Individual Details
Thomas Barlow MASSICKS
(1 Jul 1832 - 15 Apr 1908)
Occupation accountant. Became a mine owner and also an iron forge/foundery owner. Was also a JP.
Moved from Hensingham, near Whitehaven, Cumberland to Millom 1880/1.
In later years he used the name THOMAS BARLOW MASSICKS although he was never christened with this name. He married MARY ANN NIXON and THOMAS died in 1908 at Croydon, London aged 75 yrs. He moved from Hensingham near Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1880/81 to Millom. He started his working life at the Whitehaven Harbour Board and by the time he left he was an accountant. In Millom he founded the Millom Iron Foundry, transforming the fishing village of Millom into an industrial town. (not a very nice one either !) By this time he already owned five coal and iron mines and the Lady Kate Steamship Co. with three small coastal steamships. He became a J.P. and amongst his numerous children was THOMAS GIBSON MASSICKS.
age given as 75
Thomas MASSICKS Head M 28 Collector of Harbour Dues Whaven Ulverston Lancs
Mary A MASSICKS Wife M 29 Lancaster Lancs
Katherine A MASSICKS Daur 4 Scholar Whoolsy(?) Cumb
Horace(?) MASSICKS Son 3 Hensingham Cumb
Mary L MASSICKS Daur 2 Whitehaven Cumb
Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 3m Hensingham Cumb
Jane Dixon MaLaw W 58 Lancaster Lancs
01 Jul 1832 Thomas s. Thomas & Jane Massicks, Bardsea Mill, miller
Thom MASSICKS Head M 40 Iron Master Bardsea Lancs
Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 39 Ironmaster's wife Lancaster Lancs
Mary L MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 10 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Thomas G MASSICKS Son 8 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Edith A MASSICKS Daur 7 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Marian H MASSICKS Daur 5 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Alfred M MASSICKS Son 3 Scholar Whicham(?) Cumb
Clara A MASSICKS Daur 1m Millom Cumb
Mary Jane WARD Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Lancaster Lancs
Thomas MASSICKS Head M 48 JP Iron Master Iron Mine & Colliery Owner Bardsea Lancs
Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 49 Wife of JP Nk Lancs
Katerine A MASSICKS Daur U 24 Daughter of JP Whitehaven Cumb
Mary L MASSICKS Daur U 22 Daughter of JP Whitehaven Cumb
Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur U 20 Daughter of JP Hensingham Cumb
Tom G MASSICKS Son U 18 Solicitor Articled Clerk Hensingham Cumb
Clara A MASSICKS Daur 10 Daughter of JP Millom Cumb
Maud A S MASSICKS Daur 7 Daughter of JP Millom Cumb
Margaret ROME Servant U 25 Cook Domestic Servant Maryport Cumb
Margarat PICKSHALL Servant U 19 Housemaid Domestic Servant Wiswick Lancs
Grace DAWSON Servant U 16 Kitchen Maid Domestic Servant Millom Lancs
Jonathan ROBINSON Servant U 28 Gardner Domestic Servant Shotly Northumberland
James BEATIE Servant U 22 Coachman Domestic Servant Irongr... Kirkcudbrightshire
Edward Willis SWAN Head M 32 Iron Merchant Scotland
Ada Louise SWAN Wife M 39 Bath Somerset
Edward Clyve SWAN Son 14 Scholar Scotland
Evelyn Gladys Kate SWAN Daur 11 Scholar Middlesbro Yorks
Mary Ann GIBBS Visitor W 65 Living on her own means Bath Somerset
Thomas Barlow MASSICKS Visitor M 58 Iron Master JP CCA Bardsea Lancs
John COX Visitor U 14 Croydon Surrey
Elizabeth LAYCOCK Servant U 40 Nurse Domestic Servant Maryeck Durham
Mary EASTON Servant U 29 Cook Domestic Servant Guisbro Yorks
Hannah Mary CARSLEY Servant U Table Maid Domestic Servant Berwick Northumberland
Margaret Ellen WESTERTON Servant U 18 Housemaid Domestic Servant Middlesbro Yorks
Alice THACKERAY Servant U 21 Housemaid Domestic Servant Scarbro Yorks
Thomas Barlow-MASSICKS Head W 68 Pig Iron Master and Landowner Lancaster North Lancs
Marian H Barlow-MASSICKS Daur U 30 Whitehaven Cumb
Clara A S Barlow-MASSICKS Daur U 24 Whitehaven Cumb
Florence E HORNUNG GrnDaur 7 Melton Mowbray Leic
Kathleen M HORNUNG GrnDaur 5 Melton Mowbray Leic
Charles A F HORNUNG GrnSon 3 Middlesbrough Yorks
Gertrude E JAY Visitor U 27 Hampstead
Elizabeth C WATSON Servant U 23 Nurse Domestic Askam in Furness Lancs
Bessie C BURNETT Servant U 21 Housemaid Domestic Haverigg Cumb
Mary SPENCER Servant U 17 Cook Assistant Domestic Millom Cumb
[Coachman's House not in occupation]
possible census with brother
Matthew NEWTON 45 Tutor N
Mary NEWTON 65 N
Mary MASSICKS 25 Dressmaker N
John MASSICKS 11 N
Thos MASSICKS 9 N
possible census:
Elizabeth Anne COTTON Head W 47 Landed Proprietor Land Holder Giberalta British Subject
Sarah CIFTON(?) Servant U 29 Housemaid Cross Crake(?) Westmorland
Jane COOK Servant U 28 Cook Bentham Yorks
John KING Servant U 21 Coachman Lancs
Thomas MASSICKS Servant U 18 Footman Bardsea Lancs
Thomas also appears on the census in Millom, with his family. Presumably his wife didn't understand the principle behind the census
from Bulmer's History & Directory Of Cumberland, 1901:
MILLOM RURAL. - This township covers an area of 9,249 acres, which are assessed at £12,707, and contains the following villages, The Hill, The Green, Kirk Santon, and part of Haverigg; and the hamlets of Hallthwaites, Lady Hall, Duddon Bridge, and School Ellis. The chapelry of Thwaites is in this township. The principal landowners are - Lord Lonsdale, William Lewthwaite, Esq., J.P., D.L., C.J. Myers, Esq., J.P., D.L., T.H. Dobson, Mrs. King, M. Troughton, A. Shepherd, Robert Holmes, William Postlethwaite, J. and J. Lowther, Trustees of W.M. Rawlinson, Trustees of J.D. Newton, Thomas Barlow-Massicks, Esq., J.P., Hon. Mrs. Cross, George Myers, J.S. Hartley, H. Brocklebank, Esq., and W.I. Barratt.
from the Whitehaven Gazette:
As may be seen from the prospectus in another page, Mr. Barlow-Massicks in conjunction with the Hon. H. V. Duncombe, M.P., and Mr. Pattinson, Mayor of Whitehaven, is about to revive a most important local industry — the Lonsdale Hematite Company. Some idea of his ability and experience may be gained when it is known that from 1860 to 1865 Mr. Barlow-Massicks was actively engaged in Hematite mining and colliery work in the Whitehaven district, being a partner in the Mowbray, the Eskett, and the Salter and Eskett Iron Ore Companies. In 1865 he founded the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Co., which built the Ironworks at Millom, and which have been most successful. Mr. Barlow-Massicks was managing director of the Millom Ironworks for thirty years and for ten years of the Askam Co. as well. He is at present much interested in the Green Slate Quarries in the Buttermere and Coniston districts, and for the past sixteen years has been chairman of the Buttermere Green Slate Co., Limited. He has been a County Magistrate for nearly twenty years, and was selected as Alderman at the first election of the Cumberland County Council. He was the first chairman of the Millom Local Board and a member of the Council of the British Iron Trade Association. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and is an ardent Conservative of the progressive type.
The merry season of Xmas having intervened, and rendered a halt necessary in our wanderings, it is thus early in the new year before we approach the Cumbrian herds, by crossing the River Duddon from North Lancashire, and thus catching a brief glance of the lovely valley, so called from the River. At the very first station in the County we alight, and The Oaks, Mr. T. Barlow-Massicks pretty residence, is only a mile distant, situate almost at the foot of Black Combe, where a small select herd, mainly composed of the Cressida tribe, so famous in the locality, when in the ownership of Dr. Dickinson is located. Mr. Barlow-Massicks dispersed his first collection in 1880, and it was not until three years later when at the Holker sale, that he renewed acquaintance with his 'old love,' by buying three cows and three calves, of the Cressida tribe, and a white Baron Oxford calf to mate with them.
