George Stocks 
Birth Notes
Age 25 in 1859 (Feb) at time of Marriage
Age 27 in 1851 born Yorkshire
Age 37 in 1861 born Berry Brow
Age 48 in 1871 born in Huddersfield (Widowed)
Age 50 in 1873 Sep when Died.
Name: Geo Stocks
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Jun 1824
Baptism/Christening Place: Almondbury, York, England
Father's Name: Job Stocks
Mother's Name: Lucy
Farthers Occupation: Clothier
Performed by: H Hughes
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03319-6
Source Film Number: 990855
Must have been born before 19 March 1824 to have been 25 on Marriage certificate, and before Sep-1823 if aged 50 when he died, so about September 1823.
Born about Jan 1824 (so about 6mo before baptism). Age at marriage and census records fit until 1870, when age leaps by a year! Therefore, was 49 (and a half) when died, not 50 as recorded.
Death Notes
Died at Oxford Street, Bingley. He was living at Gilstead, Bingley in 1871. Albert Stocks (his son) was in attendance.
Deaths Sep 1873 (>99%)
STOCKS George 50 Keighley 9a 115
George Stocks, Stone mason, died 25 July of "Phthisis Certified", aged 50 years. Albert Stocks was present at the death of Oxford Street, Bingley.
General Notes
George was born 1824 and baptised 6 Jun 1824, the son of Job, a clothier (later a weaver), and Lucy.
In 1841, George (15) was living with his parents (Job, Lucy) and siblings Susannah (15), Ruth (13) and Martha (9) at Park Gate, Berry Brow, Almondbury, Huddersfield
19 Feb 1849, George Stocks, 25, Delver, son of Job married Rebecca Robinson, 24, spinster, dau of Robert Robinson of Milne Bridge, Linthwaite.
In 1851, George and Rebecca (27 & 24) are living at 32 Back Grosvenor St., Stalybridge, Lancashire (Castle Hall area) with 2 lodgers (George and Ann Gleddill) and 1m old son Samuel (born in Cheshire).
From 1851 to 1856, George and Rebecca had their 4 chirdren, with Albert registered at Hartshead and the others (Samuel, Sarah Jane and Walter) at Dukinfield.
In 1856, George and "Rebecca" were living at 57 Grass Croft Street, Dukinfield (where son Walter was born).
Betweein 1856 and 1861, George and Rebecca moved from Stalybridge to Haslingden. In 1861 they had left Stalybridge and Joseph and Mary Ann Midword, another stone mason, was living there (district 27a).
In 1861, George (37, Head) a Stone Mason from Berry Brow, is with wife "Ann" (35), living at 128 Dowry Street, Haslingden, Old Accrington with sons Samuel and Albert (10 & 9, both labourers born Stalybridge).
Between 1861 and 1871, Rebecca Ann died, or was it earlier and the Ann in 1861 is another worman?
In 1871, George (48, Widower, Mason), lodging with son Albert (18) and Smith family (Joseph a grocer, wife Martha and two infants) at Gilstead, Bingley, Yorkshire.
George died in 1873 of phthisis (i.e. pulmonary tuberculosis or a similar progressive wasting disease). His son albert was present at the death.
NOTE: Dont confuse another George Stocks (29, porter) from Huddersfield married to Rebecca (24) from Manchester in Birkenhead in 1861. They are too young.
NOTE: There is another George stocks, Stonemason, (not the same parson as our George who was with "Ann" in 1861) of similar age married Letitia Craige (Irish) in 1858 on the Wriial.
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Occupation Details
Occupation Notes
Recorded as a Delver at time of marriage to Rebecca.Occupation Notes
1851 censusOccupation Notes
1853: Recorded as a "Mason" on son Albert's birth certificate.Occupation Notes
1861 census
From February 1849 George's occupation was Delver in Berry Brow.4From 1851 his occupation was Stone Mason in construction in Stalybridge.6From 1853 his occupation was Stone Mason in construction in Stalybridge.7From 1861 his occupation was Stone Mason in construction in Haslingden.1
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Whereabouts
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George lived at Park Gate from 1841.5
Occupancy/Contact Notes
Park Gate, Berry Brow, Huddersfield
Home of Job and Lucy Stocks and family in 1841
He lived at 30 Back Grosvener St from 1851.6Occupancy/Contact Notes
30 Back Grosvener St, Staleybridge, Duckinfield.
Home of George and Rebecca Stocks in 1851, with son Samuel, who was born in Cheshire 1 month earlier.
Also present were Georeg and Ann Gleddie (lodgers).
He lived at 128 Dowry St for eight years from January 1853 to after 1861.1Occupancy/Contact Notes
George and Ann were living at 128 Doury or Pousy (?) Street, Haslingden, Old Accrington in 1861 with both sons.
