The descendants of
George Flint and Elizabeth (Lee) Flint,
of Holbeach, Lincolnshire

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Chapter 2b
Ann (Flint) Smith, of Holbeach, Lincolnshire

Ann Flint, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Lee) Flint, of Holbeach (see Chapter 1), was bapt. 23 July 1794 in Holbeach parish church, and was still alive in 1871 at the age of nearly 77 years. She m. (1) 29 May 1816 in Holbeach parish church, Thomas Smith, d. before 3 Nov. 1841 (when his widow remarried) and probably d. by 6 June 1841, as he has not been found in the 1841 census of Holbeach.^[1] At the time of their marriage both were single and of Holbeach; their ages are not stated precisely but he was of “full age” (i.e. 21 or more) and she a minor. Both were able to sign their names in the register, and the witnesses were Charlotte Holland, Rebecca Pearson, Ann Banes, Ann Cundy (all unidentified), and the parish clerk. Her husband is called a cordwainer (i.e. leather-worker, thus probably a shoe-maker) in the baptismal records of all their children and (posthumously) in the record of the first marriage of their daughter Ann. The widow Ann has not been found in the 1841 census of Holbeach, but as “Ann Smith, widow, daughter of George Flint” she m. (2) 3 Nov. 1841 in Holbeach parish church, the substantially-younger Thomas Taylor, Jr., b. around 1805 (aged 55 in 1861, 68 in 1871) at Spalding, living 1871, son of Thomas Taylor. We cannot find this couple in the 1851 census, but they appear at High Street in that of 1861, in which Thomas is called a master gardener; they had no children at that time.^[2] In 1871 they are found at a part of High Street known as Woodward’s Row, and Thomas is simply called a gardener.^[3] We have not found either of them in the 1881 census. Known issue (all by first husband):

