Marriage for Thomas Stewart

[Cazza47]

I am looking for the marriage of Thomas Stewart b 1844 Workington, parents Hugh Stewart and Martha Coulthard. His wife in the 1871 census is called Mary Jane b 1842 Wigton, living with first child Martha. In the 1881 census Thomas is living with Martha, other children James & Charles, I think his wife died in 1879. The only marriage I could find was one to Mary Ann Brough, daughter Of Robinson & Mary Brough of Waverton. Has the names Jane & Ann got a bit mixed? I cannot find Thomas after the 1881 census so I do not know what happens to him. Their eldest daughter Martha marries Fisher Greggains Sibson in 1895.
Any opinions gratefully accepted.

[lizdb]

Have you checked for MArtha's mother's maiden name on the new gro website?

[Cazza47]

Did not know there was a new gro site, silly me

[Cazza47]

Childrens mother was a Johnston, will have to start my search again. Thank you

[Woodsd]

Here are the 1851 census for Thomas Stewart and his parents, and the 1841 census for the parents.

1841 – Workington
Hugh Stewart, aged 30 years Stone mason, born in parish
Martha Stewart, aged 35 years, born in parish
Grace Stewart, aged 10 years, born in parish
William Stewart, aged 5 years, born in parish
Margaret Stewart, aged 3 years, born in parish
James Stewart, aged 2 years, born in parish
Joan Coulthard, aged 80 years, Widow, born in parish

1851 – 63 Udale Street, Workington
Hugh Stewart, Head, Married, aged 44 years, Stone Mason, born Workington
Margaret Stewart, Daughter, aged 14 years, born Workington
James Stewart, Son, aged 12 years, born Workington
John Stewart, Son, aged 10 years, born Workington
Thomas Stewart, Son, aged 8 years, born Workington
Ruth Stewart, Daughter, aged 5 years, born Workington

1851 – English Street, Carlisle
Martha Stewart, Prisoner, aged 50 years, Labourer’s wife, born Workington

I am connected to this family through Thomas Stewart’s brother James Stewart.  James Stewart married Margaret Irving on 30 January 1860 at Workington.

I have researched this family a bit.  And there are a fair few enquiries with information on other genealogy websites.  Based on those websites (ie not my own research and none of this has been checked by me):

-   Hugh Stewart and Martha Coulthard were married on 29 March 1830 at St John’s Church, Workington.
-   Hugh Stewart was born in 1804 in Workington, the son of James Stewart who married Margaret Chambers at St Michael’s Workington in 1799.
-   James Stewart was born 1771 in Whitehaven, married Margaret Chalmers in Workington in 1799, and died in 1838.
-   This James Stewart may have been the son of James Stewart (mariner) who married Elizabeth Borrowdale at St Nicholas’s Church, Whitehaven in October 1765, with that James Stewart drowning at sea off Irton, Cumberland in 1791 (NB – a later post by the same informant indicates that the identity of “our” James Stewart with the James Stewart who drowned may be a mistake).
-   Margaret Chambers was the widow of a Hugh Park, and the daughter of John Chambers (mariner) and Eleanor Thrash.
-   In 1851, Martha Stewart (nee Coulthard) was in Carlisle prison for larceny.
-   Martha Coulthard was the daughter of William Coulthard (died 13 April 1784 at Workington) and Joyce Iredale (baptised 22 August 1762 and died 1850 when residing at Udale Street, Workington).
-   William Coulthard was a mariner and kept a couple of pubs: Hope & Anchor, Quay, and Under the Brow.
-   Joyce Iredale was the daughter of John Iredale (baptised 30 July 1728) who married Grace Thompson on 12 October 1752.
-   This John Iredale was the son of John Iredale who married Joyce Bacon or Harris (widow of a John Bacon) on 18 June 1724.

I hope that is some help.  Google searches on the names of the people listed above would lead you to the posts on the other websites.

Regards

David

[Geoff-E]

1851 – English Street, Carlisle
Martha Stewart, Prisoner, aged 50 years, Labourer’s wife, born Workington

Carlisle Journal 10 Jan 1851
Martha STEWART (50, reads and writes imperfectly) pleaded guilty to having stolen a carpet and a chimney-piece ornament, the property of John CORBETT at Workington, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour.

[amondg]

A tree on ancestry has a transcript of the marriage of Thomas Stewart to Mary Jane Johnston 14 September 1868 in Durham. Both were of Belmont.
Her father was William Harkness Johnston, calico printer
His father Hugh Stewart, mason. Thomas occupation was also a mason
Witness William R Irving and Robert Lowery

[Cazza47]

I always wondered where Martha was in 1851, Hugh was still married but I could not find her.
Thank you

[Lisa8thompson]

It's great to come across this thread!!
Martha Coulthard and Hugh Stewart were my 4th great grandparents, and this line of research has been a little confusing! This has cleared quite I bit of my queries!

Regatds
Lisa x