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Melsonby 1911
There were 19 Kipling households in the 1911 census descended from Thomas
Kipling of Melsonby1.
Thomas Kipling married Dorothy Lumley at Melsonby in 1795 (a witness was a Matt
Kipling). They also had sons Jeremiah (1796), Robert (1798) and Thomas (1801)
baptised at Melsonby.
Thomas was the son of Jeremiah Kipling who married Jane Colpits at Manfield in
1768. He was baptised at North Otterington in 1769 (he died in 1849 aged 80, see
below).
Jeremiah and Jane also had a daughter Jane baptised at North Otterington in 1771, a
son Jeremiah baptised at Great Smeaton in 1773 and another son Matthew
(presumably the ‘Matt’ above) at Easby (Richmond) in 1774 when Jeremiah and Jane
were living at a place called English Close.
Further children were baptised at Barton, the first suggesting that son Jeremiah (1773)
had died.
1777 Barton St Cuthbert
Barton 1779
1781 Barton St Cuthbert
1 Initially, a larger number of households was ascribed by me to this family group but have
subsequently been identified as part of the Staindrop group.
1783 Aysgarth
They also had a daughter Sarah in 1786 at Aysgarth. Jeremiah and Jane seem to have
moved to Richmond by 1792, as the burial record below shows:
1792 Barton St C
It seems likely that Jeremiah and Jane then moved to Liverpool, as her death is
probably that reported below.
St John’s Liverpool, 1801
Jeremiah was probably the son, born 1742 in Winston, of William Kipling. William
was probably born at Dalehead Farm in Balderdale in 1714 (son of Tobias/Talbot
Kipling and Bridget Lockey; he had an elder brother Jeremiah). See ‘18th and 19th
Century Baldersdale Kiplings’.
http://kipling.one-name.net/18th%20Century%20Baldersdale%20Kiplings.pdf
Son Tobias married Eleanor Cawton at Thornton-le-Street in 1806.
Records show Tobias living in Pitt Street Liverpool and being an Exciseman in 1824.
Baines Directory 1824-5
Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, Volume 19
Another directory around this time apparently shows a Thomas Kipling as also being
an exciseman (at the same address). Was this an error for Tobias or was his brother
(or nephew) Thomas also engaged in this business?
1821 Gore’s Directory. Liverpool
Thomas and his brother Tobias were both living in Melsonby in 1840, as the tithe
records show:
This is confirmed by the 1841 census.
Jeremiah married Ann Swainstone at Melsonby in 1828 and they had a daughter Jane
in 1830. Jeremiah died in 1831 aged 34. Thomas, Matthew and Robert’s families are
described below.
Tobias died in 1845 aged 67 (he was actually only 64), Thomas died in 1849 at the
age of 80 and Ellen (sic) aged 73 the same year. Dorothy was still alive in 1851.
It is probable that Thomas’s other brother Matthew (1774) died in Liverpool in 1824,
where he was a customs officer (also known as a ‘tide waiter’). He had only married
the previous year.
Liverpool, St Johns 1824
Liverpool, St Nicholas, 1823
The fate of Jeremiah (1777) is not known.
Children of Robert Kipling (1798)
Marriages, Durham District - Record Number: 283681.1
Location: Pittington
Church: St. Laurence
Denomination: Anglican
9 Dec 1822 Robert Kipling of this parish married Alice Stockley of this parish
Witnesses: Leonard Sunter(?), Mary Whitfield
By 1824, they had moved to St Giles parish in Durham City.
Baptisms, Durham District - Record Number: 624948.0
Location: Durham City
Church: St. Giles
Denomination: Anglican
15 Aug 1824 Sarah Kipling of St. Giles, born 15 Aug 1823, daughter of Robert
(countryman) & Alice Kipling
Baptisms, Durham District - Record Number: 618165.0
Location: Durham City
Church: St. Margaret
Denomination: Anglican
25 Dec 1825 William Kipling of Milburngate, son of Robert (labourer) & Alice
Kipling, private baptism 9 Dec 1825
William and Sarah both died at age 1.
Later sons Robert and Thomas also died young, leaving only daughters Dorothy and
Hannah and young son Matthew by 1841, when they were living in Gilesgate.
Gilesgate, Durham 1841
Matthew died in 1841, leaving Robert with no male heirs.
Burials, Durham District - Record Number: 761209.2
Location: Durham City
Church: St. Giles
Denomination: Anglican
7 Sep 1841 Matthew Kipling, of Gilesgate, age: 4
Tithe apportionment 1844, Durham St Giles
Gilesgate, Durham. 1851
Magdelene Street, Durham. 1861
Magdelene Street, Durham. 1871
Robert died later in 1871, Alice having died in 1867.