He lived at Gilstead from 1871.8Occupancy/Contact Notes
Home of Joseph and Martha Smith, with children Hannah and John Thomas in 1871
Lodging with them were George Stocks (Widdower) and son Albert.
He lived at Oxford Street from 1873 to July 1873.3Occupancy/Contact Notes
Home of informant Albert Stocks and place of death of George Stocks on 25 July 1873
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Connections & Relationships
Relationship Notes
Possible father of John Draine (via extra-marrital affair)
In 1861 Robert and Anna were at Rings Rows, Higher Booths, living with Robert's parents.
In 1861 George Stocks was at 128 Dowry Street, Haslingden, Old Accrington.
About 4 to 5 miles appart across the fieldsRelationship Notes
Possible father of John Draine (via extra-marrital affair)Relationship Notes
In 1851, George and Ann Gledhill were lodging with George and Rebecca Stocks
George was a relative of John Draine.He was a relative of Mary Lois Connell.George lived with George Gledhill .
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1692 in Halifax d.Dec 1732 in Longwood
- b.~ 1715 in Longwood
- b.~ 1695 in Halifax
- b.1739 in Fartown d.Jan 1800 in Berry Brow
- b.1717 in Huddersfield d. in Huddersfield
- b.1766 in Berry Brow d.Feb 1807 in Huddersfield
- b.1684 in Kirkheaton d.Nov 1718 in Linthwaite
- b.1712 in Linthwaite
- b.1684 in Almondbury
- b.1738 in Berry Brow d.Aug 1819 in Taylor Hill
- b.~ 1715
- b.23 Aug 1803 in Berry Brow d.03 Mar 1879 in Berry Brow
- b.1715 in Newsome d.01 Oct 1792 in Newsome
- b.Feb 1762 in Newsome d.Sep 1816 in Berry Brow
- b.1724 in Armitage Bridge d.23 Mar 1791 in Newsome
- b.Sep 1823 in Berry Brow d.25 Jul 1873 in Bingley
- b.~ 1685 in Lindley d.Sep 1769 in Armitage Bridge
- b.1714 in Lindley d.Apr 1753 in Butternab
- b.~ 1685 in Huddersfield d.Oct 1771 in Butternab
- b.Aug 1739 in Butternab d.Sep 1817 in Berry Brow
- b.~ 1713 d.1741 in Honley
- b.Mar 1769 in Berry Brow d.Dec 1840 in Huddersfield
- b.1744 in Almondbury d.1821
- b.18 Mar 1802 in Berry Brow d.Oct 1872 in Huddersfield
- b.~ 1705
- b.Oct 1741 in Armitage Bridge
- b.~ 1705
- b.Jul 1768 in Butternab d.Apr 1855 in Huddersfield
- b.1704 in Almondbury d.Feb 1781
- b.1737 in Lockwood d.Sep 1811 in Lockwood
- b.1705 in Holmfirth d.May 1764 in Lockwood
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George and Rebecca were married in a religious ceremony on February 19th, 1849 in Almondbury by Vicar Lewis Jones and witnessed by John & James Garner.4
Marriage/Union Notes
Married: Almondbury parish, Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire (Civil Registration Index. Vol. 22 p186).
Married in the presence of John and James Garner.
Rebecca was 24 and George 25
Family Notes
George was 25 when he married Rebecca in Feb 1849. Had he been married before?
There are two marriages in 1845, also in Huddersfield, but both other people.
Marriages Jun 1845 (>99%). Huddersfield, 22,217
Stocks George (Mason, 26), son of William Stocks married Elizabeth GILPIN (27)
Marriages Dec 1845 (>99%) Huddersfield, 22,256
STOCKS George, son of David Stocks married Hannah CRAVEN, dau of William
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Children
Birth Notes
Aged 1mo in 1851 and born in Cheshire
Aged 60 in 1911 and a Widower and Boarder
STOCKS, SAMUEL ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1851 M Quarter in ASHTONUNDERLYNE
Volume 20 Page 72
Note: Untill 1889, part of Ashton under Lyne was in the borough of Stalybridge, Lancashire. It was then transfered to Cheshire.
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1851
STOCKS Samuel ROBINSON Dukinfield Tameside DUK/27/31
Death Notes
Samuel Stocks Cemetery Records:
Page: 900 of year 1916
Buried: 18 July 1916
Age at death: 65
Occupation: Stone Mason
Address: 33 Sidney Rd., Tranmere
Burial: Private
Grave Location: I 511
Performed by: G Fora
Buried along with brother Albert and Sister-in-law Sarah, which seems strange since he had his own family. However, his wife had died 10 years earlier.
