1891 & 1901 Census - William Kirkley

[Inchworm]

Hello,
William Kirkley was b. 1856 Hutton Magna.
His wife was Mary.
In 1883 they had  Thomas William in Mickleton.
In 1884 they had Elizabeth Ann in Piercebridge.
In 1887 they had John in Piercebridge.
Please would it be poss. for a lookup on the 1891 & 1901 for this family.
Regards,
Inchworm 

[Meliora]

 1891 census
Rg12/4045  folio 11 page 2
Carlbury Vale, High Conscliffe, Durham

William Kirkley  age 35  Traction Engine Driver b Lancs Thutton Magna
Mary   wife age 25  b  Lancs  Mickleton
Thomas W.  son age 7   b   ditto
Elizabeth  Ann  dau  age 6   b Lancs  Piercebridge
John R. son  age 4    b   ditto
Morris  son  age 1 mth  b  Coniscliffe

Nothing found on 1901 yet.

Meliora

[Pels.]

Hi Inchworm and Meliora.

I hope you don't mind me interupting?

1901 census:
RG13/4614, folio 9, page 10

Yorkshire, Manfield

William Kirtley, h. mar. 45, Tractor Engine Driver-Corn Thresher, b. Yorks. Hutton Magna
Mary, wife, 35, b. Yorks. Mickleton
Maurice, son, 10, b. Durham, High Conisciffe
George, son, 8, b. Yorks, Manfield
Florence, dau. 6
Joseph, son, 2
Baden Powell Kirtley, son, 11 mths
William Oliver, boarder, unm. 23, Builders Carter, b. Durham, Neasham

All born in Manfield unless otherwise stated.

Kind regards,

Pels

 

[Inchworm]

Many thanks to you both. That has been a great help.
Baden Powell Kirkley? I presume that he must have been interested in scouting, but I didn't think that the scouts started until 1907. Curious.

Regards,
Inchworm 

[Pels.]

Inchworm - I couldn't resist it! 

Birth, June qtr. 1900
Baden Powell Kirkley
Darlington, Vol. 10a, page 45

Kind regards,

Pels 

[Inchworm]

After I'd stopped laughing, I thought about it. They must have held him in high regard to name their child after him.
Or was it the equivillant of naming a child today after a TV soapstar? 

[Ecneps]

He was a lieutenant-general in the British Army and in the Second Boer War in 1899 he successfully defended the city in the Siege of Mefeking, so I suppose he was quite a hero at the time   

Barbara

[Inchworm]

That is quite nice to name your child after a hero, but couldn't thry have named him Robert Baden-Powell Kirkley. It would have sounded better than just using a double barrel surname as his forenames.