1911 Census
The census was on the 2nd of April
1911. King Edward VII (known as "The Peacemaker") had died nearly a year before
on May 6th 1910 and his second son,
George Frederick Ernest Albert, was now King George V.
Mary Jane Herling had moved to
Preston and up in the world, living at the hotel/inn she now
appeared to own, the Butchers and Commercial Hotel at 360
Brook Street. Although another source gives the owner as William
Sumner. Mary Jane and George had been married for 15 years
and their household
was:
George Millwood Herling aged
37,
head, licensed publican, born Colchester (d. 1914)
Mary
Jane Herling aged 35, wife, proprietoress, born in Oker Hill
(d. 1950)
James Herling aged
13, son, at school, born in Manchester (d. 1985)
George Herling aged 12, son,
at school, born in Bolton (d. 1918)
Annie Herling aged 8,
daughter, at school, born in Bolton (d. 1911)
Also at the hotel premises were:
Joseph Bamber, aged 21,
single, servant, house or cow man, born in Preston
Sarah Hardman, aged 21,
single, servant / barmaid, born in Garstang
Mary Ann Mitchell, aged 58,
widow, house servant, born in Preston
Jane Dunckley, aged 56,
single, house servant, born in Preston
Alice Roscoe, aged 40, single,
visitor, born in Cheshire
Mary Jane's age was
now understated by some sixteen years! Alice Shaw-Herling had left
home, she married Alfred Southworth soon after the census on May
1st. They were living at 22 and 167 Mornington Road, Bolton at the
time. The Herling family had obviously moved from
Bolton to Preston some time between 1903 and 1911. Both parents claimed that
they had four children from their current marriage, all of them
still living - unlikely to be accurate. Annie Frances Milwood
Herling was born in early 1902 and died in Preston later in the
census year. James (Leslie) Herling was about 88 when he died in
Preston in 1985. He married Lene Watt in 1922. Annie Frances May
Herling died in 1911 aged 9
Edward Herling, Mary Jane's
brother-in-law, was still running his own business nearby, the Sumners
Hotel in Fulwood. He had been married to Elizabeth for 12 years and
appears to
have had a car and driver, which was
very rare then. The occupants were:
Edward Herling aged 41, head,
hotel proprietor, born in India (d. 1939)
Elizabeth Herling aged 42,
wife, born in Chipping, Lancashire (d. 1916 in Broughton aged 48)
Edward Herling aged 11, son,
at school, born in Fulwood (d. 1959)
George Herling aged 8, son,
at school, born in Fulwood (d. 1917 in Broughton aged 13)
Elizabeth Arnold aged 44,
domestic servant, born in Aldershot
James Gas aged 28,
chauffeur / motor car driver, born in London
In addition there were seven
"boarders" or guests (and James Gas might have been
associated with them rather than the hotel). The establishment had twenty one rooms.
Edward Herling senior re-married to his step-sister Annie Dewhurst
in 1919. Annie died in 1932 in Broughton aged 58 as Annie Herling.
Mary Jane's brother Joseph Shaw and his wife Mary from Brassington were still
in
Teesside and at 37 Cleveland Street, South Bank, which no longer
exists. He was stated to be 69 and a labourer
for Eston Urban Council, she was 72 (their age difference had
reduced from earlier census years !). However, their son-in-law
William H Drury aged 42, a furnace labourer from Lincolnshire, had moved out
to become a boarder elsewhere in Middlesbrough. His wife Emily (or
Emma), Joseph and Mary's daughter, was not with her parents on
census night. Strangely Joseph and Mary declared that they hadn't
ever had children - perhaps their daughter was adopted as was
William. Mary and
Joseph both died in 1916.
Although he still had two years of
his enlistment remaining William Shaw (presumably before
he called himself William Herlingshaw) was listed as staying as a
visitor/boarder next door to his adopted parents at 41 Cleveland
Street, South Bank, in the home of John William and Emily Whittaker
(there was no number 39). He is listed as a soldier aged 26, single
and born in Manchester.
1911 was the first year that census
forms were filled in by the occupier rather than the visiting
"enumerator". It was interesting from the handwriting that the
returns for 37 and 41 Cleveland Street were clearly filled in and
signed by the same person ! This might be why William was listed as
Shaw.
It is also interesting that Emily
Whittaker was about the same age as Joseph and Mary Shaw's daughter
(Emily / Emma / Anna). Was it the same person, remarried perhaps ? She had been married to John William Whittaker then for 4 years and was
also born in Manchester ! Although John William Whittaker was listed
as marrying Amelia Marshall in 1907.
