79. Henry Duckberry
He was born in West Derby Oct-Dec 1862 (birth cert ref 2b 447). He emigrated from England to Queensland Australia in 1886 on the ship waroonga. Later moved to New South Wales, Illawarra region of the south coast (35 years). He is burried in Berkley cemetry.
1949 : Lived at 3 Rawlinson Avenue, Wollongong. She is burried in Berkley cemetry.
See Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
In Memory of JAMES SIMPSON DUCKSBURY, Private 523, 5th Bn., Australian Machine Gun Corps
who died on Tuesday, 30th April 1918. Age 25. Son of Henry and Mary Ducksbury, of Unanderra, P.O., via Wollongong, New South Wales.Commemorative Information
Cemetery: VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: I. F. 9.Location: Vignacourt is a village in the Department of the Somme on the west of the road from Amiens to Doullens, the D933. From the D933 take the D113 from Flesselles and 5 kilometres along this road the Cemetery will be found at the entrance of the village.
Historical Information: From October, 1915, to March, 1918, five British and one Australian soldier were buried in the Communal Cemetery; but in the latter month the German advance on this point began, and Vignacourt was occupied by the 20th and 61st Casualty Clearing Stations and became in addition a headquarters of Royal Air Force Squadrons. The British Cemetery was begun in April and closed in August. The burials reflect the desperate fighting of the Australian forces on the Amiens front. The six graves in the Communal Cemetery were removed to the British Cemetery after the Armistice. There are now nearly 600, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of 2,357 square metres. On the West side, opposite the War Stone, is a monument erected by the village in honour of the British dead. This French monument was unveiled in August, 1921. It is a statue of a French soldier, on the base of which are engraved the words: "Freres D'armes de L'Armee Britannique, tombes au Champ D'Honneur, dormez en paix. Nous veillons sur vous." ("Brothers in arms of the British Army, fallen on the field of honour, sleep in peace; we are watching over you.").
180. Richard H Ducksbury
Source of birth : Pioneers index, NSW.
182. John Ducksbury
Died at Wollongong district hospital and is burried in Berkley cemetry.
1861 Census: Kendal (Kirkland) Lodger with mother and uncle John Cockroft.
1871 Census: Kendal (Yd 80, 10 Stricklandgate) With mother and step father Thomas Unsworth (Blacksmith). Errand boy.
1882: Kendal (Bensons Green, Stricklandgate) Farrier at marriage.
1884: Private in Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry.
1889 Kendal: Dissolves partnership of 'Ducksbury and Black', Blacksmiths in Kendal
1891 Census: Walton on the hill (110 Carisbrook Rd) With spouse Catherine. Farrier.
1901 Census: Liverpool (12 Alfonso Rd, Kirkdale) Boarder. Dock porter.
1910 : 56 Green Lane, Seaforth
1911 Census: 56 Green Lane, Seaforth, Dock Porter. Also with them at the time of the census where Arthur Lamb (father in law, aged 63, Dock porter, widower, born in Formby) and Mary Lamb (Arthur's daughter, aged 23, born Bootle)
1913 : 3 Ruthven Road, Litherland.William John (but registered as William) was born in Kendal, his father died when he was 2 years old of TB and his mother remarried to a Thomas Unsworth. At the time of 185 census William was living as a step son with Thomas and Jane at yard 80, no 10, Stricklandgate, he was working as an errand boy. William worked as a farrier around 1882 when he married Catherine Byrnes, they lived at Bensons Green, Stricklandgate. He served in the Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Cavalry around the late 1870's and early 1880's. He then ran a pub called the 'Elephant Inn', Stricklandgate, Kendal from about Oct 1885 to Nov 1889 for an annual rent of £70 (The inn has now been demolished to make way for the 'Elephant yard shopping center').
