52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2018 #2 Favourite Photo

It is a challenge to pick a favourite photograph. You don't want to favour one ancestor over another. You don't want to favour one side of the family, but by choosing only one, I did. 

I decided to show the photograph of my great-grandmother Emily Iles nee Pugh. I have told her story and used documentation about her when I talk about the research process or perhaps it can be described as a hunt. It has not always been very systematic. I have written about her on this blog. They have been tagged Pugh family.

I am not sure when or where this photo was taken and by whom. A couple of  years ago, a cousin brought me this photograph. Up until then, I had never seen a photo of her. I couldn't imagine what she looked like. She is all dressed up with her fancy bonnet on her head. It is interesting that this photo has been posted on Ancestry by others researching families that connect with my line.

 She was born in July 1860 in the Maugersbury Workhouse, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.  Her mother, Hannah Pugh,  nee Cowley and her 11 year old sister, Mary Ann, were living in the Workhouse. Hannah saw to it that her daughter was baptized but no birth registration has been found. No father is mentioned on the baptismal record. When Emily married George Iles, she gave her father's name as Charles Pugh. Her mother had been married to Charles Pugh. 

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #41 Thomas Cowley

This is my forty-first posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge

Thomas Cowley, my great-great-great grandfather was born likely in Donnington, Gloucestershire, England, between 1804 and 1806. 

Thomas Cowley is 35 years old as shown in the 1841 census living in Donnington, Gloucestershire, England. Living with him are Hannah age 14 and Thomas age 7. He is listed as an agricultual labourer. Ten years later, his daughter Hannah Pugh, age 23, and Mary Ann Pugh, age 6 months, are living with him. By the time of the next census, Hannah is living in the workhouse with two children. 

Did Thomas die between 1851 and 1861? A search of Free bmd database only lists one possible candidate if he remained living in the district of Stow on the Wold.  This would be Death registered in the March quarter of 1860 Cowley Thomas Stow on W  district 6a  page 251. With this information, I can order his death registration from the GRO.  

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks #38 Alexander Pugh

This is my thirty-eighth posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge

This week's focus is Alexander Pugh, my great-great-great grandfather. Little is known about him. His name is given on the 1850 marriage registration of his son Charles Pugh to Hannah Cowley. He was a labourer. 
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks : #28 Hannah Cowley

This is my twenty-eighth  posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge.

Hannah Cowley is my great-great grandmother. I have written about her before but this will be a round-up of what I know about her. 

Hannah Cowley, daughter of Thomas Cowley was born about 1826 in Donnington, Gloucestershire. No mother is listed in the 1841 census. Hannah had a brother, Thomas, seven years younger than her. 

Hannah married Charles Pugh 13 May 1850 at the King Sutton's Northampton Parish Church. In the 1851 census she is listed as Hannah Pugh, married woman and daughter in the home of Thomas Cowley in Donnington, Gloucestershire. She has a baby Mary Ann, 6 months, born in Donnington. Ten years later, she and her two children are living in the Maugersbury Workhouse: Mary 11 born at Donnington and Emily 10 months born at Maugersbury Workhouse. Hannah is listed as a pauper. 

Hannah married William Clifford 7 October 1865 in the Baptist Chapel of Stow on the Wold. Their witnesses were Richard James, deputy Register and Sarah James. Both Hannah and William are listed as living in Lower Swell when they got married. Hannah was 39 years old.

no. 192 Seventh day of October 1865 William Clifford age 40 years, widower, labourer residence Lower Swell, father Daniel Clifford, Mason to Hannah Pugh, age 39 years, widow, residence Lower Swell, father Thomas Cowley, labourer

In 1871, Hannah is married to William Clifford with Emily, listed as aged 11 as Emily Clifford, and another child, Sarah,  aged 6, and born in Stow on the Wold.) Purchase of a birth registration may answer the question whether William and Hannah had a child before their marriage.

Both made their mark; their witnesses were Richard James, Deputy Registrar and Sarah James, both made their mark.

How did Hannah and William meet? They would most likely have met while Hannah and Mary Ann were living with Hannah's father, as they lived in the same area. The question still remains how did they get together to marry? William's first wife had died. Charles Pugh is also deceased.

In 1881 and 1891, Hannah and William were living in Broadwell. William died about 1895. After his death, at some point moved to Stow on the Wold and lived with her daughter, Sarah, and her family

Hannah died 7 March 1903 in Stow on the Wold.

