Great Great Uncle of W.P.
'Bill' Richardson
Jacob was the third child of George Turnbull and his wife Isabella (nee Green).
He was born in the first quarter of 1839 and baptised on 24th March 1839 at
Whittingham Parish Church.
He was recorded on the 1841 census aged 2 at Whittingham along with his
parents and sisters Eleanor and Jane. His grandfather, also Jacob Turnbull,
lived with the family.
In 1851, at the age of twelve, he was listed on the census at Waterside House
in Guyzance as a scholar and also a farm labourer. As well as his sisters
Eleanor and Jane, there were three more children, Georgiana, John and
Isabella.
By the time of the 1861 census, his family were living and working at Shawdon
Woodhouse. Jacob was 22 and had stayed in Guyzance. He was working as a
platelayer for the railway and lodging with William Gray and Eleanor (nee
Turnbull) who was Jacob's eldest sister. On the
night of the census, Jacob's sisters Georgiana and Isabella were visiting.
In the first quarter of 1870, Jacob was 31 and married Mary Cragild,
aged 19. Their marriage was registered in the Alnwick Registration District.
On the 1871 census Jacob was recorded at Eglingham aged 31. He had a new
occupation, had given up plate laying and was now a Rabbit Catcher, like his
father in law. His wife, Mary, was not at home, she and the baby, George who was
10 months old, were recorded at her brother's home in Abbeylands.
The 1881 census recorded the family at Swarland, near Felton in
Northumberland. Jacob was 40 and still catching rabbits for a living. Mary was
29 and they now had four children. George (10), Isabella (8), Thomas H. (5) and
Jacob (2).
They also had two boarders, Benjamin English a 27 year old 'Wagon
Man' and William Finn a 21 year old unemployed 'Sawyer's Engine Man'.
Mary
would have been busy looking after them all, but she had a young girl, Margaret
Greenup (16) living in the house and working for them as a domestic servant.
In 1891, Jacob and his family were recorded on the census living at
Kimmerston, near Ford in Northumberland. Still listed as a Rabbit Catcher, Jacob
was 50. Mary was 39 and three of the children were still living at home. George
was 20 and listed as an agricultural labourer as was Isabella who was 18. Jacob
was 12 and still listed as a scholar. Their other son, Thomas H., was 15 and
living at Shawdon WoodHouse and working for his Auntie Jane on the farm.
Also
in the house was Jacob's mother in law, Hannah Cragild, who was 81 and a widow.
Some time between 1891 and 1901, Jacob's wife Mary died.
On the 1901 census, Jacob was 60 and recorded as a widower, living in Ulgham.
At some stage since 1891, he had given up rabbit catching and was working as a
coal miner, a shifter.
His sons Thomas (25) and Jacob (22) both unmarried
were living with him and also working as coal miners. His daughter Isabella
(28) had married in 1900 and she and her husband Robert Nicholson (28) were also
living with Jacob, Robert worked as a coal miner too. I haven't yet been able
to find Jacob's other son, George after 1891.
Jacob died in the third quarter of 1901, aged 60. His death was registered in
the Morpeth Registration District and he was buried in Ulgham churchyard on 6th
September. His abode was given as Stobswood and
his age was 60. The burial was carried out by A.
R. Gregory, the Vicar. |