On 1 Feb 1889 at the Kendal Police Court, on Monday, William Ducksbury, Landlord of the Elephant Inn, Stricklandgate, was charged with permitting gaming in his house on the morning of 23rd. Mr F. W. Watson appeared for the defendant. The evidence of Sergeant Winn and Constable Carter, Wilson and Walker was to the effect that as Wednesday morning last, between the hours of midnight and three o'clock, the defendant and three other men, William Scales, John Lucas, and Nelson Clarke, were playing "Banker" and "Napolean" for money. The Bench fined the defendant £5 and costs, and ordered his licence to be endorced. The Bench also stated a case for Mr Watson on the question as to whether a licensed house did not become a private house, so far as the landlord was concerned in entertaining his friends, after 11 o'clock at night.
On 21st March 1889 he dissolved the partnership of the blacksmiths he ran in Kendal "Ducksbury and Black" with John Black, all debts being sent to John Black (maybe John Black continued the business on his own). In Nov 1889 several days prior to the sale of the Inn he transfered a number of items such as paintings etc to John Black for an agreed sum of £110.
There is correspondance with an uncle 'John Cockroft' from 'Snohomish, Washington state, USA' dated 22 Dec 1889 talking of difficulty of running a pub and the evils of drink, telling him to selling business. On 3rd August 1889 there was an appeal against an income tax assessment and on 17th October the magistrates refused to renew his license for the Elephant Inn and it was then sold. He then moved to Liverpool and in Feb 1890 a licence was applied for in Liverpool but on 3rd of June there was a county court summons issued against him. The total solicitors charges to sort out all the affairs came to 7 pounds 12 shillings and sixpence. Once the business had been sold he became a seaman (Steward) on the SS 'Ohio' sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia several times around 1891. His wife Catherine died of a heart attack at Southill Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool. At the time of the 1901 census he was a widower living at 12 Alfonso Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool and working as a Dock Porter, a few weeks later he then married his second wife Annie Lamb. Some time after that he discussed starting a fruit and veg bussiness but this may not have happened, in June 1916 he was in Suez and sent a postcard to his son saying he would be home soon.
In 1917 he was left £300 in a will by an uncle 'Henry Cockroft'. In 1929 he is listed as running a 'supper bar' (chip shop at 83 Victoria Road, Crosby). Sometime after that they own a sweatshop next door at 85 Victoria Road, Crosby.
The John Cockroft mentioned in the letter above was killed on Thursday 21st July in a fall from scaffolding on a building at Snohomish. He was a carpenter, about 60 years old and the son of a William Cockroft from Kirkland, Kendal.
He died on 5th April 1930 from heart failure (hypocardial failure and congestion of lungs) at 83 Victoria Road, Great Crosby, Liverpool.
He is burried at Ford Cemetry, Litherland, Liverpool. Grave ref RD 656. Possibly also burried there is Mary, Arthur and Florence.
At the time of the 1881 census, she was a cook working for William Stavert, a farmer of 400 acres at Heslington Laithes, Heslington, Westmorland. She remained here until her marriage in 1882.
1881, Age 8, Annie Lamb lived at 3 Elizabeth Terrace, Blenhein St, Liverpool.
1891, Age 18, Annie Lamb lived at 28 Caroline St, Bootle, Liverpool.
1901, Age 28, Annie Lamb (at marriage) lived at 93 Thornton Rd, Bootle, LiverpoolBurried at Thornton Garden of rest, Thornton, Crosby with Charles and Mary Isobel Ducksbury.
188. Mary Ducksbury
Birth certificate 8b 400, Death certificate 8b 265. She is burried in Ford RC cemetry, Litherland Liverpool, grave ref X52 (communal). Address is given as 8 Palon St, Litherland.
190. Charles Ducksbury
Served as an engineer in the merchant navy.
28 Oct 1932, arived at Seatle on the Elstree Grange and is listed as being at sea for 3 years, 5 ft 10.5 inches tall and 167 pounds in weight.
2 Nov 1936, Liverpool, England, Ship - Hardwick Grange (3rd Refrigeration Engineer @ £142 per year with Houlder Brothers and Co Ltd)
10 Nov 1936, Offered a post as Watch Engineer by the Union Cold Storage Companys subsidiary operating in Madagascar @ £275 per year. He may have taken the first post by then.During the war he was on the convoy ships to/from America :
3 May 1941, Ship - Elstree Grange, sunk by German bombers in Canada Dock, Liverpool.
18 May 1941, Departs Glasgow, Sailing to the US to collect a ship of similar size to the Elstree Grange being bought from America (Chief Engineer @ £274 per year )
Jun 1941, Arrives Montreal, Quebec on board the Mendoza.
4 Jun 1943, Manchester, Ship - Empire Pibroch
4 Mar 1944, London, Ship - Empire Pibroch
22 Jun 1944, London and Newcastle On Tyne, Ship - Empire Pibroch
19 Sep 1944, Liverpool, England, Ship - Empire Pibroch
17 Jan 1945, London Via Halifox, Ship - Empire Pibroch
24 Jun 1949, Port Alfred, Quebec, Ship - Urmston Grange(Medal listing of Ducksbury, Charles. Discharge number: R85628, World War II medals issued to merchant seamen, ref 23192 / 2805)
1939-1945 Star : Awarded for service between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945 and if the service period was terminated by death or disability due to service. A merchant seaman could qualify after 6 months' service with at least one voyage in an operational area. The 1939-1945 Star was also awarded to recipients of a gallantry medal, with no minimum qualifying period.
Atlantic Star (1939-1945) : Awarded after the Battle of the Atlantic for service between 3 September 1939 and 8 May 1945 and if the service period was terminated by their death or disability due to service. The qualifying service period for the Atlantic Star could only begin after the 1939-1945 Star had been earned by 6 months' service. A merchant seaman had to serve in the Atlantic, home waters, North Russia Convoys or South Atlantic waters. The Atlantic Star was also awarded to those awarded a gallantry medal, with no minimum qualifying period.
War Medal (1939-1945) : Generally awarded if the service period qualified for one of the Stars and if terminated by death, disability due to service or capture as a prisoner-of-war. A merchant seaman had to have served a minimum of 28 days at sea.
Burried at Thornton Garden of rest, Thornton, Crosby with Mother and Mary Isobel Ducksbury.
She obtained a Diploma of Associate from the Victoria College of Music, London for Pianoforte playing. The examination was held on June 21st 1927 in Liverpool. On June 19th 1928 she obtained the Diploma of Licentiate.
Burried at Thornton Garden of rest, Thornton, Crosby with Mother and Charles Ducksbury.
192. Arthur Ducksbury
He died of Gastro-enteritis at home at 56 Green Lane, Seaforth. He is burried in Ford RC cemetry, Litherland Liverpool, grave ref 96 (communal).
193. Florence Ducksbury
Died aged 5 months and is burried in Ford RC cemetry, Litherland Liverpool, grave ref 744 (communal).
1881 Census: Lancaster (Lane Houses, Arkholme) With parents.
1891 Census: Lancaster (Providence House, Arkholme) With parents. General servant.
1896 Marriage : cert ref vol 8e, p 1449.
1901 Census: Lancaster (Providence House, Akholme) With father, brother, husband, and children.
In 1901 was working as a railway signalman.
83. Walter Ducksbury
1881 Census: Lancaster (Lane Houses, Arkholme) With parents.
1891 Census: Lancaster (Providence House, Arkholme) With parents.
1901 Census: Lancaster (Providence House, Arkholme) With father, sister Isabella and family.
1906 Marriage : Ecclesall Bierlow, vol 9c, p563
1911 Census : Ecclesall Bierlow in West Riding, Yorkshire.
1955 Died : ref vol 2d, p 404.Possible second marriage from BMD indexes and dates for Clara from death indexes
85. Thomas Winder
Born at 55 Far Cross Bank, Kendal and worked as a hairdresser and wig maker
Constance is recorded in the 1871 Census, age 2 years, living with her parents at 93 Uper Hill Street, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. She is recorded in the 1881 Census, age 12, living with her parents at 23 Whitechapel, Liverpool. At the time of her marriage in 1898, Constance was living at 13 Kilshaw Street, Everton. Constance is recorded in the 1901 Census, living with her husband at 22 Shaw Heath, Stockport, age 32 years of age, born in Liverpool, Lancashire.
