Gawber Road Barnsley

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Stanley Appleyard and four connected families with surnames Crawshaw, Jackson, Goodyear and Moorhouse who lived in Gawber Road, Barnsley.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 1901 Census 3 Gawber Road houses: 4 Other significant houses 5 Crawshaws in Gawber Road 6 1861-1891 Crawshaws at No. 27 Jordan House 7 Goodyears in Gawber Road 8 1911 and after 9 Sources

Introduction

The story starts with a photo in one of Stanley Appleyard's photo albums. The image^[1] shows a chemist's shop window with the name "J W Moorhouse". The location was traced to Market Hill, Barnsley, and the Joseph Moorhouse was identified.

The 1901 census ^[2] shows Joseph and wife Alice living at 5 Gawber Road (see image). Further investigation revealed that Alice turned out to be Stanley Appleyard's half sister Alice Maud Mary Carr. The first connection had been made.

Also living in Gawber Road in 1901 was Stanley's future wife Doris Irene Jackson. Doris's family lived at 49 Gawber Road^[3]. At this time Stanley would have aged 13 and Doris aged 4. They would not have known each other. Doris's mother was Ada Annie Crawshaw who had married Richard Jackson in 1895.

Next door at number 47^[3] lived Ada's brother Herbert Crawshaw, his wife and five children. The eldest daughter Jessie Jackson, aged 17 would go on to marry Robert Arthur Hanson Goodyear, Robert was nephew of Henry Goodyear who had previously lived in Gawber Road.

1901 Census

Birth place column omitted - all Barnsley except Alice M M Moorhouse - born in Leeds

Location	Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation
5	Joseph W Moorhouse	Head	Married	M	30	Pharmaceutical Drug Chemist
5	Alice M M Moorhouse	Wife	Married	M	30
47	Herbert Crawshaw	Head	Married	M	42	Architect
47	Mary Crawshaw	Wife	Married	F	47
47	Jessie J Crawshaw	Daughter		F	17
47	Tom H Crawshaw	Son		M	13
47	Gladys Crawshaw	Daughter		F	11
47	Margaret Crawshaw	Daughter		F	4
49	Richard Jackson	Head	Married	M	43	Commercial Traveller
49	Ada A Jackson	Wife	Married	F	39
49	Doris I Jackson	Daughter		F	4
49	Madeleine Jackson	Daughter		F	2

The exact locations of 47 and 49 Gawber Road are uncertain. The houses are shown on both the 1890 Ordnance Survey map^[4] and the Barnsley Workhouse map that shows Greenfoot Lane running North-South and a row of houses to the west of the lane^[5]

The 1901 census includes 9 houses built between 1895 and 1895 numbered 17-31 and situated between Syke's Avenue and Wellfield road. These houses do not appear on the 1890 map^[4] and meant that odd house numbers in Gawber Road were changed at the time. The change meant that house number 41 post 1895 would have numbered 27 in 1891 and earlier. The difference appears to be 14 in all cases. A table showing relevant old and new house numbers appears below.

Gawber Road houses:

House Name	original no.	number	date	occupant	notes
	5	5	1901	Joseph W Moorhouse	Key to this page
The Views	25	39	1891	Henry Goodyear	Auction sale[6] NHS[7]
Jordan House	27	41	1861-1901	Crawshaw	NHS[7]
		43	1911	Richard Jackson	vacated 1913 ???
	31	45	1871-1891	Henry Goodyear	NOT The Views
		47	1901	Herbert Crawshaw
		49	1901	Richard Jackson	moved to 43 by 1911

Other significant houses

The 1891 census records Jordan Villa, Wellfield House^[7], and Wellfield Villa lying in Wellfield Road to the north of Gawber Road^[8]. Jordan Villa and Wellfield House both appear on the 1890 Ordnance survey map^[4]. Confusingly Jordan Villa is now named Jordan House^[9].

Census records show the Crawshaw's had been living in Gawber Road since at least 1861 and Henry Goodyear and family were living there in 1871 and 1891.

Crawshaws in Gawber Road

The story starts with their father, Jabez Crawshaw. He is recorded in the 1841 census, age 20, living at May Day Green, Barnsely (together with his siblings Elizabeth and Charles and their (widowed?) mother Hannah).^[10].

By 1851 Jabez has married Sarah Senior and living with her daughter Sarah Ellen Senior, aged 8. Jabez and Sarah have one child, John Armitage aged 9 months^[11]. His occupation is recorded as Butcher.

The 1861 census records Jabez Crawshaw now married with 4 children living at Jordan House, Gawber Road^[12]. (This is not the current Jordan House in Wellfield Road^[9]. ) The eldest child "Sarah Ellen Senior" is named as "Sarah E Crawshaw" (aged 18) in the 1861 census.

The 1871 records Jabez Crawshaw and family now living at 27 Gawber Road^[13], presumably the same house. The next census entry is for Henry Goodyear and his wife Sarah living at number 31. (Number 29 did not get built until 1896^[14]).

The 1891 census shows Herbert Crawshaw's mother Sarah living at Jordan House (number 27) with her daughter Ada Annie. The next census entry shows Henry Goodyear and (large) family living at 31. Number 29 is not listed^[15].

