6th Gen - Gleadow / Cooper

Sixth Generation (3rd Great Grandparents)

Robert Ward Gleadow and Mary Cooper

Mary Frances Gleadow (1826 – 1903)

William Henry Hebblethwaite (1851 – 1930)

Cyril Gleadow Hebblethwaite (1890 – 1975)

Betty Hebblethwaite (1931 – 2002)

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George III (1760 – 1820)

George IV (1820 – 1830)

William IV (1830 – 1837)

Victoria (1837 – 1901)

Robert Ward Gleadow

Robert is the son of Robert Gleadow and Mary Ward and was born on the 22nd of May 1798 in Hull, Yorkshire and was christened two months later on the 25th of July also in Hull. He died on the 27th of November 1857 in Sculcoates in Kingston-upon-Hull at the age of 59.

In this year, 1798;

30th of March – The privy council declares Ireland to be in a state of rebellion.
June – Edward Jenner publishes his observations on smallpox innoculations.

Hull, or Kingston upon Hull, is a port city in Yorkshire, and lies on the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber Estuary.

Robert’s occupation was as a brewer and he began the Gleadow, Dibb & Co. Brewery in Hull;

Gleadow, Dibb & Co.

John Ward established a brewery in Dagger Lane, Hull in 1765 and the business was continued by his two sons, Thomas and John Ward. In 1782 Thomas Ward and John Firbank built a brewery on the corner of Posterngate and Dagger Lane in Hull.

Mary Ward, granddaughter of John Ward, and daughter of John Ward married shipbuilder Robert Gleadow in 1796, and Mary inherited the business upon the death of her father. Mary died in 1814 and in 1826 the brewery was acquired by her husband, Robert Gleadow. He managed the business with their son Robert Ward Gleadow.

Robert Ward Gleadow continued the brewing business on the death of his father. In 1846 he went into partnership with another brewer, William Thomas Dibb, who owned a brewery in Mill Street in Hull which was subsequently closed and all the business was concentrated in Dagger Lane in Hull.

The pair formed Gleadow, Dibb & Co. and in 1866 the Company started work on a new, purpose-built brewery, the Anchor Brewery in Silvester Street also in Hull. This entailed demolishing the existing buildings there; fixtures and fittings from these were sold at auction in February 1867. Builders were invited to tender for the construction work in March 1867, and the company were able to move to their new premises in 1868. The new brewery had the capacity of fermenting 24,000 gallons of wort at a time.

Dibb unfortunately died in 1886 on a rail journey between Bridlington and Hull; he had rushed to catch a train at Bridlington, causing the guard to stop the train so that he could board. By the time the train arrived in Driffield he was found dead, still sitting upright in his seat. Robert’s son Frederic Gleadow was elected to the board of directors to replace him. The company continued to expand and Gleadow, Dibb and Co. became a limited company in 1885.

Anchor brewery

The Maltings, a new development on the site of the Anchor Brewery. The bridge (visible behind "The Maltings" sign) connected two of the brewery buildings

The Hull Brewery Company Limited

In 1887 the company was wound up, and a new company, "The Hull Brewery Company Limited", was formed and registered in January 1888 as a limited liability company to acquire the business of Gleadow, Dibb & Co. The new company embarked on a period of increased expansion, acquiring other brewers and bottlers, purchasing licensed houses and enlarging the Silvester Street site. By 1890 they were recorded as owning 160 licensed houses. Trade dropped off during the First World War, but by 1919 the company was able to buy two more local breweries along with their public houses. In 1925 it acquired Sutton, Bean and Company, a Lincolnshire brewery.

The Second World War led to another drop in trade, and many of the company's properties were damaged or destroyed during the Hull Blitz. The Silvester Street brewery, however, remained intact, possibly because the German bomber pilots used its chimneys as a landmark.

In 1949 the company began producing "Anchor Export", a strong beer, designed to keep and travel well so that it could be taken aboard ships as part of their provisions. It was sold in bottles and cans.

The company became North Country Breweries after it was taken over by Northern Dairies in 1972. However, ten years later in 1982 due to the decline in consumption and the changing tastes of the beer-drinking public the Brewery was purchased by Mansfield Brewery for £42 million. Brewing at the Silvester Street site ceased in 1985.

