The Family of Harry Stuchbury

FAMILY HISTORY: SWARBRICK

THE FAMILY OF HARRY STUCHBURY

Richard Stuchbury and Elizabeth Hannah Smith were married in 1877 in or near Huddersfield, Yorkshire and had five children:

	1) Sarah Martha Stuchbury, born in 1878 and baptized in Kirkburton, Yorkshire on 26 May 1880 2) William Stuchbury, born in 1879 3) Harry Stuchbury, born c. 1882 4) Herbert Stuchbury, born in 1886 5) Levi Stuchbury, born in 1888

1891 CENSUS OF SHEPLEY, WEST RIDING of YORKSHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Stuchbury	Head	Widow	M	43	Teamer	Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
Elizabeth H Stuchbury	Head	Widow	F	34	-	Thurstonland, Yorkshire
Sarah M Stuchbury	Daughter	Unmarried	F	13	Winder, Woolen	Kirkburton, Yorkshire
William Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	11	Scholar	Shepley, Yorkshire
Harry Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	9	Scholar	Shepley, Yorkshire
Herbert Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	4	Scholar	Thurstonland, Yorkshire
Levi Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	2	-	Shepley, Yorkshire
Mary E Smith	Visitor	Unmarried	F	12	-	Yorkshire

NOTES:
1:	Living at New Heymoorhouse, Shepley, Yorkshire. (RG12-3560, folio 38, page 25)
2:	After the word Teamer it appears that someone has written 'Carm', which may have meant 'Carman'.
3:	The above information is taken from scanned images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

Richard and Elizabeth Hannah seemed to move around the villages of West Yorkshire, judging by the places of birth given for their children, and by 1901 were living in the tiny village of Shelly:

1901 CENSUS OF SHELLEY, WEST RIDING of YORKSHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Richard Stuchbury	Head	Widow	M	53	Gardener	Gawcotts, Buckinghamshire
Elizabeth H Stuchbury	Head	Widow	F	45	-	Stocksmoor, Yorkshire
Sarah M Stuchbury	Daughter	Unmarried	F	23	-	Kirkburton, Yorkshire
William Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	21	Scourer	Shepley, Yorkshire
Harry Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	19	Clerk	Shepley, Yorkshire
Herbert Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	14	Errand Boy	Stocksmoor, Yorkshire
Levi Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	12	-	Shepley, Yorkshire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Bank Bottom, Shelley, Yorkshire. (RG13-4099, folios 17 & 18, pages 25 & 26)
2:	Richard's full occupation was 'Gardener (not domestic)', William's was 'Scourer in Woolen Mill', and Harry's was 'Manufacturer's Clerk'.
3:	The above information is taken from scanned images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

Richard Stuchbury died in 1905 and Elizabeth and her younger children had moved back to Shepley by 1911:

1911 CENSUS OF SHEPLEY, YORKSHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Elizabeth Hannah Stuchbury	Head	Widow	F	55	-	Stocksmoor, Yorkshire
Herbert Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	24	Fettler	Stocksmoor, Yorkshire
Levi Stuchbury	Son	Unmarried	M	22	Woolen Warper	Shepley, Yorkshire

NOTES:
1:	Living at Heymoorhouse, Shepley, Yorkshire.
2:	The census schedule records that Elizabeth was the mother of 5 children, with 4 then living.
3:	The above information is taken from scanned images at www.findmypast.co.uk.

Richard, his wife Elizabeth and their son William are buried in the churchyard of the parish church of Emmanuel in Shelly, Huddersfield, Yorkshire:

	Richard Stuchbury William Stuchbury Elizabeth Hannah Stuchbury	Died in 1905, age 57 years, Burial Record 697 Died in 1906, age 27 years, Burial Record 734 Died in 1921, age 65 years, Burial Record 1042

NOTES:
1:	The Surnames of Sarah Martha and Herbert were mis-spelled 'Stuchbery' in the GRO Birth Indexes.
2:	Sarah Martha is the Sarah Martha Lodge who was one of the witnesses at Harry and Maude's wedding. She married Arthur Lodge in 1904. [4th Quarter 1904, Huddersfield, 9a 651]
3:	The above information is taken from records held at the church in Shelly, the GRO Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and the various census returns.

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