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JAMES GOLDSBROUGH (1877 - 1946)

Recorded in several spellings including Goldsberry, Goldsborough, Goldsbrough, Goldsbrow,Gouldsbrough, Gouldsborough, and others, this is an English surname. It is locational from either ofthe places called Goldsborough in North and West Yorkshire. The North Yorkshire village is firstrecorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Goldeburgh, and means "Golda's fort", from the OldeEnglish pre 7th Century personal name Golda and burg, a fortified place. Goldsborough in WestYorkshire appears as Godenesburg in the Domesday Book, and means "Godhelm's fort", from theOlde English or Anglo-Saxon name Godhelm. The surname recordings atken from various survivingcharters and and registers includes John Goldsborough and Lawrence Goldsberry, both recorded inthe Hearth Tax rolls for the county of Suffolk in 1674, and John Goldsbrow also of Suffolk in 1786. In1695 Christopher Goldsbrough married Sibbel Lewis at St. James Clerkenwell, in the city of London,whilst much earlier, the first recorded spelling of the family name may be that of Walter deGoldisburc. This was dated 1206, in the "Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King John,known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216.

The Goldsbrough name is recorded 387 times in the 1881 census, the Goldsborough variant is listed229 times and the Gouldsbrough variant is listed 63 times. By the time of the 1998 electoral rollthere had been little change in the numbers, Goldsbrough is listed 491 times and Goldsborough 312times.

The distribution maps are for the Goldsbrough name, the Goldsborough ones are very similar. Thereisn’t sufficient data to produce a set for the Gouldsbrough variant.

Frequency 1881 1998 Change

Frequency 387 491 +104

Rank Order 8001 8959 -958

Occurrences per million names 14 13 -1

International Comparisons Rate As % of GB rate in 1998

Great Britain Frequency (1998) 514 100

Great Britain Frequency (1881) 387

Great Britain Rate (1998) 13


Northern Ireland 11.33 88.8

Republic of Ireland 0.00 0.0

Australia 0.00 0.0

New Zealand 11.82 92.5

United States 0.00 0.0

Canada 0.00 0

GOLDSBROUGH SURNAME

GOLDSBROUGH SURNAME

Recorded in several spellings including the popular Wright, as well as the much rarer forms ofWrighte, Wraight, Wraighte, Wreight, Wrate, and patronymics Wrightson and Wrixon, this is an earlyEnglish surname. It is occupational and was used to describe a maker of machinery or objects, mostlyin wood. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century word 'wyrhta' meaning a craftsman,itself from the verb 'wyrcan', meaning to work or construct as in wheelwright, cartwright, millwright andwainwright. When 'wyrhta' was used on its own, it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills.Perhaps not surprisingly this is one of the first occupational surnames to be recorded, and earlyexamples include Robert Wricht of Shropshire in 1274 and Thomas le Wrighte of Derbyshire in 1327.

Later examples of the surname recording include Joan Wright and Richard Trevesse who weremarried on May 29th 1552, at the church of St. Lawrence Jewry, in the city of London, whilst one ofthe earliest settlers in the New England colonies of America was Jeffery Wright, aged 18 years. Heleft from the Port of London aboard the ship "Truelove" bound for the Bermuda Island in June 1635.Probably the best known bearers of the name are the Wright brothers, Wilbur (1867 - 1912), and hisbrother Orville (1871 - 1948), the U.S. aviation pioneers, who designed and flew the first poweredaircraft (1903). The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Patere le Writh.This was dated 1214, in the tax rolls known as the "Feet of Fines" for the county of Sussex.

The Wright name is recorded 95,956 times in the 1881 census. By the time of 1998 electoral rollthere had been a increase in the number to 123,876.

Frequency 1881 1998 Change

Frequency 95956 123876 +27920

Rank Order 16 13 +3

Occurrences per million names 3548 3325 -223

International Comparisons Rate As % of GB rate in 1998

Great Britain Frequency (1998) 132168 100

Great Britain Frequency (1881) 95956



Northern Ireland 2160.17 65.8

Republic of Ireland 51.80 1.6

Australia 2684.95 81.8

New Zealand 2904.77 88.5

United States 2855.98 87.0

Canada 2216.25 67.5

WRIGHT SURNAME

WRIGHT SURNAME

Using the various genealogical resources we have been able to construct a family tree for theancestors of John Goldsbrough back to 1794 with the marriage of James Wright to Ann Bayley inOver Stilton, North Yorkshire. The reason why the early names were Wright was the fact that in1839, Robert Wright and Ann Goldsbrough had a child called James before they were married.Although registered as Wright it appears that the mothers name, Goldsbrough was used, though aswe shall see later James appeared to use both names as far as the census records are concerned.

CENSUS RECORDS.

The Goldsbrough and Wright family was traced through the census records starting from 1841through to 1911. Essential Birth, marriage and Death records were used to verify the informationwith actual certificates being obtained for final verification. The Census records provide a snapshot ofa family including details of ages, occupations, address and family relationships. The direct ancestorsof John Goldsbrough are highlighted in each table, blue for a male ancestor and pink for a femaleancestor.

GOLDSBROUGH & WRIGHT FAMILY TREE.


Pedigree Chart of James Goldsbrough (1877 - 1946)


Descendants of James Goldsbrough (3 Generations)

ANCESTORS of JAMES GOLDSBROUGH

Generation 1

[1] James Goldsbrough, son of James Goldsbrough and Sarah Elizabeth Thompson, was born on 02 Oct 1877 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1946. He married Elizabeth Ethel Dobson in 1907 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England. She was born on 03 Jul 1886 in Crathorne Mill. She died in 1956 in MIDDLESBROUGH Cleveland England.

Generation 2

[2] James Goldsbrough, son of Robert Wright and Ann Goldsbrough, was born in 1839 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1896 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married

Sarah Elizabeth Thompson.

[3] Sarah Elizabeth Thompson, daughter of James Thompson and Elizabeth Harker, was born in 1845 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

Sarah Elizabeth Thompson and James Goldsbrough had the following children:

1. George Wright Gouldsbrough was born on 21 Nov 1866 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

2. Ann Gouldsbrough was born on 20 Oct 1868 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married George Lax. He was born in 1869 in Wolviston, Durham, England.

3. William Gouldsbrough was born on 18 Apr 1870 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1877.

4. James Gouldsbrough was born in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1877.

5. Herbert Gouldsbrough was born on 20 Sep 1874 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1877.

6. Thomas Gouldsbrough was born on 29 Jul 1876 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in Apr 1890 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

7. James Goldsbrough [1] was born on 02 Oct 1877 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1946. He married Elizabeth Ethel Dobson in 1907 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England. She was born on 03 Jul 1886 in Crathorne Mill. She died in 1956 in MIDDLESBROUGH Cleveland England.

8. Fred Gouldsbrough was born in 1879 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

9. Ernest Gouldsbrough was born in 1881 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

10. Male Gouldsbrough was born on 05 Sep 1882 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.


Generation 3

[4] Robert Wright, son of Joseph Wright and Dorothy Layfield, was born in 1821 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1889 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. He married Ann Goldsbrough on 16 Aug 1842 in Darlington.

[5] Ann Goldsbrough, daughter of George Goldsbrough and Jane Metcalf, was born in 1821 in Hornby, Yorkshire, England. She died in May 1899 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

Ann Goldsbrough and Robert Wright had the following children:

1. James Goldsbrough [2] was born in 1839 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1896 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married Sarah Elizabeth Thompson. She was born in 1845 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

2. Jane Wright was born in 1842 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

3. Ann Wright was born in 1844 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married James Parkin. He was born in 1835 in Middlemoor, North Yorkshire, England.

4. Mary Wright was born in 1846 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married William Pattinson. He was born about 1843 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

5. Harriet Wright was born in 1848 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married John Walton Taylor. He was born in 1847 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

6. Elizabeth Wright was born in 1850 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. Catherine Wright was born in 1853 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married Mark Knox. He was born in 1853 in Tow Law, County Durham, England.

7. Martha Wright was born in 1855 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married William Simpson. He was born in 1853 in BARNARD CASTLE County Durham England.

8. Ada Wright was born in 1857 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married Alfred Foreman. He was born in 1852 in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire, England. She married John Haworth. He was born in 1844 in BLACKBURN Lancashire England.

9. George Goldsbrough Wright was born in 1860 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married Jane Elizabeth Rutherford. She was born in 1875 in Bellerby, Yorkshire, England.

10. Dora Wright was born in 1863 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married George Dadd. He was born in 1860 in Crediton, Devon, England.


[6] James Thompson. He married Elizabeth Harker.

[7] Elizabeth Harker.

Elizabeth Harker and James Thompson had the following child:

1. Sarah Elizabeth Thompson [3] was born in 1845 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married James Goldsbrough. He was born in 1839 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1896 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

Generation 4

[8] Joseph Wright, son of James Wright and Ann Bayley, was born in 1795 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married Dorothy Layfield.

[9] Dorothy Layfield, daughter of Richard Layfield and Ann, was born on 19 Oct 1794 in Husthwaite, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

Dorothy Layfield and Joseph Wright had the following children:

1. Ann Wright was born in 1817 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

2. James Wright was born in 1820 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

3. Robert Wright [4] was born in 1821 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1889 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. He married Ann Goldsbrough on 16 Aug 1842 in Darlington. She was born in 1821 in Hornby, Yorkshire, England. She died in May 1899 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

4. Richard Wright was born in 1824 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Abraham. She was born in 1829.

5. Joseph Wright was born in 1829 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married Jane Gill. She was born in 1829 in Stainton, Yorkshire, England.

6. John Wright was born in 1834 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

7. Mary Wright was born in 1836 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married William Thomas Hewitt. He was born in 1833 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England.

8. Harriot Wright was born in 1839 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

[10] George Goldsbrough, son of Thomas Goldsbrough and Catherine Pickering, was born in 1780 in Smeaton, North Yorkshire, England. He died in 1856 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He married Jane Metcalf in 1808 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England.

[11] Jane Metcalf was born in 1781 in HULL Humberside England. She died in 1856 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

Jane Metcalf and George Goldsbrough had the following children:

1. Thomas Gouldsbrough was born in 1809 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

2. William Gouldsbrough was born in 1811 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

3. Pickering Gouldsbrough was born in 1813 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1813.

4. Mary Gouldsbrough was born in 1814 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. George Gouldsbrough was born in 1814 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1814.

5. Jane Gouldsbrough was born in 1817 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1838 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

6. Ann Goldsbrough [5] was born in 1821 in Hornby, Yorkshire, England. She died in May 1899 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England. She married Robert Wright on 16 Aug 1842 in Darlington. He was born in 1821 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1889 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England.

7. Elizabeth Gouldsbrough was born in 1822 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

[12] John Thompson was born in 1763. He married Ann Pattison.

