Grasby, Walter
1860 - 1927 (67 years) Has 6 ancestors and 20 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Relationship with Living Christening 9 Feb 1860 Holy Trinity Parish, Hull, , Yorkshire, England Birth Mar 1860 Hull, , Yorkshire, England Gender Male _UID 9B00C7C9415E4EA896867DC764E91FC24E47 Death 1 Apr 1927 Studley House, Plane Street, Hull, , Yorkshire, England Patriarch & Matriarch Grassby, Richard
b. 1753
d. 8 Feb 1797, Hull,, Yorkshire, England (Age 44 years) (Great Grandfather)
Henderson, Mary Ann
b. 1816, Hull,, Yorkshire, England
d. 21 May 1886, District Hull (Age 70 years) (Mother)Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Person ID I27583 The Family Maw Last Modified 3 Feb 2022
Father Grasby, Richard
b. 21 Jan 1817, Hull, , Yorkshire, England
d. Jul-Sep 1867, District Hull (Age 50 years)Mother 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. Family ID F13583 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Farr, Rachel Anderson
b. Between Jan and Mar 1859, Hull, , Yorkshire, England
d. 22 Oct 1945, District Hull (Age ~ 86 years)Marriage Between Oct and Dec 1881 District Hull [1] Children 9 children Family ID F8554 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Feb 2022
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Event Map Click to display Christening - 9 Feb 1860 - Holy Trinity Parish, Hull, , Yorkshire, England Birth - Mar 1860 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Edith Farr - Apr-Jun 1882 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Edward Farr - Jan-Mar 1885 - District Sculcoates Child - Grasby, Edward Farr - 6 May 1886 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Beatrix Henderson - Oct-Dec 1887 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Gertrude Barrick - Jan-Mar 1890 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Isabel Maw - Apr-Jun 1891 - District Sculcoates Child - Grasby, Rachael Maw - Jul-Sep 1892 - District Sculcoates Child - Grasby, Ethel Anderson - Jul-Sep 1897 - Hull, , Yorkshire, England Child - Grasby, Doreen Evelyn - 15 Nov 1900 - 44 Plane Street, Hull, , Yorkshire, England Death - 1 Apr 1927 - Studley House, Plane Street, Hull, , Yorkshire, England Marriage - Between Oct and Dec 1881 - District Hull = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend
Notes - 1. Addresses:
20 Caughey St., per 1881 census; "plumber"
Studley House, Analby Rd., Newington
43 Plane Street
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Hull Trades and Professions by Alphabetical Street (1892), Letter A
Somerset villas -
1 Phillips Andrew, journalist
2 Fryer John Hy., watchmaker
3 Davis Miss Eliz., dressmaker
4 Beilby Miss Alice
here is Ivy arch
here are Swanland cottages, Ransom terrace, and Wold Carr vill
Whitaker Mrs. Dorothy, Ivy house
Grasby Walter, plumber, Studley house
Jefferson Mrs. Sarah Ann, confectioner, Beetonsville P.O.
Carr Wm. Harrison, grocer
An Alphabetical Directory of Trades and Professions
for Hull, from Bulmer's Gazetteer (1892)
•Grasby Charles, police sergeant, 10 Egginton st
•Grasby Mrs. Georgina, Caughey street
•Grasby James, flour agent, 9 Hornsea parade, Holderness road
•Grasby Mrs. Jane, furniture dealer, 185 Waterloo st
•Grasby John, shopkeeper, 75 New George st
•Grasby Mr. Richard, 32 Wilberforce street
•Grasby Walter, plumber, &c., Studley house, Newington
•Grassby Miss Elizabeth, 71 Sandringham st
•Grassby Henry, builder and joiner, Cumberland street; h Winteringham
•Grassby John Henry, beer retailer & fruiterer, 426 Hessle road
•Grassby John Wesley, newsagent and stationer, 31 Hedon road
•Grassby William Raymond, wood carver, 41½ Cambridge street; h 14 Prince of Wales terrace, St. Luke street
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"Plumber": One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows.
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In the 1901 census,
1. The family was living at No. 43 Plane Street in Hull.
2. Walter Sr. is shown as "Retired". Why? He was 41, with a 4-month old daughter, Doreen Evelyn. Either he was injured and could no longer work, or he had sold his business, or had sold a property (possibly that of the business on Anlaby Road) so he had $...
3. Walter Jr. is not listed. Had he died? He must have been too young to have moved out...
4. Ed was 15, and already working as a clerk at a merchant's. (I believe it was a Wine and Spirit Merchant,
5. Edith F. was 18, and working as a "School Board Teacher".
2. According to the 1894 Kelly's Trade Directory, Walter Grasby, "Master Plumber", operated out of "Anlaby Road Newington" - probably near the corner, a short walk from home.
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 392 (Reliability: 3).