1. William Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 13 March 1817 in Holbeach parish church, d. shortly before 25 March following, at Holbeach.
2. Eve Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 28 July 1821 in Holbeach parish church, living 1840. She did not d. young,^[4] but rather, as Eve daughter of Thomas Smith, m. 20 Jan. 1840 in Holbeach parish church, William Thompson Cooley, bapt. 17 Sept. 1817 in Holbeach parish church, a first cousin to the future wife of her cousin John Flint Jr., and a son of William Cooley, of Holbeach, tailor, by the latter’s wife Mary [Thompson?].^[5] We have not found them in the 1841 census or 1851 census. Known issue:
   1. Louisa Cooley, bapt. 7 March 1841 in Holbeach parish church, as a daughter of William Thompson Cooley and Eve ___. There seems to be no reason for doubting that she was the Louisa Cooley, aged 10 years and born at Holbeach, who in the 1851 census of Holbeach is found as a “shop girl” in a grocery shop on West Street run by a James Bullar.^[6]
   2. Sarah Cooley, bapt. 19 April 1843 in Holbeach parish church, who was perhaps identical with the Sarah Cooley, milliner, aged 19 years and born at Holbeach, who is found in the 1861 census as a visitor in the household of Joseph Hare, proprietor of an “eating-house” at no. 28 Humber Street, St. Mary’s parish, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, in the 1841 census.^[7]
3. Ann Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 25 March 1823 in Holbeach parish church, living 1891. We have not located her in the 1841 census. She m. (1) 28 Feb. 1842 in Holbeach parish church, Thomas Bloomas, b. 1820 at Gosberton, Lincolnshire, bapt. 19 Nov. 1820 in the parish church of Gedney Hill, Lincolnshire,^[8] d. 1861-71, son of Joseph Bloomas, a laborer, by the latter’s wife Elizabeth ____.^[9] As noted above, Ann’s marriage record names her father as Thomas Smith, cordwainer (but fails to note that he was deceased). Her husband’s rare surname, attested in their marriage record and in the birth records of four children, appears to be Dutch in origin; it was rapidly corrupted in English records, appearing as “Bloomer” in the 1861 census, and as “Bloom” (which was destined to become the standard form of the name) in Thomas’s baptismal record, in the 1851 census, and in the 1881 census. At the time of their marriage both were single and of Holbeach, and he was a cordwainer (leather-worker); he signed his name in the register but she made a mark instead. The witnesses were a Thomas Taylor (the bride’s stepfather?) and Sarah Flint (the bride’s younger sister). In 1851 they were living at St. John’s Street, Holbeach, and he was a journeyman cordwainer.^[10] In 1861 they were living in the back lane of an unspecified street.^[11] Ann m. (2) (as his second wife, at least) in 1870 in the Holbeach registration district,^[12] Robert Collins, b. 1811-12 (aged 69 in 1881) at Spalding, Lincolnshire, d. 1881-91. Her second husband is called Robbin Collins in their marriage record, but Robert in the 1871 and 1881 censuses. They were enumerated at Long Wash, Whaplode, Lincolnshire, in the 1871 census, in which he is called an agricultural laborer; their household at the time included his daughter Millicent (aged 30) by a previous marriage, and Ann’s own son Richard Bloom.^[13] They were enumerated at Mill Lane, Whaplode, in the 1881 census, in which he is again called an agricultural laborer; their household at that time included Ann’s daughter Louisa (whose surname is given as Bloom) and the latter’s illegitimate son Edward, and Robert’s grandson Francis Collins, aged 5 years, born at Holbeach, evidently the offspring of one of Robert’s children by a previous marriage.^[14] The widow Ann Collins appears in the 1891 census at the Long Causeway, Whaplode St. Mary, as housekeeper to Enoch Richmond; although her age is slightly overstated (as 70 years) her identity is corroborated by the fact that listed immediately after her is a boarder Frank Collins, aged 16 years, born at Holbeach, who is obviously the grandson aforesaid of her late husband.^[15]
        Known issue:^[16]
   1. Elizabeth Anne Bloomas, b. 1842-43 at Holbeach, bapt. 23 Nov. 1843 in Holbeach parish church, d. 4 Feb. 1901 at Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia.^[17] She was living with her parents in 1851, when she was a student, but had left their home by 1861. In the meantime she m. about March 1860, presumably at Holbeach, George William Stevens. Together with George’s brother William and the latter’s wife Ann, they left Holbeach on 27 June 1860, travelling from Plymouth on the Montmorency and arriving in Australia in October of 1860. They were among the first settlers of Brisbane. Three children:
      1. Sarash Louisa Stevens, d. unmarried.
