Individual Details
James MASSICKS
(Abt 1837 - 2 Oct 1884)
Ron MASSICKS line.
Occupation tailor and draper.
James emigrated to Australia sometime after 1881 presumed with his whole family, tried New Zealand but returned to Australia leaving some of the family in New Zealand. He died of TB three months later.
No longer a headstone on his grave.
Message from Roy to Ron:
Ship ' Crown of Arragon ' - this could be a nice human interest part of your family history. I have come up with the fact that the ship wasn't all that big ie: 1486 ton. At this stage I don't know whether she was a sailing ship or a early steamer. We will keep looking. I know there is a postcard of her that I found on the website - they wanted US$17 for it.
On the same subject, she left Glasgow on the 18th April 1884 and arrived Brisbane July 1884 with three hundred and eighty passengers. Twenty died on the voyage and twenty were born but this could account for some of the deaths as checking on passenger lists, not many births survived the trip.
Also, young children had a very high mortality rate at that time. This could also account for your two missing children on the voyage. Did they die ?
Tuberculosis
Wm FLEMING Head M 44 Taylor and Draper employing 6 hands Coniston Lancs
Martha M FLEMING Wife M 40 Grassington Yorks
George FLEMING Son 11 Scholar Coniston Lancs
Elizabeth FLEMING Daur 7 Scholar Coniston Lancs
Mason FLEMING Son 5 Scholar Coniston Lancs
Allan FLEMING Son 3 Coniston Lancs
William B FLEMING Son 2 Coniston Lancs
Daniel STEPHENSON Journeyman U 22 Taylor Journeyman Cumberland (Place unreadable)
William FLEMING Journeyman U 21 Taylor Journeyman Langdale Westmorland
John BOWNESS Apprentice 17 Apprentice Taylor Elterwater Westmorland
William THWAITS Apprentice 15 Apprentice Taylor Coniston Lancs
Jas MASSICKS Apprentice Taylor 13 Torver Lancs
Elizabeth THOMPSON Servant U 15 House Servant Bootle Cumberland
Daniel BOWDIN Lodger U 27 Clark to Copper Mining Co Hebden Yorks
26 Aug 1837 James s. Thomas & Mary Massicks, Torver Churchhouse, publ
[Note error in mother's name]
Ann BARWICK Head W 55 Linen & Woollen Draper & Tailor employing 4 men Eskdale Cumberland
James BARWICK Son U 19 Broughton Lancs
Hartley POOLE Brother U 48 Tailor Broughton Lancs
Eleanor STEELE Servant U 21 Domestic Servant Kirby Ireleth Lancs
Johnathan STEEL Boarder U 26 Tailor Coniston Lancs
James MASSICKS Boarder U 23 Tailor Torver Lancs
John KITCHEN Boarder U 18 Tailor Broughton Lancs
James MASSACKS Head M 33 Tailor Torver Lancs
Margret MASSACKS Wife M 31 Tailor's wife Millom Cumberland
Thomas H MASSACKS Son 7 Scholar Millom Cumberland
John MASSACKS Son 5 Scholar Millom Cumberland
Mary A MASSACKS Daur 2 Millom Cumberland
John SCOTT Boarder U 22 Tailor Blawith Lancs
Hannah RICHARDSON Servant U 18 Domestic Servant Liverpool Lancs
James MASSICKS Head M 44 Tailor & Draper Torver Lancs
Margaret MASSICKS Wife M 40 Green Cumberland
Thomas Henry MASSICKS Son 17 Clerk at Iron Works Millom Cumberland
John J MASSICKS Son 15 Engine Fitter Millom Cumberland
Mary A MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Millom Cumberland
Isaac MASSICKS Son 7 Scholar Millom Cumberland
David MASSICKS Son 4 Millom Cumberland
Agnes MASSICKS Daur 1 Millom Cumberland
Occupation tailor and draper.
James emigrated to Australia sometime after 1881 presumed with his whole family, tried New Zealand but returned to Australia leaving some of the family in New Zealand. He died of TB three months later.
No longer a headstone on his grave.
Message from Roy to Ron:
Ship ' Crown of Arragon ' - this could be a nice human interest part of your family history. I have come up with the fact that the ship wasn't all that big ie: 1486 ton. At this stage I don't know whether she was a sailing ship or a early steamer. We will keep looking. I know there is a postcard of her that I found on the website - they wanted US$17 for it.
On the same subject, she left Glasgow on the 18th April 1884 and arrived Brisbane July 1884 with three hundred and eighty passengers. Twenty died on the voyage and twenty were born but this could account for some of the deaths as checking on passenger lists, not many births survived the trip.
Also, young children had a very high mortality rate at that time. This could also account for your two missing children on the voyage. Did they die ?