Sources
General Register Office Pugh-Cowley Marriage Registration
General Register Office Pugh - Clifford English Marriage Registration
1861 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold, Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 
1871 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Donnington, William Clifford household, RG10; Piece: 2655; Folio: 97; Page: 21; GSU roll: 835329.
1881 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Broadwell, William Clifford household,  RG11; Piece: 2563; Folio: 84; Page: 18; GSU roll: 1341618.
1891 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Broadwell RG12; Piece: 2038; Folio: 71; Page: 12; GSU Roll: 6097148.
1901 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Stow on the Wold, George Taylor household, RG13; Piece: 2454; Folio: 29; Page: 50
General Register Office Stow on the Wold Death registration for Hannah Clifford registered 7 March 1903

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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #22 Charles Pugh

This is my twenty-second posting for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge.

When my great-grandmother, Emily Pugh married George Iles, she gave her father's name as Charles Pugh (deceased). When Emily was baptized in the Workhouse, no father is given.  Emily's mother was Hannah Pugh nee Cowley.

Hannah Cowley married a Charles Pugh 13 May 1850 in King's Sutton, Northamptonshire Parish Church. Charles is listed as full age and a resident of King's Sutton and a labourer. His father is Alexander Pugh, labourer. 

Mary Ann Pugh was born to Charles Pugh and Hannah Cowley 4 September 1850. Emily wasn't born until July 1860. Did they both have the same father?  Hannah, Mary Ann and Emily are in the workhouse in the 1861 census.

What happened to Charles?



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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #9 Emily Pugh

Life could not have been easy for my great-grandmother, Emily Pugh. She was only  53 years old when she died 20 January 1913 in Owen Sound. According to the obituary of "Mrs. Iles", after several years of illness, she died from dropsy, [1] now referred to as edema (the swelling of tissue due to excess water). According to her death registration, she had suffered from mitral stenosis for four years. [2] "The mitral valve separates the upper and lower chambers on the left side of the heart. Stenosis is a condition in which the valve does not open fully, restricting blood flow. Mitral stenosis is a disorder in which the mitral valve does not open fully."  Her dropsy would be one of the symptoms of the Mitral stenosis. Today, she may have been able to be helped. Had she ever had rheumatic fever or poorly treated strep throat or scarlet fever that might have resulted in her having this health problem? [1]

In Emily's obituary, it says the boys:  Harold, Albert and Emmanuel were living at home. It is interesting to note that the youngest, Lillian (Lily) who hadn't yet had her thirteenth birthday is listed as of Owen Sound. Had she gone to live with an older sister when her mother became very ill or was she still at home?[2]

 The Salvation Army Ensign conducted the funeral services at their home on 9th Avenue East, at the Salvation Army Barracks on 3rd Avenue East near 10th Street and at Greenwood Cemetery where she was buried. [2] (lot 104 Range 6, North East Section) On her grave is the word "mother" on a flat marker. There is no other marker to show where she is buried. [3]

The Salvation Army Band, possibly led by her son William, bandmaster, accompanied the funeral cortege. The Salvation Army songsters were present at the graveyard service. Had they walked from the home down the hill to the barracks and then through the valley and up the "cemetery" hill to the cemetery (a distance of about 4 km or  2.5 mi if they took a direct route)? [4]

So what is known about Emily? She was born in July 1860 in the Maugersbury Workhouse, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.  Her mother, Hannah Pugh and 11 year old sister, Mary Ann were living in the Workhouse. [5] Hannah saw to it that her daughter was baptized but no birth registration has been found.

Emily PUGH, baptised August 17th 1860, daughter of Hannah PUGH, in the Workhouse, parish of Donnington, by J.A.HILL, Chaplin of the Workhouse. [6]

 No mention is given of her father's name. Was Hannah a single mother?

 So let's go back before Emily's birth.

 On 13 May 1850, Hannah Cowley, daughter of Thomas Cowley married Charles Pugh, son of Alexander Pugh in King Sutton's Parish Church, Brackley Northhamptonshire. [Hampshire] [7] On the 4 September 1850, Hannah gave birth to a little baby girl, Mary Ann at Donnington. [8]

 At the time of the 1851 census, Hannah Pugh and one year old Mary Ann are found with Hannah's father, a widower, Thomas Cowley, in the hamlet of Donnington, Gloucestershire. Hannah had also been born there.[9] Sometime, between 1851 and 1860 Hannah and daughter, Mary Ann moved to the Maugersbury Workhouse. [10] Did Thomas Cowley die? What happened to Charles Pugh?

