William Silburn (1859)

Born 1859 in Skidby, Yorkshire, England

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Born 1859 Skidby

William Silburn was born in 1859 in Skidby, a village just west of Cottingham on the spring line of the Yorkshire Wolds. ^[1]

William is the son of James Silburn a labourer and his wife Elizabeth Stamp.

Child 1861 Skidby

William is with his parents in Skidby 1861. It seems likely that he was born before their marriage but baptised after it both events in 1859. ^[2]

In Skidby from 1871

The elder James Silburn, father of the family, is 42 in 1871 and a mere Ag Lab in Skidby, born Market Weighton: all the rest of the family are born Skidby. His wife Elizabeth is 38 and young James just 2. William at 11 is a schoolboy : Foster's Education Act- in 1870 had made school compulsory but not free.

It seems likely that James was based in the village of Skidby, (west of Cottingham and on the spring-line of the chalk Wolds) from his marriage in 1859. His wife was baptised in Skidby, and so were all of his children. It is, however in 1871 that we first find him at his Skidby home. ^[3] He may also have started work as a market gardener, even if only part-time, as in 1873 he is recorded as a land-owner. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Skidby Register of Baptisms : inserted after no 456: 14 Sept 1859 William SILBURN son of James & Elizabeth labourer of Skidby Rev SANDERS.
2. ↑ 1861 Census @@ Skidby RG9 3571 35

   James Selburn (sic) 35 with wife Elizabeth, and stepchildren Alice 5 & William STAMP

3. ↑ Census 1871 : Skidby : RG10 4770 100v

   James SILBURN 42 Ag. Lab. b Mkt Weighton

   Elizabeth Silburn 38, b Skidby

   William Silburn 11, scholar b Skidby

   James Silburn 2 b Skidby

   Alice Stamp 15 wife daur servt b Skidby

4. ↑ 1873 Land Survey: James Silburn of Skidby owns 3 acres worth 6 guineas annually

Note: There is no likely William STAMP/SILBURN in the census for 1881.