| Relationship | 3rd cousin of Annie West |
| Father | William Craghill (b. 12 January 1856, d. 19 April 1920) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann Massicks (b. 16 April 1860, d. 27 April 1933) |
| Name | Doris Craghill was also known as Dolly Craghill. | |
| Reference Number | She had reference number 1591. | |
| Birth | 13 July 1896 | She was born on 13 July 1896 in Kendal, WestmorlandG. |
| Baptism | 23 August 1896 | She was baptised on 23 August 1896 in Kendal, WestmorlandG. Doris CRAGHILL, the child of William and Annie Craghill. |
| Census | 31 March 1901 | She was recorded in the census on 31 March 1901 at 10 Yard, 123 Highgate, in Kendal, WestmorlandG, William CRAGHILL Head M 45 Hydraulic Engineer Pattern Maker Bowness Westmld Sarah A CRAGHILL Wife M 40 Sawrey Westmld William R CRAGHILL Son U 14 Hydraulic Engineer Fitter Kendal Westmld Margaret E CRAGHILL Daur U 12 Kendal Westmld Isaac F CRAGHILL Son 11 Kendal Westmld David H CRAGHILL Son 9 Kendal Westmld Annie B CRAGHILL Daur 6 Kendal Westmld Doris CRAGHILL Daur 4 Kendal Westmld Mary MASSICKS MaLaw W 63 Hawkshead Lancs. |
| Census | 2 April 1911 | She was recorded in the census on 2 April 1911 at Westmorland Sanatorium for Consumption, Meathop, in Grange over Sands, WestmorlandG, Doris CRAGGHILL Patient U 14 School Girl Kendal Westmorland. |
| Death | 26 April 1912 | She died on 26 April 1912 in Kendal, WestmorlandG. of tuberculosis. Her age was given as 15. David Tomkins notes "Dennis had date of death as 30 Apr 1912." |
| Burial | 30 April 1912 | She was buried on 30 April 1912 at Grave XD258, Kendal Cemetery, in Kendal, WestmorlandG. This information was supplied by David Tomkins via Genes Reunited. |
| Relationship | 4th great-grandfather of Annie West |
| Son | John Massicks+ (b. 1737, d. April 1790) |
| Name | John Casson was also known as William Cason. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1592. | |
| Birth | 1706 | He was born in 1706. |
| Baptism | between 1706 and 1721 | He was baptised between 1706 and 1721 in Broughton in Furness, LancashireG. The possible baptisms fitting the date and area are: 26 Jan 1705/6 Broughton in Furness - the parents are Thomas and Anne, of Sella - Notes: Son aged 6 daies. Father aged 36 yrs. Mother aged 28 Yrs 22 Aug 1706 Broughton in Furness - son of James Casson of How's, yeoman - notes: son aged 9 daies 1 Jan 1713/4 Broughton in Furness - father is Robert of Myre side 23 Jul 1714 Broughton in Furness - father is Thomas of Upper Sikehouse 5 Jul 1718 Broughton in Furness - father is Thomas of Church House, carpenter 29 Jan 1720/1 Broughton in Furness, father is Robert of Hows, yeoman. |
| Occupation | 1731 | He was a shoemaker. The year is assumed. This information is derived from the bastardy proceedings of 1738. |
| Burial | He was buried in Dalton in Furness, LancashireG. Possible burials: 19th Dec 1773 John Casson Snr, a blacksmith of Lindale, at Dalton in Furness. | |
| Court | 1738 | He was involved in Court proceedings in 1738 She took John CASSON to court for a Bastardy order in respect of John MASSICKS. |
| Relationship | 3rd great-aunt of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1737, d. April 1790) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Groaves (b. about 1743, d. June 1832) |
| Reference Number | Agnes Massicks had reference number 1593. | |
| Baptism | 21 January 1773 | She was baptised on 21 January 1773 in Torver, LancashireG. The parents are named as John and Elizabeth. |
| Birth | 1773 | She was born in 1773. |
| Burial | 13 March 1826 | She was buried on 13 March 1826 at St Luke's Church in Torver, LancashireG. Agnes MASSICKS Spinster of Church House aged 53. |
| Death | March 1826 | She died in March 1826 in Torver, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 5th great-grandfather of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1639, d. May 1723) |
| Mother | Margaret Benson (b. 1647, d. December 1740) |
| Son | Thomas Massicks (d. January 1725) |
| Daughter | Margaret Massocke (b. 1701/02) |
| Son | William Massick (b. between 1703 and 1704, d. March 1724) |
| Son | John Massicks (b. about 1706, d. August 1707) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Massicks (b. 1708, d. December 1788) |
| Daughter | Jane Massicks (b. 1711) |
| Son | John Massicks (b. 1714, d. 19 March 1796) |
| Daughter | Agnes Massicks+ (b. about 1716, d. November 1790) |
| Name | John Massicks was also known as John Massacks. | |
| Name | He was also known as John Massix. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1594. | |
| Baptism | 26 September 1675 | He was baptised on 26 September 1675 at Cartmel Priory in Cartmel, LancashireG. His father was named as John Massix. |
| Birth | 1675 | He was born in 1675. |
| Marriage | 6 July 1701 | He married Agnes Grigge on 6 July 1701 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. They were named as John Massacks and Agnes Grigge. After the marriage, they seem to have lived at Cunsey Forge. |
| Note | 1702 | Some information about Cunsey Forge. Cunsey Forge has an interesting history in it own right. The website at http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/index/understanding/archaeology/cunseybeckforge.htm gives the following summary: The earliest reference to a bloomforge (water-powered iron smelting furnace) at Cunsey is an agreement in 1623 to purchase woods for the supply of charcoal. The forge was owned by William Rawlinson or John Machell until the formation of the Backbarrow Company in 1711. When the lease expired in 1715, the forge was taken over by the rival Cunsey Company. They reconstructed the forge and worked it as a refinery in conjunction with its furnace, a short distance downstream on the shore of Windermere. In 1750, both sites returned to the control of the Backbarrow Company. However neither was worked again and the forge was partly dismantled in 1760 and demolished in 1800 (Fell 1908, 191-3). The forge stands on the Cunsey Beck by a silted-up pond created by building a 2m-high dam across the valley bottom. The stream has broken through the northern end, but close to its southern end is the headrace to the forge. The forge itself has been lost, but its wheelpit can be identified close to the track up the valley. Large slag and waste heaps fill the valley bottom below the dam, while beside the track is a series of ruined stone buildings associated with the forge. The principle remains are of a two-storey terrace of three single-fronted cottages, two rooms deep, radically altered on conversion to a barn, 17m long and 7.5m wide. This is now represented only by the rear wall and one end wall (Bowden1990, 68). In June 2002 the local Ranger informed the LDNPA Senior Archaeologist that the standing building remains at the Cunsey Beck Forge, on the west side of Windermere, had been partly demolished. A visit indicated that significant and fragile archaeological deposits had been exposed and that the site was of greater importance than had been recognised. A further visit with English Heritage's Monument Protection Programme adviser on the iron industry confirmed the Senior Archaeologist's view and the site is now being recommended for scheduling, as in statutory protection. English Heritage's regional Inspector of Ancient Monuments agreed to a offer a substantial grant for rescue investigation and recording and consolidation of the building remains. The investigation and recording element of the project is being undertaken by Oxford Archaeology North (formerly the Lancaster University Archaeological Unit) and the work started on 20th January. The website recommend two books for further reading: Bowden, M (ed) 2000 Furness Iron (published by English Heritage) and Fell, A. 1908 The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District (published by Hume Kitchin in Ulverston.) |
