Michael Wouldhave (MI101) married Jane White in September
1806 in Barnard Castle. Michael worked in Barnard Castle as a Cabinet Maker for
some years. All their children were born
in Barnard Castle before they moved to the Leeds area in the 1830s. As adults,
their children were all involved in cabinet making, upholstery or tailoring. It seems that the family stayed close, even though they had separate businesses, since many of them are at the same address or close to each other in the census data or appear as witnesses or informants for their siblings.
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| Barnard Castle |
Thomas Wouldhave (TH101)1809-1880
Thomas was born in about 1809 and married Mary Wild in
1838 in Leeds. Soon after they married Thomas was accused of an assault on his
son, Thomas (TH103). This is the account
given in the Northern Star 8th June 1839
Leeds and West
Riding – Charge of Assault
On Wednesday a man
named Thomas Wouldhave, a cabinet maker residing in Pottery Field, was charged
before the sitting magistrates at the Court House, with an atrocious assault on
his own infant, about two years old, the head of the child exhibited serious
marks of violence, but there only being the evidence of his wife against him,
and he contending that he was striking at her when the child fell on the floor,
he was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace for twelve months, himself
£20, and two bondsmen £10 each.
In the 1841 census Thomas and Mary appear to be living at
separate addresses in Mill Street, Hunslett and their son Thomas is living with
his grandmother, Ann Wild, in Park Street, Hunslet. (This may well have been for economic reasons
rather than being related to the assault referred to above.) The
family are together in the 1851 census, living at Myrtle Place, Hunslet.
In 1861 the family lived in Cankerwell Lane, Leeds and in 1871 in Batchelor
Gardens, Bilton, near Harrogate. Thomas’s death was registered in Leeds in 1880
aged 70 years. In the 1881 census Mary (MA108) is living with her sister,
Martha, and her brother in law, William Bentley, in Stockton. Thomas and Mary
had three children:
- Thomas (TH103) (about 1838-1911) (we have not yet found his birth record, but he may have been recorded as William Wouldhave in 1837), survived the assault as given above. He married Louisa Blair in Gateshead in 1869 and they lived in South Shields. Thomas’s sons, Frederick and George, both served in the First World War. (See previous blogs for their stories)
- Jane Ann (b1849). In the 1881 census Jane Ann is living with her brother Samuel and her occupation is Music Teacher. She married Alfred Holmes in 1897 in South Shields.
- Samuel (SA102) (1852-1910) married Caroline Pattison in 1887 in Leeds. He was in a partnership with Matthew Patterson manufacturing leather ankle straps in 1894.
Michael Wouldhave (MI102) (1812-1870)
Michael was born in 1812 and married Mary Allen in 1857.
He was also a cabinet maker and in the 1861 census he is living in Castle St,
Leeds. He died in Leeds aged 58 years in 1870.
George Wouldhave (GE101)(1814-1858)
George was born in 1814.
In the 1851 census he is living with his parents and his occupation is
Tailor. He was in a Leeds directory list of Tailors in 1842 at 56 Coburg Street,
in 1847 at 74 West Street and in Whites directory of 1853 at 5 Great George
Street. He was in business with Alfred
Thomas Sanden as tailors and drapers.
They dissolved their partnership by mutual consent on 20th
April 1845. He died in 1858 aged 43 years. The cause of death was a visceral malignancy and Michael Wouldhave, his brother, of Castle Street was the informant.
Hannah Wouldhave (HA109) (1817-after 1881)
Hannah was born in 1817 and married Robert Wright in 1842
in Leeds. In the 1851 census she is widowed and living with her brother John
Henry in Ripon with her three children, Fanny, Henry and Sarah Jane. In the
1861 census she is living in St James Street, Leeds with her three children and
her widowed father. Her occupation is
upholsterer in the 1866 Directory of Leeds. In 1881 her brother Robert is staying with the
family in Preston Street, Leeds. Sarah Jane Wright married Arthur Stead in 1882. Her son, Willie Wouldhave Stead, a journalist, died in the First World War in France (see earlier blog).
