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Whiston Families

Machen/Machin/Machon

of Sheffield and Whiston

See also details from Whiston Parish Register

See also details from Rotherham Marriage Register

In 1616, Christopher Machin and Ann Bower were married at Whiston

 

Richard Machin married Troth Turner 21 Sept, 1665. Children:

 

George and Elizabeth Machen were married. Children:

 

Thomas Machin. Born about 1754 in Whiston. Died 6th December, 1836 at Whiston. He married Elizabeth Cawthorne on 25th November 1781 at Thrybergh, Rotherham.

Elizabeth Cawthorne was born about 1754/1756. She died 13 June 1843 in Whiston. Children:

 

It is believed that the John Machin (c.1799) Labourer married in 1828 to Mary Wood. Children:

It appears that John and Mary have a son John (John Henry Wood, alias Greaves) born 1853, who was found guilty of murder in 1880?

 

1881 Census

Living at 12 Harold Croft, Greasbrough, Rotherham, James born 1835:

JamesJames¹ MACHEN Head M Male 46 Whiston, York, Coal Miner
Sarah MACHEN Wife M Female 53 Haugh, Rawmarsh Rotherham

In 1881 living at No 1 Ct 6 Rhodes St, Sheffield, William Machen b.1855:

William MACHEN Head M Male 26 Whiston, General Laborer
Eliza MACHEN Wife M Female 26 Sheffield File Cutter
William MACHEN Son Male 1 Sheffield

In 1881 WalterJames² MACHEN born Whiston in 1857 was living at 19 Chapel Street, Greasbrough, Rotherham:

Walter MACHEN Head M Male 24 Whiston, Yorks, Deputy In Coalmine
Emily MACHEN Wife M Female 21 Rawmarsh, Yorks
Edith MACHEN Daur Female 1 Greasbrough, Yorks

Walter married Emily Watkinson from Upper Haugh and they went on to have 12 children.

 

 

George Machin(1802-1862) an Agricultural Labourer, married Elizabeth Hunter about 1820.

Elizabeth Hunter was born 9 November 1799 in Sheffield. Her parents were Thomas Hunter, born about 1773 and Elizabeth, born about 1777, who married about 1798 in Sheffield.

Children of George(1802-1862) and Elizabeth(Nee Hunter):

On the 1841 census, the spelling is Machon. Also living with George and Elizabeth are :

By 1851, there is no mention of Thomas, who has probably married and they have another daughter Maria:

George and Elizabeth Machon (both born in Whiston) and children:

Sometime between 1851 and 1861, the family moved to 37 Shaftesbury Square, Rotherham. George Machen (note spelling) and Joseph were both listed on the 1861 census as Agricultural Labourers

 

In 1856 George³ Machin, aged 20, son of John Machin, Labourer married Elizabeth Woolhouse(s) , 21 Spinster of Whiston daughter of George Woolhouses Farmer.

In 1871 George Machen, aged 34, is now a widower still living in Whiston with children Mary² 13 , Thomas, baptised 1859 and Henry baptised 1862.

Elizabeth Machin (nee Woolhouse) of Whiston was buried 14th Feb. 1868 aged 34 years.

George was sent to prison for seven years in 1875

Mary² married Willie Handstock and in 1881 they are living at Maltby with son Walter (b.1878) daughter Elizabeth (b.1880) and Marys brother Thomas Machin

Joseph Machen born 24 June 1839 in Whiston. He married Sarah Ellen Bellamy, born 27 Sept. 1843 at Handsworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire. Source: Family in Utah, USA.

Notes re Sara Bellamy. Parents: William(1816-1884) and Ellie(1818-1893) (Ellen) nee Redfern BELLAMY from Handsworth

The census of 1861 shows Sarah was a servant for John Page Hopps and wife Mary of Sheffield.

Source: Sheffield 1851/61 census

Liverpool Docks, 1900According to Family Search , Joseph Machen and Sara married on 8th August, 1869 at Liverpool Docks, England, aboard Ship Minnesota .

