Can you help?
These questions have been sent by email to the website. If anyone can help, please email people@thixendale.org.uk.
| Holliday / Holyday |
| Q: For some time I have been researching my family genealogy. It seems Thissendale/Thixendale was home to a few of my ancestors, and I was wondering if you could provide any information about them or help guide me to someone who does. The lineage I have been able to piece together so far is: Father 1. Thomas Holiday b. abt 1665~1680 d. abt 1725 Wharram Percy (burial: Castleford Old Cemetery) Children 2. John Holyday b. 1702 Thissendale (moved to Beverley) Thomas Holyday b. 1705 Elizabeth Holyday b. 1709 d.1709 Ann Holyday b. 1710 |
| Andrew |
| Q: I visited Thixendale last year while researching my family tree, we met Mrs Smith from the post office who was very helpful. I have since found the family on the 1881 census. It appeared that they lived in Thixendale, but the address seems to be a little confusing. The address of Paradise Cottages, which we visited, perhaps was not the right address. My Great Grandfather was Tom Andrew, Tailor and Church Organist. He appears on the photograph of the church band with my grandfather Wilson Salton Andrew. Wilson Salton Andrew was a blacksmith. On reading your website I found that my Great Grandmother Hannah is buried in the churchyard. Hannah's father was the Station Master at Wharren le Street. Tom's father and mother are buried at Wharren le Street - John and Amy. I would be most interested to know if any one has any further information as we will probably visit again this year. I have traced the family back to about 1739 and would be willing to share information with you and others. I am willing to let your website use my e mail address. |
| Piercy |
| Q: I think my grandmother Ethel Piercy was born around 1890. She is on one of the school photos in the Thixendale book. Her sister Elsie is also on the photo but there were also more sisters and a brother - Annie, Alice, Agnes, Kate and Alfred. Elsie died while still young. Her mother (Annie) and father (Mark) worked at Raisthorpe Manor. I believe her father was foreman on the farm and they were probably there for about 2 years. I do not have any dates such as birth or marriage, only that her mothers maiden name was Dobson. When they left the manor they settled in Hull. (Later) Since my first contact I have found some more info. My grandmother Ethel had 5 sisters and a brother. Alice born 1886, Agnes born 1889, Kate born 1893, Alf born 1896, Elsie born 1899 and Edith born 1901. Ethel herself was born at Enthorpe in 1891. Her father Mark Piercy was a farmers hind and he worked at Raisthorpe Manor with his wife Annie Dodson about 1905/1906. Mark Piercy's father William Piercy was born at Raisthorpe 18 December 1814, so I presume that his father must also have worked there. Have you any more info? |
| Sawden / Sawdon |
| Q: My wife's Great Great Grandfather was Thomas Sawden who was born in North Burton 1820ish. I have a Marriage Cert. for him in 1858 when he married Ann Jessey. Thomas was shown as a Widower. About the same time two sons, Thomas and Richard were registered. Richard was the son of the marriage but I don't know about Thomas. Richard was christened at Wharram Percy. (I hope that they had a fine day to walk from Thixendale) Thomas and Ann then appeared to have stayed in Thixendale for the remainder of their lives apart from a brief period at Kirby Underdale where a daughter Ann was born in 1862. Thomas and Ann also had a daughter Alice born Thixendale 1860 and a son William born 1865. They were at Thixendale in the census of 1871 and 1881 but Thomas had disappeared on the 1891 census. I imagine that he would have died in these 10 years but I cannot find any trace of his death. Richard Sawden became Sawdon and this man is my wife's Grandfather. Can anyone out there help me find anything about Richard Sawden? I would very much like to know something about his first marriage and also when he died. |
| Towse | ||||||
| Q: I have just begun to trace my ancestors and located my Great Great Grandad, David Towse, and Great Grandad, John Towse having searched for Thixendale on the internet when I found out that my Grandma Norah Towse was born and lived there. Norah moved to the village of Carnaby with her husband John Rawling and had my uncle and mother rather late in her life. Norah was 46 when my mother came along. My mother therefore did not know her grandfather as I believe he was also older when he had his children. I was interested to find out that David and John Towse were landlords of the public house - The Cross Keys and was wondering if anything or any history exists from when they were the landlords. | ||||||
Q: I am trying to find out information about my Great Grandmother. Her name was Ellen Towse. The only things I know about her are:
The David Towse listed on your website (Landlord of the Cross Keys Inn) does not list her as a daughter in the 1881 Census so I am wondering if anybody knows anything about her, or anybody could tell me where I might find anything out about her. | ||||||
| Q: I am particularly interested in a John Towse who was probably born in 1819 in Appleton le Street (mother Mary Towse). On the 1871 census John Craven Towse was staying with him and his wife Mary (he was shown as their nephew). Two children John G Towse aged 16 and William Towse aged 18 were also shown, however I am not sure how John Towse fits into John Craven Towse's family as John C's father (David) did not appear to have a brother John. in 1871 they were living in Yapham. Can anyone help? |
| Banks |
| Q: Richard Banks was a labourer at Townthorpe manor farm in Wharram Percy parish and died somewhere around there I’d like to find where he is buried. His wife Elizabeth (Lee) and Richard were married at the old church there in 1805. Son Joseph was christened there in 1818. My ggggrandfather Jabez was the second oldest and Jabez, his mother (Elizabeth) Joseph Eliza, Sarah, Robert, James, Richard jr. a school teacher moved to Glenelg twp.and Amaranth Ontario Canada. Robert moved to U.S. after a year... Have a photo of Jabez and family and a story about them and said he was from Thixendale before 1842.Would like any information about Jabez his father Richard and mother Elizabeth (Lee) or any relatives P.S. found Rev Jabez Banks at Bempton St. Micheal church and Rev. Jabez Banks at Burton Fleming 1823 maybe a relative |
