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Passionists at St. Wilfrid's

Salvian Nardocci

Charles Houban (St. Charles of Mount Argus)

Julian Tenison Woods

Raymond Disano

Charles Paul Mary Pakenham

Austin Louis Edgar - the first Scottish Passionist. He is buried at Cotton.

Blessed Dominic Barberi. His body lay in Wilf's for 6 months after his death.


1871 census

 

Before becoming Cotton College , Cotton Hall was used as a Prep School , under Fr. Joseph Bonner. This is the census return , courtesy of Ancestry.com:
 
Name , Age , Occupation , Birthplace
 
Joseph Bonner  (Head ) ,   32 , Catholic Priest , Nottingham
Charlotte Mollett , 55 , Housekeeper , Monmouth
Alfred Roche , 19 , Assistant Master , London
Joseph Moloney , 35 , Head Gardener , Ireland
Thomas Behan , 22 , Under Gardener , Ireland
Catherine Coney (widow) , 29 , Cook , Ireland
Kate Welton , 17 , Housemaid , Newport , Monmouth
Elizabeth Gosling , 22 , Housemaid , Endon , Staffordshire
Mary Bamford , 13 , Housemaid , Oakamoor
Bernard Woolett , 11 , Scholar , Monmouth
Basil Woolett , 8 , Scholar , Monmouth
William Slavin , 10 , Scholar , Ireland
Thomas Slavin , 8 , Scholar , Ireland
Bernard Peny , 9 , Scholar , Stafford
Francis Peny , 7 , Scholar , Stafford
John Wall , 10 , Scholar , Stourbridge
Joseph Bamford , 10 , Scholar , Uttoxeter
Joseph Whitnell , 12 , Scholar , Stourbridge
Edmund Smith , 11 , Scholar , Warwick
Charles Bayliss , 12 , Scholar , Oxford
Clement Shelly , 10 , Scholar , Orgreave , Staffordshire
Stanislaus Shelly , 8 , Scholar , Orgreave , Staffordshire
Louis Spencer , 11 , Scholar , London
Felose Spencer , 9 , Scholar , London
Thomas Sillitto , 13 , Scholar , Alton
Arnold Williams , 12 , Scholar , Birmingham
Frederick Lima , 11 , Scholar , Portsmouth
Drysdale Beech , 9 , Scholar , Longton
William Beech , 10 , Scholar , Stone
Thomas Nolan , 9 , Scholar , Ireland
William Nolan , 8 , Scholar , Ireland


Census Returns for Cotton College 1881 with notes.

*** = Notes added . All are unconfirmed.


Joseph Henry SOUTER   Principal (Head)   U   Male   52   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Roman Cath. Priest St Wilfreds Cotton    
George BUNCE   Principal   U   Male   31   Dudley, Stafford, England   Roman Cath. Priest St Wilfreds Cotton    
T.Bapt. GONDORF   Principal   U   Male   35   Treves (F), Prussia   Roman Cath. Priest St Wilfreds Cotton    
Walter IRELAND   Principal   U   Male   30   Louth, Lincoln, England   Roman Cath. Priest St Wilfreds Cotton   *** Headmaster 1897 - 1902 
Francis Jos. FRITS   Principal   U   Male   28   Leicester, Leicester, England   Professor    *** Fritz
Richard DAVIES   Principal   U   Male   25   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Professor    
George Florence DOOMBES   Principal   U   Male   21   Boston Mass (F), United States   Professor    
H.S.J. KIRBY   Principal   U   Male   53   Starrslead, Hertford, England   Professor    
George Charles COOPER   Principal   U   Male   23   Salford 105 Chapel Street, Lancashire, England   Professor    
Anthony J. WENDLING    Other    U   Male   25   Schlettstadt, Germany   Professor    
Robert HIGGINS   Boarder   U   Male   23   Macclesfield, Cheshire, England   No Occ    
Mathias SIMPLE   Boarder   U   Male   18   Birkenhead, Cheshire, England   No Occ    

John HENSLER   Boarder      Male   13   Bristol, Gloucester, England   No Occ     *** Probably John Gordon Hensler ( there is another Hensler below) son of John & Jane Gordon ( nee Meoze). His brother Thomas ( another O/C) left a sum to the Cotton College End. Fund on his death in 1942.
"Times 28 Oct 1942 - Wills and Bequests
Mr. Thomas Gordon HENSLER, J.P., of Ashstead, Surrey, retired stockbroker, left £28,007 (net personally £27, 918)
He left £3,000 and two-thirds of residue to the Cotton College End Fund: Also £1,000 and one-third of residue to the John Fisher School." A Pupil called J. A. Hensler  appears in the 1841 Census of Sedgley Park School, and is of this family , though he himself had no children.
Ref: Sarah , Hensler family historian.