      2. William George Stevens; m. Matilda Negus, of the Negus family of Fenstanton, England. Three sons:
         1. William Joseph Walter Stevens; m. Dora Mary Allen. Their daughter, Marjorie McKenna Stevens, was the mother of an only child, Elaine Rae, of Brisbane, Australia, our informant.
         2. Leslie George Stevens.
         3. John Cecil Stevens.
      3. Joseph Stevens, d. as a teenager.
   2. Matilda Bloomas/Bloom, b. 1845 at Holbeach,^[18] living 1891. Despite the slight discrepancy in their ages, it seems likely she was the Matilda Swanson whose death at the age of 47 years was recorded in the April-June quarter of 1894 in the Pancras registration district.^[19] She was living with her parents in 1851, when she was a student, and is doubtless the Matilda “Bloom,” aged 15, who in the 1861 census of Holbeach appears as a servant to a William Emery, of Chancery Square.^[20] Matilda’s birthplace is merely given as Lincolnshire in the censuses of 1871 and 1891, but in 1881 it is more precisely given as Holbeach. As Matilda Bloom she m. in 1869 in the Kensington registration district,^[21] James Swanson, b. probably in 1836 (aged 34 in 1871, 45 in 1881, 56 in 1891) in Scotland, living 1891, but probably the James Swanson whose death at the age of 63 years was registered in the January-March quarter of 1899 in the Pancras registration district.^[22] They were enumerated at Clipstone Street, St. Marylebone, London, in the 1871 census, in which he is called a shoemaker; at that time their household included his brother Alexander (aged 28).^[23] They were enumerated at no. 30 Red Hill Street, St. Pancras, London, in the 1881 census, in which he is called a bookmaker (an error for shoemaker?); at that time their household again included his brother Alexander (aged 38).^[24] In 1891 they were still living on Red Hill Street, but in house no. 39, and James is again called a shoemaker; his brother Alexander was no longer living with them.^[25] We have not found either Matilda or James in the 1901 census. Known issue:
      1. James Swanson (twin), b. 1870 (aged 8 months in 1881) at Marylebone, Middlesex, d. by about 1876, when another son was given the same name.
      2. Alexander Swanson (twin), b. 1870 (aged 8 months in 1871, 10 years in 1881) at Marylebone, Middlesex; living with his parents in 1881 but not in 1891. We have not found him in Ancestry.com’s transcription of the 1891 census.
      3. Annie Matilda Swanson, b. in late 1871 at Marylebone, Middlesex.^[26] She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1891, when she was a dressmaker.
      4. Sofia Swanson, apparently b. about 1873 (aged 9 [sic] in 1881, 17 in 1881) at Marylebone, Middlesex, still living unmarried with her parents in 1891, when she was a dressmaker.
      5. Margaret Swanson, b. 1874-75 (aged 6 in 1881, 16 in 1891) at Marylebone, Middlesex, still living unmarried with her parents in 1891, when she was a stationer.
      6. James Swanson, b. probably in 1876 (aged 5 in 1881, 14 in 1891) at Marylebone, Middlesex, living 1891.
      7. Donald Swanson, b. 1877-78 (aged 3 in 1881, 13 in 1891) at Marylebone, Middlesex, living 1891. He is probably the Donald Swanson, aged 23 years and born at Marylebone, who was enumerated as a patient in the London Lock Hospital, 91 Dean Street, St. Anne Soho, City of Westminster, London, in the 1901 census; his occupation is obscured by a statistician’s pencil mark but possibly reads “porter.”^[27]
   3. Sarah Bloomas/Bloom, b. 1846-47 (aged 24 in 1871, 32 in 1881) at Holbeach,^[28] d. 1891-1901. She was living with her parents in 1851, but had left their home by 1861. As Sarah Bloom she m. (1) before 1868, Joseph Harvey, b. 1841-42 (aged 29 in 1871) at Bury St. Edmund’s, Suffolk, d. 1872-79. They were enumerated at Butler’s Bridge, Holbeach, in the 1871 census, in which Joseph is called an agricultural laborer; their household included a “brother” (i.e. brother-in-law) Joseph Bloom.^[29] She m. (2) in late 1878 or early 1879 in the Hull registation district,^[30] Joel Farmery, b. 1852 (aged 8 in 1861, 17 in 1871, 28 in 1881, 38 in 1891, 48 in 1901) at Swanland, Yorkshire,^[31] living 1901, son of William Farmery, of Swanland, Ganstead, and Hessle, by the latter’s wife Hannah ____.^[32] Joel Farmery was enumerated with his parents in the 1861 census of Ganstead, Yorkshire,^[33] and in 1871 was working as a farm servant to the widow Ann Wallis, of Weel, Yorkshire.^[34] Sarah and her second husband, and the children of both her marriages, were enumerated at Chapel Yard, Hessle, Yorkshire, in the 1881 census, in which Joel is called a laborer.^[35] They were enumerated, with additional children, at South Gate, Hessle in the 1891 census, in which Joel is called an agricultural laborer.^[36] The widowed Joel Farmery was still at South Gate in 1901, when he was an omnibus driver.^[37] Known issue:

