Joseph Mallinder 1853-1915

Joseph Mallinder was born at Sheffield in 1853, the first born son of Thomas Mallinder (1827-1878). Joseph's father was an iron moulder. His uncles, Francis and Joseph, were also making their way as iron moulders. Somewhere between 1861 and 1881 his father, and his father's brothers (uncles Francis and Joseph), started their iron foundery business. But the family was not all about iron, his uncle John was also an employer in his cooper, packing case and grocer business. Joseph would also see his sisters Elizabeth and Ann establishing their dressmaker business and his brother William Henry in many diverse business adventures outside of the iron technology. Joseph married Hannah Eliza Aiken from the Sheffield area.

Birth

Joseph was born in 1853 at Sheffield, Yorkshire. See Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. There is a record in this database that records:
Name: Joseph Mallander

Gender: Male

Baptism Date: 2 Oct 1853

Baptism Place: Sheffield, York, England

Father: Thomas Mallander

Mother: Elisabeth Bosland

FHL Film Number: 1941821

Reference ID: item 9 p 349

Marriage

Joseph was married 1880 27th October at St Marie's Catholic Church Sheffield . Joseph is recorded as 26 years old, a moulder by occupation and living at 22 Randall Street, Eccleshall Bierlow; a registration district in Sheffield. His father is recorded as Thomas Mallinder (deceased) whose occupation was a moulder. His wife is recorded as Hannah Eliza Aiken, aged 20 years old and living at Swinford. Her father is recorded as Thomas Aiken, a snuff maker. The two witnesses are recorded as J.N.Aiken and Elizabeth Aiken.

Children

Joseph had eight children:

Elizabeth Mallinder b. 11th June 1881 d. 1910 m. spinster. Baptised 19th June 1881 at St Maries Cathedral in sheffield - sponsors William Conry and Elizabeth Mallinder. Elizabeth was probably named after her mother (Elizabeth nee Crossland). She is listed in the 1891 census , a scholar (at school) aged 9 years living at 55 Woodhead Road, Sheffield. She is listed in the 1901 census , aged 19 years living at 12 Club Garden Road, Sheffield; no occupation was recorded. She died at Ecclesall Union; Buried on April 20th, 1910 in Roman Catholic ground; Grave Number 147, Section FF of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield; aged 28 years. Ecclesall Union started out as a workhouse and in 1924 was renamed Ecclesall Institution; in 1929 it was renamed Nether Edge Hospital. By the start of the 20th Century the workhouses were gradually becoming transformed into the kind of hospital-social care facilities that we have today. In 1912 there was a plan to create an operating room at Ecclesall Union; Ecclesall Bierlow Union workhouse: plan of operating room by A. F. Watson, 1912 (AP108) .
Thomas Mallinder b. 13th July 1886 d. 7th February 1943 m. 11th October 1908 Paternal Line
Joseph Mallinder b. 1888 d. 1934 m. 1908. Joseph is listed in the 1891 census , aged 2 years living at 55 Woodhead Road, Sheffield. He is listed in the 1901 census , aged 12 years living at 12 Club Garden Road, Sheffield; no occupation was recorded. He is listed in the 1911 census , aged 23 years living at 80 Neville Street, Sheffield; 3 rooms. His occupation was a railway porter. He is recorded as married to Elsie Bertha Mallinder (nee Balme), aged 24 years and born at Sheffield. At the time of the census they are recorded as having completed two years of marriage and have one child, Dorothy Irene; aged 1 year. Joseph is listed in the 1921 census , aged 33 years, a Goods Guard with his wife Elsie and two children; Dorothy Irene 11 years 5 months and Denis Aubrey 3 years 11 months. Dorothy Irene married Colin Housley in 1934.
Jno Francis Mallinder b. 1892 d. 1892 Jno Francis & Wm James were twins, they died at 12 Club Garden Rd Sheffield and were buried three days apart. Jno Francis was buried on 8th November 1892 and Wm James was buried on 11th November 1892; both were aged 6 months. My paternal grandfather, Thomas, would have been about 6 years at the twins death.
Wm James Mallinder b. 1892 d. 1892
Anne Mallinder b. 16th October 1895 d. 1970 m. 9th July 1925
Wilfred Mallinder b. 6 Oct 1897 m. Mary Constance Foulds 13 January 1923 d. Jun 1940. Trish informed me that Wilfred was gassed in the 1st world war and the only job he could do after the war was a driver on an open fronted tram, he needed air so couldn't work indoors. The 1939 Register records Wilfred living at 20 Alison Crescent, Sheffield. His occupation is a tram conductor. He had a daughter call Mary born 4th August 1923.
Louis Mallinder b. 1 Aug 1899 m. Annie Elizabeth Stockdale 12 Aug 1922 d. 5 Jan 1970. I recall my father speaking about his Uncle Louis. Trish informed me Louis was the manager of Playfairs shoe shop on Ecclesall Rd, Sheffield, up until Sheffield blitz then he moved to Birmingham. The 1939 Register records Louis living at 88 Josiah Road, Birmingham. His occupation is recorded as a Manager of Boots and Shoes. This page is under development.

Census 1861

The 1861 census records Joseph was 7 years old living at Granville Street; the Street name that his mother Elizabeth (nee. Crossland) was living at when she married in 1852. Joseph's grand-mother Anne (nee. Ellis) was also living at Granville Street but in a different house with Joseph's uncles; Joseph (25), John (23) and Francis (21).