Edward YOUNG   Boarder      Male   9   Longton, Stafford, England   No Occ    

Agril ELLISON   Boarder      Male   9   Glossop, Derby, England   No Occ   *** Actually Cyril - transcribed incorrectly. Became Solicitors Articled Clerk in Glossop.
 
Juliana THOMPSON   Servant   W   Female   51   Sedgley, Stafford, England   Housekeeper Domestic Serv    
Sarah WISE   Servant   U   Female   47   Sedgley, Stafford, England   Nurse Domestic Serv    
Elizabeth COCKSHOOT OR COCKSHOOD   Servant   U   Female   27   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Cook Domestic Serv    *** Cockshoot 
Mary BAMFORD   Servant   U   Female   23   Oakamoor, Stafford, England   Linen Maid Domestic Serv    
Clara WARRINGTON   Servant   U   Female   17   Longport, Stafford, England   Housemaid Domestic Serv  
Anne WARRINGTON   Servant   U   Female   15   Sedgley, Stafford, England   Linnen Maid Domestic Serv    
Frances RUSSELL   Servant   U   Female   20   Sedgley, Stafford, England   Housemaid Domestic Serv    
Helen O'LEARY   Servant   U   Female   16   Sedgley, Stafford, England   Housemaid Domestic Serv    
Mary BOWYER   Servant   U   Female   16   Sedgley, Stafford, England   Housemaid Domestic Serv    
Anne KELLY   Servant   U   Female   19   Cheadle, Stafford, England   Laundress Domestic Serv    
Anne WARRINGTON   Servant   U   Female   18   Oakamoor, Stafford, England   Scullery Maid Domestic Serv    
Sarah HAMMERSLEY   Servant   M   Female   59   Northwood, Stafford, England   Seamstress Domestic Serv     *** Still going strong in 1901.
Thomas PRINCE   Servant   U   Male   14   Cheadle, Stafford, England   Servant Domestic Serv    

Theodore ELLISON   Boarder   U   Male   16   Glossop, Derby, England   Student     *** Became a Magistrate's Clerk in Chorlton Cum Hardy (Lancs) 1901.

William TIPPER   Boarder   U   Male   18   Deptford, Kent, England   Student    

Edward PAULTON   Boarder   U   Male   14   Glasgow, Scotland   Student     *** Actor , the son of Harry Paulton ( Actor Dramatist - they co-wrote silent movie entitled 'Niobe'.) Died in Hollywood USA 1939.  Mentioned is the three seasons he worked at the Royal Glasgow Theatre from 1867 ( year of Edward's birth) to 1870.

http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=5301
http://www.gabrielleray.150m.com/ArchiveTextPQ/HarryPaulton.html

Jeremiah MC CARTHY   Boarder   U   Male   15   Pontlotlyn, Glamorgan, Wales   Student    
Joseph RICHARDSON   Boarder   U   Male   16   London, Middlesex, England   Student    

Thomas HANLEY   Boarder   U   Male   15   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    *** Possibly Priest of Brierley Hill Parish 1901.

Francis SWIFT   Boarder   U   Male   16   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student   *** Priest at Monks Kirby , Warks in 1901.
 
Paul LYNCH   Boarder   U   Male   14   Chatham, Kent, England   Student    
James MAGRATH   Boarder   U   Male   19   Chester, Cheshire, England   Student    
Raoul JOYAN   Boarder   U   Male   17   Trinidad, South America   Student    
Henry KELLY   Boarder   U   Male   14   Hammersmith, Middlesex, England   Student    
Edward SCOTT   Boarder   U   Male   16   Trinidad, South America   Student  
Everard PUVER   Boarder   U   Male   16   Queens County Mount Mellick, Ireland   Student    
Vincent KEATING   Boarder   U   Male   16   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    
John MELBOURNE   Boarder   U   Male   11   Birkenhead, Cheshire, England   Student    
Thomas NOLAN   Boarder   U   Male   13   Dublin, Ireland   Student    
William GRIFFIN   Boarder   U   Male   16   Wolverhampton, Stafford, England   Student    
Patrick CLEARY   Boarder   U   Male   18   London, Middlesex, England   Student    
Joseph HAYS   Boarder   U   Male   17   Southampton, Hampshire, England   Student    

Samuel DALE   Boarder   U   Male   16   Torquay, Devon, England   Student  *** Estate Agent in Todmorden 1901.
 
William ROCHE   Boarder   U   Male   15   Kildare, Ireland   Student    
James UNSWORTH   Boarder   U   Male   14   Orrell N Wigan, Lancashire, England   Student    
William TRAPPELL   Boarder   U   Male   11   Worcester, Worcester, England   Student    
Joseph ROGERSON   Boarder   U   Male   12   London Dunkalt Sq , Middlesex, England   Student    
Robert BAILLIE   Boarder   U   Male   12   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
Andre JOYAN   Boarder   U   Male   13   Trinidad, South America   Student    

Oswald PIPPET   Boarder   U   Male   11   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    *** Ecclesiastical Artist 1901

John OATES   Boarder   U   Male   14   Bermudes, West Indies   Student    

Francis WEBB   Boarder   U   Male   13   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student     *** Nail Manufacturer in 1901.

George PRICE   Boarder   U   Male   10   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    

Henry SANDY   Boarder   U   Male   12   Stafford, Stafford, England   Student     *** Architect. Died 1922.

James DRISCOLE   Boarder   U   Male   11   London, Middlesex, England   Student     

?Joseph KING   Boarder   U   Male   11   London, Middlesex, England   Student     *** Farmer & Coal Merchant in 1901

Henry DAVIES   Boarder   U   Male   8   Bradley, Stafford, England   Student    
Frank DAVIES   Boarder   U   Male   9   Bradley, Stafford, England   Student  
 
Bernard YOUNG   Boarder   U   Male   11   Adelaide, Australia   Student     *** Builder & Contractor of Longton , Stoke 1901.

Percy EMERY   Boarder   U   Male   8   Endon, Stafford, England   Student     *** Colour Manufaturer 1901.

James BECK   Boarder   U   Male   10   Longton, Stafford, England   Student    *** Brewers Traveller 1901.

Edward SMITH   Boarder   U   Male   10   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    
Frank CAIN   Boarder   U   Male   10   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
Peter GALLAGHER   Boarder   U   Male   11   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
Henry COLE   Boarder   U   Male   12   Bettwsycoed, Caernarvon, Wales   Student    

Frederick SANDY   Boarder   U   Male   10   Stafford, Stafford, England   Student   *** Priest in Erdington 1901. By 1921 was an active member of St. Wilfrid's and Parkers' Association. Bursar at Cotton until 1937.

John HAMPSON   Boarder   U   Male   10   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
George HAILWOOD   Boarder   U   Male   13   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
Thomas MEANLEY   Boarder   U   Male   12   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    

Hugh WELCH   Boarder   U   Male   15   Whitchurch, Shropshire, England   Student     *** Parish Priest in Taxal , Cheshire 1901.

Christopher SIMS   Boarder   U   Male   13   Darlaston, Stafford, England   Student    

Joseph CHAMBERS   Boarder   U   Male   16   Reading, Berkshire, England   Student     *** Priest in Runcorn 1901.

Thomas BULL   Boarder   U   Male   17   Wolverhampton, Stafford, England   Student    

John ROCHE   Boarder   U   Male   14   Trillan Kildan, Ireland   Student     *** Possibly Priest at Knutsford 1901.

Charles BRAIN   Boarder   U   Male   17   Breckon, Brecknock, Wales   Student    
Ernest EMERY   Boarder   U   Male   14   Burslem, Stafford, England   Student    
James SWEENEY   Boarder   U   Male   15   Liskeen, Ireland   Student     *** Public Man in 1884

James TERRY   Boarder   U   Male   16   Dungaron, Ireland   Student    

George BERMINGHAM   Boarder   U   Male   15   Leek, Stafford, England   Student     *** Silk Manufaturer of Leek 1901.

Walter PIPPET   Boarder   U   Male   14   Solihull, Warwick, England   Student    

Francis LLOYD   Boarder   U   Male   13   Solihull, Warwick, England   Student  *** Priest and Professor in Erdington 1901.    Gained a scholarship to Rome in 1885.

Wilfred MADDOX   Boarder   U   Male   12   Longton, Stafford, England   Student    *** Commercial Clerk 1901.

Lionel CAUNTER   Boarder   U   Male   14   London Clapham , London, Middlesex, England   Student  
 
William O'KEEFE   Boarder   U   Male   16   Stoke On Trent, Stafford, England   Student *** Priest in Cannock 1901.    

Henry PAULTON   Boarder   U   Male   12   Wolverhampton, Stafford, England   Student    *** Harry , an actor.

John BURKE   Boarder   U   Male   14   Newport, Shropshire, England   Student    
Pierce POWER   Boarder   U   Male   15   Cape Of Good Hope   Student     *** Public Man???
Alex FOX   Boarder   U   Male   14   Brewood, Stafford, England   Student    
Francis SUPTON OR LUPTON   Boarder   U   Male   13   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student  
 
Henry BRASSINGTON   Boarder   U   Male   14   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student     *** Architectural Assistant 1901

John RUSSELL   Boarder   U   Male   15   Norwich, Norfolk, England   Student  
 
John O'TOOLE   Boarder   U   Male   14   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student     *** Priest 1901

Oswald PEVERILLE   Boarder   U   Male   14   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student     *** Son of Rocco Peverille , Confectioner.