| Court | 23 January 1750 | He was involved in legal proceedings in Colton, LancashireG, on 23 January 1750 The articles of agreement kept in the solicitor's records state that John, said to be of Iconthwaite, gave up his right of way over land called the Bank belonging to John Chamney of Dubber Beck, Colton, yeoman. In return, Chamney sold to John a little parcel of land to the South East end of the Bank, to be walled by John. The witnesses were Richard Robinson and James Waterson. |
| Will | 20 September 1764 | Her estate was settled on 20 September 1764. It is filed in the Western Deaneries records with the date 24th Dec 1764 and describes him as John Massicks, of Ickenthwaite, Colton, Furness, Lancashire, occupation not known. |
| Burial | 25 September 1764 | He was buried on 25 September 1764 in Colton, LancashireG. He was named as John Massicks from Ickenthwaite. |
| Death | 1764 | He died in 1764 in Ickenthwaite, LancashireG. His age was given as 89. |
| Relationship | 5th great-grandmother of Annie West |
| Son | Thomas Massicks (d. January 1725) |
| Daughter | Margaret Massocke (b. 1701/02) |
| Son | William Massick (b. between 1703 and 1704, d. March 1724) |
| Son | John Massicks (b. about 1706, d. August 1707) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Massicks (b. 1708, d. December 1788) |
| Daughter | Jane Massicks (b. 1711) |
| Son | John Massicks (b. 1714, d. 19 March 1796) |
| Daughter | Agnes Massicks+ (b. about 1716, d. November 1790) |
| Name | Agnes Grigge was also known as Agnes Massacks. | |
| Name | She was also known as Agnes Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | She had reference number 1595. | |
| Baptism | 9 April 1671 | She was baptised on 9 April 1671 in Ulverston, LancashireG. This is a possible baptism. She is named as Annas GRIGG, and the father is Will. Grigg. There is also 13th July 1684 at Heversham, Westmorland, Agnes Gregg, the daughter of Benjamin. |
| Birth | 1671 | She was born in 1671. |
| Marriage | 6 July 1701 | She married John Massicks on 6 July 1701 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. They were named as John Massacks and Agnes Grigge. After the marriage, they seem to have lived at Cunsey Forge. |
| Burial | 12 April 1769 | She was buried on 12 April 1769 at Rusland Chapel in Rusland, LancashireG. She is named as Ann Massicks of Ickenthwaite, widow. |
| Death | April 1769 | She died in April 1769 in Ickenthwaite, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 5th great-uncle of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Reference Number | John Massicks had reference number 1596. | |
| Birth | about 1706 | He was born about 1706 The year is assumed, and is based on his burial record. |
| Burial | 22 August 1707 | He was buried on 22 August 1707 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: Burial 22 Aug 1707 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. John Massicks, son of John Massicks. Abode: Cunsey. |
| Death | August 1707 | He died in August 1707 in Cunsey, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 5th great-aunt of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Name | Margaret Massocke was also known as Margaret Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | She had reference number 1597. | |
| Baptism | 25 January 1701/02 | She was baptised on 25 January 1701/02 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: 25 Jan 1701 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Margeret Massocke, the child of John Massocke. Abode: Consey Forge. |
| Birth | 1701/02 | She was born in 1701/02 in Cunsey Forge, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 5th great-uncle of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Reference Number | William Massick had reference number 1598. | |
| Birth | between 1703 and 1704 | He was born between 1703 and 1704 in Cunsey Forge, LancashireG, David Tomkins has this William as marrying Agnes Wilson and being the father of Thomas Massicks born 1751. |
| Baptism | 8 February 1703/04 | He was baptised on 8 February 1703/04 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. William Massick - Child of John Massick. Abode: Consey forge. |
| Death | March 1724 | He died in March 1724 in Thwaitehead, LancashireG. |
| Burial | 3 April 1724 | He was buried on 3 April 1724 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. This is a possible Burial, but it might be his uncle Thomas' son. The entry reads: St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Willm Massicks, Abode: Thwaitehead, Occupation: Apprentice. |
| Relationship | 5th great-aunt of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Reference Number | Elizabeth Massicks had reference number 1599. | |
| Baptism | 15 August 1708 | She was baptised on 15 August 1708 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Elizabeth Massicks, child of John Massicks. Abode: Cunsey Forge. |
| Birth | 1708 | She was born in 1708 in Cunsey Forge, LancashireG. |
| Burial | 26 December 1788 | She was buried on 26 December 1788. Her age was given as 80. |
| Death | December 1788 | She died in December 1788. |
| Relationship | 5th great-aunt of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Reference Number | Jane Massicks had reference number 1600. | |
| Baptism | 27 November 1711 | She was baptised on 27 November 1711 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: Baptism: 27 Nov 1711 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Jane Massicks, child of John Massicks. Abode: Cunsey Forge. |
| Birth | 1711 | She was born in 1711 in Cunsey Forge, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 5th great-uncle of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Name | John Massicks was also known as Massick Massick. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1601. | |
| Baptism | 14 December 1714 | He was baptised on 14 December 1714 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: Baptism 14 Dec 1714 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. John Massick, the child of Jon Massick. Abode: Cunsey. |
| Birth | 1714 | He was born in 1714 in Cunsey Forge, LancashireG. |