Children of Matthew Kipling (1803)
Matthew married Mary Waistell in 1824 and by 1841 had sons James (1825), Mark
(1827), Jeremiah (1831), Tobias (1834 d1834) and Tobias (1840) and three daughters.
In 1841, Jeremiah and Tobias were at home.
1841 Melsonby
Son James was an apprentice tailor living with his master elsewhere the village and
Mark was a farmer’s servant in Aldborough parish.
By the time of the 1851 census, Matthew was a gamekeeper in Melsonby. Tobias was
still living at home and James, now married (see below) was visiting. Matthew and
Mary had also had two further daughters.
1851 Melsonby
Mark meanwhile had move to Gayles and married. The rest of his history follows
later.
1851 Kirkby Ravensworth
It is not known where Jeremiah was in 1851 but he died in 1853 at the age of 21. By
1861, Matthew and Mary had moved to Barton:
1861 Barton
And Tobias was a schoolmaster lodging on a farm at Bellerby:
Daughter Eleanor married in Newcastle in 1870.
Matthew and Jane were still in Barton in 1871:
1871 Barton
And in1881:
1881 Barton
Northern Echo - Wednesday 27 April 1881
Mary died later in 1881 and Matthew died in 1882, age 79. Thy are buried in
Melsonby churchyard
Family of James Kipling (1825)
In 1848, James married Dorothy Pounder in the local register office.
Dorothy’s father Benjamin died in 1850 and left her a legacy:
In 1851, a curious advertisement appeared in the York Herald of 15 February:
There would appear to have been a falling-out, as at time of the census the following
month, Dorothy and young daughter Jane Anne were living with the Pounders at
Gayles and, as seen above, James was back with his parents in Melsonby.
Dorothy also took James to court for maintenance.
Darlington & Stockton Times, Ripon & Richmond Chronicle - Saturday 29 March 1851
They nevertheless appear to have resolved matters, as a son James John was born in
Leeds in 1856 but died the following year.
Becket Street Cemetery 1857
A few months later, James is referred to in the records of David Richards, Mormon
President in Witton-le-Wear.2
August 1857
23 Sunday) In the morning before 7:00 o'clock Johy Jonson came to call for an
administration on Brother James Kipling from Leeds who is here for a time staying at the
home of his sister in Woodsaid. I went up there. I administered the ordinance to him. He was
throwing up blood. I came back from there home and went after that up to North Beechborn
with Elder Wm Horn to distribute tracts. We visited 46 families. 19 of them [received} the
tracts. At 1:30we preached in the open air there. A few people gathered to listen, and from
there to Rumble Hill. We visited 22 families there. 13 received the tracts. At 4:00 o'clock we
preached out of doors there. A very good hearing. A few gathered. We went from there to
Howdon. We visited 35 families. 13 received the tracts. The people are generally quite
satisfied. And from there to Witton le Ware to the home of Bro Wm Horn. I had some food.
We held a sacrament meeting there. And from there home. I went past Woodseid and looked
in on Bro. James Kipling. He was a little better. I administered the ordinance to him. I
walked today close to 10 miles.
24 Monday) Wrote in the morning. After that I went to administer to Brother James Kipling.
He is a little better today. And from there to Bp Auckland. When I came back from there my
son Win David had been close to having his hand on the train track between the four wheels.
A small. injury on his right hand. In the evening I exchanged the tracts in the houses by the
old Witton Park coal pit. I visited 18 families. 13 of them received the tracts. I preached out of
doors there at 7:00 o'clock. A very good hearing with many gathered. After I returned home a
messenger came to fetch me for Brother J. Kipling. I went up to him. He was throwing up
blood through his mouth. I administered the ordinance to him and he got a little better. I
returned home between 11:00 and 12:00 o'clock. I walked 8 miles today.
25 Tuesday) Between 3:00 and 4:00 o'clock in the morning a messenger came to fetch me for
Brother J. Kipling. I went up to him. He was throwing up blood exceedingly. I anointed him
with oil and administered the sacrament to him and laid my hands on him. And he got much
better. Worked during the day. In the evening up to Woodseid to look in on Brother J.
Kipling. He was much better tonight. I administered the ordinance to him. Sister Kipling had
come here today from Leeds.
2 THICK GREEN JOURNAL OF DAVID RICHARDS (ENGLISH TRANSLATION) Day book in which I,
David Richards (President of the Witton le Ware Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the
Durham Conference), record some things and how I spend my time, beginning in this book on October 13, 1856.