Bernard LLOYD   Boarder   U   Male   15   Wolverhampton, Stafford, England   Student    
Bernard MAGRATH   Boarder   U   Male   14   Leamington, Warwick, England   Student  
Thomas LLOYD   Boarder   U   Male   15   Uttoxeter, Stafford, England   Student    

Lawrence HENRY   Boarder   U   Male   13   Walsall, Stafford, England   Student    *** Priest at St. Michaels , Stafford 1901.

James WRIGHT   Boarder   U   Male   12   Tunstall, Stafford, England   Student     *** Public Man in 1885 , Priest in Aston , Birmingham 1901.

John JENNINGS   Boarder   U   Male   15   Chester Manchester   Student     *** Priest at Flint 1901.

John HENSLER   Boarder   U   Male   14   Bristol Bristol   Student   *** see John Hensler above. 

Henry MOTTRAM   Boarder   U   Male   15   Newcastle On Tyne, Cumberland, England   Student  *** Priest at Hoylake & West Kirby 1901.
 
Frank FENN OR FERNE   Boarder   U   Male   15   Portugal   Student    
Charles COLLINGWOOD   Boarder   U   Male   15   London, Middlesex, England   Student    

Thomas B. DWYER   Boarder   U   Male   14   Rocestor, Stafford, England   Student     *** Coal Merchant of Rocester , 1901. Was at Cotton 1879-81.


Owen RICE   Boarder   U   Male   15   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
John FENN   Boarder   U   Male   15   Portugal   Student
   
Lawrence SMITH   Boarder   U   Male   14   G Barlow, Buckingham, England   Student     *** Alive & well in 1901 , living in Marlow.

Vernon DALLOW   Boarder   U   Male   15   Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England   Student   *** Emigrated to New Zealand in 1896. Married Jean Wells. Ran a bookshop in Wellingon , NZ  . Had a son and two daughters. Died in 1931.
Ref: Julia , Dallow Family Historian.

Emanuel GARAY   Boarder   U   Male   15   Paris (F), France   Student    

Francis GARRATT   Boarder   U   Male   16   Bewdley, Worcester, England   Student    *** As Francis Garrett , Priest of Northfield 1901.

George FANNING   Boarder   U   Male   17   Dorking, Surrey, England   Student     *** Priest in Brighton 1901.

Francis ELLISON   Boarder   U   Male   13   Glossop, Derby, England   Student    *** Living in Hollingworth , Cheshire (own means) 1901.

Paul SPIVEY   Boarder   U   Male   14   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student     *** Living in West Ham , Clerk of Waterproofing Factory 1901.

Henry KEAGH   Boarder   U   Male   15   Aldershot ((Dublin)), Hampshire, England   Student    
Francis BARTLETT   Boarder   U   Male   13   Birmingham ((Darlaston)), Warwick, England   Student  
Henry O'KELLY   Boarder   U   Male   11   Dublin ((Birmingham)), Ireland   Student    
Charles BAILEY   Boarder   U   Male   14   Darlaston, Stafford, England   Student    

Philip SWIFT   Boarder   U   Male   14   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    *** Coffin Furniture Maker's Clerk 1901.

Robert EMERY   Boarder   U   Male   13   Cobridge, Stafford, England   Student     *** Possibly the Colour Manufacturer Mr. Robert Emery of Waterloo Colour Works , Cobridge. See link to 1893. 1901 as Colourmaker Ink.
http://www.thepotteries.org/descriptive_account/burslem/63b.htm

Charles LEESE   Boarder   U   Male   14   Brewood, Stafford, England   Student    
Aloysuis (Alfred) SMITH   Boarder   U   Male   13   Birmingham, Warwick, England   Student    

Elphege PIPPET   Boarder   U   Male   12   Solihull, Warwick, England   Student  
*** 1878-82. Aelphege was a Designer in Art Mess Works , Bromsgrove 1901. Mr. Pippet designed the High Altar for the consecration of St. Wilf's by Archbishop Ilsley ( an Old Parker). This altar was moved into the cloisters on the way into the church. The Pippet family are also closely associated with St. Augustine's , Solihull , the family being benefactors , donating & undertaking certain important works of art (murals & windows being designed and painted by designer Joseph A. Pippet.) According to family history Joseph Pippet assisted Pugin in the design of the railings of the Houses of Parliament . Gabriel , Oswald , Regina , and Elphege together with other members of the Pippet family contributed artwork to St. Augustine's. Other work by Joseph includes a mural in St. Begh's , Whitehaven. Aelphage Pippet died in 1942.
See link below.

http://www.staugustinesolihull.org.uk/TheChurch.htm


William EMERY   Boarder   U   Male   13   Cobridge, Stafford, England   Student     *** Potters Colur Maker ( with brother Robert above)

John RICE   Boarder   U   Male   13   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    

Eugene KING   Boarder   U   Male   13   London, Middlesex, England   Student     *** Possibly Coal Merchant & Farmer of Broadway North , Worcs. 1901.

