Through the Trees: 34.1 Siblings of Charles Barnes

18 March 2020

In 1851 was head (at age 24) of a household in Penkridge containing his aunt and great-aunt (both called Martha Aspley), Uncle Thomas Merry, his sister Caroline, and four servants. His mother was visiting.
He is described as Farmer of 180 acres, employing four labourers
This is interesting as the younger son seems to have inherited the family farm. It is not clear why Charles moved away, but Richard's middle name is notable. It does make me wonder whether the story that Charles (1819)’s daughter Caroline had eloped with John Wheaver actually dated back to this generation…
In 1861, he's living with his mother in Milwich, about ten miles away, and described as a Farmer's Bailiff. In 1871 he's a Gentleman, living in a household headed by an unrelated farm labourer
In 1891, he's living on his own means under the roof of his sister Martha
Unmarried; no children

Married Thomas Smith (1799-1864) in Penkridge in 1851.
Lived in Stone, initially with Thomas, who was a master miller, and always thereafter with her eldest son
Children:

Married Andrew McGerrow (1812-1848), a Scot, who was a conductor on the Grand Junction Railway. Andrew became an agent, and then a tea dealer until taken ill in Hulme, [Manchester] Lancashire, where he died of pulmonary consumption
In 1851, she was staying, as a widow, with her widowed mother
Re-married John Steedman Astbury (1820-1874) in Cotes Heath, Stafford in 1852. He was a farmer of 160 acres employing 2 men and 3 boys, in Milwich.
Martha carried on running the farm with the help of her children after John's death
The children were:

Married Samuel Heath (1812-1903) in Milwich in 1853. He was a farmer of 310 acres, employing 3 labourers; the farm size had halved by 1871, and had disappeared by 1881 when he was a Farm Labourer.
Children:

In 1841, at age 11, part of a large household in Penkridge headed by Richard Aspley, and including his uncle Thomas Merry
Jailed for two years in 1843 for forging a receipt
In 1851, he was a brewer and a lodger in Liverpool
Married Margaret Jones (1827-1875) in Liverpool in 1852
In 1855-66, he had the Goat pub in Peter's Lane, Liverpool. The street has been redeveloped and covered over.

Bluecoats School. Liverpool - close to where Edward's pub once was (my photo)

But was bankrupted...
Liverpool's trade - and its population - expanded rapidly through the C19. Growth in the cotton trade was accompanied by the development of strong trading links with India and the Far East following the ending of the East India Company's monopoly in 1813. Over 140 acres of new docks, with 10 miles of quay space, were opened between 1824 and 1858. As the town became a leading port of the British Empire, a number of major buildings were constructed, including St. George's Hall (1854), and Lime Street Station. The Grand National steeplechase was first run at Aintree in 1837. Many family members passed through Liverpool one there way to other parts of the world via Cunard Line and White Star Line ocean liners. My photos are here.

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool - opened while Edward had The Goat (my photo)

In 1871 Edward was a brewer's clerk in Castle Church, Stafford, and a lodger, again
Children:

In 1851, was a journeyman miller (servant) in Stone; by 1861 was a miller in his own right - in Chebsey.
Married Mary Cotton (1827-1881) in Stone in 1854
In Eccleshall as a relieving officer in 1871, 1881; listed in 1888 as a relieving officer and registrar (an an official appointed by a parish or union to administer relief to the poor); in 1891 and 1901 a retired, widowed boarder
Children:

In 1861, a servant, living in his sister Martha's household in Hilderstone, Stafford
Married Louisa Ward (1844) in Stone in 1867
In 1871, a farmer of 30 acres in Chebsey
Children:

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