James Pounder and Elizabeth Horsley, Old Hartlepool, England

     James Pounder and Elizabeth Horsley of Old Hartlepool, England are my paternal great great great great great grandparents.  Both the Pounder and Horsley names go back into the history of The Headland.  James, like so many men in his extended family, was a fisherman.  

     Unfortunately, there are sketchy records dating back into the early 1800's.  The first census to list the names of family members was in 1841.  There are baptism and death records for many individuals.

     James Pounder, son of James Pounder and Mary Blair, was born on April 1, 1783 and baptized on June 1, 1783 at St Hilda Anglican Church, Hartlepool, on The Headland.  

     On July 10, 1805, twenty-two year old James Pounder married nineteen year old Elizabeth Horsley, at St Hilda Anglican Church.  Elizabeth, the daughter of Richard Horsley and Elizabeth Reevley, was born on February 22, 1786 in Hartlepool, England.  

     Their first born child, Elizabeth Pounder, is my great great great great grandmother.    

1841 England Census
Hartlepool

   

1857 Ordinance Map showing the location of Chapel Street

Chapel Street

James Pounder, age 55, fisher, born in Durham County

Elizabeth Pounder, age 55, born in Durham County

George Pounder, age 20, born in Durham County

Robert Pounder, age 15, born in Durham County 

Alice Pounder, age 15, born in Durham County

     The census helps to fill in three additional children in this Pounder family.    

     Of interest is the other family I drew a red line around, Edward and Lucy Storey, living on the same street as the Pounders.  The Storey's are my paternal great great great great grandparents.  Their son, John Storey married Ann Robinson, daughter of Elizabeth Pounder when she was married to George Robinson.  This is my connection to the Old Hartlepool families.

SACRED

TO THE MEMORY OF

JAMES POUNDER

Who Died October 1st 1846

Aged 63 Years

ALSO THREE OF HIS CHILDREN

     I was thrilled to find ta listing for my great great great great great grandfather on Find A Grave and located in the St Hilda graveyard.  Elizabeth Horsley Pounder died on July 1, 1848 at age sixty-eight.  She is also listed on Find A Grave as buried at St Hilda

Known Children of James and Elizabeth Pounder:

1. Elizabeth Pounder--1805-1872.  Married George Robinson and second Matthew Pounder.  My GGGG Grandmother
2. Mary Pounder--1807-1841.  Married Joseph Robinson.
3. Ann Pounder--1810-1860.
4. George Pounder--1812-1814.
5. George Pounder--1816-1885.
6. James Pounder--1816-1872.  Married Mary Ann Heron (Stobart).
7. Alice Pounder--1824-1899.  Married William Harper.
8. Robert Pounder--1825-1889.  Married Mary Horsley.

Perhaps two unknown children died and along with George are buried with their father.

  I thank the fellow family genealogists I have found on line who have shared their research.

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George Robinson and Elizabeth Pounder--Old Hartlepool, England

     George Robinson and Elizabeth Pounder are my paternal great great great grandparents who lived in Hartlepool, England.  My friend, Heather, once told me with the Pounder surname that I had "dyed in the wool" old resident of Hartlepool.  The Robinson surname also falls in that category.  In checking Durham County, Hartlepool records go back to the 1600's for the Pounders and the 1500's for the Robinsons.

     

     George Robinson, the son of Francis Robinson and Ann Rowntree was born on January 22, 1804 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England and was baptized at St Hilda's, Hartlepool,  on February 19, 1804.  

     Elizabeth Pounder, the daughter of James Pounder and Elizabeth Horsley, was born on November 23, 1805 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England and baptized on May 3, 1806 at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool.  The Horsley surname is listed in Hartlepool records going back to the late 1500's.

     On May 14, 1826 twenty-two year old George Robinson, a bachelor and fisherman married twenty year old Elizabeth Pounder a spinster at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, England.  Both signed their name with and "X".  One of the witnesses was William Horsley, perhaps a grandfather or an uncle of Elizabeth's.

     It is important to remember that Hartlepool was a small, closely knit, fishing village before the industrial revolution of  the mid 1830's.  Fishermen used nets  and lines working from small boats.  They were at the will of the North Sea and weather.  

     My paternal great great great grandmother, Ann Robinson, was baptized on December 20, 1827 at St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool.  Her father is listed as a fisherman.  

  A second daughter, Mary Robinson, was baptized at St Hilda's Church October 3, 1830.

