The Earle & Welford Families of Yorkshire, England 1268 - 1911
The Earle & Welford Families       of Yorkshire, England               1268 - 1911

Descendants of Joseph Welford [1774-1823]

Note

 

Due to the large number of Welford families and individuals inhabiting the parishes of Hinderwell, Lythe, Danby & Egon in the 19th century it seemed logical to follow the family line from each of the children, or grand children of Ralph & Hannah Welford of Brotton from whom most Welfords in the above areas are descended. Hopefully this will avoid confusion and make the reading of the family trees clearer

 

The following family information follows the descendants of Ralph & Hannah's son, Joseph Welford born in Brotton in 1774 and who died at Roxby in 1823 

 

St Oswald's Church, Lythe

 

Marriage – 10th February 1807

Joseph Wellford (signed Welford), of the parish of Brotton - gent & Mary Wilson, of this parish were married by special license - witnessed by John Wilson & Hannah Wilson

 

Note

 

The marriage of Joseph & Mary is also recorded as taking place at Ugthorpe on the same day according to the surviving Catholic registers. Perhaps their wedding was repeated in their true faith and that of their ancestors.

 

Ugthorpe is one of the oldest Catholic missions in the county, dating from the time of the Very Rev. Nicholas Postgate, D.D., who was executed at York in 1679, in the 83rd year of his age, for saying mass and exercising his priestly functions. He had laboured 50 years on the mission, and his sole offence was that he had baptised a child. Thomas Ward, who was born at Danby Castle in 1652, and became a Catholic later in life, alludes to Father Postgate in a footnote to his poem called "England's Reformation." He says: "His (Postgate's) cell was upon a lingey moor, about five miles from Whitby. An exciseman, in hopes of getting twenty pounds (which he never did), apprehended him at Whitby; he was condemned at York, where he suffered, not as a plotter, but only as a priest. I knew him well." It appears, however, that the exciseman did receive some reward, for at the Quarter Sessions held at Thirsk, April 29th, 1679, the sum of three pounds was awarded as a gratuity to John Reeves, the gauger, late of Whitby, towards his charges at the Assizes in presecuting Nicholas Postgate, by him apprehended and taken, and upon his prosecution there found guilty of being a Popish priest. "Reeves did not," adds a writer in the "Whitby Gazette," "long enjoy the wages of treachery, as he perished miserably by his own hand." From that time there has been a continuous line of priests, who have ministered to the spiritual wants of the Catholics in this moorland district. During the operation of the penal laws against Catholics, they passed under assumed names, and travelled about in various disguises, saying mass in lonely and out-of-the-way farmhouses and cottages, and hiding in a secret chamber or recess in the house of some friend when danger was near. A more tolerant spirit began to prevail towards the middle of the 18th century: the fires of Smithfield had burnt out, and the scaffold was no longer reddened with the blood of men whose only crime was that of being Catholic priests. In 1678, a room was fitted for a chapel, and in 1812 a more commodious structure was erected. This was superseded by the present church, and is now used as a school.

 

Ugthorpe Registers

 

Baptism – 6th March 1808

Hannah daughter of Joseph & Mary Welford - Godparents, William Welford & Abigail Wilson

 

Baptism – 27th October 1809

Ralph son of Joseph & Mary Welford - Godparents, William Welford & Ann White (born Brotton)

 

Baptism – 9th November 1810

Helen daughter of Joseph & Mary Welford - Godparents, John Harrison & Mary Readman

 

Baptism – 27th January 1812

George son of Joseph & Mary Welford - Godparents, John Hodgson & Hannah Wilson (born Brotton)

 

Baptism – 14th May 1813

Martha daughter of Joseph & Mary Welford (born Brotton)

 

St Nicholas's Church, Roxby

 

Burial – 9th July 1823

Joseph Welford

 

Ugthorpe Registers

 

16th September 1827

Hannah Welford Godmother to Mary Hoggarth daughter of William & Elizabeth Hoggarth (nee Wilson)

 

St Hilda's Church, Hinderwell

 