[13] Ann Pattison.

Ann Pattison and John Thompson had the following child:

1. James Thompson [6]. He married Elizabeth Harker.


Generation 5

[16] James Wright. He died in 1807. He married Ann Bayley on 23 Nov 1773 in Over Silton, Yorkshire, England.

[17] Ann Bayley. She died in 1806.

Notes for Ann Bayley: Winesses to her wedding Matthew Wright & William Carter

Ann Bayley and James Wright had the following children:

1. Jane Wright was born in 1775 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1775.

2. John Wright was born in 1777 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He married Hannah Davison in 1799.

3. James Wright was born in 1780 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1837. He married Ann.

4. Ann Wright was born in 1783 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England.

5. Matthew Wright was born in 1785 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He married Mary Gibson.

6. Stephen Wright was born in 1792 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He married Elizabeth. She was born in 1792.

7. Joseph Wright [8] was born in 1795 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. He married Dorothy Layfield. She was born on 19 Oct 1794 in Husthwaite, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.

8. William Wright was born in 1788 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He married Hannah Carter in 1813.

[18] Richard Layfield, son of John Layfield and Mary Ramshaw, was born in 1742. He married Ann.

[19] Ann.

Ann and Richard Layfield had the following child:

1. Dorothy Layfield [9] was born on 19 Oct 1794 in Husthwaite, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England. She married Joseph Wright. He was born in 1795 in Kepwick, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1872 in Osmotherley, Yorkshire, England.


[20] Thomas Goldsbrough, son of Thomas Goldsbrough and Hannah Bell, was born about 1745 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He married Catherine Pickering on 21 Oct 1772 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

[21] Catherine Pickering, daughter of John Pickering, was born on 11 Jul 1751 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. She died in 1834.

Catherine Pickering and Thomas Goldsbrough had the following children:

1. Jonathon Goldsbrough was born in 1786 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He died in 1846 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He married Deborah Fenwich in 1815 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.

2. William Goldsbrough was born in 1773 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

3. John Goldsbrough was born in 1775 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

4. Thomas Goldsbrough was born in 1778 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

5. George Goldsbrough [10] was born in 1780 in Smeaton, North Yorkshire, England. He died in 1856 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. He married Jane Metcalf in 1808 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England. She was born in 1781 in Hull, Humberside England. She died in 1856 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

6. Benjamin Gouldsbrough was born in 1785 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England.

7. Ann Goldsbrough was born in 1790 in Great Smeaton, Yorkshire, England. She married Mark Neesom in 1811 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England.


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ANCESTORS OF JAMES GOLDSBROUGH (b1877) - LOCATIONS

The ancestors of James Goldsbrough (b1877) as shown on the Pedigree Tree, were born in thelocations listed below.

James Goldsbrough, my paternal Grandfather, was born inOsmotherley, North Yorkshire on 2nd October 1877 ( ,

). The birth certificate shows that his father wasJames Gouldsbrough, occupation tailor, and his mother, Sarah ElizabethThompson.

James Gouldsbrough continued living in Osmotherley through the1890’s. His father James Wright (Gouldsbrough) developed cancer inthe mid 1890’s and died on 3rd February 1896 aged 56 at Osmotherley.His death certificate listed his occupation as a Master Tailor. His motherthen remarried in 1900 when she married George Reed (

). The 1901 census record showsthat he was still living in Osmotherley, with his mother, stepfather and

niece. His occupation was given as Coachman, Groom. I think by now he was working at ArncliffeHall. By the time of the 1911 Census he was married to Elizabeth Ethel Dobson and had twochildren, Frederick and Annie and were living in Great Broughton.

Ruth Gouldsbrough told me he served in the Boer War, but as yet I have no details of his service. Hemet Elizabeth Ethel Dobson and they married in 1907 ( ). Themarriage certificate lists him as James Goldsbrough, the first time that variant on the surname hadbeen used. A family story related by my father was that the Registrar in Stokesley was calledGoldsbrough and he used his spelling on the certificates.

There is some evidence to support this because the 1901 census reveals a Thomas Goldsbrough(born in Crathorne) as the Assistant Registrar in Stokesley. He was still the registrar in 1918 whenmy father was born. The family name only changed back when Ruth was born in 1928. In theperiod up to the First World War, four children had been born and then four subsequently.

The only picture of James is of him is in the Great Broughton Cricket team prior to the First WorldWar, he is seated in the centre, which probably means that he was team captain.

JAMES GOLDSBROUGH [1: Grandfather]

At the outbreak of the war in 1914, James Gouldsbrough was 37 years old but he still served in thewar. I have traced his Medal Index Card which shows that he went to France on 26th August 1915.

He served as a driver with the Army Service Corps (ASC) and his service number was T4/040600.The Medal Index Card shows that he was awarded three campaign medals, the 1915 Star, the Britishmedal and the Victory medal.

The Medal Rolls Index, known as the Medal Index Cards (MIC), was created by the Army Medal Office(AMO) towards the end of the First World War.

The index was created to enable the AMO to place on one card, all of the details about an individual'smedal entitlement, their rank or ranks, the unit or the units they served in, the first operationaltheatre they served in and most importantly, the original AMO medal roll references.

Campaign medals are those medals awarded to individuals who served in the First World War andwho met the qualifications laid down for each campaign medal. In general, all those who saw serviceoverseas were awarded a campaign medal. The qualifications for each campaign medal were laiddown in Army Orders.

1914/15 Star. Authorised in 1918, the 1914/15 Star was awarded to those individuals who sawservice in France and Flanders from 23 November 1914 to 31 December 1915, and to thoseindividuals who saw service in any other operational theatre from 5 August 1914 to 31 December1915.The British War Medal 1914-1920, authorised in 1919, was awarded to eligible service personnel andcivilians alike. Qualification for the award varied slightly according to service. The basic requirementfor army personnel and civilians was that they either entered a theatre of war, or rendered approvedservice overseas between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Service in Russia in 1919 and 1920also qualified for the award.The Victory Medal 1914-1919 was also authorised in 1919 and was awarded to all eligible personnelwho served on the establishment of a unit in an operational theatre.

JAMES GOLDSBROUGH - WORLD WAR 1


Medal Record card forJames Goldsbrough, theservice number matchesthe numbers inscribedon his medals.

1915 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

As mentioned earlier James Goldsbrough served with the ASC, the Army Service Corps, theforerunner of today’s Royal Logistics Corp. The ASC were the unsung heroes of the British Army inthe Great War - the ASC, Ally Slopers Cavalry - were the men who operated the transport. Soldierscan not fight without food, equipment and ammunition. In the Great War, the vast majority of thistonnage, supplying a vast army on many fronts, was fetched from England. Using horsed and motorvehicles, railways and waterways, the ASC performed prodigious feats of logistics and were one ofthe great strengths of organisation by which the war was won.Base Depots were established at the Channel Ports and other places on the lines of communication.Here goods arrived in bulk and were broken down into wagon-loads and sent on by rail to theRegulating Stations. General Base Depots were the centres for collecting, sorting and despatchingreinforcements. Many of the places selected for Bases became centres of very considerable industry,with hospitals, workshops, stores, etc. One of the main bases was LeHavre, established in 1914. Imention this because my fathers second name was Harvey and he said that it was because his fatherwas in LeHavre in World War One. It seems very likely that was in fact where he was, as it was mainbase for the ASC.He appears to have served in France until 1917. Further information about his service in the firstWorld War was obtained when I obtained a copy of my fathers full birth certificate. In that thefathers occupation was described as ‘Soldier, 69 Field Ambulance, T4.040600, Bus Driver. So itappears that James may have been an Ambulance Driver. James had worked with horses in hiscivilian life and the following definition of his service number verifies that he must have been drivinghorse drawn vehicles such as ambulances.Service numbers - meaning of prefixes.

T - Army Service Corps - Horsed Transport.

The man served in the Horse Transport section of the ASC. The prefixes A(HT), B(HT), T1(SR),T2(SR), TS and T1 to T4 are also often seen. A(HT) and B(HT) mean that the man had enlisted intothe ASC’s Special Reserve. T1 and T2(SR) had also enlisted on Special Reserve terms but for servicewith a unit of the New Armies. TS means that the man was specially enlisted for his trade: in otherwords, he came from civilian employment in a trade that was of direct value to work in the HorseTransport: he may have been a shoesmith, for example.T1 to T4 mean that the man was enlistedinto the first to fourth New Army depending on the number after the T. T4 was also used for menaffected by the compulsory transfer in 1916 of men who were serving in ASC units of the TerritorialForce on to regular army terms. If the man has an ET prefix then he was re-enlisted after the war.



The Royal Army Medical Corps 69th Field Ambulance was attached to the 23rd Division for the wholeof the war.What was a Field Ambulance?The Field Ambulance was a mobile front line medical unit (it was not a vehicle), manned by troops ofthe Royal Army Medical Corps. Most Field Ambulances came under command of a Division, and eachhad special responsibility for the care of casualties of one of the Brigades of the Division. Thetheoretical capacity of the Field Ambulance was 150 casualties, but in battle many would be neededto deal with very much greater numbers. The Field Ambulance was responsible for establishing andoperating a number of points along the casualty evacuation chain, from the Bearer Relay Posts whichwere up to 600 yards behind the Regimental Aid Posts in the front line, taking casualties rearwardsthrough an Advanced Dressing Station (ADS) to the Main Dressing Station (MDS). It also provided aWalking Wounded Collecting Station, as well as various rest areas and local sick rooms. The FieldAmbulances would usually establish 1 ADS per Brigade, and 1 MDS for the Division.Composition and organisation.When it was at full strength a Field Ambulance was composed of 10 officers and 224 men. It wasdivided into three Sections. In turn, those Sections had Stretcher Bearer and Tented subsections.RAMC officers and men did not carry weapons or ammunition.

"A" Section:65 in total

• 1 Lieutenant-Colonel, in command of the Ambulance and A Section• 1 Captain or Lieutenant in command of Stretcher Bearer subsection• 1 Sergeant and 1 Corporal• 1 Bugler• 3 Privates (wagon orderlies) and 36 Privates (bearers)• 1 Captain or Lieutenant in command of Tent subsection• 1 Quartermaster, 1 Sergeant-Major, 2 Sergeants, 2 Corporals• 15 Privates (including a cook, a washerman and 2 orderlies)

B" and "C" Sections:128 in total

• 1 Captain or Lieutenant in command of Stretcher Bearer subsection• 1 Sergeant and 1 Corporal• 1 Bugler• 2 Privates (wagon orderlies) and 36 Privates (bearers)• 1 Major, Captain or Lieutenant in command of Tent subsection• 1 Quartermaster, 1 Sergeant-Major, 4 Sergeants, 2 Corporals• 13 Privates (including a cook, a washerman and 2 orderlies)

Attached• "A" Section also had a Sergeant, 10 Drivers and 4 officers batmen attached from the Army

Service Corps.• "B" and "C" Sections each had a Sergeant, 9 Drivers and 3 batmen attached.• A driver of the Army Service Corps was attached for duties with the cooks wagon.

