Robert Greaves & Kitty Marriott

Robert Howiss Greaves was born in March 1870 in Skegby, Nottinghamshire. His parents were Robert Greaves & Sarah Ann Parsons. Robert was married to Kitty Marriott on the 12th of October 1889 at the Parish Church in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Kitty was born on the 17th of December 1868 in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Her mother was Harriott Marriott.

They had 15 children:

• Harriett Elizabeth – Born 1889 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Wilfred – Born 1891 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• William Henry – Born 1893 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Died in 1893 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Burial 8th Octobr 1893 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts.
• Mary Ellen – Born 1894 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Arthur – Born in 1895 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Thomas – Born in 1896 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Died in 1896 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Agnes – Born in 1897 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Sarah – Born in 1899 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Ethel May – Born in 1900 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Lily – Born in 1902 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Eric – Born in 1903 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Twin of Hilda. Died in 1903 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Hilda – Born in 1903 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Twin of Eric. Died in 1903 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Annie – Born in 1904 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Harold – Born in 1905 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts
• Kate

On their Marriage Certificate, Robert is 19 and a Miner. He is living on Bown Street, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. His father is Robert Greaves who is a Labourer. Kitty is stated as Kate and she is 20 with no occupation and is living on Union Street, Sutton in Ashfield. Her father is unknown so there are no details for him.

In the 1891 census they were living at 221 Bown Street, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Robert is 21 and a Coal Miner. His birth place is Skegby, Nottinghamshire. Kitty is Kate again and is 22 and working as a Seamstress. Her birth place is Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. They have one daughter Harriett who is 1 and her birth place is Sutton in Ashfield, Notts.

In the 1901 census they were living at 12 Crown Street, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Robert is 31 and a Colliery Contractor Underground. His birth place is Skegby, Notts. Kittie is 32 and is a Hoisery Seamer (At Home) and her birth place is Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Harriett is 11, they have had more children; Wilfred who is 10, Mary Ellen who is 7, Arthur is 6, Agnes is 4 and Ethel May is 11 months. All of their place of birth is stated as Sutton in Ashfield.

In 1903, Kitty was charged with child neglect. I have written a post about this called Neglecting The Family and the saddest part is that it was her husband Robert who informed the police about her. Kitty died on the 24th July 1909 and was buried on the 27th July 1909 in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The cause of her death was Epilepsy which is probably why, her house work and childcare deteriorated.

Robert remarried in 1910 in Sutton in Ashfield, Notts to Ann Clarke.

In the 1911 census they were living at 32 Huthwaite Road, Sutton in Ashfield. Notts.  Robert Howis was 41 and a Coal Miner Hewer. His birth place was Skegby, Nottinghamshire. Ann is 43 and her birth place is Sutton in Ashfield, Notts. Robert and Kitty’s children and Ann’s children are on here, but all of them of step children. Wilfred is 19 and a Coal Miner Hewer, Mary Ellen is 17, Arthur is 16 and a Coal Miner Hewer, Agnes is 14 and a Factory Seamer, Ethel is 9 and at school and Annie is 7 and also at school. Ann’s children; Hedley, 16, May, 14 and Joseph, 7.

Robert died in 1937 in Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Neglecting The Family

On the British Newspaper Archive Website, I had been looking for more information on a court record I had found recently and once I had finished researching this I went on to typing different ancestor names into the search box. One was Kitty Greaves, my great great grandmother. I had initially typed her name in with hope that something would come up about her mother, Harriott Marriott. Harriott was born in 1853 and gave birth to Kitty on the 17th December 1868 aged 16. Kitty’s birth certificate shows no father and I was hoping a newspaper would maybe come up with a reason why a 16 year old girl would be having a baby and not declaring the father. Harriott sadly died the year after on the 30th of August 1869. The cause of the death certificate is Choreu (Think this is Chorea)
However two articles came up about Kitty and none including Harriott but rather about her and her own children.
Derby Daily Telegraph 14th August 1903

Sheffield Evening Post 14th August 1903

I know they’re not very clear reading, especially the first one from the Derby Daily Telegraph, but the basics of it are that Kitty had very badly neglected her children “in such a manner as to cause the unnecessary suffering and injury”. Its the fact as well that her husband, my great great grandfather Robert Greaves had been reported her to the police too. The conditions of houses at that time wouldn’t have been brilliant anyway so the house must have been in a pretty bad state, far worse than I could ever imagine. “An officer from the N.S.P.C.C found the children covered with vermin”.
On the 1901 census she was down as working as a Hoisery Seamer at home so she must have been spending all her time working and neglecting her poor children and house. My Great Grandmother, Ethel Greaves was born in 1900 so she would have been only 3 years old at the time when Kitty went to the “Gaol” for 6 weeks hard labour. Kitty died just under 6 years after the charge on the 24th of July 1909 from epilepsy.
It also says that Kitty had stated she was the mother of 12 children. I have only records of 6 so I will have to do a bit more research and see if she had any children that were either living elsewhere or had sadly died very young.

(Newspaper articles found at http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk)

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Thomas Green & Elizabeth Lowe

Thomas Green  was born in 1877 in Annesley, Nottinghamshire. His parents were Thomas Green & Emily Varley. Thomas was married to Elizabeth Lowe in 1899 in Basford, Nottinghamshire. Elizabeth was born on the 2nd February 1881 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Her parents were Edward Lowe & Priscilla Gell.

They had 5 children:

• Thomas Edward – Born 1900 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. 
• Ethel – Born 1902 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
• Walter – Born 1904 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
• Ernest – Born 1908 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
• Ivy – Born 1910 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

In the 1901 census they are living at 12 Station Street, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire with Elizabeth’s parents. Thomas is 24 and is a Coal Miner (Loader). He is down as son in law and his place of birth is Todds Row, Nottinghamshire (A mining community in Annesley, no longer there today). Elizabeth is 20 and has no occupation. She is also down as daughter. Thomas (Edward) is 11 months and his place of birth states East Kirkby, Nottinghamshire.

In the 1911 census they are living at 15 Lime Street, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Thomas is 34 and is a Collier Hewer. His birth place is Bleak Hall, Nottinghamshire (same as Todds Row above), Elizabeth is 30 and has no occupation. Thomas Edward is 11, Ethel is 9, Walter is 8, Ernest is 3 and Ivy is 9 months. Kirkby, Notts is all of the children’s place of birth.

On Ernest’s birth certificate, it states he was born on the 14th of September 1908 at 14 Station Street, Kirkby, Nottinghamshire. His father is Thomas Green and his mother is Elizabeth Green formerly Lowe. Thomas’ occupation is Coal Miner. It was signed by E Green, mother, 14 Station Street, Kirkby on the 19th of September 1908.

Thomas died in September 1941 in Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Emma died in 1958 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire