John Grundy (1858)

Born 28 Sep 1858 in St Helens, Lancashire, England

Husband of Alice (Garner) Grundy — married 15 May 1881 in Christ Church, Eccleston, Lancashire, England

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Biography

John Grundy was born September 28th 1858 in Eccleston, St Helens. He was the son of William Grundy and Catherine (Jackson) Grundy. His father was a brick-setter. John was christened September 18th 1859 at the church of St Thomas in Eccleston (Anglican).

By 1861, John was two years old, and his family was living in Westfield Street. There were six children at home, of whom John was the youngest.

John's father died in 1867. By 1871, there were four children still at home with their mother, who was working as a milliner.

John's mother died in 1881 and was buried March 18th at St Helens Cemetery.

The 1881 census was taken on April 3rd. On census night, John was lodging with Thomas Morley and Elizabeth (Eden) Morley, who were probably not relatives. John was said to be 21, and working as a glass polisher.

John married Alice Garner on May 15th 1881 at Christ Church, Eccleston (Anglican). John was said to be a labourer. The witnesses were James Rigby and Sarah Garner, Alice's sister and Alice's sister's future husband. Alice was 18 and signed her own name; John was 22 and made his mark. Both bride and groom were previously unmarried, and said to be resident in Eccleston. John's father was deceased, and wasn't named in the record.

By 1891, John was still working at the glass works. John and Alice were living in Sutton, and had three children aged from 9 to 3.

By 1901, John was still working as a labourer at the sheet glass works. Two of John & Alice's daughters, Agnes and Sarah, were in the Fever Hospital on census night, leaving three sons at home. The two teenaged sons were working as a bottle maker apprentice and a grocer's assistant, and the youngest was six.

John & Alice's son Thomas married and set up his own household in 1907.

By 1911, John had a new job as a fitter's labourer; and Alice was working as a grocer, with Agnes helping her run the shop. The eldest son William was still single and living at home, and working as a drawer in the colliery. The youngest son, John, was working at Pilkington's (the sheet glass works), and the youngest daughter Sarah, now 12, had survived the 1901 fever and was back home.

John died in 1929 at the age of 69 and was buried on January 31st in St Helens Cemetery. Alice died later in the year at the age of 66, and was buried July 22nd in the same grave.

Research Notes

Buried together grave STHELCEM / 6 / 60:

  John Grundy 31/01/1929 aged 69,

  Alice Grundy 22/07/1929 aged 66

  Samuel Molyneux 03/07/1969 aged 73

  Sarah Molyneux 17/12/1980 aged 82

Sources

• Birth registration listed on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

• Marriage http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

• Burial St Helens Cemetery & Crematorium Online Records http://crem.oltps.sthelens.gov.uk/

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7BX-3JJ : 12 December 2017), John Grundy in household of William Grundy, Prescot Eccleston, Lancashire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD6S-VMG : 12 December 2017), John Grundy in entry for Catherine Grundy, 1871.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27L-TYQ5 : 13 December 2017), Eliabeth Morley in household of Thomas Morley, Eccleston, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 3735/81, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,076.

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27L-TR6X : 13 December 2017), John Grundy in household of Alice Morley, Eccleston, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 7, Piece/Folio 3735/82, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,076.

• "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:776M-DT2 : 10 December 2017), John Grundy, St Helens, Lancashire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lancashire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9L2-M1Z : 8 April 2016), John Grundy, St Helens, Lancashire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing St Helens subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWY9-ZNF : 2 August 2017), John Grundy, St Helens, Helens, Lancashire, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKDD-7Z3

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