Miles BADGER   Boarder   U   Male   14   Liverpool, Lancashire, England   Student    
William BAILLIE   Boarder   U   Male   9   At Sea   Student    
Clement YOUNG   Boarder   U   Male   8   Longton, Stafford, England   Student    
Noel ELLISON   Boarder   U   Male   8   Glossop, Derby, England   Student    

Extracted: Family Search LDS

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng....sus.asp[I][/I]


1891 Census Return

Return of All Persons who Slept or Abode in this Institution on the Night of Sunday , April 5th , 1891

Name , Position , Age  , Profession , Where Born ( n.b. All are single as Condition as to Marriage)

The college was in Alton , District of St. Wilfrid's Cotton Hall.

John Hawksford , President of St. Wilfrid's College  ,  57 , Roman Catholic Priest , Wolverhampton

Walter Ireland , Vice President , 40 , Roman Catholic Priest , Classical Professor , Louth , Lincs.

John Caswell , Prefect of Studies , 44 , R.C. Priest & Classical Professor , Dudley. John was a botanist & collected and named about 430 different plant and flower species that grew in the valley.

Walter Hand , Classical Professor , 28 , R.C. Priest , Stourbridge

Willibrord Buscot , Classical Professor , 27 , R.C. Priest , Birmingham

Raymond Haskew , Prefect of Discipline , 31 , R.C. Priest , Foreign Lang. Professor , Wolverhampton. - He was PP at St. Anne's Caversham 1897-1902.

Francis Joseph Fritz , Teacher , 38 , Professor of Classics & Literature , Leicester

Michael Hamlin , Teacher , 28 , Professor of Music , Student of Philosophy , Liverpool

Richard Walmsley , Teacher , 26 , Professor of Science & Mathematics , Preston

William Tomkins , Teacher , 43 , Professor of Mathematics & Literature , Everton

Edward Adams Ray , Teacher , 29 , Professor of Mathematics & Literature , Spain ( British Subject)

Francis Harrison , Teacher , 25 , Teacher of Rudiments , Student of Philosophy , Bolton

William Pinfield Wells , Student , 20 , Student of the College , Redditch ( Became Parish Priest at Caversham)

The following are all Students of the College

Augustine Clarke , 21 , Coventry

David Dunford , 22 , Ramsgate , Kent

William Bernard O'Dowd , 17 , Rowley , Worcs. - Author of 'Preaching' ( Westminster Library ,  1919)

Henry Herbert Lawrence , 23 , Hackney , Middx. - Public Man in 1890.

James Aylward Ellis , 24 , Smethwick , Staffs.

Joseph Upton , 16 , Birmingham - Returned to Wilf's as Prefect of Discipline under Canon Hymers.

Edward Power , 17 , Stockton on Tees , Durham (Became Parish Priest at Hanley)

John Austin O'Dowd , 15 , Netherton, Worcs.

Stainsby Alfred Wright , 17 , Darlington , Durham

Bernard MacManus , 18 , Crewe - Public Man in 1891.

Jospeh MacLanna , 19 , Finsbury , London

Edward Burke , 18 , Sandbach , Cheshire ( General Dealer)

Victor Fallon Feeny , 15 , Brixton - His father worked as a Clerk in a Patent Office in Lambeth. Victor was the Patent Agent of Magnavox CO on 06-01-1920. The family (Victor and Ellen nee Egan)  lived at 37 Paules Rd. Lambeth.

Thomas MacSweeny , 19 , Bermondsey ( Parish Priest at Brighton)

Peter Bernard Gavin , 19 , Woolwich

Robert Lawrence Jones , 17 , St. Asaph , Flints.

Edward Francis MacSweeny , 18 , Hammersmith - Public Man in 1892.

Charles Edward Fisher , 19 , Stafford ( Parish Priest at Birkenhead). The son of Anthony Fisher ( Anthony was born in Germany , but was a British Subject and worked as a Watchmaker) . Lived at 3 Gaol Square , Stafford.

Leonard Shepherd Emery , 16 , Burton on Trent ( Parish Priest at Leamington)- The son of a Master Cabinet Maker.

Bernard Joseph Dutton , 15 , Stoke on Trent - the son of a Boot Dealer , Aaron Dutton.

Ernest Vivian Wilks , 14 , Uttoxeter - the son of a draper.

Walter Charles Bull , 16 , Burton on Trent ( Parish Priest at Caversham) - the son of draper & milliner Francis Bull.

Thomas Cuthbert Williams , 14 , Birmingham

Henry Joseph McCabe , 18 , Tipton ( Worked for the Post Office)

John Edward Beahan , 16 , Ireland

Henry McDonnell , 17 , Longton , Staffs. ( A Priest in Birmingham)- son of Henry McDonnell , Grocer.

Robert Campbell Wallace , 15 , Parton , Cumberland

Thomas Joseph Holtham , 14 , Cardiff - son of clerk Benjamin Holtham.