 Emily was born in July 1860 and we find the three Pughs in 1861 at the time of the census living in the Workhouse. [11]

  When Emily was five years old, her mother, on 7 October 1865,  married William Clifford

1865 marriage solemnized in the Baptist Chapel in Stow on the Wold in the District of Stow on the Wold in the County of Gloucester & Worcester no. 192 Seventh day of October 1865 William Clifford age 40 years, widower, labourer, residence Lower Swell, father Daniel Clifford, Mason to Hannah Pugh, age 39 years, widow, residence Lower Swell, father Thomas Cowley, labourer [12]

How did Hannah Pugh meet William Clifford? This is not known for sure; however, the 1851 census, shows William Clifford at household #4 and Hannah and Mary Ann Pugh and Thomas Cowley at household #14 in the hamlet of Donnington. [13] They may have known each other before the death of William's wife.

In 1871, the census taker lists Emily as a Clifford. Living in the household are William, Hannah, Austin, 14, Emily, 11, and Sarah, 4. [14] Austin would be Emily's step-brother. Sarah would be Emily's half-sister.

 Ten years later, Emily is shown on the 1881 census, still with her mother and stepfather but now in Broadwell. She is working as a servant. Her relationship to the head of household is given as grand-daughter.  She is not listed as Clifford but Pew (indexed as Rew). This piece of information was found in my early research and threw me off track for a while. What most interesting about this find was that George Illes [sic], a young agricultural labourer, was a visitor in the household. [15]

Several months later, Emily and George married  15 October 1881. At the time of her marriage, 22-year old Emily is listed as a spinster and that  she was unemployed. Her father, on her marriage registration is given as Charles Pugh deceased.

Their marriage took place in Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester & Worchester, England,  at the Baptist Church in the District of Stow-on-the-Wold.   Both living at Stow-on-the-Wold. Chas. M. Rawlings, Minister Witnesses: "X" the mark of Austin Clifford and Sarah Clifford [16]

Throughout their married life they moved often. The census records and the places of birth of the children give some of the locations where they lived.

 Emily gave birth to their first daughter, Edith Emily Iles on 21 February 1883 on Bourton-on-the Hill, Gloucestershire. [17] Two years later, she gave birth to my grand-father, William George Iles on 1 February 1885 at Littleworth, Naunton, Gloucestershire. [18]  Emily had her second daughter, Alice Iles in Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire on 6 January 1888. [19]

 Next, Emily gave birth to Ethel Iles in Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 17 April 1890.  [20] It appears that they stayed in the Aylesbury area as they are living there at the time of the 1891 census. [21] While living there, Emily gave birth to Albert Valentine Iles on 14 February 1892. [22]

 When Emily gave birth to Emmanuel James Iles on 8 June 1895, they were back living in Gloucestershire, but now in Cheltenham. [23] Emily gave birth to another son, Harold Edward Iles 28 October 1897 in the same place. [24]

 Emily had her last child, a baby girl, Lillian Ruth Iles on 5 March 1900 in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. [25] Over a period of 17 years, Emily had eight children who all lived to adulthood.

 They were enumerated in the 1901 census in Birmingham. This would be the last time they would appear on an English census. Emily still had most of her family at home from the little ones at home to William who was now working. [26]

 Emily's eldest son, William George Iles married Emily Lily Dudley on 27 January 1903. [27] Emily's mother, Hannah died 7 March 1903 in Stow-on-the-Wold of bronchitis and cardiac failure at the age of 75 years.  [28] Emily became a grandmother the following year, when William and Lily had a daughter Edith May Iles on 28 May 1904. [29]

 Emily, her children, daughter-in-law, Emily Lily, and her grand-daughter set sail on board The Quebec at Liverpool, England on 27 April 1905. They arrived in Montreal Quebec on the 7 May 1905. George is not listed in either the outbound or inbound passenger listings.  They were bound for Owen Sound. [30] If the 1911 census of Ontario is correct, George may have come out to Canada in 1903.

Was life better for the family in Canada?

update to posting: on the 25th of March 2014, a first cousin gave me a picture that has been identified as Emily Iles nee Pugh. At last, I can see what she looked like.

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[1]Emily Iles obituary, "Death of Mrs. Iles", 24 January 1913, Owen Sound Sun, p. 7
[2] Emily Iles Ontario death registration #15157 (1913), microfilm, MS 935 Reel 186, Archives of Ontario, Toronto
[3] MedlinePlus "Mitral Stenosis" (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000175.htm : accessed 28 February 2014)
 [4] Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 1861 Census of England, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold
[5] Email re baptism from a person on the Rootsweb mailing list who went to the Gloucester Record office and looked up the records for Stow-in-the-Wold for the baptism of Emily Pugh.
[6] Hannah Cowley - Charles Pugh marriage registration #110 (13 May 1850, Parish church in the Parish of King's Sutton in the County of Northampton, certified copy of an entry of marriage, in the Registration District of Brackley, General Register Office
[7] Mary Ann Pugh birth registration #226, (1 October 1850) Stow on the Wold, Counties of Gloucester and Worcester, General Register Office certified copy
[8] Thomas Cowley 1851 census of England, Donnington, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester, Class: HO107; Piece: 1970; Folio: 289;  Page 4 ; GSU roll: 87370; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 1 March 2014)
[9] Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 1861 Census of England, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold
[10]Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 1861 Census of England, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold
[11] Hannah Pugh - William Clifford marriage registration #172 (7 October 1865), Baptist Chapel Stow on the Wold, Counties of Gloucester & Worcester, certified copy of an entry of marriage, General Register Office
[12] William Clifford and Thomas Cowley household, 1851 census of England, Donnington, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester, Class: HO107; Piece: 1970; Folio: 289; Page: 1 Clifford, Page 4 Cowley; GSU roll: 87370; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 1 March 2014)
[13] William Clifford household, 1861Census of England, Gloucestershire,  Donnington, Stow on the Wold ED 5, folio 92, p. 20, household, 20; microfilm 542868, Family History Library, Salt Lake City
[14] William Clifford household, 1871 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Donnington, RG10/2655 Stow on the Wold. ED 5. folio 97. p. 21. household 22; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.co.uk)
[15]William Clifford household, 1881 census of England, Gloucestershire, Broadwell, RG 11/2563, ED 5, folio 84, p. 18; microfilm 1341618, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[16] Emily Pugh - George Iles marriage registration. #86 (15 October 1881), Baptist Chapel, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester and Worcester, a certified copy of an entry of marriage from the General Register Office.
[17] Edith Emily Iles birth registration, #40 (5 February 1883), Moreton in Marsh, Shipston on Stour, Counties of Worcester, Warwick & Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[18] William George Iles birth registration, #20 (28 February 1885), Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[19] Alice Iles birth registration #168 (6 February 1888), Bidford, Alcester, County of Warwick, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[20] Ethel Iles birth registration #341 (18 April 1890), Aylesbury, County of Buckingham, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[21] George Iles household, 1891 census of England,  Aylesbury, St. Mary, Buckinghamshire, RG 12/1145, Aylesbury, ED4, Folio 78, p. 28; microfilm 6096255, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
[22] Albert Valentine Iles birth registration, #66 (22 March 1892), Aylesbury, County of Buckingham, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[23] Emmanuel James Iles birth registration #207 (11 July 1895), Cheltenham, County of Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[24] Harold Edward Iles birth registration #488 (6 December 1897), Cheltenham, County of Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[25]Lillian Ruth Iles birth registration, #350 (14 April 1900) Deritend, Aston, County of Birmingham, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[26] George Iles household, 1901 Census of England, Aston, St. Andrew, Birmingham,Warwickshire, RG 13/2865 Aston Deritend, Folio 30, Page 13, household 79; digital image, Ancestry.com
[27] William George Iles - Emily Lily Dudley marriage registration #146 (26 January 1903), Register Office, District of Aston, County of Birmingham, certified copy of an entry of marriage in the Registration District of Aston, General Register Office
[28] Hannah Clifford death registration #82 (7 March 1903), Stow on the Wold, Counties of Gloucester and Worcester, certified copy of an entry of death, General Register Office
[29] Edith May Iles birth - family information
[30] Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds
[31] George Iles household, 1911 census of Canada, Ontario Grey North (district 73), Derby Township (district 6), Enumeration District 4, dwelling 83, family 87, line 4, p. 9; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Genealogy Centre (http://collectionscanada.ca/genealogy : accessed 11 April 2008), citing LAC microfilm T-20373



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Emily Pugh Iles - Who were her parents?

