George Stocks

1824 George Stocks 1873 George Stocks

George was born in January 1824 in Berry Brow and his baptism took place on June 6th, 1824 in Almondbury conducted by H Hughes.^1 2 

• 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.

George's father was Job Stocks and his mother was Lucy Crosland.  His paternal grandparents were George Stocks and Mary Blackburn; his maternal grandparents were Daniel Crosland and Mary Kinder. He had three sisters named Susannah, Ruth and Martha. He had an adopted sister named Jane.  He died due to a respiratory problem and/or pneumonia, Phthisis (i.e. Tuberculosis), at the age of 49 on July 25th, 1873 in Bingley.³ 

• 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

  In 1841, George was living with his parents (Job, Lucy) and family at Park Gate, Berry Brow, Almondbury, Huddersfield (which is where he got married to Rebecca in 1849).
  
  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 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 Duckinfield. 
  
  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.

Details of George's family with Rebecca Ann Robinson