23rd Division.

This Division was established in September 1914 as part of Army Order 388 authorising Kitchener'sThird New Army, K3. The units of the Division began to assemble at Bullswater (68th Brigade) andFrensham (69th and 70th Brigades and RE) in Hampshire in September 1914. The King, Queen andPrincess Mary visited the fledgling Division on 29 September. The artillery formed at Mytchett Campfrom November onwards.

In early December, as the weather worsened, the Division moved into Aldershot, with CII and CIIIBrigades of the artillery going to Ewshott. More moves were made to Shorncliffe in Kent at the end ofFebruary 1915 and to Bordon in Hampshire at the end of May. In April and May, some of the infantrywas engaged on building defences to the south of London.

Between 21 and 26 August 1915 the Division landed in Boulogne and proceeded to the concentratenear Tilques. The 23rd Division thereafter served on the Western Front until late 1917 when it movedto Italy. Jame’s medal record card shows that he went to France on 26 August 1915, obviously withthe 23rd Division. In 1917 when the division went to Italy James must have returned to the UK.

1915

On 5 September the Division was attached to III Corps and moved to the Merris-Vieux Berquin area,where trench familiarisation began under the tutelage of the 20th (Light) and 27th Divisions. TheDivision took responsibility for a front line sector for the first time nine days later, taking overbetween Ferme Grande Flamengrie to the Armentieres-Wez Macquart road. CIII and CV Brigades RFAwere attached to 8th Division for operations in connection with the Battle of Loos. At this time, 23rdDivision was holding the front at Bois Grenier. It remained in this area for a considerable time. 10thNorthumberland Fusiliers carried out the Division's first trench raid in the night of 31 December / 1January.

1916

The Division was relieved after a lengthy five month spell in the front line by 34th Division, between26 January and 8 February 1916. After a certain amount of confusing movement, Divisional HQ wasestablished at Blaringhem and the units concentrated around Bruay.

On 3 March 1916 orders were received to relieve the French 17th Division in the Carency sector. Thefront to be held was between the Boyau de l'Ersatz and the Souchez River, including the posts on theNotre Dame de Lorette hill behind. Artillery was positioned in the area Carency - Ablain St Nazaire -Bois de Bouvigny, an exposed position in which it was subject to severe shelling.

In early March many former miners were withdrawn from the ranks to establish a TunnellingCompany of the Royal Engineers. Mid March saw 68th Brigade taking over the Calonne front and 69ththe Angres front. Many parties attached to 176 Tunnelling Company RE especially for work in theNoulette sector. Relieved by 2nd Division between 12 and 19 April and withdrew to Bruay area.Moved back into the Souchez-Angres front 10-13 May.


The German Attack on Vimy Ridge

The enemy attack on 21 May fell most heavily on 47th (London) Division, which was to the 23rdDivision's right in the area of Berthonval. Shellfire fell heavily around Aix Noulette from 4.30pm.Divisional artillery was very active in support of the 47th Division until 24 May and again on 1 Junewhen 2nd Division continued operations to recover lost ground. 23rd Division was relieved by 47th(London) Division on 11 June and moved to Bomy, with the artillery going to Chamblain Chatelain("Charlie Chaplin") and Therouanne. Intensive training commenced.

Thereafter the Division took part in the following major engagements:The Battle of Albert* in which the Division played a part in the capture of ContalmaisonThe Battle of Bazentin Ridge*The Battle of Pozieres*The Battle of Flers-Courcelette*The Battle of Morval*The Battle of Le Transloy* in which the Division played a part in the capture of Le SarsThe battles marked * are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916

1917

The Battle of MessinesThe Battle of the Menin Road**The Battle of Polygon Wood**The First Battle of Passchendaele**The Second Battle of Passchendaele**The battles marked ** are phases of the Third Battles of Ypres

In November 1917 the Division moved to Italy where it then remained. It completed concentrationbetween Mantua and Marcaria on 16 November and took over the front line at the Montello on 4December. James didn’t go to Italy because he must have been at home at the end of 1917.

This photo depicts a Mark V horse ambulance wagon. It was introduced into the British Army in the1880s and was built at a cost of £136 and accommodated 12 sitting or four stretcher cases.


JAMES GOLDSBROUGH [1: Grandfather]

My father, George Harvey, was born on June 22nd 1918, Samuel followed in 1920, Elsie in 1923 (Shedied soon after birth) and finally Ruth in 1928. After the war James worked for the North RidingCounty Council on the roads. His occupation was listed as Roadman on my parents wedding certifi-cate. Also in the 1939 Register he is also listed as a Highway Labourer, his son James and daughterRuth were living with James and Elizabeth at High Street, Great Broughton.James and Elizabeth’s children were as follows:

Frederick Goldsbrough b - 19th August 1907Annie Goldsbrough b - 20th July 1910James Goldsbrough b - 17th June 1913George Harvey Goldsbrough b - 22nd June 1918Samuel Goldsbrough b - 14th July 1920Elsie Goldsbrough b - January 1923 (Died a few days after being born)Ruth Goldsbrough b - 22nd January 1928

James died in 1945 (D, Jan, 1945, Cleveland, 9d, 589) when I was one year old.

BMD Transcription for Elsie Goldsbrough, 1923

Births Mar 1923 (>99%)

Goldsbrough Elsie Dobson Stokesley 9d 1161

Deaths Mar 1923 (>99%)

GOLDSBROUGH Elsie 0 Stokesley 9d 739

Deaths Mar 1945 (>99%)

Goldsbrough James 67 Cleveland 9d 589

JAMES GOLDSBROUGH [1: Grandfather]- CENSUS RETURNS

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census6, West Side, Osmotherley, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England

Firstname(s)

Lastname Relationship Marital

status Gender Age Birthyear Occupation Birth place

James Wright Head Married Male 42 1839 Tailor Smeaton, Yorkshire,England

Sarah Wright Wife Married Female 35 1846 Osmotherley, Yorkshire,England

George Wright Son Single Male 14 1867 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorkshire,England

Ann Wright Daughter Single Female 12 1869 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorkshire,England

Thomas(James) Wright Son Single Male 4 1877 Scholar Osmotherley, York-

shire, England

Fred Wright Son Single Male 3 1878 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorkshire,England

Guy Wright Son Single Male 0 1881 Osmotherley, Yorkshire,England

In this census the Goldsbrough family are recorded as Wright, also the entry called Thomas should be James, eventhough the birth certificates identify the children as Goldsbrough. Guy should be Ernest who was born in 1881.

Firstname(s) Last name Relation-

shipMaritalstatus Gender Age Birth

year Occupation Birth place

James Gouldsborough Head Married Male 52 1839 Tailor Smeaton,Yorkshire,

Sarah Gouldsborough Wife Married Female 45 1846 Osmotherley,Yorkshire

James Gouldsborough Son Single Male 13 1878 Scholar Osmotherley,Yorkshire

Fred Gouldsborough Son Single Male 12 1879 Scholar Osmotherley,Yorkshire

Ernest Gouldsborough Son Single Male 10 1881 Scholar Osmotherley,Yorkshire

In this census the enumerator has used the Gouldsborough name

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census6, West Side, Osmotherley, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England

Name Relation Condition Sex Age BirthYear

OccupationDisability

Where Born

REED, George Head Married M 66 1835 Carrier OsmotherleyYorkshire

REED, Sarah E Wife Married F 55 1846 OsmotherleyYorkshire

GOLDSBRO, James Son Single M 23 1878 Coachman (NotDomestic)

OsmotherleyYorkshire

GOLDSBRO, Sarah A Grand Daughter Single F 13 1888 Scholar OsmotherleyYorkshire

This census shows yet another name used by the enumerator, Goldsbro

1901 England, Wales & Scotland CensusLodging House Osmotherley, Yorkshire

JAMES GOLDSBROUGH [1: Grandfather]- CENSUS RETURNS

Name Relation Condition/Yrs married

Sex Age BirthYear

Occupation Where Born

GOLDSBROUGH, James Head Married M 32 1879 BricklayersLabourer

YorksOsmotherley

GOLDSBROUGH, Elizabeth Ethel Wife Married4 years F 25 1886 Yorks Hutton Rudby

GOLDSBROUGH, Frederick Son M 3 1908 Yorks Hutton Rudby

GOLDSBROUGH, Annie Daughter F 0 (8M) 1911 Yorks Gt Broughton

1939 registerHigh Street, Great Broughton, Stokesley, Yorkshire, England

Firstname(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital

status Schedule

James Goldsbrough Tuesday October 21877 Male Highway Labourer Married 10

Elizabeth E Goldsbrough Saturday July 31886 Female Laundry Worker Married 10

James Goldsbrough Tuesday June 171913 Male Grocers Assistant Single 10

1911 England & Wales CensusGreat Broughton, Yorkshire, England

JAMES WRIGHT [16]

James Wright was probably born around 1750. He married Ann Bayley in Over Stiton, NorthYorkshire on 23rd November 1773. James was a blacksmith in Kepwick, North Yorkshire. Fromresearch carried out in 2000 by David Robinson we know that on 24th November 1801 he paid £14-10s rent to the Kepwick Estate for a messuage and land and 10s for a Smith’s shop. He died on 28thJanuary 1807.

JOSEPH WRIGHT [8]

Joseph Wright ( was born around 1796 in Kepwick in Yorkshire. Hemarried Dorothy Layfield on 6th May 1816 at Bolton on Swale. They initially lived at Ellerton, thenmoved to Thornton Le Beans and finally to Osmotherley around 1820 where Robert Wright was born.In 1841 Joseph and Dorothy were living at Osmotherley at Walk Mill Lodge with their children otherthan Robert who was by then apprenticed to George Goldsbrough as a Tailor at Hornby. Joseph wasa Blacksmith. in 1851 Joseph and Dorothy were still living at Walk Mill Lodge with Ann the eldestdaughter, a dressmaker, James, a bleacher, Joseph (junior) was a tailor and Mary was a also aDressmaker.

By 1861 the family was still at Walk Mill Lodge with Ann and Elizabeth, a granddaughter. Was thisAnn’s daughter? The final census entry for Joseph and Dorothy was in 1871 when they were both intheir seventies. Ann their daughter was still living with them at Walk Mill Lodge with theirgrandchildren, Elizabeth (b. 1852), a machinist, and William (b. 1859). Both Joseph and Dorothy diedin 1872. Joseph died aged 78 in the January quarter of 1872 and Dorothy died in the Octoberquarter, aged 76.

