcher

 

Alice Twining, Lucy's elder sister

Twining Chang

94 May 7 d @ Salcombe after op

 

Dr Dan Twining, Lucy's btother

Twining Dan

94 Aug 30 Chang's son visits with ma

Twining Edith

94 Aug 30 Chang's widow visits

Twining Gerty

96 Oct 9 (Mrs Jack) arr with baby

Twining Kate

94 (check this entry)

Twining Miss (Lucy)

86 Mar 29 GGW drives to Dinnington with Jardines

 

86 Apr 6 calls on GW

 

86 Nov 14 arrives with GGW from London

 

87 Dec 12 leaves

 

88 Apr 5 v GGW @ St Jas Norling, Notting Hill

 

88 Jun 9 arrives with GGW from Stamford

 

88 Aug 17 arrives with GGW

 

88 Dec 16 took Sunday sch class

 

89 Feb 21 confined @ 4 am of a bonny little boy

 

89 Mar 16 churched by Mr Blumhardt

 

89 Mar 22 George Twining Walker christened

 

90 Apr 17 leaves for London & Langley Bucks with GTW

 

90 May 9 returns from Stamford

 

90 Jun 29 confined of bonnie daughter 11pm christened Marjorie

 

91 Apr 28 SarW stays night with as GTW ill with flu

 

92 Jun 23 - 8 Jul to Stamford with baby, GTW stays with GW

 

92 Nov 18 to Welbeck on a/c of Girls Friendly Society

 

94 Dec 31 GW to Lucy's to help with prep for G Fr Soc do

 

95 Jan 8 grand affair Lucy sat on rt hand of Duchess, Arch of Cant on left

 

95 Oct 3 move to new house (The Chestnuts)

 

95 Nov 14 her parrot

 

96 May 30 1st lawn tennis party

 

97 Jul 17 - 18 @ lawn tennis party

 

97 Aug 3 arives from Stamford with (another) Lucy Tw for Salcombe

 

97 Dec 18 with ch to Worksop stn to see P & P of Wales pass thru

 

99 Mar 10 to Retford re sch for GT

 

99 May 8 GTW goes to school

 

99 Jun 23 returns from school

 

Lucy T, d of Edward T surgeon & Lucy Parker, 1848-1931, v GGW 1888

Twining Aunt Maggy

89 July 23-30 arrives with Mrs T for visit

 

Margaret Twining, single sister of Lucy's pa Edward T

Twining Mr (JH)

86 July 21 GGW says farewell to @ Dinnington

Twining Jack

89 Mar 27 arranges for visit

 

92 Jan 13-15 three of daughters pass thru from Leeds to Dorset with Miss Cross

 

Rev John H Twining, Lucy's brother, vicar of Dinnington

Twining Mrs

88 Oct 26 to Lucy

 

88 Nov 24 to Lucy again

 

89 Apr 10 arrived

 

89 July 23-20 visited Lucy with Aunt Maggy

 

91 Jan 10 to Stamford

 

Lucy's ma Lucy Harriet T (nee Parker) wid of Dr Edward T

Twining Vinc

88 Dec 8 calls with GGW & Lucy

 

Lucy's youngest brother Dr Vincent Wing T

Unwin

64 hired

Unwin Geo

?? re minerals on GW land

 

90 GW sees insensible on the sofa 89

 

81c - land agent & surveyor Wh b Cuckney @62

Unwin Sarah

69 d @ Woodall @ 76

Vanes Mr

72 of South Carr d after a few hours illness

Wainscot B

66 hired

Wainscot Tommy

64 killed

Wales P of

63 Mar 10 party to mark his marriage

Walker Aunt

68 @ Brompton

Walker Chas funeral

62

Walker Uncle Chas

69 d @ Manchester @ 59

 

GW's unc, 4/4 son of Geo W & Sarah Holmes, b 1810, v 1835 Eliza Whitehead

Walker Aunt Dorothy

69 d @ Osgathorpe @ 66 bur Ecclesall

 

Wife of GW's uncle Geo W of Osgathorpe.

Walker Dr

74 of Chesterfield sees GW re son

Walker Eaton

77 'wife & 4 ch'

Walker Mrs Eaton

63

Walker G

64/69/70/73/74 of Killamarsh, sees re meadow

Walker Geo

64 (another) re license

Walker Geo

84 of Kiveton

Walker Geo of Wales

69 notice to quit from Lister

 

61c - f @ Wales with 35 acres & pub @38 + w Eliza

Walker Geo Blake

62

 

71 sees GW

 

75 arrives with GGW

 

85 of Tankersley Grange

 

Son of GW's 1st coz Horace W

   

Walker George

GW, the diarist

 

1/3 son of Jos W & Mary Pearce, b 5 Oct 1834 in H (Woodall),

 

m 30 Aug 59 Sarah Glossop in Wh, d there 15 Aug 1914.

 

Harthill Grange, moves to the Manor Farm Wh 73

 

on d of Sarah's pa Geo Glossop, farms 400 acres there 81.

