The Sleights of Lincolnshire



On Photograph  c 1860

John Sleight  aged 45 with wife Charlotte (Cook ) aged 55 yrs

and daughters Ann and Charlotte - with dog

The daughters are obviously single - yet Anne  gave birth to her first child in 1861 - so we assume this is before and therefore 1860

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1805   Birth of Charlotte Cook

daughter of ..............Cook and.........................

at Thornton Curtis Lincolnshire

Died Dec 1 1893 aged 88 yrs - buried East Halton

1815    Birth of John Sleight - farmer at Thornton Abbey -

son of .........................Sleight and .....................

 

Ch- Roy Sleight = Miss.......marr twice

Thatched Cottage Ulceby - 2 daughters Nellie m Mr Creswell 

                                             Son killed France 1918

1836             Birth of Michael Sleight

son of John Sleight and Charlotte [ Cook ]

Father : Labourer

1837               Birth of Charles Sleight

son of John and Charlotte

Father : Shoemaker - Ulceby Linconshire 

1838               Birth of Charlotte Sleight

daughter of John and Charlotte Sleight [ Cook ]

married Echo Green -Shoemaker Yarrow Rd Cleethorpes

 

1840               Birth of George Sleight

son of John and Charlotte Sleight [ Cook ]

 

1842               Birth of Ann Sleight - married Mr Kirby in ...............

daughter of John and Charlotte Sleight [ Cook ]

Died 1926 aged 84 yrs - standing on the photo

Children -        Edith

Alice m. Mr Richardson

Ch - Rhoda, Elva and Ken

Emma m ..........

Ch - 2 sons

Charlotte Anne 1864-1949 =Joseph Edward Rayner

Ch -      Hilda 1893 = Mr Morris

Nora 1889

George

Florence Betsy 1886 - 1954 = Walter Beel

Ch       Fanny

Alice

Edith

Edward

Fred = Mgt McCoombe 1892 - 1931

   Ch -  Fred 1920-1979=Cathleen Schumne 

John Robert=Flo Leonard (3xmarr )

Edward Samuel

 

1844             Birth of Westoby Sleight in Stratton Lincs marr  Jane Beel

baptised East Halton - see old certificate

became a wheelwright - possibly a member of trade list ?

died Feb 1927 in South Bank aged 83 yrs

1868

April 4          Marriage of Westoby Sleight

Wheelwright - son of John Sleight,

Farmer, Residence  Thornton Abbey

to Jane Beel 19 yrs Servant - daughter of William Beel Blacksmith, Residence- Osgodby

Witnesses - Emma Sleight and Cooper Beel

in Parish Church Kirkby cum Osgodby  Lincs.

Curate - Stilon Henning

 

1868               Birth of John William Sleight  m Mary Jane Meeling b 1871

son of Westoby and Jane Sleight [ Beel ]

The Pikelet Man died Grangetown 1960 m Mary Meeling of Marske 

Children  Gertrude Jane b 1894 m George O Watson - photos                    

                 Ch    Doris m Edwin Naylor ..Lawrence

             Gertrude Mary m Geo Pengilley                                                                                                                   George Norman m Irene Doran & Maureen Prest                                                                                                 John Keith  illus m Beverley Grieg       

                        Charles Wm m Flo Smith

                           Ch -         Leslie m Edna ....Colin

                       Benny  m Connie Pearson..

                            Ch -   Dennis m Mgt Stoddart

                         Nita m ...

                        Audrey m Ray Amer ...Jane

 

1870              Birth of Arthur Sleight in Asylum Street Lincoln

son of Westoby and Jane Sleight [ Beel ]

          died Feb 1956 aged 85 yrs

Arthur married Grace Kirk and had seven children -

Jock,

George Sleight - photo 7 Ambleside Ave Nby with wife & Ken

Harry,

Elizabeth,

Molly ,

Alice

                                    Arthur.

 

1871

Oct 2              Birth of Charles Sleight  in Osgodby [marr. Mary Meegan ]

son of Westoby and Jane Sleight [ Beel ]

 

1878               THE LEAVING OF LINCOLNSHIRE

Hearing stories of the rich pickings to be made in the industrial climes of the North East where millions of tons of ironstone were being mined in the Cleveland hills - and the plight of agricultural workers getting worse daily -Westoby decided to make the trip North, putting his wife and young children on the train and walking over one hundred miles across country to arrive in Boosebeck - joining his brothers-in-law ;- Barnett, Edwin and Walter Beel to use his skills as a wheelwright and becoming an accomplished joiner in the local ironworks.

1879            Birth of Thomas Wise Sleight in  Boosbeck

son of Westoby and Jane Sleight [ Beel ]

                 married Kate Martin                            Tom died 1949 aged 70 yrs    

Children  Jack

                Margaret

 

1881               Census of 7 Cross Row Boosebeck

Barnett Beel         Brdr     34  Blacksmith   Osgodby




1881               Census of 5 & 7 Gerrie St Boosbeck nr Skelton

 

Westoby Sleight   Head    m  35   Joiner        East Halton Lincs

Jane Sleight          Wife     m  32                    Osgodby

John (Wm)                           12   Scholar      Lincoln

Arthur Sleight                       10        "            Lincoln

Charles Sleight                       9        "            Osgodby

Thomas Sleight                      2                      Boosbeck

Edwin Beel            Brdr       24   Iron Miner

Walter Beel           Brdr       22    "      "

Robert Flowerday    Brdr        35   "       "          Norwich

 

There appear to be 3 ironstone miners, two of them Jane Sleight's brothers, working in the famous Boosebeck Ironstone mine :NZ 658 168 Shafts ( 2 ) 288 feet Main Seam - Ironstone 3' 6'' Dogger 1' 11'' Ironstone 3' 0'' - which was abandoned in May 1887 when an inrush of water which made the mine unworkable . Earlier in 1882 and 1883, there was extensive damage caused to Boosebeck village, due to mining subsidence, some 700 people made homeless as a result. Walker's air powered rotary drills were used to work the stone.

                         Peter Tuffs Catalogue of Cleveland Ironstone Mines  01287 610139

                                        A story perhaps in the newspaper c 1882/3

 

1882               Birth of Lucy Sleight  [ marries J.T.Smith in Shotton Co Flint ]

    daughter of Westoby and Jane Sleight [ Beel ]

      died Mar 1947 South Bank aged 65 yrs

 

Had second sight - acc. to Nora Rayner- "saw" kittens running around Mr Rayner after he had drowned them . We have music books owned by Lucy dated 1897 when she would have been about 16 years old. She was the mother of Leslie and stepmother to May Smith of Redcar Road South Bank.                     

Children - May Smith step daughter b 1901 to Eliz Archer & Tom Smith

      Leslie Smith 1917 - bachelor

1886    Birth of Walter B Sleight - marr Minnie Butcher [see photos]

                                    son of Westoby and Jane Sleight [ Beel ]

            Children - six daughters - Lilian

                  Walter

1890  Photograph of Westoby Sleight and Family

Taylors of 106 High St Stockton

 

Westoby aged 46 yrs and

Wife Jane Beel aged 41 yrs

Children - Walter aged about 4 yrs

Lucy aged 8 yrs

Thomas aged 11 yrs

Charles aged 18 yrs

Arthur aged  19 yrs

John ( William )aged 21 yrs - The Pikelet Man


 

1891             Census of 104 Princess St South Bank

                         Westoby Sleight    Head    m     47   Joiner                Stratton Lincs

Jane Sleight            Wife     m     42                            Osgodby Lincs

John (Wm)Sleight   son       u      23  Greengrocer       Lincoln

Arthur Sleight       son       u      21  Gen  Lab            Lincoln

Charles Sleight       son       u      20   Gen  Lab           Osgodby

Thomas W Sleight  son       u      12  

Lucy Sleight           dau       u     

Walter B Sleight    son        u     ( see photo aged 18 )

Grace Kirk                                       Servant

Arthur Sleight married Grace Kirk and had seven children

1893

Dec 1  Death of Charlotte Sleight [ Cook ] aged 88 yrs

Buried in East Halton - on photo

 

1894              

Aug 27          Birth of Gertrude Jane Sleight - Lincoln marr George Watson

daughter of John William Sleight and Mary Meeling

Children - Doris m Edwin Naylor ..Lawrence

Gertrude Mary m Geo Pengilley 

George Norman m Irene Doran & Maureen Prest

John Keith  illustrator m Beverley Grieg  

1901

Nov 7            Marriage of Charles Sleight 30 yrs to Mary Meegan 21

  in St Peters Church South Bank.

 Witnesses - ..........................................

1902             Birth of Lucy Sleight

 daughter of Charles Sleight and Mary [Meegan ]

1904

Oct 23           Birth of Winifred Sleight    m James Fox of Grangetown

daughter of Charles and Mary [ Meegan ]

See photo of Charles and Mary c 1914 with Lucy aged 12                           1914

and Winifred aged 10 yrs

1910               Marriage of Lucy Sleight 28 yrs to Thomas Smith wdr

1913               Death of Emma Sleight Spinster aged 66 yrs

     Dressmaker 50 Sunny Bank Hull -[ seated on photo ]

Buried East Halton




1917               Birth of Leslie Smith

   son of Thomas Smith and Lucy [ Sleight ]

 

Oct 21            Birth of Joan Sleight                                                                     Joan

   daughter of Charles and Mary Sleight [ Meegan ]

 

1926               Death of Ann Sleight aged 84 yrs

                       Mother of five daughters - see photo

 

1927               Death of Westoby Sleight in South Bank

 

Sep 29         Marriage of Winifred Sleight to James Fox

St Peters South Bank

Witnesses - Lucy Sleight and Thomas Fox

Children :        Michael - see photo below in Anne St

Vincent -

Imelda -

James

Eugene               

Veronica

 

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