From the census records we can see that Joseph and his family lived at Walk Mill Lodge inOsmotherley for more than 30 years. Walk Mill doesn’t appear on current maps, but does appear onmaps from the 1880’s. It was located close to Cod Beck which flows towards Thirsk and joins theRiver Swale near Topcliffe. On the banks of Cod Beck was the Bleach Works of Messrs. Boville andalso the Flax Mill of Messrs Yeoman & Co. The fact that there was a bleach works close by is to be

expected because one of Joseph’s sonswas a bleacher. William Boville theowner of the bleach works lived close byat Clack Farm. There was (is) a windowin Osmotherley church which isdedicated to him and his wife. AlthoughWalk Mill Lodge doesn’t appear oncurrent maps, the area originallyoccupied by the Bleach works is nowcalled Boville Park.As a Blacksmith, Joseph seemed to haverecorded a number of potions andremedies in a small notebook. This hasbeen transcribed and I have reproducedthis as a booklet in Appendix I. Also Ihave been able to obtain an earlyphotograph of Joseph and Dorothyprobably taken in the late 1860’s.

WRIGHT FAMILY

ROBERT WRIGHT [4]

Robert Wright, my was born in Osmotherley around 1821. Robert wasapprenticed as a tailor to George Gouldsbrough in Hornby in 1841 by which time his son James wasalready two years old.

On 16th August 1842 he married Ann Gouldsbrough at the Parish church in Darlington, Co. Durham.He was listed on the marriage certificate as a tailor resident at Smeaton (close to Hornby). Soonafter the wedding he and Ann moved to Osmotherley because their second child, Jane was born inOsmotherley. By the time of the 1851 census they had six children.

The family remained in Osmotherley and by the 1861 census a further four children had been bornmaking ten in all. The boy born in 1860 was called George Goldsbrough Wright, an interesting use ofthe the mothers maiden name, possibly in honour of Ann’s father George Goldsbrough who had diedin 1856.

Although the family had lived in Osmotherley for over 20 years they moved to Guisbrough some timeafter 1864 and certainly by 1871 because they are listed in 1871 census at New Road, Guisbroughand one further child Dora had been born before they moved to Guisbrough. In this census Robert islisted as a Tailor and General Dealer as well as a Local Primitive Methodist Preacher. It is interestingthat Robert, who was born in Osmotherley, should be a Methodist Preacher because John Wesley thefounder of Methodism visited Osmotherley many times as the following describes.

WRIGHT FAMILY

Robert Wright and his family remained in Guisbrough at New Road and by the time of the 1881census only a couple of children were left at home. Their son George had become a butcher andDora was a dressmaker. In addition to being described as a grocer, Robert was also described as adealer in small wares.

Robert was not recorded in the 1891 census though he was recorded in the Bulmers 1890 directoryentry for Guisborough. The BMD record shows the death of a Robert Wright (aged 67) inGuisborough in 1889 (Jun1889, Guisborough, 9d ,336 ). His entry as a tailor of New Road,Guisborough, in Bulmers must have been made just before he died. The directory was publishedabout a year after the information was gathered for it. Ann is also listed (in the same directory) as aGeneral Dealer living at 9, New Road, consistent with the 1881 census information.

Ann died ten years later aged 77, (Jun 1899, Guisborough, 9d, 319). The 1891 census record for herwas discovered by trawling through the census images for Guisborough as she wasn’t found in theindex.

WRIGHT FAMILY

JOSEPH WRIGHT

Joseph Wright (Junior) was still at home in 1851 but by 1861 he had got married to Jane Gill inWhitby, and they had moved to Cleveland Street in Guisborough, where Joseph was a Tailor andDraper employing 1 man and 2 apprentices. In 1871 the family was living in Bow Street inGuisborough and Joseph (a master Tailor) employed 7 men and 3 apprentices. Three children hadbeen born, Mary (b. 1862), Fred (b. 1864) and Dorothy (b. 1868). By 1881 his business hadexpanded and he was now employing 10 men and 4 apprentices. They still lived in Bow Street, nownumber 24 and it was a shop and a house. No more children had been born and they all remained athome, Fred was working for his father as a Tailor. The Bulmers Directory for 1890 shows JosephWright to be Chairman of the school board, he is also listed as a tailor living at 24, Bow Street. Theycontinued living at 24 Bow Street until the 1901 census, Dorothy and Mary had left home but Fredwas still unmarried working as a Tailor and Draper. Also I have been able to obtain somephotographs of Joseph.

Joseph Wright

24, Bow Street, Guisborough where Joseph set up his tailoringbusiness

WRIGHT FAMILY

Joseph Wright with his wife Jane Joseph (standing right) with his Apprentices andand their three children. (c1870). Fred, his son.

What about Joseph Wright and Dorothy Layfield’s other children.

ANN WRIGHT. She remained at home with her parents certainly until 1871. We think she had twochildren, Elizabeth and William, even though she was unmarried.

JAMES WRIGHT. He worked as a bleacher in Osmotherley according to the 1851 census. In 1861 hewas living at East Side in Osmotherley, he was by now a widower but he was still employed as aLinen Bleacher. His sister Harriot was also living with him at this time. By the 1871 census he is notlisted and neither is Harriot.

MARY WRIGHT. She lived with her Father and Mother at Walk Mill Lodge until around 1860. Shewas a dressmaker. By 1861 she had married William Thomas Hewitt from Barnsley. They lived atWest End in Osmotherley where William was a Schoolmaster. Their first two children, George (b.1861) and Joseph (b. 1863) were born in Osmotherley. They must have moved to Guisborougharound 1864 because their third child Ann was born there in 1865. In 1871 they were living inChurch Street, Guisborough, next to the Red Lion Inn. A further two children had been born, Emma(b. 1868) and William (b. 1871). William Hewitt was now a Grocer employing a couple ofapprentices.

WRIGHT FAMILY

The 1871 census also shows Mary’s father, Joseph Wright to be visiting them. This means thatJoseph Wright (Senior) is entered twice in the 1871 census because there is also an entry for him inOsmotherley. This must be a case where he was entered on the census form in both places becausethere is only one Joseph Wright from Kepwick in the census records in the years previous, 1851 and1861. What must have happened was that Joseph was visiting his daughter on 2nd April 1871, andhis wife Dorothy must have entered him on the Census form back home in Osmotherley.

In 1881 Mary and William were still at Church Street (27) and a further three children had been born,Arthur (b. 1873), Thomas L (b. 1874) and Mary W(right) (b. 1877). William was described as aMaster Grocer. The 1890 Bulmers entry shows Thomas Hewitt as a Grocer at 21 Church Street. Thisis the same person because William seemed to use either Thomas or William. The family remained inChurch Street until after 1901. The 1901 census shows them still living there with their daughter Annand Mary Wright and their son William who was an Insurance Agent.

The Guisborough Connection.

Church Street (Mary Wright)

Bow Street (Joseph Wright)

New Road (Robert Wright)

So we have Ann living in Church Street, Robert living in New Road and Joseph living in Bow Street.The streets are still there in Guisborough and are in fact quite close to one another as shown in themap above. Also a some of Robert & Ann’s children married and lived in Guisborough, in 1881 therewere who had been born in Osmotherley.

From the census records we can see that most of Robert Wright and Ann Gouldsbrough’s childrenmarried and had a large number of children between them. So I am presenting tables of all Robertand Ann’s grandchildren, 68 in total! Each of Robert & Ann’s children are listed in order of theirbirthdate, starting with my Great Grandfather, James Gouldsbrough.

WRIGHT FAMILY

James Wright was born on on 11th March 1839 at Appleton on Wiske, his father was listed as RobertWright (this agrees with the later marriage certificate for James), a Tailor and his mother listed asAnn Goldsbrough of Great Smeaton. Usually for a child born out of wedlock the fathers name is notrecorded though not in this case. This was the early days of the registration system as it had onlystarted a couple of years previously.

In the later census records James Wright is recorded as having been born in Great Smeaton orHornby, the only correct one is the 1861 census which records place of birth as Appleton on Wiske,however Great Smeaton and Hornby are close by. The 1841 census was the first genealogicallyuseful census and in it we find a James Gouldsbrough aged 2, consistent with his birth certificatewhich showed his birth as taking place in 1839, living in Appleton-upon-Wiske.

It appears that James was living with his Grandparents as Jane Gouldsbrough was too old to be hismother. However Robert Wright, his father is listed with the family, but his mother AnnGouldsbrough is not living at home. So it appears that James’s father met Ann Gouldsbrough whilsthe was apprenticed to her father George Gouldsbrough and that they had a child whilst they werequite young, probably when they were around 18 years old.

In 1842 James’s parents, Robert Wright and Ann Gouldsbrough were married at the Parish Church inDarlington on the 16th August. The marriage certificate confirms that Ann’s father was GeorgeGouldsbrough who was listed as a Tailor. Roberts’ father was Joseph Wright, a Blacksmith, and hisaddress was shown as Great Smeaton. The witnesses were James (or Jane) Gouldsbrough and JaneDouthwaite .

By the 1851 census we find James living with his parents in Osmotherley. The 1851 census showsthat the family had been living in Osmotherley since around 1842, they must have moved there soonafter they were married. Also the family had grown with the birth of five daughters, also by nowJames’s father had become a master tailor with an apprentice. James followed in his fathers footstepsby becoming a tailor.

In the 1861 census he was learning his trade with a George Wilkinson of Stockton, Co. Durham. Thisis the first time that we see James’s correct place of Birth , Appleton Wiske, on a census record. Howhe came to work with George Wilkinson is not clear because there doesn’t seem to be anOsmotherley connection.

We know he must have moved back to Osmotherley before 1866 because it was in that year on 24thJune that he married Sarah Elizabeth Thompson and his residence at the time of marriage is given asOsmotherley. On this certificate his surname is recorded as Goldsborough, also from this certificatewe know that he must have been unable to write because there is a cross (mark) against his nameon the certificate.

A search through the BMD records for Gouldsbrough births recorded at Northallerton showed thatthere were ten children in all, the first, George Wright Gouldsborough born in 1866 and the last in1882 who died soon after birth. The 1871 census held on 2nd April 1871 once again showed thefamily to be using the name Wright, we can be certain that we are looking at the correct familybecause all the other details fit.

From the list of children we can see that there were two sons called James and in fact the Jamesborn in 1872 died in May 1877. I have been able to piece together the events of 1877 which musthave been a very traumatic year for the family.

