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ID:1099

Harriett Seager (Cresswell) 1850-1936

 

 

Relationship:

Lisa's 4th Great Aunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth:

1850 Rough Hills, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

 

 

Death:

1st Feb 1936 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother:

Diana Simmons (b.1811)/ID:1074

 

 

Father:

Edward Seagar (b.1803)/ID:1057

 

 

Siblings 

James Seager (b.1829) /ID:1078

 

 

 

Sarah Ann Seager (b.1831) /ID:1079

 

 

 

Edward Seager (b.1832)/ID:1852

 

 

 

William Seager (b.1833) /ID:1086

 

 

 

Mary Maria Seager (b.1834) /ID:547

 

 

 

Edward Seager (b.1837) /ID:1087

 

 

 

Louisa Seager (b.1838) /ID:1093

 

 

 

Thomas Seager (b.1840) /ID:1094

 

 

 

Isaiah Seager (b.1842) /ID:1095

 

 

 

Ruth Dianah Seager (b.1843) /ID:1077

 

 

 

John Seager (b.1845) /ID:1096

 

 

 

Susannah Seager (b.1846) /ID:1097

 

 

 

Elizabeth Seager (b.1849) /ID:1098

 

 

 

Harriet Seager (b.1850) /ID:1099

 

 

 

George Seager (b.1853) /ID:1076

 

 

 

Allen Seager (b.1854) /ID:1100

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse:  

Timothy Cresswell (b.1843)/ID:2990

 

 

Children:

Timothy Seager/Cresswell (b.1868)/ID:2989

 

 

 

Diana Betsy Cresswell (b.1870)/ID:2998

 

 

 

Harriet Cresswell (b.1873)/ID:2991

 

 

 

George Cresswell (b.1875)/ID:2992

 

 

 

Elizabeth Hannah Cresswell (b.1879)/ID:2994

 

 

 

Thomas Edward Cresswell (b.1882)/ID:2995

 

 

 

Isaiah John Cresswell (b.1885)/ID:2996

 

 

 

Frank Cresswell (b.1889)/ID:3000

 

 

Common-Law Spouse

Thomas Rhodes (b.1850)

 

 

Step Children:

Amelia Elizabeth Rhodes (b.1879)

 

 

Children:

Emily Cresswell (b.1891)/ID:2997

 

 

 

Joseph Cresswell (b.1894)/ID:2999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1850

Jul-Sep 1850- Birth of Harriet Seagar at Wolverhampton.

 

 

 

 

1851 - 1851 Census for 'Rough Hills, Wolverhampton' 

 

 

Name            

Relationship

Condition  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County          

Occupation     

Edward Seagar    

Head        

Married    

45    

1806     

Male    

Wolverhampton     

Coal Miner     

Diana Seagar

Wife

Married

41

1810

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

James Seagar

Son

Unmarried

22

1829

Male    

Wolverhampton     

 

Sarah Ann Seagar

Daughter

Unmarried

20

1831

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

William Seagar

Son

Unmarried

18

1833

Male    

Wolverhampton     

 

Mary Maria Seagar

Daughter

Unmarried

16

1835

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

Edward Seagar

Son

 

14

1837

Male    

Wolverhampton     

 

Louisa Seagar

Daughter

 

13

1838

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

Thomas Seagar

Son

 

11

1840

Male    

Wolverhampton      

 

Isaac Seagar

Son

 

9

1842

Male    

Wolverhampton      

 

Ruth Seagar

Daughter

 

7

1844

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

John Seagar

Son

 

6

1845

Male    

Wolverhampton     

 

Susannah Seagar

Daughter

 

4

1847

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

Elizabeth Seagar

Daughter

 

2

1849

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

Harriet Seagar

Daughter

 

7 mths

1850

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

 

1861 -

1861 Census for 'Four House Row, Rough Hills, Wolverhampton'

Name            

Relationship

Condition  

Age   

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County          

Occupation     

Edward Seagar    

Head        

Married    

55     

1806     

Male    

Wolverhampton     

Coal Miner      

Dinah Seagar

Wife

Married

50

1811

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

Thomas Seagar

Son

 

21

1840

Male    

Darlaston

 

Isiah Seagar

Son

 

19

1842

Male    

Darlaston

 

Ruth Seagar

Daughter

 

17

1844

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

John Seagar

Son

 

16

1845

Male    

Wolverhampton     

 

Susannah Seagar

Daughter

 

14

1847

Female

Wolverhampton     

 

Elizabeth Seagar

Daughter

 

12

1849

Female

Rough Hills

 

Harriet Seagar

Daughter

 

10

1851

Female

Rough Hills

 

George Seager

Son

 

8

1853

Male

Rough Hills

 

Alen Seager

Son

 

7

1854

Male

Rough Hills

 

 

 

1868
24 November 1868 – Birth of son Timothy Seager at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

1869
8 August 1869 -Marriage of Harriet Seager & Timothy Cresswell at St Lukes, Wolverhampton.

 

 

1870
1870 – Birth of daughter, Diana Betsy Cresswell at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.

