MASS MIGRATION FROM WHISTON TO BARNSLEY?!

[ashley_ball]

Hello,

I'm descended from a JAMES STOTT (born 1822 in Whiston or Prescot), sorry but details of his parents are sketchy.

Anyway, by 1881, he is living on Worsborough High Street, and listed as a coal miner. Strangely enough, looking at the rest of the street, a lot of the head of households were also born in Whiston, including more Stotts who were living next door, who I am yet to confirm whether they were related and Swifts (who share the surname of James' wife!)

The link with coal mining must be there somehow. But it's strange that they all moved to the same place.

Is there any record of a re-location? Or is this purely co-incidence?

[Katie]

Whiston was a coal mining community up to 1902 when the main Collieries were closed. In 1914 Cronton Colliery was opened which brought back employment to the coal miners who were laid of with the shutting down of the colleries. They may have moved to Barnsley for work as if I am correct Yorkshire was also a mining community. Prior to the opening of St Nicholas Whiston in 1872 anyone born in Whiston were baptised at St Mary's Prescot or they may be non conformist. The Peter Stott living next door could be the son of James Stott. You need to work back and establish the relationship of Peter and James. Looking through the 1881 census it loooks to me as if they are living near a colliery. The surname name Stott is a old Whiston name.

[garstonite]

Hiya Ashley....from the Bishops Transcripts
www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html
babtism 22nd May 1822 at St Mary the Virgin churc,Prescot Lancashire
James Stott
son of William Stott and Margaret
abode....Prescot
occupation ...Labourer
babtised by E C Wilson - Curate
allan

[garstonite]

same site
William Stott married Margaret Dunhill
1st May 1809 at St Wilfrids ,Farnworth Nr Prescot
William Stott Husbandsman of Farnworth
Margaret Dunhill of Farnworth
Withess Henry Chorley and William Range
married by William Thompson ......Minister
allan

[ashley_ball]

Thanks guys,

Barnsley was indeed a coal mining community, right up until Thatcher's government.

The Stott family lived on and two of them died in the Barnsley public hall disaster. The Stotts being the only family to have lost two children in it.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/memories/The-d ... 3668120.jp

[garstonite]

babtisms of children all at St Mary the Virgin Prescot and William abode Prescot / occupation labourer
William Stott born 17th dec 1809/ babtised 21st Jan 1810
Mary Stott born 8th sep 1811/babtised 6th oct 1811
John Stott babtised 13th feb 1814
Ellen Stott babtised 1st Jan 1817
Ann Stott babtised 13th feb1820
James Stott babtised 26th May 1822
Thomas Stott babtised 31st oct 1824
Elizabeth Stott babtised 14th May 1826
William Stott babtised 25th jan 1829
Jane Stott babtised 25th sep 1831

William born 1809 died aged 17 and was buried 8th July 1827
all children of William and Margaret Stott.....James`s siblings

allan

[dickiesam]

Re James' parents..

1841:
STOTT, Willm - 50 - All born Lancashire.
STOTT, Margaret - 50.
STOTT, Ellen - 20.
STOTT, Anne - 20.
STOTT, James - 20.
STOTT, Elizth - 15.
STOTT, Willm - 10.
STOTT, Jane - 8.
STOTT, Thoms - 6.
STOTT, Ann - 4.
Address: Prescot Hall, Prescot.
RG number: HO107 - Piece:516 - Book/Folio:14/40 - Page:27.

While it is possible that Ellen, Anne and James are triplets it is much more likely that their ages are the same because of the rounding down rule in the 1841. Anyone aged between 20 and 24 would be recorded as 20.

Dickiesam

[Stotty 123]

Hi
My name is Paul Stott and I live in Barnsley. I too am descended from the James Stott who was born in 1822. I found this post on a Google search. I had looked into my family history a number of years ago but got stuck with James. My grandfather's brother and sister died in the Barnsley civic hall disaster. My grandad (James) went with them on that fateful day but was standing with a friend at the time of the crush and survived to tell the tale. I helped arrange the century event for the disaster and the memorial that was erected in their memory.
I was excited to see that James' mother and father had been identified and wondered if anyone had found out any more information about William and Margaret or their ancestors. If not any advice about researching them would be gratefully received.
Thanks
Paul

[MaryA]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I'm afraid the original poster didn't become a member of the Society nor the forum. I hope some of the research above has helped your own tree.