Marriage – 27th July 1835

Martha Welford & John Smallwood

 

St Nicholas's Church, Roxby

 

Burial – 5th October 1837

Helen Welford

 

Burial – 14th February 1840

Mary Welford

 

Ugthorpe Registers

 

27th February 1841

Hannah Welford Godmother to Martha daughter of John & Martha Smallwood (nee Welford)

 

1841 Census

 

Newton, Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/1256/8)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ralph Welford

30

Farmer

Yorkshire

Hannah Welford [sister]

30

Female Servant

Yorkshire

Dorothy Cook 14 Female Servant Yorkshire
Ralph Womprey 20 Man Servant Yorkshire
Richard Harrison 15 Man Servant Yorkshire

 

Roxby Village, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/1255/15)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Welford

25

Farmer

Yorkshire

Joseph Welford 25 - Yorkshire
Mary Welford 20 - Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – September 1842 (vol 24 pg 493)

Ralph Welford & Mary Codling

 

St Hedda's Church, Egton

 

Marriage – 2nd September 1843

Hannah Welford & William Readman, witnessed by Ralph & Mary Welford

William Readman 1814-1904

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – December 1843 (vol 24 pg 597)

George Welford & Ann Isabella Cook

 

1851 Census

 

Newton Village, Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2374)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ralph Welford (head)

41

Farmer of 138 acres

Brotton, Yorkshire

Mary Welford (wife)

31

-

Newton Village, Yorkshire

Matthew Welford (son) 8 Scholar Newton Village, Yorkshire
Mary Welford (daughter) 6 Scholar Newton Village, Yorkshire
Joseph Welford (son) 5 Scholar Newton Village, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 2 - Newton Village, Yorkshire
Ann Welford (daughter) 11 mths - Newton Village, Yorkshire
Diana Robinson (servant) 15 House Servant Eskdaleside, Yorkshire
Richard Harrison (servant) 24 Farm Servant Ugthorpe, Yorkshire
John Elliot (servant) 15 Farm Servant Brotton, Yorkshire

 

Staithes, Easington, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2375)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Welford (head)

39

Farmer of 113 acres employing 4 labourers

Brotton, Yorkshire

Ann Welford (wife)

30

-

Brotton, Yorkshire

Martha Smallwood (visitor) 13 Scholar Commondale, Yorkshire
Hannah Allimand (servant) 20 House Servant Easington, Yorkshire
Johnathan Roe (servant) 16 Farm Servant Egton, Yorkshire
John Harker (servant) 14 Farm Servant Loftus, Yorkshire

 

Roxby Village, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: HO107/2374)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head/un)

35

Farmer of 144 acres

Brotton, Yorkshire

Mary Welford (sister) 34 Housekeeper Brotton, Yorkshire
Ann Harrison (servant) 24 Servant Goathland, Yorkshire
Frank Pinkney (servant) 20 Farm Servant Goathland, Yorkshire
Luke Readman (servant) 21 Farm Servant Roxby, Yorkshire
George Pearson (servant) 10 Farm Servant Egton, Yorkshire
John Henson (visitor) 30 Farmer Egton, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths for the Guisborough district  – March 1853 (vol 9b pg 293)

Ann Isabella Welford

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – March 1853 (vol 9b pg 247)

Matthew Welford

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – June 1855 (vol 9d pg 639)

George Welford & Margaret Suggett

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – June 1856 (vol 9d pg 251)

Mary Welford

 

1861 Census

 

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG9/3650)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ralph Welford (head/wid)

51

Farmer of 143 acres

Brotton, Yorkshire

Mary Welford (daughter) 17 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Joseph Welford (son) 15 Farmers Son Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 13 Farmers Son Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Ann Welford (daughter) 10 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Ellen Welford (daughter) 8 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Francis Hodgson (servant) 34 Carter Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Mary Harrison (servant) 23 General Servant Aislaby, Yorkshire

 

Corrbar Farm, Lofthouse, Easington, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG9/3651)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Welford (head)

49

Farmer of 112 acres employing 3 men

Roxby, Yorkshire

Margaret Welford (wife)

41

Farmers Wife

Roxby, Yorkshire

John Cook (servant) 18 Farm Servant Roxby, Yorkshire
Hannah Grinsdale (serv) 17 Farm Servant Roxby, Yorkshire

 

Roxby Village, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG9/3650)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head/un)

46

Farmer of 157 acres employing 1 labourer

Roxby, Yorkshire

Margaret Wren (servant) 20 Housekeeper Easington, Yorkshire
Sarah Hutchinson (serv) 20 General Servant Egton, Yorkshire
John Welford (servant) 17 Plough Man Ellerby, Yorkshire
William Newbiggin (serv) 19 Plough Man N.K.
Thomas Featherstone (ser) 12 - Roxby, Yorkshire

 

Last Will & Testament

 

George Welford - 12th December 1865

This is the last Will and Testament of me George Welford of the township of Easington in Cleveland in the County of York, farmer made this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five. I appoint my brother, Joseph Welford of Roxby in Cleveland aforesaid, farmer to be the master and Executor of this my Will. I give and bequeath all my household furniture, plate, linen, china and household effects (but not my live or dead farming stock) unto my wife, Margaret Welford absolutely exempt from the sum of my funeral and testamentary expense and debts. I give unto my nephew, John Welford (the son of my brother Ralph Welford) my farmers dictionary (my two volumes). And I give unto my niece Eleanor Harrison my family bible (in two volumes). And I give and bequeath unto my said master and executor Joseph Welford his executors and administrators all my money, securities for money and live and dead farming stock implements and utensils of husbandry and all other my personal estate and effects not hereinbefore specifically disposed of upon trust to sell and dispose of get in and convert into money the same and deduct from the same my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts. And I hereby declare and direct that the said Joseph Welford his executors and administrators shall stand possessed of the residue of the money to use in the manner aforesaid.....

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – December 1868 (vol 9d pg 829)

Joseph Welford & Ann Wren

 

Last Will & Testament

 

Joseph Welford - 11th June 1870

This is the last Will and Testament of me Joseph Welford of the township of Roxby in the County of York, farmer made this eleventh day of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy. I appoint my cousin Joseph Welford of Roxby aforesaid, farmer and my reputed son John Welford Mainman commonly called John Welford (hereinafter called John Welford Mainman) to be Executors of this my Will and trustees for the purposes hereinafter expressed. And I declare that they or other the trustees and any the sole trustee of this my Will are and is hereinafter referred to as my trustees. I bequeath to my wife Ann Welford my bed and bedstead with the bedding and all belonging thereto in the parlour of the house wherein I now reside my best set of china, half a dozen silver tea spoons, my sugar tongs, half a dozen of my best knives and forks, my set of common tea service and also such other articles of furniture and household effects (in addition to the above) as she in her uncontrolled discretion may select, but so that such last mentioned or additional articles do not together exceed in value the sum of five pounds sterling. I devise all the real estate to which I shall be entitled at my decease and I bequeath all the personal estate not herein otherwise disposed of to which I shall be then entitled unto to the use of my said trustees hereinbefore named as to the real and personal estate not belonging to me beneficially upon trust to dispose thereof according to the equities affecting the same. And as to the real and personal estate belonging to me beneficially which is hereinafter referred to as the said trust premises upon trust in the first place by exercising the powers to sell and morgage hereinafter contained or by such means as my trustees shall deem expedient to pay my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts and the leagacy succession and other duties payable in respect af any gift or bequest herein contained and all such other sums of money as my trustees in their uncontrolled discretion shall from time to time think proper to pay in the management of the said premises. And subject and without prejudice to the trusts aforesaid upon trust to pay unto my said wife an annuity or yearly sum of twenty pounds during her life, but in case my said wife shall marry again then the said annuity of twenty pounds shall be reduced to an annuity of ten pounds and shall be for her sole and separate use free from marital control and without power to anticipate the growing payments thereof. And I direct that the said annuity of twenty pounds or ten pounds as the case may require shall be paid without deduction by equal quaterly payments in every year together with a proportionate part for a period of less than three calendar months down to and including the day of assessing the said annuity or substituted annuity the first payment of the said annuity of twenty pounds to be made on the expiration of three calendar months next after my decease and the first payment of the said annuity of ten pounds to be made on the expiration of three calendar months next after the marriage of my said wife as aforesaid if she shall be living at the respective periods aforesaid. And I direct my said trustees out of the same trust moneys to appropriate a sum sufficient at the period of appropriation as a fund for answering in the first instance the said annuity of twenty pounds to my said wife and on her marriage again for answering the said substituted annuity of ten pounds by investing the same sum in their names in some , one or more of the investments or securities following and those only (that is to say) the public stocks or funds or Government securities of the United Kingdom real or leasehold securities in England and not elsewhere (such leaseholds having not less than sixty years unexpired at the time of the investments thereon respectively) and the bonds, debentures or debenture stock or guaranteed stock or shares of any railway or dock company in England authorised by special Act of Parliament and at the time of the investments thereon respectively paying dividends on ordinary stock or shares. And I empower my said trustees to vary such investments at their discretionfor any other or others of the kinds prescribed, but so that such investments shall not be varied so long as my wife shall remain my widow without her previous consent in writing. And I declare that from and after such appropriation the residue of the same trust moneys and premises shall be liberated from the trust for payment of the said annuity, but the appropriation fund shall (without prejudice to the said annuity) be subject to the trusts hereinafter declared concerning the said trust premises and as to the said trust premises (subject and without prejudice to the trusts aforesaid) upon trust for the said John Welford Mainman his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns absolutely. I empower my trustees during the continuance of any of the trusts herein contained to let my real estate (if any) from year-to-year or for any term not exceeding seven years in possession at the best rent and also (with the powers and subject to the requisitions contained in such behalf in the Act of twenty-third and twenty-fourth Victoria Chapter one hundred and forty five) to mortgage, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of and convert into money all or any part of the said trust premises as and when they shall think it expediant so to do. And I declare that no purchaser or other person shall be concerned about the propriety of any disposition made by my trustees under the powers aforesaid. And generally I empower my trustees to manage and direct the said trust premises in such manner as they in their uncontrolled discretion shall think best. I devise all real estate (if any) vested in me as trustee or mortgagee to the said Joseph Welford and John Welford Mainman subject to the equities affecting the same respectively. I empower my said trustees to give receipts for all moneys and effects to be paid or delivered to them by virtue of my will and declare that such receipts shall exonerate the persons taking the same from liability to see to the application or disposition of the moneys or effects therein mentioned. And whenever by death desiring to be discharged unfitness to act or otherwise there shall not be two trustees of this my will resident in England competant and willing to act in the trusts aforesaid. I empower my said wife during her widowhood and after her death or marriage any person or persons who shall be or shall have been a trustee or trustees of this my will and if there shall not be any such person then the executors or administrators by an instrument in writing to appoint a new trustee or trustees so as to fill up the original number or to increase the same. And I direct that every new trustee shall be an executor of this my will and such new trustee or trustees shall as well before as after the trust premises shall be vested in him or them have the same powers in all respects as the trustees hereby appointed. And I declare that the previous clauses so far as they concern my trustees hereinafter named shall extend and apply to the trustee and trustees for the time being of my Will. And I revoke all other wills in witness whereof I have signed my name at the foot or end of this my Will the day and year first before written in the presence of the two subscribing witnesses

 

Joseph Welford

 

The above writing having been signed by Joseph Welford of the township of Roxby in the County of York, farmer as his alst Will in the presence of us present at the same time we without quitting his presence do attest and subscribe the same in his presence and in the presence of each other

 

Matthew Gray, solicitor, Whitby

Thomas Jackson Atkinson, his Clerk

 

Note

 

Even the most mundane wills such as the one above can provide useful pieces of geneological information. Here we learn that Joseph has an illegitimate child named John Welford Mainman with whom he is obviously close to given he is made an executor of the will. In the census of 1861 John is noted a working on the farm as a plough man and is still there 10 years later. This information helps connect another family to the Welford tree without which it would have been difficult to ascertain.

 

Secondly Joseph's cousin, also named Joseph Welford is made the other executor of the will. This Joseph is likely to be the son of Ralph Welford also farming at Roxby at the time the will was written

 

1871 Census

 

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG10/4850)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ralph Welford (head/wid)

61

Farmer of 150 acres

Newton, Yorkshire

Mary Welford (daughter) 27 House Keeper Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Joseph Welford (son) 25 Farmers Son Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 23 Farmers Son Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Ann Welford (daughter) 20 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Ellen Welford (daughter) 18 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
Hannah Welford (dau) 16 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
George Marley (servant) 34 Farm Servant Barnby, Yorkshire
Darley Welburn (servant) 13 Farm Servant Barnby, Yorkshire

 

Corrbar Farm, Lofthouse, Easington, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG10/4850)

name

age

trade

birth place

George Welford (head)

59

Farmer

Brotton, Yorkshire

Margaret Welford (wife)

49

Farmers Wife

Moorsholm, Yorkshire

Thomas Suggett (nephew) 11 Scholar Borrowby, Yorkshire

 

Farm House, Roxby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG10/4850)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head)

56

Farmer of 135 acres

Roxby, Yorkshire

Ann Welford (wife) 42 - Easington, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 27 Farmers Son Roxby, Yorkshire
John Feathersone (servant) 26 Farm Servant Roxby, Yorkshire
Thomas Kelborn (servant) 16 Farm Servant Roxby, Yorkshire
William Hugill (servant) 14 Farm Servant Ugthorpe, Yorkshire
Martha Harrison (servant) 16 Farm Servant Ugthorpe, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – June 1871 (vol 9d pg 389)

Ralph Welford, aged 61

 

Probate

 

Ralph Welford  – 24th July 1871

The Will of Ralph Welford late of Newton Mulgrave in the Parish of Lythe in the County of York farmer who died 7th May 1871 at Newton Mulgrave was proved at York by George Welford of Hinderwell in the said County, farmer the Brother and Thomas Codling of Borrowby in the said Parish farmer, the executors

 

Effects under £450

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – September 1872 (vol 9d pg 339)

George Welford, aged 60

 

Probate

 

George Welford  – 19th November 1872

The Will of George Welford formerly of the Township of Easington in Cleveland, but late of the Parish of Hinderwell both in the County of York farmer who died 25th June 1872 at Hinderwell was proved at York by Joseph Welford of the Twonship of Roxby Cleveland, farmer the Brother the sole executor

 

Effects under £1,000

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Easington district  – December 1873 (vol 10a pg 803)

John Welford & Ann Richardson

 

Marriages for the Middlesborough district  – June 1877 (vol 9d pg 860)

Hannah Welford & James Readman

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – December 1879 (vol 9d pg 313)

Ann Welford, aged 26 [wife of John married in 1873]

 

Marriages for the Easington district  – June 1880 (vol 9d pg 693)

John Welford & Ann Codling

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – December 1880 (vol 9d pg 869)

John Welford Maiman & Margaret Wren

 

1881 Census

 

Roxby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4837)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head)

66

Farmer of 140 acres

Roxby, Yorkshire

Ann Welford (wife) 52 - Roxby, Yorkshire
George Robinson (servant) 19 Farmers Servant (indoor) Roxby, Yorkshire
George Canby (servant) 18 Farm Servant (indoor) Hinderwell, Yorkshire

 

Lealholme Hall, Glaisdale, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4832)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head)

37

Farmer of 175 acres employing 2 men & 2 boys

Roxby, Yorkshire

Margaret Welford (wife) 36 Farmers wife Roxby, Yorkshire
Mary Knaggs (servant) 17 General Domestic Servant Danby, Yorkshire
Joseph Welford (servant) 19 Farm Servant Indoors Roxby, Yorkshire
Henry Taylor (servant) 17 Farm Servant Indoors Roxby, Yorkshire
Thomas Branch (servant) 16 Farm Servant Indoors Glaisdale, Yorkshire

