Finding information about my great grandad

[GR2]

If you look back to the post with the 1851 census, Andyaj77 is descended from William and sgillibrand's husband from Reuben, which would make them cousins.

William's branch is given in the posts above.

As for Samuel, his full name was Samuel Wood Gillibrand, born to Reuben Gillibrand and his wife, Ann(e), 11-1-1846 and baptised St Michael's Ashton-under-Lyne 22-3-1846.

Samuel married Hannah Hague. The marriage was registered in Ashton in the March quarter 1868.

The 1871 census shows the family at 116 Grasscroft Street, Dukinfield:

   Samuel Gillibrand, 25, cotton weaver, b. Dukinfield
   Hannah Gillibrand, 25, cotton weaver, b. Ashton-u-L
   Elizabeth A. Gillibrand, 2, b. Stalybridge
   Reuben, 4 months, b. Stalybridge
   Elizabeth Haigh, mother-in-law, widow, 60, housekeeper, b. Aston-u-L

The 1881 census shows the family at 120 Grasscroft Street, Dukinfield:

   Samuel Gillibrand, 35, cotton loom overlooker, b. Dukinfield
   Hannah Gillibrand, 35, b. Ashton
   Elizabeth A., 12, scholar, b. Stalybridge
   Reuben Gillibrand, 10, scholar, b. Stalybridge
   Mary [I/J] Gillibrand, 7, scholar, b. Stalybridge
   Thomas, 5, scholar, b. Stalybridge
   Martha H., 2 months, b. Stalybridge

The 1891 census shows the family at 111 Grasscroft Street, Stalybridge:

   Samuel Gillibrand, 45, cotton weaver, b. Dukinfield
   Hannah, 45, cotton weaver, b. Hartshead
   Reuben, 20, sawyer, b. Stalybridge
   Thomas, 15, blacksmith's apprentice, b. Stalybridge
   Annie, 7, scholar, b. Stalybridge

The 1901 census for 1 Bond Street, Stalybridge, shows Samuel and Hannah's son, Reuben, as a widower:

   Reuben Gillibrand, widower, 30, wood sawyer, b. Stalybridge
   Samuel, son, 6, b. Stalybridge
   George Hirst, brother-in-law, single, 24, quarryman, b. Stalybridge

The 1911 census shows 1911 census information removed
                                                                                                                             
   

[Andyaj77]

Thank you so much GR2 this is Brilliant, can't believe this all came from that one name

Sally my grandparents were victor and Alice Hathaway (Alice was johns daughter and had 3 sisters) they lived at Chester avenue in Dukinfield pretty much all their married life

Hope this helps, can't wait to see if he remembers

Andy

[sgillibrand]

Hi again

I spoke to my husband's uncle but he cannot remember any distant relatives called John.  He doesn't even remember his grandfather Reuben but I think he died young. He only seems to remember his Uncle Albert (not Gilbert, as was transcribed from the 1911 census).  He lost an eye during WW1 and was probably quite well known in Stalybridge. So it would appear that any family link would be from way way back. Hope you had better luck with your search for John's military history.

Kind regards, S

[Andyaj77]

Thanks for checking, so far I've not had any luck but will keep trying

Andy