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Grasby, Richard
1817 - 1867 (50 years) 
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with Living Birth 21 Jan 1817 Hull, , Yorkshire, England 
Gender Male _UID 8C6E1F16E6754E0AAF6D91AB2A3ECCB62417 Death Jul-Sep 1867 District Hull [1] Patriarch & Matriarch 
Grassby, Richard
b. 1753
d. 8 Feb 1797, Hull,, Yorkshire, England (Age 44 years) (Grandfather) 
Mutch, Ann (Hannah?)
b. 1787, Hessle,, Yorkshire, England
d. 1866, Sculcoates,, Yorkshire, England (Age 79 years) (Mother) Headstones 
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Grassby, Richard
b. 1788, Hull, , Yorkshire, England
d. 1855, Sculcoates, , Yorkshire, England (Age 67 years) Mother Mutch, Ann (Hannah?)
b. 1787, Hessle, , Yorkshire, England
d. 1866, Sculcoates, , Yorkshire, England (Age 79 years) Marriage 1809 Holy Trinity, Hull, , Yorkshire, England Age at Marriage He : ~ 21 years - She : ~ 22 years. Family ID F13677 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henderson, Mary Ann
b. 1816, Hull, , Yorkshire, England
d. 21 May 1886, District Hull (Age 70 years)
Marriage 29 Jan 1839 All Saints, Sculcoates, , Yorkshire, England - Marriage was witnessed by:
William Henderson
Margaret Clarkson
Age at Marriage He : 22 years - She : ~ 23 years and 1 month. Children 
1. Grasby, Walter
b. Mar 1860, Hull, , Yorkshire, England
d. 1 Apr 1927, Studley House, Plane Street, Hull, , Yorkshire, England (Age 67 years)▻ Farr, Rachel Anderson m. Between Oct and Dec 1881Family ID F13583 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Oct 2017
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Birth - 21 Jan 1817 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England 
Marriage - 29 Jan 1839 - All Saints, Sculcoates, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Walter - Mar 1860 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England 
Death - Jul-Sep 1867 - District Hull = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
Notes - 1. Was a builder as well as a joiner.
2. Address: Chariot St., Sculcoates.
3. Invested in property.
Richard and Mary Ann had 11 children and they started the tradtion of giving family surnames as second names.
Residence 1851 Kingston Upon Hull Holy Trinity, Yorkshire, England
Listed under "professions and trades" for HULL in Pigot's Directory of 1829, "Joiners", "Sanderson & Grassby, Osborne street"
Listed under "professions and trades" for HULL in Pigot's Directory of 1834, "JOINERS & BUILDERS", "Grassby Richard, West end Old dock".
By then he must have got on his own - no longer with Sanderson.
Listed in White's Directory of 1840, "professions and trades", JOINERS & BUILDERS, "•Grassby Richard, West end Old dock".
The Old Dock
The first dock in Hull was built built between 1775 and 1778 to a design by Henry Berry, the work being finished by the engineer John Grundy. The dock was called The Dock until the construction of further docks, whence it was called The Old Dock; it was officially named the Queen's Dock in 1855.
The dock entrance was on the river Hull just south of North Bridge, and the dock itself built along the path of the North Wall (west-south-west) as far as the Beverley Gate. Some of the work proved inadequate, requiring reconstruction later. The dock walls were of local brick, whilst cement for its construction was rendered waterproof through the use of pozzolana imported from Italy. At the entrance to the dock a double drawbridge, counterbalanced for ease of use, of the Dutch type allowed people to cross the lock.
The dock was 1,703 ft (519 m) long, 254 ft (77 m) wide, and the lock 121 ft (37 m) long and 38 ft (12 m) wide, with the depth of water being between 15 ft (4.6 m) and 20 ft (6.1 m) depending on the tide.
The dock closed in 1930 and was sold to the Corporation for £100,000; subsequently it was infilled and converted to an ornamental gardens known as Queen's Gardens.
Sources - [S118] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, (FreeBMD. England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London, England.), GRO Reference - District Hull - Volume 9d Page 143 (Reliability: 3).