 

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4837)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head/un)

35

Farmer of 138 acres

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Ellen Welford (sister) 28 House Keeper Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
George Raw (servant) 24 Farm Servant Indoor Hinderwell, Yorkshire
Joseph Harrison (servant) 23 Farm Servant Indoor Egton, Yorkshire
Peter Harrison (servant) 13 Farm Servant Indoor Ugthorpe, Yorkshire
Jane Roe (servant) 16 General Servant Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

 

Farm House, Lythe, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4837)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head)

33

Farmer of 62 acres

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Ann Welford (wife) 24 - Easington, Yorkshire
William Lumbley (servant 18 Farm Servant Indoor Heslington, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Watson (servant) 13 General Servant Glaisdale, Yorkshire

 

Easington, Loftus, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG11/4839)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ann Welford (servant)

30

General Domestic Servant

Hinderwell, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – December 1881 (vol 9d pg 913)

Joseph Welford & Ann Welford

 

Marriages for the Guisborough district  – December 1884 (vol 9d pg 919)

Ann Welford & John Smith

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - March 1885 (vol 9d pg 304)

Mary Welford

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - September 1886 (vol 9d pg 317)

Jane Welford

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - June 1888 (vol 9d pg 313)

John Welford

 

Deaths for the Skirlaugh District - March 1890 (vol 9d pg 241)

Mary Welford, aged 4

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - June 1890 (vol 9d pg 309)

Ralph Welford

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – June 1890 (vol 9b pg 316)

Joseph Welford, aged 76

 

Probate

 

Joseph Welford - 7th July 1890

The Will of Joseph Welford late of the Township of Roxby in the County of York, farmer who died 8th May 1890 at Roxby ws proved at York by John Welford of Roxby, farmer one of the Executors

 

Personal Estate £1,729 10s 6d

 

Bulmer's Directory of Trades & Professions 1890

 

Roxby Township

John Welford - Farmer, Oak House

 

Lythe Township

John Welford - Farmer

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – March 1891 (vol 9d pg 671)

Ellen Welford & Robert Stainthorp

 

1891 Census

 

Lythe Village, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG12/3996)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head)

43

Farmer

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Ann Welford (wife) 34 - Boulby Barns, Yorkshire
Ralph Welford (son) 9 Scholar Lythe, Yorkshire
Mary Welford (daughter) 8 Scholar Lythe, Yorkshire
Ann Welford (daughter) 5 Scholar Lythe, Yorkshire
John Raw (servant 20 Farm Servant Ugthorpe, Yorkshire
Eliza J Duck (servant) 16 Domestic Servant Lofthouse, Yorkshire
Alfred Noble (servant) 14 Farm Servant Fylingdales, Yorkshire

 

Oak House, Roxby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG12/3996)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head)

46

Farmer

Roxby, Yorkshire

Margaret Welford (wife) 45 - Easington, Yorkshire
Ann Welford (mother) 63 Widow Easington, Yorkshire
George Wallis (visitor) 58 Not in buisness Roxby, Yorkshire
Isaac Welford (servant) 19 Farm Servant Roxby, Yorkshire
Emma Welford (servant) 16 Domestic Servant Roxby, Yorkshire

 

Withernwick Grange, Skirlaugh, East Riding (PRO Ref: RG12/3950)

name

age

trade

birth place

George* Welford (head)

45

Farmer

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Ann Welford (wife)

35

-

Newton Brows, Yorkshire

James Welford (son) 9 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
Jane Welford (daughter) 4 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 2 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
Ralf Welford (son) 1 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
Jane Raw (servant) 26 Servant America House, Yorkshire
Flora Ray (servant) 14 Servant Elerby, Yorkshire
William Robinson (serv) 21 Servant Macealby, Yorkshire
John Cussens (servant) 19 Servant Elerby, Yorkshire
John Noble (servant) 19 Servant Grosmont, Yorkshire
Edward Cheny (servant) 13 Servant N.K.

