Rev. 15 Oct.
2009, Gen. 396
DESCENDANTS
OF JOHN GRAVES AND AMELIA CASSAN
OF
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND
GENERATION
1
John Graves (1) was
born about 1791 in Ranskill, Nottinghamshire (next to
Scrooby).
He married Amelia Cassan on 6 Sept. 1813 at Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It is not proven that these are the
parents of the children listed, but it seems very likely. Beckingham is
so close to where the children were baptized, and a search of the IGI did not
show any other marriages of a John Graves to an Amelia in the 1800-1835 time period in this area.
The first 4
children listed below are in the IGI as being baptized in Scrooby,
the next 4 in Blyth (about 3 miles south of Scrooby
and Styrrup), and the last 4 in Scrooby,
and all showed John Graves and Amelia as their parents. The spelling of the surname of the
children in the IGI alternated between Graves and Greaves, and is listed as
given.
They were in the
1841 and 1851 censuses for Scrooby,
Nottinghamshire. He was a
butcher. It is interesting to note
that some of the members of the Greaves family of Lowdham,
Nottinghamshire (genealogy 470), were also butchers, indicating a possible
connection. Lowdham
is about 40 miles north of Scrooby.
It is possible that
John Graves was the same as the John Greaves, born about 1791, of genealogy
958, a son of Richard Greaves and Martha Upton of Sutton, Nottinghamshire. However, that seems unlikely. There is a John Greaves, b.c. 1792, in the 1851 and 1861 censuses for Sutton, who is
much more likely to be the one of genealogy 958.
The map on the next
page shows the area where the family lived. Beckingham, about 3 miles west of
Gainsborough, is about 8 miles east of Scrooby. (R‑1)
Children - Graves
+2. John Greaves, bapt. 12 Dec. 1813, m. Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
3. George Greaves, bapt. 1 Oct. 1815.
4. Amelia Greaves, bapt. 28 Sept. 1817.
5. Elizabeth Greaves, bapt. 31 May 1819.
6. Caroline Graves, bapt. 23 Sept. 1821,
apparently died young.
+7. Thomas Graves, b. 14 May 1823, m(1) Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
m(2) Martha Alice Mulvey, 21 Dec. 1864, d. 1883.
8. William Graves, bapt. 29 April 1825.
9. Robert Graves, bapt. 17 June 1827.
+10. Caroline Greaves, bapt. 22 March 1829, m. Richard White, March
1858.
+11. Walter Graves, bapt. 20 Dec. 1831, m. Eliza Corby.
+12. David Graves, bapt. 20 April 1834, m. Sarah Sidwell.
+13. Ruth Graves, b. 11 May 1836, m. John Cottam, 30 May 1857.
GENERATION 2
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (1) AND
AMELIA CASSAN
John Graves (2) was born about Dec.
1813, and was baptized 12 Dec. 1813 in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire. He married Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1832 in Meath,
Ireland. They were in the 1881
census for Ecclesall Beirlow, Yorkshire.
He was a retired house decorator in 1881. Both their children were born in New York, USA. (R‑2)
Children - Graves
14. George W. Graves, b.c. 1856. He was listed as a carpenter and joiner
in the 1891 census for Ecclesall Beirlow, Yorkshire.
+15. Amelia C. Graves, b.c. 1872, m. Bernard S. Pilley, d. April
1913.
Thomas Graves (7) was born 14 May
1823 in Blyth, Nottinghamshire, and died in 1883. He first married Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1821 in Brabourne,
Kent. They were in the
1851 and 1861 censuses for St. Pancras, Middlesex, when he was listed as a
plumber and painter. His brother
Walter, plumber, was living with them in 1861.
He married second Martha Alice
Mulvey, called Alice, daughter of Thomas Mulvey and Mary ‑‑‑‑‑‑,
on 21 Dec. 1864 at Saint Bride Feet St., London. She was born about 1843 in London. They were in the 1871 census for St. John the Evangelist,
London, when he was still and plumber and painter. They were in the 1881 census for Ladbroke Grove Rd., ÒHolly
BushÓ, Chelsea, London, when he was a wine, spirit, and beer merchant. All their children were born in
London. (R‑2)
Children - Graves, by Martha A.
Mulvey
16. Alice Graves, b.c. 1866.
17. Mary Graves, b.c. 1868.
18. Thomas Graves, b.c. 1870. He emigrated to the USA in the ship Gaieties and Gravities.
19. John Graves, b.c. 1872.
+20. George Windsor Graves, b. 2 Jan. 1873, m(1) Madge Compton,
m(2) Flora E. S. Courtenay, Sept. 1927, d. 2 April 1949.
21. Elizabeth Graves, b.c. 1877.
Caroline Graves (10) was born in
March 1829 and was baptized 22 March 1829, both in Scrooby,
Nottinghamshire. She married
Richard White in March 1858 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was born about 1812 in Worksop. They were in the 1871 census for
Scrooby, when he was a licensed victualler and ran the Old Ship Inn at 106
Bridge St. They were in the 1881
census for Worksop, when he was listed as a former gasfitter, and son Henry was
still living with them. All their
children were born in Worksop, Notts.
(R‑2)
Children - White
22. Mary A. White, b.c. 1860.
23. Henry John White, b.c. 1862. Listed as engine fitter in 1881 census
for Worksop.
24. Richard W. White, b.c. 1865.
Walter Graves (11) was born in Dec.
1831 and was baptized 20 Dec. 1831, both in Scrooby, Nottinghamshire. He married Eliza Corby. She was born about 1848 in Hackney or
St. Pancras, Middlesex (now London).
They were in the 1871, 1881, and 1891 censuses for 44 Drummond Street,
St. Pancras, London. He was a
plumber, and in 1871 was also listed as a gas fitter. All their children were born in St. Pancras, Middlesex.
Children - Graves
25. Walter Graves, b.c. 1869.
26. Caroline Graves, b.c. 1870.
27. Amelia Graves, b.c. 1873.
28. Lydia Graves, b.c. 1874.
29. David Graves, b.c. 1875.
30. John Graves, b.c. 1877.
31. Sidney Graves, b.c. 1880.
32. Thomas Graves, b.c. 1889.
David Graves (12)
was born about 1834 and was baptized 20 April 1834, both in Scrooby,
Nottinghamshire (or South Yorkshire), England[1]. He married Sarah Sidwell,
daughter of John Sidwell and Christiana Bingham, on
16 March 1858 in Harworth, Nottinghamshire. She was born about 1841 in Styrrup (although the 1891 census listed Harworth), Nottinghamshire. They were in the 1861-1891 censuses for Styrrup,
Notts.
The 1861 census listed John Graves, 17, nephew, born in America, living
with them. David was a butcher and
a farmer in 1861 and 1871, but then was just listed as a farmer, with 119 acres
in 1881. All their children were
born in Styrrup, Notts. (R‑1, R‑2)
Children - Graves
+33. Caroline Amelia Graves, b. 15 June 1859, m. Alfred James
Snell, Sept. 1887, d. 18 Sept. 1935.
+34. Annie Elizabeth Graves, b. 18 July 1861, m. Francis Samuel
Morton, June 1890..
+35. John Graves, b. 3 Oct. 1863, m. Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
36. Mary (ÒPollyÓ) Graves, b. 13 Aug. 1865.
+37. Sarah Graves, b. 28 June 1867, m. Henry John Gregory, 16 April
1892, d. 1952.
38. Walter Graves, b.c. 1870.
39. Robert Graves, b.c. 1871.
+40. Catherine Graves, b. 20 June 1884, m. John Whittle, 1926, d.
1933-1934.