Joseph Machen died on 8th October at Rexburg, Madison, and was buried on 10 Oct 1909 at Burton Cemetery, Madison Co., Idaho

Family Search details a child of Joseph and Sarah as Joseph Bellamy Machen (Reference AFN: 2TNR-16):
Birth: 17 May 1881, Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah
Marriage: 29 Nov 1906 Spouse: Rose Schlottie Lyman (Reference AFN: 1C4N-RW) 29 Nov 1906 Independance, Fremont, Id
Death: 28 Apr 1919, Burton, Madison, Idaho
Burial: 1 May 1919, Burton, Madison, Idaho

On 7th June 1912, Sarah married William Edward Moore.

Notes re Rose Schlottie LYMAN (AFN:1C4N-RW)
Born: 20 Mar 6 Or 1885 Place: Hyrum, Cache, Ut
Died: 29 Sep 1970 Place: Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Id
Buried: 1 Oct 1970 Place: Burton, Madison, Id
Married: 29 Nov 1906 Place: Independance, Fremont, Id
Father: Rasmuss PETERSEN (LYMAN) (AFN:2X18-HR) Family
Mother: Wilhelmina HANSEN (AFN:1C4N-BN)

 

See also details from Whiston Parish Register

 

EMIGRATION TO USA & CANADA

Between 1830 and 1930 over 9 million emigrants sailed from Liverpool bound for a new life in the countries such as the United States, Canada and Australia. Liverpool was the most popular port of departure for emigrants from Europe to America and Canada because she already had well established trans-Atlantic links based on the import of cotton and timber. Liverpool was also well placed to receive the many emigrants from the countries of North Western Europe, who would cross the North Sea to Hull and then travel to Liverpool by train.

Some of the emigrants were fleeing from the hardships of poverty and unemployment Other emigrants were not suffering the hardships of poverty or the terror of persecution, but were attracted by the possibility of a higher standard of living in the United States, Canada and elsewhere. The “Gold Rush” in America and Australia also encouraged people to emigrate to make their fortunes.

Emigrants could often spend from one to ten days or more waiting for their ship in a Liverpool lodging house. In the late 1840’s and 1850’s, lodging houses were often inhospitable, dirty and overcrowded. In the mid-nineteenth century emigrants passing through Liverpool were also subject to harassment and fraud by local confidence tricksters, who became known as ‘runners’, who would frequently snatch emigrants’ luggage and would only return it upon payment of a large fee.

From the 1860’s the situation began to improve as steam started to replace sail on the Atlantic route. The steamship companies also started to look after the emigrants during their stay in Liverpool with their representatives meeting them upon arrival in Liverpool, and taking them to lodging houses which were often owned by the steamship companies.

Until the early 1860’s most emigrants left Liverpool on a sailing ship. The voyage to the United States and Canada took about thirty five days. Most emigrants travelled in the cheapest class of accommodation, known as the steerage. This was similar to a dormitory with bunks down the sides and tables in the centre. It was frequently overcrowded with poor ventilation. Emigrating in a sailing ship could be unpleasant, particularly during a storm. Seasickness was a particular problem on the stormy North Atlantic westbound voyage, and diseases such as cholera and typhus frequently reached epidemic proportion as infection spread through the confined decks. Scores of emigrants died from these diseases. Conditions improved following the 1855 Passenger Act which laid down minimum standards for rations, space and sanitation.

By 1870 virtually all emigrants to the United States and Canada went by steamship and the voyage was consequently reduced to between seven and ten days. Competition between the steamship companies helped, to some extent, to improve conditions for the emigrants, and from about 1900, third class cabins began to replace the steerage accommodation.

Emigrants made a variety of new lives for themselves in the United States and Canada, finding work on farms, in industry and building railways. Some fared no better or even worse than at home, and often returned home if they could afford to do so.

No permission, passport or application form was necessary in order to emigrate from Great Britain or Ireland in the 19th century. Only when financial assistance, from or via the government, was required, did forms of application have to be completed.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Liverpool Maritime Archives

Machen Links

Ancestry

Machen Families in Scotland, England

 

See also Machen of Ulley

See also Machin of Wickersley

 

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See also details from Whiston Parish Register

See also details from Rotherham Marriage Register

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