When I was researching Emily Iles (nee Pugh), my question was who were her parents? Different sources gave different answers. This shows too depending on what is your entry point into  your research what you think the answer is, but as you go along you get more questions because you are getting different answers. I knew from her husband's obituary that her maiden name was Emily Pugh.

The first place I found her was in the 1881 census in Broadwell, Gloucestershire, England using the 1881 census CDs. It was because George Iles was present as a visitor that I even found her as her name was indexed as Rew.  When I found her in the 1881 census with William Clifford and Hannah Clifford listed as her grandparents,  this threw me off course. I didn't do any calculations to see if  their ages made sense as grandparents or parents.

It was only by looking at  different sources that I realized I can be fairly certain who her mother was but not her father. Until I find the death registration for Charles Pugh or see the records from the workhouse, I will not know and even then I can't be 100% sure if he is the biological father of  Emily.


Mother - Hannah  1st married name Pugh 2nd married name Clifford, maiden name Cowley.

The story of Emily was written for the Carnival of Genealogy.

Below is a spreadsheet where I showed the various sources and the information given about the question "Who were her parents?



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Emily Pugh Iles (Carnival of Genealogy - A Tribute to Women)

 Emily (Pugh) Iles, my great-grandmother, has always fascinated me. I have shared my search to learn about her life in many of my lectures. Using her as my example, I illustrate the importance of searching as many sources as possible to round out the picture of a person and to help resolve conflicting information. I still have many unanswered questions about her life. I am sad that I have no photos of her.
Let me introduce  my great-grandmother to you.

Emily Pugh was born in July 1860 in the Maugersbury Workhouse, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.  Her mother, Hannah Pugh and 11 year old sister, Mary Ann were living in the Workhouse. [1] Hannah saw to it that her daughter was baptized but no birth registration has been found.

Emily PUGH, baptised August 17th 1860, daughter of Hannah PUGH, in the Workhouse, parish of Donnington, by J.A.HILL, Chaplin of the Workhouse. [2]

 No mention is given of her father's name. Was Hannah a single mother?

So let's go back before Emily's birth.

On 13 May 1850, Hannah Cowley, daughter of Thomas Cowley married Charles Pugh, son of Alexander Pugh in King Sutton's Parish Church, Brackley Northhamptonshire. [Hampshire] [3] On the 4 September 1850, Hannah gave birth to a little baby girl, Mary Ann at Donnington. [4]

At the time of the 1851 census, Hannah Pugh and one year old Mary Ann are found with Hannah's father, a widower, Thomas Cowley, in the hamlet of Donnington, Gloucestershire. Hannah had also been born there.[5]

Sometime, between 1851 and 1860 Hannah and daughter, Mary Ann moved to the Maugersbury Workhouse. [6] Did Thomas Cowley die? What happened to Charles Pugh?

Emily was born in July 1860 and we find the three Pughs in 1861 at the time of the census still living in the Workhouse. [7]

 When Emily was five years old, her mother, on 7 October 1865,  married William Clifford

1865 marriage solemnized in the Baptist Chapel in Stow on the Wold in the District of Stow on the Wold in the County of Gloucester & Worcester

no. 192 Seventh day of October 1865 William Clifford age 40 years, widower, labourer residence Lower Swell, father Daniel Clifford, Mason to Hannah Pugh, age 39 years widow residence Lower Swell, father Thomas Cowley, labourer [8]

How did Hannah Pugh meet William Clifford? This is not known. However, the 1851 census, shows William Clifford at household #4 and Hannah and Mary Ann Pugh and Thomas Cowley at household #14 in the hamlet of Donnington. [9]

William Clifford's first wife, Mary Bowyer likely had died in the late 1850s leaving him with three children.  [10]

In 1871, the census taker lists Emily as a Clifford. Living in the household are William, Hannah, Austin, 14, Emily, 11, and Sarah, 4. [11]

Ten years later, Emily is shown on the 1881 census, still with her mother and stepfather but now in Broadwell. She is working as a servant. Her relationship to the head of household is given as grand-daughter.  She is not listed as Clifford but Pew (indexed as Rew). This piece of information was found in my early research and threw me off track for a while. What most interesting about this find was that George Illes [sic], a young agricultural labourer was a visitor in the household. [This is  how I found her.] [12]

Several months later, Emily and George are married  15 October 1881. At the time of her marriage, 22-year old Emily is listed as a spinster and that  she was unemployed. Her father, on her marriage registration is given as Charles Pugh deceased.