| Note | 28 May 1778 | He a churchwarden on 28 May 1778 in Colton, LancashireG, He was named as a churchwarden who was involved in the pledging of a Bastardy Bond in £200 in respect of the bastard child of Betty otherwise Elizabeth Forrest, now of Bouth in the parish of Colton, singlewoman, formerly of Dalton. The other men mentioned are 1. Henry Forrest, late of Satterthwaite, now of Colthouse in the parish of Hawkshead, yeoman, and Robert Otley of Grisedale, yeoman; 2. William Strickland of Bouth, also a churchwarden , Benjamin Pennington of Bandrakehead, Thomas Towers of Bouth, Overseers of the Poor for the parish of Colton. The witnesses were Joseph Keen and John Gibson. |
| Death | 19 March 1796 | He died on 19 March 1796 at Ickenthwaite in Colton, LancashireG. His age was given as 82. |
| Burial | 22 March 1796 | He was buried on 22 March 1796 at St. Paul's Church in Rusland, LancashireG. John MASSICKS of Ickenthwaite, aged 79. |
| Will | 23 May 1796 | Her estate was settled on 23 May 1796. A copy is retained in the Western Deaneries records, together with an inventory of possessions. He is described as John Massicks, of Ickenthwaite, Colton, Furness, Lancashire, a Yeoman His will is available to purchase at https://lccsecure.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/questionnaires/runQuestionnaire.asp?qid=576248. |
| Relationship | 5th great-uncle of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Mother | Agnes Grigge (b. 1671, d. April 1769) |
| Reference Number | Thomas Massicks had reference number 1602. | |
| Baptism | 6 April 1718 | He was baptised on 6 April 1718 in Kirk Andrews upon Esk, CumberlandG. The father was named as Jno Massick. |
| Burial | 2 January 1725 | He was buried on 2 January 1725 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. His age was given as 6. The entry reads: Burial: 2 Jan 1725 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Thomas Massicks, a childe. |
| Death | January 1725 | He died in January 1725 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Annie West |
| Father | Isaac Newton Massicks (b. 1835, d. 12 May 1866) |
| Mother | Mary Atkinson (b. 1835, d. between January 1905 and March 1905) |
| Reference Number | Mary Ann Massicks had reference number 1603. | |
| Baptism | 19 January 1862 | She was baptised on 19 January 1862 in Maryport, CumberlandG. Mary Ann MASSICKS, the child of Isaac and Mary Massicks. |
| Birth | 1862 | She was born in 1862 in Maryport, CumberlandG, The mother's maiden name is Atkinson. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | She was recorded in the census on 2 April 1871 in High Wray, Claife, LancashireG, Mary MASSICK Head W 36 School Teacher Hawkshead Lancs Sarah Ann MASSICKS Daur 10 Scholar Sawrey Lancs Mary Ann MASSICKS Daur 9 Scholar Maryport Cumberland Elizabeth Jane MASSICKS Daur 5 Scholar Maryport Cumberland. |
| Death | between April 1877 and June 1877 | She died between April 1877 and June 1877 in Ulverston, LancashireG. Her age was given as 15. |
| Relationship | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Annie West |
| Father | Isaac Newton Massicks (b. 1835, d. 12 May 1866) |
| Mother | Mary Atkinson (b. 1835, d. between January 1905 and March 1905) |
| Reference Number | Elizabeth Jane Massicks had reference number 1604. | |
| Birth | between July 1865 and September 1865 | She was born between July 1865 and September 1865 in Cockermouth, CumberlandG. |
| Baptism | 6 August 1865 | She was baptised on 6 August 1865 in Maryport, CumberlandG. Elizabeth Jane MASSICKS, the child of Isaac and Mary Massicks. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | She was recorded in the census on 2 April 1871 in High Wray, Claife, LancashireG, Mary MASSICK Head W 36 School Teacher Hawkshead Lancs Sarah Ann MASSICKS Daur 10 Scholar Sawrey Lancs Mary Ann MASSICKS Daur 9 Scholar Maryport Cumberland Elizabeth Jane MASSICKS Daur 5 Scholar Maryport Cumberland. |
| Death | between July 1879 and September 1879 | She died between July 1879 and September 1879 in Ulverston, LancashireG. Her age was given as 14. |
| Relationship | Partner of Ann Massicks (1st cousin 2 times removed of Annie West) |
| Son | William John Dixon (b. 31 March 1876, d. between January 1951 and March 1951) |
| Daughter | Clara Jane Dixon (b. February 1878, d. between October 1926 and December 1926) |
| Daughter | Beatrice Mary Dixon (b. about July 1880, d. between April 1900 and June 1900) |
| Reference Number | William Dixon had reference number 1605. | |
| Birth | 7 April 1852 | He was born on 7 April 1852 in West Broughton, LancashireG, The date is on the baptism record. There are multiple possibilities on the GRO index. |
| Baptism | 2 May 1852 | He was baptised on 2 May 1852 in Ulverston, LancashireG. The parents are William and Elizabeth. |
| Census | 7 April 1861 | He was recorded in the census on 7 April 1861 at Hole Beck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head W 77 Farmer West Broughton Lancs Elizabeth DIXON Daur 12 Scholar West Broughton Lancs Jno DIXON Son 10 Scholar West Broughton Lancs William DIXON Son 9 Scholar West Broughton Lancs Ann DIXON Daur 7 Scholar West Broughton Lancs Jacob DIXON Boarder U 73 Retired Farm Labourer West Broughton Lancs Agnes SINGLETON Servant U 27 Housekeeper West Broughton Lancs Michael FLAMMING Labr U 45 Farm Labourer Coniston Lancs. |
| Marriage | between April 1875 and June 1875 | He married Ann Massicks between April 1875 and June 1875 in Ulverston, LancashireG. The couple are named as Annie Massicks and William Dixon. |
| Census | 3 April 1881 | He was recorded in the census on 3 April 1881 at Hole Beck, West Broughton, in Broughton in Furness, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 30 Farmer of 41 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy Broughton West Lancs Anne DIXON Wife M 32 Torver Lancs William J DIXON Son 5 Broughton West Lancs Clara J DIXON Daur 3 Broughton West Lancs Beatrice M DIXON Daur 9m Broughton West Lancs Jane MASSICKS MaLaw W 71 Annuitant Cartmel Lancs Thomas BARLOW Serv U 69 Farm Servant Indoor Cartmel Lancs John TODD Serv U 13 Farm Servant Indoor Kirkby Ireleth Lancs [The address on the census form is Hall Beck, which is clearly a mishearing or misreading of Hole Beck] Witness Role: Resident [I1581] Ann MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1606] William John DIXON Witness Role: Resident [I1607] Clara Jane DIXON Witness Role: Resident [I1608] Beatrice Mary DIXON Witness Role: Resident [I1579] Jane BARLOW. |
| Census | 5 April 1891 | He was recorded in the census on 5 April 1891 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 37 Farmer Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 24 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 15 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 13 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Beatrice M DIXON Daur U 10 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 2 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 0 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Margaret E HOGG Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Green, Westmorland. |