Deaths Sep 1916 (>99%)
Stocks Samuel 65 Birkenhead 8a 498
Headstone records:
"In Loving Memory of SAMUEL STOCKS
Who departed this life Jul 14th 1916, aged 65"
but no mention of a wife.Birth Notes
Albert was 18 in 1871, born Stalybridge
Albert was 58 in 1911, born Stalybridge
Albert was 70 on Death Cert (actually 69 and 17 days)
STOCKS, ALBERT ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in ASHTONUNDERLYNE
Volume 08D Page 457
Born Stalybridge, confirmed by 1861,1891, 1911 census returns (and others).
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1853
STOCKS Albert ROBINSON Hartshead Tameside HAR/18/73
He declared himself as 21 at the time of his marriage 29 March 1873, but was in fact 20 if DOB is correct.
Details on Birth Certificate are:
Born: 4-January-1853, Cocken Hill, Stalybridge
Father: George Stocks
Mother: Rebecca Ann Stocks, formerly Robinson
Occupation of Father: Mason
Informant: George Stocks, Father, Cocken Hill, Stalybridge
Registered: 14 Febuary
Registrar: Sam'l Croft, Deputy Registrar
There is another Albert Stocks, son of Samuel and Eliza Ann, born about the same year in Linthwaite.Death Notes
Samuel Stocks Cemetery Records:
Page: 1045 of year 1922
Buried: 24 Jan 1922
Age at death: 70
Occupation: Stone Mason
Address: 45 Thompson St., Tranmere
Burial: Private
Grave Location: I 511
Performed by: R L Bayer
Originaly had grave K 434 recorded from cemetary records, but this must be an error and the grave is actually I 511. There are no K four hundred graves in Bebington cemetary.
Deaths Mar 1922 (>99%)
Stocks Albert 70 Birkenhead 8a 760
Albert Stocks died 21 January 1922 at 45 Thompson Street, Birkenhead, aged 70. The death certificate records him as a "Stone Mason (journeyman)". His son-in-law John Mather was in attendance and recorded the death on the 23rd. The cause of death was Influenza. Acute Pulmonary Edema
Influenza infection can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with high mortality. The main feature of ARDS is the accumulation of fluid in the alveoli, which causes severe pulmonary edema and impaired oxygen uptake, resulting in death.
Probate:
STOCKS Albert of 45 Thompson-street Tranmere Birkenhead died 21 January 1922 Probate London 6 March to Jane Stocks widow. Effects £1199 0s 7d.Birth Notes
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1854
STOCKS Sarah Jane ROBINSON Dukinfield Tameside DUK/35/38
STOCKS, SARAH JANE ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1854 D Quarter in ASHTONUNDERLYNE
Volume 08D Page 363
Samual and Albert were born at Stalybridge, so its probably the other two infansa that died also wereDeath Notes
Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1854
STOCKS Sarah Jane 0 Dukinfield Tameside DUK/26/2
STOCKS Sarah Jane 0 Dukinfield Tameside DUK/26/14Birth Notes
STOCKS, WALTER ROBINSON
GRO Reference: 1856 M Quarter in ASHTONUNDERLYNE
Volume 08D Page 408
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1856
STOCKS Walter ROBINSON Dukinfield Tameside DUK/38/14
Samual and Albert were born at Stalybridge, so its probably the other two infants that died also were also born there.
Walter was born at 57 Grass Croft Street, Dukinfield.
(see attached birth cert).Death Notes
This is another:
Deaths Jun 1921 (>99%)
STOCKS Walter 65 Bradford 9b 254
This is likely (as no birth for Walter Stokes):
Deaths Dec 1857 (>99%)
Stokes Walter Ashton 8d 353
Cheshire Death indexes for the years: 1857
STOKES Walter 1 Dukinfield DUK/30/61
Also, possibly the family moved to Sheffield for a while:
Deaths Mar 1856 (>99%)
Stocks Walter Sheffield 9c 167
The is the only perfect match on name and age
Samuel Edward Stocks
Samuel was born in February 1851 in Stalybridge.1
Albert Stocks
Albert was born on January 4th, 1853 in Stalybridge.1
Sarah Jane Stocks
Sarah was born in October 1854 in Stalybridge.11
Walter Stocks
Walter was born on February 2nd, 1856 in Dukinfield.11
1 1861 UK Census
2 West Yorkshire Births & Baptisms (1813-1910)
3 Certificate - Death
4 Certificate - Marriage
5 1841 UK Census
6 1851 UK Census
7 Certificate - Birth
8 1871 UK Census
9 Burial Records - Bebington
10 Headstone - Samuel & Albert Stocks
11 BMD-Cheshire
12 FreeBMD.org.uk
Further source/citation:
FamilySearch.org
2 West Yorkshire Births & Baptisms (1813-1910)
3 Certificate - Death
4 Certificate - Marriage
5 1841 UK Census
6 1851 UK Census
7 Certificate - Birth
8 1871 UK Census
9 Burial Records - Bebington
10 Headstone - Samuel & Albert Stocks
11 BMD-Cheshire
12 FreeBMD.org.uk
Further source/citation:
FamilySearch.org
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