Right, let’s have some more genealogy stuff. I am currently working through my database locating and attaching citations from the various England & Wales census records. So far I have completed 1841-1891 and I’m now working on 1901.
The latest person to be worked on is my 3rd Cousin 3 times removed, Mary Ann Bottomley who was born on 16 April 1865 in Soyland, West Riding of Yorkshire (as was prior to 1974 when it was abolished). She was baptised on 20 May 1866 at St Bartholomew, Ripponden, baptism entry 423 in the register ‘Mary Ann dau of William & Susannah Bottomley, of Soyland, Stone delver. Born 16 Apr 1865’ (West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D21/7; New Reference Number: WDP21/7;).
I had located Mary Ann with her parents in the previous Census records; 1871 (PRO RG 10/4408 folio 40, page 20), 1881 (PRO RG 11/4413 folio 40, page 10), and 1891 (PRO RG 12/3598 folio 44, page 2).
I had also located her marriage on 7 April 1894 at St Mary, Elland to Arthur Nussey marriage entry 253 in the register ‘7 Apr 1894. Arthur Nussey, 23, Batchelor, Labourer, Norland. Father: Jem Nussey, Bootmaker. Mary Ann Bottomley, 28, Spinster, -, Soyland. Father: William Bottomley, Labourer. After Banns. Witnesses: W H Bottomley, Clara Nussey;‘ (West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D79/34; New Reference Number: WDP79/34;)
It struck me that Nussey is an unusual surname; I think it is a variant of the Germanic Nusse, itself a diminutive form of Den(n)is, whose etymology is from ‘follower of Dionysus’. Anyway, easy enough to locate in a Census and, sure enough, there they were in 1901:
(PRO RG 13/4133 folio 25, page 11)
Prospect Terrace, Norland, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Arthur Nussey Head 30 Married Railway plate layer Norland, WRY
Mary Ann Nussey Wife 35 Married Soyland, WRY
Ivy Nussey Daur 2 Norland, WRY
So that gave me Arthur’s date and place of birth and I was able to locate a GRO birth index for him; Arthur Nussey, volume 9a, page 478, Dec quarter 1870, Halifax district. I also found the GRO index record for their daughter Ivy Nussey, volume 9a, page 460, Sep quarter 1898, Halifax district. So far, so good.
Next I tried the 1911 Census but there was no sign of Mary Ann. I did manage to find Arthur and he was a widower!
(RG 78, RG 14 PN 26438 registration district Halifax, sub district Sowerby, enumeration district 9)
28 Maude Buildings, Scarr Head, Sowerby Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Gibson Riley Head 48 Married Iron moulder at machine tools works Sowerby Bridge, WRY
Harriet Ann Riley Wife 48 Married Sowerby Bridge, WRY
Mary Ellen Riley Daur 20 Unmarried Sowerby Bridge, WRY
George Arthur Riley Son 19 Unmarried Iron fitter, apprentice at machine tools works Sowerby Bridge, WRY
Jeremiah Riley Father 74 Widower Retired loom tuner at woollen mill Sowerby Bridge, WRY
A Nussey Brother in law 40 Widower Platelayer for railway company Norland, WRY
Married 21 years, 2 children, 2 living, 0 dead
Now I needed to find the death of Mary Ann and what had happened to Ivy?
I turned to the parish registers, located Mary Ann’s burial record, viewed the page, and was shocked to find three consecutive entries at Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church and Norland, St Luke, Yorkshire, England (West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D93/12/7A; New Reference Number: WDP93/12/7A):
No. 775. 9 Oct 1906 Mary Ann Nussey age 41 of New Longley, Norland. Died 6 Oct
No. 776. 9 Oct 1906 Ivy Nussey age 8 of New Longley, Norland. Died 8 Oct
No. 777. 13 Oct 1906 Fred Nussey age 5 of New Longley, Norland. Died 10 Oct
What on earth had wiped out the whole family except Arthur? I can find no details of an epidemic at that time and place, but it seems likely that that was indeed some kind of illness that caused the deaths. I would need to get the death certificates to be certain. In the meantime I was able to fill in the rest of the blanks for the family.
Ivy was born on 19 June 1898 and baptised on 24 September 1899 at Norland. (Baptism of Ivy Nussey in 1899; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D93/12/1; New Reference Number: WDP93/12/1; Baptism. No. 768. 14 Sep 1899 Ivy, of Arthur & Mary Ann Nussey, of Prospect terrace Norland, Labourer. Born 19 Jun 1898)
Fred was born on 14 July 1901 and baptised on 22 September 1901 at Norland (Baptism of Fred Nussey in 1901; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D93/12/1; New Reference Number: WDP93/12/1; Baptism. No. 807 22 Sep 1901 Fred, of Athur & Mary Ann Nussey, of Prospect Terrace Norland, railway Plate Layer. Born 19 Jul)
Arthur and Mary Ann had no other children. Arthur died and was buried on 22 February 1940 at Norland. (Burial of Arthur Nussey in 1940; West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D93/12/7A; New Reference Number: WDP93/12/7A; Burial at Sowerby Bridge, Christ Church and Norland, St Luke, Yorkshire, England. No. 1250 22 Feb 1940 Arthur Nussey of 6 Derby Road, Sowerby Bridge aged 70 [257 in margin]). The number in the margin may be the plot number where Arthur was buried.
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