Richard Jukes (1781 - 1876)

Born 1781 in Ruiton, Staffordshire, England

Husband of Phoebe (Field) Jukes — married 7 May 1804 in Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died 1876 at about age 95 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Richard Jukes was baptised on the 1st July 1781 in Ruiton (In the Independent Chapel Upper Gornal) his father was recorded as Richard Jukes. ^[1]

Richard Jukes was a currier, buying tanned animal hides and processing them to become leather. A currier was a specialist, dressing, finishing and colouring to the tanned hide to make it strong, flexible and waterproof. The leather was stretched and burnished for a uniform thickness and suppleness, then dyed. The finished leather was then sold on to saddlers, shoemakers, glovers etc. The Jukes family made industrial and domestic bellows among other products.

Richard Jukes married Phoebe Field on the 7th May 1804 in Rowley Regis Staffordshire (Though Richard did not come from Rowley Regis, there was a large Jukes family there – were they related?). They were married by Banns, their sponsor was W.M.B.Hughes

Richard and Pheobe Jukes lived in Ruiton Hall (Upper Gornall) and all their children were baptised in Ruiton Chapel. In 1827 Richard Jukes of Gornal, Sedgley had a workshop at Prince’s End (Tipton) and in the Sedgley Commercial Directory of 1835, Richard Jukes is listed as a Currier in Upper Gornall.

children -

Mary Louisa Jukes was born on the 29th June 1804

George Jukes was born on the 5th April 1806

both were baptised on the 14th December 1807

Charles Jukes was born on the 1st August 1808

Julia Jukes was born on the 21st January 1810

both were baptised on the 25th October 1810

Amelia Jukes was born ….

and baptised on the 25th December 1811

Richard Powell Jukes was born on the 23rd June 1813

and baptised 5th October 1813

Richard Jukes was born on the 25th February 1818

and baptised 22nd September 1820

Sarah Jane Jukes was born on the 11th May 1822

and baptised 7th February 1823

Richard moved his business to Wednesfield Heath, Wolverhampton, in 1861 he was recorded “out of business” and had sold his property there.

By 1851, Richard, Phoebe and Sarah Jane were living in Bethnal Green; their address N.E.London Cemetery, Peel Grove. Richard was employed as Superintendent of the N.E. London Cemetery. ^[2] Peel Grove Burial-ground was also called the North-East London Cemetery, sometimes as Cambridge Heath or Road Burial-ground and Keldy’s Ground. In 1855, there were 4 acres, and used by Quakers (Friends).

From the 1871 census of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire - 128 Merrivale Street Wolverhampton - Richard Jukes, age 90, retired Currier, born in Staffordshire Gornal; Pheobe Jukes, age 92, born in Warwickshire Birmingham; Sarah Jane Jukes, age 43, born in Staffordshire Gornal.

Pheobe Jukes died in Wolverhampton in 1871 aged 93

Richard Jukes died in Wolverhampton in 1876 aged 96

Their daughter, Sarah Jane Jukes went to live with her niece Louisa Jane Jukes, who had married Edward Hughes, the minister at Ruiton Chapel. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMK1-VQH : 19 March 2020), Richard Juckes, 1781.
2. ↑ 1851 Census - "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG5P-FPC : 12 September 2019), Richard Jukes, Phoebe & Sarah Jane; Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England; citing Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England, p. 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ see history of Ruiton Chapel - Ruiton Church

• Curriers : Jukes - Ruiton Hall - History Gazetter and Directory of Staffordshire 1851 published by William White of Sheffield

• Richard Jukes formerly of Gornal, Sedgley “currer” now of Wednesfield Heath Wolverhampton, out of business - Deed/J30/9 8.9.1861 Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies

• Marriage - "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V52C-G5B : accessed 30 May 2015), Richard Jukes and Phebe Field, 07 May 1804; citing Rowley Regis,Stafford,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 476,914, 873,644, 96,891.

• 1871 Census - "England and Wales Census, 1871," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5YS-LK8 : accessed 30 May 2015), Richard Jukes, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England; from "1871 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 10, folio 54, p. 25, Wolverhampton registration district, Wolverhampton, West subdistrict, ED 20, household 128, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 836,414.

• Death - 1876 : age 96 in England & Wales Registration index vol: 6B page: 293 line: 300 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JRT-LP1 : accessed 30 May 2015), Richard Jukes, 1876; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.