Profession from Wolverhampton, 1851 England Census

[M_ONeill]

Can anyone help me read this profession/occupation from Wolverhampton, 1851 Census? I can make out what I think is:


Rector of __stone [unintelligible]
Normanton, Leicestershire

The man to whom this refers to is one Robert Crockett, 77, widower and head of household.

The household seems a bit of an unusual collection of individuals. The other residents:

Mary Davies | Visitor | Unmarried | 54 | (Occupation faint, but it looks like 'No' to me)
Joseph Grinsell | Visitor | Unmarried | 21 | Solicitor's Gen. Clerk
Mary Monckton | Visitor | Unmarried | 18 | Housemaid Servant
Abraham Hawkes | Visitor | Unmarried | 64 | Retired Officer, Army.

[Gadget]

Rector of Nailstone cum Normanton, Leicestershire

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LEI/Nailstone

[BumbleB]

Yes, I'd agree with that.

[ShaunJ]

Robert Crockett, rector of Nailstone (cum Normanton), Leicestershire, and younger brother of the late Henry Crockett, Esq., of Little Onn Hall, in this county.

(This came up on a google search)

[ShaunJ]

R. Crockett, R. of Nailstone-cum-Normanton-en-le-Heath, Leicestershire, aged eighty.

https://goo.gl/pWRovF

[M_ONeill]

Ah, thanks all, that makes a lot more sense to me now. 

One final question - Mary Monckton is listed as both a 'visitor' and as a 'Housemaid servant'. Does Visitor simply refer to these people not being related to Robert Crockett, or does it actually mean they're not permanent residents there?

[ShaunJ]

"Abraham" Hawkes is Major Abiathar Hawkes, formerly of the 39th Regiment.

[M_ONeill]

Well that's interesting. I've been investigating a theory that my 3x great grandfather William Monk (I believe he's Mary Monckton's grandfather) may have served in the military.

It's probably nothing but a coincidence, but it's a lead worth investigating, at least. The 2nd regiment of the 39th had a deployment to the Peninsula war whose dates would be a fairly good match for a gap in his children, and I'm *sure* I've seen the 39th mentioned somewhere in my searches.

[M_ONeill]

Ah, here's the reference to them that I found, on the Friends of Claines Church website:

With the renewal of the war with France in May 1803, Parliament passed the Army of Reserve Acts for England & Wales in the July of that year. The Acts enabled an additional military force to be raised for the “Defence & Security of the United Kingdom and the more vigorous Prosecution of the War”. The Army of Reserve would provide the men necessary to defend Britain from the invasion force Napoleon had began to gather in the Pays de Calais of northern France. The Acts required the recruitment of tens of thousands of men into either a new Army of Reserve battalion or the men could elect to directly join a number of under-strength British Army regiments. Each of these regiments was given an area of England to recruit within; Worcestershire was included in the area given to the 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot.

During the summer and autumn of 1803 regimental records show the 1st and 2nd battalions of the 39th regiment stationed somewhere in the city of Worcester; the camp of over 3,000 men must have been quite a sight and one can imagine caused quite a stir in local society. Each county was given a quota of recruits, for Worcestershire it was 588 men. On the 26th September 1803 in the parish of Claines my Great-Great-Great Grandfather, William Trott, was one of 10 men recruited into the 2nd battalion of the 39th Regiment. Worcester itself provided some 150 further men.

So the 39th did have a link to Worcestershire, where William Monk lived, but I'm pretty sure he wasn't in the Army of Reserve.