     There is a death record for an Elizabeth Pounder Robinson of Croft, born December 25, 1837 and died on January 21, 1939 in Hartlepool.  She is buried at St Hilda's Church Cemetery.  The death certificate lists Matthew Pounder and Elizabeth Pounder Robinson as her parents.  Was she born after George Robinson's death and he is the biological father or was she born out of wedlock to Matthew Pounder and Elizabeth Pounder Robinson Pounder?

Burials

Hartlepool

1836

George

Robinson

abt 1805

Croft

     There is a death record for George Robinson dated February 9, 1836.  I do not know if he died at sea or of an illness.  I also do not know where he was buried.

1857 Ordinance Map showing the location
of the Croft

     The Croft was an area in Old Hartlepool that was located near the Town Wall and The Sands.  An ideal location for fishermen to live.

     I was somewhat mystified to find a fifty-five year old Elizabeth Pounder listed in her daughter, Ann Robinson Storey's, 1861 census.  Pounder was her maiden name, not her married name.  More research found unmarried, fifteen year old Ann Robinson enumerated with Matthew and Elizabeth Pounder on the 1841 census.  

Marriages

Hartlepool

1838

Elizabeth

Robinson

Croft, Hartlepool

Marriages

Hartlepool

1838

Matthew

Pounder

Croft, Hartlepool

     It appears that Elizabeth Pounder Robinson married a cousin, Matthew Pounder in Hartlepool, during the year 1838.  From Ancestry files, it appears that Matthew Pounder was born on December 20, 1809 in Hartlepool the son of Thomas Pounder and Jane Shepard.

1841 England Census
Hartlepool

Bath Yard

Matthew Pounder, age 30, Fisherman, born in Durham County.

Elizabeth Pounder, age 30, born in Durham County.

Ann Robinson, age 15, born in Durham County.

I have not been able to locate The Bath Yard on the 1857 ordinance map.

1851 England Census
Hartlepool

Shepard's Gate

Stockton Registration District

Matthew Pounder, Head, Married, age 41, Fisherman, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Elizabeth Pounder, Wife, Married, age 46, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Matthew Pounder, Son, Unmarried, age 9, Scholar, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Elizabeth Pounder, Daughter, Unmarried, age 6, Scholar, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Margaret Pounder, Daughter, Unmarried, age 3, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Eleanor Brown, Servant, Unmarried, age 16, House Servant, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Photo from Find A Grave

     Matthew Pounder, age forty-nine, died on September 25, 1858 at his home located in Shepard's Court.  His occupation at death is ferryman.  He is buried at Spion Kop Municipal Cemetery, formerly Old Hartlepool Cemetery.

1861 England Census
Hartlepool

1857 Ordinance map showing location 
of Burdon's Passage

A passage in Old Hartlepool

Burdon's Passage

Elizabeth Pounder, Head, Married, age 55, Fish Dealer, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Elizabeth Pounder, Daughter, age 16, House Servant, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Margaret Pounder, Daughter, age 13, born Durham, Hartlepool.

John Storey, Head, Married, age 36, engine smith, York, Thirsk

Ann Storey, Wife, Married, age 34, charwoman, Durham, Hartlepool

Mary Ann Storey, Daughter, age 8, Durham, Hartlepool--my paternal great great Grandmother

Edward Storey, Son, 2 months, Durham, Hartlepool

Elizabeth Storey, Daughter, age 2, Durham, Hartlepool

     Elizabeth Pounder is living either next door to her married daughter Ann Storey and her family or they are sharing a house.

1871 England Census
Hartlepool

7 Burdon's Passage

Elizabeth Pounder, Head, Widow, age 65, born Durham, Hartlepool.

John Storey, Head, Male, Married, age 46, Engine Smith at Works, born York, Thirsk.

Ann Storey, Wife, Married, age 44, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Elizabeth Storey, Daughter, single, age 17, born Dunham, Hartlepool.

     In October 1872, Elizabeth Pounder Robinson Pounder died in Hartlepool, Durham County, England.  Probably at the house she shared with her married daughter, Ann Robinson Storey.  Some of Elizabeth's children and her second husband, Matthew Pounder are buried at the Old Hartlepool Cemetery.  Perhaps she is too.  Records and stones there are either nonexistent or sketchy.  

