Matthew Wellbank

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1871, Rothmells Buildings Manchester; boarder, pattern card maker
• Occupation: 1875, Salford; Card maker (on Maria Jane's christening record)
• Occupation: 1876, 20 Belfort St, Salford; Warehouseman
• Census: 1881, 10 Ida Street, Pendleton in Salford; Warehouseman and pattern card maker
• Note: 1881; He and Mary seem to have emigrated to Califormia in 1881. They had Evelyn there, but he died in 1887 and then Mary remarried.

Matthew married Mary Radcliffe Parr on 26 Aug 1871 in St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester. Mary was born about 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Wellbank was born in 1873 in Beswick; died on 28 Feb 1907 in Chester City, Pennsylvania; was buried in Chester Rural Cemetery.
2. Maria Jane Wellbank was born on 23 Jan 1875 in Salford; was christened on 28 Nov 1875 in All Saints, Hindley, Lancs.
3. James Wellbank was born in 1876 in Salford; died on 16 Sep 1911 in Chester City, Pennsylvania; was buried in Chester Rural Cemetery.
4. Matthew Wellbank was born in 1878 in Salford; was christened on 8 Dec 1878 in Chapelry of St Clement, Ordsell-in-Salford, Lancs; died in Sep 1879.
5. Matthew Henry Wellbank was born on 10 Feb 1881 in 10 Ida Street, Pendleton in Salford; was christened on 27 Feb 1881 in Church of St Thomas, Pendleton; died on 23 Dec 1928 in Chester City, Pennsylvania; was buried in Chester Rural Cemetery.
6. Jennie Wellbank was born on 23 Jan 1877; died on 20 Dec 1954 in Chester City, Pennsylvania.
7. Evelyn Wellbank was born in Nov 1883 in california.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1847, Hulme, Lancs; warehouseman (from son Matthew's christening record)
• Residence: Jun 1851, Hurlbutt Street, Hulme; from rate book
• Occupation: 1853, 23 Cedar St, Manchester; Shopkeeper
• Census: 1861, Hulme, Lancs; James Wellbank, 28, jobber in warehouse Matthew Welbank, son, 12, jobber, boarding with John Greenbank and his sons. Hannah, 27, Cotton Baller, and Maria, 8, are living elsewhere in Hulme.

Notes:

Birth:
Age 40 in register of deaths, 2nd Qr 1868

Buried:
warehouseman, consumption

James married Hannah Smith on 10 Oct 1847 in St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Note: Excise officers; They collected taxes and duties, including intercepting smugglers. They were frequently moved so they weren't as prone to corruption, so they have children born in different places. A surveyor probably also refers to an excise officer. They travelled on horseback carrying two pistols, as many people were hostile to them. It was apparently quite a well-paid steady job. This doesn't explain why there were so many called Wellbank at this time and place. Perhaps some of them are the same person? Also possibly includes some Wallbanks who are common in Lancashire.
• Occupation: 1825; Surveyor (at his wedding)
• Note: 1832, Lancashire Quarter Sessions; Recognizance for Matthew Wellbank of Portland Street, Manchester, fishmonger, to keep the peace. Lancashire Archives QSB/1/1832/Oct/pt8/47
• Occupation: 1847; fishmonger (at wedding of his son James). Matthew Wellbank, fishmonger, at Portland St Manchester 1826, 1829, 1832, 1833. Paying rent on a shop at Portland St in 1829 (rate books). So this looks like 2 different Matthew Welbanks in Manchester in 1825, further research needed. Matthew, fishmonger, is the father of James, warehouseman, whose son Matthew goes to California and his children are textile workers in Chester City, PA, with descendants living today. James, shopkeeper, is probably a different James. Matthew, surveyor, could be the son of John, Excise Officer who married Elizabeth in Cheshire. He is the husband of Elizabeth Maddocks and could be the father of Ann. There was another excise officer in Salford, Thomas Welbank, contemporary with John. His son John is baptised in Manchester cathedral 3 Oct 1813, wife Margaret. John is buried on 26 Oct 1813 at St Mary, Prestwich, abode is given as Salford. A Thomas Wellbank was buried 11 Jun 1816 at St Mary, Ulverstone, age 36. And another excise officer, William Wellbank, had a daughter Sarah baptised at the same church on 5 Mar 1815. Wife Margaret, abode Ulverstone. A 1-year old daughter Sarah was buried the day after. Then Charles Wellbank age 26 was buried at St Patrick, Toxteth, 17 Mar 1829, and Margaret Amelia Wellbank age 1 was buried in the same grave on 6 May of the same year. (Looks like he's Wallbank on his marriage records though),

Notes:

Birth:
son of John Welbank, exciseman of Astbury.

This is Ancestry.com suggestion for the birth details of Matthew who married Elisabeth Maddocks.

In March 11th 1804, Matthew son of John Willbank, exciseman of "another place" was baptised in Whenby, Yorkshire

Matthew married Elizabeth Maddocks on 12 Jul 1825 in St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1885, Stockport, Cheshire; Elizabeth Wellbank has a house on Short Street, Heaton Norris Ward (electoral registers).

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1805, Newbold-Astbury. Cheshire; Excise Official, listed in Cheshire Land Assessments 1805-1807
• Occupation: 1825, Manchester; A John Welbank is an excise officer at 54 St James' Street (Edward Baines, History, Directory, and Gazetteer, of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Vol 2, 1825)

John married Elisabeth. Elisabeth was buried on 3 Jul 1811 in Hale, Lancs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Elizabeth the wife of John Welbank of Hale was buried..