26 Wednesday) Worked during the day. In the evening in Witton le Ware. I acted in the office
of teacher at the home of Brother and Sister Horn. Sister J. Thompson present there. All
feeling very good about living their religion. 4 miles.
27 Thursday) Worked during the day. In the evening I wrote and went up to Woodseid to
administer to Brother J. Kipling. He is very much better.
The fact that James and Dorothy married in a register office rather than a recognised
church may have indicated that they were converts to Mormonism.
Mormon sacraments notwithstanding, James died less than five months later in Leeds,
attended by his brother.
Dorothy and Jane Ann then crossed the Atlantic from Liverpool to New York in May
1860 aboard the Underwriter, one of the Mormon ‘fleet’ (she may have been a
servant to a John Moulton, see below)
They are listed as members of group of Mormons which left Florence, Nebraska for
Salt Lake City in June that year.
They also appear at Omaha in the census taken on 1 June 1860, their places of birth
being recorded incorrectly as Illinois.
The occupations of their next-door neighbours are rather bluntly described!
Dorothy’s fate is unknown but Jane Anne married Joseph Buckley around 1867, lived
in Salt Lake City in and died there in 1927.
She is buried in Salt Lake City cemetery.
Family of Mark Kipling (1827)
By 1861, Mark had moved to Long Benton, Northumberland, although having first
spent time in Staindrop. He had sons Matthew (1853) and Mark (1859).
Three more daughters had arrived by 1871.
1871. Church Lane Lodge, Long Benton
Mark died in 1877 and by 1881 Elizabeth had remarried. Son Mark was living with
her.
Twenty years later, Mark was married and living in Byker near Newcastle, with a
family of his own.
Baptisms, Tynemouth District - Record Number: 1384000.0
Location: Wallsend, Northumberland
Church: St. Luke
Denomination: Anglican
26 Nov 1892 Laura Kipling, of 40 Neptune Road, born 8-Nov, child of Mark (driller) & Elizabeth
Kipling
In 1911, they are still there (#213).
In 1881, brother Matthew was in Long Benton with a family of his own, a quarry
worker like his father, step-father and brother.
Matthew was somewhat of a magnet for stray animals!
Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Tuesday 22 June 1886
Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Tuesday 17 May 1887
Two decades later, little had changed.
1901. Byker Street, Byker.
By 1911, Margaret was living with sons Mark and Robert (#227)
Matthew had by then separated from Margaret, as he was living with a Minnie Smith
across the Tyne at Heworth (#77). Presumably for the sake of decorum, he described
himself as a widower and her as his housekeeper.
1911. Heworth, Gateshead
Matthew married Minnie Smith in 1927 and died in Gateshead in 1934.
Was this him in 1908?
Morpeth Herald - Saturday 08 August 1908
In 1911, son George was living in Gateshead, working in the shipyards (#75).
He married he following year (the register entry subsequently being corrected).
George and Maud emigrated to Australia in 1928.
See ‘Other Kiplings in Australia’ for further details.
http://kipling.one-name.net/Other%20Kiplings%20in%20Australia.pdf
Family of Tobias Kipling (1840)
Tobias married Sarah Wright at Healey near Masham in 1865, where he was
schoolmaster.
He then attended the University of London.
U of L general register 1890
In 1871, Tobias was schoolmaster at nearby Snape. Sarah was the schoolmistress.
By 1881, Tobias was transitioning to photography, his teaching now being private.
The family had also moved to Darlington.
1881 Redsdale St, Darlington
1891 Lambton St, Darlington
Tobias took the photograph in the Manchester City archives referred to below:
The album belonged to Mrs Bradshaw's father and his family. He was called Sayer and came from
Starbotton, Yorkshire where they had a farm. Mrs Bradshaw knows only a few details about some of
the photos. However, [...] they were all taken before the 1900s.
Woman. 909/85 No Date Reverse of 909/85. Reads: 'Portrait and Landscape Photographer, T
Kipling, Westbrook Buildings, Northgate, Darlington. Negatives kept. Copies and enlargements may be
had.'
Tobias is also credited with the following photograph, about which it is said “Tobias
Kipling was born in 1841 in Melonsby and lived in Darlington at 1 Lambton Street
from 1891 until 1894. Many thanks to Peter Jefferies for this information”.
Son Frederick Kitson died in 1892 and wife Sarah died in 1900, by which time the
family had gone its separate ways. Tobias continued in business as a photographer,
although in Middlesbrough.
1901 M’bro
The picture below is also one of Tobias’s.
Son Charles Waistell was also a Middlesbrough photographer, assisted by his brother
William Alfred. Charles had married Emily Dobbing in 1894.
1901 M’bro
Daughter Sarah died later that year.
