Percy Cyril Frank Hutchinson

Percy Cyril Frank Hutchinson was the son of John and Ellen Hutchinson (née Ward). Both his parents were born in Sutton in Ashfield in about 1850. They were married at Sutton in Ashfield St Mary Magdalene in December 1868 and had 14 children, five of whom died in infancy or early childhood. Their nine surviving children, who were born in Sutton in Ashfield, were: William birth registered 1871 (J/F/M), George b. 1874, Samuel b. 1877, John b. 1882, Elizabeth Ellen b. 1884, Henry (Harry) b. 1887, Cyril Percy Frank b. 31 July 1889 and Clara b. 1893. Three of the five children who died young were Jane b. 1869 d. 1874, Willoughby b. 1872 d. 1873 and Harold b. 1881 d. 1884. All the children were baptised at Sutton in Ashfield St Mary Magdalene, Cyril on 8 September 1890. John, a bricklayer (later bricklayer/builder) and Ellen were living at Smedley's Buildings, Sutton in Ashfield, in 1871 and still at the same address in 1884 when their daughter Elizabeth was baptised in October 1884. By 1887 when Henry was baptised the family had moved to West End, Sutton in Ashfield. John, Ellen and their eight surviving children, William, George, Samuel, Alfred, John, Elizabeth, Henry and Cyril, were still at West End in 1891. Their three eldest sons were in work, William a joiner and cabinet maker, George a builder and Samuel a collier. Clara was born two years later. By 1901 the family was living at 41 Morley Street, Sutton in Ashfield. Only seven of their nine children were in the home on the night of the census: Samuel, a plumber, Alfred a bricklayer, John a house painter, Elizabeth a hosiery embroiderer, Harry a coal miner hewer, Cyril and Clara. William and George had married in 1895 and 1896 respectively and were living in Sutton in Ashfield. Only Henry, a miner hewer, and Clara, a hosiery hand, were living with their parents on Morley Street in 1911 although three of their married siblings - William, Alfred and Elizabeth - were living on the same street. William, a carpenter/joiner, had married Laura Hibbert in 1895; they had had nine children, five of whom had died in infancy. Alfred was married to Rosiana (née Smith m. 1901) and they had had five children but two had died in infancy. Elizabeth, her husband William Shore, whom she had married in 1907, had one child. George and his wife Elizabeth Sylvia (née Smith m. 1896) and their four children (another child had died in infancy), were living on York Street, Sutton in Ashfield. Samuel, a plumber, had married Elizabeth Pitt in 1902 and they and their daughter were living on Cursham Street, Sutton in Ashfield. John, a house painter (own account) and his wife May (née Calcraft m. 1905) were living on St John Street, Mansfield, with their son; another child had died in infancy. Percy had married Rose Litchfield (b. 1891) at Denaby parish church, near Mexborough, in October 1910. At the time of their marriage, Percy was living on Tickhill Street, Denaby Main, while Rose was living in Skegby. They had three children Lavinia b. 1912, May b. 1914 and Percy Cyril Frank who was born posthumously in May 1918, a few weeks after his father's death. Percy and Rose were living at 70 Braithwell Street, Denaby, Yorkshire, in 1911. His wife returned to Skegby and at the time she was awarded a widow's pension was living at The Nook, Skegby. She received a pension of 29 shillings and 7 pence a week with effect from 30 December 1918. In April 1919, when Percy's personal possessions were returned to his widow, her address was given as Mansfield Road, Skegby. Rose married William Henry Sessions in 1920 (reg. A/M/J Mansfield) and they had at least two children, William H b. 1920 and Catherine Lily b. 1924. In 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled Rose and her husband together with their daughter Catherine and her son Percy were living on Mansfield Road, Skegby. Rose died in 1963.