 

Ch Geo Glossop W b 14 Jun 1860 & Mary Ann W b 12 July 1862.

 

In will (after d of son GGW) left 1/2 to unm d Mary AW,

 

1/4 each to GGW's ch GTW, Marj AW.

   

Walker Henry

62

 

65 shot

Walker Horace

62/67

 

74 & 2 sons @ Kiveton

 

76 puts memorial window to parents in (H?) church

 

84 re Woodall affairs after Joe's d

 

85 July 8 d @ Rutledge Sh @ 55, GW last of that gen in male line bur Ecclesall

 

1st coz of GW, son of Geo W & Dorothy, b 1830 d 1885

 

of Tankersley Grange, pa of Geo Blake W

 

81c - of Sherde Manor, Wales @51 colliery owner + 1s + 1d

 

wid + 5 servs empl 13 labs + 4 boys

Walker Jn

91 nephew arr by last train

 

GW's bro Joe W's 2/2 son, b 74

Walker Joe

64 bro @ cricket @ Sheffield

 

65 Sep 14 v Lizzie Davy @ Sheffield

 

65 GW to dinner

 

65 again

 

65 Nov 29 their ma to stay there

 

67 GW asks to buy piano

 

68 daughter christened

 

69 loses £650 with partners as sugar goes down in Resolute in Hull roads

 

71 to Woodall farm

 

72 moving to new house

 

73 churchwarden in GW's place

 

77 dreadful wool weighed

 

84 Aug 31 dies 11.40 in 48th yr

 

85 Mar 20 sale of farm stock £1198 last of Walkers in Woodall - after 6 centuries

 

86 May 7 GW selects gravestone

 

2/3 son of Jos W & Mary Pearce (3/3 Jn dies @20 in 1859)

 

b 29 Nov 1836, m Lizzy Davy 14 Sep 65, d 31 Aug 84.

 

Lived Sheffield, then moved to Woodall on pa's d in 65 & took his 300 acre farm.

 

81c - farmer & sugar refiner, 5 ch - MA, Sar E, Jos D, Lydia, Jn

Walker Joe

84 GW's bro's son to service Xmas day 84

 

Jos Davy W b 1870, appr to Birks 87,

 

d 27 Oct 98 @ 47 Esplanade Scarboro of scarlet fever.

Walker Jos

64 GW's pa's birthday

 

64 summoned

 

64/65 drove to Wh

 

65 to Sheffield re heart

 

65 bled

 

65 Aug 9 died @ 61

 

GW's father, 3/4 sons of Geo W (1769-1834) Woodall farmer

 

61c - 300 acres, 5 labs + 3 carters + 1 gen serv

 

b 1804

Walker Mary

79 Nov 12 dies

 

GW's mother b Mary Pearce, d of Geo P shoemaker (1760-1820) & Alice Cutts.

 

b 1 Jun 1804, m 12 Jul 1830 d 12 Nov 79. One servant in 71 when wid.

Walker Mr

67 @ Clowne

 

67 GW looks @ implements

Mrs Walker

62 @ Clowne

Walker Percy

73

Walker Rev

70 distributes dole

 

71 GW discusses unhappy France with

 

73 his flighty goodbye

Walker Sarah

64 Mar 22 birthday

 

65 1st visit to Worksop since marriage

 

2/3 d of Geo Glossop & Eliz Hancock (elder Eliz v Marriott Hall 57, d 59)

 

b 22 Mar 1835, m 30 Aug 59, d 6 Mar 1919.

 

In 1873 was left pa's land in Bondhay, Hendon & Wh

 

(@ Wh a house, malthouse, croft, 2 cottages, closes of land total 82 acres)

 

left in trust by Peter Hancock, her ma's pa.

Walker Tom

84 son of Horace

Walker Uncle

68 of Brompton meets GW @ Kings X

 

71 of Osgathorpe

 

74 dies @ 73 buried Ecclesall

 

GW's unc, Geo W 2/4 ch of Geo W & Sar Holmes, 1801-74,

 

sugar refiner of Osgathorpe, v Dorothy ?

Ward Hen

75 had hand cut off by horse chopper

Warner Mr

84 GW fails to see re poacher

Warriman Mr

70 - grand ball

Webster Betty

70 d @ 79

 

Poss Geo Webster's ma.

Webster Elijah

94 poacher at large

Webster Eliza

63 interred

 

1857-63, d of Geo & Sar Webster, so 1st coz of SarW.

Webster F

82 cricket with GW

Webster Geo

72 tells GW he's accused of killing foxes

 

77 uncle Geo d @ 65

 

Geo Webster 1812-77 v 1842 Sar Hancock, SarW's aunt. Farmed Butt Hill.

Webster old Jas

83 found d in a haha @ Welbeck

Webster JP

85 to Duke re Jamieson problem

Webster Peter

67 captains Harthill CC in GW's place

 

67 GW refuses to play or umpire

 

68 donkey races

 

90 called with Taylor re affair of Bonskills

 

90 with R Eyre re Evans' encroachment

 

90 re claim of Dr Elsom for damage to trap

 

94 to Sheffield for Yorks v Surrey

 

98 Turner indignant with

 

Geo Peter Webster, 1/2 son of Geo Webster & Sar Hancock, 1848-1921.