By 1911, Tobias had retired and Charles was living with him (#276).
1911 M’bro
Charles’ wife Emily was living in Newcastle, working as a fruiterer (#222)
Daughter Eva Gertrude is living with her aunt (Mary Ellen Marshall nee Kipling) and
uncle in Thornaby nearby (#275).
She married a James Smith in 1921.
YOUNG LADIES GREAT FASHION - C. W. KIPLING, STOCKTON-ON-TEES
Some of Charles’ photographs may also be found in The National Archives.
Reference: COPY 1/412/568
Description: "Photograph of 'Old Standards', The old standards are the old cottages, the two ancient
milkmen and Bulmer's stone, the latter a boulder stone of the last glacial period, (Darlington)."
Copyright owner of work: Tobias Kipling, 1 Lambton Street, Darlington. Copyright author of
work: Charles Waistell Kipling,1 Lambton Street, Darlington, a Minor. Form Completed: 9
June 1893. Registration stamp: 12 June 1893.
Reference: COPY 1/412/569
Description: "Photograph of 'Lord' Thomas Williamson the celebrated Darlington Weather Prophet, Aged
84."
Copyright owner of work: Tobias Kipling, 1 Lambton Street, Darlington. Copyright author of
work: Charles Waistell Kipling,1 Lambton Street, Darlington. Form Completed: 9 June 1893.
Registration stamp: 12 June 1893.
Wife Emily died in Newcastle in 1919 and Charles himself in 1945, having married
Amy Fountain in Middleborough in 1921.
Tobias’s oldest son Matthew George died in Darlington in 1910 but his circumstances
between 1891 and then are unknown. In 1911, his presumed widow (although I can
find no record of the marriage) was living in Darlington with brother-in-law William
Alfred (#50)
William Alfred was killed in WW1 (see “WW1 Kiplings - 1917”).
John Malcolm married and moved to Thornaby on Teeside.
Thornaby, 1901
Infant son Charles died in 1902 and in 1911 John was in Darlington (#51)
Darlington 1911
John’s son Fred was also killed in WW1 (see “WW1 Kiplings – 1917). John Malcolm
Kipling probably died in Lewisham in 1956.
James Mark had married and moved to Hull by 1891, being a railway worker.
By 1911, he was working across the Humber at Barton, as a cycle liner (apparently
someone who painted decorative lines on bicycles)(#176). It is not known when he
died.
Walter Baynes married and in 1901 was living in Stockton, where he worked as a
photographer.
By 1911, he had taken his trade to Salford (#171)
Walter died in 1926.
Tobias died in 1915 and a memorial to him, Sarah and two of their sons can be found
in the Oxbridge KLM cemetery, Stockton-on-Tees.
Thomas Kipling (1801)
Thomas married Ann Nattrass at Melsonby in 1824. Children Thomas (1825),
William (1827) and Joseph (1829) were born there.
William died age 2.
Melsonby 1829
There were further children, William(1831), Robert (1833) and Eleanor (1835) born
at Barton.
St Cuthbert, Barton
The family then arrived at Aldbrough in the parish of Stanwick St John where
Elizabeth and Margaret were born.
Aldborough 1837
1839
1858
1841
Son Thomas married in 1845, although his youngest brother was born the year
afterwards.
1846
Aldborough 1851
1860
Stanwick St John
1861
Aldborough 1871
1874
Thomas Kipling (1825)
Thomas has Joseph’s daughter Sarah living with them in 1861, although they seem to
have had no children of their own.
Aldbrough 1861
1881 Newbiggin
1891 Newbiggin
1901 Newbiggin
Joseph (1827)
1857
Joseph had his younger brother living with him in 1861.
1861 Helmington Row
Joseph left no male heirs.
William (1831)
1861 Rope St., Oldham
1871. Church St., Oldham
(#167)
Henry died in 1926.
Brother Thomas married Ellen Hobson in 1875.
Oldham 1881
Ellen died in 1885 and Thomas married Annie Smith in Burnley in 1888.
(#357)
Robert Kipling (1833)
Robert married Hannah Dunn in 1862.
Counden 1871
Counden 1901
Counden 1901
(#43)
(#321)
(#58)
John Kipling (1846)
By 1871, John was a coal miner at Counden in Durham.
1871 Counden
1881 Counden
1891 Counden
1901 Counden
(#26)
Son Joseph was also living at Counden in 1911 (#15).
Son Anthony married Sarah Ellen Birks in 1903 and they were running a pub at Byers
Green in 1911. (#21)
Anthony served in the Royal Garrison Artillery during WW1, although not being sent
overseas.
Anthony died in 1946.