Robert Henry HORN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert Mackney
• Reference Number: BR 0552a
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 5y; Address: 2 Walkers Yard, Holbeck
• Census: 3 Apr 1881, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 14y; Address: 1 Walker Yard, Lowmoorside
• Occupation: 3 Apr 1881, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Warehouse Boy; : 14y
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 35y; Address: House Court, 2 Christian Street
• Occupation: 31 Mar 1901, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; Railway Guard; : 35y
• Workhouse: 9 Mar 1907, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 40y; Address: 51 Hunter Street
• Workhouse: 15 Apr 1907, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; : 41y; Address: 51 Hunter Street
• Electoral Register: 1910, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; Address: 12 Arthur Street
• Miscellaneous: 1910, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; Address: 12 Arthur Street
• Census: 2 Apr 1911, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; : 45y; Address: 12 Arthur Street
• Electoral Register: 1912, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; Address: 12 Arthur Street
• Electoral Register: 1912, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; Address: 12 Arthur Street
• Electoral Register: 1915, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; Address: 12 Arthur Street

Notes:

Robert Henry Horn / Robert Mackney
This has long been a puzzle.

I was contact some years ago by Lesley McNair who believed that her ancestor, Robert Mackney, was the same person as the Robert Mackney in my tree.

Over the years it became apparent that they werent the same person, but that there was a connection somewhere along the way.

In February 2021 Lesley contacted me and said that she was convinced that her Robert Mackney was in fact Robert Henry Horn, whose mother had been Elizabeth McNair, the aunt of my Robert Mackney.

This put a different light on things.

Lesley couldnt find Robert Henry Horn after his parents died, and equally she couldnt find Robert Mackney before Robert Horns parents died.

Everything seemed to fit, but proving it was a different matter.

Eventually I managed to find a Liverpool Workhouse record that made the link.
Robert was listed as both Robert Henry Horn, and Mackney, and gave his wife as Mary Alice Mackney. The problem was solved.


Birth:
He is born as Robert Henry Horn
Mother - Macnair

They give their address as Shaw Cross, Dewsbury which is about 10 miles away from Holbeck.

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Robert Hy Horn

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Boarder
Robert Henry Horn
Warehouse Boy (Cloth)
Boarder with a family called Lister
Born Holbeck

Census:
Robert Mackney
Born Leeds
Railway Guard
RG13/3423 F192 P38
Indexed as Macknay on FMP

Workhouse:
This is the document that confirmed that Robert Henry Horn and Robert Mackney are the same person.
Note that in the next entry he is just down as Robert Henry Horn

Admitted to workhouse - it doesn't say which one.
I suspect he was actually in the hospital area
Entry No. 5420
As Robert Henry Horn or Mackney
Next of kin lists 'wife Mary Alice Mackney - same address'
Also lists an uncle 'James ??? , ??? Wartley, Leeds' - no idea who this is.
Discharged 22/03/1907

Workhouse:
Admitted to workhouse
Entry No. 6430
As Robert Henry Horn
Just mentions next of kin as 'wife - same address'
Discharged 29/4/1907

Miscellaneous:
Tax Valuation
Property owned by Caleb & W(?) E Drake
Poor Rate Gross Annual Value: ?6 5s Rateable Value: ?5

Census:
As Mackney
Dealer in Firewood
Born in Leeds
Married 17 years [so about 1894]
7 children, 1 dead

Electoral Register:
Dwelling house. North Ward

Electoral Register:
Dwelling House. North Ward

Electoral Register:
North Ward

Died:
Witnessed by wife - Mary A Mackney

Family/Spouse: Mary Alice ATKINSON. Mary (daughter of Joseph ATKINSON and Sarah Ann HALL) was born on 8 Jul 1872 in Darwen, Lancashire, England; was christened on 30 Jul 1872 in Tockholes, Blackburn, Lancashire, England; died between Jan 1944 and Mar 1944 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hepzibeth MACKNEY was born on 15 Dec 1894 in Tudhoe, Spennymoor, Durham, England; died between Jul 1964 and Sep 1964 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
2. Valentine MCNAIR was born between Jan 1897 and Mar 1897 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England; died between Apr 1899 and Jun 1899 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
3. Robert MCNAIR was born between Oct 1899 and Dec 1899 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died in Feb 1962 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was buried on 30 Jul 1962 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
4. Lois MACKNEY was born between Jul 1902 and Sep 1902 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died between Apr 1913 and Jun 1913 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
5. Henry MCNAIR was born on 26 Mar 1905 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died between Jan 1943 and Mar 1943 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
6. Edward MCNAIR was born on 19 Jan 1908 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; was christened on 26 Feb 1908 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 21 Feb 1980 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
7. Annie MACKNEY was born on 11 Aug 1910 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; was christened on 31 Aug 1910 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
8. Edith MACKNEY was born between Jul 1912 and Sep 1912 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; died between Apr 1913 and Jun 1913 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
9. Charles MACKNEY was born between Jan 1914 and Mar 1914 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; died between Jan 1914 and Mar 1914 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
10. Walter MACKNEY was born on 28 May 1915 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England; died between Jul 1994 and Sep 1994 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0212b
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 1y; Address: Low Moor Side
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 11y; Address: Moorside
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Brush Cleaner; : 11y
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 21y; Address: 24 Brunswick Street
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Wood Turner; : 21y
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 32y; Address: 2 Walkers Yard, Holbeck
• Occupation: 2 Apr 1871, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Wood Turner; : 32y

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Son
Brush Cleaner

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
As Horne
Wood Turner
Born Holbeck

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Wood Turner (Joiner)
His wife's half-brother, Elijah is with them.

