James Arthur Tacey

James Arthur was the son of John and Dinah Tacey (née Wilson) and the husband of Hannah Tacey (née Davison). James Arthur was born in 1879 (O/N/D Radford) and was baptised on 16 August 1880 at Sneinton St Stephen. At the time of James' baptism his parents were living at Harold Place, Sneinton, and were recorded at 11 Harold Place when the census was taken the following year. His father John was a framework knitter and his mother Dinah a lace clipper. Hannah Davison was born in Sneinton on 4 October 1879 (O/N/D Nottingham), the daughter of William and Isabella Davison (née Ball). She was baptised at Nottingham St Patrick on 12 November 1882. In 1881 William (41), a general labourer, and Isabella (27 b. Leicester), a lace dresser, were living at 9 Fleet Place, Nottingham, with their children Harry (4), Joseph (4) and Hannah (1). Also in the household were William Davison (16), who was probably William snr's son by his first marriage, and his widowed mother Hannah Davison (65). William died in 1889 and in 1891 Isabella, a charwoman, was living on Crossland Street, Nottingham, with her five children Henry (Harry), Joseph, Hannah, Walter (8) and George (5) and her mother-in-law, Hannah Davison. James Tacey and Hannah Davison were married at Sneinton St Philip RC church on 28 May 1896 (A/M/J Nottingham). The 1911 census recorded that they had had eight children of whom only five survived. Six children have been traced, one of whom, Isabella, died young: John William b. 1898 (J/A/S Nottingham) bap. Nottingham St Patrick 18 September 1898; George b. 4 December 1899 (1900 J/F/M Nottingham) bap. St Patrick 3 June 1900; Isabella b. 15 May 1901 (A/M/J Nottingham) bap. St Patrick 9 June 1901 d. 1902 (A/M/J Nottingham); James Arthur [Arthur] b. 22 January 1905 (J/F/M Basford) bap. Nottingham Sacred Heart RC 8 October 1905; Annie b. 30 January 1908 (J/F/M Nottingham) and Sarah Elizabeth [Elizabeth] b. 24 August 1910 (J/A/S Nottingham) bap. Nottingham 6 September 1910. James and Hannah had at least two more children after 1911: Thomas Edward b. 4 September 1913 (O/N/D Basford) and Beatrice Mary b. 15 October 1914 (O/N/D Nottingham). James and Hannah were living at 106 Red Lion Street, Nottingham, at the time of John William's baptism in 1898 and at 10 Long Stairs, Nottingham, when George was baptised in 1900. However, by 1901 James (21) a brickburner's assistant, Hannah (21) and their sons John (2) and George (1) were living at 46 Henry Street, Nottingham, boarders in the home of Claude Turpie, a baker, and his wife and child. Also in the household were Hannah's mother, Isabella Davison (48), a midwife on her own account, her two sons Walter (18) a railway porter and George (15) a horse driver (Corporation), and Thomas Tacey (14), a horse driver (Corporation), who was probably James' younger brother. In 1905 when James Arthur jnr. was baptised the family was living on King Edward Street, Nottingham. By the time of the 1911 Census James, a van man (lace trade), and Hannah were living at 15 Grove Street, Newbridge Street, Nottingham. Four of their five surviving children - John, Arthur (6), Annie (3) and Elizabeth (7 months) - were in the home on the night of the census but their second son, George (11), was recorded in the home of his maternal grandmother, Isabella Davison, and her sons Walter and George, at 11 Curtis Terrace, Curtis Street, Nottingham. James and Hannah's third son, James Arthur, died in 1913 (O/N/D Nottingham). Their two other children, Thomas Edward and Beatrice Mary, were born in 1913 and 1914 respectively. The CWGC record gives Hannah's address as 35 Mount Pleasant, Main Street, Carlton, Nottingham. Hannah married Joseph Hall in 1920 (J/A/S Basford) but was widowed by 1939 when she was recorded on the England & Wales Register living in Carlton with her married daughter Annie (Swinscoe). She died in 1944 (A/M/J Basford). Of James and Hannah's six surviving children: John William married Florence M. Sharp (b. 31 March 1902) in 1922 (O/N/D Nottingham) and in 1939 they were living on Dunscombe Street, Nottingham. John was a stoker at a factory. Also in the household was Gladys M. Tacey (b. 1924) a hosiery frame worker; there were four other occupants whose records remain closed. George married Alice Hazard in 1918 (O/N/D Basford). In 1939 they were living on Cavendish Road, Gedling, with their sons Douglas (b. 17 October 1925) and Raymond (b. 3 January 1931); George was a coal miner. He died in 1940 (J/A/S Basford). Annie married Cecil Swinscoe in 1929 (A/M/J Basford) and in 1939 they were living in Carlton; Cecil was a colliery worker above ground. Also in the household were Annie's widowed mother Hannah and another occupant whose record remains closed. Annie died in 1983 (J/A/S Nottingham). Sarah Elizabeth married Frederick W Hill in 1927 (O/N/D Basford. In 1939 Frederick (b. 2 July 1906), a bricklayer's labourer, and Elizabeth were living in Norman's Yard, Mair Street, Carlton, with their children Thomas W. (b. 29 May 1928), George A. (b. 11 September 1931) and Doreen (b. 20 June 1934); another record remains closed. Elizabeth died in 1940 (J/A/S Nottingham). Thomas Edward married Doris Edna Kidd in 1937 (J/F/M Basford). In 1939 Thomas, a maintenance joiner foreman, and Doris (b. 23 October 1910), a cotton presser, were living on Elm Avenue, Carlton. Thomas died in 2000 (Jan. Nottingham). Beatrice Mary married George H Brown in 1932 (J/F/M Basford). In 1939 they were living in Bingham where George (b. 11 September 1911) was employed as a farm worker (cowman). Beatrice died on 16 April 1978 (A/M/J Rushcliffe).

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