Update on William Bagnall born c. 1862 posted on November 5, 2011

Just a quick update to the earlier post on William Bagnall. Having accessed the 1911 census we now know that William had at least eight children but only six were still alive by 1911. Despite William stating that he had six children alive in 1911, I can only find five of them and only four living at the family home!


The children I have found are:
Elizabeth Bagnall born 1890 in Hetton, County Durham, possibly married Benjamin Meadows in 1910.
Jane Bagnall born 1893 in Hetton, County Durham
William Bagnall born 1896  in Hetton, County Durham and by 1911, at the age of 14, was working as a pony driver at the local colliery.
Margaret Ann Bagnall born 1905 in Hetton, County Durham
Samuel Bagnall born 1908 in Hetton, County Durham


The family lived at 1 Dean street, Hetton Downs in 1891 with their daughter Elizabeth and William's mother-in-law Elizabeth Burrows and brother-in-law CE Burrows. By 1911 they had moved to 3 rooms in Quarry Row, Hetton Downs.


Update
On the 1901 census Thomas And Susan (Judge) Higginson have a Susannah Bagnall staying with them. Susannah is their 9 year old granddaughter and was born in Hetton-le-Hole. Is it possible that Susannah is the missing sixth child of William?


On the FreeBMD website are the following registrations for the area covering Hetton-le-Hole:
Birth 1889 Arthur George Bagnall - Death 1889 Arthur George Bagnall Age 0
Birth 1898 Thomas Bagnall - Death 1899 Thomas Bagnall Age 1
Are these William's two children who died early?


Original Post

William Bagnall born c. 1862

William Bagnall was born in Ireland ( probably Rahugh, Westmeath) in about 1862 and was the oldest of James Bagnall and Susan Judge’s children.
William married Mary Ann Burrows in 1887 and the couple settled in Hetton Downs where William was employed as a hewer at the local pit.
By 1901 they had three children; Elizabeth 11, Jane 8 and William aged 5. Living with them at 297 Quarry Row, Hetton Downs was William’s unmarried brother Samuel Bagnall who was also employed as a coalminer.
William's son, William, enlisted in the British Army in December 1915 but was not sent to France until 1918. The Army papers are rather difficult to interpret but it appears he spent the second half of 1918 in France and was then posted to Mullingar in Ireland in March 1919 before being demobbed in October of that year. He gave his father's address as 10 Quarry Row, Hetton Downs. William served as a private (Pte. 51592) in the 1st battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment.