GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

​

JOHN SIGGS

Birth: 6 May 1822, Tiptree Heath, Essex

Baptism: 21 September 1828, St. Mary the Virgin, Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk

Parents: John Siggs and Sarah Wallis (or Wallice)

Death: 17 April 1867, Thorney, Nottinghamshire

Burial: 22 April 1867, St. Helen’s Church, Thorney, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: gamekeeper to Lord Wenlock (1847) gamekeeper (1848) keeper at Baron Hill (1859) gamekeeper at Baron Hill (1860) gamekeeper (1861)

Addresses: Wheldrake (19 January 1848), The Inn, Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland (1851 census), Baron Hill Keepers Lodge (16 March 1859, 2 February 1860), Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Thorney (death certificate)

 

 

Marriage: 23 February 1847, St. Oswald's Church, Fulford, Yorkshire

 

Spouse: MARY DUNNING

Birth: before 17 September 1821, York, Yorkshire

Baptism: 17 September 1821, St. Margaret’s Church, York

Parents: John Dunning and Hannah Newton

Death: before 4 July 1913, Llangefni, Anglesey

Burial: 4 July 1913, St. Cyngar’s Church, Llangefni, Anglesey

 

Occupation: Gamekeeper’s Wife (1851), No occupation (1871), House Keeper (1881), Living on own means (1891)

Addresses: St. Margt. Walmgate (17 September 1821), Wigman House, Wheldrake, Yorkshire (1841 census), Wheldrake (19 January 1848), Pryer House, Wheldrake, Yorkshire (1851 census), Baron Hill Keepers Lodge (16 March 1859, 2 February 1860), Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Thorney, Nottinghamshire (1871 census), North Harby, Harby, Nottinghamshire (1881 census),  Reepham, Lincolnshire (1891 census), 4 Dingle View, Llangefni, Anglesey (1901 census), Turnpike Bach, Llangefni, Anglesey (1911 census)

 

 

Children of JOHN SIGGS and MARY DUNNING:

 

 

1. WALLACE SIGGS (my great-great-grandfather)

Birth: before 19 January 1848, Wheldrake or Escrick, Yorkshire

Baptism: 19 January 1848, St. Helen’s Church, Wheldrake, Yorkshire

Death: 12 September 1922, Pilham Carr, Lincolnshire

Burial: 14 September 1922, All Saints, Pilham, Lincolnshire

​

Occupation: game keeper (1871, 1881, 1891), Gamekeeper (1901, 1911)

Addresses: Wheldrake (baptism record), Pryer House, Wheldrake, Yorkshire (1851 census), Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Thorney, Nottinghamshire (1871 census), Whisby (Tinsley Park) (23 April 1876), Tinsley Park, near Sheffield (20 October 1878), Bumblebee Hall, Pilham with Gilby, Lincolnshire (1881 census), Pilham Carr (3 August 1886, 12 October 1890), Keepers Cottage, Pilham Carr, Lincolnshire (1891 census), Pilham Carr, Lincolnshire (9 September 1894, 6 August 1899, 1901 census), Blyton Carr, nr. Gainsboro. Lincs (1911 census), Pilham Carr (burial record)

 

Marriage: 14 May 1874, St. Helen’s Church, Thorney, Nottinghamshire

 

Spouse: MARY ANN BARNETT

Birth: before 14 May 1856, Kettlebythorpe, near Bigby, Lincolshire

Baptism: 14 May 1856, All Saints Church, Bigby, Lincolnshire

Parents: John Barnett and Mary Ann Good

Death: 2 October 1926, Blyton Carr, Lincolnshire

Burial: 5 October 1926, All Saints, Pilham, Lincolnshire

 

Please follow this link for details of Wallace Siggs and Mary Ann Barnett’s family.

 

 

 

2. SARAH SIGGS

Birth: before 1 March 1850, Wheldrake, Yorkshire

Baptism: 1 March 1850 St. Helen’s Church, Wheldrake, Yorkshire

Death: 8 December 1934, 161 Derby Road, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: cook (1871), Housemaid (1881)

Addresses: Pryer House, Wheldrake, Yorkshire (1851 census), Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), unspecified address in Ventnor, Isle of Wight (1871 census), 37 Hyde Park Gardens, Paddington, London (1881 census), 4 Dingle View, Llangefni, Anglesey (1901 census), Turnpike Bach, Llangefni, Anglesey (1911 census)

 

 

 

 