 

  * This should be 'Joseph' Welford according to other records

Withernwick Grange c1991

Bulmer's Directory of Trades & Professions for 1892

 

Withernwick Township

Joseph Welford - Farmer, Withernwick Grange

 

Kelley's Directory of North & East Ridings of Yorkshire 1893

 

Withernwick

John Welford - Farmer, The Grange, Hull

 

Roxby

John Welford - Farmer, Oak House

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - June 1893 (vol 9d pg 338)

George Welford

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - March 1895 (vol 9d pg 339)

Joseph Welford

 

Births for the Skirlaugh District - March 1898 (vol 9d pg 341)

William Welford

 

Deaths for the Skirlaugh District - December 1900 (vol 9d pg 213)

William Welford, aged 2

 

Deaths for the Whitby district  – March 1901 (vol 9b pg 325)

Ann Welford, aged 71

 

1901 Census

 

Loftus Grange Farm, Loftus, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4564)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head)

52

Farmer

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Annie Welford (wife) 44 - Easington, Yorkshire
Ralph Welford (son) 19 Farmers Son Lythe, Yorkshire
Mary Welford (daughter) 18 - Lythe, Yorkshire
Annie Welford (daughter) 15 - Lythe, Yorkshire
Fred Walker (servant 32 Groom Egton, Yorkshire
Lydia Metcalf (servant) 15 Domestic Servant Middlesbrough, Yorkshire

 

Oak House, Roxby, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4562)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head)

56

Farmer

Yorkshire

Margaret Welford (wife) 56 - Easington, Yorkshire
Margaret Lewis (servant) 17 Domestic Servant Kettleness, Yorkshire
William Laverick (servant) 13 Farm Labourer Yorkshire
Mrs Sims (visitor) 40 - N.K.

 

The Grange, Withernwick, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4513)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head)

45

Farmer

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Annie Welford (wife)

45

-

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

James Welford (son) 19 - Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 12 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
Ralph Welford (son) 11 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
George Welford (son) 7 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
Joseph Welford (son) 6 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
David Barker (servant) 22 Foreman on farm Arnold, Yorkshire
Charles Bolton (servant) 21 Waggoner Hessle, Yorkshire
Richard Megson (servant) 17 Third lad on farm Beverley, Yorkshire
James Ward (servant) 15 Fourth lad on farm Langton, Yorkshire
Alice Dobson (servant) 22 Domestic Servant Hinderwell, Yorkshire

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – June 1906 (vol 9d pg 929)

Ralph Welford & Mary Ann Hogarth

 

Marriages for the Whitby district  – June 1907 (vol 9d pg 907)

James Welford & Annie Raw

 

Deaths for the Guisborough district  – June 1910 (vol 9d pg 284)

Annie Welford, aged 53

 

1911 Census

 

Grange Farm, Loftus, Yorkshire (Nr 294)

name

age

trade

birth place

John Welford (head/wid)

63

Farmer

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Mary Welford (daughter) 28 Farmers Daughter - Dairy Lythe, Yorkshire
Annie Welford (daughter) 25 Farmers daughter - Dairy Lythe, Yorkshire
James Sephenson (serv) 17 General Servant Eskdaleside, Yorkshire
William Temple (servant) 21 General Servant Lingdale, Yorkshire

The Grange (nr Hull), Withernwick, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4513)

name

age

trade

birth place

Joseph Welford (head)

65

Farmer (employer)

Newton, Yorkshire

Annie Welford (wife)

55

-

Newton, Yorkshire

Jennie Welford (daughter) 24 At Home Withernwick, Yorkshire
John Welford (son) 22 Working on farm Withernwick, Yorkshire
Ralph Welford (son) 21 Working on farm Withernwick, Yorkshire
Agnes Welford (daughter) 19 - Withernwick, Yorkshire
George Welford (son) 17 Working on farm Withernwick, Yorkshire
Joseph Welford (son) 16 Working on Farm Withernwick, Yorkshire
George Butler (servant) 19 Waggoner on farm Mapleton, Yorkshire
William Beadle (servant) 14 Farm labourer Fitling, Yorkshire
Harriet May Dalton (serv) 15 General domestic servant Ellerker, Yorkshire