Webster Sarah

85 Jan 27 wid Geo Webster last surviving d of P Hancock of 'Manor House' Wh d @ 72

 

Sarah Hancock b 1812, 3/5 d of Peter H & Eliz Hills

 

v 1842 Geo Webster, 2s 6d, d 27 Jan 85

Websters

71 ball

 

73 GW plays whist there

 

75 rickyard on fire

Welfit Col

79 persuades GW to let GGW join Yeomans

West Joe

68 tells of Mr Armstrong's death

 

61c - Jos West f 190 acres @ Bondhay

 

81c - @48 f of 190 acres empl 2 men @ Bondhay

West JT

75 GW sends letter to re accusation of hiding pheasant

Whall Mr

72/72 solr GW meets to sign for £64 left in Chas Hancock's will

White Aunt Harriott

64/65

White Uncle

65

 

67 Dec 1 d

 

Husband of GW's aunt Mary Ann W (1800-80) 3/5 d of Geo W & Sar Holmes

Whitehead

62

 

62 family lived in Woodall in 1837

Whitehead Geo

67 @ Wh

 

61c - Geo Whitehead @69 H master cordwainer.

Whitehead Old

70 tries to cajole GW out of rate

Whitehead Sar

76 of Woodall schoolmistress who'd taught GW & his pa, had retired after exactly 50 yrs teaching

 

Schoolmistress @63 in 61c.

Whitlam butcher

65 cuts artery

 

61c - Geo Whitlam @40 H ag lab

 

81c - butcher & f @60 + w

Widdison Jn

71 GW tells not to carry gun round ponds

 

74 argues with Rector

 

77 of Woodall d @ 78

 

77 legacies

Widdison Nelly

63 d @ 91 & 9 mths

Wiley Mr

62/64 a Commissioner

 

70 gives up agency as steward

Wiley Jn

64 summoned

Wilkes Jn

64 farmer

Wilkinson Dr

64

 

65 son Willy has hand shattered

 

68 bee story

 

72 vaccinates GGW & P then GW v smallpox

 

76 quarrels with Dr Elsom but GW won't support

 

77 tries to drown himself in Mr Eyre's pond

 

77 to Tibshelf next day

 

61c - Wm Wilkinson @49 surgeon.

Wilkinson Geo

70 Highway board

 

71c - Geo Wilkinson @55 of H f of 100 acres + wife Ann 55 + son Percy Cooper W curate 30

 

81c - f of 20 acres @65 + s Wm 31 farmers son + his w + 5 servs

Wilkinson young

65 hoaxes wife

 

66 to Burma

 

67 back from Calcutta

 

68 home from NY

Wilkinson Mr

66

 

71 Joe gives notice to quit

Wilson

66 coachbuilder @ Sheff - new phaeton @ £28

Wilson John

73 miller d @ 66

 

71c - ret farmer @ 92 b Wh with My W 64 unm d

Wilson

72 GW calls on re reports he'd circulated

Wilson M

81 scores 63 & adds 169 for 1st wkt with GGW (139)

 

81c - Matt W @20 butcher s of Matt W @61 butcher b Dumb Hall

Wilson

73 sale @ Dumb Hall

 

61c - John Wilson @42 f of Dumb Hall

Wilson old Richard

77 move to his shepherds house while masons repair his cottage

Willey Bessy

65 d

Willey Rebecca

71 @ 15 v Elijah Cousins 18

Witts Dr

88 calls to say smallpox spreading

Wood John

73/74 catches poachers

 

76 GW sees new m/c @ Burnt Leys for cutting & tieing up corn with wire

 

78 over the farm with

 

85 digs out terrier Totty

 

91 d instantly @ Jug & Glass - GW's reaper & a character

Woodward Herbert

66 loses 4 ch to diphtheria in a fortnight

Woolfitt Mr

80 his son of 15 killed driving a horse

 

81c - Wm Woolfitt @56 f of 120 acres @ Walls + w + 1s + 2d

Woolhouse Mr

66 (of the Bell) d @ 78

Woolhouse Mrs

68 closes shop

Wright

91 suspected of damaging 20 of GW's ornamental trees

 

92 arrested for stackyard fire

 

94 released but 6 mths hard lab for stealing Rectory bicycles

Wright

73 wants to buy Wh property for £20k

Wright old Wm

77 of H sees round farm

Wyatt

73 acc GW of criticising his men's timekeeping

Wynn Mr

66 new workhouse master @ Worksop

Wyrill Mr

64 with to Rotherham

 

66 juryman

 

70 hen roost robbed

 

71 Apr 3 GW takes census paper to

 

61c - Ed Wyrill, H f of 60 acres @57.

Yates

90 re damage to Dr Elsom's trap

Yates Rob

91 surveyor fell down embankment in dark & broke neck

back to the home page

Web design, content, gfx by Techasaurus. Page content copyright Paul Newbold 2010.