Tuberculosis
Wm FLEMING Head M 44 Taylor and Draper employing 6 hands Coniston Lancs
Martha M FLEMING Wife M 40 Grassington Yorks
George FLEMING Son 11 Scholar Coniston Lancs
Elizabeth FLEMING Daur 7 Scholar Coniston Lancs
Mason FLEMING Son 5 Scholar Coniston Lancs
Allan FLEMING Son 3 Coniston Lancs
William B FLEMING Son 2 Coniston Lancs
Daniel STEPHENSON Journeyman U 22 Taylor Journeyman Cumberland (Place unreadable)
William FLEMING Journeyman U 21 Taylor Journeyman Langdale Westmorland
John BOWNESS Apprentice 17 Apprentice Taylor Elterwater Westmorland
William THWAITS Apprentice 15 Apprentice Taylor Coniston Lancs
Jas MASSICKS Apprentice Taylor 13 Torver Lancs
Elizabeth THOMPSON Servant U 15 House Servant Bootle Cumberland
Daniel BOWDIN Lodger U 27 Clark to Copper Mining Co Hebden Yorks
26 Aug 1837 James s. Thomas & Mary Massicks, Torver Churchhouse, publ
[Note error in mother's name]
Ann BARWICK Head W 55 Linen & Woollen Draper & Tailor employing 4 men Eskdale Cumberland
James BARWICK Son U 19 Broughton Lancs
Hartley POOLE Brother U 48 Tailor Broughton Lancs
Eleanor STEELE Servant U 21 Domestic Servant Kirby Ireleth Lancs
Johnathan STEEL Boarder U 26 Tailor Coniston Lancs
James MASSICKS Boarder U 23 Tailor Torver Lancs
John KITCHEN Boarder U 18 Tailor Broughton Lancs
James MASSACKS Head M 33 Tailor Torver Lancs
Margret MASSACKS Wife M 31 Tailor's wife Millom Cumberland
Thomas H MASSACKS Son 7 Scholar Millom Cumberland
John MASSACKS Son 5 Scholar Millom Cumberland
Mary A MASSACKS Daur 2 Millom Cumberland
John SCOTT Boarder U 22 Tailor Blawith Lancs
Hannah RICHARDSON Servant U 18 Domestic Servant Liverpool Lancs
James MASSICKS Head M 44 Tailor & Draper Torver Lancs
Margaret MASSICKS Wife M 40 Green Cumberland
Thomas Henry MASSICKS Son 17 Clerk at Iron Works Millom Cumberland
John J MASSICKS Son 15 Engine Fitter Millom Cumberland
Mary A MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Millom Cumberland
Isaac MASSICKS Son 7 Scholar Millom Cumberland
David MASSICKS Son 4 Millom Cumberland
Agnes MASSICKS Daur 1 Millom Cumberland
Events
| Christen | 28 Jun 1836 or 28 Jun 1837 | Torver, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Birth | Abt 1837 | Ulverstone, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 | Raisdale, Church Coniston, Lancashire | | ||
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 | Square, West Broughton, Lancashire | | ||
| Marriage | Sep 1863 | Bootle, Cumberland - Margaret JACKSON | | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 | Market Place, Millom, Cumberland | | ||
| Census | 3 Apr 1881 | 4 King Street, Millom, Cumberland | | ||
| Death | 2 Oct 1884 | TB - Maryborough, Queensland, Australian Colonies | |||
| Burial | 3 Oct 1884 | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia | |||
| Reference No | 1610 |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret JACKSON (1839 - 1931) |
| Child | Thomas Henry MASSICKS (1864 - ) |
| Child | John Jackson MASSICKS (1865 - ) |
| Child | Mary Ann "Annie" MASSICKS (1869 - ) |
| Child | Margaret Eleanor MASSICKS ( - 1935) |
| Child | Issac William MASSICKS (1874 - 1959) |
| Child | Agnes MASSICKS (1879 - ) |
| Child | David MASSICKS (1876 - ) |
| Father | Thomas MASSICKS (1799 - 1852) |
| Mother | Jane BARLOW (1810 - 1883) |
| Sibling | John MASSICKS (1830 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Thomas Barlow MASSICKS (1832 - 1908) |
| Sibling | Isaac Newton MASSICKS (1835 - 1866) |
| 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. GRO, GRO Index of Births, Record Type: Microfilmed Index, Ulverstone 25 111.
3. 1851 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: HO107/2275 Registration district: Ulverstone Sub-registration distric.
4. 1861 British Census, Url: http://www.ancestry.co.uk/, Source information: RG9/3172 Registration district: Ulverston Sub-registration district:.
5. GRO Index of Marriages, Record Type: Microfilmed Index, Bootle 10b 749.
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.