Their marriage took place in Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester & Worchester, England,  at the Baptist Church in the District of Stow-on-the-Wold.   Both living at Stow-on-the-Wold. Chas. M. Rawlings, Minister Witnesses: "X" the mark of Austin Clifford and Sarah Clifford [13]

Throughout her husband George's life, he held different jobs. This resulted in the family moving for him to get work. The children's birth registrations lead me to that conclusion.

Emily gave birth to their first daughter, Edith Emily Iles on 21 February 1883 on Bourton-on-the Hill, Gloucestershire. George was working as a farm labourer. [14]

Two years later, she gave birth to my grand-father, William George Iles on 1 February 1885 at Littleworth, Naunton, Gloucestershire. George was working as a bag and bone collector and hawker. [15]

Emily had her second daughter, Alice Iles in Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire on 6 January1888. George had found work as an agricultural labourer. [16]

Next, Emily gave birth to Ethel Iles in Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 17 April 1890. George was employed as a farm labourer.  [17] It appears that they stayed in the Aylesbury area as they are living there at the time of the 1891 census and George was working as a grocer's porter. [18] While living there, Emily gave birth to Albert Valentine Iles on 14 February 1892. [19]

When Emily gave birth to Emmanuel James Iles on 8 June 1895, they were back living in Gloucestershire, but now in Cheltenham. George was working as a general labourer. [20] Emily gave birth to another son, Harold Edward Iles 28 October 1897 in the same place. [21]

Emily had her last child, a baby girl, Lillian Ruth Iles on 5 March 1900 in Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire. [22] Over a period of 17 years, Emily had eight children. George was now working a builder's labourer.

They were enumerated in the 1901 census in Birmingham with George working as a foreman carter. This would be the last time they would appear on a census in England. Emily still had most of the family at home from the little ones at home to William who was now working. [23]

Emily's eldest son, William George Iles married Emily Lily Dudley on 27 January 1903. [24] Emily's mother, Hannah died 7 March 1903 in Stow-on-the-Wold of bronchitis and cardiac failure at the age of 75 years.  [25] Emily became a grandmother the following year, when William and Lily had a daughter Edith May Iles on 28 May 1904. [26]

Emily, her children, daughter-in-law, Emily Lily, and her grand-daughter set sail on board The Quebec at Liverpool, England on 27 April 1905. They arrived in Montreal Quebec on the 7 May 1905. George is not listed in either the outbound or inbound passenger listings. If the 1911 census of Ontario is correct, George may have come out to Canada in 1903. They were bound for Owen Sound. [27]

Emily and family lived both in Derby Township [28] and Owen Sound, Grey County. Sadly, Emily died 20 January 1913. Her father is given as William Clifford and her mother's name unknown.  [29] She had been ill for several years. The newspaper gives her cause of death as dropsy but her death registration says she died from mitral stenosis. [30] Mitral stenosis can cause dropsy.

Three of the boys were still living at home when their mother died. It is interesting to note that the youngest, Lillian (Lily) who hadn't yet had her thirteenth birthday wasn't living at home when her mom died. Had she gone to live with an older sister when her mother became very ill?

The Salvation Army Ensign conducted the funeral services at their home on 9th Avenue East, at the Salvation Army Barracks on 3rd Avenue East and at Greenwood Cemetery where she was buried. (lot 104 Range 6, North East Section) On her grave is the word "mother" on a flat marker.  

Emily (Pugh) Iles died too young. My dad was born three years later. He never knew his grandmother.

Today, I pay tribute to her.
To read more about the research process, Who were her parents?
[1] Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 1861 Census of England, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold
[2] Email re baptism from a person on the Rootsweb mailing list who went to the Gloucester Record office and looked up the records for Stow-in-the-Wold for the baptism of Emily Pugh.
[3] Hannah Cowley - Charles Pugh marriage registration #110 (13 May 1850, Parish church in the Parish of King's Sutton in the County of Northampton, certified copy of an entry of marriage, in the Registration District of Brackley, General Register Office
[4] Mary Ann Pugh birth registration #226, (1 October 1850) Stow on the Wold, Counties of Gloucester and Worcester, General Register Office certified copy
[5] Thomas Cowley household, 1851 census of England, Donnington, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester, extraction (http://www.allthecotswolds.com)
[6] Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 1861 Census of England, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold
[7]Maugersbury Workhouse, entry for Hannah Pugh, Mary Ann and Emily Pugh, 1861 Census of England, Maugersbury, Stow-on-the-Wold
[8] Hannah Pugh - William Clifford marriage registration #172 (7 October 1865), Baptist Chapel Stow on the Wold, Counties of Gloucester & Worcester, certified copy of an entry of marriage, General Register Office
[9] William Clifford and Thomas Cowley household, 1851 census of England, Donnington, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester, extraction (http://www.allthecotswolds.com)
[10] William Clifford household, 1861Census of England, Gloucestershire,  Donnington, Stow on the Wold ED 5, folio 92, p. 20, household, 20; microfilm 542868, Family History Library, Salt Lake City
[11] William Clifford household, 1871 Census of England, Gloucestershire, Donnington, RG10/2655 Stow on the Wold. ED 5. folio 97. p. 21. household 22; digital image Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.co.uk)
[12]William Clifford household, 1881 census of England, Gloucestershire, Broadwell, RG 11/2563, ED 5, folio 84, p. 18; microfilm 1341618, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[13] Emily Pugh - George Iles marriage registration. #86 (15 October 1881), Baptist Chapel, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester and Worcester, a certified copy of an entry of marriage from the General Register Office.
[14] Edith Emily Iles birth registration, #40 (5 February 1883), Moreton in Marsh, Shipston on Stour, Counties of Worcester, Warwick & Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[15] William George Iles birth registration, #20 (28 February 1885), Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, County of Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[16] Alice Iles birth registration #168 (6 February 1888), Bidford, Alcester, County of Warwick, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[17] Ethel Iles birth registration #341 (18 April 1890), Aylesbury, County of Buckingham, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[18] George Iles household, 1891 census of England,  Aylesbury, St. Mary, Buckinghamshire, RG 12/1145, Aylesbury, ED4, Folio 78, p. 28; microfilm 6096255, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
[19] Albert Valentine Iles birth registration, #66 (22 March 1892), Aylesbury, County of Buckingham, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[20] Emmanuel James Iles birth registration #207 (11 July 1895), Cheltenham, County of Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[21] Harold Edward Iles birth registration #488 (6 December 1897), Cheltenham, County of Gloucester, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[22]Lillian Ruth Iles birth registration, #350 (14 April 1900) Deritend, Aston, County of Birmingham, certified copy of an entry of birth, General Register Office
[23] George Iles household, 1901 Census of England, Aston, St. Andrew, Birmingham,Warwickshire, RG 13/2865 Aston Deritend, Folio 30, Page 13, household 79; digital image, Ancestry.com
[24] William George Iles - Emily Lily Dudley marriage registration #146 (26 January 1903), Register Office, District of Aston, County of Birmingham, certified copy of an entry of marriage in the Registration District of Aston, General Register Office
[25] Hannah Clifford death registration #82 (7 March 1903), Stow on the Wold, Counties of Gloucester and Worcester, certified copy of an entry of death, General Register Office
[26] Edith May Iles birth - family information
[27] Ancestry.com. Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Passenger Lists, 1865-1935. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, n.d. RG 76-C. Department of Employment and Immigration fonds
[28] George Iles household, 1911 census of Canada, Ontario Grey North (district 73), Derby Township (district 6), Enumeration District 4, dwelling 83, family 87, line 4, p. 9; digital image, Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Genealogy Centre (http://collectionscanada.ca/genealogy : accessed 11 April 2008), citing LAC microfilm T-20373
[29] Emily Iles Ontario death registration #15157 (1913), microfilm, MS 935 Reel 186, Archives of Ontario, Toronto
[30] Emily Iles obituary, 24 January 1913, Owen Sound Sun, p. 7




© 2010 Janet Iles

Marriage of William Clifford to Hannah Pugh nee Cowley

In my posting at the beginning of the year I posted the following

Now I am really side-tracked, I decided that I am going after a marriage for William Clifford to Hannah Pugh nee Cowley. Now this one took a little longer but it was worth it. This is not the first time that I tried to find the marriage registration entry for them. I knew that they were likely married between 1861 when Hannah Pugh was found on the census in the workhouse and the 1871 census where she appears as Hannah Clifford.The most likely result was Marriages Dec 1865 Pugh Hannah Stow on W 6a 7_1

On the original page of the indexes by quarter by surname where Hannah Pugh appeared, the page number was very faint. A range of pages was suggested 759 to 785. I downloaded the file to see if page enhancement might be useful. It looked like 781. I followed the instructions on how to search page numbers. I checked several and found the one I wanted. -- William Clifford was listed on page 781.