      (by first husband:)

      1. Henry J. Harvey, b. probably in 1868 (aged 3 in 1871, 12 in 1881, 22 in 1891, 32 in 1901) at Holbeach, living 1901. He was still living unmarried with his mother and stepfather in 1891, when he was a gardener. He m. by 1901, Eliza ____, b. 1868-69 (aged 32 in 1901) at Hull, Yorkshire, living 1901. They were perhaps the Henry Joseph Harvey and Eliza Withers who were each married in the October-December quarter of 1891 in the Sculcoates registration district, but we have not seen the actual marriage record and are not even sure whether these two persons were married to one another.^[38] But the present Henry J. Harvey and his wife were certainly enumerated at Sculcoates, Yorkshire, in the 1901 census, in which he is called a domestic gardener; the record gives his birthplace as Holbeach, leaving no doubt as to his identity.^[39] They did not have any children at that time.
      2. Agnes Harvey, b. 1869-70 (aged 1 in 1871, 11 in 1881) at Holbeach, living with her mother and stepfather in 1881 but not in 1891.
      3. John George Harvey, b. 1871-72 (aged 9 in 1881, 19 in 1891) at Holbeach, living with his mother and stepfather in 1881. In 1891 he was enumerated at Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, when he was a live-in servant at the Royal Station Hotel, working as a kitchen porter.^[40] We have not found him in Ancestry.com’s transcription of the 1901 census.
      4. Sarah Louisa Harvey, b. 1872-73 (aged 8 in 1881), probably at Holbeach (but the records of her baptism and marriage give the place as Hessle), living with her mother and stepfather in 1881 but not in 1891. She m. ____ at Beverley, East Yorkshire, James Cox, from Tickton, East Yorkshire. She was a cook, and her husband was the gardener to an Admiral Walker of Beverley after their marriage. Issue:
         1. Florence Cox, b. 1901.
         2. Stanley Cox, b. 1903.
         3. Harold Cox, b. 1906.
         4. Geoffrey Cox, b. 1908, d. 1987. He m. in 1931 in St. Mary’s Church, Beverley, Frances Gertrude Megson, of Beverley, b. 1908, d. 1986. He was a warehouse manager for a tannery at Beverley owned by Richard Hodgson, and his wife was a shorthand secretary and typist. They had ten children — two sons and eight daughters — including two pairs of identical twin girls. Their seventh daughter, and eighth child, Heather Cox, b. 1949, is our informant respecting this family.

