Foreword

This history of the ancestors of George Marston and Lilly Newby is far from complete and should be regarded as “work in progress”. Over the years many new strands of the family tree will be revealed by diligent research. If anyone reading this document finds any error or can make a contribution to the tree they are more than welcome to do so by contacting pmarston@outlook.com.

A large number of the family connections have been deduced using census information and Births, Marriage and Death (BMD) registration pages. Only BMD certificates can totally verify family ties. Considering the number of relationships involved over five generations of the family it has not been financially possible to use BMD certificates in all but a limited number of cases.

Acknowledgements

• S & D Services – Record Offices Researchers
• D. S. Bradley – West Yorkshire Research
• Claire Brown – Land Registry
• Hilary Marston
• Dorothy Tinkler
• Dorothy Elmgren
• Catharine Gray
• Geoff Marston
• Graeme Marston
• John Hebdon

Introduction

The work in this document is largely attributable to the research performed by Dorothy Tinkler over some considerable time.

George Marston & Lily Newby

Birth & Early Life

George was born in Thornton in 1871. He attended school at School Hill, Yeadon and later at South View. He wad a member of the choir at the Mission Room at Chapel Hill.

George followed his siblings into the woollen trade at Waterloo Mill, Pudsey. By 1901 George had become a carter to William Reynard. Lily Newby was the daughter of James Newby and Jane Bradley and was born in Malton in 1883. The Newby family moved to Hampsthwaite via Killinghall. In 1891 Lilly was at the family home, the Red House on Skipton Road in Killinghall. In the 1901 census Lilly is staying with her sister Rachel Walmsley at Kettlesing Head.

Marriage

After their marriage in 1903 they lived at Tang Cottage. Later they were to take on the small holding of Grange Farm, High Birstwith and George became postman for the area of Birstwith, Kettlesing and Norwood in 1908. He held this post until retirement on 26^th March 1943. George was a chapel steward for many years for the Kettlesing Methodist chapel, where he had been a member of the choir for 52 years, a Sunday school teacher and superintendent for 50 years. A picture survives of George on his rounds at Elton Top. A picture of George Marston and his family also survives.

The family of George Marston and Lily Newby is shown below.

Figure 1: The Family of George Marston (1871-1949) & Lilly Newby (1883-1949)

All the children were born at Tang Cottage, Box Chair, Tang.

• Fred was a farmer and tragically died in 1947
• Annie married George Wroe. Annie died in 2006 having reached 100 years of age.
• Herbert Robinson married Rebecca. Herbert was a milk tanker driver and later took over Grange Farm on the death of his father George. Herbert and his wife Rebbie ran the Kettlesing Post Office.
• Frank married Eileen Dodsworth. Frank was a builder and in later life a greengrocer.
• Hilda married the Reverend Bert Tinkler, a Methodist minister.

In 1911 George lists his occupation as a corn dealer, on his own account and working at home, and auxilliary postman. The family is living at Box Chair.

Death

George and Lily died in 1949. They are buried along with sons Fred and Herbert Robinson at Birstwith St James. Fred’s wife Phyllis Rosa is buried in an adjacent grave.