In the Baines History & Directory of 1822-3 there is a Robert Ward Gleadow who is listed as a Merchant of 15 Parliament Street, Hull. There is also a Robert Ward Gleadow of Dagger Lane who is a Brewer.

Also in the Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York Volume II of 1823 also gives

‘Gleadow, Robt. ship builder and owner, South end, and common brewer, Dagger lane; h. 15, Humber st.’ This is likely to be Robert’s father.

‘Gleadow Robert Ward, merchant, 15 Parliament street.’

On the 30th of September 1825 the Stamford Mercury had the following announcement;

‘On Monday se’nnight, Mr Robert Ward Gleadow, merchant of Hull, to Mary daughter of William Cooper, Esq. of York.’

Se’nnight is a period of seven days and nights, or a week. The Monday would have been the 19th of September.

On the 14th of December 1826 their daughter Mary Frances was born and on the 14th of January 1827 they baptised her in Sculcoates.

On the 1st of January 1828 or 1829 according to the Law Advertiser had a notice regarding the dissolving of a partnership;

‘HALL John, and Robert Ward Gleadow, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants, corn-factors and commission-agents…. Jan 1’

On the 22nd of February 1828 the couple’s second child, Anne Jane was born and about three weeks later on the 13th of March they christened her in Cottingham, a village that lies just to the north-west of Hull. Unfortunately she did not live very long and she died on the 22nd of September that year and she was buried three days later in Hull.

In 1829 Robert’s address in Pigot’s Directory for Cottingham, under the heading Gentry & Clergy, is given as Gleadow, Robert Ward, esq. Grange. Although the following suggests that in 1829 the Grange was still in the Ringrose family.

The Grange is described on Revival Heritage website;

The name of Cottingham derives from the name of a 5th century Anglo-Saxon tribal chief and means 'Homestead of Cotta's people'. Cotta is derived from an Ancient Briton female deity called ‘Ket’, in turn derived from the Celtic for wood, ‘ Coed’. Cottingham Grange was built in 1802 but the Ringrose family had lived in the area since the seventeenth century. William Ringrose lived here in 1820, the time of his portrait painting:

By 1865 the Ringrose family owned 1200 acres in Cottingham, reduced to just 570 acres by 1907. The Ringrose family also owned over 1000 acres and Sarum Manor House from 1870 to 1931.

The Grange was requisitioned during the Second World War for officer’s quarters and barracks were built to the south east of the grounds. Some of the barracks still stood until the 1980s. The Second World War Operational Base for Cottingham North Auxiliary Unit Patrol was hidden underneath the green house, entered via the nearby Boiler House. The entire Patrol almost died from the boiler house fumes on one occasion but were rescued by a Unit Member (who was a GP) who had been out on patrol and discovered the unconscious group on his return.

Cottingham Grange was demolished around 1951 to make way for a new secondary school. A school still stands on the site today.

Eighteen months later on the 24th of March 1830 Mary gave birth to their first son, Frederic Cooper in Hull. Three weeks later on the 17th of April they baptised him in Holy Trinity in Hull. Frederic went on to study at St. John’s college in Cambridge.

On the 6th of October 1831 the couple had another son, Henry Cooper. Who would go on to become Colonel Henry Cooper Gleadow and on the death of Robert in 1857 the Chairman of the Brewery.

On the 1832 electoral register Robert is listed as being at York Parade, Sculcoates this is likely to be number 4 York Parade. But the Hull Poll book has his address as Beverley Road, Hull.

In that year on the 21st of December 1832 Mary had another daughter, Eliza Diana who was christened on the 24th of January 1833 in Holy Trinity in Hull. It has not been possible to confirm when she died and originally it was believed to be on the 4th of October 1934 which would have made her 101 years old. However, similarly it could be 1834 when she was only one year old. Eliza does not appear on any census so it is more likely to be 1834 as it has not been possible to find any other records except for the christening. If it is 1834 it means that Robert and Mary suffered the loss of two children within two weeks of each other. Since in 1834 Mary gave birth to William Cooper who they baptised on the 14th of April in Sculcoates and he unfortunately died on the 17th of September that year.

