William Asham of Hull mystery

[ryan37]

Posting on behalf of a friend :

I’v been doing research about a William Asham of Hull, who traded and fished in the Faroes til 1875 when he sold his shop and left wife and a kid. He had several smacks and was a known smuggler of brandy to Shetland and Orkney. I wonder where he did end up. As far as I know he
was born in Knottingley, England. 3. August 1828.


Hi folks can anyone help find more on William

Many thanks

Ryan

[amondg]

Who was his wife?

Is the name also spelled Askham?

[AllanUK]

The Baptism registers for the Chapelry of Knottingley shows that William was Baptised on the 3rd August 1828, his parents were John Farnell and Ann ASKAM. The father's profession is shown as that of a Mariner.

[ryan37]

Update


He had a wife from Yorkshire called Mary. And he had a child with a Faroese woman too, but she never left the Faroes.

He owned several ships and probably only was the master of some:

Price Arthur, Hero, The Bee, Sir Colin Campbell, Nisus, La Naide, Striver, St. Louis, L’etoile, Ellen & Ann and Julie or Julio

[AllanUK]

The newspaper The Hull Packet published on the 12 November 1852 reported on the previous week's cases heard at the Hull Police Court. Amongst the cases was (held on the previous Wednesday):-

'WILLIAM ASKAM master of the Expert, from Riga, was fined £2 for smuggling 1 1/4 pound of tobacco. The captain alleged that it had been deposited in the locker by some of the crew without his knowledge.

[AllanUK]

William married a Mary Warcup on the 5th July 1854 at Hornsea, Yorkshire. The marriage certificate shows that William's father was called John and he was a Mariner. Mary's father is shown as Isaac, a Miller.

Mary was the daughter of Isaac and Mary Warcup. She was Baptised at Skirlaugh on the 14th September 1834.

The National Probate Calendar shows that Mary Askam died on the 26 August 1912. She is described as a Widow living at 10 Atwick Road, Hornsea. Her estate was valued at £442 - 14 shillings - 7 pence.

A search of children of the marriage has drawn a blank.

[middlesbrough]

William Askam 1880

South Yorkshire Asylum, Admission Records.

William Askam
Birth 1831
Age 49
Occupation Hawker
Adm 10 April, 1880
Middlewood Hospital, Sheffield.
Cause of Insanity Not known
Outcome  died 18 July 1880
Residence Knottingley

Could be a possibility.

[AllanUK]

The 1881 Census records that Mary Askam, aged 46, was living with her parents at Hornsea. She is described as being married and being a Master Mariner's Wife.

[AllanUK]

The 1891 Census records that Mary was living at Hornsea with her widowed father, Isaac. She is described as being 56 years old and married.