Thomas Davis

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1871; Cooper's Labourer
• Occupation: 1881; Brewer's Labourer

Other Events and Attributes:

• Parentage: George and Mary Davies
• Baptism: 11 Apr 1830, Saint Botolph's, Sibson, Leicestershire, England
• Residence at marriage: 1854, Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: 1857; Labourer
• Occupation: 1861; Farm Bailiff

Notes:

1861 Census Ratcliffe Culey
George Davis Head 31 Farming Bailiff b. Sibson
Hannah Davis Wife 30 Dairy Maid b. Ratcliffe Culey
William Davis Son 6 b. Ratcliffe
Thomas Davis Son 3 b. Ratcliffe
George Davis son 2 b. Ratcliffe
Ann Bolstridge Servant un 16 servant b. Ratcliffe
Ann Bolstridge Visitor 1 niece b. Sheepy Magna
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George married Hannah Bolstridge on 20 Nov 1854 in All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. Hannah (daughter of Henry Bolstridge and Mary Suckling) was born in Aug 1830 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; died in 1906 in Burton upon Trent, : Registration District, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1851; Servant on the farm of William Baines
• Residence: 1881, 25, Clarence Sreett, Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
• GRO Death Index: Dec 1906; Burton 6b - 252 age 76

Notes:

Dwelling: 25 Clarence St Burton Upon Trent, Stafford

Hannah TOWNSEND W 50 F Ratcliffe, Leicester, England
Rel: Head
William DAVIS U 26 M Ratcliffe, Leicester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Brewers Labourer
Thomas DAVIS U 23 M Ratcliffe, Leicester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Railway Porter
George DAVIS U 22 M Ratcliffe, Leicester, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Brewers Labourer
Ann DAVIS U 19 F Ratcliffe, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: General Servant
Sarah TOWNSEND U 13 F Ratcliffe, Leicester, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: General Servant
Henry TOWNSEND U 11 M Burton On Trent, Stafford, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Frederick W. TOWNSEND U 9 M Burton On Trent, Stafford, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Fanny TOWNSEND U 6 F Burton On Trent, Stafford, England
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1851, Sibson Mill, Sibson, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: 1851; Agicultural Labourer

Notes:

1851 Census Sibson Mill
George Davis Head Widower 59 Ag Lab b. Polesworth
William Davis Son 30 Ag Lab b.Sibson
Hannah Davis Sons Wfie b.Nuneaton
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George married Mary UNKNOWN. Mary was born about 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence at marriage: Arley, Warwickshire, England
• Baptism: 9 Apr 1797, All Saints, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Baptism: 9 Apr 1797, All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Residence: 1830, Arley, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: 1860; Labourer
• GRO Death Index: Mar 1872; Atherstone 6d - 231 Age 75

Notes:

1841 Census Ratcliffe Culey (Village)
Bolstridge Henry 40 Y
BOLSTRIDGE Mary 40 N
Bolstridge Hannah 10 Y
Bolstridge James 7 N
Bolstridge George 5 N
Bolstridge Sarah 3 N
Bolstridge Hannah 80 N
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Henry was listed in Ratcliffe Culey and Withybrooke in the 1851 Census. The Withybrooke entry was on the farm of John Bacon at Dole House Withybrooke NB Samuel Bacon was the farmer at Manor Farm Ratcliffe Both Samuel and John were said to be born in the same area of Derbyshire!! There were a number of Ratcliffe Culey residents there and all appeared on both censuses
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1851 Census Ratcliffe Culey
Henry BOULSTRIDG E Head M 53 MA g Lab Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
Mary BOULSTRIDGE Wife M 51 F---Berkswell-WAR
Sarah BOULSTRIDGE Daur - 12 F ScholarAtherstone-WAR
Ann BOULSTRIDGE Daur - 6 F Scholar Ratcliffe Culey-LEC
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1851 Census Dole House, Withybrooke, Foleshill
John BACON Head U 25 M Farmer 312 Ac Emp 2 Labs tapenhill-DBY
Thomas TIMBERILL Serv W 52 M Ag Lab Ratcliff-LEC
Henry BOLSTRIDGE Serv M 52 M Ag Lab Ratcliff-LEC
Matthew BAXTER Serv U 22 M Ag Serv Wharton-WAR
Luke BAXTER Serv U 17 M Ag Serv Wharton-WAR
William COPEServU 14 M Ag Serv Ratcliff-LEC
John PARKERServU 14 M Ag Serv Ratcliff-LEC
Mary KNIGHTServU 24 F Gen Serv Ratcliff-LEC
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1861 Census Ratcliffe Culey
SurnameForenameRelaAgeOccupationBorn
BOLSTRIDGE Mary Wife 61 BERKSWELL
BOLSTRIDGE Henry Head 64 RATCLIFFE CULEY
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1871 Census Ratcliffe Culey RG10 - 3166
Henry Bolstridge Head 74 Ag Lab b. Ratcliffe Culey
Mary Bolstridge Wife 72 b. Berkeswell
Mary Breedon Grand Daughter 6 b. Upton; LEI

Henry married Mary Suckling on 15 Feb 1830 in Saint Leonard's, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England, Warwickshire, England. Mary (daughter of George Suckling and Elizabeth Hubbard) was born in Oct 1799 in Berkswell, Warwickshire, England; died in Apr 1891 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 18 Apr 1891 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Proviso: See Notes
• Residence at marriage: Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England, Warwickshire, England
• Occupation: Nurse
• Baptism: 13 Oct 1799, Saint John the Baptist, Berkswell, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1830, Over Whitacre, Warwickshire, England, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1891, Church Lane, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• GRO Death Index: Jun 1891; Atherstone 6d - 364 Age 91

Notes:

NB Mary Suckling was baptised at Berkswell on the same day, 17 Oct 1799, as her Uncle Richard Hubbard although her parents lived at Maxstoke
Witnesses at marriage (1) William Bolstridge
(2) Ann Suckling

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jun 1755, Saint Peter's, Bickenhill, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1784, Meriden, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: Aft 1789, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England
• Occupation: Abt 1800; Farmer

Notes:

This assignment,( the son of John and Elizabeth from Packington), is the logical place armed with the purely circumstantial evidence so far collected. The two children found at Bickenhill are the only Bolstridges found there. A substantial number of the marriages and baptisms listed at both Great and Little Packington were because of re-building in adjacent churches at this time. Labour was moving about these areas during this period, 1750 - 1790, no doubt due to the enclosure acts in progress.
Note that many families in Solihull had ties with and moved between Bickenhill and other adjacent parishes. These parish films are in the process of being re-examined.

Jame's son Henry married Mary Suckling from Maxstoke, she was the Grandaughter of William Suckling a tenant farmer in Maxstoke at the time Jame's assumed brother John was there. Both William Suckling and John Bolstridge AKA Boastridge were litterate.

June 2002
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At the time James and Hannah arrived at Ratcliffe Culey, circa 1790, with their 3 eldest children the village was expanding. The process of enclosure had only started in 1767 and a lot of new families settled there in the succeeding 30 years. Some came as small farmers and some as labourers on the new farms carved out of the open field system. The main landlord was the church controlling some 500 acres of glebe. Ratcliffe was a small village and could not support more that 200 - 240 inhabitants and therefore their sons tended to move out of the village on maturity. A Bolstridge presence was maintained in the village however, well into the twentieth century due in no small measure to the availability of non agricultural work nearby at Atherstone and the local coal mines.
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James married Hannah UNKNOWN about 1783. Hannah was born in 1760 in Not in Leicestershire, England; died on 11 Jan 1843 in Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 13 Jan 1843 in All Saints Churchyard, Ratcliffe Culey, Leicestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• GRO Death Index: Mar 1843; Atherstone 16 - 161

Notes:

In The 1841 Census Hannah was living with Henry her son

Bolstridge Hannah 80 No
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Cert copy of death certificate ; age 83, widow of James Bolstridge,cause of death debility and old age,the mark X of Jane Lakin present at death. 1843 No. 264.

1841 census; Hannah Bolstridge age 80 living with Henry Bolstridge/Mary (son).

Name:
This is NOT Hannah Carter as listed on some public trees. Where that information has come from no one knows and has been copied blindly with out checking.

Died:
Registered by Jane Lakin present at Death

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: George Sucklin
• Baptism: 11 Jun 1756, Saint Michael and All Angels, Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England
• Residence: 1831, Hall End, Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England

George married Elizabeth Hubbard on 17 Apr 1799 in Saint Martin's, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward Hubbard and Eleanor Thompson) was born in Dec 1775 in Berkswell, Warwickshire, England; died after 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Dec 1775, Saint John the Baptist, Berkswell, Warwickshire, England

Notes:

1851 Census Maxstoke HO 107/2063 Folio 196
Thomas SUCKLING Head W 40 M Lab Maxstoke-War
Thomas SUCKLING Son - 15 M Lab Maxstoke-War
Emma SUCKLING Daur - 7 F Schl Maxstoke-War
William SUCKLING Son - 5 M Schl Maxstoke-War
Elizabeth SUCKLING Moth M 74 F Lodger Berkeswell-War
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Notes:

Is this the right marriage and is Elizabeth Hubbard the wife of George ?
At This stage we cannot be sure but circumstatial evidence points to it's provenance.
In the 1851 Census Elizabeth is said to be 74 and born at Berkswell.
This puts her birth 1775/6
The Berkswell Registers have an Elizabeth Hubbard dau Edward and Eleanor bapt 31 Dec 1775