The Hemsworth Family - Sheffield 1901 - 1911
Alonzo and Mary Ann Hemsworths' Family
My great grandparents Alonzo and Mary Ann had a total of ten children, six sons and four daughters. The 1901 Census Extracts (PRO Ref 13/4355 - page35) gives the following information - they were all living at 67 SHERRINGTON ROAD, SHEFFIELD at the time the Census was taken
| SURNAME | FORENAME | Age | Status | Rel | Occupation | Place of Birth | County of Birth |
| HEMSWORTH | Alonzo 1856 | 44 | Head | Married | Coach Body Maker (Wood) | Gainsborough | Lincolnshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Mary A 1857 | 43 | Wife | Married | Alderney | Channel Isl | |
| HEMSWORTH | Frederick 19.9.1881 - | 19 | Son | Single | Coach Body Maker (Wood) | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Harry 1881 | 19 | Son | Single | Coach Body Maker (Wood) | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Mary A 1883 | 17 | Daughter | Single | Sheffield | Yorkshire | |
| HEMSWORTH | Gertrude 1886 - | 14 | Daughter | Single | Dressmaker | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Alonzo 1889 - | 12 | Son | Single | Sheffield | Yorkshire | |
| HEMSWORTH | George 1891 - | 10 | Son | Single | Sheffield | Yorkshire | |
| HEMSWORTH | Oscar 1893 - | 7 | Daughter | Single | Sheffield | Yorkshire | |
| HEMSWORTH | Constance 1898 - | 2 | Daughter | Single | Sheffield | Yorkshire | |
| HEMSWORTH | Sydney (1900 | 8mnths | Son | Single | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
The eldest daughter THIRZA had left home and married since the last Census was conducted in 1891. She married a JAMES HERBERT WILLMORE - they appear on the 1901 Census as a married couple. James was three years older than his wife and was employed as a Silversmith. Both James and Thirza were born in Sheffield. The GRO reference of their marriage is vol9c page 669 in the December quarter of 1900. The aforementioned census shows that the couple were living at 31 Harefield Road, Sheffield ((PRO Ref 13/4352 Folio 14 page20schedule110 )
The GRO reference for Sydney is vol9c page479 in the September quarter of 1900
The GRO reference for Oscar is vol9c page437 in the June quarter of 1893
The GRO reference for George is vol9c page417 in the March quarter of 1891
The GRO reference for Alonzo is vol9c page368 in the March quarter of 1889
The GRO reference for Mary Ann is vol9c page347 in the December quarter of 1883
The two eldest sons the twins Fred and Harry look as though they followed the same trade as their father Alonzo. The GRO reference for Fred and Harry's birth incidentally is Volume 9c Page345 in the December quarter of 1881.
| SURNAME | FORENAME | Age | Status | Rel | Occupation | Place of Birth | County of Birth |
| HEMSWORTH | Alonzo 1856 | 54 | Head | Married | Motor Body Builder | Gainsborough | Lincolnshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Mary Ann 1857 | 53 | Wife | Married | Alderney | Channel Is | |
| HEMSWORTH | Alonzo 1889 - | 22 | Son | Single | Motor Engineer | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | George 1891 - | 20 | Son | Single | Cycle Enameller | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Oscar 1893 - | 17 | Daughter | Single | Motor Body Builder | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Constance 1898 - | 12 | Daughter | Single | School | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
| HEMSWORTH | Sydney (1900 | 10 | Son | Single | School | Sheffield | Yorkshire |
In the autumn of 2012 I came across the following photograph. It is dated 18th July 1906 which was a Wednesday. It shows Alonzo and Mary Ann on the beach with another couple and three children. Unfortunately I do not know who the other five people are, nor do I know the location. A guess would be the east coast of Yorkshire south of Scarborough. It is a rather magnificent sandcastle!
In 1911 the family are still living at 67 SHERRINGTON ROAD, SHEFFIELD. Four of Alonzo and Polly's family had left in the intervening period. But five remained. The most interesting fact that is revealed by the census is the changes the family had to make with regard to their occupations. In 1901 the family were involved in the coach building trade - Coach Body Maker (Wood) - But by 1911 they had become involved in the building of motor bodies. More crucially, they had become workers rather than employers (with the exception of George who seems to have taken over the cycle enamelling part of the business). It is an indication of the rapid progress that was being made with regard to the introduction of motorised transport and the demise of horse drawn conveyances.
The Burgess Rolls (Register of Electors) for the Wolstenholm Polling District of Sharrow in 1921 show that the family were no longer living there. (The occupants were a George and Jane Gilberthorpe GREGORY)
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