Catch up on the full story of last weeks NEWS...........
*Christmas Holiday –
The drapers and some other shops in Chesterfield were reported to have
declared that their shops would be closed on Monday 26th December
1864. But it appears that Christmas for most of the residents of Chesterfield would have been confined to the one day, the day that they would have been off anyway.
Boxing Day as we know it wasn’t granted an official
holiday until 1871 (under the Bank Holidays Act 1871), so the residents of
Chesterfield had to wait a few years longer until they would all be entitled to
an extra day of celebration at Christmas time.
Even then, although the banks were closed not all of the shops followed
suit. In the December of 1871 most of
the shops were closed, with a few exceptions such as the tobacconist, confectioners
and toy shops, the day was however undertaken as a general holiday by most.
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*James Hogan –
James was the little boy who was in trouble for raising the ladies skirts as she walked home from chapel. He was born in Chesterfield in the summer of 1854, the son of Martin and Mary Hogan, both were from Tipperary, Ireland. Martin was a mason’s labourer in 1861. The family had not been in Chesterfield long
at this time as James’s elder brother Michael was born in Ireland around 1850
and so the family must have moved here sometime between 1850 and 1854. There are also 2 other siblings to James in 1861;
Daniel aged 4 years and Martin aged 2 years old. The family lived on Lordsmill Street in the
centre of Chesterfield.
Mary, James’s mother died in 1870 and by 1871 Martin,
James and Daniel are lodging with Isaac Newbold and his family at 11 St Marys Gate,
Chesterfield. All three Hogan men are
still working in the mines as a coal miner, James is now 17 years old.
Ten years on and James has moved away from Chesterfield,
he is lodging at Iron Gate, Wath On Dearne, Yorkshire and works as a coal
miner. His father Martin had died in
Chesterfield in 1875 aged 83 years old.
James married Jane Ann Carr in Barnsley in 1881 and by 1891 they have
four children; Martin aged 7 years, David aged 5 years, Mary aged 2 years and 2
month old Clara. They are living at New
Street, Nether Hoyland along with Jane’s brother, 15 year old William Carr.
In 1901 there are two more children; John aged 6 years
and Annie aged 4 years. The family 3 New
Street, Nether Hoyland.
James died sometime between 1901 and 1911, his wife Jane
Ann is a widow and inmate at Barnsley Workhouse in 1911.
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