| Ireland |
| Q: I am hopeful someone with local knowledge of your area may be able to assist me in locating a number of addresses where my ancestors lived from about the 1860's onwards. My GG Grandfather, Robert Ireland and his wife Elizabeth, moved from Langtoft to Tunnel Top Cottage in Wharram Percy Parish in the 1860's. He was a Blacksmith and we presume he moved to work on the Driffield - Malton Railway. We don't think the house exists now but are there any ruins? According to the 1871 Census, their son (My Great Grandfather) Thomas Lamplough Ireland had left home and lived at 'The Farm House', Raisthorpe where he was a farm servant. Was/Is this part of what is now the Raisthorpe Manor complex? Thomas Lamplough Ireland married Elizabeth Burgess who had lived with her grand parents, Robert and Jane Banks at Lodge House. Again is this within the Raisthorpe Manor complex ? In 1881 he is recorded as a gamekeeper living at Gamekeepers Cottage, and we think the house was somewhere to the west of Wold House where Robert and Jane Banks eventually moved. Thanks to your 'walks pages' I have visited Wold House. It would be from Gamekeepers Cottage that all my Great Aunts and Uncles walked to school in Thixendale! Around 1900 the family moved to 'Church Cottage' next to Bella House, Wharram Percy, where they stayed a short while before moving to New Row, Duggleby. Do you think this is a reference to the cottages next to the Church at Wharram Percy? I would be very grateful for any help you can give as I would like to visit the areas if there is still public access. |
| Note: Brian Buxton of Southampton is the Great Grandson of Elizabeth and Thomas Lamplough Ireland above, via their Daughter Alice. Alice married Ellis Scurry. He would be interested in information about this branch of his family. |
| Matilda Clarke |
| Q: Has anyone any historical information on Matilda Clarke and her father Richard Clarke who were resident in the village in 1881? They lived in the station house for Raisthorpe and Burdale railway station just outside the village. Richard was the stationmaster. Did Matilda marry anyone in or near the village, likewise did Richard die in the area? Any information about the family would be of great interest to me. |
| John Potter |
Q: Can anyone help? My great grand father John Potter was, according to all the census's 1881, 1901 etc born in Thixendale in 1843, I cannot find his birth certificate anywhere, having written to all (I think all the record places). There doesn't seem to be any Potters living there now looking at the web site, is this so?. I am completely stuck until I can find someone to fill in the blank so that I can find his parents. He was living in a dwelling called Breckonholme in 1881, this may have been in Kirby Underdale. He married Rosannah Ibbson "AT THE CHURCH" in 1871. |
| Richard Clarke |
| Q: Are there any amateur historians there who know anything about Richard Clarke who was stationmaster at Burdale in 1881? He lived then at the station house with his daughters Amelia and Matilda (aged 31 and 19 respectively) and his son Francis M (Frank) aged 21 (his other children had left home by then). Richard may have been a widower at that time as his wife Jane is not mentioned in the 1881 census of the area. I have looked in Malton library and can find nothing about him but other stationmasters are mentioned in books about the area. Thank you John Clarke (John.B.Clarke@btinternet.com) |
| A: Dear John, I just wanted to let you know that I have checked the Thixendale Village Churchyard Register to see if there were any Clarkes buried there and there were none. I did find a headstone for a chap who was 'late of Burdale Station' and may therefore have been the Station Master before Richard Clarke. His name was Thomas Smith and he was buried in December 1871. Whether this indicates that Richard took over from him at that time I cannot tell. Sorry not to be of more help. |
| George Pudsey, Church, Kirby Underdale |
| Q: It is my understanding that my 5th great grandfather was Rev. at this church somewhere in the area of 1755. His name was George Pudsey. His son Hugh Pudsey was christened in this church and that's all I know at present time. Would like to know if the church is still in use and the name of the present day minister that I would contact to see about any records of George's wife and complete family etc. My cousin and I are coming to England and I hope to visit this site and check some records to see how far back I can get within a short period of time. My e-mail address at home is dianne.han@ns.sympatico.ca and would appreciate it if you have any knowledge of any of the matters I am trying to track down and where would the closest records be kept. Here in Nova Scotia, Canada church records are kept in our little church. Others are kept in the local archives. . |
| A: Dear Dianne, You can find a photograph of All Saints' Church on the GENUKI website: www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Kirbyunderdale It has details of the parish as it was in 1823. To find out where the parish registers are kept you need a copy of The Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers which lists every parish in the UK. Its quite expensive to purchase (£50) but any good reference library should have a copy. I found some details of your ancestors via The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website: www.familysearch.com It shows 8 children of George Pudsey baptised at Kirby Underdale: Thomas on 29 Jan 1746; Elizabeth on 24 May 1748; John on 6 Oct 1749; George on 22 Sep 1751; Henry on 27 May 1753; Hugh on 25 Dec 1755; Seth on 29 May 1758 and William Pulteney on 8 Jun 1759. Unfortunately, their mother's name is not shown, nor could I see a marriage for George Snr. The Batch No. is C105022 which covers the parish during the years 1726-1812. Seth married Hannah and had a son, also George, bap. 3 Mar 1789. They had 4 daughters christened in the parish between 1818-1825. Other than these I could find no other references to Pudseys in K.U. on the website. Good luck! Denise Priddey |