WRIGHT FAMILY - JAMES WRIGHT [3] aka GOLDSBROUGH

At the beginning of May, James Gouldsbrough (Wright) and Sarah Elizabeth Thompson wereexpecting their seventh child, who was to be my Grandfather, however on 5th May 1877 William(Aged 7) developed Scarlatina (Scarlet Fever) and died 3 days later on 8th May. Herbert (Aged 2developed it on 8th May 1877 and James (Aged 5) subsequently developed it on the 15th May 1877.Herbert died after 14 days on 22nd May 1877 and finally James died 12 days after contracting thedisease on 27th May 1877. The information for William, James and Herbert was extracted from theirDeath Certificates.

I think my Grandfather born on 2nd October 1877 must have been called James in memory of thethree children that had died of Scarlet Fever that year. So at least the year ended on a brighter note.

This wasn’t the first time that a family in Osmotherley had been struck down by fever. Bulmer's 1890History and Directory entry for Osmotherley records that in the chancel of St Peter’s Church is a tabletto the memory of the Rev. William Clere Burges, M.A., vicar of the parish, who died March 10th,1840, at the early age of 37, and four of his children, all of whom died of the same fever within aweek.

The 1881 census held on 3rd April 1881 proved to be difficult to interpret as there were noGouldsbrough’s (or variants) recorded in Osmotherley. I did know that James’s wife Sarah ElizabethThompson had been born in Osmotherley around 1845 - 46 using the 1901 census data. A search forSarah’s born in Osmotherley around that time revealed only two, Sarah Egglestone and Sarah Wright,and only Sarah Wright was living in Osmotherley. As we already know, James’s paternal grandfatherwas Robert Wright so it seems for the purposes of the Census in 1881 the family used the nameWright.

This census record is intriguing because my grandfather James Gouldsbrough is not listed, howeverhis father, mother and other siblings are shown. The entry for Guy Wright must be wrong becausethere is no record of a Guy being born in Osmotherley in 1881, also Fred should have only been 18months old at the time. We do know that Ernest was born at the beginning of 1881, so for Guy readErnest. I think this a case where the enumerators transcription is incorrect. The ages given for theparents, George, Ann and Thomas are correct, the person named as Thomas should in fact be Jamesas he would have been aged three on 3rd April 1881. So it certainly looks as if the real entry for Fredwas missed during the transcription process. There should have been six children at that time asWilliam (b1870), James (b1872) and Herbert (b1874) had died, as we saw earlier, in 1877. The finaland tenth child was not born until 1882.

The 1891 census held on 5th April 1891 held no surprises other than the incorrect indexing of thefamily as Gonldsborough. The record for the 1891 census shows the family still living in West Side inOsmotherley, however only three children including my grandfather were living at home by then, theothers had either left home or died. However we do know from the 1901 census record that aGeorge Gouldsbrough was still living. Also I have subsequently found that Thomas died in 1890,aged 13. Also we known that there was a Granddaughter, Sarah, who would have been three at thetime of the census but not living with the family in Osmotherley.

James lived with Sarah in Osmotherley for the rest of his life. As we have seen earlier they had tenchildren in all, only four surviving until adulthood. James was listed in the 1890 directory as a tailorin Osmotherley he was also listed as a Tailor in the 1893 Kelly’s Directory. He continued working as atailor until he contracted cancer and died in 1896 aged 57.

WRIGHT FAMILY - JAMES WRIGHT aka GOLDSBROUGH

As we have seen from the census returns, James was a tailor in Osmotherley. He may have hadsome difficulty getting paid for some of his work as the cutting form the York Herald of January 23rd

1883 shows. A simple Purchasing Power Calculator would say the relative value is £222.30. Thisanswer is obtained by multiplying £2.50 by the percentage increase in the RPI from 1880 to 2014.

WRIGHT FAMILY - JAMES WRIGHT aka GOLDSBROUGH

This is an extract from the Kellys 1993 Directory showing an entry for James Goldsbrough, Tailor

This is an extract from the probate register showing that his widow, Sarah Elizabeth was grantedProbate to his effects of £56 (£5,770.00 based on increase in RPI since 1896)

JANE WRIGHT

She appears in the 1851 census aged nine years old living at home. However by the time of the1861 census she has left home or died as there are only four Jane’s born in Osmotherley, allunmarried, not one of them has the surname Wright. Searching through the BMD records there isone death recorded in Northallerton for a Jane Wright in 1855. So it appears that she died in 1855,aged 13.

ANN WRIGHT

Ann lived at home for a number of years, in 1851 she was listed as age 7, by 1861 she was still livingat home aged 17, with an occupation of House Servant. In 1871 there are four records for Anns’ bornin Osmotherley around 1844, three of them married. An investigation of the BMD records found thatAnn had married James Parkin in Guisborough in 1867.

The 1871 lists Ann living with James Parkin in Westgate in Guisborough with their three children,Eleanor (3) who Deaf & Dumb, Hannah (2) and William (1). James Parkin was a Ironstone Miner. SoAnn was another member of the family to move to Guisborough. By 1881 Ann was still inGuisborough and she had a further four children all sons. James (8), Robert Wright (6), JosephLayfield (4) and Theodore (1). Her husband James was a mine overman in an Ironstone mine(Chaloner Pit).

Some of the children’s names are interesting in that she use her maiden name and her fathers namefor Robert Wright) and her grandfathers name and grandmothers maiden name for Joseph Layfield.In 1891 James Parkin was still an Overman in the Ironstone mine (Chaloner Pit). Four of the sonswere still at home. James (18) was a Tailors Apprentice, Robert (14) was a Blacksmith Apprentice andTheodore (11) was a scholar. By 1901 Ann and James were still living at Chaloner Pit Cottages withonly Robert (26) at home. James was still listed as an Overman at the Ironstone mine and Robertwas a blacksmith working at the mine.

MARY WRIGHT .

Is listed in the 1851 census (5), but not at home in 1861. There is a Mary Wright listed age 25working as a servant for a James Watt at Hartlepool, he was steamship owner and Broker. Marymarried William Pattinson in Guisborough in Dec 1871. By the time of the 1881 census they wereliving at Redcar Road in Guisborough (yet another of the family to live in Guisborough), William was apainter and paper hanger and they had five children, Thomas, Frederick, Elizabeth, Jane and Sydney.

The 1891 census shows that they were still living in Redcar Road, Guisborough. By now there hadbeen another child, Ernest Wright, the remaining children were still at home. William, Mary’shusband was now described as a House Painter. Thomas (18) was a Chemists Assistant andFrederick (16) was also described as a house painter.

In the 1901 census they were still living on Redcar Road and a further child, Frank had been born.William was now 53 and still working as a House Painter with Frederick (26) also working as a HousePainter. Sydney (20) was and apprentice Tailor. Mary and William had seven children by 1901.

WRIGHT FAMILY - Children of Robert Wright

HARRIET WRIGHT

Harriet appears in the 1851 census aged 3, living at home in Osmotherley, however by 1861 she hasleft home. In 1861 she is a nurse (aged 13) for William and Mary Kay and their daughter Ann (8months) at Highfield Farm, Brompton near Northallerton.

By 1871 she had married John Walton Taylor and was living with him and their two children, Betsy(2) and Emily (1) in Belmangate in Guisborough. They were only a few houses away from JosephWright, Harriet’s fathers younger brother, and his family. John Walton Taylor was a groom at thattime. During the next ten years the family had grown and they had moved to 8 Foundry Street inGuisborough. John was now described as a Horsebreaker employing three men. The children wereBetsy (12), Emily (11), John William (9), Thomas (8) and George (5).

In 1891 the family were still living in Foundry Street, however they used the name Walton rather thanTaylor on the census form. A further four sons had been born in the years since the 1881 census.They were Fred (9), Arthur (6), Harry (4) and Robert (5 months). John was still described as aHorsebreaker and three of his sons, John William, Thomas and George.

By 1901 the family had moved within Guisborough again, this time to Walton Terrace. John is nowdescribed as a horse dealer with John William and Thomas helping out. By now Betsy had marriedand was living with her parents and and her daughter Isa(?).

Harriet was another member of the family to live in Guisborough. By 1901 Harriet and John had ninechildren.

CATHERINE WRIGHT

Catherine lived with her father and mother until after 1871 when she was described as a dressmaker.There is a marriage record of a Catherine Wright marrying Mark Knox in Guisborough in 1872 (m,Guisborough, Mar 1872, 9d, 692).

In 1881 Catherine is living with Mark Knox in Rankin Street in Hammersmith in London. Mark is aJoiner and was born in Tow Law in County Durham. The family must have moved to London around1880 because their four children at that time had been born in Guisborough. The children were,Robert (b. 1873), Clara (b. 1875), Beatrice (b. 1877) and George (b. 1879).

The family were still living at Rankin Street in 1891. The family had grown with the addition of John(b. 1885), Mark (b. 1887), Frederick (b. 1888) and Kate (b. 1891). Robert was employed as a StableBoy and Clara was described as a dressmaker.

They continued living at Rankin Street during the next ten years with a further son Thomas (b. 1895)born. Mark was still earning a living as carpenter/joiner and Catherine had returned to herdressmaking. Their son John was a Solicitors Clerk and Mark (junior) was a Pawnbrokers errand boy.Catherine and Mark had had nine children by the time of the 1901 census.


MARTHA WRIGHT

Martha lived at home until the mid 1870’s when she married William Simpson. In the 1881 censusshe was living in Darlington with William at his parents house. William was an Engine Fitter and theyhad two children, Henry (b. 1879) and Ada (b. 1881). They the moved to West Hartlepool around1884 and by now their family had grown with the addition of Margaret, (b. 1883), Nellie (b. 1885),Jane (b. 1886), William (b. 1888) and Percival (b. 1889). Martha’s husband, William was still workingas an Engine Fitter.

Also Martha’s brother George Goldsbrough Wright was a lodger and he was working as a shipyardlabourer. In 1901 they were still living in West Hartlepool, by now William was described as a MarineEngineer Fitter along with his son Henry. Two further children had been born, Mary Ann (b.1892)and Albert (b. 1900). Martha and William had nine children by 1901.

ELIZABETH WRIGHT

There is no record of Elizabeth in the 1861 census, it appears she probably died in 1856.

ADA WRIGHT

In the 1861 census Ada (3) was living at home in Osmotherley, by 1871 the family had moved toGuisborough and Ada (14) was still at home listed as a scholar. Ada Wright was not listed in the1881 under her maiden name, however there was an Ada (born 1857, Osmotherley) listed as AdaForeman. From the BMD records we find that Ada Wright married Alfred Foreman (m, Guisborough,Mar 1877, 9d, 679) in March 1877 at Guisborough, where she was living at the time.

In 1881 Ada (24) and Alfred Foreman (29), a General Labourer) were living at Allan Street inMiddlebrough, however they must have lived at Danby Wiske for a while. They had three children,Robert (3), Beatrice (1) and Ethel (1month).

By 1891 the family appears to have split up because Ada and Alfred are recorded as separatehouseholds. Ada (35) is the head of the household with John Thomas Haworth Foreman (1), herson, Sarah Lomas a servant and John Haworth, a boarder, his occupation was HomeopathicPhysician.