William Cooper is assumed to be a twin of Edward Cooper as they were both baptised on the 14th of April. As with Eliza it has not been possible to find any more information on Edward Cooper and so it is likely that he too died very young, certainly before 1841.

In the 1834 Hull edition of Pigot’s under Brewers & Maltsters Robert is at 6 Dagger Lane. The 1834 electoral role for the united parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Hull has Robert’s abode as York Parade and qualifies to vote as he has a Freehold Inn in Nelson Street, Kingston-upon-Hull. By the 1835 register he is now at Moira Buildings in Hull, but again the Hull Poll book has his address as Beverley Road, Hull.

On the 28th of August 1835 the couple had another child, Helen who they christened on the 17th of September that year in Sculcoates.

On the 17th of December 1835 York and North of England Assurance

Company of High-Ousegate in York was formed. At some time Robert

was a director of the company which advertised that it had a capital of

£500 000.

In 2016 this would be equivalent to £58 297 752.

In 1837 Robert and Mary baptised their daughter Maria Isabella on the 30th of March in Sculcoates. Later in her life she became known as only Isabel. The following year on the 3rd of July 1838 the couple either had another daughter, Lucy or they baptised her in Hull.

On the 21st of January 1840 Mary either gave birth to another child, Emily or the couple baptised her in Sculcoates.

In 1840 White’s Directory records a Robert Ward Gleadow in Dagger Lane in Hull, but it has not been possible to find the family on the 1841 census.

On the 2nd of September 1841, following the birth of their daughter Jane Cooper a few weeks earlier on the 7th of August, Robert and Mary baptised her at Sculcoates.

In the 1845 Bradshaw’s Railway Gazette Volume I page 718 there is an entry for the Hull and Holyhead Direct Railway company, via Sheffield, Macclesfield and Chester. It was provisionally registered with capital of £2 500 000 in 100 000 shares of £25 each, deposit of £2 12s 6d per share. The provisional committee included Robert Ward Gleadow, Esq, Merchant, Hull, director of the York, Hull, and East and West Junction Railways. The railway was being established to connect the North Sea with George’s Channel and form a direct route from Holyhead to Hull.

On the 18th of November 1847 in St. Stephens Church, Kingston-upon-Hull their eldest child, Mary Frances married Thomas Frederick Hebblethwaite, a widower, who was an engineer, land agent and surveyor. Unfortunately it is not possible to read Robert's occupation from the marriage certificate.

There is quite a lot of evidence in the Hull Archives surrounding the work of Thomas

Frederick Hebblethwaite. In that Thomas did a lot of work for the Gleadow family, in

particular a Robert Ward Gleadow regarding a number of public houses and a brewery that Robert possessed. It is quite likely that this is how Thomas and Mary met.

In 1851 the family are at 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Kingston-upon-Hull. The household includes Henry Cooper, who is a brewer’s clerk at this time but he will eventually become the chairman of the brewery.

Robert Ward Gleadow – Head – Married – 52 – Common Brewer

Mary Gleadow – Wife – Married – 49

H C Gleadow – Son – Unmarried – 19 – Brewer’s Clerk

Helen Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 15

Isabel Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 13

Lucy Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 11

Emily Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 10

Jane Cooper Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 9

Mary Fisher – Servant – Unmarried – 29 – House Servant

Jane Smith – Servant – Unmarried – 22 – House Servant

In the London Gazette referring to the 24th of January 1853 was the following notice;

‘Notice is hereby given, that by an indenture, bearing date the 24th day of January instant, Henry Harrison Green, of the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Ship Builder and Innkeeper, assigned all his stock in trade, household furniture, and whatsoever and wheresoever, unto Robert Ward Gleadow and William Thomas Dibb, both of Kingston-upon-Hull aforesaid, Brewers and Copartners, upon certain trusts, for the equal benefit of themselves and other creditors of the said Henry Harrison Green who should execute the said indenture within three months from the date thereof; which indenture was executed by the said Henry Harrison Green on the said 24th day of January instant, and the execution thereof by him is attested by John Spencer Galloway, Solicitor, Hull, and Thomas Sedman, Book-keeper, Hull; and the same indenture was executed by the said Assignee on the 25th day of January instant, and the execution thereof by the said Robert Ward Gleadow is attested by Henry C. Gleadow, of Kingston-upon-Hull aforesaid, and the execution thereof by the said William Thomas Dibb is attested by the aforesaid John Spencer Galloway; and notice is hereby also given, that the said indenture lies at our office, No. 23, Bishop-lane, in the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, for the inspection of and execution by the creditors of the said Henry Harrison Green. – Dated this 27th day of January, 1853.

Galloway and Son, No. 23, Bishop-lane, Hull, Solicitors to the Assignees.’

The 1854 and 1857 electoral registers confirms that Robert is still at York Parade. But the 1857 Post Office Directory shows that there is a Robert Ward Gleadow, Maltster, the Malthouse, 26 Waterhouse Lane. Gleadow, Dibb and Co. had large Malt-kilns in Waterhouse Lane, Brook Street and Barton.

On the 5th of December 1857 Robert’s death was announced in the York Herald

‘GLEADOW. – On Friday, the 27th ult., aged 59, Robert Ward Gleadow, Esq., of Hull.’

Just over a month later their son Frederic Cooper died in St. George Square in Hanover in London on the 8th of January 1858 at the age of 27.

The following month Robert’s probate was announced on the 22nd of February.

The Will with a Codicil of Robert Ward Gleadow, late of Kingston-Upon-Hull in the County of York, Brewer & Maltster, deceased who died 27 November 1857 at Kingston-Upon-Hull aforesaid was proved at York by the Oath of Mary Gleadow of Kinston-Upon-Hull aforesaid.

Widow the relict and the surviving Executrix.

Effects under £6000.

In 2016 the value of £6000 would be £684 197.

On the 29th of September 1858 their son, Henry Cooper married Clara Jane Skelton in Hull.

Following Robert’s death Mary kept some association with the brewery trade as in May 1860 plans were drawn up by architect William Botterill, on behalf of Mrs M Gleadow, for a purpose-built house and shop at the eastern corner of Derringham Street and Spring Bank - much further west than the original building. Builder Mr Simminson of Little Queen Street Hull carried out the work described in the plans. This was to be the new Polar Bear Tavern, although in a trade directory of 1863-64 it was listed as ‘The Museum’. The plans show it as a basic beer-house and suggest it had only one room for customers marked simply as ‘shop’, with the main entrance being direct from Spring Bank.

In 1861 a purpose-built museum was built adjoining the new Polar Bear for Mr Seaman; also designed by William Botterill, it was made mostly of weather-boarding supported by wooden posts, with an asphalt felt roof. The wall on the Spring Bank elevation was of brick and 15 feet high. There was a connecting door to Mrs Gleadow’s property, and this is probably the one shown on the plan to the rear of the sitting room.

The Museum was destroyed by fire on 9 August 1865. In a breakdown of the company’s assets in 1890 the Polar Bear was valued at £3,000.

The 1861 census for 4 York Parade in Sculcoates has the following household, although Mary’s age is out by ten years;

Mary Gleadow – Head – Widow – 50 – Landed Proprietor

Helen Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 25

Isabell Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 24

Lucy Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 22

Emily Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 21

Jane C. Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 19

Alice Ousterby – Servant – Unmarried – 23 – Housemaid

Rebecca Holliway – Servant – Unmarried – 22 – Cook

A ‘Landed Proprietor’ is someone who derives their income from estate houses.

In 1869 their daughter, Helen married the widower, the Reverend Townsend Storrs in Doncaster in Yorkshire and went to India for a period after their wedding.

The 1871 census for York Parade in Sculcoates has the following household;

Mary Gleadow – Head – Widow – 69 – living off the 'Interest of Money'

Isabell Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 34

Lucy Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 32

Jane C. Gleadow – Daughter – Unmarried – 29

William H. Storr – Grandson – 6 – Scholar

Louisa Cooling – Servant – Unmarried – 23 – Cook

Maria Lock – Servant – Unmarried – 18 – Housemaid

Gina Glover – Servant – Unmarried – 26 – Waiting Maid

Mary died two years later on the 12th of January 1873, in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull, at age 71.

