The photo below was sent to me by Mary YOUNG (nee LEWIS) who got it from
Sylvia HARRISON. As far as I know this is the only picture of Mary in
existence. Mary YOUNG's Grandfather Stephenson HOGGARTH was the third son
of Mary STEPHENSON. The fifth son of Mary was Allin HOGGARTH, my
Grandad. Sylvia HARRISON (nee COSTELLO) is a grandaughter of Hannah
HOGGARTH who was the 7th child of Mary STEPHENSON. In my file I have 45
Great Grandchildren of Mary.
Mary was born at half past one in the morning of 26th September 1850 in
Dunsley. Her birth certificate (copy below) gives her father as Thomas
STEPHENSON a Farmer of Dunsley and her Mother as Mary, maiden name HARRISON.
Unfortunately there is no indication of just what farm they were
on.
Dunsley these days has very few houses. There is,
in the "centre of the village" a school house on the small green which
is surrounded by Home Farm, Low Farm, Fairfax Farm and a hotel which was built in
1900. Apart from these there are a couple of new and a couple of old
houses nearby.
It might have been noticed by some on the Teletext of UK TV that the Hotel does
anti-Christmas breaks for those who wish to avoid the
festivities.
The 1841 census does not show the parents of Mary at Dunsley so they were
quite possibly still at Birkhead which was a farm a little to the north where the
Stephenson family had been for several generations.
The 1851 census for Dunsley (Folio 617) after two other farmers gives Mary's
family as:
Thomas STEPHENSON
Head
Married
age 57
Farmer of 55
acres
born Lyth
Mary
Do
Wife
Married
age
40
born Danby
John Do
Son
age 4
born Dunsley
Robert Do
Son
age 3
born Dunsley
Hannah Do
Daur
age 2
born Dunsley
Mary Do
Do
5 Mths
born Dunsley
John COTSON
Servant
U
age 32
Farm Servant
born Danby
Jane HILL
Do
U
age 21
House Servant
born Lyth
It is remarkable how quick Thomas and his wife were having children.
Possibly they thought that time was running out. They has been married in
1845 at Whitby Parish Church.
The 1861 census for Dunsley (reverse of Folio 57) has amongst several other
entries described as Dunsley Village:
Mary STEPHENSON
Head
W
age 50
Farmer of 60 acres
born Lyth
John Do
Son
age 14
born Dunsley
Hannah Do
Daur
age 12
born Dunsley
Mary Do
Daur
age10
born Dunsley
William Do
Son
age 6
born Dunsley
Jane GARBUTT
Lodger
W
age 55
Formerly Dressmaker
born Birkhead
James RICHARDSON
Serv
U
age 29
Carter
born Liverton
Other things of note in this census are that Heulay (sic) farm was then
occupied by a William DOBSON and family and in the nearby hamlet of Newholme
there was a 3 year old lad called Allin HOGGARTH and his family.
The next view we have of Mary is in the 1871 census - or it would be if I
could find where I put it.
So we move on to the 1881 census where, again in Dunsley Village, we have on
the back of Folio 14:
William STEPHENSON
Head
Unm
age 26
Farmer of 80
acres
born Dunsley Village
Mary Do
Sister
Do
age 30
Brother's Housekeeper
born
Do Do
John RIPLEY
Servant
Do
age 22
Farm Servant Indoor
born Aislaby Do
Head Gains Farm (aka Heulah Farm) was at this time occupied by a Thomas
YEOMAN and family. At the time of this census Allin HOGGARTH was a lodger
on a farm at West Knapton which is down near Malton.
Now Mary gets married to Allin HOGGARTH
The next census was in 1891 where we find the the STEPHENSON family is no
longer in Dunsley village and Allin and Mary HOGGARTH are at Headgays Farm with
children as shown:
Allin HOGGARTH
Head
M
age 33
Farmer
born Newholm
Mary Do
Wife
Do
age 40
born Dunsley
William J. Do
Son
age 8
Scholar
born Do
Gertrude E. Do
Daur
age 7
Scholar
born Do
Albert V. Do
Son
age 5
born Do
Allin
Do
Son
age 4
born Do
Robert S. Do
Son
age 3
born Do
Hannah Do
Daur
age 1
born Do
For some reason we do not see above an entry for Stephenson HOGGARTH who,
according to Ian KEELER was born on 17th May 1884 and so would have been age 6
at the time of the 1891 census. There is an entry in the index of Births
registration for him in Quarter 2 of 1884 in volume 9d page 497, and we
know he got married etc - otherwise we would not have his Grandchildren Mary,
Ivan, Ian and many others.
In an index for the 1891 census for Whitby there a 36 year old William
STEPHENSON born in Dunsley who was probably Mary's brother. The is also an
Ann E STEPHENSON aged 36 on the same folio so maybe William got
married.
And then in 1894 Mary dies of Tubercular Peritonitis Exhaustion.