GEORGE GOLDSBROUGH WRIGHT

George lived at home until after 1881. He was boarding with his sister in West Hartlepool in 1891when he was working as a shipyard labourer. He married Jane Elizabeth Rutherford and in 1901they lived in Union Place in west Hartlepool, they had a son Robert (b.1899). George was working asEngineering Shop Labourer. In the 1911 census they lived at 18 Melrose Street in West Hartlepooland by now they had six children. A further three children were born between 1911 and 1919, thelast being Herbert Clemenceau Wright. The 1939 shows Jane E Wright to be a widow, George havingdied earlier in 1939. She was living at 1 Alma Place, West Hartlepool and Herbert was a generallabourer. Herbert married Elsie Evelyn Barker in 1945.


DORA WRIGHT

Dora lived at home through the 1871 census and 1881 census, when her occupation was that of adressmaker. She married George Dadd around 1882. In the 1891 census he was listed as anIronstone miner and he had been born in Crediton , Devon. They had six children by the time of thecensus, Frederick (9), Elizabeth (7), George (5), Ernest W (4), Edith (2) and John (1). They movedto Guisborough around 1883 and were living in Westgate next to the Kings Head Inn.

In the 1901 census they had moved to Bradford where George was a Gasworks labourer. Theymoved between the birth of Frank and Nellie around 1898/9. Nine children were living at home,Annie (17) - Elizabeth A (in 1891). Herbert (15) - George in 1891, Ernest (14), Edith (12), John(11),Eva (7), Frank (3), Nellie (2) and Wilfred (1 month). Annie was a yarn skinner, Herbert agrinder and Ernest a machine minder. In 1911 the family were living at 66 Southampton Street inBradford. George and Dora had been married 29 years and they had 14 children, 2 of whom haddied prior to 1911. George was employed as a Gas Stoker at the Corporation Gas Works. Thechildren still living at home were Frank, Nellie, Gladys, George and Albert.


GEORGE WRIGHT GOULDSBROUGH

George Wright Gouldsborough (B, 1866, Northallerton) was born on 27th November 1866 inOsmotherley, his father James was by then a master tailor.George was listed in the 1881 census as a scholar still living at home. Ten years later by the time ofthe 1891 census he has left home, because he doesn’t appear with the family in Osmotherley. In factthere appears to be no record of him in the 1891 census. He would have been 25 at the time socould he have been away in the Army?Although George Wright Gouldsbrough couldn’t be found in the 1891 census he re-appears in the1901 census in Durham. In this census he is listed as just George Goldsborough, but the recordedage and place of birth means that this must be George Wright Gouldsborough. He is boarding withthe Lax family, however Ann Lax was born in Osmotherley two years after George.This fits in with Ann Lax being George’s sister, Ann Gouldsbrough who was born in Osmotherley inOctober 1868. Also George is listed as being married but as yet I have not been able to trace a BMDentry for his marriage. George is listed in 1939 register as living at Lax Terrace, Billingham, and he isrecorded as a retired Blacksmith’s Striker and single. George died in 1946, aged 80.

ANN GOULDSBROUGH

Ann Gouldsbrough was born on Osmotherley in October 1868. In 1871 she was listed as Ann Wright,aged 2. By the time of the 1881 census she was still living at home aged 12 still listed as AnnWright.There was no record of Ann Gouldsbrough or Ann Wright in the 1891 census, however we know fromthe 1901 census that she had married George Lax, using that information plus she is the (only) Annborn in Osmotherley in 1868. The transcribed census record does not show the full picture becausethe entry for Sarah A Lax has the name Gouldsbrough crossed out, so this looks to be the SarahGoldsbro living with her Grandmother in the 1901 census where her age was 13 years old and placeof birth Osmotherley.I have tracked down her birth certificate which records her birth at Osmotherley on 26th September1887. Her mother listed as Sarah Gouldsdrough, a domestic servant, though I believe this to be Ann(she appears to have used Sarah rather than Ann), and no father was listed.By 1901 Ann had moved to Billingham with George Lax and four further children had been born. Thesecond child Mary was not recorded in this census (Died?). By 1911 Ernest Frederick had been born(1908) and they were living in Wolviston, Co. Durham. They had been married for 22 years and hadfive children, two of whom had died.

WRIGHT FAMILY - Children of James Goldsbrough (Wright)

FRED GOULDSBROUGH

Fred Gouldsbrough was born on Osmotherley in 1879. In 1881 he was listed under the surnameWright. (See the census table under the narrative for James Gouldsbrough. By the time of the 1891census he was still living at home aged 12 however this time listed as Fred Gouldsbrough.Fred moved to Stockton, Co Durham by 1901, where he is living as a boarder with William Reed andhis wife. William Reed, the head of the household was born in Osmotherley, so he must have knownFred and in fact the Reed connection is even stronger because Fred’s mother had married GeorgeReed from Osmotherley.George Reed and William Reed were in fact brothers, there was 14 years between them. Their fatherJohn Reed had also been born in Osmotherley. George like his father was a Bleacher of yarn andmust have been a Bleacher for 40 years because in 1851 when he was 16 years old that was hisoccupation, as it was in the 1891 Census. William Reed on the other hand had moved to Stockton by1881 and in the 1891 census he was listed as an Engine Driver.Osmotherley was a centre for bleaching linen in the 19th Century. Fabrics were woven by people inthe local villages on their hand looms. The fabric pieces were sent to Osmotherley for bleaching andfinishing. The pieces to be bleached were boiled in soap and water, then laid out on the grass tobleach naturally.

I have one picture of Fred with his Jack Russell terrier.Fred was difficult to track down in the 1911 census thereappeared to be no record of him, however using varioussearch methods I was able to track him down, he had beentranscribed as Goldsworth in spite of the original censusimage being quite clear, at that time he was living inOsmotherley again.

With the publication of the 1939 register I was able todetermine more information about Fred, it indicated that hewas married with a son, John. Fred married ElizabethHodge on February 23rd 1914 at the parish church in thevillage of Cundall. Fred was living in Dishforth at the time.Elizabeth was living close by in Norton-le-Clay. Fred died inDishforth in 1963, aged 83.


Firstname(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Sched-

ule

Fred Goldsborough Friday March 141879 Male General Labourer Married 59

Elizabeth Goldsborough Wednesday June22 1892 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 59

John Goldsborough Wednesday No-vember 11 1914 Male Groundman On Aero ? Single 59

1939 registerDishforth, Wath R.D., Yorkshire (North Riding), England


ERNEST GOULDBSROUGH

Ernest Gouldsbrough was born around April 1881, his Baptism was on 29th May 1881 in Osmotherley.After the 1891 census we were unable to find him in the 1901 and 1911 census, additionally theredidn’t appear to be any further BMD records for him.

Following the release of the 1939 Register where two Ernest Goldsbrough’s were listed a furtherattempt was made to find him in the records. Eventually he was tracked down in the 1911 censusliving on Lanchester, Co Durham, married with three children. The transcription of his birthplace wasincorrect on Ancestry, the original image revealed his birthplace as Northallerton which is where hisbirth was registered, on Findmypast his age was wrongly transcribed as 20.This now bring to four, the number of James Gouldsbrough’s siblings who were alive in 1911. That isthree Great Uncles and one Great Aunt, I never knew existed, alive well into the 20th Century.

Ernest married Emeline Gibson on December 27th in 1902 at the Register office in Gateshead. Thewitnesses were Emelines’ brother George and a Kate Lumsden who is recorded in the 1901 census asa visitor to the Gibson household. They had three children, Thomas Gibson Goldsbrough, SarahElizabeth, probably after Ernest’s mother, Sarash Elizabeth Thompson and Margaret Jane.

Ernest died in 1954 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne aged 73.

First name(s) Last name Relation-ship

Maritalstatus Sex Occupation Age Birth

year Birth place

Ernest Goldsborough Head Married Male Coal Miner Hewer 20 1891 YorkshireNorthallerton

Emmeline Goldsborough Wife Married Female 29 1882 Durham Tow Law

Frances * Goldsborough Son Male 7 1904 Durham Tow Law

Sarah Elizabeth Goldsborough Daughter Female 5 1906 DurhamLanchester

Margaret Jane Goldsborough Daughter Female 3 1908 DurhamLanchester

* Incorrectly transcribed, should be Thomas, in fact BMD record is Thomas Gibson (Emmeline was a Gibson) andErnest’s age should be 30.

Firstname(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule

Ernest Goldsbrough Sunday March 201881 Male General Labourer Married 218

Eveline * Goldsbrough Monday June 51882 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 218

* Should read Emeline

1911 England & Wales CensusChurch Cottages Lanchester, Lanchester, Durham, England

1939 Register65 Alexander Street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B., Northumberland, England

One of the key documents for the search for earlier ancestors is the marriage certificate of JamesGouldsbrough - Wright and Sarah Elizabeth Thompson. As noted earlier this marriage took place on24th June 1866, this certificate lists James as James Goldsborough of full age and occupation, tailor,with his father listed as Robert Wright also a Tailor. Sarah Elizabeth Thompson’s father was shownas James Thompson. The 1851 and 1861 census returns were then used to uncover moreinformation.

SARAH ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Sarah was born in Osmotherley on 12th October 1845, her father was James Thompson, a labourerborn in Kilburn, North Yorkshire and her mother was Elizabeth Harker born in Carlton Husthwaite.From the IGI record we find that they were married in Kirby Sigston on 26th November 1831. Alsothe IGI index shows four children born to James Thompson and Elizabeth Harker in Osmotherley, thefirst being Anne born 1839, then Ann born in 1841, Sarah Elizabeth in 1845 and finally James in1851.

So the information gleaned from the 1901 Census has allowed us to delve deeper into theGoldsbrough family history and to find James Gouldsbrough’s siblings as well as his parents. Fromthat we have been able to trace further branches of the Goldsbrough family tree.

In 1851 Sarah aged five was living with her parents, her elder sister Ann and younger brother Jamesin Osmotherley. Anne the other daughter is not mentioned, it is possible she had died as she also notrecorded in the 1841 census. There is no further record (the 1861 census had no record of her, shemust have been missed off) of Sarah until she married James Gouldsbrough on the 14th June 1866 inthe Parish Church at Osmotherley.

SARAH ELIZABETH THOMPSON

GEORGE GOLDSBROUGH (1780 - 1856).

The IGI index for Great Smeaton records George Goldsbrough being christened on 11th June 1780.His father was Thomas Goldsbrough and his mother Catherine Pickering.