| Census | 31 March 1901 | He was recorded in the census on 31 March 1901 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 47 Farmer Broughton in Furness Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 34 Barrow in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 25 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 23 Farmers Daughter Broughton in Furness Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 12 Broughton in Furness Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 10 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Joseph J DIXON Son U 8 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Alice M V DIXON Daur U 6 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Agnes C DIXON Daur U 4 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Bessie I DIXON Daur U 1 Broughton in Furness Lancashire. |
| Census | 2 April 1911 | He was recorded in the census on 2 April 1911 at 11 Green Cottage in Torver, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 60 Retired Farmer Hole Beck Broughton in Furness Betsy DIXON Wife M 44 Haw Coat Dalton in Furness Sarah Vickers DIXON Daur U 22 Confectioner own account Hole Beck Broughton in Furness Margrate Vickers DIXON Daur 9 School Hole Beck Broughton in Furness Fred DIXON Son 5 School Hole Beck Broughton in Furness The house had 6 rooms William and Betsy had been married for 23 years Betsey had 8 children, all still alive. |
| Death | between January 1918 and March 1918 | He died between January 1918 and March 1918 in Torver, LancashireG. |
| Burial | 15 March 1918 | He was buried on 15 March 1918 at St Lukes Church in Torver, LancashireG. William DIXON aged 65. |
| Relationship | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Annie West |
| Father | William Dixon (b. 7 April 1852, d. between January 1918 and March 1918) |
| Mother | Ann Massicks (b. between April 1848 and June 1848, d. between April 1882 and June 1882) |
| Reference Number | William John Dixon had reference number 1606. | |
| Birth | 31 March 1876 | He was born on 31 March 1876 in West Broughton, LancashireG. |
| Baptism | 19 April 1876 | He was baptised on 19 April 1876 in CumberlandG. The parents are William and Anne. |
| Census | 5 April 1891 | He was recorded in the census on 5 April 1891 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 37 Farmer Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 24 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 15 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 13 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Beatrice M DIXON Daur U 10 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 2 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 0 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Margaret E HOGG Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Green, Westmorland. |
| Census | 31 March 1901 | He was recorded in the census on 31 March 1901 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 47 Farmer Broughton in Furness Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 34 Barrow in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 25 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 23 Farmers Daughter Broughton in Furness Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 12 Broughton in Furness Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 10 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Joseph J DIXON Son U 8 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Alice M V DIXON Daur U 6 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Agnes C DIXON Daur U 4 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Bessie I DIXON Daur U 1 Broughton in Furness Lancashire. |
| Census | 19 June 1921 | He was recorded in the census on 19 June 1921 at Priory Park Farm in Ulverston, LancashireG, John Whinfield BENSON Head 39y 4m Married Ulverston Lancashire Farmer Dairy employer Margaret Wilson BENSON Wife 33y 3m Married Egton cum Newland Lancashire Home Duties Thomas Park BENSON Son 4y 7m Egton cum Newland Lancashire Margaret J BENSON Daughter 2y 11m Ulverston Lancashire Thomas SCROGHAM Servant 30y 2m Single Ulverston Lancashire Horseman for JW Benson at Priory Park Farm Ulverston William J DIXON Servant 45y 3m Single Woodland Lancashire Cowman for JW Benson at Priory Park Farm Ulverston Richard ALMOND Servant 16y 9m Single Urswick Lancashire Farm Laborer for JW Benson at Priory Park Farm Ulverston Walter GLANFIELD Servant 15y 3m Farm Laborer for JW Benson at Priory Park Farm Ulverston Esther HILLS Servant 18y 10m Single Barrow in Furness Lancashire general domestic work for for JW Benson at Priory Park Farm Ulverston. |
| Census | 29 September 1939 | He was recorded in the 1939 Register on 29 September 1939 in Torver Park, LancashireG, Sarah V DIXON 10 Mar 1889 Female House Keeper (Paid) Single 10 1 Joseph J DIXON 08 Dec 1893 Male Roadstone Quarry Man Widowed 10 2 William J DIXON 31 Mar 1876 Male Roadman on Public Roads Single 10 3. |
| Death | between January 1951 and March 1951 | He died between January 1951 and March 1951 in Ulverston, LancashireG. |
| Burial | 4 February 1951 | He was buried on 4 February 1951 at St Luke's Church in Torver, LancashireG. William John DIXON aged 74. |
| Relationship | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Annie West |
| Father | William Dixon (b. 7 April 1852, d. between January 1918 and March 1918) |
| Mother | Ann Massicks (b. between April 1848 and June 1848, d. between April 1882 and June 1882) |
| Reference Number | Clara Jane Dixon had reference number 1607. | |
| Birth | February 1878 | She was born in February 1878 in West Broughton, LancashireG, This information is derived from the 1881 census. |
| Baptism | 2 March 1878 | She was baptised on 2 March 1878 in Broughton in Furness, LancashireG. Clara Jane DIXON, the child of William and Anne Dixon of Holbeck. William was a Farmer. |
| Census | 5 April 1891 | She was recorded in the census on 5 April 1891 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 37 Farmer Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 24 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 15 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 13 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Beatrice M DIXON Daur U 10 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 2 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 0 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Margaret E HOGG Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Green, Westmorland. |
| Census | 31 March 1901 | She was recorded in the census on 31 March 1901 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 47 Farmer Broughton in Furness Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 34 Barrow in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 25 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 23 Farmers Daughter Broughton in Furness Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 12 Broughton in Furness Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 10 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Joseph J DIXON Son U 8 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Alice M V DIXON Daur U 6 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Agnes C DIXON Daur U 4 Broughton in Furness Lancashire Bessie I DIXON Daur U 1 Broughton in Furness Lancashire. |
