SAMUEL BLACKSHAW (1799 - 1872)
Samuel BLACKSHAW was baptised in Claypole, Lincolnshire on 7th April 1799. He was the son of Robert BLACKSHAW and Sarah SNEATH who had married in Caythorpe, Lincolnshire in 1791.
Their first child, Robert, was baptised in Stubton on 31st October that year. After this the family moved to Claypole and the remaining brothers were all baptised here. On 17th August 1796 John and Edward were baptised and the youngest son, Thomas was baptised there on 21st August 1803.
Samuel married Hannah COOK on 4th February 1823 in Southwell, Nottinghamshire witnessed by Ann DAYBELL and James BUTLER. Hannah may have been the daughter of William COOK and Sarah EDWARDS and had been christened in Southwell in April 1801. Later that year Samuel's mother, Sarah, remarried to James OGDEN in Claypole on 4th August - her husband having died some time earlier.
On 13th March 1824 Mary, the first child of Samuel and Hannah, was baptised. At this time Samuel was working as a miller but usually he gave his occupation as a higgler - a general dealer. Their second child Sarah was baptised 17th February 1826, the next, Hannah, on 27th August 1828 and the next, Rebecca, 6th December 1830.
Their first son, Robert, was baptised on 12th April 1833 and his brother, Samuel, on 28th August 1835. On 6th April the following year, their sister, Hannah died and was buried.
On 15th November 1837 another son, Thomas, was baptised. By this time the family had settled in Easthorpe - a little hamlet on the edge of Southwell. The two remaining children, John & Ann, were born here but each died when only one year old.
In 1841 Samuel and Hannah were living in Easthorpe with their children, Rebecca, Robert, Samuel and Thomas. By this time, Samuel's mother, Sarah, had been widowed again and the census shows her still living in Claypole along with her youngest son, Thomas BLACKSHAW.
Twelve year old Robert died in 1845 and was buried in Southwell on 17th December.
By 1851 Samuel and Hannah were still in Easthorpe with their youngest sons, Samuel Jnr and Thomas. Their daughter, Rebecca, was working as a dressmaker in Bramcote and living in the household of the publican, Joshua BUCKLAND. Nearby was the family of William GRUNDY, a tailor from Derbyshire. It is very likely that Rebecca knew this family and the following year her sister, Sarah, married William's son, Samuel,
In 1853 Samuel BLACKSHAW's mother, Sarah (SNAITH BLACKSHAW) OGDEN, died and was buried in Claypole on 11th August having lived with her son, Thomas, for many years.
Rebecca BLACKSHAW married in 1854 to William HALL, a shoemaker. and their first child, Samuel, was baptised in Southwell on 16th April 1856.
In 1861 the household at Easthorpe remained the same with Samuel now working as a coal dealer. His son, Samuel Jnr, was a journeyman shoemaker (a possible connection with William HALL?) while Thomas was a domestic gardener.
Sarah and Samuel GRUNDY had now moved to Stapleford where Samuel described himself as a tailor and draper. With them lived their three children, a general servant called Ann MELLERS and journeyman tailor called George HOLMES.
Later that year, Samuel Jnr married Sarah LYNE in Southwell - witnessed by his brother, Thomas, and Mary Ann WASS. Sarah was the daughter of a tailor, William LYNE and had been born in Edgeware in Middlesex. Their first child, Thomas, was baptised in Southwell on 9th November 1862.
His brother Thomas probably married around 1866 in Kilbourne in Derbyshire where his wife, Emma, was born. Their first two children, Samuel and John were born there before the family moved, briefly, to Gonalston in Nottinghamshire where their daughter Ann was born in 1870 - and then on to Stapleford.
By this time Hannah (COOK) BLACKSHAW had died. She was buried in Southwell on 23rd December 1867 and Samuel went to live in Stapleford with his daughter, Sarah GRUNDY and her family. In 1871 he was working as a groom. Samuel GRUNDY was now a wholesale draper and the family had six children, together with a general servant called Hannah PEARSON.
Thomas and Emma were living nearby on Toton Lane where Thomas worked as a family gardener. Their household was quite a large one and contained several members of the extended family in addition to their own three children. With them were two nieces (presumably from Emma's family) - these were Eliza BURJOYNE and Sarah WHEATLEY. Also there was Samuel's nephew, Samuel HALL and a lodger, Sarah HART.
By this time Samuel Jnr had also moved to Stapleford. He, Sarah and his four children were living at Wesley Place where Samuel worked as a cordwainer.
Samuel BLACKSHAW died in 1872 and was buried in Southwell on 3rd May. After this the family moved away from Stapleford and by 1881 they were living in different parts of Nottinghamshire.
Sarah and Samuel GRUNDY were living at Rock Villa in Lenton with four of their children and two boarders from London: these were James RUDD and John ODERY. Their eldest son, Charles Richard GRUNDY, was now living on King Street in Southwell with his wife, Laura BUDD, his sister in law, Clara and a servant, Elizabeth HALL (possibly a cousin?).
Samuel Jnr was living at 236 Aspley Terrace in Radford with six children and a lodger, Milly BRIGGS. His brother, Thomas, had become a tailor's cutter and had moved into the City. He was living at 24 Clyde Terrace in the parish of St Mary's with wife, Emma, and five children. They had a boarder, Frederick SPENCER and on census night they were visited by Samuel MALLOY. In nearby St Peter's young Samuel HALL was living with his wife, Eliza and their baby son, Robert.
Ten years later both Thomas and Samuel Jnr were living in Nottingham St Mary's. Thomas and Emma were living at 6 Queen Walk Villas with their four youngest children. Samuel Jnr was living at 11 Cromwell Street with Sarah and their four youngest children. Also there was their eldest daughter, Sarah Ann. She was now married to Laurence DILKS and they had two young children.
By now most of Samuel's family had become involved in tailoring and drapery - a far cry from his life as a coal higgler...
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