Lady Cressida, now in her fourteenth year, a handsome large framed cow, is still the head of the family.
from page 71 of The Shorthorn Herds of England 1885-6-7 by Robert William Ashburner, published by H T Cook in 1888. Found online at Live Search Books. URL http://search.live.com/
Moved from Hensingham, near Whitehaven, Cumberland to Millom 1880/1.
In later years he used the name THOMAS BARLOW MASSICKS although he was never christened with this name. He married MARY ANN NIXON and THOMAS died in 1908 at Croydon, London aged 75 yrs. He moved from Hensingham near Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1880/81 to Millom. He started his working life at the Whitehaven Harbour Board and by the time he left he was an accountant. In Millom he founded the Millom Iron Foundry, transforming the fishing village of Millom into an industrial town. (not a very nice one either !) By this time he already owned five coal and iron mines and the Lady Kate Steamship Co. with three small coastal steamships. He became a J.P. and amongst his numerous children was THOMAS GIBSON MASSICKS.
age given as 75
Thomas MASSICKS Head M 28 Collector of Harbour Dues Whaven Ulverston Lancs
Mary A MASSICKS Wife M 29 Lancaster Lancs
Katherine A MASSICKS Daur 4 Scholar Whoolsy(?) Cumb
Horace(?) MASSICKS Son 3 Hensingham Cumb
Mary L MASSICKS Daur 2 Whitehaven Cumb
Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 3m Hensingham Cumb
Jane Dixon MaLaw W 58 Lancaster Lancs
01 Jul 1832 Thomas s. Thomas & Jane Massicks, Bardsea Mill, miller
Thom MASSICKS Head M 40 Iron Master Bardsea Lancs
Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 39 Ironmaster's wife Lancaster Lancs
Mary L MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 10 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Thomas G MASSICKS Son 8 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Edith A MASSICKS Daur 7 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Marian H MASSICKS Daur 5 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb
Alfred M MASSICKS Son 3 Scholar Whicham(?) Cumb
Clara A MASSICKS Daur 1m Millom Cumb
Mary Jane WARD Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Lancaster Lancs
Thomas MASSICKS Head M 48 JP Iron Master Iron Mine & Colliery Owner Bardsea Lancs
Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 49 Wife of JP Nk Lancs
Katerine A MASSICKS Daur U 24 Daughter of JP Whitehaven Cumb
Mary L MASSICKS Daur U 22 Daughter of JP Whitehaven Cumb
Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur U 20 Daughter of JP Hensingham Cumb
Tom G MASSICKS Son U 18 Solicitor Articled Clerk Hensingham Cumb
Clara A MASSICKS Daur 10 Daughter of JP Millom Cumb
Maud A S MASSICKS Daur 7 Daughter of JP Millom Cumb
Margaret ROME Servant U 25 Cook Domestic Servant Maryport Cumb
Margarat PICKSHALL Servant U 19 Housemaid Domestic Servant Wiswick Lancs
Grace DAWSON Servant U 16 Kitchen Maid Domestic Servant Millom Lancs
Jonathan ROBINSON Servant U 28 Gardner Domestic Servant Shotly Northumberland
James BEATIE Servant U 22 Coachman Domestic Servant Irongr... Kirkcudbrightshire
Edward Willis SWAN Head M 32 Iron Merchant Scotland
Ada Louise SWAN Wife M 39 Bath Somerset
Edward Clyve SWAN Son 14 Scholar Scotland
Evelyn Gladys Kate SWAN Daur 11 Scholar Middlesbro Yorks
Mary Ann GIBBS Visitor W 65 Living on her own means Bath Somerset
Thomas Barlow MASSICKS Visitor M 58 Iron Master JP CCA Bardsea Lancs
John COX Visitor U 14 Croydon Surrey
Elizabeth LAYCOCK Servant U 40 Nurse Domestic Servant Maryeck Durham
Mary EASTON Servant U 29 Cook Domestic Servant Guisbro Yorks