| Census | 19 June 1921 | She was recorded in the census on 19 June 1921 at 12 Church Street in Ulverston, LancashireG, Thomas WOODEND Head 76y 11m Widower Kirkby Ireleth Lancashire Grocer Retired Clara Jane DIXON Servant 43y 4m Single Broughton in Furness Lancashire Housekeeper. |
| Death | between October 1926 and December 1926 | She died between October 1926 and December 1926 in Ulverston, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Annie West |
| Father | William Dixon (b. 7 April 1852, d. between January 1918 and March 1918) |
| Mother | Ann Massicks (b. between April 1848 and June 1848, d. between April 1882 and June 1882) |
| Reference Number | Beatrice Mary Dixon had reference number 1608. | |
| Baptism | 24 July 1880 | She was baptised on 24 July 1880 in CumberlandG. Beatrice Mary DIXON the child of William and Ann Dixon of Holbeck. William was a Farmer. |
| Birth | about July 1880 | She was born about July 1880 in West Broughton, LancashireG, This information is derived from the 1881 census. |
| Census | 5 April 1891 | She was recorded in the census on 5 April 1891 at Holebeck in West Broughton, LancashireG, William DIXON Head M 37 Farmer Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Betsy DIXON Wife M 24 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire William J DIXON Son U 15 Farmers Son Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Clara J DIXON Daur U 13 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Beatrice M DIXON Daur U 10 Scholar Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Sarah V DIXON Daur U 2 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire James W DIXON Son U 0 Broughton in Furness, Lancashire Margaret E HOGG Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Green, Westmorland. |
| Death | between April 1900 and June 1900 | She died between April 1900 and June 1900 in Ulverston, LancashireG. possible death. |
| Relationship | Partner of Mary Jane Massicks (1st cousin 2 times removed of Annie West) |
| Reference Number | John Parker had reference number 1609. | |
| Birth | about 1842 | He was born about 1842 in Torver, LancashireG, This information is derived from the 1881 census. There are two possibilities on the GRO index Sep 1841 the mother's maiden name is Smith Jun 1842 the mother's maiden name is Allen. |
| Census | 30 March 1851 | He was recorded in the census on 30 March 1851 at Hazel Hall in Torver, LancashireG, John PARKER Head M 48 Farmer of 66 acres Torver Lancs Elizabeth PARKER Wife M 44 Kirkby Ireleth Lancs Agnes PARKER Daur 17 Torver Lancs William PARKER Son 14 Torver Lancs Sarah PARKER Daur 12 Torver Lancs John PARKER Son 9 Schoaler Torver Lancs George PARKER Son 7 Schoaler Torver Lancs Ann PARKER Daur 5 Torver Lancs Elizabeth PARKER Daur 7m Torver Lancs. |
| Census | 7 April 1861 | He was recorded in the census on 7 April 1861 at Hazel Hall in Torver, LancashireG, John PARKER Head M 58 Landed Proprietor Lancs Elizabeth PARKER Wife M 54 Lancs William PARKER Son U 20 Farmer's son Lancs John PARKER Son U 19 Farmer's son Lancs George PARKER Son U 17 Farmer's son Lancs Elizabeth PARKER Daur 10 Farmer's daughter Lancs John STEEL SonLaw M 27 Ag Lab Lancs Agnes Steel SonWife M 27 Lancs. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | He was recorded in the census on 2 April 1871 at Hazelhall in Torver, LancashireG, Elizabeth PARKER Head W 64 Landowner 50 acres Kirkby Lancs William PARKER Son U 34 Landowner's son Torver Lancs John PARKER Son U 29 Landowner's son Torver Lancs Elizabeth PARKER Daur U 20 Landowner's Daur Torver Lancs John Parker STEEL GrnSon 9 Scholar Torver Lancs. |
| Marriage | between October 1871 and December 1871 | He married Mary Jane Massicks between October 1871 and December 1871 in Ulverston, CumberlandG. |
| Census | 3 April 1881 | He was recorded in the census on 3 April 1881 at Green Rigg in Torver, LancashireG, John PARKER Head M 39 Agricultural Labourer Torver Lancs Mary Jane PARKER Wife M 39 Torver Lancs Sarah STEEL Niece 7 Scholar Broughton in Furness Lancs Witness Role: Resident [I1580] Mary Jane MASSICKS. |
| Death | between April 1882 and June 1882 | He died between April 1882 and June 1882 in Ulverston, LancashireG. This is a possible death. His age was given as 40. |
| Relationship | 1st cousin 2 times removed of Annie West |
| Father | Thomas Massicks (b. 12 March 1799, d. 11 April 1852) |
| Mother | Jane Barlow (d. 29 June 1883) |
| Son | Thomas Henry Massicks+ (b. 5 February 1864) |
| Son | John Jackson Massicks (b. between October 1865 and December 1865, d. 23 September 1936) |
| Daughter | Mary Ann Massicks+ (b. between January 1869 and March 1869) |
| Daughter | Margaret Eleanor Massicks (b. between April 1871 and June 1871, d. 21 June 1935) |
| Son | Isaac William Massicks+ (b. between October 1873 and December 1873, d. about 1959) |
| Son | David Massicks (b. between July 1876 and September 1876, d. 1895) |
| Daughter | Agnes Jane Massicks (b. between July 1879 and September 1879, d. 1964) |
| Daughter | Edith Massicks (b. between January 1883 and March 1883) |
| Name | James Massicks was also known as James Massacks. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1610. | |
| Birth | between July 1837 and September 1837 | He was born between July 1837 and September 1837 in Ulverston, LancashireG. |
| Baptism | 26 August 1837 | He was baptised on 26 August 1837 in Torver, LancashireG. The entry reads: 26 Aug 1837 James, son of Thomas & Mary Massicks, Torver Churchhouse, publ [Note the error in his mother's name]. |
| Census | 6 June 1841 | He was recorded in the census on 6 June 1841 at Church House in Torver, LancashireG, Thomas MASSICKS 40 Farmer Y Jane MASSICKS 30 Y Isaac MASSICKS 5 Y James MASSICKS 3 Y Margaret BAINES 15 Female Servant Y. |
| Census | 30 March 1851 | He was recorded in the census on 30 March 1851 at Raisdale in Church Coniston, LancashireG, Wm FLEMING Head M 44 Taylor and Draper employing 6 hands Coniston Lancs Martha M FLEMING Wife M 40 Grassington Yorks George FLEMING Son 11 Scholar Coniston Lancs Elizabeth FLEMING Daur 7 Scholar Coniston Lancs Mason FLEMING Son 5 Scholar Coniston Lancs Allan FLEMING Son 3 Coniston Lancs William B FLEMING Son 2 Coniston Lancs Daniel STEPHENSON Journeyman U 22 Taylor Journeyman Cumberland (Place unreadable) William FLEMING Journeyman U 21 Taylor Journeyman Langdale Westmorland John BOWNESS Apprentice 17 Apprentice Taylor Elterwater Westmorland William THWAITS Apprentice 15 Apprentice Taylor Coniston Lancs Jas MASSICKS Apprentice Taylor 13 Torver Lancs Elizabeth THOMPSON Servant U 15 House Servant Bootle Cumberland Daniel BOWDIN Lodger U 27 Clark to Copper Mining Co Hebden Yorks. |