A granddaughter recalled that Constance was from Liverpool, and that as a teenager or young woman went to the Kendal area to visit an aunt, and met her future husband Thomas there.In her daughter, Marjorie’s autobiography, dated 1948, Marjorie recalls that on a foggy afternoon towards the end of November 1943, her mother, Constance, went out shopping. The next day she complained of a sore throat and within a few days was in bed with bronchitis. Despite a brief recovery, Constance suffered a relapse and died two days later.
198. John Witfield Winder
John enlisted to serve in the West Yorkshire Regiment, on 9 April 1917, as a Private (Regimental No. 62997.) He was transferred out of the army on 10 February 1919 to the army reserve.
During the First World War, he served as a male nurse in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in a special hospital in France. After the war he decided to remain in nursing and worked part time as a State Enrolled Assistant Nurse (SEAN). In November 1937, Ted joined the Red Cross as a nurse, in detachment Cheshire 60. The unit was disbanded in 1941, and he was discharged.
In 1928, Thomas was an engineer fitter, living at 6 Diamond St., Heavily. He and his family moved to Stockport Rd., Bredbury about 1931. They later moved to Newlin Drive, Bredbury.
202. Samuel Winder
Samuel and his family emmigrated to Australia about 1952/3.
203. Marjorie May Winder
Marjorie trained to be an accounts clerk. She started work in 1923, when she was eighteen years of age. Her first job was in a clothing warehouse in Spear Street, Manchester. She worked there for about ten months before taking a position in Stockport as a company secretary for John A. Warmsley, an accountant, who was a friend of her sister’s fiance. She worked for Mr. Walmsley in his new offices in the Prudential Buildings, St. Peter’s Square, Stockport.
In 1928, at the age of 23, Marjorie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She was eventually forced to give up her job, and Marjorie continued to live with her parent’s in the home she grew up in on Shaw Heath until her mother’s death in 1943. After her mother’s death, Marjorie went to stay with her brother, Sam, and his family at Chapel-en-le-Frith. After a brief period she requested to be admitted to the local hospital, called “The Lymes,” which was more accuratley the town poor house. She moved from there back to Stockport, to St. Joseph’s Home on Plymouth Grove, which was run by nuns. She then went to live at Mauldeth Home, Heaton Moor, where she remained for the rest of her life.
1881 Census: Lancaster (65 Lune Rd) With parents.
1891 Census: Lancaster (98 Grove Tce South Rd) Lodger with Richard and Mary Hartley. Architect's assistant.
1901 Census: Lancaster (22 Cromwell Rd) With spouse and daughter Mabel. Architect's assistant.
1911 Census: Lancaster (38 Derwent Rd) with spouse and daughters, Architect and land surveyor.Born at "Yard 89 no 3, Stricklandgate, Kendal". On his birth certificate his mother was Annie (Evans) Ducksbury and his father was a cloth finisher.
Theresa's dates came from the California Death records 1940-1997.
96. Alfred Ducksbury
1881 Census: Lancaster (65 Lune Rd) With parents.
1891 Census: Lancaster (Kings Arms, Market St) With cousin George Ducksbury and other relatives. Coach painter.
1898: Lancaster (4 Kings Pl) Cab driver at marriage.
1901 Census: Over Wyresdale (Abbeystead) With spouse. Coachman.Married at the Parish Church, Lancaster two months before birth of children (twins) Lily and Violet. Witnesses at the marriage being Alexander Brown and Ann Kitching.
He supplied the horses for the Lancaster fire Brigade. He was the local cabby who's stables were in King Street near Horse Shoe Corner and opposite the back entrance to the Kings Arms Yard. Fire Calls had a priority demand on horses. For more details see http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/lancaster_a11.htm
206. Lily Ducksbury
Born at 11:30 pm and was the first twin, died shortly after, death certificate ref 8e486.
207. Violet Ducksbury
Born at 11:35pm, the second twin.
208. Annie Ducksbury
Born 20 June 1901 at 11 Russel Street Lancaster.
Possible death from death indexes.
100. Charles Ducksbury Berwick
1881C: WES Kendal (45 Capt French Ln) With parents.
1891C: WES Kendal (94 Highgate) With parents. Boot fitter.
1901C: CHS Ashton upon Mersey (Oakfield) Servant to Catherine Carr.
Occupation: Boot fitter, Domestic servant.
Mar 1935 : "Helm View", 46 Gillinggate, Kendal. (Letters to solicitors Arnold, Greenwood and Sons, Solicitors, Kendal and more for 8 May 1942)
108. Henry Ducksbury
1873 Birth : ref 10b, p 666.
1881 Census: Kendal (55 Capt French Ln) With parents.
1891 Census: Kendal (20 Wilson St, Nethergraveship) With parents. Ironmonger's apprentice.
1898: Kendal (104 Thistle St, Clayton) Ironmonger's assistant at marriage.
1901 Census: LAN North Manchester (108 Throstle St) With spouse and son Henry. Ironmonger's assistant.
1911 Census: Living at 11 Wilson Street, Kendal.The marriage took place at the Church of the Holy Trinity and St George, Kendal. Witnesses being John Ducksbury, Maggie Oldcorn, Maria Ducksbury, George Cragg, Sarah Ducksbury and Charles Leashle. At the time of the 1901 census they where living at 108 Throstle Street, Manchester. They had Mary Bolton working with them as a domestic servant aged 14.
1881 Census: Kendal (11 Wilson St, Nethergraveship) With parents Jonathan and Elizabeth Oldcorn. (Father's occupation listed as Iron turner.)
Selina worked as a fitter in a Boot/Shoe factory and is burried in parkside cemetry.
213. Basil Ducksbury
Birth certificate 8d,319 and death certificate 8d, 249.
214. James Ducksbury
Marriage certificate vol 8e p 1984. They where possibly living in Kendal at 18 Broad Ing Cresent around the 1960's ?.
Dates for birth and death from Civil Registration Death Index, 1993 - 2002.
110. John Ducksbury
1881 Census: Kendal (55 Capt French Ln) With parents.
1891 Census: Kendal (20 Wilson St, Nethergraveship) With parents.
1901 Census: Kendal (7 Spring Gardens) Boarder with John and Jessie Dawson. Printer and compositor.
1911 Census: Kendal (2 Busher Close, Stricklandgate) working as Ironmongers porter. Also living with them at the time of the census where two boarders Robert Masterton (tailormaker aged 47 from Scotland) and Thomas Doherty (mechanic - woolled manufacture, from Inneskillen Ireland).Living at 3 Rock View, Kendal in the late 1950's
1958 possible death index vol 1b, p 707.
Death cert ref 1b, 594
218. Evelyn Ducksbury
Possible birth in 1906, cert ref 10b 752.
James was married to Priscilla Ellis and lived at 30 Nether Street, Nethergraveship, Kendal. He worked as a railway locomotive fireman. He's believed to be still living in Kendal around the 1960/70's at the latest with his wife and son (based on old undated typewritten list of families) at 3 Nalland Terrace.
1891 Census: Kendal (20 Wilson St, Nethergraveship) With parents.
1901 Census: Brough (Main St) With aunt Hannah Dent and family. Railway engine cleaner.
1904 Marriage (Apr - Jun) ref vol 10b, p 1409.
1911 Census: Still living in Kendal.
1960 or 70's living at 3 Nalland Terrace, Kendal
Possible death for him in 1972 in Preston, but he is listed as Henry Nelson Ducksbury, could be right given his fathers middle name.