Census 1871

The 1871 census records Joseph was 17 years old and an iron moulder, living at 5 Talbot Street in Sheffield. His new brother William Henry (2) had been born. His sister Ann (16) was a dressmaker, while his sister Elizabeth (13) and brother John (8) were still at school.

Census 1881

The 1881 census, records Joseph as 27 and was now married to Hannah (nee. Aiken); he was an iron moulder living at 45 Alderson Road. This is how Alderson Road looked in 1930. Joseph was probably working at the iron foundry his father Thomas had established prior to his death in 1878.

By the 1881 census Joseph's father, Thomas, had died but his mother Elizabeth was living at 22 Randall Street with his sister Ann (26), now a dressmaker; sister Elizabeth (23) a dressmaker's assistant and brother William Henry who was at school. Joseph's Uncle and Aunt in 1881 Francis and Mary were also living at 31 Randall Street, an iron founder employing 9 men and 5 boys. This iron foundry would have been the one his father Thomas had established prior to his death in 1878. Probably Joseph was working with his uncle Francis and/or his Uncle Joseph.

Census 1891

The 1891 census records Joseph was living at 55 Woodhead Road, employed as a steel moulder. He is recorded as having three children, Elizabeth aged 9, a scholar, who died in 1910 and Thomas (Paternal Grandfather) aged 4 years; also Joseph aged 2 years. In 1891 Joseph's mother Elizabeth was 63 years old living at 45 Alderson Road, where Joseph (Paternal line) and Hanna (nee. Aiken) had been living in the 1881 census. She was living there with Joseph's sisters, Ann (35) and Elizabeth (32), who were dressmakers. Joseph's brother William Henry (22) was also living with them, he was a haberdasher. Joseph's mother, Elizabeth, died at 71 years old in 1899.

Census 1901

The 1901 census records Joseph was living at 12 Club Gardens aged 47 years old. This is a photo taken in 1910 of Club Gardens. This is Sheffield in 1890. And Club Gardens today is here. Joseph is working as a steel moulder. His son Thomas (my grandfather) is an iron moulder's apprentice following in the family tradition. His other children are listed as Elizabeth (19), Joseph (12), Wilfred (3) and Louis (1). Anne (b.1895)is not listed on the census, she would have been about 6 years old. She would have been staying somewhere else the night of the census.

Census 1911

The 1911 census records Joseph was living at 17 Franklin Street aged 57 years old, Sheffield (picture of Franklin Street 1960). The total children born alive were 8 but 5 were still living because 3 had died. The five living would be Thomas, Joseph, Anne, Wilfred and Louis. Joseph is listed as a steel moulder associated with steel castings. His son Wilfred is 13 years old and his other son living at home is Louis aged 11 years old.

Wife

Hannah Elizabeth Aiken Photo provided by Trish

The photo was taken in the studio of E H Speight. Mr Edward Hall Speight was a school teacher and photographer, 1835-1919. Appointed head master of Wesleyan School, Rugby, 1861. He took up photography as a hobby, retired to set up photography business in Dunchurch Road, 1871.The writing on her photo indicates she was a cook to Lord Rugby and the photo was taken in Rugby. I would guess the photo was taken around 1880. Perhaps Hannah Elizabeth worked in Rugby prior to her marriage in 1880, at the time of her marriage she was living in Swinford very near to Rugby.

Hannah Eliza Aiken was born about 1858 and married Joseph when she was 20 years old. The 1881 census record shows she was born in Walkley, Yorkshire; now a suburb in the North West of Sheffield. None of the census records list her having an occupation. Her marriage certificate states she was living at Swinford at the time of her marriage and her father is recorded as Thomas Aiken, a snuff maker. It is interesting to note that the marriage certificate witness' are both from the Aiken side. Hannah died at 17 Franklin St aged 72 years old; Buried on March 24, 1931 in Roman Catholic ground in Grave Number 147, Section FF of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield. My father (Bernard Mallinder 1921-1995) knew the name of his grandmother was Aiken (although he spelt it with a "H" when he was telling me!) and Hannah would have been around for Bernard's (my father) first 10 years of life.

Whilst examing baptismal records from St. Maries Cathedral at Sheffield for Hanna Eliza Mallinder b. 10th November 1859 was Baptised on January 1st 1881 with 'Baptismus Conditionatus Adultae'. In other words, this is my Great grandmother (nee. Aiken) who converted to Catholicism in order to marry my great grandfather Joseph Mallinder (1853-1915).

The 1921 census records Hannah living at 17 Franklin Street, Sheffield. Hannah Eliza Mallinder,Head,Female, born 1858, age 62, Home Duties. Wilfred Mallinder, Son Male, born 1897, age 23, (General) Labourer (G P O). Louis Mallinder, Son Male, born 1899 age 21, Boot & Shoe Dealer's Asst, Jackson Bros Norfolk Mkt Hall Sheff

Death

Joseph died 16th June 1915 at 17 Franklin Street in Sheffield, aged 62 years old. He is recorded as an iron moulder. The primary cause of death is listed as locomotor ataxia and the secondary cause is recorded as exhaustion. The informat is listed as his son Thomas Mallinder of 662 Sheffield Road, Sheepbridge, Chesterfield. There is a burial record for June 19, 1915 in Roman Catholic ground; Grave Number 147, Section FF of City Road Cemetery, Sheffield .

Notes of Interest

The 1911 census record shows that Joseph and Hannah had 8 children. Five were still living in 1911. The fifth child was Anne who was not recorded in this 1911 census record. The 4 recorded were Thomas, Joseph, Wilfred and Louis. The three deceased were Elizabeth (d. 1910), and the twins who died in 1892 aged 6 months.

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