 

  Census Note: Married 30 years, 9 children born alive, 7 still living

Rose Hill Farm, Loftus, Yorkshire (Nr 324)

name

age

trade

birth place

Ralph Welford (head)

29

Farmer

Lythe, Yorkshire

Mary Ann Welford (wife) 31 - Goldsborough, Yorkshire
Esther Annie Welford (dau) 3 - Loftus, Yorkshire
John Ambrose Welford (s) 2 - Loftus, Yorkshire
Michael Wilkinson (servant) 14 Boy on Farm Not Given
Annie Conway (servant) 16 General Servant Bradford

Ellerby Grange, Skirlaugh, Hull, Yorkshire (PRO Ref: RG13/4513)

name

age

trade

birth place

James Welford (head)

29

Farmer

Newton Mulgrave, Yorkshire

Annie Welford (wife)

34

-

Liverton, Yorkshire

Gladys M Welford (dau) 8 mths - Ellerby, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire

Oak House, Roxby, Yorkshire (Nr.14)

name

age

trade

birth place

John M Welford (head)

65

Farmer

Roxby, Yorkshire

Margaret Welford (wife) 62 - Easington, Yorkshire
Mary Wren (servant) 16 Domestic Servant Roxby, Yorkshire

Probate

 

12th July 1912

Ann Welford of the Grange, Withernwick, Yorkshire (wife of Joseph Welford) died 20th May 1912. Probate London 12th July to James Welford and John Welford - farmers

 

Effects £1,778 1s 5d

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Deaths for the Skirlaugh District - June 1912 (vol 9d pg 365)

Annie Welford, aged 56

 

Kelley's Trade Directory of the North & East Ridings of Yorkshire 1913

 

Farmers

James Welford - Ellerby Grange, Ellerby, Hull

John Welford - Low Skirlington, Atwick, Hull

Ralph Welford - Loftus

John Welford - Loftus

 

Probate

 

29th September 1913

Joseph Welford (the younger) of the Grange, Withernwick, Yorkshire died 16th August 1912 at the Hospital, Calgary, Canada. Administration London 29th September to Joseph Welford - farmer

 

Effects £246 10s 1d

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Births for the Guisborough district  – March 1914 (vol 9d pg 964)

Joseph Welford (mothers maiden name Hogarth)

 

Births for the Guisborough district  – June 1914 (vol 9d pg 909)

Hilda M Welford (mothers maiden name Hogarth)

 

Probate

 

25th June 1914

Joseph Welford of the Grange, Withernwick, Yorkshire died 2nd May 1914. Probate London 25th June to James Welford - farmer and Jane Welford - spinster

 

Effects £2,743 13s 9d

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Births for the Guisborough district  – June 1915 (vol 9d pg 965)

George Welford (mothers maiden name Hogarth)

 

Births for the Guisborough district  – June 1917 (vol 9d pg 757)

Hilda Welford (mothers maiden name Hogarth)

 

Deaths for the Skirlaugh District - September 1917 (vol 9d pg 334)

George Welford, aged 24

 

Deaths for the Guisborough district  – March 1918 (vol 9d pg 640)

Hilda Welford, aged 0

 

Births for the Guisborough district  – March 1919 (vol 9d pg 673)

Ralph Welford (mothers maiden name Hogarth)

 

Deaths for the Skirlaugh District - June 1919 (vol 9d pg 357)

James Welford, aged 38

 

Probate

 

26th July 1919

James Welford of Ellerby Grange, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire died 24th April 1919. Probate London 26th July to Ralph Welford - farmer

 

Effects £1,382 19s 11d

 

Register of Births, Marriages & Deaths

 

Births for the Guisborough district  – December 1919 (vol 9d pg 873)

Marjorie Welford (mothers maiden name Hogarth)

 

Deaths for the Guisborough district  – March 1929 (vol 9d pg 845)

John Welford, aged 81

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