Hannah Mary CARSLEY Servant U Table Maid Domestic Servant Berwick Northumberland
Margaret Ellen WESTERTON Servant U 18 Housemaid Domestic Servant Middlesbro Yorks
Alice THACKERAY Servant U 21 Housemaid Domestic Servant Scarbro Yorks
Thomas Barlow-MASSICKS Head W 68 Pig Iron Master and Landowner Lancaster North Lancs
Marian H Barlow-MASSICKS Daur U 30 Whitehaven Cumb
Clara A S Barlow-MASSICKS Daur U 24 Whitehaven Cumb
Florence E HORNUNG GrnDaur 7 Melton Mowbray Leic
Kathleen M HORNUNG GrnDaur 5 Melton Mowbray Leic
Charles A F HORNUNG GrnSon 3 Middlesbrough Yorks
Gertrude E JAY Visitor U 27 Hampstead
Elizabeth C WATSON Servant U 23 Nurse Domestic Askam in Furness Lancs
Bessie C BURNETT Servant U 21 Housemaid Domestic Haverigg Cumb
Mary SPENCER Servant U 17 Cook Assistant Domestic Millom Cumb
[Coachman's House not in occupation]
possible census with brother
Matthew NEWTON 45 Tutor N
Mary NEWTON 65 N
Mary MASSICKS 25 Dressmaker N
John MASSICKS 11 N
Thos MASSICKS 9 N
possible census:
Elizabeth Anne COTTON Head W 47 Landed Proprietor Land Holder Giberalta British Subject
Sarah CIFTON(?) Servant U 29 Housemaid Cross Crake(?) Westmorland
Jane COOK Servant U 28 Cook Bentham Yorks
John KING Servant U 21 Coachman Lancs
Thomas MASSICKS Servant U 18 Footman Bardsea Lancs
Thomas also appears on the census in Millom, with his family. Presumably his wife didn't understand the principle behind the census
from Bulmer's History & Directory Of Cumberland, 1901:
MILLOM RURAL. - This township covers an area of 9,249 acres, which are assessed at £12,707, and contains the following villages, The Hill, The Green, Kirk Santon, and part of Haverigg; and the hamlets of Hallthwaites, Lady Hall, Duddon Bridge, and School Ellis. The chapelry of Thwaites is in this township. The principal landowners are - Lord Lonsdale, William Lewthwaite, Esq., J.P., D.L., C.J. Myers, Esq., J.P., D.L., T.H. Dobson, Mrs. King, M. Troughton, A. Shepherd, Robert Holmes, William Postlethwaite, J. and J. Lowther, Trustees of W.M. Rawlinson, Trustees of J.D. Newton, Thomas Barlow-Massicks, Esq., J.P., Hon. Mrs. Cross, George Myers, J.S. Hartley, H. Brocklebank, Esq., and W.I. Barratt.
from the Whitehaven Gazette:
As may be seen from the prospectus in another page, Mr. Barlow-Massicks in conjunction with the Hon. H. V. Duncombe, M.P., and Mr. Pattinson, Mayor of Whitehaven, is about to revive a most important local industry — the Lonsdale Hematite Company. Some idea of his ability and experience may be gained when it is known that from 1860 to 1865 Mr. Barlow-Massicks was actively engaged in Hematite mining and colliery work in the Whitehaven district, being a partner in the Mowbray, the Eskett, and the Salter and Eskett Iron Ore Companies. In 1865 he founded the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Co., which built the Ironworks at Millom, and which have been most successful. Mr. Barlow-Massicks was managing director of the Millom Ironworks for thirty years and for ten years of the Askam Co. as well. He is at present much interested in the Green Slate Quarries in the Buttermere and Coniston districts, and for the past sixteen years has been chairman of the Buttermere Green Slate Co., Limited. He has been a County Magistrate for nearly twenty years, and was selected as Alderman at the first election of the Cumberland County Council. He was the first chairman of the Millom Local Board and a member of the Council of the British Iron Trade Association. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and is an ardent Conservative of the progressive type.