3. MARY ANNE SIGGS

Birth: 3 January 1853, Garthewin, Denbighshire

Baptism: 31 July 1853, Llanfair Talhaiarn, Denbighshire

Death: about March 1941, Ilkeston registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: general servant (1871), parlour maid (1881), Unpaid domestic duties (1939)

Addresses: Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Hungate Vicarage, Market Weighton, Yorkshire (1871 census), Colwick Hall, Colwick, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), 50 Springfield St (3 May 1886), 41 Springfield Street, Basford, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census), Near Station, Derby Road, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire (1911 census),  5 Smedley Avenue, Sandiacre, Derbyshire (1939 register)

 

Marriage: 4 November 1884, St. Peter and St. Paul, Reepham, Lincolnshire

 

Spouse: HERBERT INKERMAN FRANCIS

Birth: 1855, Hindringham, Norfolk

Father: John Francis

Death: about December 1931, Shardlow registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: blacksmith (4 November 1884, 1891), farrier blacks (1901), blacksmith (1904), smith (1911) blacksmith (1912, 1916, 1925)

 

Addresses: Parkinson Street, Nottingham (4 November 1884), 50 Springfield St (3 May 1886), 41 Springfield Street, Basford, Nottinghamshire (1891 census, 1901 census), Near Station, Derby Road, Stapleford, Nottinghamshire (1911 census) Derby road, Stapleford (Kelly’s Directories of Nottinghamshire for 1912, 1916, 1925)

 

 

 

4. EMMA SIGGS

Birth: about December 1854, Baron Hill, near Beaumaris, Anglesey

Baptism: unknown date and location

Death: about December 1894, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: general servant (1871) housemaid (1881, 1891)

Addresses:  Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Hungate Vicarage, Market Weighton, Yorkshire (1871 census), 69 Lexham Garden, St. Mary Abbotts, Kensington, Chelsea, London (1881 census), Willersley, Matlock, Derbyshire (1891 census)

 

 

 

5. WILLIAM SIGGS

Birth: about December 1856, Baron Hill, near Beaumaris, Anglesey

Baptism: unknown date and location

Death: about June 1939, Wellington registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: game keeper (7 January 1880, 1881, 1891, 1898), Inn Keeper Pub (1901), proprietor of the Station Hotel, Westbury (28 January 1905), Livery Stables (1911), fly proprietor (1917)

Addresses:  Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Thorney, Nottinghamshire (1871 census), Battlefield (7 January 1880), Childs Ercall Heath, Childs Ercall, Shropshire (1881 census), Plaish Hall, Leebotwood, Salop (advert in the Wellington Journal, dated 4 June 1892), Plaish Hall Cottage, Cardington, Shropshire (1891 census), Plaish Hall, Leebotwood, Salop (advert in the Wellington Journal, dated 4 June 1892), Station Hotel, Westbury, Shropshire (1901 census, advert in the Wellington Journal, dated 28 January 1905), Station Villas, Westby, Salop (1911 census)

 

Marriage: 7 January 1880, St. Mary Magdalene, Battlefield, Shropshire

 

Spouse: JANE BARKER

Birth: about 1855, Astley, Shropshire

Father: Richard Barker

Death: about September 1933, Atcham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: Haughmond Abbey (7 January 1880), Childs Ercall Heath, Childs Ercall, Shropshire (1881 census), Plaish Hall Cottage, Cardington, Shropshire (1891 census), Station Hotel, Westbury, Shropshire (1901 census), Station Villas, Westby, Salop (1911 census)

 

 

6. MARIA SIGGS

Birth: about March 1858, Baron Hill, near Beaumaris, Anglesey

Baptism: 6 March 1859, St. Mary and St. Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey

Death: before 26 October 1868, Thorney, Nottinghamshire

Burial: 26 October 1868, St. Helen’s Church, Thorney, Nottinghamshire

 

Addresses:  Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census)

 

 

 

7. JOHN RALPH DUNNING SIGGS

Birth: 26 September 1859, Baron Hill, near Beaumaris, Anglesey

Baptism: 2 February 1860, St. Mary and St. Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey

Death: about December 1923, Basford registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Scholar (1871), Ag Lab (1881), Gamekeeper (1901, 1911)

Addresses: Baron Hill Keepers Lodge (2 February 1860), Garden House, Beaumaris, Anglesey (1861 census), Thorney, Nottinghamshire (1871 census), North Harby, Harby, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), 4 Dingle View, Llangefni, Anglesey (1901 census), Turnpike Bach, Llangefni, Anglesey (1911 census)