Laburnum Terrace

Tenants of No. 22 Gloucester Road

The house was rented out to tenants during the time it was owned by John Hodges and the Williams family.  We have traced some of these families.

The Young family - in 1861 the house was occupied by the Rev John Young, the minister of Falfield Independent Chapel, aged 46,  his wife Ann Harris Young aged 36 and their four children, Mary, Charles, Emily and Arthur.  They had moved from Devon as in 1851 they appeared in the census  for Chumleigh.  They had moved away by the time of the 1862 Rate book and the 1871 census shows the family had moved to Crookham Common in Hampshire.  This mobility seems to be the tendency among Independent ministers.

Sarah Beard - the 1862 Rate Book shows Sarah was living in the house.  She had left by the 1867 Rate Book.  Click here to read more about Sarah.

The Long family - in the 1871 census, the house was occupied by the Long family:

Edward had an interesting and tragically short life.  Click here for more information.

The records we have show that the house changed hands quite quickly for a while.  Dr Long died in 1874 but the 1876 the records in the Special Drainage Rate Books show that another tenant had moved into John Williams' house.  This was Stephen Jenner.  By 1880 there was another, John Burchell.  The house was unoccupied in the 1881 census but the 1885 Rate Book had yet another tenant,  Mrs Jacobs.

Walter William Pitcher - the 1887 Rate Book shows that the Pitchers had moved from 12 Gloucester Road which is where they were living in the 1885 Rate Book.  By 1890 they had moved to their new house they had built next door at 24 Gloucester Road.  Click here to read more about Walter William Pitcher.

The Martin family - The 1890 Rate Book shows that the tenant was Cecil Martin and in the 1891 Census, there are more details about the family.  Cecil Edward Martin, then aged 27, was a superintendent of a life assurance company who was born in Handborough, Oxon, and his wife, Martha, aged 31 from Croperby, Warwick.  We know from the 1871 Census that  Cecil was the son of Henry Martin, who was a land surveyor in Woodstock, and his wife Emma. By 1891 they had three children, Ruby aged 5, and Norman aged 3 both born in Kidlington, Oxon and Madelaine aged 1 who was born in Thornbury.  This suggests the family probably moved into the house about 1889-90.

John Joseph Hookway Carey - The Rate Book of 1894 shows that the tenant of Selwood at that time was John Joseph Hookway Carey.  His birth was registered in Bedminster in the June quarter of 1862.  The 1871 Census shows that John Joseph's parents were John G Carey and his wife Elizabeth.  John was a Bristol Channel Pilot and the family lived at Myrtle Hill in St George with their eldest son John Joseph and their four younger children.  The 1881 Census shows that they continued to live in St George.

John Joseph Hookway Carey of Pill married Clara Maria King of Thornbury on January 7th 1892 at the United Reformed Church.  The Thornbury Family Friend Magazine of 1892 reported that Miss King received a wedding present of a "handsome timepiece" engraved "presented to Miss Clara King on her marriage by the teachers, choir and friends of the Congregational Church as a token of loving esteem."

Clara King (shown in the photo on the left) was the daughter of Charles King the ironmonger and  they lived in the High Street.  The records of the United Reformed Church in Thornbury show that Charles and Ann King had two children baptised;  Selina Ann born on 25th September 1852 and Clara Mary born 10th September 1859 both were baptised on 22nd March 1863.  In 1891 Clara was 31 years of age and a schoolmistress.  She and her sister, Selina Ann King, seemed to be running a Preparatory School in the High St according to various Trade Directories. 

The birth of their son Charles Hubert Carey was registered in Thornbury in the first quarter of 1893.

The accounts of the Tucker Brothers show that Mrs Carey was charged £1 6s 6d for packing and hauling furniture to Bristol 14th July 1900.  In the 1901 Census we have found that the Hookway Careys had moved to Bishopston in Bristol.  Clara is living at  36 Cricklade Road in Bishopston.  John Joseph is not present in the census but as he is a ship's captain and she still describes herself as "married" we assume that he was at sea.  Their son Charles Carey was staying in Thornbury with his grandfather Charles King aged 73 and a widower.  Charles King was a tin plate worker and shopkeeper.  Charles King's daughter Selina also lived in the household.  She was aged 48 and was an unmarried schoolmistress.

Clara's sister, Selina King married Samuel Mullett Wilmot in 1919.

We have a copy of an article taken from the Gazette dated 19th February 1916.  It says that the King of Norway had awarded a silver cup to Captain John J. Carey, master of the Bristol steamship "Bristol City" in recognition of his services in rescuing the shipwrecked crew of the Norwegian "Storesand" in the North Atlantic.  The engraved cup is shown in the thumbnail photo on the left. Click on it for a larger image.  We also know that Captain Carey  was at one time the master of the "Boston City" of the City Line of steamers.

John Joseph Hookway Carey of Maurice Road St Andrews in Bristol died on 6th August 1927.  Probate was granted to his son Charles Hubert Carey and to George Tucker of Thornbury a builder.  His effects were valued at £5,558 11s 2d.

The Gazette of December 14th 1935 reported the death of Mrs Clara Carey the widow of Captain John James Carey.   The funeral took place at the David Thomas Memorial Church in Bristol and she was interred at Canford Cemetery in Bristol.  The article said that Mrs Carey and her late sister Mrs Wilmot had taken an active interest in the Thornbury Congregational Church while she was living in Thornbury.  The mourners included Charlie Carey (her son) and Mrs C Carey (daughter in law) and their children Marjorie and John Carey.

The Moore family - The records of Tucker Brothers show that Mrs John Williams paid for work done on the house in September 1898.  At this time the tenant was "Mr Moore".  By 1899 the Rate Book shows that Arthur Oliver Moore had moved into the house with his wife, Kate, four children and his mother in law, Ann Murrell.  Arthur was aged 43, a Congregational Minister who had been born in St Pauls, Bristol.  Kate was aged 42 from St Georges in London.  Their children were Winifred aged 17, a dressmaker born in St Pancras, London, May aged 14, born in Hanley, Staffordshire, Percy B aged 8 born in Nottingham and Elsie B aged 5 born in Stalbridge, Dorset.  This appears to be another very mobile Independent minister.  He was a theological student in Laxton in Nottinghamshire in the 1891 census.

In 1897 Arthur had been living in Pullins Green.  The 1898 Wrights Directory lists him under St John Street.  He is shown in various directories as being a Congregational Minister for the United Reformed Church.  The photograph shown here of the Rev. Moore is that which is displayed in the United Reformed Church in Thornbury.  The family continued living in number 22 Gloucester Road until 1905.

The Dennis family - moved into number 22 in 1905, initially as tenants.  Click here for more about the Dennis family

Click here to see information on the OWNERS of number 22

This page was last updated: 22/01/2012