Silas Hoskins of Castle Cary

[ColC]

1861 Castle Cary, no address (freereg)
HOSKINS   Silas   Head   44   Carpenter & Appraiser SOM   Ansford
HOSKINS   Mary Ann   Wife   44   Shop Keeper   SOM   Bruton
HOSKINS   Thos   Son   14   Under Gardener   SOM   Castle Cary
HOSKINS   Aaron Edwd   Son   10   Scholar   SOM   Castle Cary
HOSKINS   Richd Jno   Son   8   Scholar   SOM   Castle Cary
HOSKINS   Frances C   Dau   4   Scholar   SOM   Bristol

1871 Castle Cary, Bailey Hill
HOSKINS   Silas   Head   54   Surveyor & Carpenter Emp 9m   SOM   Ansford      
                                       occupation also stone agent
HOSKINS   Mary A   Wife   54   SOM   Bruton      
HOSKINS   Thomas   Son   23   Carpenter   SOM   Castle Cary      
HOSKINS   James W   Son   15   Carpenter Boy   SOM   Castle Cary      
CLEAVE   James   Sonlaw   30   Carpenter   DEV   Widecombe      
CLEAVE   Mary E   Grndau   2      DEV   Lensden      POB not located

Colin

[ColC]

1891 census
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WPBS-2MM

Deaths Mar 1894   
Hoskins    Silas    77    Wincanton    5c   360


Colin

[mark foot]

Hi Colin, Very many thanks and I'll try and confirm the dates but I believe circa 1870's. Sadly the house in Bailey Hill seem to only have names and not numbers so I'll have a challenge finding the exact house.
A stamp distributor was I suppose of some importance?
The 1861 census shows his wife as a shop keeper and the is another challenge to find what that is about. He was a builder and other roles and perhaps building materials were sold?

Thanks again for your help.

Mark

[mark foot]

Perhaps as I believe they had the Coffee Tavern on Bailey Hiil which I presume was at their home she calls herself a shop assistant.

[mark foot]

I wonder if anyone can offer any further thoughts advice regarding Silas.
Where can I find him on the 1851 census?
Why as a builder/carpener did he move to Bath, where he married. Perhaps it was to do with quarrying (family connections with stone cutting/mason/building) or working on Prior Park House in Bath that was badly burnt the year before their marriage.
Why was his daughter Frances (Barber) born in Bristol in 1857. Both Silas and his wife Mary Ann were committed temperance supporters and although he attended meetings in Bristol from Castle Cary it would be unlikely for his heavily pregnant wife to have attended at that time. The 1891 shows Frances living with her parents in Castle Cary as a grocer (not employed) suggesting she was using the shop at that time.  Another puzzle regarding Silas' wife Mary Ann. The 1861 shows her as a shop keeper (no doubt the shop at their property) and by 1881 her occupation was toy warehouse. Silas had been a carpenter and possibly wooden toys were being made and sold. Thanks for any thoughts regarding anything raised. 

[rosie99]

I wonder if anyone can offer any further thoughts advice regarding Silas.
Where can I find him on the 1851 census?

1851 he is at Temperance Coffee House, Bailey Hill, Castle Cary
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGGR-J2B

[mark foot]

Rosie, very many thanks as I couldn't find. I knew he ran the Coffee Tavern from around 1843 AND IT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT IT WAS STILL GOING THEN. tHANKS mARK