Samuel Bache Bucknall

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• Baptism: 27 Apr 1862, St George, Egbaston, Birmingham.

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Census Listings;
1871 269 Ladywood Lane. Edgbaston, Birmingham. son. age 8. (71-326)
1881 269 Ladywood Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. son. age 18. Fishmonger
1901 28 Mayfair Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Head (mar). age 38. Fishmonger. (N 87)
1911 73 Skinnergate, Darlington, Durham. Head married, age 45. Fish & Poultry Dealer.

Samuel Bache Bucknall, according to his family was a colourful character and named after his father's employer. He was identified in the 1881 census aged 18 living at home following his occupation as a fishmonger. In 1891 he was as a fish salesman living in North Leeds with his wife Annie and daughter Katherine aged 4. Katherine was born in Blackburn so this implies Samuel had previously worked there. As Olive Ida was born in York, the family must have moved there from Leeds. In 1901 Samuel was a fishmonger living with his family in Jesmond, which is close to North Shields, a then major fishing port. His wife Annie died in 1902 at Jesmond. Samuel married again in 1903 at Ancaster, near Grantham to Mary Fanny Hare who was a widow. Her husband, a farmer, had died in 1900 and Mary then ran the farm with two employees. It is a mystery how Samuel came to know Mary Hare who seems to have lived in Lincolnshire all her life. She brought a two-year-old daughter, Olive Hare, to live with them. This resulted in there being two Olives of almost similar age in the family but sadly Olive Hare died aged 15 in 1914.
Samuel was living in Darlington at the time of his second marriage and was described as a manager. It is believed he later had his own fish and poultry business in Skinnergate, Darlington. In Darlington, he was a Party Constituency Agent for the Liberal party and had the reputation of being able to secure the election of any candidate whose affairs were in his hands. He also organised charity cricket matches, one of which is recalled by Jack Hobbs in his memoirs.

Samuel married Annie Maria Stephens on 1 Feb 1885 in St Bartholomew, Edgebaston, Warwickshire,. Annie was born in 1861 in Womborne, Staffordshire, England; died in 1902 in Newcastle upon Tyne, [june qtr]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Mary Fanny Durham in 1903 in Ancastle, Lincolnshire, England. Mary was born on 21 Dec 1866 in Horbling Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 27 Jul 1887, Blackburn, Lancashire

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Census Listings:
1901 28 Mayfair Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, daughter, age 14. (N 87)
1911 Heigington, Durham, wife, age 24 Assistant in Business [Grocer's] Married 2 years one child Living.
1939 6 Oxford Street, Darlington, Durham Shop Keeper , owner, grocers

Katherine married Henry Robert Brownless on 12 Sep 1908 in North Road, Wes Chapel, Darlington,. Henry (son of John Stephen Brownless and Margaret Clement) was born on 30 Oct 1883 in Heighington, County Duram, England; died in 1942 in Darlington dec qtr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reginald served in the Durham light infantry during WW1 and was awarded two medals.
The Enigma that is Reginald Bucknall:
Reginald who was a casualty of WW1, was not listed in the 1911 census, even though his family was. This Suggests that he left home before his 18th Birthday. No record of his death during WW1, either in a military or Civilian capacity has been found both at Home, including Scotland, and Overseas. There are two seperate reports about Reginald, niether of which has been substantiated.
Report 1 came from Eric Bucknall who had heard the story from his great Aunt, Margery Emily Pitt (n?ee Bucknall). Margaret Emily Pitt was a nurse who ran nursing homes. In the period before WW1 she had a nursing Home at Sydenham. She Was embarrassed on several occasions by her nephew Reginald, bringing railway passengers suitcases to her house. These had been stolen at London Railway Stations. Reginald was eventually caught and sent to prison. At the outbreak of WW1 ( or maybe when conscription was introduced in 1916) he was conscripted into a labour battalion from which he deserted, was caught and shot.
Report 2 came from his great niece, who said her family legend was that Reginald had been unhappy after the death of his mother and his father's re-marriage. Reginald left home and at the outbreak of wasr enlisted in the army, possibly the Durham Light Infantry, under an assumed name. Reginald had met with a fatal accident, possibly in Scotland. These reports are completely different. The only common theme is the death of Reginald during WW1.

Census Listings:
1901 28 Mayfair Road, Newcastle Under Lyme, son. age 7. (N 87)

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Olive was a keen motorcyclist and unmarried when Ralph met her in 1928. The occupation of her husband, William Thompson, is believed to have been in either engineering or the railways. Olive died in Doncaster aged 106. She is the longest-lived Bucknall.
Census Listings:
1901 28 Mayfair Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, daughter, age 3. (N 87)
1911 73 Skinnergate, Darlington, Durham. daughter, age 13, school
1939 31 Staindrop Crescent, Darlington, female married household duties

Olive married William Edwin Thompson in 1931 in Darlington. William (son of Edward Thompson and Mary A.) was born on 18 Jul 1896 in Darlington, Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Census Listings:
1911 Heigington, Durham, daughter. age 1.

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Census Listings:
1939 6 Oxford Street, Darlington, Durham single, Shop Assistant

Family/Spouse: Mr Caygill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1939 6 Oxford Street, Darlington, Durham single, Incapacitated,

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Family/Spouse: Esther Martin. Esther was born in 1930 in Leuchars, Scotland; died in 1996 in St Andrews. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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