Benjamin Joseph Cousley , 16 , Poplar , Middx.

John Joseph Rowan , 15 , Ireland

Bernard Joseph Ward , 17 , Windsor - son of Joseph Ward , Photograph Printer.

Francis Joseph O'Leary , 16 , Liverpool

John Patrick Kelly , 16 , Crewe

Thomas Bernard Bedwin , 15 , Chipping Norton , Oxon. Son of Walter Bedwin , a carpenter.

James Mahony , 17 , St. Margaret's , Kent

Joseph Phillips , 16 , London

George Ignatius Boniface , 16 , Hastings ( A Priest at Streatham). Son of Edmund , a builder in Hastings.

Francis George de Capitain , 15 , Taunton - Priest - Public Man in 1893.

Bernard Whiriskey , 16 , Wandsworth

Alfred Joseph Emery , 14 , Burton on Trent ( Became a Brewer's Clerk)

Arthur Thomas Sammons , 15 , Longton - son of a Master Bricklayer.

Martin MacGarry  , 16 , Bow , Middx.

Francis Brooks , 13 , Stafford

John Rafter , 16 , Birkenhead

John Francis O'Shea , 17 , Ireland

Eugene Rooney , 16 , Crewe , Cheshire - Priest in Birkenhead.

Edward Ernest Hampson , 16 , Liverpool

James Robert Day , 15 , Bristol - Schoolmaster at ?Ratcliff

William Coman , 12 , Preston - Public Man in 1894. Worked for the Inland Revenue in Bradford.

Edmund James , 14 , Kidderminster - Electrical Engineer.

Joseph Alfred O'Dowd , 14 , Netherton Worcs. ?Priest?

Francis Thomas Leighton , 14 , Harbourne , Staffs.- Private Tutor.

Charles James Murray , 15 , Southwark , Surrey - Post Office Worker.

Richard Burke , 13 , Wrexham

Joseph Henry Campion , 16 , Shrewsbury- Son of a Railway Canvasser.

Ambrose Vincent Hodgson , 14 , Wolverhampton - ( Vincent) Civil Service Clerk.

John Raymond Hand , 14 , Stourbridge - ?Priest?

James Bagley , 13 , Willenhall , Staffs.

Emile Joseph Beardmore , 12 , Stoke on Trent

Cyril Arthur O'Neal , 12 , Poplar , Middx. - Commercial Clerk

Richard John Delaney , 15 , Wigan

Cornelius William Cousley , 13 , Poplar , Middx.

Edmund Monaghan , 14 , Dover

Francis Westman , 15 , Wales

Henry Runnalls , 14 , Penzance ( Quarry Manager in 1901)

Stephen John Gateley , 12 , Birmingham

Edgar Joseph Emery , 13 , Cobridge , Staffs.

John William Woodward , 13 , Alton , Staffs.

Leo Burton Feeny, 11 , Camberwell , Surrey

Bernard MacDonald , 13 , Stafford

Thomas Paul MacCarthy , 12 , Poplar , Middx.

Frederic Rhead , 15 , Monks Kirby , Warks. - Public Man in 1895

Vincent Cameron , 14 , Highgate , Middx.

Paul Alexander Cetti , 14 , Little Wenlock , Salop

Timothy John Murphy , 12 , Burton on Trent

James Sylvester Whitwell , 14 , Stourbridge ( Became a Watchmaker)

John Flynn Runnalls , 13 , Penzance ( Quarry Owner)

Ernest Hartley , 13 , Stoke on Trent ( Draughtsman Engineer)

Charles Alphonsus Jeffs , 12 , Leamington

Bernard Gilbride , 11 , Tettenhall , Staffs. ( Became a Brewer's Clerk)

Bertram Aloysius Foote , 11 , Dillhorn , Staffs ( A Church Student in Cheadle in 1901)

William Galwey Foley , 11 , Ireland

Herbert Francis Froes , 13 , Liverpool

Philip Hartley , 12 , Stoke on Trent

Cyril John Hartley , 10 , Stoke on Trent

Charles Harold Wainwright , 10 , America

William Valentine Fielding , Alton , Staffs. ( Joiner / Carpenter in Alton)

Arthur Edwin Whittingham , 8 , Newport , Salop ( Became a builder's clerk)

Thomas Galwey Foley , 10 , Ireland

Harold Davies , 9 , Liverpool

Raphael Delicate , 9 , Birmingham

Joseph Flynn , 14 , Ireland

Alfred Henry Chilton , 9 , Birmingham

Gilbert Charles Solon , 12 , Stoke on Trent ( Son of famous French artist potter at Mintons, Louis Mark Solon)

Hubert Guinan Sandy , 15 , Stafford - Bank Cashier.