Died:
As Horne

Henry married Elizabeth MCNAIR on 9 Jul 1859 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of James MCNAIR and Mary WILTON) was born on 5 Aug 1834 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 14 Sep 1834 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died between Apr 1876 and Jun 1876 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0212a
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 7y; Address: Back Row
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 16y; Address: Front Street
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Dressmaker; : 16y
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 26y; Address: 24 Brunswick Street
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Dressmaker; : 26y
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 36y; Address: 2 Walkers Yard, Holbeck

Notes:

Birth:
Recorded as McNeir
Indexed as Macnair

Recorded as McNeir
Indexed as Macnair
St. Peter's

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Unmarried
Dressmaker

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
As Elizh Horne
Dressmaker
Born Leeds

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Her half-brother, Elijah is with them.
Her place of birth given as Welbeck

Died:
Possibly related to death of daughter, Hannah, who was born & died same quarter

Notes:

Married:
Henry is a Wood Turner, as is his father.
Her father is listed as James, a bricklayer - which fits
Indexed as Macnair
Both are living in Holbeck

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0554a
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 40y; Address: Low Moor Side
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 52y; Address: Moorside
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Cloth Weaver; : 52y

Notes:

Census:
Clothier

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Cloth Weaver

William married Mary CHAPMAN. Mary was born about 1803 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0554b
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 39y; Address: Low Moor Side
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 48y; Address: Moorside
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Laundress; : 48y

Notes:

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Laundress

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0070aP
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 50y; Address: Back Row
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Bricklayer; : 50y
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; : 60y; Address: 9 Front Street
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Bricklayer; : 60y
• Probate: 15 Apr 1861, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; Address: 4 Hudswell Terrace

Notes:

Based on the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census I believe that
James McNair married a girl called Wilton
They had at least 3 children
His wife died
Her sister, Hannah, came to live with James before 1841
James & Hannah then had 2 children Thomas and Elijah
James & Hannah probably never married - in the 1861 census Hannah is listed as unmarried and her two sons are living with her using the name Mc Nair Wilton

According to Thomas Mackney Wilton's marriage cert, James was a bricklayer.

Census:
Head. Bricklayer

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Bricklayer Widower
Born in Scotland

Probate:
In the Probate index he is listed as being a Widower (strictly this is true as he didn't marry Hannah).
Effects under ?300

Interestingly, Admons were granted to Elizabeth Horn (wife of Henry Horn, a woodturner) of 21 Brunswick Street, Water Lane, Holbeck, the only child of the deceased.
She definitely wasn't the only child, nor was she the only living child, but she was the only legitimate child.


Died:
In the Probate index he is listed as being a Widower (strictly this is true as he didn't marry Hannah)

James married Mary WILTON on 25 Nov 1825 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Mary (daughter of John WILTON and Hannah [WILTON]) was born on 7 Jun 1806 in Wath, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 9 Jun 1806 in Wath, Yorkshire, England; died between Jul 1838 and Sep 1838 in Ripon, Yorkshire, England; was buried on 5 Jul 1838 in Wath, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0070b

Notes:

Believe that she married James McNair, had 7 children with him and then died.
After her death her sister, Hannah, filled the gap.

Died:
As Mary Mack Nare (indexed under Nare)

Buried:
St Mary's church
Recorded as MacNare

Notes:

Married:
The parish register entry clearly gives Mary's surname as Walton but I have some doubts over her signature. I think that the signatures of bride, groom and witnesses may not be originals - they look too neat and similar. [The unsure signature is on the original PR, the BT copy is a definite Walton]
In my own mind I am satisfied that Mary is indeed Wilton.
Unfortunately the Banns register has not survived so it is unlikely that we will find any other proof.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0321aP
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; : 55y; Address: Middleton
• Occupation: 6 Jun 1841, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; Ag Lab; : 55y
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; : 58y
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; Ag Lab; : 58y
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; : 76y
• Occupation: 7 Apr 1861, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; Ag Lab; : 76y
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Middleton Quernhow, Yorkshire, England; : 86y

Notes:

Census:
Ag Lab

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Ag Lab

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Head
Ag Lab
Widower

Census:
Relation to Head of House: Heaad
Widower

John married Hannah [WILTON]. Hannah was born about 1782; died in 1823 in West Yorkshire, England; was buried on 17 Jun 1823 in Wath, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: BR 0321bP