| Census | 7 April 1861 | He was recorded in the census on 7 April 1861 at Square in West Broughton, LancashireG, Ann BARWICK Head W 55 Linen & Woollen Draper & Tailor employing 4 men Eskdale Cumberland James BARWICK Son U 19 Broughton Lancs Hartley POOLE Brother U 48 Tailor Broughton Lancs Eleanor STEELE Servant U 21 Domestic Servant Kirby Ireleth Lancs Johnathan STEEL Boarder U 26 Tailor Coniston Lancs James MASSICKS Boarder U 23 Tailor Torver Lancs John KITCHEN Boarder U 18 Tailor Broughton Lancs. |
| Marriage | September 1863 | He married Margaret Jackson in September 1863 in Bootle, CumberlandG. This couple emigrated to Australia and founded the Australian and New Zealand branches of the Massicks family. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | He was recorded in the census on 2 April 1871 at Market Place in Millom, CumberlandG, James MASSACKS Head M 33 Tailor Torver Lancs Margret MASSACKS Wife M 31 Tailor's wife Millom Cumberland Thomas H MASSACKS Son 7 Scholar Millom Cumberland John MASSACKS Son 5 Scholar Millom Cumberland Mary A MASSACKS Daur 2 Millom Cumberland John SCOTT Boarder U 22 Tailor Blawith Lancs Hannah RICHARDSON Servant U 18 Domestic Servant Liverpool Lancs. |
| Census | 3 April 1881 | He was recorded in the census on 3 April 1881 at 4 King Street in Millom, CumberlandG, James MASSICKS Head M 44 Tailor & Draper Torver Lancs Margaret MASSICKS Wife M 40 Green Cumberland Thomas Henry MASSICKS Son 17 Clerk at Iron Works Millom Cumberland John J MASSICKS Son 15 Engine Fitter Millom Cumberland Mary A MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Millom Cumberland Isaac MASSICKS Son 7 Scholar Millom Cumberland David MASSICKS Son 4 Millom Cumberland Agnes MASSICKS Daur 1 Millom Cumberland Witness Role: Resident [I1965] Margaret JACKSON Witness Role: Resident [I1966] Thomas Henry MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1967] John Jackson MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1968] Mary Ann MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1969] Isaac William MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1970] David MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1971] Agnes Jane MASSICKS. |
| Emigration | 18 April 1884 | He emigrated from Glasgow, ScotlandG, to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 18 April 1884 Jas Massicks Age: 46 Departure date: 18 Apr 1884 Departure port: Glasgow, Scotland Ship name: Crown of Arragon Arrival date: Jul 1884 Arrival port: Brisbane State: Queensland Country: Australia Record set: Queensland Assisted Immigration 1848-1912. |
| Burial | 3 October 1884 | He was buried on 3 October 1884 at Maryborough Cemetery in Maryborough, Queensland, AustraliaG. His age was given as 44. |
| Death | 1884 | He died in 1884 in Maryborough, Queensland, AustraliaG. He died of Tuberculosis. |
| Relationship | 1st cousin 2 times removed of Annie West |
| Father | Thomas Massicks (b. 12 March 1799, d. 11 April 1852) |
| Mother | Jane Barlow (d. 29 June 1883) |
| Son | John Nixon Massicks (b. between October 1854 and December 1854, d. 8 January 1855) |
| Daughter | Katherine Augusta Barlow Massicks (b. between April 1856 and June 1856, d. between October 1915 and December 1915) |
| Son | Horace Barlow Massicks+ (b. about December 1857, d. 13 February 1924) |
| Daughter | Mary Louisa Massicks (b. between April 1859 and June 1859) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Barlow Massicks+ (b. 29 December 1860, d. 9 March 1943) |
| Son | Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks (b. 12 June 1862, d. 13 April 1899) |
| Daughter | Edith Alexandra Massicks+ (b. 1 January 1864, d. 9 February 1944) |
| Daughter | Marian Horsfall Massicks (b. 21 June 1865, d. 13 December 1946) |
| Son | Alfred Millom Massicks (b. between July 1867 and September 1867, d. between January 1884 and March 1884) |
| Daughter | Clara Agnes Massicks (b. between January 1871 and March 1871) |
| Daughter | Maud Askew Swainson Massicks (b. between April 1874 and June 1874, d. 17 September 1906) |
| Reference Number | Thomas Barlow Massicks had reference number 1611. | |
| Baptism | 1 July 1832 | He was baptised on 1 July 1832 at Bardsea Mill in Urswick, LancashireG. Thomas MASSICKS, the child of Thomas and Jane Massicks of Bardsea Mill. Thomas was a Miller. |
| Birth | 1832 | He was born in 1832 In later years he used the name Thomas Barlow MASSICKS although he was never christened with this name. He married Mary Ann NIXON and Thomas died in 1908 at Croydon, London aged 75 yrs. He moved from Hensingham near Whitehaven, Cumberland in 1880/81 to Millom. He started his working life at the Whitehaven Harbour Board and by the time he left he was an accountant. In Millom he founded the Millom Iron Foundry, transforming the fishing village of Millom into an industrial town. (not a very nice one either !) By this time he already owned five coal and iron mines and the Lady Kate Steamship Co. with three small coastal steamships. He became a J.P. and amongst his numerous children was Thomas Gibson MASSICKS. [This summary was supplied by Roy Massicks]. |
| Census | 6 June 1841 | He was recorded in the census on 6 June 1841 at Shaws Brow in Kendal, WestmorlandG, Matthew NEWTON 45 Tutor N Mary NEWTON 65 N Mary MASSICKS 25 Dressmaker N John MASSICKS 11 N Thos MASSICKS 9 N. |
| Census | 30 March 1851 | He was recorded in the census on 30 March 1851 at Curwen Woods in Holme, WestmorlandG, Elizabeth Anna COTTON Head W 47 Landed Proprietor Land Holder Giberalta British Subject Sarah CIFTON(?) Servant U 29 Housemaid Cross Crake(?) Westmorland Jane COOK Servant U 28 Cook Bentham Yorks John KING Servant U 21 Coachman Lancs Thomas MASSICKS Servant U 18 Footman Bardsea Lancs [The census form gives the address as Cairon Woods, but the surrounding entries confirm that Curwen Woods is correct. An inscription in Burton-in-Kendal church reads: "Cotton (In. S). In memory of Thomas Dicey Cotton of Curwen Woods in this parish Esquire one of the magistrates for the County of Westmorland, eldest son of the late Thomas Cotton of Chase Lodge, Enfield in the County of Middlesex Esquire, he departed life on the 7th day of October 1835, in the 38th years. of his age, and he left one surviving child William Charles Cotton. This monument was erected by his Widow Elizabeth Maria Cotton of Curwen Woods as a tribute of affectionate regard, esteem, and regret. In memory of the above mentioned Elizabeth Maria Cotton who died September 13th 1851 in the 50th years. of her age, also in m. the above mentioned William Charles Cotton of Curwen Woods, who d. June 20th, 1860, in the 28th years. of between 3 cotton banks, in chief label of 3 points. 2 ar. cross flory sa. 3 from sinister, arm and hand holding hammer, 4, 3 mullets ar. Over all inescutcheon. sa. in bend 2 mullets ar. crest, hawk resting on staff." Note that Mrs. Cotton's name is wrongly recorded in the census]. |
