Dickinson Tate (1839 - 1890)

Born 1839 in Hull, Yorkshire, England

Died 1890 at about age 51 in Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Born 1839 Hull

Dickinson Tate was born in 1839 in "Old Hull", the area within the city walls and around Holy Trinity Church. ^[1]

Dickinson was the son of George Tate and his wife Elizabeth.

Child 1841 Hull

At the census of 1841 he was living in Johnson's Entry, High St Hull with his mother, Elizabeth Tate 25+, his sister Ann, one year older than himself and a family called Jordan, five children, their mother Martha 25+ and Michael Jordan 50+ a Hawker, who may be the father or the grandfather of those children. ^[2]

Not found 1851, even searching forename only, or mother and sister's names.

Merchant Seaman 1861 Port of London

Shortly before his marriage Dickinson Tate was Able Bodied Seaman, one of at least 15 crew with a couple of officers aboard the brig "Glance" of Hull, 152 tons, lying at anchor off the Port of London at Nelsingboy (Nelson Buoy?) ^[3]

Marriage in St Andrews Church, Hull 1861

In 1861 when Dickinson Tate was about 21, he married Sarah Ann Colley in Hull Sculcoates St Andrew.. ^[4]

1871 not found

Probably sailing outside British waters in 1871 as he cannot be found at census even searching the forename Dicki/enson rather than surname.

Ballast Lighterman 1881 Stoneferry Hull

Dickinson Tate was a Ballast Lighterman in 1881 in Hull with his son and his father in law John Colley who was 72 but apparently still active in the same trade. ^{[5] [6] [7]} [[Website: Lightermen. This deals with Port of London Lightermen but the job in Hull was very similar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighterman]]

Death 1890 Hull

Dickinson Tate died in the third quarter of 1890 in Sculcoates, Hull. He was only 50 years old. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑

   Hull Holy Trinity Register of Baptisms: 31 May 1839

   Dickinson Tate son of George and Elizabeth.

   in the East Riding Archives

2. ↑

   Census 1841 : Johnson's Entry, High St, Hull

   Head (implied) Elizabeth Tate 25 - 29 Ind b Yorkshire

   Daughter (implied) Ann Tate 3

   Son (implied) Dickinson Tate 2

   Michael Jordan 50 - 54 Hawker, not Yorkshire

   Martha Jordan 25 - 29

   William Jordan 10

   Sarah Jordan 8

   James Jordan 5

   Luke Jordan 3

   John Jordan 1

   @@Holy Trinity. Hull

   HO107 Piece 1230 Page 11\5 Family 2094

3. ↑

   Census 1861

   Shipping At Sea And In Ports Abroad, England

   Schedule Number

   103 Name: Glance

   Port or place belonging to

   Hull Tonnage: 152

   Description (Steam/Sailing)

   [Sailing]Brig

   How employed

   Foreign

   Chief officer in charge

   George Shetliff

   Place/date delivered

   London 24 April 1861

   Position at midnight

   Lying at Nelsingboy

   County Shipping At Sea And In Ports Abroad

   PRO RG09 /4461

   Dickinson Tate 22 born Hull, AB Seaman . . .

4. ↑

   freebmd Marriages Jun 1861

   COLLEY Sarah Ann Sculcoates 9d 193

   TATE Dickinson Sculcoates 9d 193

5. ↑

   1881 Census in Stoneferry

   Dickinson Tate, Ballast lighterman with son and

   father in law John Colley 72

   @@ Sutton & Stoneferry, Yorkshire

6. ↑

   Census 1881 : 2 Union Court, Sutton

   Head John Bolley 73 Ballast Lighterman b Kenningham

   Wife Mary Bolley 66 b Kenningham

   Son-in-Law Dickinson Pate 41 Ballast Lighterman b Hull

   Daughter Sarah A Pate 40 b Hull

   Son John H Pate 17 Ballast Lighterman b Hull

   Daughter Alice Pate 15 b Hull

   Daughter Mary E Pate 12 Scholar b Hull

   Granddaughter Salina Pate 6 Scholar b Hull

   @@Kingston Upon Hull, Sutton St Mark's, Sculcoates

   RG11 Piece 4746 Page 78 Family 55

   very poorly transcribed in MyHeritage.com : Colley read as Bolley, and Tate as Pate and youngest child's forename:

7. ↑

   Ballast Lighterman : A docker with vessel (a lighter) used for loading and unloading a ship away from the quayside. A Ballast Lighterman specialised in transferring rocks, cobbles, bricks etc. which add weight to the bottom of the hull, below the cargo or instead of a cargo to keep the vessel upright even in a storm.

8. ↑

   freebmd Deaths Sep 1890

   Tate Dickinson age 50 @@Sculcoates 9d 79