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Ellen was the first child of William Hebden and his wife Caroline Bristow, who were married at St Nicholas Church Brighton in July 1839. The birth took place at 25 Carlton Street, Brighton rather than 25 Gardner Street, which was their home address in Brighton. It is not known who lived at Carlton Street but it could have been Caroline's family home as her marriage certificate show her to be a "spinster of this parish". For whatever reason William did not register the birth, and left it his wife to notify the event nearly six weeks later.
William was the second of four children born to Stephen Hebden and Elizabeth Athreall. The name William is very common in my family and was the name of his grandfather (and possibly Great grandfather). Brighthelmstone was the old name for Brighton, and the Birth took place in the central area of the town just behind the present Town Hall in Market Street. The address is third one the family used in market Street - the first being number four, the second, number 19 and the third number 44. All were shops and probably probably rented.
Henry was the first child of William Hebden and Mary Ann Jones. Henry was born in Liverpool, prbably at the home of her parents in Copperas Hill, Liverpool. The road is close to Lime Street Station, and not far from the Parish Church of Liverpool at Pier Head. It is not clear how long the couple remained in Liverpool after the birth of Henry, but by I852 they had moved to Burnley, Lancashire, where they remained.
William Hebden was the second son of William Hebden and Mary Ann Jones. After the death of Caroline, William moved north to Liverpool, where he must have taken employment with a local shoemaker, Stephen Anderson. His daughter, Mary Ann, had been married to a man named Jones, who was transported to Australia. Whether he was dead is open to some conjecture, but Mary Ann and William married and William was the second of seven children. The couple lived in Thomas Street, Burnley. The street still exist in the town centre, but the site of the house they lived is now covered by the former Burnley Building Society Offices, built in the mid 1960's.
Walter Hebden was the youngest of William and Mary Ann's seven children. He was born in Chaffer Street off Adlington Street Burnley, in the "Top o' th' Town. Chaffer Street no longer exists, the site now occupied by a a modern Methodist Chapel. William (the father) is shown as being a Shoemaker (journeyman) A journeyman was what would now be called a self-employed sub-contractor. He would work for a shoemaking business, but remain self-employed. A similar practise is used by hairdressers who have a "chair" in a salon, but are actually self-employed.
Grace Emily was the daughter of William Hebden and Eliza Ottaway, the first of three children, the other two being boys. The family lived at No 8 North Toronto Terrace, but although Toronto Terrace still exists in it's original form, I have never bee able to identify where the term "North" Toronto Terrace came from. The street is split in to two parts where it is bisected by Southover Street, the top section being aligned North North East. Since the entire street is numbered as one unit consecutively up one side and down the other,I don't think this is the answer, -more likely the "North" refers to the North side of the street. I have yet to confirm this however. William Hebden bucked the family occupation of shoemaking, being a Draper's Clerk somewhere in Brighton.
The second of William and Eliza's children was born two years later. The address is still the same, but "North" now follows "Toronto Terrace". The Terrace was a smart address, being populated by artisans and bright young things. It was also high in the rising downland behind the town of Brighton with sea views looking North westerley towards Hove. William's occupation is given as Draper's Corresponding Clerk which adds a little to his job description.
The third and last of William and Eliza's family was Harry Stephen, born 30th January 1872. The Hebdens have moved in the interim to an even better address at No.20 Clermont Road. Now close to Withdean Sports Stadium, in 1872 it was well out in the countryside, with its own railway station a couple of minutes' walk away. William is still a clerk, but must have been doing rather well. Their son, Harry Stephen, remains something of a enigma, only his birth record exists. Later, part of family emigrated to Australia and it is possible that Harry Stephen may have gone with them, though I have yet to find evidence that supports this theory.
This is the birth certifcate of my grandfather Harry Hebden. I didn't believe at first that his mother was called "Nanny", thinking this to be a term of endearment used in the family. It turns out to be quite a common name in this period. His father was yet another William Hebden born in Brighton, of which more later!
The daughter of Walter William Hebden and his first wife Ellen Maria Belam. Walter William had a colourful life, but when the family emigrated to Australia in 1910, Lilian Grace, who would then have been 19, stayed behind. She married in December 1915 at the age of 24.
Walter William was the second child of Walter William senior and Ellen (now called Nellie) Belam. Wlater had become a Journeyman Gilder and the family had moved into Tottenham Court, London where work was plentiful. Walter William jnr. went with the family to Australia.
Walter William Hebden and Mary Eizabeth Byrne (or Burns) had a very large family of 13 Children. Unfortunately not all of them survived infancy and Elizabeth Alice was one of them. Born in 1896, she died in 1897. The family home a 9 Lowerhouse lane was a small terraced house. It must have been bursting at the seams a few years later. Walter William is described as an Iron Moulder Journeyman. His speciality was casting the Iron side frames of Lancashire cotton looms.
Walter William was the first member of the family to be born in Australia. Walter William Snr had emigrated with his new wife Minnie and his eldest son Walter William. Grace Emily was left in the U.K. In the column "previous issue living or dead, Arthur Leonard and Molly Grace are declared as "dead, from a former marriage". Rumours of their death were unfounded. Molly Grace (born 1908) married in June 1945 and Arthur Leonard (born 1903) died in Chichester in 1973!
Charles Robert Hebden was the second child to be born in Australia. Father Walter has become a picture framer rather than a gilder