| Marriage | 27 February 1854 | He married Mary Ann Nixon on 27 February 1854 at St Thomas' Church in Lancaster, LancashireG. Thomas MASSICKS 21 Gentleman Bachelor of Worvstone, the child of Thomas Massicks Inn Keeper Mary Anne NIXON 22 Spinster of Marton Street, the child of George Nixon Ship Carpenter Witnesses: John Hangling Ring, Dorthy Holling from the Lancaster Gazette, 4th March 1854: MARRIAGES Lancaster.-- On the 27th ult., at St Thomas's Church, by the Rev. Collin Campbell MA., Thomas eldest son of the late Mr Thomas Massicks, of Church House, Trover, to Mary Ann, daughter of the late Mr George Nixon, of Lancaster. |
| Occupation | 25 April 1854 | He opened the Scawfell Hotel in Seascale, CumberlandG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 25th April 1854: ADVERTISEMENT Marine Hotel Seascale, West Cumberland (T. MASSICKS, PROPRIETOR) T. MASSICKS begs to intimate to the Public that he has entered upon the beautifully-situated First Class HOTEL, and Furnished it in such a manner as cannot fail to give Satisfaction. The Scawfell Hotel is within an Hour's Drive of Wastwater, Stanley Gill, Calder Abbey, Muncaster Castle, and other Parts of the Lake District. The Sea Beach is Magnificent. Open and Close Carriages, Cars, &c. BATHS AND BATHING MACHINES [for more information on the hotel, see http://rumbutter.info/gen-cumb-nr-places-seascale/scawfell-hotel. It says that the building and land belonged to John Tyson of Gosforth, draper, who advertised for an innkeeper.]. |
| Note | 6 June 1854 | He hosted a sports event on 6 June 1854 in Seascale, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 13th June 1854: SCAWFELL HOTEL RACES, &c. These races, &c., came off on Tuesday last, the 6th inst., and the weather being beautifully serene were attended by a vast concourse of spectators. The amusements of the day were much enhanced by the presence of the Egremont Brass Band, which at intervals played various lively and "soul stirring airs". The main prize of £10 for horse racing was won by Mr Fearon's "Old Hack", beating two others. The prize of £5, given for the beaten horses was won by Mr Roberts' "Whalebone", beating Mr Massicks' "Fanny Goodwill". For the Wrestling £10 were given, viz., £7 for an all-weight entry; £3 being reserved for the Sixteen last standers. Eighty-seven athletic youths entered... RUNNING HIGH LEAP.-- 8 COMPETITORS... The amusements of the day were wound up by a ball in the evening, and so numerous were the advocates for the dance that the spacious ball-room attached to the Hotel was found to be not at all too large. The dancing was kept up with great spirit until the dawn of the following day, when the festivities were dissolved, and all retired to their respective homes highly delighted with the day's amusements, and the kindness and urbanity of the worthy host and hostess, Mr and Mrs Massicks. |
| Note | 27 February 1855 | He planned a Ball on 27 February 1855 in Seascale, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 27th February 1855: ASSEMBLY AND BALL MR MASSICKS, of the Scawfell Hotel, Seascale, intends having an ASSEMBLY AND BALL, on FRIDAY Evening, March 2nd 1855, when the Attendance of as many Friends as can make it convenient, will be esteemed a favour by, Mr JAMES DICKINSON Mr ANDREW V HERBERT Mr JOHN THOMPSON Stewards Tea on the Table at Six o'Clock P.M. Ladies' Tickets 2s. 6d., Gentlemen's Tickets 4s. 6d., including Refreshments. |
| Note | 14 August 1855 | His hotel was thriving on 14 August 1855 in Seascale, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 14th August 1855: The attractions of the Scawfell Hotel as a healthful and pleasant sea-bathing resort appear to be more generally appreciated than during former seasons. Among the most recent distinguished arrivals at Mr Massicks's Hotel, are the following: Miss Musgrave, Miss Sophia Musgrave, and Miss Burkby, Edenhall, Penrith; James Elliott Esq., Mrs Elliott and family, Liverpool; Mrs Arundell, C Parker and family, Parknook; TH Rawson Esq., and WC Bakewell Esq., Nottingham, &c. &c. |
| Occupation | 10 December 1855 | On 10 December 1855 Thomas Barlow Massicks joined the Harbour Board in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 4th December 1855: MINUTES OF THE HARBOUR COMMITTEE The committee having examined the applications and testimonials of several persons for the situation of inspector of cargoes, unanimously agreed to recommed Mr Thomas Massicks, of Gosforth, for appointment to the Board. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR OF CARGOES MR MUSGRAVE said the next business was the appointment of an Inspector of Cargoes, and read the minute of the harbour committee recommending the appointment of Mr Thomas Massicks, of the Seascale Hotel, Gosforth. Mr YOUNGHUSBAND, as one of the committee, said they had ten applicants for the appointment, but they were unanimously of the opinion they had selected the person best qualified for the office. Mr MUSGRAVE, in compliance with the request of several gentlemen, here read the names of all the applicants. Mr PAITSON proposed that Mr Massicks be appointed. Mr JB WILSON thought it would be better to have someone acquainted with shipping, and would propose an amendment that John Vickers be appointed, but after some explanation from Mr YOUNGHUSBAND he withdrew the proposition. Mr HARRISON seconded Mr Paitson's resolution for the appointment of Mr Massicks, which on being put, was agreed to without opposition. It was agreed that Mr Massicks should enter upon his duties on Monday next. |
| Criminal | 22 February 1856 | He was involved in Court proceedings on 22 February 1856 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 26th February 1856: EVADING HARBOUR DUES A man named William Collister, master of the sloop, Clyde, was charged with evading payment of harbour dues to the extent of 3s. 6d. Mr W Lumb appeared on behalf of the Harbour Trustees to support the charge, which was proved by Mr Thomas Massicks, Inspector of Cargoes. It appeard that the sloop Clyde is of the burden of 35 tons, and had brought a cargo of turnips, hay and scrap iron. Dues were paid at the harbour office on four tons of turnips and one ton of hay. On the inspector making an examination he found that there were ten tons of turnips, and two tons of scrap iron on which duty had not been paid. The captain pleaded that he was entirely ignorant as to the quantity of turnips, and he did not know of the iron. The bench ordered payment of the dues and penalty, together with expenses. The penalty is double the amount of the dues payment of which is evaded. |
| Occupation | 15 May 1856 | On 15 May 1856 Thomas Barlow Massicks took over the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Market Place, in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 17th June 1856: ADVERTISEMENT WHEAT SHEAF INN, MARKET PLACE MR T MASSICKS (late of the Seascale Hotel) begs to announce his entrey upon the above Inn, and trusts that by keeping a WELL-REGULATED HOUSE and a choice Selection of WINES, SPIRITS and MALT-LIQUORS, he will receive his share of Public Patronage and Support. Whitehaven, 15th May, 1856. |