Ruth Graves (13)
was born 11 May 1836, was baptized 7 June 1836, both in Scrooby,
Nottinghamshire, and died between 1861 and 1871. She married John Cottam on 30 May
1857 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was born about 1821 in Styrrup, Notts. Their first child was born in Worksop and the other 2 in Styrrup,
Nottinghamshire. (R‑2)
Children - Cottam
41. John Henry Cottam, b. June 1859, d. Sept.
1861 (Worksop, Notts.).
+42. William Cottam, b.c. 1863, m. Annie ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
+43. Susanna Cottam, b. June 1864, m. George Ashworth, 1892.
GENERATION 3
CHILDREN OF JOHN GRAVES (2) AND
MARY ------
Amelia C. Graves
(15) was born about 1872 in New York, USA, died in April 1913, and was buried 2
May 1913 in City Road Cem.,
Sheffield, Yorkshire. Her middle
name may have been Clare or Casson. She married Bernard S. (or T.) Pilley, son of
Albert Pilley and Sarah A. ‑‑‑‑‑‑. He was born about 1874 in Sheffield,
Yorkshire. She was a music teacher
in 1891 when she was living with her parents in Ecclesall
Bierlow, Yorkshire, and he was a solicitorÕs clerk in
that census. They were in
the 1901 census for Ecclesall Bierlow,
when he was a solicitorÕs clerk.
(R‑2)
Children - Pilley
44. Catherine A. M. Pilley, b.c. 1889
(Sheffield, Yorkshire).
CHILDREN OF THOMAS GRAVES (7)
AND MARY ------
George Windsor
Graves (20) was born 2 Jan. 1873 and died 2 April 1949, both in London,
England. He first married Madge
Compton. He married second Flora
E. S. Courtenay in Sept. 1927 in Brighton, Sussex. He was an actor, and appeared in at least 14 movies from
1913 through 1939. (R‑2)
Children - Graves, by Flora E.
S. Courtenay
45. Tina Graves
CHILDREN OF DAVID GRAVES (12)
AND SARAH SIDWELL
Caroline Amelia
(ÒCarrieÓ) Graves (33) was born 15 June 1859 in either Sheffield, Yorkshire,
England[2]
or in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire[3] (about 3 miles west of Scrooby), and died 18 Sept. 1935 in Harvey, Western
Australia. She married Alfred
James Snell, son of James Snell and Jane Knowles, in Sept. 1887 in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire3.
He was born 2 Dec. 1863 in Devonshire, England[4],
and died 21 March 1936. Both Scrooby and Styrrup are right
next to Harworth, which is probably the location of
the parish church. Caroline was in
the 1881 census for Kew, Surry, servant, unmarried, born in Blyth, Notts. They
emigrated from London to Freemantle, Australia in 1913. In about 1895 he was railway
superintendant, Singapore Straits Settlement. In 1925 he was district superintendant of railways in
Western Australia. (R‑1, R‑2)
Children - Snell
+46. Alfred James Snell, b.c. 1889, m. Martha Jane Baggs, 10 Nov.
1921, d. 13 July 1971.
47. Charles Snell, b.c. May 1899 (Singapore
Straits Settlements), d. 22 July 1916 (WW I, Pozieres). Bur. Bunbury Cem., Western
Australia. Military service 12
Aug. 1915-1916, United 12th Rein., 4th Batt.
+48. Marjorie Snell, b. July 1902, m. Thomas H. Pollard, 1925, d.
2001.
Annie Elizabeth Graves (34) was
born 18 July 1861 in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire. She married Francis Samuel Morton in June 1890 in Workson, Nottinghamshire. He was born about 1855 in Ramsgate,
Kent. Son William Morton was born
in Ramsgate, Kent, Nellie in Wednesbury, Warwickshire, and all the other children
in Lowestoft, Suffolk. (R‑2)
Children - Morton
49. Herbert S. Morton, b. 1 March 1882, m.
Elizabeth Louise Michel, d. Stratford, Ontario, Canada. She was born in Stratford, Ontario,
Canada. He was a stoker for the
Royal General Railway, and lived in Etham, London, England, in 1901.
50. William F. Morton, b.c. 1886.
51. Muriel M. Morton, b.c. 1892.
52. Dorothy Morton, b. 1894.
53. Nellie Morton, b.c. 1896.
John Graves (35) was born 3 Oct.
1863 in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire.
He married Sarah ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1863 in Torksey,
Lincolnshire. They were in the
1901 census for village of Styrrup, Styrrup with Oldcotes,
Nottinghamshire. He was a
farmer. All their children were
born in Styrrup.
Children - Graves
54. Milly Graves, b.c. 1890.
55. Edith Graves, b.c. 1893.
56. Bertha Graves, b.c. 1895.
57. Willie Graves, b.c. 1897.
58. Maggie Graves, b.c. 1899.
Sarah Graves (37) was born 28 June
1867 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and died in 1952 in Busselton, Western
Australia, Australia. She married
Henry John Gregory, son of Henry Gregory and Hannah Reece, on 16 April 1892 in
Worksop, Notts. He was born about
Sept. 1867 in Canterbury, Kent, and died 18 Aug. 1954 in Busselton,
Australia. Sarah emigrated from
London to Freemantle, Australia in 1924, and was living in Adelaide St.,
Busselton, Western Australia, in 1925.
(R‑2)
Children - Gregory
59. Henrietta (ÒHettyÓ) Gregory, b. 1895, d.
1908 (Doncaster, South Yorkshire, U.K., scarlet fever).
+60. Ivy Caroline Gregory, b. 13 April 1897, m(1) Joseph Wilfred
Pritchard, 5 Nov. 1921, m(2) Herman Willersdorf, 3 Feb. 1949, d. 28 Dec. 1966.
61. Henry Gregory, b. Dc. 1899, d. at 8
months of age of convulsions.
62. Christina Gregory, b. 1900 (Saundry,
Nottinghamshire).
+63. Leonard Gregory, b. June 1901, m(1) Evelyn May Henderson, m(2)
Violet T. Davies, 1929, d. 22 July 1978.
+64. Constance M. Gregory, b. June 1905, m. James Albert Macey,
1926, d. 11 May 1950.
65. Catherine (ÒKittyÓ) Gregory, b. 20 Jan.
1906, d. 28 Sept. 1926 (Woorooloo, Western Australia). Emigrated from London to Freemantle,
Australia in 1924. Was a nurse at
Woorooloo Sanitorium, Western Australia.
Bur. Karrakatta Cem., Anglican LA gravesite 0194.
Catherine (ÒKittyÓ) Graves (40) was
born 20 June 1884 and died 1933-1934.
She married John (ÒJackÓ) Whittle in 1926 in the registration district
of Sussex, Western Australia. In
1930 they were living in Besselton, Western Australia. (R‑2)
Children - Whittle
66. David Whittle, b. 1927 (Blackwood,
Australia). He was an accountant.
CHILDREN OF RUTH GRAVES (13) AND
JOHN COTTAM
William Cottam (42) was born about
1863 in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire.
He married Annie ‑‑‑‑‑‑. She was born about 1865 in Wormersley,
Yorkshire. All their children were
born in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire.
(R‑2)
Children - Cottam
67. May Cottam, b.c. 1896.
68. Winnie Cottam, b.c. 1897.
69. Kathleen Cottam, b.c. 1899, m. ‑‑‑‑‑‑.
Susanna Cottam (43) was born in
June 1864 in Styrrup, Nottinghamshire.
She married George Ashworth in 1892 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was born about 1862 in Scamton,
Lincolnshire. They were living in
Blyth, Notts. In 1871, and in Scamton, Lincolnshire in 1881. All their children were born in
Walesby, Nottinghamshire. (R‑2)
Children - Ashworth
70. John Ashworth, b. 1893.
71. William Ashworth, b. 1895.
72. Edith Ashworth, b. 1897.
73. son, b. 1900.
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