49.2 Cousins of John Wheaver

John's mother Rebecca had ten siblings. Remember that we have a DNA link to all these people's father but the precise relationship could be questioned. Rebecca's siblings are as follows, with their children - John Wheaver's first cousins - and their families.

• 33.2.1 - Thomas Weaver (1813-1878)
• Ann Thompson (1837)
• Stepchild
• Still at home in 1871; charwoman
• No known marriage or children

• Harriet Weaver (1848)
• Housemaid in Sutton Coldfield in 1871
• No known children

• 33.2.2 - Benjamin Weaver (1815-1863)
• Thomas Weaver (1838-1838)
• Died as an infant

• Benjamin Weaver (1839)
• No record after 1851; no known children

• Samuel Weaver (1842-1901)
• Born Oldbury, Worcs
• 1861: Coal miner in Tamworth, like his father
• My photos of Tamworth are here
• Had been connected to the railway for 14 year - this created coal mining opportunities. Gas street lighting was provided from 1835; mains water from c. 1866. Robert Peel had been the MP until 1850, and was so when he thought of the Police. And of the Conservative Party.

Tamworth Town Hall of 1701 (my photo)

• 1871: Coal miner, back in Oldbury
• 1881: Coal miner. Had moved to Normanton nr Pontefract, Yorkshire - well over 100 miles from Oldbury. It's about 13 miles by road from Barnsley, where Alfred Squire (on the other side of the family) was a coal agent at the time, and siblings of Agnes Green were miners.
• 1891/1901: Coal miner, Snydale nr Pontefract, Yorkshire
• Married Eliza Tolley (1845-1901)
• Children:
• Elizabeth Weaver (1867)
• Clara Weaver (1869)
• Charlotte Weaver (1870)
• William Weaver (1872)
• Samuel Weaver (1874)
• Benjamin Weaver (1876)
• Sarah Weaver (1878)
• Ada Weaver (1880)
• Fanny Weaver (1888)

• George Henry Weaver (1844)
• 1861: Coal miner, lodger, Oldbury
• Married Ellen Taylor (1843) in Dudley, Worcs in 1863.
• My photos of Dudley are here.

Church of St Edmund, Dudley (my photo)

• 1871/1881/1891/1901: Coal miner, Normanton
• Children:
• Benjamin Weaver (1867)
• Christiana Weaver (1871)
• Harry Weaver (1874)
• Joe Weaver (1876)
• Albert Weaver (1889)
• 1911: Alone in Brickyard Cottage, Normanton; brickworks worker

• Luke Weaver (1849-1871)
• Married Sarah Davies (1850) at St Thomas, Dudley in 1868

Church of St Thomas, Dudley (my photo)

• Children:
• Luke Weaver (1868)
• 1871: Coal miner, Oldbury
• 1881: Coal miner, Sandal nr Normanton
• Emigrated to Carbon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, USA by 1900
• Carbon, unsurprisingly, is a coal zone
• It is notable for the heritage Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
• Luke died in 1917, in Pennsylvania

Mauch Chunk chutes loading coal at the LeHigh Canal, 1873 (credit)

• Charlotte Weaver (1851-1871)
• 1871: Servant to a gun (barrel?) filer in Birmingham
• Died at age 20

• Isiah Weaver (1853-1860)
• Died in childhood

• Sarah Weaver (1854-1948)
• Born in Grets Green, West Bromwich
• Married Henry Bird (1854-1899) at St Thomas, Dudley in 1873
• Henry was a labourer in a tube works
• They lived in Wednesbury, Staffs and Greets Green, West Brom
• There is an article here about education in Wednesbury
• Children:
• Charlotte Elizabeth Bird (1874)
• Eliza Ann Bird (1875)
• Sarah Ann Bird (1876)
• Christina Bird (1884)
• Elizabeth Bird (1885). Elizabeth died in 1886.
• William Henry Bird (1886)
• Jeremiah Bird (1889)
• Lily Violet Bird (1890)
• George Albert Bird (1893)
• Dorothy Bird (1895)
• Emigrated to Australia
• Died in 1948 in New South Wales, Australia