Probate 1873

4th March. The Will of Mary Gleadow late of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull Widow who died 12 January 1873 at Kingston-upon-Hull was proved at York by William Robinson King of the said Borough Gentleman the sole Executor

Effects under £25 000.

£25 000 in 2016 would be £2 494 471.

The couple’s daughters Isabel, Lucy, Emily and Jane Cooper never married, all dying as spinsters and they all appear to have “lived off the interest of money”, presumably inherited from Mary.

In the 1899 Kelly’s Directory there is a Robert Ward Gleadow at 53 Beverley Road, Hull. This is Robert’s grandson, Henry Cooper Gleadow’s son and also a future chairman of the brewery.

Noted events in his life were:

* He worked as a Merchant at 15 Parliament Street in Hull in 1823 – Baines Directory

* Living: 1829, Cottingham Grange, Cottingham, Hull

* Living: 1832, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates – Electoral register

* Living: 1832, Beverley Road, Hull – Hull poll book

* Living: 1834, 4 York Parade – Freehold Inn, Nelson Street, Kingston-upon-Hull.

* Living: 1835, Moira Buildings – Electoral register

* Living: 1835, Beverley Road, Hull – Hull poll book

* Living: 1836, 4 York Parade – Freehold Inn, Nelson Street, Kingston-upon-Hull.

* Living: 1840, Dagger Lane, Hull – 1840 White’s Directory

* He was a Director of the York, Hull and East and West Junction Railway in 1845.

* Living: 1851, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire.

* He worked as a Common Brewer in 1851.

* Living: 1854, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire – Electoral register

* Living: 1857, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire – Electoral register

* He worked as a Brewer and Maltster at the time of his death on 27th November 1857

* Probate granted 2nd February 1858.

Robert married Mary Cooper on 19th September 1825 in York, North Yorkshire.

Marriage solemnized in the Parish of St. Mary Bishophill the Elder in the City of York in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Five Robert Ward Gleadow Merchant of the Parish of Sculcoates and Mary Cooper of this Parish were married in this Church by Licence this nineteenth Day of September in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Five

By me John Graham Rector

This marriage was solemnized between us RW Gleadow Mary Cooper

In the presence of Jane Cooper, Henry Cooper, Margaret Gleadow

Children from this marriage were:

i. Mary Frances Gleadow – (14/12/1826 – 1/2/1903)

ii. Anne Jane Gleadow – (22/2/1828 – 22/9/1828)

iii. Frederick Cooper Gleadow – (1830 – 1858)

iv. Henry Cooper Gleadow – (1831 – 1912)

v. Eliza Diana Gleadow – (21/12/1832 – 14/10/1834 )

vi. Edward Cooper Gleadow – (1834 – unknown)

vii. William Cooper Gleadow – (1834 – 17/9/1834)

viii. Helen Gleadow – (23/8/1835 – 13/3/1897)

ix. Maria Isabella Gleadow – (1837 – 1906)

x. Lucy Gleadow – (3/7/1838 – 16/2/1907)

xi. Emily Gleadow – (1840 – 2/8/1908)

xii. Jane Cooper Gleadow – (7/8/1841 – 1930)

Mary Cooper

Mary is the daughter of William Cooper of York and Mary. She was born on the 5th of April 1801 in Yorkshire and baptised on the 30th of April that year in York. She died on the 12th of January 1873, in Sculcoates, Kingston upon Hull, at age 71.

Her baptism record states that Mary did not have any godparents.

Noted events in her life were:

* Living: 1829, Cottingham Grange, Cottingham, Hull

* Living: 1832, York Parade, Sculcoates – Electoral register for Robert

* Living: 1835, Moira Buildings – Electoral register for Robert

* Living: 1836, York Parade – Freehold Inn, Nelson Street, Kingston-Upon-Hull.

* Living: 1851, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire.

* Living: 1854, York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire – Electoral register for Robert

* Living: 1857, York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire – Electoral register for Robert

* Living: 1861, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire.

* She worked as a Landed Proprietor in 1861.

* Living: 1871, 4 York Parade, Sculcoates, Yorkshire.