Chapter 63.5, including 1939 Directory (WIP)
Showing only lines with known issue – see also Squire Summary Tree
John’s gt-grandfather, Alfred, had nine siblings; their gt-grandchildren were John’s third cousins:
Ann Squire (1814-1879) m William Robinson (1809-1864)
Elizabeth Robinson (1833-1912) m John Carter (1828-1893)
- Mary Alice Carter (1858-1945). 1881/1891: at home in Skircoat, a woollen weaver. Skircoat is now a suburb of Halifax but was in Sowerby Bridge District, and the boundaries seem to have shifted over time. 1901/1911: at home in Sowerby Bridge.
- Ann [Annie] Carter (1860) m Fred Hellewell (1859) at St John the Baptist, Halifax in 1882. 1881: at home in Skircoat, Halifax; a woollen weaver. He was a shipper and grader of cotton, and they lived in Wakefield Road, Skircoat. By 1911, he was a carpet labourer.
- This is likely to have been at the Albert Mills, set up in Sowerby in 1889 by Henry James Homfray, who had been trained in Kidderminster, the centre of British carpet making. The bulk of the production remained in rugs until after WWI. (My photos of Kidderminster, including some carpet heritage buildings are here.)
- Edith Hellewell (1885-1950)
- Emily Hellewell (1887-1969)
- Nellie Hellewell (1889-1930)
- Charles [Charley] Carter (1861-1932) m Charlotte Ann Bates (1861-1929) at Christ Church, Sowerby Bridge in 1889
John Robinson (1840-1918) m Harriett Houson (1842-1902)
- Mary Ellen Robinson (1865) m Walter Craven (1867-1941) in York in 1886. In 1881, she was domestic servant in Rufforth. Walter was a fireman (presumably as in stoker), and they lived at 85 Newborough Street, Clifton, York. By 1901, he was an engine driver, and they lived at 52 Upper Newborough Street and, in 1911, around the corner at 16 Ratcliffe Street. He worked for the North Eastern Railway (NER) from York Railway Station.
William Alfred Robinson (1868- c.1942)
Caroline Squire (1823-1888) m William Smith (1805-1888)
William Smith (1847-1928) m Hannah (1854)
- Walter Europe Smith (1880). In 1911, at home, assisting on the farm, in Acaster Selby. No later record found. Several candidates for death record with widely differing dates.
- Edgar Smith (1885) m Ethel Mary ? (1888). He was a farm labourer, and they lived in Acaster Selby.
- William A Smith (1910)
James Smith (1849-1941)
Charles Albert Dawson Smith (1863-1949) m Mary Elizabeth Jagger (1865-1938)
- Caroline Smith (1891-1973) m Charles Worrell (1890-1961) in Tadcaster in 1916. Charles was a farmer, and – later – they lived at Lincroft House, Selby.
- Charles James Worrell (1918-1980)
- George William Smith (1893-1964) m Emily Gill (1896-1982) in Tadcaster in 1919. He was a farmer, and took over Far Farm Tadcaster from his father.
- (George) William Smith (1920-1983)
- Mary Smith (1921-2016)
- Cyril Smith (1926-1998)
- Charles Smith (1934-2009)
- Albert Smith (1896) m Lottie Arnett (1903-1984) in Tadcaster in 1922. He was a farmer. Later, they lived near sister Caroline, at Paradise Lodge, Tadcaster.
- Ernest Smith (1898-1971) m Christiana [Chrissie] Elizabeth Britton (1899-1927) in Tadcaster in 1925. Later, Ernest was a cowman, and they lived Moor Farm Cottage, [West Heslerton] Malton (the farm still exists)
- Barbara Smith (1927)
- == m Muriel Blakey (1910-2005) in Tadcaster in 1930
- Evelyn Smith (1901-1982) m Claude Matthias Jewitt (1895-1968) in Tadcaster in 1926. He was a butcher and shopkeeper, and – later – they lived at Church Street, [Church Fenton] Tadcaster. He volunteered for the Army Reserve in 1914, at which time he was helping on his father’s farm.
- Kathleen Mary Jewitt (1927-2003)
- [Rex] Lesley Jewitt (1928-1988)
- Amy Smith (1903). No record found after 1911.
- Sydney Smith (1908-1990). No record (other than death record) after 1911.
- Lucy Smith (1910-1969) m Ernest Thompson (1908-1983) in Selby in 1935. Later, Ernest was a holder-up for riveting construction (farm buildings?), and they lived in Church Street [Church Fenton], Tadcaster
- Gerald D Thompson (1936-2004)
- Peter Thompson (1946)
Edgar Squire (1827-1902) m Isabella Featherstone (1821-1568)
Henry Squire (1853-1926) m Anne Coldwell (1849)
- Lucy Coldwell (1866). Step-daughter. May have emigrated to USA.
- Wilfred Barlow (1888-1916). Stepson. m Marguerite Helen Woodcock. He was a steelworker, and they lived at 18 Market Street, Penistone.
- Volunteered for WWI in September 1914. Served with 12th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. The Battalion was formed in Sheffield on 5 September 1914 by the Mayor and Town.
- May 1915 : moved to Penkridge Camp (Cannock Chase) and came under orders of 94th Brigade in 31st Division. Went to Ripon in July 1915 and on to Salisbury Plain in October.
December 1915 : moved to Egypt. Went on to France in March 1916. Killed in action 16 May 1916 (before any official battle action).
- Horace Barlow (1890). Stepson. Was conscripted in January 1919, and discharged as no longer physically fit (apparently with the proverbial flat feet) for War Service in August.
- Edgar Featherstone Squire
- Philip Henry J Squire (1925-2001)
- One child