      (by second husband:)

      5. Frederick W. Farmery, b. probably in 1879 at Hessle,^[41] living 1901. He was living with his parents in 1891, and was still single in 1901, when he was working as a waiter at the Bradford Club, Bradford, Yorkshire.^[42]
      6. Minnie Farmery, b. about March 1881 at Hessle,^[43] still living unmarried with her father in 1901.
      7. Arthur Farmery, b. 1884-85 (aged 6 in 1891, 16 in 1901) at Hessle, still living unmarried with his father in 1901, when he was an assistant signal-man.
      8. Edith Farmery, b. in 1886 at Hessle, living 1901.
      9. Kate Farmery, b. about Nov. 1890 at Hessle,^[44] living 1901.
   4. Louisa Bloomas, b. 3 Feb. 1849 at Holbeach, bapt. 19 Sept. following in Holbeach parish church; d. by 1851, when another daughter was given the same name.
   5. Joseph Bloomas/Bloom, b. 9 Aug. 1850 at Holbeach, living 1901. He was still living with his parents in 1861, and with his sister, Sarah (Bloom) Harvey, in 1871, when he was a brickmaker’s laborer. He m. in 1872 in the Holbeach registration district,^[45] Naomi Elizabeth Boothby, b. 1852 at Boston, Lincolnshire,^[46] living 1901, daughter of John Boothby, of Boston, bootmaker.^[47] Naomi Boothby was enumerated in the household of her widowed father, John Boothby, of Witham Street, Boston, in 1861.^[48] “Joseph Bloom” was enumerated at Dead Mans Lane, Sculcoates, Yorkshire, in the 1881 census, in which he is called a laborer in a stone quarry.^[49] Again as Joseph Bloom, he appears in the 1891 census of Hessle, Yorkshire, in which he is called an invalid.^[50] He appears at Cow Lane, Hessle, in the 1901 census, in which he is called a bricklayer’s laborer.^[51] Known issue:
      1. Emily E. Bloom, b. 1873-74 (aged 6 in 1881) at Middlesbro, Yorkshire, living with her parents in 1881 but not in 1891.
      2. Matilda M. Bloom, b. 1876-77 (aged 3 in 1881) at Middlesbro, living with her parents in 1881 but not in 1891.
      3. Sarepta Mary Bloom (female), b. about 1878 (aged 1 in 1881, 23 in 1901) at Middlesbro, living 1901. She was living with her parents in 1881 but not in 1891. Her name is recorded as “Septr” (sic!) in the carelessly-written entry for this family in the 1881 census. She m. in 1899 in the Sculcoates registration district,^[52] Frederick Ireland, b. 1878-79 (aged 22 in 1901) at Sherburn, Yorkshire, living 1901. They were enumerated at Sculcoates — apparently at no. 14 Albert Street, although the entry is somewhat unclear — in the 1901 census, in which Frederick is called a piler in a wood-yard.^[53] They did not have any children at the time.
      4. John J. Bloom, b. in 1879 at Hessle, Yorkshire,^[54] still living with his parents in 1901, when he was a railway servant.
      5. Alice Bloom, b. in 1882 at Hessle,^[55] still living unmarried with her parents in 1901, when she was a domestic cook.
      6. Thomas B. or G. Bloom, b. 1884-85 at Hessle,^[56] living with his parents in 1901, when he seems to have been a rivet-maker.
      7. Elsie B. or G. Bloom, b. in 1886 at Hessle,^[57] living 1901.
   6. Louisa Bloomas/Bloom, b. 3 June 1853 at Holbeach, living 1901. She was living with her parents in 1861, when she was a student, and she and her illegitimate son Edward were living with her mother in 1881, when she is called a “servant out of situation.” She m. in 1884 in the Holbeach registration district,^[58] Richard Lincoln, b. probably in 1856 (aged 35 in 1891, 44 in 1901) at Deeping Gate, Northamptonshire (per 1891 census) or at Deeping St. James, Lincolnshire (per 1901 census), living 1901. They were enumerated at West Drove, East Side, in the 1891 census at Gedney Hill, in which he is called a poulterer, with his business in his own home.^[59] They were again enumerated at West Drove in 1901, when he is called a poultry dealer.^[60] Only know issue:
      1. (illegitimate) Edward Bloom, b. probably in 1873 (aged 8 in 1881, 17 in 1891, 26 in 1901) at Hull, Yorkshire, living 1901. He is found in the household of his maternal grandmother in 1881. He was living with his mother and stepfather in 1891, when he was a poulterer’s assistant (i.e. probably an assistant to his stepfather), and was still living unmarried with them in 1901, when he was a poultry dresser working “at home.”
   7. George Bloomas/Bloom, b. 1855-56 at Holbeach, living 1881. He was a student in 1851. He m. in late 1877 or early 1878 in the Holbeach registration district,^[61] Emily Sarepta Boothby, b. 1859-60 (aged 1 in 1861) at Boston, Lincolnshire, sister of the wife of his elder brother Joseph, and daughter of John Boothby, of Boston, bootmaker, in whose household she was enumerated in the 1861 census.^[62] However, she either died soon after or they separated, for he is represented as unmarried in the 1881 census, when he is found under the name of “George Bloom” as a lodger in the household of Thomas Winn, of Maddison’s Row, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, and is called a laborer.^[63]
   8. Richard Bloomas/Bloom, b. 5 Oct. 1857 at Holbeach, living 1901. He was living with his parents in 1861, when he was a student, and with his mother and stepfather in 1871, when he was an agricultural laborer. He m. some time in 1871-78, Lydia ____, b. probably in 1852 (aged 38 in 1891, 49 in 1901) at Hessle, Yorkshire, living 1901. As “Richard Bloom” he was enumerated at Hessle in the 1891 census, in which he is called a laborer in a chalk quarry, and his wife the keeper of a provision shop (which information is underscored by their address being given as “Provision Shop.”^[64] Under the same name he was enumerated at Hull Road, Hessle, in the 1901 census, in which he is called a laborer in a quarry.^[65] Known issue:
      1. Edith E. Bloom, b. 1877-78 (aged 13 in 1891, 23 in 1901) at Hessle, living unmarried with her parents in 1901.
      2. Arthur Bloom, b. 1879-80 (aged 11 in 1891) at Hessle, living with his parents in 1891 but not in 1901.
      3. Richard Vivian Bloom, b. in 1881 at Hessle,^[66] living 1901. He was living unmarried with his parents in 1901, when he is called a laborer in a quarry. This man was married in late 1901 or early 1902 in the Sculcoates registration district, but we cannot determine the name of his wife from the index entry.^[67]
      4. Alfred Bloom, b. in 1883 at Hessle.^[68] He was living unmarried with his parents in 1901, when he is called a laborer in a quarry.
      5. Charles H. Bloom, b. in 1884-85 at Hessle.^[69]
      6. Daisy Bloom, b. 1887-88 (aged 13 in 1901) at Hessle.
      7. Lily Bloom, b. 1888-89 (aged 12 in 1901) at Hessle.
      8. Alice R. Bloom, b. 1890-91 at Hessle.^[70]
      9. David Lot Bloom, b. in 1893 at Hessle.^[71]
      10. Elsie Bloom, b. in 1894 at Hessle.^[72]
      11. Olive G. Bloom, b. 1895-96 at Hessle.^[73] An Olive G. Bloom m. in 1915 in the parish church of St. Mary and St. Peter, Hull, Victor R. Hairsine.^[74]
      12. Mabel Bloom, b. in 1897 at Hessle.^[75] A Mabel Bloom m. in 1919 in the parish church of St. Mary and St. Peter, Hull, Alfred Dick.^[76]
4. Elizabeth Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 21 Jan. 1825 in Holbeach parish church, of whom nothing further is known.
5. Sarah Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 18 March 1826 in Holbeach parish church, d. by 1828.
6. Sarah Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 5 Feb. 1828 in Holbeach parish church, living 1842, when she was a witness at her sister Ann’s wedding, but of whom nothing further is known.^[77] She is probably the Sarah Smith, aged 13, who is found at High Street, Holbeach, in a household with three unrelated women in the 1841 census.^[78]
7. Robert Smith, b. at Holbeach, bapt. 5 July 1830 in Holbeach parish church, d. shortly before 14 Jan. 1832, when he was buried in Holbeach churchyard.

Notes

Thomas Taylor head mar. 55  gardener (master) Lincs.: Spalding
Ann      "    wife mar. 66  ----              Lincs.: Holbeach

Thos Taylor head mar. 68  gardener   Lincs.: Spalding
Ann    "    wife mar. 78  ----       Lincs.: Holbeach

James Bullar      head    widower 61 grocer    Lincs.: Holbeach
Mary Ellen Willey visitor unm.    16 visitor   Lincs.: Holbeach
Louisa Cooley     ----    ----    10 shop girl Lincs.: Holbeach

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