William Crampton Wouldhave (WI104) 1819 - 1899
William was born in 1819 and married Sarah Thomas in
Leeds. In the 1851 census William is living with his family in Farrar Street,
Leeds and his occupation is Tailor. In 1861 they are living in Darley Street,
Leeds. By 1881 he has moved to London
and was living in Woodstock Street, Westminster; his daughter Sarah is a
tailoress, and his son George is a plumber. Woodstock Street is near to the
junction between Oxford Street and New Bond Street. In 1894 he is on the electors list at the
Tailors’ Benevolent Institution at Queens Crescent in Kentish Town. Queen’s Crescent has one of the oldest street
markets in London. The Tailors’
Benevolent Institution was formed in 1837 to provide aid and grants to anyone
who had worked in tailoring for a minimum of ten years. We’re not sure if William was a beneficiary
or working for the institution. William died in 1899 aged 80 years.
Robert Wouldhave (RO101)(1812-1883)
Robert was born in 1821 and married Rosetta Churchill, a
widow, in 1867 in Harrogate. In the 1871 census he is living in Thomas Yard,
Leeds and he is listed in 1872 Whites Directory of Leeds as a tailor at
Thomas’s Yard, St James Street. Robert died in 1883 and was buried in Beckett
Street cemetery, Leeds. We have not been able to find any reference to Rosetta
other than her marriage.
John Henry Wouldhave (JO111)(1824-1874)
John Henry Wouldhave was born in 1824 and married Jane
Dunnington (JA105) in 1857. In 1857 John
Henry was living in Commercial Court. In the 1860s’ electoral registers for
Leeds he is living in Park Row, Leeds, where he had a half share of the
freehold of houses and workshops in Bentick Street. He was in partnership in
the company Roberts and Wouldhave. In the
1861 census, John Henry is described as a master employing 15 men, 5 boys and 7
women. He seems to have been an
enlightened employer as shown in the following newspaper extract from the Leeds
Intelligencer 19th May 1866
The strike of
Leeds cabinetmakers
This strike still
continues, but yesterday (Friday) Messrs Roberts and Wouldhave of Park Row
intimated to the men’s committee that they had considered the terms asked – an
advance of 2s per week upon the present rate of wages, and a reduction in the
hours of labour from 59 to 56 1/2 . At
this establishment, therefore, the men will at once resume work.
In 1868 the partnership was dissolved. In the Yorkshire Post of 24th Dec
1868 the following article appeared
Roberts and
Wouldhave of 14 Park Row, Leeds
The above firm,
having dissolved their partnership, the whole of their extensive stock of upholstery
and cabinet furniture will be disposed of, and to facilitate a speedy winding
up of their affairs, the whole will be sold at a considerable reduction from
the ordinary prices for cash only.
Parties about furnishing will find this a rare opportunity of obtaining
first class goods at a low price. The extensive showrooms, upholstery work
premises and dwelling-house in Park Row to be let and remains of unexpired
lease to be disposed of. The cabinet
works with four dwelling houses adjoining, situate in Bentick St, Sunny Bank
with all the working plant and material also to be disposed of.
For particulars as
to property apply as above or to Messrs Cariss and Tempest Solicitors Leeds.
Nov 10th 1868
The family moved to Harrogate in 1871. In the 1871 census
they are living at Upper Parliament House on Parliament Street (now part of the
commercial area in Harrogate) with one servant.
However it would appear that things were not well financially and in
1873 a notice in the Yorkshire Post indicated that John Henry was liquidating
his assets for declaring bankruptcy. John
Henry and Jane moved to London near his brother William Crampton and
family. Sadly they both died in January
1874 within five days of each other. John
Henry’s will was proved by John Lancaster of Hathersage, Derby (a Hotel keeper
and a retired Draper). His effects were
less than £200.
His son William (WI110)(1858-1906) became an upholsterer
and was living in Hull in the 1901 census. His son Edward (ED102)(1865-1943) also
moved to the East Riding; in the 1901 census he is living in York and his
occupation is stationer. He later moved
to Hull where he was a manager in a stationery business.
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| Edward Wouldhave (centre) receiving a retirement gift in 1936 |
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