Henry Appleton , 16 , Wakefield ( Became an auction valuer)

William Jeffs , 15 , Leamington

Henry Pitt , 14 , Spain ( Became a mechanical engineer)

Mark Ferdinand Solon , 15 , Stoke on Trent ( Son of Louis Solon)

Camille Solon , 14 , Stoke on Trent ( Another Solon brother)

Bernard William Staley , 12 , Stanton , Derbys. ( Son of a farmer - became a farmer)

Herbert Raffery , 14 , Manchester ( Became a merchant's clerk)

Charles Arthur James , 12 , Kidderminster

Augustus Brassington , 15 , Birmingham ( Born in Aston , he became a cabinet maker in Handsworth. Had a son called Augustus)

John Joseph Fielding , 13 , Alton , Staffs. ( Builder)

Thomas Simpson , 12 , Barford Etruria , Staffs.

William Bernard Byatt , 11 , Alton , Staffs. ( Became a grocer in Alton)

George Louis Perry , 11 , Draycott , Staffs.

Albert George Rawlins , 13 , Birmingham

John James O'Brien , 9 , Bristol

John Henry Whitehurst , 10 , Manchester

Henry MacEvoy , 16 , Ramsgate , Kent

Juliana Thompson , 61 , Housekeeper , Widow , Sedgley

William Johnson , 11 , Edgehill , near Liverpool

(Innkeeper of The Star was Hannah Fielding a 36 year old widow.)

NB. John James Morgan was a pupil from 1891 but arrived after the Census was taken. A Consular and Diplomatic Official.

 


1901 Census Returns

In alphabetical order. Courtesy of www.ancestry.com

NAME - YEAR of BIRTH - BIRTHPLACE

Sunday , 31st March 1901

Harold Allison abt 1887  Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Joseph Arnold abt 1886  Portsea, Lancashire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Ball abt 1884  Garstang, Lancashire, England Single  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Henry Joseph Bannister abt 1886  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Bernard Barnes abt 1889  Perry Barr, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Bere abt 1882  Liverpool, Lancashire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Leo Bland abt 1889  Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Ralph Bland abt 1888  Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Bolan abt 1890  Scotland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Joseph Bourke abt 1887  Ireland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Philip Brady abt 1885  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Arthur Louis Brams abt 1889  Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Charles Henry Brewer abt 1888  Loughton, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Chas Frederick Brierley abt 1886  Salford, Lancashire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Henry Broadhead abt 1865  Nun Monkton, Yorkshire, England Assistant Master  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Francis Bromfield abt 1886  Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire . Priest.
Wm George Bunce abt 1888  Dudley, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Thomas Burgess abt 1888  Macclesfield, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Welldrow Buscot abt 1864  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Assistant  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Andrew Byrne abt 1886  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Augustine Byrne abt 1888  Seacombe, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Clavin abt 1884  Ireland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire . Born Kilbeggin , Co. Westmeath. PP at Birkenhead , Walsall and Handsworth. Died in 1967.
Sydney Frank Clay abt 1879  Bruenls British Assistant Master  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Wm Cobb abt 1873  Manchester, Lancashire, England Assistant Master  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Collins abt 1890  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Louis Connolly abt 1887  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
George Conroy abt 1882  Stalybridge, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Joseph Conway abt 1885  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Leo Cooke abt 1885  London, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Reginald Cooke abt 1888  Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Cowens abt 1888  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
George Cravin abt 1884  Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
James Francis Cullagham abt 1886  London, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Stephen Dall abt 1887  Stafford, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Joseph Daniels abt 1883  Queenstown, Ireland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Sarah Dann abt 1877  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Wilfred Joseph Day abt 1886  Edgbaston; Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Bridget Dennehy abt 1872  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
France Harold Drinkwater abt 1887  Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Frederick Drinkwater abt 1887  Brierly Hill, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Drinkwater abt 1889  Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Joseph Duscole abt 1886  Stoke Devonport, Devon, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Dwyer abt 1884  Hanley, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Thomas Eadsforth abt 1886  Canada Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Augustine Emery abt 1871  Cobridge, Staffordshire, England Assistant  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Wilfred Ignatius Emery abt 1888  Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Alphonsus Joseph Farren abt 1881  West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Forsyth abt 1888  Scotland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Franz Josef Fretz abt 1853  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Assistant  Cotton  Staffordshire   Mr. Fritz.
Fred Joseph Furness abt 1879  Derby, Derbyshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Peter Bernard Gavin abt 1872  Woolwich, Kent, England Assistant Master  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Gibbs abt 1886  Worcester, Worcestershire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Samuel Joseph Gosling abt 1884  Longton, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Joseph Gould abt 1887  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Goulding abt 1888  Tarporley, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Peter Gray abt 1889  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Michael Greene abt 1888  Ireland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Hugh Hagan abt 1878  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Hallman abt 1888  Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Montague Frederick Hanley abt 1888  Syresham, Oxfordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Hawksford abt 1834  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Assistant  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Frederick John Hawkins abt 1885  Coalville, Leicestershire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Alexander Healey abt 1885  London, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Joseph Patrick Healey abt 1883  London, England Single  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Richard Heath abt 1888  Etruria, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Heslop abt 1887  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Hickey abt 1886  Ireland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Walter Hickman abt 1886  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
John William Hind abt 1887  Castleford, Yorkshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Mary Agnes Horn abt 1860  London, England    Matron Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Hughes abt 1888  Waterloo, Lancashire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Frederick Alban Hughes abt 1884  Cobridge, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Henry Hughes abt 1887  Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Hughes abt 1887  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Randolph Hughes abt 1883  Stockport, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Samuel Hughes abt 1889  Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Hughes abt 1886  Seaforth, Lancashire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Charles Ambrose Hull abt 1890  Norton, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Walter Ireland abt 1851  Lowton, Lincolnshire, England Headmaster  Cotton  Staffordshire  

Edward Bertran Jones abt 1885  Liverpool, Lancashire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Mary Kelly abt 1883  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Kenerles abt 1883  Crewe, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Chas Joseph Kirk abt 1886  Scotland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Clement Krauth abt 1883  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire   -PP at Our Lady & St.Anne , Caversham 1918-21.  
http://www.ourladyandstanne.org.uk/church.htm

James Geo Lacey abt 1885  Bilston, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Denes James Ledwith abt 1889  Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Lewis abt 1889  Manchester, Lancashire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Makin Mac abt 1891  Birkenhead, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Daniel Tracy Maher abt 1884  Bradford, Yorkshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Mabel Malbourne abt 1885  Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Sarah Jane Mansfield abt 1887  Burton-Upon-Trent    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Auston McDonald abt 1888  Stockport, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Chas Gregory McDonnell abt 1885  Leamington, Warwickshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Wm Joseph McDonnree abt 1886  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
John McHugh abt 1886  Madeley, Shropshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Patrick Francis McSweeney abt 1888  London, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John McWalter abt 1882  Gwespyr Near Rhyl Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Bernard Melly abt 1886  London, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Edward Molloy abt 1889  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Samuel Moore abt 1886  Normacot, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Stuart Moore abt 1887  Normacot, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Wilfrid Moore abt 1884  Normacot, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Arthur Murphy abt 1888  Smallthorn, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
William Jose Murphy abt 1872  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Assistant  Cotton  Staffordshire
 
Patrick Navin abt 1887  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Harry Noonan abt 1887  Dudley, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Bernard Lewis O'Connor abt 1888  Nelson, Lancashire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Daniel O'Connor abt 1878  Carnarvons, Llandudno Assistant Master  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Jeremiah Francis O'Connor abt 1887  Ireland Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Mary O'Donnell abt 1885  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Bruge O'Dowd abt 1884  Netherton, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Michael O'Neill abt 1887  Liverpool, Lancashire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Reginald Charles O'Reilly (Reggie) abt 1887  Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Ambrose Packwood abt 1888  Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Norman Pfestermeister abt 1888  Birmingham Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Edmund Wm S. Phillips abt 1871  Bilston, Staffordshire, England Assistant  Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Porter abt 1880  Dukinfield, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Austin Owen Pozzi abt 1886  Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales Student  Cotton  Staffordshire   ( Later Canon Pozzi , Llandudno)
http://www.llandudno-catholic-church.org.uk/history3.html
Augustine Gregory Quinn abt 1884  Lescan, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Frances Rae abt 1886  Bengeo Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Henri Retter abt 1884  Paris British, France Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Charles Aloysius Rhind abt 1888  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Thomas Riley abt 1887  Keele, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Josephine Ryan abt 1886  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Joseph Edmund Seddon abt 1886  Egremont, Cheshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Joseph Sedgwick abt 1887  Stalybridge, Cheshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Mary Ann Slattery abt 1885  Ireland    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Vincent Smith abt 1888  Kemerton, Gloucestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Stanbridge abt 1886  Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Bernard Stanton abt 1889  Bradford, Yorkshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Percy Styche abt 1888  Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis Septimus Summer abt 1887  Dudley, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Francis John Sumner abt 1884  Dudley, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Emily Tams abt 1875  Hanley, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Sarah Thompson abt 1885  Burton-Upon-Trent    Cotton  Staffordshire  
John Trawford abt 1885  Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Arthur Wagstaff abt 1889  London, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Charles Walker abt 1889  Chester, Cheshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire  
Frederick Wall abt 1888  Norton, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Charles Wallman abt 1887  Wrexham, Flintshire, Wales Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
James Oswald Ware abt 1884  Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Louis William Whitacre abt 1882  Birmingham, Warwickshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Edgar Willman abt 1887  Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
George Wilson abt 1878  Hurst Green, Lancashire, England Assistant Master  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Frank Worton abt 1887  Netherton, Worcestershire, England Student  Cotton  Staffordshire  
Raymond Francis Yeo abt 1886  Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England    Cotton  Staffordshire


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