Strangeway Links and References 2

See also Links and References Part 1 | More Strangwayes References | York Census 1851

Surname Searches - Some points to watch out for when searching for ancestors -

• Family Search web site does not include Strangeways entries in any search for Strangeway - and the same is true when reversed; Strangeway entries are excluded when searching for Strangeways. You will need to do two searches - one with the final "s" and one without to get all the possible entries. A change has been requested.
• Fox-Strang(e)way(es) entries are now recorded here under "Fox" - even though various indexes (eg 1881 Census) have them under "Strang....". If the person you are searching for has a middle initial of "F" then they could be from this branch.
• Swainston-Strang(e)way(es) entries are now recorded here under "Swainston" - even though various indexes (eg 1881 Census) have them under "Strang...." (the family line starts from Allen Swainston and Frances Strangwayes). Some entries have been found recorded as simply Swainston; without including the Strang(e)way(es) part.

References for York

York Cemetery (England) - There is an interesting web site established by York Cemetery Trust in association with The Friends of York Cemetery. Included in the cemetery's Surname Index of Burials are - Strangeway 26 entries, Strangewayes 1 entry, Strangeways 2 entries and Strongwayes 1 entry. This final entry is recorded as Elizabeth Sybil Strongwayes (1834 - 1856) but is thought to be the Elizabeth Sybil Strangewayes, or Strangways, who lived between these dates.

Of the 30 burials only 6 individuals have a total of 4 recorded monumental inscriptions -

• Section EE - Harriet Sophia Strangewayes (1845 - 1913)
• Section UU - George William (1875 - 1954) and Martha Strangeway (1875 - 1935)
• Section WW - John Charles Strangeway (1909 - 1962)
• Section YY - Henry (1878 - 1945) and Annie Strangeway (1881 - 1965)

Update - now that the 4 Strang(e)way(es) MI's have been checked it is clear that they provide no new clues about the family connections of the persons named above.

York Census 1841 - Nether Poppleton Enumeration District Added Jan 2003

All the above are recorded as Strangeway in other parish and civil records. Also ages are often approximate in this census.

York Census 1841 - St Dennis, Walmgate Enumeration District Added Jan 2003

York Census 1841 - St Giles in the Suburbs, Bootham Enumeration District Added Jan 2003

York Census 1841 - St Helen on the Walls, Walmgate Enumeration District Added Aug 2003

York Census 1851 and Registered Voters 1868-1871 for details of the Strangeway entries found | York Churches - with details of some Strangeway marriages

References for Leeds, Yorkshire

1861 Electors

This is probably the John (b 1796) & Ann (b 1798) Strangeways from Northumberland / Durham who were listed in the 1851 Census for Hunslet with their children - John (b 1830), Jane (b 1837) & Will (b 1840). The alternative being that this is John junior - since the entry is repeated in 1871 (see below) and John senior would have been 75 by then. There was also a Robert (b 1832) from Durham in the 1851 Census for Leeds who may have been a child of John & Ann and the person listed in 1871 at St Marys Street.

1871 Electors

The family of Mark is shown in Strangeway Family Relatives in Leeds : Family Line A and that of Robert of Havelock Street, Wortley in Strangeway Family Relatives in Leeds : Robert Strangeway

1901 Directory

1914 Directory

1914/18 War - Absent Voters

from the War Voters search page at the Leeds City Council site. However we know from the Commonwealth War Grave Commission that others from Leeds lost their lives serving in this war - Clifford (24015), Herbert (34809) and J Strangeway (2219) - see Strangeways who died in World War I and II.

Dorset References Added Jan 2003

All the above are part of the family that includes the Earls of Ilchester.

Bridport also has large numbers of the Hounsell family - some of whom were Bailiffs and Mayors for the town. One of these families often used the middle name of Strangways - starting with Henry Strangways Hounsell born about January 1828; just over a year after the death of Thomas Strangways above. It is not clear if this was to mark an earlier marriage or some other connection; such as godparent or even military service.

William Strangeway - convicted of larceny at the York Summer Assizes, 1813 and sentenced to Transportation for seven years (Ref HO 27 /9). My guess is that this would be to Tasmania or New South Wales, probably - and should be recorded in the Australian archives?

Robert (alias Thomas) Strangeways - convicted of larceny at the East Riding of Yorkshire January Session, 1815 and sentenced to 12 months jail (Ref HO 27/11).

Sylvia Fox-Strangeways (1900-1975) c.1920-25 - Attended classes at the Central and Camberwell Schools of Art and at the Royal College of Art. 1926 - Worked at the Leach Pottery, St Ives. Items of her work (tiles and vessels) at the Rufford Ceramics Gallery, Nottinghamshire. [possibly the daughter of Maurice Walter & Louisa Blanche Fox-Strangways]

English National References

Indexes of Wills at the Prerogative Courts of Canterbury

Historical Manuscripts Commission - UK National Register of Archives - some corporate entries

• Strangeways Charity, Manchester, Lancashire
• Strangeways Press Ltd, printers and bookbinders, London
• Strangeways Prison, Manchester, Lancashire
• Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

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