In 1911 there was an Albert H Shaw living at 4
Cleveland Street.
Mary Jane's brother James Shaw was
still living at 17
Foundry Street, Whittington but his wife Charlotte had died in 1904:
James Shaw aged 50, head,
widower, iron
foundry labourer (no birthplace listed) (d. 1935)
John Samuel Shaw aged 21, son,
pottery labourer, born
in Whittington (d. 1968)
Alfred James Shaw aged 14, son,
moulder, born in Whittington (d. 1962)
Charles William Shaw aged 12,
son, born in Whittington (d. 1983)
Mary Ann Thompson aged 60,
widow, housekeeper
Mary Jane's brother George Henry Shaw
was living at Milltown, Ashover in a 5 room house:
George Henry Shaw aged 57,
head, spar miner in the iron industry, born in Wensley (d. 1940)
Emma Shaw aged 58, wife, born
in
Woolley (probably d. 1923)
Hannah Shaw aged 21, daughter,
single, "at home", born in Handley
Edwin Shaw aged 17, son,
single, carter on farm, born in Dick Lant
Sarah Jane Shaw aged 14,
daughter, "at home", born in Dick Lant
Harriett Mary Spencer aged 4,
granddaughter, born in Woolley
George Henry Shaw and Emma had been
married for 37 years and had nine children, eight still alive.
George Henry's daughter Mary AR Shaw
had married John G Holmes and was living in Milltown, Ashover in a
five room house with her new husband:
John Holmes aged 28, head,
carpenter in the "spar industry", born in Ashover
Mary Holmes aged 24, wife,
born in Ashover
John and Mary had a son called
Joseph in 1914, a daughter called Grace in 1923 and another called
Nancy born in 1925, perhaps other children. John's full name was
John Gaunt Holmes, his father was Joseph Robert James Holmes and his
mother Eliza. Mary died in Q2 1932. John in 1964, both in
Chesterfield.
Mary Jane's sister, Elizabeth Ann Smedley (née Shaw) was now 56 and living with her coal miner husband
James in Shirland. They had one child that was not living at home
(who would have been Mary Elizabeth Smedley).
Another sister, Martha Ellen Jarvis
(née Shaw) was now 45 and living with her husband Charles Henry
Jarvis aged 38 and
their two daughters, Edith Annie (20) and Jessie Elizabeth (15) at
573 Station Road, Morton, a 4 room dwelling 3 miles north of Alfreton.
He was a coal miner/hewer and was born in Blaby, Leicestershire.
Edith Annie was born in Elton, Jessie Elizabeth in Chesterfield.
Charles Henry Jarvis died in Q2
1939 in Chesterfield. Edith Annie probably married William Bennett
in Q4 1911, Jessie Elizabeth might have married Herbert W Hunt. The
terraced house at 573 Station Road, Morton still exists (below):
James Shaw of Wensley was still in
the village but
now recorded at Prospect Cottage. His wife Hannah completed the census and
declared that they had been married for 25 years (ie in 1886) and
had no children. She also stated that the cottage had seven rooms.
This seems to have been where they had been since at least 1891 as
they are listed as residents there in the May 1891 Kelly's
Directory. Prospect Cottage has either been renamed or no longer
exists. James died within weeks of the 1911 census on 6th May,
Hannah on 31st March 1924 aged 88. James effects totalled £781 15s
3d and were left to George Shaw (iron works clerk), John Colman
(grocer) and his wife. Hannah's effects when she died in 1924
totalled £1,840 10s and were left to Ellen Tonge (spinster) and
David Appleton (warehouseman).
James Shaw aged 85,
head, retired Police Superintendent, born in Wensley (d. 1911)
Hannah Shaw aged 75,
wife, born in Manchester (d. 1924)
Hannah Wagstaff aged 28,
servant, single, born in Wensley.
This might be Prospect Cottage, to
the right of the chapel in Main Road, Wensley:
Ann Shaw was living with her daughter
at Darley Bridge:
Ann Shaw aged 72, head,
widow, born in Boothby Graffon, Lincolnshire
Lydia Hannah Shaw aged
29, daughter, single, "at home", born in Darley Bridge.
Elizabeth Shaw was living in
Snitterton. It is not clear if she was related to the family.
