The Upper Wagstaff Line

This page is part of Irene Gladys Whiteman's web-site.

It contains the upper family-tree of Caroline Wagstaff, Rene's Great-Grandmother who married into the Whitemans and bore Rene's Grandfather Henry William Whiteman.

Samuel Maxey WAGSTAFF, chr. Bolnhurst Beds, 8 Apr 1776?
UP TO THE MAXEY AND TOP WAGSTAFF LINE
d. 1860 Houghton Conquest (5 miles S of Bedford)
m. 8 Feb 1812, Wilstead
m. Susanna(h) WALLIS, chr. 9 Nov 1778, Wilstead
(who already had child 1 out of wedlock at 29, almost 4 years earlier)
d. 1828, Wilstead
UP TO THE WALLIS AND FAVEL LINE

  1. [Step-Child?] Susan Phoebe Wallis, chr. 17 Apr 1808, Wilstead?, d. 1858 Derby
    m1. 12 Jan 1826 (at 17?), children 1-3
    m1. James GRUMMET chr. 14 May 1815 Houghton Conquest
    m2. 1846 (at 39), child 4 born out of wedlock?, children 5-7
    m2. Thomas READ chr. 19 Nov 1820 Ampthill
    1. Ann Grummet chr. 30 Apr 1826 Houghton Conquest
    2. John Grummet chr. 6 Apr 1828 Houghton Conquest
    3. James Grummet chr. 25 Oct 1829 Houghton Conquest
    4. Mary Ann Grummet? Read? b. 1842 Derby
    5. Thomas William Read b. 1847 Derby
    6. Phoebe Read b. 1848 Derby
    7. Elizabeth Read b. 1852 Derby
  2. Mary Ann (Marianne) Wagstaff, chr. 14 May 1815, Houghton Conquest d. 1843 Derby
    Child 1 born out of wedlock at 20, but both died in 1843 at 28 and 8?
    1. Susan Wagstaff chr. 27 Sep 1835 Houghton Conquest d. 1843 Derby
  3. Elizabeth (Betsey) Wagstaff, chr. 26 Jul 1818, Houghton Conquest d. 1870 Derby
    m. 1845 Derby
    m. James MOSELY b. 1815 Derby
    1. Alfred Mosely b. 1846 Derby
    2. John Mosely b. 1848 Derby
    3. James Mosely b. 1859 Derby
    4. Arabella Mosely b. 1852 Derby
    5. Susannah Mosely b. 1854 Derby
      Child 1 born out of wedlock at 17?
      1. Jane Mosely b. 1871 Derby
    6. Emma Mosely b. 1858 Derby
    7. Elizabeth Mosely b. 1860 Derby
  4. Caroline Wagstaff chr. 5 Mar 1820 Houghton Conquest [when Susanna was 42?]
    m. 8 Oct 1838 (Cert L, R) James WHITEMAN b. c. 1815-17
    in the 1841 Census together in Houghton Conquest, both 20,
    with babies George and Annabelle
    Blacksmith in Maulden (shed behind the Flying Horse pub), said Fred Roberts
    d. 1893 Houghton Conquest
    1. George Whiteman, b. 3 Feb 1839, d. 1920s
      m. 7 Nov 1859 Mary Ann Davis, b. 1838 in Radwell Beds.
      in 1881 Census, in Chapel End, Farm Labourer and Lacemaker
      1. Arabella Whiteman, b. Houghton Conquest c. 1859, d. c. 1910? 1930?
        m. 19 Dec 1891 Harry Rule b. c. 1860, engineer of Mortlake Surrey
        As far as I know, there was no further issue in this line
    2. Annabelle Whiteman, b. c. Nov 1840 Houghton Conquest
      m1 ? Luton
      m2 Henry LOWIN b. 1839 Luton
      1. Emma Lowin b. 1860 Luton
        m. 1778 Luton
        m. Moses SIBLEY b. 1858 Luton
        1. Lizzie Sibley b. 1886 Luton
          m. ? Luton
          m. Alfred HAWKES b. 1885 Luton
          1. Beryl Hawkes Luton 1925 - 1992? Luton

