Notes on Benjamin Buck, Elizabeth Whytell and William Brook

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This note documents the details of Benjamin Buck, Elizabeth Whytell and William Brook with the aim of clarifying their relationships and noting unresolved issues.

Benjamin Buck His relatively unusual name should help to track him, but there is a limited document trail.

1. 1861 census shows him as a plumber from Ripon, Yorkshire with his wife and a daughter in Sheffield. He is recorded as the son-in-law of a widow, Sarah Sanchert (possibly Sarah Lambert) from Durham, a shopkeeper. . ^[1] It is hard to see why he is recorded as son in law. His wife doesn't appear to be related to Sarah, but it is equally difficult to conclude that there is a second Benjamin Buck with whom I have confused him - see next point
2. The census records his 5 month old daughter, Eliza Emma Buck, born in Sheffield (so born in about November/December 1860.) There is a GRO birth registration for Eliza with a matching name, date and a credible registration location, although the mother's maiden name is shown as Whytell. ^[2] This complements a marriage registration between Benjamin Buck and Elizabeth Whytell in 1857 in Ripon. ^[3] Eliza Emma married in Manchester in 1883 and gave her father's details as Benjamin Buck, carter. ^[4] Other siblings were recorded under the surname Buck with a mother's maiden name of Whytell.
3. Eliza Emma Buck was baptised in Aldfield-with-Studley, (3 miles south of Ripon, her father's place of birth) in 1864. ^[5] Selina Ellen Buck born 1863, Sheffield was baptised at the same time as was Christopher Whytell Buck, birth registered in Ripon in 1864.
4. Eliza Emma, her mother and siblings were recorded in 1871 in Salford, Lancashire under the surname Brook. The head of household was William Brook a police constable. ^[6]
5. This suggests that Benjamin Buck died between 1864 (birth of his son, Christopher) and 1871, possibly but not necessarily in Sheffield, Ripon or Salford.

• Outstanding issues:

When and where did Benjamin die?

When and where did his widow marry? (or maybe she cohabited with William Brook without marrying)

Why was Sarah Lambert/Sanchert referred to as Elizabeth Whytell's mother; Eliza Emma's granddaughter?

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
   Class: RG 9; Piece: 3483; Folio: 48; Page: 37; GSU roll: 543139
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 8767 #11531627 (subscription required, accessed 2 May 2022)
   Benjamin Buck (26) son-in-law in household of Sarah Lambert (46) in Sheffield registration district. Born in Ripon.
2. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 2 May 2022)
   Buck, Eliza Emma (Mother's maiden name: Whytell).
   GRO Reference: 1860 Oct-Nov-Dec in Ecclesall Bierlow Volume 09C Page 250.
3. ↑ Marriage Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915"
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 8913 #4016264 (subscription required, accessed 2 May 2022)
   Benjamin Buck marriage Jan-Feb-Mar 1857 in Ripon volume 9a page 73.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Manchester, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930"
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   Ancestry Record 2962 #8341982 (subscription required, accessed 2 May 2022)
   Eliza Emma Buck (23) marriage to Charles Bridges on 25 Nov 1883 in Hulme, St Mary, Manchester, England.
5. ↑ Baptism: "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
   Ancestry Record 9841 #161940261 (subscription required, accessed 2 May 2022)
   Eliza Emma Buck baptism on 4 Nov 1864, daughter of Benjamin Buck & Elizabeth, in Aldfield-with-Studley, York, England.
6. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 England Census"
   The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 4016; Folio: 72; Page: 37; GSU roll: 846316
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   Ancestry Record 7619 #17607854 (subscription required, accessed 2 May 2022)
   Eliza E Brook (10) daughter in household of William Brook (36) in Salford registration district. Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.