Agnes Gratton

Birth Name Agnes Gratton
Gender female
Age at Death 34 years, 11 months, 9 days

Notes

General

Henry and Agnes wrote a series of letters back to her sister, Emily Gratton Hall. They are collected as:
Agnes and Harry Billups, Letters from America to Emily and William Hall, at the Derbyshire [England] Record Office, Reference Number D2941/2/1/1 -35.H

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth April 4, 1845 Church Lane, Dronfield, Dronfield, Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England   1
Christening April 20, 1845 Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England Christening of Agnes Gratton  
Note

Register of Baptisms in the parish of Dronfield, in the county of Derby
image 162
Agnes Gratton, baptized April 20, 1845, daughter of James, a tailor, and Ann, of Dronfield
[name looks like Gsetton. probably didn't get indexed correctly]

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/61408/records/4262624?_phcmd=u(%27https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/?name=maria_gratton&birth=1837_dronfield-derbyshire-england-united+kingdom_82825&searchMode=advanced&successSource=Search&queryId=cab58565-1965-4462-8df7-689cca16eb18%27,%27successSource%27)

 

Census (Daughter) March 30, 1851 Dronfield, Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England   2a
Note

1851 Census
30 March 1851
Dronfield, Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England, RD: Chesterfield, Sub-registration district: Bolsover
ED 1c
Piece 2148, Folio 504, Page number 20
James Gratton, head, married, 41, tailor, born Derbyshire, Barlow.
Anne Gratton, wife, married, 39, born Derbyshire, Dronfield.
Sarah Gratton, daughter, 16
Maria Gratton, daughter, 13, scholar,
Emily Gratton, daughter, 8, scholar,
Agnes Gratton, daughter, 6, scholar,
Frances Gratton, daughter, 9m
all children born Derbyshire, Dronfield
plus a house servant and 4 boarders

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/8860/records/10547129

 

Census (Daughter) January 14, 1861 Dronfield, Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England 97 High Street 3a
Note

1861 Census
January 14, 1861
Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England, RD: Chesterfield, Sub-registration district: Dronfield
ED 4, Household schedule number 97, Piece 2537, Folio 51, Page number 17
97 High Street, Dronfield

James Gratton, 51, tailor, born Derbyshire, Barlow
Ann Gratton, 49, born Derbyshire, Dronfield
Emily Gratton, 19
Agnes Gratton, 16
Frances Gratton, 10
Vernon Gratton, 7
Henry Gratton, 5
Annie L Gratton, 10m, granddaughter
all others born Derbyshire, Dronfield

Source: 1861 England Census, Dronfield, Derbyshire ED, institution, or vessel: 4. Source Citation: Class: RG9; Piece: 2537; Folio: 51; Page: 17; GSU roll: 542986.

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/8767/records/22487899

 

Census (Sister in law) April 2, 1871 Newbold, Derbyshire, England   4a
Note

1871 Census of England, Newbold, Derbyshire
RG10; Piece: 3612; Folio: 62; Page: 25; GSU roll: 841844
2 April 1871

William Hall, married, age?, pattern maker, born somewhere in Derbyshire
Emily Hall, married 2?, born in Deerfield, Derbyshire
Emily Ann Hall, daughter, 5, born in Newbold, Derbyshire
Harry Hall 1, born in Newbold, Derbyshire
Agness Billups, visitor, married, 25, born in Deerfield, Derbyshire

 

Witness June 9, 1873 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England   5a
Note

Agnes was a witness at the marriage of her sister Frances Gratton to John Burley on 9 June 1873, in Sheffield St Silas Parish.

Immigration (Mother) September 1, 1873 New York, New York County, New York, United States    
Note

In a letter to William and Emily Hall dated Aug 9, 1873 from Sheffield, England, Agnes says she is scheduled to leave England on the 21st of August. (Letter #4).

Passenger Lists of vessels arriving at New York, 1820-1897
Affiliate Film Number 381
Affiliate Publication Number M237
on board the steamer Adriatic, arrived September 1, 1873, from Liverpool and Queenstown
Agnes Billups, 27, female, from England, plan to settle in the US
John Billups, 1, male, from England, plan to settle in the US

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPK-7V56?lang=en
line 45, microfilm 381 ?