Confusingly The Barnsley Chronicle reports Henry Goodyear's attempted sale of The Views, Gawber Road in November 1891^[6]. The assumption is that Henry and family were living at 31 and also owned number 25 (The Views).

1861-1891 Crawshaws at No. 27 Jordan House

Summary from census records:^{[12][13][16][15]}

Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age in 61	Age in 71	Age in 81	Age in 91	Notes
Jabez Crawshaw	Head	Married	M	41	53	63	N/A	Jabez died January 1888
Sarah Crawshaw	Wife	Married	F	42	53	63	73	Widow in 1891
Sarah E Senior (Crawshaw)	Daughter	Unmarried	F	28	N/A	N/A	N/A
John Crawshaw	Son		M	10	N/A	N/A	N/A
Walter Crawshaw	Son		M	8	N/A	28	N/A	Died 11th May 1898
Herbert Crawshaw	Son		M	2	11	N/A	N/A
Ada Annie Crawshaw	Daughter		M	10 days	10	20	30	1861 id as 'N K Infant - son '

Census records Jordan House in 1861 and 1891, Number 27 in 1871 and 1881. Herbert Crawshaw in 1881 was living with his brother John Armitage in Armley, Leeds. In 1891 he was married, living 52 Dodworth Road.

Goodyears in Gawber Road

Henry Goodyear was living at 31 Gawber Road in 1871 and 1891. (Census records Henry Goodyear was living with his family in Silkstone in1881.)

The Goodyear family from 1871 and 1891 Census records

Location	Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age in 1871	Age in 1891	Occupation
31	Henry Goodyear	Head	Married	M	35	54	1871:Master Painter employing 4 men and 8 boys
31	Sarah E Goodyear	Wife	Married	F	30	48
31	Annie	Dau		F	8	28
31	Kate	Dau		F		20
31	Harry	Son		M		22	Decorator (painter)
31	Lilian	Dau		F		20
31	Tom E	Son		M	N/A	17	Steam Engine maker fitter
31	Gertrude M	Dau		F	N/A	14	Scholar
31	Nellie	Dau		F	N/A	10	Scholar

By 1911 only Richard Jackson and family remain in Gawber Road. They have moved from 49 to 43.^[17]

1911 and after

The 1911 Census records only Richard Jackson and family living in Gawber Road in 1911:

Location	Name	Relation	Status	Sex	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
43	Richard Jackson	Head	Married	M	53	Commercial Traveller Down Quilts	Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
43	Ada A Jackson	Wife	Married	F	49		Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
43	Doris I Jackson	Daughter		F	14		Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
43	Madeleine Jackson	Daughter		F	12		Barnsley, Yorkshire, England

The Jacksons moved to 41 Harrow View, Harrow a few years later. Stanley Appleyard also moved there and Stanley and Doris Jackson were married in St George's Church Headstone, Harrow in May 1919.

Joseph Moorhouse moved to Scarborough with his wife Alice. He died there two weeks after VE day in May 1945. In his will he left £1,500 to his bother-in-law Stanley Appleyard, payable on the death of his wife.^[18]

Sources

Note all census links below show page images from Ancestry. Subscription required.

1. ↑ see profile Joseph Moorhouse
2. ↑ 1901 Census:
   Class: RG13; Piece: 4313; Folio: 165; Page: 5 J W Moorhouse
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} 1901 Census:
   Class: RG13; Piece: 4313; Folio: 166; Page: 7. Richard Jackson - Herbert Crawshaw
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Barnsley Ordnance Survey Map 1890
   The Godfrey Edition: 274.07 Barnsley 1890*
5. ↑ Barnsley Workhouse
   Pinterest image: Barnsley Workhouse
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Sale of house
   Yorkshire Post 26 Nov 1891 page 6 Accessed 26 October 2023.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Barnsley NHS Childrens home
   Barnsley childrens homes Accessed 27 October 2023.
8. ↑ 1891 Census:
   Class: RG12; Piece: 3771; Folio: 118; Page: 5; GSU roll: 6098881Wellfield Road
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Jordan House current: RightMove sale details - accessed 11 Sep 2013
10. ↑ 1841 Census:
    Class: HO107; Civil Parish: Barnsley; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 2; Page: 18; Line: 22; GSU roll: 464275. Jabez Crawshaw
11. ↑ 1851 Census:
    Class: HO107; Piece: 2332; Folio: 552; Page: 2. Jabez Crawshaw
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} 1861 Census:
    Class: RG9; Piece: 3445; Folio: 40; Page: 18; GSU roll: 543133.Jabez Crawshaw
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} 1871 Census:
    Class: RG10; Piece: 4645; Folio: 108; Page: 3; GSU roll: 848409. Jabez Crawshaw - Henry Goodyear
14. ↑ Google Maps: 31 Gawber Road(retrieved 17th October 2023
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} 1891 Census:
    Class: RG12; Piece: 3771; Folio: 118; Page: 6; GSU roll: 6098881 Sarah Crawshaw - Henry Goodyear
16. ↑ 1881 Census:
    Class: RG11; Piece: 4601; Folio: 85; Page: 6; GSU roll: 1342111Jabez Crawshaw
17. ↑ 1911 Census:
    Reg: 507 Sub-Reg: 2 ED: 13 Richard Jackson 1911
18. ↑ National Probate Calender
    1945 Kacz-Mytton Page 768 Joseph William Moorhouse