See also

Family of John Rainbird and Martha Stevens

  • Husband:

  • John Rainbird (1802?-1870)

  • Wife:

  • Martha Stevens (1801?-1870)

  • Children:

  • Jessie Clarke Rainbird (1840- )

  • Marriage:

  • 19 Sep 1841

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England1,2,3

  •  

  • John an unmarried labourer, Martha a widow, both aged 21 of Needham, groom's father John Rainbird a labourer, bride's father Isaac Stevens a labourer, married after banns and witnessed by Daniel Thing and Elen Tricker

Husband: John Rainbird

  • Name:

  • John Rainbird1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hawker, labourer, dealer and fish dealer3,4,5,6

  • Birth:

  • 1802 (app)

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England4,5,6

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 35)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • working as a hawker and living with his future father-in-law Isaac Stevens, future sister-in-law Ann Stevens and her son Henry, future wife Martha Clark, sons Robert, James and Jessie, and daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Martha. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 48-49)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • head of the household aged 49 married, dealer living with his wife, three children, a son-in-law, a grandchild, a servant and a lodger. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 58-59)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • head of the household aged 59 married, fish dealer living with his wife, a son and a lodger. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1870 (age 69)

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England8

Wife: Martha Stevens

  • Name:

  • Martha Stevens9,10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Isaac Stevens (1777?-1844)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Baskett (1780?-1820?)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman11

  • Birth:

  • 1801 (app)

  • Badley, Suffolk, England5,6,9,10,11,12

  • Baptism:

  • 6 Dec 1801 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Badley Lane, Badley, Suffolk, England10,13,14

  •  

  • daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Stevens of Badley

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 35)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • working as a washer and living with her father Isaac, sister Ann Stevens and her son Henry, her sons Robert, James and Jessie, daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Martha and a future husband John Rainbird. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 49-50)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • wife aged 49 married, living with her husband, three children, a son-in-law, a grandchild, a servant and a lodger. Born in Badley Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 59-60)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • wife aged 59 married, living with her husband, a son and a lodger. Born in Badley Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q1 1870 (age 69)

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England15

Child 1: Jessie Clarke Rainbird

  • Name:

  • Jessie Clarke Rainbird16,17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah Grist (1841?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • fish dealer/hawker/monger, fruiterer and general labourer6,18,19,20,21

  • Birth:

  • 3 Jan 1840

  • Needham Market, Suffolk, England5,6,7,12,18,19,20,21,22

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 1)

  • Hawks Mill Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • living with his grandfather Isaac, aunt Ann Stevens, cousin Henry Stevens, his mother Martha Clark, brothers Robert and James, sisters Elizabeth, Mary and Martha and his father John Rainbird. Born in Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 11)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son aged 11 as Jesse Rainbird, living with mother, step-father, two siblings, a brother-in-law, a niece, a servant and a lodger. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 21)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son aged 21 unmarried, fish dealer living with parents and a lodger. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 31)

  • High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England18

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a fruiterer and living with his wife Sarah, sons John, William, Jesse and Thomas, and daughters Sarah Ann and Elizabeth. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Complainant:

  • 5 Jul 1871 (age 31)

  •  

     

    Jessie Clarke Rainbird was at the court hearing of Henry Stevens on 5 July 1871 at Needham Market Magistrates The Town Hall, High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England, having been assaulted by his cousin Henry Stevens, a fellow fish hawker, on 24th June 1871 in the Bull Inn. This was a case of 'professional rivalry' and throwing of beer over the complainant, Henry was fined 2s 6d (~£8 in 2017) with 11s (~£34 in 2017) costs.

  •  

  • having been assaulted by his cousin Henry Stevens, a fellow fish hawker, on 24th June 1871 in the Bull Inn. This was a case of 'professional rivalry' and throwing of beer over the complainant, Henry was fined 2s 6d (~£8 in 2017) with 11s (~£34 in 2017) costs

  • Complainant:

  • 13 Sep 1871 (age 31)

  •  

     

    Jessie Clarke Rainbird was at the court hearing of Henry Stevens on 13 September 1871 at Needham Market Magistrates The Town Hall, High Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England, having been assaulted by his cousin Henry Stevens, a fellow fish hawker, on 9th September 1871 in The Tuns. Henry was fined 1s with costs of 6s 5d and two surities of 5l. They also advised both parties to keep out of each others way.

  •  

  • having been assaulted by his cousin Henry Stevens, a fellow fish hawker, on 9th September 1871 in The Tuns. Henry was fined 1s with costs of 6s 5d and two surities of 5l. They also advised both parties to keep out of each others way

  • Criminal:

  • 25 Mar 1873 (age 33)

  • General Session of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23

  •  

  • was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment for perjury as Jesse Clarke Rainbird

  • Prison Sentence:

  • 26 Mar 1873 (age 33)

  • County Gaol and Ipswich House of Correction, St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24

  •  

  • for committing Wilful and Corrupt Perjury at Stowmarket County Court on the 13th December 1872 and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He pleaded guilty on 25th March 1873 and was sentenced to 6 months hard labour

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 42)

  • Back Lane, Needham Market, Suffolk, England19

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a general labourer and living with his wife Sarah, sons William, Jessie, Thomas, Charles, Walter, Frank and James, and daughters Elizabeth and Mary. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 51)

  • Bridge Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • married head of the household as Jesse R Clarke working as a fish hawker and living with his wife Sarah, sons Jesse, Walter, Frank and James, and daughter Mary. Born in Needham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 62)

  • Bridge Street, Needham Market, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • widowed head of the household as Jesse Clarke working as a fishmonger on his own account from home and living with his son James, daughter-in-law Emma, and granddaughter Mabel. Born in Needham Market Suffolk

Sources

1.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Williams / Leake-Flockhart / Carne-Farrow-Hoskin-Tonks.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1840 quarter:3 volume:12 page:457. Cit. Date: 8 December 2019.

3.

Marriage Certificate. copy provided by Pauline Utteridge. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

4.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1018 folio:29 page:17.

5.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1797 folio:389 page:32.

6.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG09 piece:1158 folio:52 page:12.

7.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1018 folio:29 page:17. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

8.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1870 quarter:1 volume:4a page:437.

9.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Suffolk Clark(e) family tree.

10.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1754-1812, (2010 SFK-BPI-11/P2 own copy).

11.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:HO107 piece:1018 folio:29 page:17. Cit. Date: 8 December 2019.

12.

Pauline Utteridge personal communication. email dated 8th December 2019. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

13.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Badley. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

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England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1870 quarter:1 volume:4a page:438.

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England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Bosmere 1862 quarter:3 volume:4a page:761. Cit. Date: 10 July 2017.

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Ancestry England & Wales, Criminal Registers 1791-1892, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). class:HO27 piece:166 page:133.

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England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1745 folio:50 page:6 schedule:29. Cit. Date: 4 April 2018.

19.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1863 folio:63 page:26 schedule:100. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

20.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1463 folio:136 page:16. Cit. Date: 9 December 2019.

21.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1770 folio:61 page:24 schedule:133. Cit. Date: 27 December 2021.

22.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1840 quarter:1 volume:12 page:322. Cit. Date: 10 July 2017.

23.

Ancestry England & Wales, Criminal Registers 1791-1892, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). class:HO27 piece:166 page:133 Ipswich 1873. Cit. Date: 26 December 2019.

24.

FindMyPast England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich County Gaol. Cit. Date: 26 December 2019.