Elizabeth and George Robinson's Known Children:

1. Ann Robinson.  1817-1884.  Married John Storey (GGG Grandparents)
2. Mary Robinson.  1830-1897  Married William Sharp
3. Elizabeth Pounder Robinson.  1837-1839

Elizabeth and Matthew Pounder's Known Children:

1. Matthew Pounder. 1841-1855
2. Elizabeth Pounder.  1844-1914.  Married Jonathan Oxley
3. Margaret Pounder.  1847-1869

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Edward Storey and Lucy Metcalfe--Old Hartlepool, England

     This summer I am trying to pull together my genealogy information for my Old Hartlepool, England ancestors.  Back in the summer of 2003, my brothers and I, made a memorable trip to Hartlepool.  Having posted information on a genealogy site, I was very fortunate to meet a woman genealogist who was a major contributor to the documents I have.  She also connected me with Hughes family cousins who lived in Hartlepool and we spent several enjoyable and information days together.  The woman genealogist, Heather 💖, and I are still friends twenty-two years later and keep in touch by email. 

     Edward Storey (Story) and Lucy Metcalfe are my paternal great great great great grandparents.  Both were born in Thirsk, Yorkshire, England.  

     Edward, the son of Thomas Storey and Jane Ramshaw was probably born in December, 1803.  There is a baptism record for him dated December 19, 1803.

     To date I have not found a birth or baptism record for Lucy Metcalfe.  Her parents are also unknown.  From the census records, Lucy was born 1802-1803 in Thirsk, Yorkshire, England.

     Edward Storey and Lucy Metcalfe, both in their early twenties, married on October 3, 1824 at the Parish Church, Thirsk, Yorkshire, England.

Thirsk Market Place
Painting dated earlier than 1857
From the Thirsk Tourist website

     Thirsk was known for its good grazing pastures and center for sheep, cattle and horses.  The Market Place was the central gathering place for commerce.

     One of the first records, dated January 23, 1825, is the baptism record of Edward and Lucy's firstborn and my paternal great great great grandfather, John Storey.  This is the only record I have found from 1825 until the family removed to Old Hartlepool, England.  Edward was employed as a weaver in Thirsk perhaps weaving wool from the shirred sheep.

     While living in Thirsk, the Storey family grew by two additional children; Elizabeth Storey born about 1830 and Thomas Storey born about 1831.  

     Sometime between 1831 and 1836 the Storey Family removed to The Headland, Old Hartlepool, England.  At that time there was just Hartlepool.  Several decades later the original Hartlepool was called Old Hartlepool since a new area was developed and was named West Hartlepool.  Today all areas are called Hartlepool, although many still do refer to "Old Hartlepool" as The Headland.

     

Edward Storey death record

      I am certain there may have been other children born to Edward and Lucy between 1831 and 1837.  There is a record of a son, Edward Storey born in 1833 and died in Hartlepool in 1834, that could be their son. 

     A son, Edward Storey, born about 1837 is listed on the 1841 England census as having been born in Durham County, England; however I have not found a birth or baptism record for him.  

1841 England Census
Hartlepool

1857 Ordinance Map showing the location of Chapel Street

Chapel Street

Edward Story, age 40, fishmonger, not born in Durham County

Lucy Story, age 40, not born in Durham County

John Story, age 15, blacksmith ap, not born in Durham County

Elizabeth Story, age 11, not born in Durham County

Thos Story, age 13, not born in Durham County

Edward Story, age 3, born in same county

Ann Metcalfe, age 20, not born in Durham County

     Edward has changed his occupation to fish monger.  Fishing was a primary occupation in Hartlepool in the early to mid 1800's.  Edward, as a fishmonger, was the person who cleaned, prepared and sold the fish.  My paternal great great great grandfather, John Storey, was a blacksmith apprentice.  

     Chapel Street was one street back from the Hartlepool Wall.  It would be a short distance for Edward to pick up the fish he was planning to sell each day.

     Ann Metcalfe is probably Lucy's younger sister.  I have not been able to trace the Metcalfe family using online resources.

1851 England Census
Hartlepool

Chapel Street

Edward Storey, Head, Married, age 47, Fish Monger, born Yorkshire, Thirsk.

Lucy Storey, Wife, Married, age 47, born Yorkshire, Thirsk.

Thomas Storey, Son, Unmarried, age 20, Fish Monger, born Yorkshire, Thirsk.

Edward Storey, Son, age 13, Scholar, born Durham, Hartlepool.

William Storey, Son, age 11, Scholar, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Jane Storey, Daughter, age 6, Scholar, born Durham, Hartlepool.

James Storey, Son, Age 4, Scholar, born Durham, Hartlepool.

     Edward Storey, Chapel Street, was buried in 1858 at age fifty-eight.  I have not paid for a death certificate.  I do not have a record of his actual date of death, what he died from and where he was buried.  

1861 England Census
Hartlepool

Chapel Street

Lucy Storey, Head, Widow, age 61, Fish Monger, Yorkshire, Thirsk.

William Storey, Son, Unmarried, age 19, Pilot Assistant, born, Durham, Hartlepool.

Jane Storey, Daughter, age 17, born, Durham, Hartlepool.

James Storey, Son, age 15, Blacksmith, born, Durham, Hartlepool.

     Lucy, at age sixty-one, has taken over the family business of fish monger.  Her son, William is employed as a pilots assistant a job that assisted the ship pilots to safely sail ships in and out of the port of Hartlepool.  Youngest son, James followed in his Uncle John's footsteps becoming a blacksmith.  Perhaps he was apprenticed to his Uncle.

1871 England Census
Hartlepool

6 Chapel Street

Lucy Story, Head, Widow, age 68, Yorkshire, Thirsk.

William, Story, Son, Unmarried, age 30, Pilot's Assistant, born Durham, Hartlepool.

     There is this death record for "a" Lucy Storey.  She died in Hartlepool at age sixty-eight using the birth year from this record.  The birth town is in Durham County, not Thirsk and her birth year is later than census accounts.  I have seen another death record on Ancestry in 1874 with Lucy dying at age sixty-eight in Stockton, also located in Durham County.  

     I have not done any further research of the living adult children of Edward and Lucy except for my connection, John Storey.  Additional work has to be done.

 

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A Storey Story--John Storey and Ann Robinson

The Heugh Lighthouse
The Headland
Hartlepool, England

     I recently noticed that I have nothing current written about my paternal great great great grandparents, John Storey and Ann Robinson of Hartlepool, England.  New documents are now available on line and through Ancestry giving me the knowledge to try to begin completing their story.  I have also seen several family charts on Ancestry that have been helpful.   

     

Church of Saint Mary's
Thirsk, England

     John, the son of Edward Story and Lucy Metcalfe, was baptized on January 23, 1825 in the Thirsk Parish Church, County of York, England.  This record lists Story as the spelling of the surname. Edward's occupation at this time was a weaver.  

     The family continued to grow with the birth of another son, Thomas, in 1827 and daughter, Elizabeth in 1830.  Both born in Thirsk.  The next child, William, was born in 1838 in Hartlepool, Durham County, England.

1857 Ordinance Map showing the location of Chapel Street

     On the 1841 England census, the Story Family is enumerated on Chapel Street, on the Headland, Hartlepool, Durham County, England. 

Edward Story, male, age 40, fishmonger, not born in Durham County.

Lucy Story, female, age 40, not born in Durham County

John Story, male, age 15, blacksmith apprentice, not born in Durham County.

Elizabeth Story, female, age 11, not born in Durham County.

Thos Story, male, age 13, not born in Durham County.

Edward Story, male, age 3, born in Durham County.

Ann Metcalf, female, age 2, not born in Durham County.--relation of Ann Story?

     On September 30, 1849, twenty-four year old John Storey married twenty-two year old Ann Robinson in Saint Hilda's Church on The Headland, Hartlepool.  John is now employed as a blacksmith and is literate, writing his name and this is the first time I have seen it spelled Storey.  Both father's of the newly married couple are fishermen.

     Ann Robinson, daughter of George Robinson and Elizabeth Pounder was baptized on December 30, 1827.  George Robinson's occupation was a fisherman.  I remember decades ago, when my UK friend emailed me information about this branch and mentioning that "dyed in the wool" Hartlepudlians were part of my lineage. 💖

  

1851 England Census
Hartlepool, England

1857 Ordinance map showing location 
of York Place

York Place--located on The Headland behind The Wall.

John Storey, Head, Married, age 26, Boiler Smith, Born Yorkshire, Thirsk 

Ann Storey, Wife, Married, age 26, Born Durham, Hartlepool

James Storey, Son, age 1, Born Durham, Hartlepool

1861 England Census
 St Hilda's Ecclesiastical District

Hartlepool, England

1857 Ordinance map showing location 
of Burdon's Passage

A passage in Old Hartlepool

Burdon's Passage--an narrow opening between buildings next to the Town Wall, allowing passage.  Many were named for shopkeepers at the opening of the passage.

John Storey, Head, Married, age 36, engine smith, York, Thirsk

Ann Storey, Wife, Married, age 34, charwoman, Durham, Hartlepool

Mary Ann Storey, Daughter, age 8, Durham, Hartlepool--my paternal great great Grandmother

Edward Storey, Son, 2 months, Durham, Hartlepool

Elizabeth Storey, Daughter, age 2, Durham, Hartlepool

Ann works as a charwoman.  She would work part time cleaning homes or places of work and return home afterwards.

Son, James Storey is absent from the report.  Is he deceased or apprenticed out?  

Two sons did die during the 1860's.    William Storey died May 13, 1866 at age 15 months.  Edward Storey died July 7, 1867 at age 6 years.  Both are buried at Hartlepool Old Cemetery

Of Interest:  Enumerated above John and Ann Storey is Ann's mother who remarried and her two half sisters.

1871 England Census
Hartlepool, England

 7 Burdon's Passage

Elizabeth Pounder, Head, Widow, age 65, born Durham, Hartlepool.

John Storey, Head, Male, Married, age 46, Engine Smith at Works, born York, Thirsk.

Ann Storey, Wife, Married, age 44, born Durham, Hartlepool.

Elizabeth Storey, Daughter, single, age 17, born Dunham, Hartlepool.

Elizabeth Pounder is Ann's mother.  Two years after her husband's death, Elizabeth married a cousin, Matthew Pounder.  Her name changes--Elizabeth Pounder (maiden) to Elizabeth Robinson (married name) to Elizabeth Pounder (second marriage).  

1881 England Census
Hartlepool, England

7 Burdon's Passage

John Storey, Head, Married, age 54, Blacksmith, Thirsk York.

Ann Storey, Wife, Married, age 54, Hartlepool Dunham.

     On October 13, 1884, Fifty-eight year old Ann Robinson Storey died at her home, 7 Burdon's Passage, Hartlepool, Durham County, England.  Ann was buried in the Old Hartlepool Cemetery now known as Spion Kop Municipal Cemetery.

1891 England Census
Civil Parish of Seaton Carew,
Municipal Borough of West Hartlepool,
Ecclesiastical District of St Aidans
 England

67 Hill Street

West Hartlepool

James Moore, Head, married, age 33, occ. cement works labourer, b. Durham, West H Pool

Elizth Moore, Wife, married, age 33, b. Durham, West H Pool

Margt Moore, daughter, single, age 13, occ. scholar, b. Durham, West H Pool

Thomas Moore, son, single, age 8, b. Durham, West H Pool 

John Moore, son, single, age 6,  b. Durham, West H Pool    

John Storey, lodger, widower, age 66, occupation blacksmith, b. York Thirsk   

John is living with his married daughter Elizabeth Storey Moore.  His other daughter and my paternal great great grandmother, Mary Ann Storey Hughes is living several houses away at 61 Hill Street.

     On July 30, 1897, seventy-two year old John Storey died at the Workhouse at Throston of paralysis.  The Workhouse was a hospital.  His daughter, Elizabeth Storey Moore, was present at her father's death.  John was buried in the Old Hartlepool Cemetery now known as Spion Kop Municipal Cemetery.

     

Known Children of John Storey and Ann Robinson:

1. James Storey.  Born 1850 Hartlepool, England.
2. Mary Ann Storey.  Born May 18, 1852 Hartlepool, England; Died March 14, 1935 West Hartlepool, England; Married George Henry Hughes. (my paternal great great grandparents)
3. Elizabeth Storey.  Born 1856 Hartlepool; Died 1858 Hartlepool.
4. Elizabeth Storey.  Born January 1859 Hartlepool; Died July 1916 West Hartlepool; Married James Moore.
5. Edward Storey.  Born 1861 Hartlepool; Died 1867 Hartlepool.
6. William Storey.  Born 1865 Hartlepool; Died 1866 Hartlepool.

                                                                                      

 The Family of John Storey and Ann Robinson--The Linda Hughes Hiser Homepage, 2003

Old Hartlepool Burial Records compiled by Bill Cox

Research done by my Middlesbrough, England friend Heather, 2002

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