Elizabeth Shaw aged 73
(or 93), head, widow, living on her own means, born in
Nottinghamshire
Ellen Aldred aged 32,
visitor, single, "useful help", born in Sheffield
Frances Jane Milward Walmsley (née
Herling), one of George Milward Herling's sisters, was the wife of
George Henry Walmsley, a publican
aged 33 at the Selborne Hotel in Frenchwood, Preston. By then she
had five children and all kept the Milward middle name. They were
James Millward Walmesley (b. 1902), Bernard Millward Walmsley (b.
1904),
Mary Millward Walmsley (b. 1906), Albert George Millward Walmsley
(b. 1908) and Jessie Millward Walmsley (b. 1909). Other children born later were
Frances Edith Millward (b. 1911) Gertrude AF (b. 1913,
d. 1995), Edward M (b. 1914) and Betty M
(b. 1921). In 1932 and probably earlier Frances was the licensee of
The Selborne, George Henry Walmsley died in early 1928 aged 48. Frances Jane died
in 1944 aged about 66. James Millward Walmsley married Elizabeth
Grisdale (b. 1899) in 1931 in Preston.
Frances Jane Herling and George
Henry Walmsley married at St Jude with St Paul in Preston in 1901.
The Selborne Hotel at 65 James
Street, Preston on the corner of Bence Road closed in about 2004
after more than 110 years.
It still appears to be empty, the very first license application was
made in about 1892.
Jessie Farrar (née Herling), now aged
37 had moved with her husband Albert to Halifax where he came from.
They had no children but seemed quite prosperous as they lived in a
nine-roomed house and had a servant.
Maud Mary Harding (née Herling) was
now aged 42 and a widow living at 48 Frenchwood Street (a five room
terraced house which still exists today) in Preston with her daughter
Maud Charnley Harding who was 15 and at school. Her husband William
Charnley Harding had died in Preston in 1907. There were two
boarders staying at the house also.
Lilly Shaw aged 34, born in Darley
was living in Derby.
William Alfred Shaw aged 34, born in
Darley was living in Ardwick, South Manchester.
Maud Millicent Shaw aged 32, born in
Darley was living in Broughton, Salford.
Robert Hargreaves, later to become
the second husband of Mary Jane Shaw / Herling, was living with his
first wife and family at Boyes (or Boyses) Farm, Durton Lane,
Broughton (Lancashire). They had been married for 23 years and had
three children.
Robert Hargreaves aged
50, head, dairy farmer, born in Woodplumpton
Mary Ann Hargreaves
(née Myerscough),
aged 47, wife, born in Fulwood (d. 1925)
Esther Hargreaves, aged
22, daur, dairy worker, born in Broughton
Jane Hargreaves, aged
20, daur, dairy worker, born in Broughton
Thomas Hargreaves, aged
18, son, farm worker, born in Broughton
Richard Bamber, aged 13,
servant, farm worker, born in Whittingham
Richard Bamber was probably the
son of Thomas Bamber who was working for Robert Hargreaves in 1891.
Thomas Hargreaves had a son called Robert, b. 24/6/1919, d. Q3 1978.
Robert jr. married Alice Smith on 29/12/1943 and they had two
children.
Matthias Ambrose Shaw's
daughter-in-law Catharine was still in Pendleton, at 6 Shuttleworth
Street:
Arthur Shaw aged 24,
head, grocer's assistant, born in Salford
Catherine Shaw aged 48,
mother, widow, born in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Albert Shaw aged 20,
son, beer bottler, born in Salford
Joseph Shaw aged 18,
son, grocer's assistant, born in Salford
Kathleen Shaw aged 16,
daur, cardboard box maker, born in Salford
Catherine Shaw seems to have died
in 1940 or 1941.
Thomas Clay was still living in
Wensley but his wife Sarah Shaw Clay had died in 1906 and he had
remarried to Martha Kate Elliot on 28/9/1909:
Thomas Clay aged 47,
head, lead miner (getter), born in Wensley (d. 6/10/1928, buried
10/10/1928 at South Darley)
Martha Kate Clay aged
49, wife, born in Newcastle, Staffs (d. 9/1/1933 in S. Darley)
Evelyn Wilson aged 46,
visitor, married, born in Newcastle, Staffs
Arline Elliot Wilson
aged 22, visitor, single, born in Newcastle, Staffs
Thomas and Martha Kate had been
married for two years and had no children.
William Shaw Clay was now listed as
aged 31 an unmarried lead miner and a boarder at 2, Eagle Terrace,
Wensley, the home of William Taylor Webster and his wife Clara.
William d. 27/12/1935, buried 4/1/1936.
Annie Dewhurst aged 37 was living as
a "companion" with 60 year-old, German-born Helena Turner in
Hastings.
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