Pursglove of Shirland

Pursgloves of Shirland

Shirland Area 1851 census Pursglove Households
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Pursglove	Thomas	M	32	Head	Hawer of Potts	1819	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	Elizabeth	M	29	Wife	Home exceutive	1822	Longton, Staffordshire.
Pursglove	William	S	3	Son	Infant	1848	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	Sarah	S	3 mths	Daughter	Infant	1851	Shirland, Derbys.

Shirland Area 1861 census Pursglove Household
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Pursglove	Thomas	M	42	Head	Hawer of Potts	1819	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	Elizabeth	M	39	Wife	Home exceutive	1822	Longford, Staffordshire.
Pursglove	William	S	13	Son	Scholar	1848	Shirland, Derbys.
Pusglove	Sarah	S	10	Daughter	Scholar	1851	Shirland, Derbys.

Shirland Area 1871 census Pursglove Household
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Pursglove	Elizabeth	W	49	Head	Salt Dealer	1822	Longford, Staffordshire.
Pursglove	Sarah	S	20	Daughter	Servant	1851	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	Eliza	S	17	Daughter	Servant	1854	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	Thomas	S	15	Son	Coal Miner	1856	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	John	S	13	Son	Coal Miner	1858	Shirland, Derbys
Pursglove	Emma	S	11	Daughter	Schlor	1860	Shirland, Derbys.
Pursglove	Susannah	S	9	Daughter	Scholar	1861	Shirland, Derbyshire

sadly Elizabeth was now a Window Thomas was Killed in an accident in The Delves, Shirland 14th April 1869

Stonebroom, Shirland 1871 census Hardy Household
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Hardy	Alfred	M	27	Head	Butcher	1843	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Lavinia	M	26	Wife	Home exceutive	1844	Smalley, Derbys.
Hardy	Matilda	S	3	Daughter	Infant	1867	Higham, Derbys.
Hardy	Alfred	S	1	Son	Infant	1870	Stonebroom, Derbys.
Walker	Mary	S	14	Servant	General Servant	1857	Belper, Derbys.

Alfred Hardy and Lavinia Cupit Married at St Mary's Parish Church, Nottingham 27 May 1867

Lavinia died 9 December 1876 age 32 years cause of death Strumous disease of the right knee joint. Which was a good job really otherwise we would not be HERE!

Shirland Area 1881 census Hardy Household
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Hardy	William	M	62	Head	Retired Butcher	1819	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Matilda	M	62	Wife	Home exceutive	1819	Sth. Wingfield, Derbys.
Hardy	Matilda	S	13	Grand Daughter	Scholar	1867	Higham, Derbys.
Vickers	Edith	S	6	Grand daughter	Scholar	1875	Manchester, Lancaster.

Alfred's wife Lavinia had died in December 1876. By 1878 Alfred was the talk of the village he had put the young lass Susannah in the pudding club that was supposed to be looking after Matilda and Alfred jnr. "For God's sake when will he grow up" sighed William "He be the death of me that lad".

But our Alfred had done the decent thing and had married young Susannah Pursglove on the 18 November 1878 at The Parish Church Eckington just 4 months after their baby boy Albert was born.

1881 Here at last William and Matilda Retired, all the kids flown the coop. happy time on census day 1881 with their Grand Daughters. Matilda (Alfred and Lavinia's daughter) Young Edith (Elizabeth's Daughter) Here from Manchester.

But Clouds of Sadness hung over our William and Matilda, For their love child William had died in February of this year. Was that the reason that Edith was here?

But if William thought their troubles with Alfred were over now, think again, for just a year later Alfred would not only be the talk of the Village but of the whole County! and sadly by the end of 1882 William and Matilda were dead and buried. Dying within 3 months of each other.

1882 In May of this year Alfred was sentence to 12 months hard labour for sheep stealing and served his time on the treadmill at Derby Prison.

On the 5th of August William died and on the 23rd November
Matilda died. not a good year for our Hardys.

Hardys of Shirland

Shirland, Stonebroom Land 1881 census Hardy Households
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Hardy	Alfred	M	37	Head	Butcher	1843	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Susannah	M	19	Wife	Home executive	1861	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Alfred	S	9	Son	Scholar	1870	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Albert	S	3	Son	Infant	1878	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Ernest	S	8 Months	Son	Infant	1880	Shirland, Derbys.

Alfred Hardy and Susannah Pursglove Married at The Parish Church, Eckington, Derbyshire. 18 November 1878

Stonebroom, Shirland 1891 census Hardy Household
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Hardy	Alfred	M	48	Head	Butcher	1843	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Susannah	M	30	Wife	Home exceutive	1861	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Alfred	S	21	Son	Butcher	1870	Stonebroom, Derbys.
Hardy	Albert	S	12	Son	Scholar	1878	Eckington, Derbys.
Hardy	Ernest	S	10	Son	Scholar	1880	Stonebroom, Derbys.
Hardy	Ethel	S	7	Daughter	Scholar	1884	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Harry	S	5	Son	Scholar	1886	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Mabel	S	2	Daughter	Infant	1889	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	John William	S	1	Son	Infant	1890	Shirland, Derbys.

James Christopher Hardy was born 24 March 1893 - On the 15th of July 1893 the day before Susannah's 32nd birthday Alfred died of Pnemonia and was duly buried on the 19 of July 1893.

The next 21 years Susannah was the head of the family business. With the help of Alfred jnr. her Stepson.

Susannah Hardy and Family (1901)

Shirland 1901 census Hardy Household
Surname	First	M/S	Age	Status	Occupation	Year	Place born
Hardy	Susannah	W	40	Head	Farmer	1861	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Alfred	S	32	Stepson	Butcher	1869	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Albert	S	23	Son	Butcher Ass.	1878	Eckington, Derbys.
Hardy	Ernest	S	20	Son	Coal Miner	1880	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Ethel	S	17	Daughter	Lend a Hand	1884	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Harry	S	15	Son	Helper Out	1886	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	Mabel	S	12	Daughter	Scholar	1889	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	John William	S	10	Son	Scholar	1886	Shirland, Derbys.
Hardy	James Christopher	S	8	Son	Scholar	1893	Shirland, Derbys.

Matilda Hardy is shown on the 1901 census to be 33 years old working has a Domestic Cook at Norton, Derbyshire. Alfred the son of Lavinia Cupit after the death of Susannah on the 24 November 1914 finished up with the business.

Hardys of Shirland - Edwin Hardy - Jane Hardy - Susannah Hardy - Matilda Hardy
 Albert Hardy - Alfred Hardy's Will - Harriett Hardy's Will - Farehams - Bytheways of Staveley
Bytheways of The Croft - Tuckwoods

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