            2. Click on the thumbprints below for photos of Beryl, firstly c.1955 at 30?, then in 1977 at 52, lunching at the Bedford Arms, Woburn, with her second cousins in the Henry William line, Maggie and Joyce:
        2. Nellie Sibley b. 1887 Luton
      2. Elizabeth Lowin b. 1863 d. 1863 Luton
      3. Elizabeth Lowin b. 1874
    3. William Whiteman, chr. Houghton Conquest 4 May 1845, d. June Qtr 1845
    4. Mary Ann Whiteman, b. Houghton Conquest 5 Apr 1846 - 4 Apr 1847
      m. William DUNKLEY, Dec 1865
      Thanks in particular to Caroline Dickens, here's the substantial Dunkley Family.
    5. [Elizabeth Whiteman, b. Houghton Conquest 5 Apr 1849 - 4 April 1850, d. > 4 Apr 1861
    6. William Henry Whiteman, chr. 11 Jul 1852, d. young?, < 4 Apr 1861
    7. Emma Susan Whiteman, b. Houghton Conquest 5 Apr 1856 - 4 Apr 1857? 1859?
      m. 9 Apr 1882 Alfred William Litchfield, b. c. 1857
      Both d. > 4 Apr 1891
      We have no further knowledge of this line beyond the 1891 Census. In 2008, there were 21 Litchfields listed in the White Pages in and near Bedford, but none in Houghton Conquest itself.
      Here's the family's 1891 Census entry and extract
      1. Eva Litchfield, b. Bedford 5 Apr 1883 - 4 Apr 1884
      2. Harold Litchfield, b. Bedford 5 Apr 1885 - 4 Apr 1886
      3. Ella Litchfield, b. Houghton Conquest 5 Apr 1886 - 4 Apr 1887
      4. Horace Litchfield, b. Bedford 5 Apr 1888 - 4 Apr 1889
      5. Hilda Litchfield, b. Bedford Mar 1890
    8. Henry William WHITEMAN, b. 1 Jun 1861, d. 1895/1901? (railway accident?)
      m. 1888? Mary Ann (Polly) SMART, b. 15 Jul 1860, d. 1934
      A little about their own story is in the page for the Upper Whiteman Line
      Details of their family and descendants (incl. my own line) is on the Whiteman page
  5. Keziah Wagstaff, chr. 28 Apr 1822, Houghton Conquest
    Children 1-3 born out of wedlock (and at least the first was not by her future husband)
    m. 1847
    m. Thomas Sinfield, b. Maulden 1827
    d. 13 Mar 1915 Luton
    1. Mary Ann Wagstaff, b. Houghton Conquest 8 Jan 1840
      in the 1841 Census with her aunt Caroline [Keziah was still 18]
      m. 12 Sep 1864 or June qtr 1861, Luton
      m. William LINES, b. Caddington 1839
      1. William Lines, b. Mar qtr 1862, Luton
      2. George Lines, b. Mar qtr 1864, Luton
      3. Emma Lines, b. Jun qtr 1866, Luton
      4. Elizabeth Lines, b. Jun qtr 1868, Luton
      5. Ellen Lines, b. Mar qtr 1871, Luton
      6. Frederick Lines, b. Sep qtr 1873, Luton
      7. Rosalia Lines, b. Dec qtr 1875, Luton
      8. Hannah Lines, b. Mar qtr 1878, Luton
    2. Emma Wagstaff, b. Houghton Conquest 7 Apr 1844
      d. 28 Dec 1862, Luton, at 18, following the birth of her first child, out of wedlock
      partner not known
      FAMILY OF 1, 3, 2, 1, 4 AND 10 DESCENDANTS ON THE LOWER WAGSTAFF PAGE
    3. Alfred Wagstaff, b. Houghton Conquest 25 Aug 1845
      m. Elizabeth Ann Smith? b. 5 Apr 1845 - 4 Apr 1846, Homerton/Hackney
      [not Mary, as may have been thought?]
      m. 12 Sep 1864? both at 19?, Luton
      A Blocker and a Sewer according to the 1871 Census entry, and extract, at 7 Duke St Luton, and Day Labourer and Straw Hat Sewer the 1881 Census entry, and extract, at 8 York St Luton. Alf's missing from the 1891 Census entry, and extract, and the 1901 Census entry, and extract, both at 2 York St Luton.
      1. Emma Wagstaff, b. early 1865, Luton (she was 5 in the 1871 Census, but a probably more honest 16 in the 1881 Census, and a Straw Hat Sewer like her Mum, but left by 1891)
        Albert ELLIS, b. 1865
        m. Mar qtr 1885, Luton
      2. William Wagstaff, b. 1870, Luton (before 4 April - he was 1 in the 1871 Census and 11 in the 1881 Census, but left by 1891)
        m. Frances Ellen Flawn
        m. Jun qtr 1897, Wellingboro' (some distance away, so needs checking)
      3. Alfred Wagstaff, b. 1873, Luton (after 4 April - he was 8 in the 1881 Census and 18 in 1891 - and by then a Moulder, and in 1901 he was 28 and still at home and still an Iron Moulder)
        m. Henrietta Mead
        m. Sep qtr 1904, Luton (by which time he was 31)
      4. Elizabeth Wagstaff
        b. 1876, Dunstable (before 4 April - she was 5 in the 1881 Census and 15 in 1891)
        Straw Hat Finisher
        m. Harry MULLINGS
        m. Mar qtr 1899, Luton
      5. Rose Wagstaff
        b. 1879, Dunstable (after 4 April - 2 in 1881 Census, 12 in 1891, 22 in 1901)
        Straw Hat Finisher
        m. Frederick Charles TEARLE
        m. Jun qtr 1908, Luton (when she was 28 or 29)
      6. Alice Wagstaff
        b. 1881, Luton (1-4 January - 3 months in 1881, 10 in 1891, 20 in 1901)
        Straw Hat Machinist
  6. John Wagstaff, chr. 25 Apr 1824, Houghton Conquest
  7. Arabella Wagstaff, chr. 7 Jan 1827 [when Susanna was 49]
    m. 25 Feb 1850? Derby
    m. William POTTERTON b. 1827 Eckington Lincs

The starting-point for the Wagstaff page came from Jane Gravelle, via Catherine Irons/Gravelle of Chelmsford in Essex. Catherine sent a hand-written family-tree to Fred Roberts in Houghton Conquest (by old-fashioned 'snail-mail'). Fred showed it to me when I visited him in August 2006. Anne Kratzmann in Kingaroy Qld (a cousin on the other side, who is an absolute whizz at genealogy) provided a great deal of detail from public records. This was then checked against Jane Gravelle's much more comprehensive spreadsheet in January 2007. The link to the Dunkley page was added in late 2008, when Caroline Dickens made contact with me.

This a page within Roger Clarke's Family Web-Site
Contact: Roger Clarke
Created: 2 September 2006; Last Amended: 20 October 2008