George married Jane Metcalfe at Sculcoates (near Hull, East Yorkshire) on 3rd October 1808. JosephWright father of Robert Wright was a witness to the wedding. So even around 1800 there was aclose relationship between the Goldsbrough and Wright families. Jane Metcalf’e’s father was GeorgeMetcalfe, a Blacksmith.

George and Jane lived Great Smeaton). George is listed in the Baines 1823 directory as ashopkeeper. In the Whites directory of 1840 he listed as a Tailor. By the time of the 1841 census heand Jane were listed in the entry for Hornby, Smeaton Village. George’s occupation was that of aTailor, he had two apprentices, Robert Wright and Robert Rumford working for him. Also living withthem was there Grandson, James Wright (Gouldsbrough).

Also living close by was Mary Gouldsbrough (40) with her children Catherine, Henry & ThomasGouldsbrough. In 1851 George was living at Thorpe Row in Hornby. By now he was 70 years old buthe still had an apprentice tailor working for him as well as a Domestic Servant. I have not been ableto trace Jane Gouldsbrough in the 1851 census as she is not listed with George. She was still alivebecause George is described as being Married rather than widowed. This may be a case where shewas left off the census! Also he was living next door to a Mary Gouldsbrough, aged 60 and widowed,a proprietor of houses.

George died in Hornby on the sixth of November 1856, aged 77. He was described as a Master Tailorand Draper and his death was notified by E. W. Metcalfe of South Shields. This may have been arelation of his wife, whose maiden name was Metcalfe.

What happened to the children of George Goldsbrough and Jane Metcalfe. We know of course thattheir daughter Ann married Robert Wright but what of the others. A couple of them died when theywere a few months old, they were Pickering and George.

GEORGE GOLDSBROUGH

Name Sex AgeBirthYear Occupation Where Born

GOULDSBROUGH, Geo M 60 1781 Yorkshire

GOULDSBROUGH, Jane F 55 1786

GOULDSBROUGH, James M 2 1839 Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Robt M 20 1821 Yorkshire

RUMFORD, Robt M 15 1826 Yorkshire

ELWOOD, Isabella F 14 1827 Yorkshire

1841 England, Wales & Scotland CensusGreat Smeaton, Hornby, Yorkshire

1851 England, Wales & Scotland CensusOsmotherley, Yorkshire

Name Relation Condition Sex AgeBirthYear

OccupationDisability Where Born

WRIGHT, Robert Head Married M 30 1821 Tailor Master 1 App Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Ann Wife Married F 29 1822 Tailor's Wife Hornby Yorkshire

WRIGHT, James Son M 12 1839 Scholar Hornby Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Jane Daughter F 9 1842 Scholar Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Ann Daughter F 7 1844 Scholar Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Mary Daughter F 5 1846 Scholar Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Harriet Daughter F 3 1848 Tailor's Daur Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Elizabeth Daughter F 0 (5M) 1851 Tailor's Daur Osmotherley Yorkshire

WETHERELL, William Apprentice M 14 1837 Tailor (App) Hornby Yorkshire

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census24, East Street, Stockton, Durham



WILKINSON, George Head Married M 30 1831 Tailor StocktonDurham

WILKINSON, Mary J Wife Married F 27 1834 ...British Subject

WILKINSON, William Son M 2 1859 StocktonDurham

WILKINSON, Christiana Daughter F 1 1860 StocktonDurham

WRIGHT, James Boarder Unmarried M 21 1840 Tailor Appleton WiskeYorkshire

JAMES WRIGHT (Goldsbrough) - CENSUS RETURNS

JAMES WRIGHT (Goldsbrough) - CENSUS RETURNS

1871 England, Wales & Scotland CensusOsmotherley, North Yorkshire (next door to the Queen Catherine Inn)

Name Relationship Status Age Occupation Where Born

James Wright Head M 32 Master Tailor Smeaton, Yorks

Sarah Wright Wife M 35 Osmotherley, Yorks

George Wright Son S 4 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Ann Wright Daughter S 2 Osmotherley, Yorks

William Wright Son S 11m Osmotherley, Yorks

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census6 West Side,Osmotherley, North Yorkshire (next door to the Queen Catherine Inn)


James Gouldsborough Head M 52 Tailor Smeaton, Yorks

Sarah Gouldsborough Wife M 45 Osmotherley, Yorks

James Gouldsborough Son S 13 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Fred Gouldsborough Son S 12 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Ernest Gouldsborough Son S 10 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

1891 England, Wales & Scotland CensusWest side,Osmotherley, North Yorkshire


James Wright Head M 42 Tailor Smeaton, Yorks

Sarah Wright Wife M 35 Osmotherley, Yorks

George Wright Son S 14 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Ann Wright Daughter S 12 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Thomas (James?) Wright Son S 4 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Fred (James?) Wright Son S 3 Scholar Osmotherley, Yorks

Guy Wright Son S 2m Osmotherley, Yorks

Name Sex AgeBirthYear Occupation Where Born

RIGHT, Joseph M 45 1796 Blacksmith Yorkshire

RIGHT, Dorothy F 45 1796 Yorkshire

RIGHT, Ann F 20 1821 Yorkshire

RIGHT, Joseph M 12 1829 Yorkshire

RIGHT, Mary F 5 1836 Yorkshire

RIGHT, Harriet F 2 1839 Yorkshire

Census enumerator entered the family as Right, should be Wright

1841 England, Wales & Scotland CensusWalk Mill Lodge Osmotherley, North Yorkshire




WRIGHT, Joseph Head Married M 56 1795 Blacksmith (Mas-ter) Kepwick Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Dorothy Wife Married F 56 1795 Web Washer Ellerton Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Ann Daughter Unmarried F 34 1817 Dress Maker Ellerton Yorkshire

WRIGHT, James Son Unmarried M 31 1820 Bleacher Thornton Le BeansYorkshire

WRIGHT, Joseph Son Unmarried M 22 1829 Tailor (Journeyman) Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Mary Daughter Unmarried F 15 1836 Dress Maker Osmotherley Yorkshire

WRIGHT, Harriet Daughter Unmarried F 12 1839 Scholar Osmotherley Yorkshire

1861 England, Wales & Scotland CensusWalk Mill Cottage, Potters Row, Osmotherley, North Yorkshire

Firstname(s)



Joseph Wright Head Married Male 68 1793 Blacksmith Kepwick, Yorkshire,

Dorothy Wright Wife Married Female 67 1794 Ellerton, Yorkshire,

Ann Wright Daughter Unmarried Female 44 1817 Dressmaker Ellerton, Yorkshire,

Elizh Wright Granddaughter Female 10 1851 Scholar Osmotherly, Yorkshire

JOSPEPH WRIGHT - CENSUS RETURNS

Firstname(s)



William F Hewitt Head Married Male 38 1833 Grocer Yorkshire, England

Mary Hewitt Wife Married Female 35 1836 Osmotherley York-shire

George Hewitt Son Single Male 9 1862 Scholar Osmotherley York-shire

Joseph Hewitt Son Single Male 8 1863 Scholar Osmotherley York-shire

Ann Hewitt Daughter Single Female 6 1865 Scholar Guisborough York-shire

Emma Hewitt Daughter Single Female 3 1868 Guisborough York-shire

William Hewitt Son Single Male 0 1871 Guisborough York-shire

Joseph Wright Father-In-Law Married Male 76 1795 Kepwick Yorkshire

Ann Ford Servant Single Female 13 1858 Osmotherley York-shire

Joseph Wright appears on the both Census returns

Firstname(s)



Joseph Wright Head Married Male 77 1794 Blacksmith Kepwick York-shire

Dorothy Wright Wife Married Female 76 1795 Ellerton York-shire,

Ann Wright Daughter Single Female 53 1818 Dressmaker Ellerton Yorkshire

Elizabeth Wright Granddaughter Single Female 20 1851 OsmotherleyYorkshire

William Wright Grandson Single Male 11 1860 Scholar Yorkshire,


1871 England, Wales & Scotland CensusChurch Street (next to The Red Lion) Guisborough North Yorkshire

JOSPEPH WRIGHT - CENSUS RETURNS

is abundant in the Cleveland Hills. The area, in which the deposits are found, extendsfrom Ormesby to the coast, and southward to Rosedale and Eskdale. It is little more than fortyyears since the first mine was opened; but the frequent discovery of iron slag on the hills provesclearly that the ore was worked at a remote period. Mr. I. Lowthian Bell, in a paper on theManufacture of Iron on the Tyne, Wear, and Tees, read before the British Association, atNewcastle-on-Tyne, in 1863, tells us that in the latter half of last century, ironstone was gatheredon the coast, at Robin Hood's Bay, and conveyed by water to the Wear, and thence carted to thefurnace at Whitehill, near Chester-le-Street. In the early years of the present century, the Tyne IronCompany obtained it, in a similar way, from the beach between Scarborough and Saltburn. It wasnot, for some time, suspected that these water-worn masses of ironstone had fallen from the cliffsabove; but about 1815, the gatherers of the ore began, according to Bewick, to tear up the stonefrom its bed at different parts of the coast.The existence of ironstone among the east Moorlands had long been asserted, but its discovery didnot take place until 1836, when its position at Grosmont, near Whitby, was pointed out by a Mr.Wilson, a partner in the Tyne Iron Company. The same year an organized system of working theseam was commenced by the Whitby Stone Company, and a year or two later the ore was wroughtat Kettleness and Staithes. The seam at Grosmont was 4½ feet thick, and yielded ultimately from80,000 to 100,000 tons a year.In 1849, or thereabouts, the massive bed of Cleveland ore was discovered by John Roseby, apractical miner, in the valley of Skinningrove, and from this discovery has resulted a remarkabledevelopement of the district, unparalleled in the history of any British industry. This valuable seam,the richest in England, extends over an area of about 500 square miles, stretching from the Tees toRosedale and Eskdale, and gradually diminishes in thickness towards the east and south. Itsgeological position is at the top of the "Middle Lias," or Marlstone rock, above which are the UpperLias shales, containing beds of alum rock and seams of jet. This main seam is most fully developedat Eston, near Middlesborough, where it varies in thickness from 12 to 17 feet. At the Chalonermines, near Guisborough, it has a thickness of 13 feet; at the Liverton mines, near Loftus, 9½ feet;and at Ailesbury, near Swainby, 6 feet. It contains numerous well-known fossils, expecially PectenÆquivalvis, from which it is often designated the Pecten bed.Above, and separated from the main seam by the Upper Lias or alum shales, is another seam,called the Top Bed or Dogger Bed, which varies in thickness from a few inches to twenty feet. Theore yields a higher percentage of metallic iron than that of the main seam, but the erratic variationin the thickness of the bed renders it of less commercial value. It is, however, worked at a fewplaces, and extensively in Rosedale, where the seam is about 12 feet thick, and supplies ore to theblast furnaces at Grosmont.The average quantity of ore raised per annum from the various mines of the North Riding is aboutsix million tons, and it has been computed that at the present rate of consumption the main seamwill be exhausted in 60 or 70 years.

