Job Whysall: from Nottingham to Pennsylvania.

[John Whysall]

This derives from a similar thread in the Derbyshire forum [see http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,168579.msg795672.html#msg795672]

Essentially, what I want to know is:
•   that this is the right Job;
•   when Job emigrated;
•   what happened next.

[1] Some time ago I came across this [see http://members.tripod.com/~Write4801/ohio/ttaug.html]
The Tribune Telegraph, Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio
Wednesday, August 18, 1897
Capt. Job Whysall, one of the pilots of the Iron Age, which arrived yesterday, is one of the best known Ohio river steamboatmen. For several years he was in command of the towboat AJAX, the largest coal towboat on the rivers until the JOE WILLIAMS came out, and was the first captain to take 500,000 bushels of coal down the rivers at one tow. In 1870 his boat grounded on a sand bar near Lake Providence, La. A towhead formed there, which is still known as Ajax towhead.

[2] We have something more about Captain Job Whysall from http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/h/e/Joseph---P-Rhein/PDFGENE2.pdf, under the heading More About ELLEN JANE HUSTON:
Fact 1: Bet. 1866 - 1867, Was staying with the Whysalls. May have been working as a maid or housekeeper.
Fact 2: September 1867, Whysalls bought a house and lot in New Brighton.
Fact 3: 1870, Job Whysall, born in England in 1832, is listed as a resident of 3 Wd, New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Fact 4: James Wilson Houston, in a letter to his sister Ellen Jane Huston, inquires as to the health of “Captain Whysall”. As he was living in New Brighton on the Ohio River, he may have been captain of a river boat.

[3] Again, from the History of New Brighton, 1838-1938, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/28055636/28055636_part_05.pdf:
The year 1884 saw the burning of the Standard Horse Nail Works in Fallston. It had been started by C. M. Merrick and Job Whysall in 1872. In 1880 E. E. Pierce, an eastern man, succeeded Whysall [….]

[4] The Story of Pittsburgh, pp 198-9, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/29893570/29893570.part_11.pdf:
STANDARD HORSE NAIL COMPANY – [….]
The business was established in 1872 as a private partnership under the name of the Standard Horse Nail Company. The partners were C. M. Merrick, Job Whysall and Samuel Farmer. After six months of experimenting with the invention of Samuel and Job Farmer, Samuel Farmer sold his interest to the remaining partners, who continued experimenting with machinery to make horse nails. E. E. Pierce purchased Job Whysall’s interest January 13, 1880, and Fred S. Merrick was admitted as partner January 1, 1881.

The best fit seems to be:
Job “Wizzer” marries Ruth Hutchinson (born 1806), 23 June 1823, Ilkeston, Derbyshire [see IGI M055141]. 1841 Census [HO 107/857/2], has them in Eastwood parish. The household:
•   Job Whysall, aged 40, “Colliery Bailiff”.
•   Wife, Ruth, aged 35. She died in the September quarter, 1847 [Basford District, 15 291].
•   Job, son, aged 10, “Coalminer”. [Job is born 28 July 1831, and christened at Ilkeston Primitive Methodist, 1837: IGI batch C137411]. One of the witnesses [number 125] in the Royal Commission Reports on Children in the Mines, 1842, is No. 125, Job Whysall. See http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/derno.htm. Job is employed at Newthorpe Colliery, Eastwood (owners Barber and Walker, known as “Throttleha’penny Pit”). [N.B. Eastwood is DH Lawrence’s “Bestwood”.]
•   Joseph, son, aged 6 [christened Ilkeston Primitive Methodist, 1837: IGI batch C137411].
•   Ann, daughter. aged 15 [christened Ilkeston Primitive Methodist, 1827: IGI batch C137411].
•   Catherine, daughter, aged 13 [christened Shipley Wood and Beverley Primitive Methodist: IGI batch C067021]
•   Ruth, daughter, aged 11 [christened Shipley Wood and Beverley Primitive Methodist: IGI batch C067021].
•   Mary, daughter, aged 4; and
•   Sarah, daughter, aged 2.

None of the males is on the 1851 Census. Catherine has married Jonathan Longdon: living with them are Ruth, Sarah, and Fanny, born 1842 [HO107/2126 Folio 165].

Then there is Carol B. Jewell at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.whysall/5.1?m=5.1.1]:
I have just recently discovered that my American Whysall branch arrived in New York City 2 July 1850 aboard the "Constellation" which sailed from Liverpool. "Joh" (perhaps a misprint for Jos. or Job) Whysall aged 50 arrived with Joh aged 18 and Joe (Joseph) aged 14.

Showing up in the 1880 US census is just the one Job Whysall, farmer, born “England” abt 1797, living at Pulaski, Beaver, Pennsylvania, with a wife, Sophia.

[grub]

Hi John
On the 1860 census for Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, Pittsburgh
WYSAL, Job, Male, 28, Engineer, born England
 (sic)      P/J? female, 29 born Scotland
             A.S., female, 7 months, born PA

Also in Allegheny County, Collins (about 255 miles from Pittsburgh)
WHYSALL
Job, age 60, born England
Sophia, age 50, b England
Fanny, age 18   b England

You seem to have the 1870 information

You have Job Snr. on 1880, but I found
in PA, Beaver, New Brighton
WYSAL (sic)
Jobe,(sic) age 49, born England, Hardware Merchant
Jane, age 50, wife, born Scotland
George, age 18, born PA, Machinest

Most of the 1890 census has been destroyed.

1900 US census for Indiana, Floyd County, New Albany township shows
WHYSALL
Joab (sic), age 67, b July 1832, England, to English parents. To USA in 1849, Occupation: Pilot

Jane, age 66, born ? 1833, Scotland, to Scottish parents. To USA in 1853. Mother to 3 children, 1 still living.  They have been married for 45 years.

1910 US census for Ohio, Crawford, Bucyrus Township

WHYSALL
George, Head, 48, married at 26, born PA, father born England, mother born Scotland.
Caroline T, wife, 45, born PA, father born NY, mo born PA. Mother to 3 children, all living.
Ruth, age 22, born Ohio
Charles, age 6, born Indiana
Job, father, age 78, widower, born England to English parents, to USA in 1850, is naturalized.

Ohio death records indicate that Job WHYSALL died in Bucyrus, Crawford, Ohio on March 17, 1912.

Hope this helps...........
Grub

[John Whysall]

Thanks, Grub. That is a massive contribution. I am deeply grateful.