The merry season of Xmas having intervened, and rendered a halt necessary in our wanderings, it is thus early in the new year before we approach the Cumbrian herds, by crossing the River Duddon from North Lancashire, and thus catching a brief glance of the lovely valley, so called from the River. At the very first station in the County we alight, and The Oaks, Mr. T. Barlow-Massicks pretty residence, is only a mile distant, situate almost at the foot of Black Combe, where a small select herd, mainly composed of the Cressida tribe, so famous in the locality, when in the ownership of Dr. Dickinson is located. Mr. Barlow-Massicks dispersed his first collection in 1880, and it was not until three years later when at the Holker sale, that he renewed acquaintance with his 'old love,' by buying three cows and three calves, of the Cressida tribe, and a white Baron Oxford calf to mate with them.
Lady Cressida, now in her fourteenth year, a handsome large framed cow, is still the head of the family.
from page 71 of The Shorthorn Herds of England 1885-6-7 by Robert William Ashburner, published by H T Cook in 1888. Found online at Live Search Books. URL http://search.live.com/
Events
| Birth | 1 Jul 1832 | Bardsea Mill, Bardsea, Cumberland, England |  | ||
| Christen | 1 Jul 1832 | Bardsea Mill, Bardsea, Lancashire | |||
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 | Shaws Brow, Kendal, Westmorland | | ||
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 | Cairen Wood(?), Holme, Westmorland | | ||
| Marriage | 1854 | Lancaster - Mary Ann NIXON | | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 | E Side Road, Hensingham, Cumberland | | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 | Duddon Villa, Millom, Cumberland | | ||
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 | The Oaks, Millom, Cumberland | | ||
| Census | 5 Apr 1891 | Grove Hill, Highfield, Marton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire | | ||
| Census | 5 Apr 1891 | ||||
| Census | 31 Mar 1901 | The Oaks, Millom, Cumberland | | ||
| Death | 15 Apr 1908 | Croydon, London | | ||
| Reference No | 1611 |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ann NIXON (1832 - 1898) |
| Child | John Nixon MASSICKS ( - 1855) |
| Child | Horace MASSICKS (1857 - 1924) |
| Child | Mary Louisa Barlow MASSICKS (1859 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Barlow MASSICKS (1861 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Gibson Barlow MASSICKS (1862 - 1899) |
| Child | Edith Alexandra MASSICKS ( - ) |
| Child | Marian Horsfall MASSICKS (1865 - ) |
| Child | Maud Askew Swainson MASSICKS (1874 - 1906) |
| Child | Alfred Millom MASSICKS (1867 - 1884) |
| Child | Clara Agnes MASSICKS (1871 - ) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Katherine Augusta MASSICKS (1856 - ) |
| Father | Thomas MASSICKS (1799 - 1852) |
| Mother | Jane BARLOW (1810 - 1883) |
| Sibling | John MASSICKS (1830 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Isaac Newton MASSICKS (1835 - 1866) |
| Sibling | James MASSICKS (1837 - 1884) |
| Sibling | Mary Jane MASSICKS (1842 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Ann MASSICKS (1848 - 1882) |
Endnotes
1. Roy Massicks, Roy Massicks, Recipient: Geoff Lowe, Address: Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Author E-mail:
2. 1841 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: HO107/1163/2 Registration district: Kendal Sub-registration district:.
3. 1851 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: HO107/2441 Registration district: Kendal Sub-registration district: A.
4. GRO Index of Marriages, Record Type: Microfilmed Index, Lancaster 8e 683.
5. 1861 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: RG9/3950 Registration district: Whitehaven Sub-registration district:.
6. 1871 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: RG10/5267 Registration district: Bootle Sub-registration district: Bo.
7. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1881 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: RG11/5196 Registration district: Bootle Sub registration district: Bo.
8. 1891 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: RG12/4014 Registration district: Middlesbrough Sub registration distr.
9. 1901 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: RG13/4899 Registration district: Bootle (Cumberland) Sub-registration.
10. Roy Massicks, Roy Massicks, Recipient: Geoff Lowe, Address: Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Author E-mail:
11. GRO Index of Deaths, Record Type: Microfilmed Index, June 1908 Croydon 2a 192.