 

Death March 13, 1880 Yeagertown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States   6
Note

Agnes' death was recorded as:
Mrs. Harry Billups, cancer, of Logan, Mar 13, 1880.
in Dan McClenahen, editor, Obituaries of Mifflin County 1822 - 1880, (Volume 1). Her husband recorded it as "11 O'Clock Sat night 13 Day of March ." (From letter 33, Mar 29, 1880 from Yeagertown.)

Burial March 16, 1880 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States   7 8
Note

In the same plot as Agnes is:
Lake, William Civil War Veteran (no dates)
His wife was a widow in 1880.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father James Gratton18101886
Mother Ann Jenkinsonabout November 17, 1811from January 1882 to March 1882
    Sister     Sarah Gratton about February 24, 1835 December 23, 1859
    Sister     Maria Gratton about July 10, 1837 1891
    Sister     Emily Gratton about November 18, 1842
         Agnes Gratton April 4, 1845 March 13, 1880
    Sister     Annie Gratton about July 20, 1848 December 26, 1850
    Sister     Frances Gratton about June 17, 1850 from October 1889 to December 1889
    Brother     Vernon Gratton 1853 March 1899
    Brother     Henry Gratton December 29, 1855 1916

Families

Family of Henry “Harry” Billups and Agnes Gratton
Married Husband Henry “Harry” Billups ( b. September 29, 1845 d. between September 29, 1891 and September 29, 1892 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage October 31, 1869 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England   5b
Note

Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church, Sheffield, York
#430 October 31, 1869
Henry Billups, 26, bachelor, a furnaceman, living in Waingate. father: John Billups, a tailor
Agnes Gratton, 24, spinster, living in Waingate. father: James Gratton, a tailor
married by Edward I Husturck
in the presence of H Boswell and H Poole
signed by Henry Billups and Agness Gratton (their own signatures)

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/collections/62204/records/135210940

 

Residence October 24, 1871 Attercliffe, Attercliffe cum Darnall Parish, Yorkshire, England 10 Blast Lane 9a
Note

Their son John Henry Billups was born at 10 Blast Lane, Attercliffe, on 24 October 1871.

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John Henry BillupsOctober 24, 1871December 3, 1916
Jane Anne BillupsJune 15, 1874October 4, 1953
James William BillupsAugust 11, 1876April 27, 1882
Thomas Franklin BillupsSeptember 9, 1878July 18, 1945

Source References

  1. Photocopy of certified copy of an entry of birth in Chesterfield Registration District, Dronfield Sub-district, County of Derby, 1845.
  2. 1851 Census of England
      • Page: Dronfield, Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England, RD: Chesterfield, Sub-registration district: Bolsover ED 1cPiece 2148, Folio 504, Page number 20
  3. 1861 Census of England
      • Page: Dronfield Civil Parish, Derbyshire, England, RD: Chesterfield, Sub-registration district: Dronfield, ED 4, Household schedule number 97, Piece 2537, Folio 51, Page number 17
  4. 1871 Census of England
      • Page: Newbold, Derbyshire, RG10; Piece: 3612; Folio: 62; Page: 25; GSU roll: 841844
  5. English Parish Records
      • Page: Sheffield, Yorkshire, St Silas, Gilcar (Broomhall), Parish Records, marriages, 9 June 1873, Burley-Gratton
      • Page: Sheffield, Yorkshire, Parish Church, Marriages, #430 October 31, 1869
  6. Dan McClenahen, editor, Obituaries of Mifflin County 1822 - 1880, (Volume 1).
  7. At 1 o'clock.(Letters, #33, Mar 29, 1880 from Yeagertown.)Location: Letters, # 34, May 3, 1880, from Yeagertown, says he buried her not in "Yeager but in Lewistown, it was the Episcopal Church or the Church of England Cemetery." There is a Billups listing in St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery in Lewistown (Code L2 on an online list of Mifflin Co. cemeteries.)
  8. findagrave.com
  9. General Record Office (GRO), United Kingdom
      • Page: birth of John Henry Billups 24 Oct 1871 Vol 9C page 472