Yesterday, the document - a certified copy of an entry of marriage arrived in the mail from the General Register Office in England.

1865 marriage solemnized in the Baptist Chapel in Stow on the Wold in the District of Stow on the Wold in the County of Gloucester & Worcester

no. 192 Seventh day of October 1865 William Clifford age 40 years, widower, labourer residence Lower Swell, father Daniel Clifford, Mason to Hannah Pugh, age 39 years widow residence Lower Swell, father Thomas Cowley, labourer

Both made their mark; their witnesses were Richard James, Deputy Registrar and Sarah James, both made their mark.

I am very happy to now have this document. It is part of the story of my great grandmother. There are still missing parts of the story but soon I am going to present what I know in several parts.

Guess who's coming for dinner?

I couldn't resist this title for the 41st Carnival of Genealogy submission
The challenge

If you could have dinner with four of your ancestors who would they be and why? Here's a chance to exercise your imagination... Would you have dinner in the present day or in one of their eras? Would you dine out or opt for a home cooked meal? What would you discuss at the dinner table? What would you most like to share with them about your life?

Who would be there?

1. My 4th great grandfather -- John Nicholas Stiver (born Johan Niclaus Stőber [Stoeber]) in what is now Germany around 1745. He came to Canada in 1794.
   
2. My great-great grandfather Thomas Love. Thomas came to Canada with his wife in the 1840s
   
3. My great grandmother - Emily Iles nee Pugh. She came to Canada with her family in 1905
   
4. My great grandfather - Josiah Dudley. Josiah lived all his life in England.

Although it would be interesting to visit them in the past, I think I will invite them all to join me in the present time. They would come dressed in their clothing of their era.
I would invite my sister and brother and their children to come to the meal. I would invite everyone for a home cooked meal, but I would not be the one who prepared the whole meal. I would ask my brother (who is a great barbecuer), my nephew (who is a chef) and my sister to prepare one of her delicious recipes. In addition to a barbecue with a great assortment of food, I would make my mother's recipe for macaroni and cheese and also the casserole that I made most Saturday afternoons in my teens.
Discussion - lots of questions for each of these folks. Perhaps, they would share some of their adventures with each other.
1. John Stiver - How did your name evolve? Who were your parents? Where were you born? What did you do in Germany? What was your wife's maiden name? Did you leave any family behind in Europe and what were their names? Why did you join up with William Berczy and the other travellers? Were you the "Stubbe with wife and five children" referred to in the Pennsylvania German Pioneers listing of those on board the brigantine vessel, Catharina that sailed from Hamburg in 1792 and arrived in Philadelphia 3 August 1792? We know of only four children. Was there another child or is that an error? What were your feelings as you left your homeland? What was the voyage like? Did you help with clearing roads in the United States and Canada? Did you learn to speak English? Did you have any regrets about coming to Canada?
2. Thomas Love - We don't know much about you. Where were you born in Scotland? How did you meet your wife Agnes Hamilton? Tell me more about life in Scotland. Why did you come to Canada? How did you hear about this country? What was the voyage like? Where were the children born? What did you do in Canada? Where were you living when you died?
3. Emily Iles nee Pugh. Did you ever know your father and do you know what happened to him? What did your mother tell you about life in the workhouse (poor house)? Did your mother re-marry? How did you meet George? What was it like moving from place to place? Were you happy with the decision to come to Canada? Did George come the year before? What brought you to Owen Sound? What was your voyage like?
4. Josiah Dudley - Were you born in the workhouse? Did you have any siblings? What happened to them? Did your mother ever talk about your father? The story that has been passed down to us that you had Spanish ancestry. I was told that you were born in Spain but that is not what is said on the census. Was there a Spanish connection with your mother's father? Her father was Thomas according to her marriage later in life. I found a Thomas Dudley living in the area that was British Subject born in Spain. Was that her father? Who did you learn your brick laying trade from? Were you a lay preacher? What was it like to be part of the Salvation Army in the early days?
What would I like to share with them about my life? - an interesting question. To help all my guests understand how we are all interconnected, I would show a family chart. Perhaps, I would prepare a DVD to give them an idea about their descendants and the areas that some of them lived. - with lots of photos. I would take them for a ride around my region. Emily would be interested in seeing the changes in the places where she lived here. It would be interesting to hear their reactions to all these changes. Would they like to live in these times?