GUISBOROUGH & IRONSTONE

BMD CERTIFICATES

James Wright (Goldsbrough), [b] March 7th 1839

James Wright (Goldsbrough), [baptism] March 24th 1839

BMD CERTIFICATES

Robert Wright and Ann Goldsbrough, [m] August 14th 1841

James Goldsbrough and Sarah Ann Thompson, [m] June 24th 1866

George Goldsbrough Wright [b] November 21st 1860

BMD CERTIFICATES

George Wright Goldsbrough, [b] November 27th 1866

Herbert Goldsbrough, [d] May 22nd 1877

James Goldsbrough, [d] May 27th 1877

William Goldsbrough, [d] May 8th 1877

James Goldsbrough, [b] October 2nd 1877

BMD CERTIFICATESBMD CERTIFICATES

James Goldsbrough, [d] February 3rd 1896

James Goldsbrough and Elizabeth Ethel Dobson, [m] June 22nd 1907

George Harvey Goldsbrough, [b] June 22nd 1918

Fred Gouldsbrough & Elizabeth Hodge, [m] February 23rd 1914

BMD CERTIFICATES

Herbert Clemenceau Wright, [m] September 22nd 1945

Ernest Goldsbrough, [m] December 27th 1902

Robert Wright b: 1821 in Osmotherley M: Ann Goldsbrough b: 1821 in HornbyC James Goldsbrough b: 1839 in Great Smeaton M: Sarah Elizabeth Thompson b: 1845 in OsmotherleyG George Wright Gouldsbrough b: 21 Nov 1866 in OsmotherleyG Ann Gouldsbrough b: 20 Oct 1868 in Osmotherley M: George Lax b: 1869 in WolvistonG William Gouldsbrough b: 18 Apr 1870 in OsmotherleyG James Gouldsbrough b: 1872 in OsmotherleyG Herbert Gouldsbrough b: 20 Sep 1874 in OsmotherleyG Thomas Gouldsbrough b: 29 Jul 1876 in OsmotherleyG James Goldsbrough b: 02 Oct 1877 in Osmotherley M: Elizabeth Ethel Dobson b: 03 Jul 1886 in Crathorne MillG Fred Gouldsbrough b: 1879 in Osmotherley M: Elizabeth Hodges b: 1893G Ernest Gouldsbrough b: 1881 in Osmotherley M: Emaline Gibson b: 05 Jun 1882G Male Gouldsbrough b: 05 Sep 1882 in OsmotherleyC Jane Wright b: 1842 in OsmotherleyC Ann Wright b: 1844 in Osmotherley M: James Parkin b: 1835 in MiddlemoorG Eleanor Parkin b: 1868 in GuisboroughG Hannah Parkin b: 1869 in GuisboroughG William Parkin b: 1870 in GuisboroughG James Parkin b: 1873 in GuisboroughG Robert Wright Parkin b: 1875 in GuisboroughG Joseph Layfield Parkin b: 1877 in GuisboroughG Theodore Parkin b: 1880 in GuisboroughC Mary Wright b: 1846 in Osmotherley M: William Pattinson b: 1843 in GuisboroughG Thomas Pattinson b: Abt. 1872 in GuisboroughG Frederick William Pattinson b: Abt. 1874 in GuisboroughG Elizabeth Ellen Pattinson b: 1876 in GuisboroughG Jane Ann Pattinson b: Abt. 1878 in GuisboroughG Sydney Henry Pattinson b: 1880 in GuisboroughG Ernest Wright Pattinson b: 1890 in Guisborough M: Sarah Dent b:11 Apr 1892G Frank Pattinson b: 1892 in Guisborough M: Lillian Maud Armstrong b: 1895C Harriet Wright b: 1848 in Osmotherley M: John Walton Taylor b: 1847 in GuisboroughG Betsy Taylor b: 1869 in GuisboroughG Emily Taylor b: 1870 in GuisboroughG John William Taylor b: 1872 in GuisboroughG Thomas Taylor b: 1875 in GuisboroughG George Taylor b: 1876 in GuisboroughG Fred Walton Taylor b: 1882 in GuisboroughG Arthur Taylor b: 1885 in GuisboroughG Henry Taylor b: 1886 in Guisborough M: Ethel Dewing b: 1886 in GuisboroughG Robert Taylor b: 1891 in GuisboroughC Elizabeth Wright b: 1850 in Osmotherley

Continued on the next page with Catherine Wright.

DESCENDANTS of ROBERT WRIGHT & ANN GOLDSBROUGH

The table on this page and the next lists the 11 children of Robert Wright and Ann Goldsbrough aswell as their 79 grandchildren. The children are identified by a ‘C’ in the first column and grandchil-dren identified by a ‘G’ in the first column.

C Catherine Wright b: 1853 in Osmotherley M: Mark Knox b: 1853 in Tow LawG Robert Knox b: 1873 in GuisboroughG Clara Knox b: 1875 in Guisborough M: William Torbett b: 1871 in LondonG Beatrice Knox b: 1877 in GuisboroughG George Knox b: 1879 in GuisboroughG John Knox b: 1885 in Middlesbrough Cleveland EnglandG Mark Knox b: 1887 in HammersmithG Fred Knox b: 1888 in HammersmithG Kate Knox b: 1891 in HammersmithG Thomas Knox b: 1895 in HammersmithC Martha Wright b: 1855 in Osmotherley M: William Simpson b: 1853 in Barnard CastleG Henry Simpson b: 1879 in DarlingtonG Ada Simpson b: 1881 in DarlingtonG Margaret Simpson b: 1883 in DarlingtonG Nellie Simpson b: 1886 in HartlepoolG Sarah Jane Simpson b: 1885 in Hartlepool M: Joseph Harry Fletcher m: 1923 in HartlepoolG Wiliam Simpson b: 1888 in HartlepoolG Percival Simpson b: 1889 in HartlepoolG Mary Ann Simpson b: 1892 in West HatlepoolG Albert Simpson b: 1900 in West HatlepoolC Ada Wright b: 1857 in Osmotherley M: Alfred Foreman b: 1852 in KirtlingG Robert Foreman b: 1878 in Danby WiskeG Beatrice A Foreman b: 1880 in SkeltonG Ethel Maud Foreman b: 1881 in Middlesbrough M: John Haworth b: 1844 in BlackburnG John Thomas Haworth b: 1890 in MiddlesbroughG Percy Haworth b: 1893 in MiddlesbroughG Gladys Haworth b: 1896 in AccringtonC George Goldsbrough Wright b: 1860 in Osmotherley M: Jane Elizabeth Rutherford b: 1875 in BellerbyG Robert Wright b: 1899 in West HartlepoolG George Wright b: 1902 in HartlepoolG Kathleen Wright b: 1904 in Hartlepool M: David Petch b:1902G Ann Goldsbrough Wright b: 1905 in Hartlepool M: Martin Joyce b: 1906G Ada Wright b: 1908 in HartlepoolG Harry Wright b: 1910 in HartlepoolG Isabel Wright b: 1912 in HartlepoolG Eleanor Wright b: 1914 in HartlepoolG Herbert C Wright b: 1919 in Hartlepool. M: Elsie E BarkerC Dora Wright b: 1863 in Osmotherley M: George Dadd b: 1860 in CreditonG Frederick Dadd b: 1883 in Not KnownG Elizabeth Dadd b: 1884 in GuisboroughG George Dadd b: 1886 in GuisboroughG Ernest Dadd b: 1887 in GuisboroughG Edith Dadd b: 1889 in GuisboroughG John Dadd b: 1890 in GuisboroughG Eva Dadd b: 1894 in GuisboroughG Frank Dadd b: 1897 in GuisboroughG Nellie Dadd b: 1899 in BradfordG Wilfred Dadd b: 1901 in BradfordG Gladys Dadd b: 1903 in Bradford M: John Foster b: 1899 in BradfordG George Dadd b: 1905 in BradfordG Albert Dadd b: 1907 in Bradford

DESCENDANTS of ROBERT WRIGHT & ANN GOLDSBROUGH

DESCENDANTS of JAMES GOLDSBROUGH & SARAH ELIZABETH THOMPSON

James Goldsbrough b: 1839 in Great Smeaton Sarah Elizabeth Thompson b:1845 in Osmotherley

C George Wright Gouldsbrough b: 21 Nov 1866 in Osmotherley

C Ann Gouldsbrough b: 20 Oct 1868 in Osmotherley George Lax b: 1869 in Wolviston

G Sarah Ann Gouldsbrough b: 22 Sep 1887G Mary Lax b: 1890 in WolvistonG Johnson Lax b: 1893 in WolvistonG Emily Lax b: 1895 in Wolviston Henry SissonG Ruby Lax b: 1897 in OsmotherleyG Ada Lax b: 1900 in BillinghamG Annie Lax b: 1904 in WolvistonG Ernest Frederick Lax b: 1906 in Wolviston

C William Gouldsbrough b: 18 Apr 1870 in Osmotherley

C James Gouldsbrough b: 1872 in Osmotherley

C Herbert Gouldsbrough b: 20 Sep 1874 in Osmotherley

C Thomas Gouldsbrough b: 29 Jul 1876 in Osmotherley

C James Goldsbrough b: 02 Oct 1877 in Osmotherley Elizabeth Ethel Dobson b: 03 Jul1886 in Crathorne Mill

G Frederick Goldsbrough b: 19 Aug 1907 Violet Swales b: Abt. 1908 in Stokes-ley

G Annie Goldsbrough b: 20 Jul 1910 Arthur Lamplugh b: 1909 inNunthorpe

G James Goldsbrough b: 17 Jul 1913 Nancy Smith b: Abt. 1918 in GreatBroughton

G George Harvey Goldsbrough b: 22 Jun 1918 in Great Broughton Joan Fletcher b: 22 Nov 1920 inHelmsley

G Samuel Goldsbrough b: 14 Jul 1920 in Great Broughton Hilda Maw b: Abt. 1923 in ThirskG Elsie Goldsbrough b: 1923G Ruth Gouldsbrough b: 22 Jan 1928 in Great Broughton David Brown

C Fred Gouldsbrough b: 1879 in Osmotherley Elizabeth Hodges b: 1893

G John Gouldsbrough b: 1914 in Dishforth

C Ernest Goldsbrough b: 1881 in Osmotherley Emeline Gibson m: 1903

G Thomas Gibson Goldsbrough b: 1903 Frances M BlenchG Sarah Elizabeth Goldsbrough b: 1906G Margaret Jane Gouldsbrough b: 1908

C Male Gouldsbrough b: 05 Sep 1882 in Osmotherley

Copy of research carried out in 2000 by David Robinson with input by Ann Craig. The children ofJames Wright.

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