The National Census

1851

1861

In 1861 Joseph and his family were living in Hillgate Street though the number is not recorded. The census taken on 7.4.1861 (RG9/3002 Page 35) records:

1871

The census of 1871 (RG10/4087 Page 30) showed that on 2.4.1871 the occupiers of 53 Hillgate Street, minus (the now deceased?) Mary Garth were:

1881

Joseph and his family are recorded in the 1881 census (RG11/4042 53/55 Page 6) in Waterhouses though no specific addresses are given.

The other occupants of Waterhouses are also noteworthy. Unlike the later 1891 census the house numbers are not given. The names appear in this order:

1 Samuel Knight (39) with his wife and their 4 children.
2 The Buckleys.
3 William Ross and his wife and their 6 children.
4 To let.
5 To let.
6 To let.
7 Samuel Winterbottom (48), outdoor labourer, wife Ann and their 6 children.
8 John Andrew (66), wife Martha (62) and their 3 children.
9 Thomas Andrew (37), wife Betty (38) and their 8 children.
10 William Leech (38), wife Maria (31) and their children, Mary, George and Joseph.
11 George Seymour (34) employer, wife Hannah (32) and their 2 children together with a "Servant", an Irishman described as a labourer.
12 Red Bills - Jeffrey Andrew (31), wife Ann and their 3 children.
13 To let.

1891

The family, minus Samuel who had married Hannah Schofield, is recorded in the 1891 census. Held on 13.4.1891 (RG12/3281 146 Line 163), the census lists the family in houses numbered 22, 24 and 26 Waterhouses, the first reference in the census of house numbering. Joseph's wife was now a "housewife" from being a "photographer" in 1881. Son John Arthur was recorded as aged 19 instead of 21 and had an indecipherable occupation. Youngest son Walter was now employed as a Carter. Both were still "single".

Detail from an Ordnance Survey map SD9000 of 1961 shows the terraced row of houses numbered right to left as 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18. There is the gap where Owd Ab’s cottage (numbered 22 to 26), once stood. To the right of the terrace is "The Bungalow". Note the details of all the neighbouring families particularly the occupants of the Photographic Cabin. Was this the wooden building shown on photographs to the right of Owd Ab’s cottage?

10 Unoccupied.
12 Samuel Winterbottom (33), coalminer and wife Margaret (26).
14 Alfrua Imaris, tin-plate worker, wife Philadelphia and their two daughters.
16 John James Andrew, general labourer, wife Sarah and 1 year old William.
18 Unoccupied.
20 Unoccupied.
22, 24, 26 The Buckleys.
28 Thomas Andrew, wife Elizabeth and their 8 children (5 - 22 years old).
30 Ann Winterbottom, widow aged 56 and her 4 children
32 Martha Andrew (72), son John (43), widowed daughter Betty Copeland (38) and her daughter Mary (19). Occupation was "Refreshments" (The Hen Cote?)
Photographic Cabin - James W Seight (39), photographer born in Morley Yorkshire; Joseph Wright (39), visitor and photographer from Worthing Sussex; Thomas Simms (36), from Dukinfield.
38 John Carter (38), cotton operator, wife Ann and their 4 children.
Red Bills - Jeffrey Andrew Beerhouse keeper, wife Ann and their 4 children, Anna, Mary, Maria and Harry.

1901

The 1901 census (RG13/3789 page 34) reveals that by 31 March, the date of the census, only Joseph and Mary remained in Daisy Nook at numbers 22 – 24.  All their children had moved on.  Previously the Buckley family had occupied number 26 as well but this number is not referred to in the 1901 census.  Their neighbours, at 28, were still the Andrew family.  Head of the family Thomas, a labourer at a gas works was living with wife Elizabeth, eldest son Ernest, also a labourer at a gas works.  The other children were Mary Ann, 28-year-old domestic housemaid, Martha aged 26, a cotton reeler, Lees, 21 year old herb beer carter, Annie (19) a cotton worker, Charles (18), a carter for a mineral water company, Tom (15) an apprentice at an iron work. Finally, there was Percy the grandson aged 2.  All the children were single but whose child was Percy is not recorded.  All the children were born in Daisy Nook except Ernest (Waterloo) and Percy (Woodhouses).

The families listed in 1901 as “Daisy Nook” were:

        10        William Heap (Park keeper from Mossley aged 60) and his wife Elizabeth Ann also aged 60 from Dukinfield.

        12        Samuel Winterbottom, a coal miner and his wife Mary Ann.  Since the last census they appear not only to now have their 8 children, but also a relative Alice Leech aged 31 and 12 year old Helena Emma Leech, born in Blackpool.  The children, eldest Ernest Higgin Winterbottom aged 19, with Florence (14), Fred (13), Sidney (11), Lewis (10), Stanley (8), Harry (7) and Alice (1).  The eldest three were all employed in the cotton industry as spinner, reeler and piecer.  The children were all single and with the exception of Ernest (Miles Platting) were born in Daisy Nook.

        14        James Hitchen aged 49 from Manchester, a labourer and his wife Maud aged 42 with their 9 year old daughter Maud.  This was the James Hitchen who was prosecuted at Ashton County Police Court in August 1897 for assaulting Joseph.  See the report of the trial on the previous pages.

        16        James Heywood aged 29, a shipping warehouseman and his 26 year old wife Mary Ann with their 2 year old son James E Heywood.  The family had all been born in Salford.

        18            Previously unoccupied in 1891 there now lived Samuel Ward from Bredbury, aged 52 and his 56 year old wife Martha and their two children, Florence (16), Martha Ann (13) and Dukinfield labourer William Whitehead, boarder aged 50.  Both girls were cotton card room hands.

        22-24   Joseph and Mary Buckley both aged 64.  Joseph was listed as a Photographer born in Ashton and self employed as he is described as “Own Account” as opposed to Employer or Worker and working “at home”.  Mary is registered as born in Hurst Brook.

        28            Thomas Andrew and his family.  (See above).

        30        Ann Winterbottom widowed aged 66 with her three sons; James aged 40 working in the cotton industry, Harry aged 23, a machine maker in the iron industry and 21 year old Walter working as a gas stoker.  All are recorded as being born in Ashton.

        Hencote Cottage   Martha Andrew still lived at the cottage with her son John and a widowed “visitor” Charlotte Shaw from Derby.  Martha continued as a “confectioner” classed as, like Joseph, as “Own Account” and working at home.  No ages were recorded though they would have been aged 82 and 53 respectively.

        40      This was Red Bills public house with farmer and landlord Jeffrey Andrew (51), wife Ann (52) and their five children, Annie (23), Mary (22), Maria (19), Harry (18) and 13 year old Leah who hadn’t appeared on the 1891 census.  Mary was a “barmaid” whilst Annie was a towel weaver (cotton).  The two youngest girls were card room hands (cotton) with Harry working as an apprentice at an iron works. Jeffrey had been born in Littlemoss but the rest of the family hailed from Woodhouses.

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