1871
1871 Census for ‘19, Stevens Gate, St Johns, Wolverhampton' 

 

 

Name            

Relationship

Condition  

Age  

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County     

Occupation   

Timothy Cresswell

Head       

Married    

28

1843

Male    

Sedgley

Puddler  

Harriet Cresswell

Wife

Married

22

1849

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Timothy Cresswell

Son

 

3

1868

Male

Wolverhampton

 

Dinah Betsy Cresswell

Daughter

 

1

1870

Female

Wolverhampton

 

 

We know the family moved to West Hartlepool for a few years between 1871 and 1872, returning to Wolverhampton between 1875 and 1879.

 

1872
Late 1872 – Birth of daughter, Harriet Cresswell at West Hartlepool, Durham.

1873
Early 1873- Death of daughter, Diana Betsy Cresswell, at West Hartlepool, Durham.

1875
Early 1875 – Birth of son, George William Cresswell at West Hartlepool, Durham.

 

1879
Early 1879 – Birth of daughter, Elizabeth Hannah Cresswell at Wolverhampton.

1881 (*1881-00001)
1881 Census for ‘No.5 Court, Willenhall Road, Wolverhampton' 

Name            

Relationship

Condition

Age

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County     

Occupation          

Timothy Cresswell

Head       

Married    

38

1843

Male    

Sedgley

Forgeman in Iron Roller  

Harriet Cresswell

Wife

Married

30

1851

Female

Rough Hills

 

Timothy Cresswell

Son

 

12

1869

Male

Rough Hills

Scholar

Harriet Cresswell

Daughter

 

8

1873

Female

West Hartlepool

Scholar

George W Cresswell

Son

 

6

1875

Male

West Hartlepool

 

Elizabeth Hannah Cresswell

Daughter

 

2

1879

Female

Wolverhampton

 

 

 

 

 

 


1 April 1882 – Birth of son, Thomas Edward Cresswell at Wolverhampton

 

1885
14 January 1885 – Birth of son, Isaiah John Cresswell at Wolverhampton.

 

1885
15 January 1885 – Baptism of son Isaiah Cresswell at St Matthew, Wolverhampton.

 

1889
Early 1889 – Birth of son, Frank Cresswell at Wolverhampton.

 

1890
21 January 1890 – Death of husband, Timothy Cresswell at Union Workhouse, All Saints, Wolverhampton.

1891
1891 Census for ‘123 Walsall Road, Wolverhampton' 

Name            

Relationship

Condition

Age  

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County     

Occupation          

Harriet Cresswell

Head

Widow

40

1851

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Timothy Seager

Son

Single

22

1869

Male

Wolverhampton

Blacksmiths Striker

George Cresswell

Son

 

16

1875

Male

West Hartlepool

Zinc Galvaniser

Elizabeth Hannah Cresswell

Daughter

 

12

1879

Female

Wolverhampton

Scholar

Thomas Edward Cresswell

Son

 

9

1882

Male

Wolverhampton

Scholar

Isaiah John Cresswell

Son

 

6

1885

Male

Wolverhampton

Scholar

Emily Cresswell

Daughter

 

2mths

1891

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Thomas Rhodes

Lodger

Widow

43

1848

Male

Wolverhampton

Edge Tool Maker

Thomas Rhodes

Son

 

14

1877

Male

Wolverhampton

Edge Tool Maker

Amelia Elizabeth Rhodes

Daughter

 

12

1879

Female

Wolverhampton

Scholar

 

1891
Birmingham Daily Post 02 September 1891

1901
1901 Census for ’22 Union Street, Wolverhampton' 

Name            

Relationship

Condition  

Age  

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County     

Occupation          

Thomas Rhodes

Head

Widow

51

1850

Male

Wolverhampton

Edge Tool Maker

Thomas Rhodes

Son

Single

24

1877

Male

Wolverhampton

Edge Tool Maker

Elizabeth Rhodes

Daughter

Single

21

1880

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Harriet Cresswell

Lodger

Widow

50

1851

Female

Wolverhampton

Domestic Servant

Thomas Cresswell

Lodger

Single

19

1882

Male

Wolverhampton

Blacksmiths Striker

Isaiah Cresswell

Lodger

Single

16

1885

Male

Wolverhampton

Heavy Worker Edge Tool

Frank Cresswell

Lodger

 

12

1889

Male

Wolverhampton

 

Emily Cresswell

Lodger

 

10

1891

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Joseph Cresswell

Lodger

 

7

1894

Male

Wolverhampton

 

 

1911
1911 Census for ’65 Walsall Street, Wolverhampton' 

Name            

Relationship

Condition  

Age  

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County     

Occupation          

Harriet Cresswell

Head

Widow

61

1850

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Lizzie Pearce

Daughter

Married

31

1880

Female

Wolverhampton

 

Isaiah Cresswell

Son

Married

26

1885

Male

Wolverhampton

Furnaceman(Iron foundry)

Lilly Cresswell

Daughter in law

Married

21

1890

Female

Wolverhampton

Coremaker Brass Foundry

Isaiah Cresswell

Grandson

 

5mths

1911

Male

Wolverhampton

 

Joseph Cresswell

Son

 

17

1894

Male

Wolverhampton

Blacksmith’s striker

Emily Cresswell

Daughter

Single

20

1891

Female

Wolverhampton

Brass Polisher

Emma Seager

Grandchild

 

9

1902

Male

Wolverhampton

School

The 1911 census also states that Harriet had 16 children in total, 8 of whom were still living.

1936
1st February 1936 – Death of Harriet Cresswell