• Jeremiah Weaver (1857-1903)
• 1871: Labourer in West Brom?
• Married Phebe Whale(1851-1885) at St Thomas, Dudley in 1875
• 1881/1891/1901: Iron puddler, West Brom. See Chapter 35 for more on this skilled and self-deleterious occupation. An indication that the centre of gravity has moved east from Shropshire in a generation.
• Children:
• Thomas Weaver (1877)
• Charlotte Weaver (1878)
• James Weaver (1881)
• William Weaver (1882)
• Died at age 46 - perhaps typical for the occupation

• William Weaver (1858-1939)
• Labourer at age 12 in 1871
• Married Frances Morris (1860) at All Saints, Normanton

All Saints Church, Normanton (credit)

• Coal miner in Normanton 1881/1891; moved to Hemsworth nr Pontefract by 1891 and South Kirkby nearby, by 1911.
• My photos of Wakefield are here.
• Children:
• Lawrence Weaver (1888)
• Lucy Wheaver (1891)
• Tom Wheaver (1895)

• 33.2.3 - Mary Weaver (1817-1898)
• James Hastilow (1841-1918)
• Agricultural labourer (Ag lab)
• They lived in Weeford nr Lichfield, Staffs (1871/1881/1891)
• My photos of Lichfield are here
• Married Jane Haywood (1843-1916)
• Children:
• Mary Jane Hastilow (1868)
• Alfred Hastilow (1874)
• Emily Hastilow (1877)
• James Hastilow (1880)
• Annie Louise Hastilow (1882)
• 1901/1911: They had moved back to Sutton (Spring Hill)

• Richard Hastilow (1842-1849)
• Died as a child (in Tamworth)

• Emma Hastilow (1844)
• Living with grandparents in Kingsbury, Warks in 1861
• Domestic servant in Tamworth in 1871 and in Aston Manor in 1881
• Married Roland Hodgkins in Sutton in 1883
• No further record; no known children

• Sarah Hastilow (1844)
• Domestic servant in Sutton Coldfield in 1861
• Married Oliver Barker Ward (1853) in Tamworth in 1875
• He was a blacksmith, and they lived in Tamworth in 1871
• In 1891, he was absent; she was a tailoress
• In 1901/1911, he's present; she is not working
• Children:
• Charles Edward Ward (1876)
• Alice Elizabeth Ward (1877)
• Florence Ward (1885)

• Jane Hastilow (1844-1916)
• 1861: housemaid in Weeford
• Died in (or near) Lichfield

• William Hastilow (1847-1889)
• 1871: Ag lab / servant in Drayton Bassett nr Lichfield, Staffs
• 1881: Ag lab - living with widowed mother in Sutton

• Samuel Hastilow (1849)
• Married Rebecca Rowley (1856-1929) in Shustoke nr Birmingham in 1875
• Ag lab; they lived in Sutton in 1881
• 1891: Minworth nr Sutton
• 1901: A waggoner on a farm in Castle Bromwich, Solihull, Warks
• 1911: Ag lab at Tyburn, Birmingham (Close to Sutton) - no farms there now though!
• Children:
• Emma Elizabeth Hastilow (1876)
• Herbert Samuel Hastilow (1878)
• Alice Rhoda Hastilow (1880)
• Agnes M Hastilow (1882)
• Edith Annie Hastilow (1883)
• Arthur Percy Hastilow (1887)
• Elsie Mabel Hastilow (1890)
• Doris Amy Hastilow (1897)

• Mary Hastilow (1851-1851)
• Died as a baby

• Hannah (Annie) Hastilow (1855-1933)
• Married Alfred Webb (1855) in Hill, Sutton Coldfield in 1887
• Alfred was a gardener. By 1901, she was a charwoman, and by 1911 widowed with three near-grown-up children, all earning
• Children:
• William Webb (1889)
• Arthur J Webb (1890)
• Alfred Webb (1891)
• Charles Webb (1895)

• Charles Hastilow (1860-1897) 
• 1881: Wheelwright in Sutton
• 1891: Ag lab - living with widowed mother in Sutton

• 33.2.4 - John Weaver (1819-1899)
• John Stringer (1839)
• Stepson. No record found after 1851.

• Samuel Stringer (1841)
• Stepson. No record found after 1851.

• Ann Stringer (1842)
• Stepdaughter. No record found after 1851.

• Jane Weaver (1846-1925)
• Housekeeper for widowed father in 1871
• Died in Wolverhampton

• Sarah Weaver (1848-1906)
• 1871: Domestic servant for manufacturer of leather articles, Walsall
• Married George Ballance (1849-1912) in Walsall, Staffs in 1873
• My photos of Walsall are here.
• George was a general labourer; they lived in Longdon nr Lichfield
• By 1901, he had taken a job as a colliery watchman. Other members of the Ballance family lived in the same street.
• Children:
• Thomas Ballance (1868)
• George Frederick Ballance (1874)
• Walter John Ballance (1876)
• Elizabeth Ballance (1880)
• Ruth Ballance (1882)
• Edward Ballance (1884)
• Sarah Ballance (1886)
• Samuel Ballance (1888) 

• Mary Weaver (1850)
• 1871: Domestic servant at a farm in Wigginton nr Tamworth
• 1881: Cook in a big house with a butler, housemaid, kitchenmaid, gardener and coachman. The employer was William Pashley Milner, JP
• The property was Meersbrook Hall. It was bought by Sheffield Corporation for £7500 in 1886. It initially housed the collection of John Ruskin, then served as offices, and is now open to the public.

Meersbrook Hall (credit)

• Clara Weaver (1854)
• No record after 1861

• 33.2.5 - Samuel Weaver (1822-1872)
• Edward Weaver (1848-1899)
• 1871: Farm servant indoors, Kingsbury
• 1881: Platelayer; with widowed mother in Sutton
• 1891: with brother-in-law, Charles Roper. Railway platelayer
• A 'plate layer' a railway employee whose job is to inspect and maintain the permanent way of a railway installation. The term "platelayer" derives from the plates used to build plateways, an early form of railway.

• Rebecca Weaver (1849-1900)
• 1861: With grandfather Joseph Perkins, gardener in Sutton
• 1871: Domestic servant, but living at home with parents
• 1881: Domestic servant for solicitor's managing clerk, Sutton
• 1891: Domestic servant in Erdington

• Joseph Weaver (1852-1866)
• 1861: With grandfather Joseph Perkins, gardener, in Sutton
• 1871: Cordwainer; at home with parents

• Elizabeth Weaver (1853-1936)
• 1861: With grandfather Joseph Perkins, gardener, in Sutton
• Married Charles Maeer (1851-1924) in Sutton in 1877
• Charles was a general labourer; Elizabeth helped. They lived in Hill, Sutton.
• By 1901, they had moved into town, and Charles was a bricklayer's labourer
• Children:
• Elizabeth Maeer (1878)
• John Maeer (1881)
• Henry Maeer (1881)
• Herbert Maeer (1884)
• Frederick Maeer (1886)
• Ellen Maeer (1886)
• Louisa Maeer (1889). Is that the third pair of twins...?
• Mary Ann Maeer (1889)
• Charlotte Maeer (1891)
• Honor Maeer (1893)
• Annie Maeer (1895). Annie died in 1895.
• Lilian May Maeer (1896)

• Samuel Weaver (1855-1913)
• 1861: With grandfather Joseph Perkins, gardener, in Sutton
• 1871: Domestic servant, but at home with parents
• 1881: Platelayer
• 1891: Police constable in Dilhorne, Staffs
• 1901: Cannock, Staffs
• 1911: Retired; Alsager, Stoke
• Married Martha Butler (1859)  in Caverswall, Stoke-on-Trent in 1884
• My photos of Stoke-on-Trent are here
• Children:
• William Edward Weaver (1995)
• Percy Weaver (1894)

• Hannah Weaver (1857-1933)
• 1861: With grandfather Joseph Perkins, gardener, in Sutton
• 1871: With parents
• Married Charles Roper
• Charles was a bricklayer's labourer; they lived in Sutton
• 1891: Office cleaner
• 1901: Widowed, retired
• 1911: Charwoman; three adult children working
• Children:
• Edward Charles Roper (1879)
• Samuel Weaver Roper (1882)
• John Joseph Roper (1885)
• Harry Roper (1891)

• Sarah Weaver (1859)
• 1861: With grandfather Joseph Perkins, gardener in Sutton
• 1871: With parents
• 1881: Servant to vicar in Ratlinghope, Shropshire
• 1891: Housemaid to export merchant at Four Oaks Farm, Sutton
• Married Harry Stewart (1861) in Sutton in 1897 (at 38)
• No known children
• Harry was a bricklayer's labourer

• Esther Weaver (1861)
• No record after birth and baptism

• John Perkins Weaver (1862-1896)
• 1881: Carter and horse driver, Sutton
• 1891: Bricklayer's labourer

• Thomas Weaver (1864-1899)
• No record found after 1871

• 33.2.6 - Daniel Weaver (1826-41)
• No children

• 33.2.7 - Rebecca Weaver (1829-1924)
• See Chapter 33
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• 33.2.8 - Emmanuel Weaver (1831-1876?)

*** - check also Emanuel's earlier entry ***

• Emanuel Weaver (1860)  
• Born in Bermuda. No later records found.
  
• Mary Ann Weaver (1862-1894) 
• Born in Bermuda 
• Married John West (1842-1890) in Campbellpore [Attock], Punjab, British India [now Pakistan].
•  John was born in Emberton nr Olney, Buckinghamshire. My photos of Olney are here. 
   

  

  Olney Market Place (my photo)

   
• In 1861, he was a gunner with the Royal Artillery at Sheerness Barracks. He was (probably) in the RA in the 2nd Afghan War, for the March on Kandahar, discharged in February 1882.
• Minnie Jane West (1878-1945) b. Bombay 
• Maud West (1880) b. Umballa 
• Ethel West (1885) b. New Duston, Northampton 
• Albert Ed West (1888) b. Flore, Northamptonshire 
• John West (1891) b. Flore
  Later in 1891, she is in Pilkington [Bury, Manchester], Lancashire widowed, and living on her own means; her widowed mother, a hawker is there too. Minnie (13) is with them, a domestic servant elsewhere. Her mother died in Salford a year later, Mary Ann died another two years later, back in Flore. 
• Samuel Weaver (1864) 
• Born in Bermuda. No later record found. 
• Hannah Weaver (1866)  
• Born in Dover, Kent.  
• 1881: Domestic servant to a commercial clerk in Pendleton-in-Salford 
• Probably married in Salford in 1889 or 1891. 
• Rebecca Weaver (1867-1941) 
• Born in Dublin, Ireland 
• Married Walter Joseph Burke (1862-1911) in Salford in 1894. He was a bookbinder, and they lived in Openshaw, Manchester 
• Children: 
• Frank Burke (1898) 
• James Francis Burke (1900) 
• Mary Louise Burke (1904) 
• Dorothy Burke (1909) 
• 1911: Widowed, she is a charwoman, and they live in Hulme. 
• Sarah Jane Weaver (1871-1930)  
• Born in Chatham, Kent 
• Married Thomas Edward Bickerton (1865-1893)at All Saints, Stand, [Manchester] Lancashire in 1891
  
  

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  All Saints, Stand (David Ingham)

  
  

  • Married John Eastman Shepherd (1861-1931) in Lancashire in 1895 
  • He was a print compositor, and they lived in Chorlton, Manchester; later at 7 Yew Tree Avenue, Moss Side, Manchester. 
  • Moss Side is described in the opening chapter of Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton as a rural idyll with a 'deep clear pool' and an old black and white timber-framed farmhouse, later identified as Pepperhill Farm. 
  • Following the Industrial Revolution there was a process of unplanned urbanisation and a rapid increase in population size, and Moss Side was amalgamated into the City of Manchester from 1885. My photos of Manchester are here. Manchester City FC built their Maine Road Stadium close by, in 1923. 
  • Children: 
  • John Edmund Shepherd (1897) 
  • Harold Shepherd (1899) 
  • George Shepherd (1902)
    

 

33.2.9 - Joseph Weaver (1836-1908) 

No known children

33.2.10 - Rebekah Weaver (1840)

No known children

More information on these individuals in Chapter 57.

Next (Caroline's siblings)