| Criminal | 17 July 1856 | He was involved in Court proceedings on 17 July 1856 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 22nd July 1856: EVASION OF HARBOUR DUES Since the appointment of Mr Massicks as Inspector of Cargoes it has been clearly established that previously the revenue of the Harbour Trustees suffered to a very serious extent by the continued evasion of duties to a considerable amount. Even now, notwithstanding it is well known among the masters of vessels trading to the port that an intelligent and active inspector has been appointed to induce honesty, attempts at evasion are frequent, and nothing can exceed the pertinacity of some of the masters of small Manx vessels in asserting their entire ignorance of having certain goods on board, which in some instances form a considerable portion of their cargo. Nothing can possibly exceed the folly of this, especially when we consider that for the merest chance of saving a few pence the offenders subject themselves to a penalty, which, with the expenses of proceedings, varies from ten to twenty times the amount of the dues they seek to evade. On Thursday last, at the Town Hall, before George Harrison, Esq., and S Lindow, Esq., two men, masters of Manx vessels, named Edward M'Gibbon and Charles Clague, were charged by Mr Massicks with evading payment of certain harbour dues. M'Gibbon had on board his vessel upwards of two tons of scrap iron, which he had brought from the Isle of Man, but the existence of which he entirely overlooked when he called at the harbour office. The duties chargable on this iron amounted to 5d. The bench inflicted a fine of double the amount of the dues, which, with the expenses, amounted to 9s. 10d. Clague, had a considerable quantity of barley aboard, the existence of which he denied all knowledge of even after Mr Massicks had discovered that it had been delivered to a corn factor in the town. The dues in this instance amounted to 1s., and the bench ordered the defendant to pay double that amount and 9s. in expenses. |
| Criminal | 30 October 1856 | He was involved in Court proceedings on 30 October 1856 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 4th November 1856: EVASION OF HARBOUR DUES On Thursday last, at the Town Hall, Whitehaven, before George Harrison, Esq., John Spencer, Esq., FLB Dykes, Esq., and John Dickinson, Esq., John M'Millan, Captain of the Schooner, Sarah, was charged by Mr Massicks, Inspector of Cargoes, with evading the dues chargable on 42 quarters of grain, amounting to the sum of 6s. 2d. It appears to have been the general practice hitherto for Captains to enter, through their broker, only a portion of their cargo, and thereby evade the duties payable on the remainder. This the Trustees are determined to put a stop to by prosecuting all parties who shall hereafter be detected in such attempts at evasion. The charge against Capt. M'Millan was fully proved and the bench inflicted a penalty of double the amount of the dues and 9s. expenses. |
| Criminal | 6 November 1856 | He was involved in Court proceedings on 6 November 1856 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 11th November 1856: EVASION OF HARBOUR DUES At the Town Hall, on Thursday, before the officiating magistrates, Wm. Boadle, captain of the Maria, of Whitehaven, was charged by Mr Massicks, Inspector of cargoes, with evading the dues chargable on a certain quantity of Indian corn, by bringing a larger cargo than was entered in the ship's papers. The extent to which the evasion had been practiced in the case under notice was 10s. 1½d. Mr Tomlinson, managing owner of the vessel, appeared in lieu of the captain, who had gone to sea. The evasion was clearly established and the defendant was mulcted in double the amount of dues, and expenses. |
| Occupation | 2 December 1856 | On 2 December 1856 Thomas Barlow Massicks was applying for a pay increase in Whitehaven, WhitehavenG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 2nd December 1856: THE TOWN TRUSTEES - APPLICATIONS FOR INCREASES SALARIES It will be remembered by readers of the Pacquet that at the last meeting of the Trustees, two of the officers applied for increase in salary. These were Mr Thomas Massicks, Inspector of Cargoes, and Mr Thomas Boustead, collector of Lamp and PavingRate. At the time we abstained from comment, because the application were referred, without discussion, to the committees of the respective departments. The approach of another Trustee meeting, at which, we suppose, in the ordinary course of business, the applications will be discussed, affords a timely opportunity for offering a few comments. Taking the application of Mr Massicks as the first in order, we have no hesitation in saying at once that this officer is underpaid, considering the extent and nature of his duties and their value, in a pecuniary point of view, to the Trustees. The duties of Inspector of Cargoes are in themselves somewhat onerous, but when Mr Massicks accepted the office it was with the understanding that he should attend at the Harbour Office from 10 o'clock AM to 3 PM, and that, in addition to his own duties, he should assist Mr Richardson in keeping the harbour accounts. There was also a further understanding, that, should the newly-created office prove of as much importance as was expected by several of the Trustees, the salary, which was fixed at £40 per year, should be advanced. Since his appointment, Mr Massicks has discharged his duties in a most efficient and praiseworthy manner, and in consequence of his appointment there is every reason to suppose that several hundred pounds a year go into the coffers of the Trust which was entirely lost before. This would, in itself, be a sufficient reason for a favourable consideration of his application. But he does not rest here. He expresses his willingness to undertake any new duties which would enable the Trustees to give him an addition to his present miserable stipend. While we constantly oppose any unnecessary expenditure of the public money, we at the same time think it bad policy to pay efficient and active officials with a niggard hand. Hence we think an increase of salary to the Inspector of Cargoes is only giving the officer his due, and that it would be advantageous to the interests of the Trust. [The article goes on to pour scorn on the other application, and suggest that Mr Boustead resign if he felt he was underpaid]. |
| Occupation | 9 December 1856 | On 9 December 1856 his application was granted in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 9th December 1856: HARBOUR COMMITTEE Meeting of the Harbour Committee on 2nd. December 1856. The committee having considered the application of Mr Massicks, inspector of cargoes, for an increase of salary, recommended the Board of Trustees to advance his salary to £12 10s. per quarter, with three months notice for terminating the agreement. Mr Massicks having reported a case of evasion of Harbour dues on corn imported, resolved that he be directed to calll on Mr Thomas Jackson, and state that the committee can only withdraw their summons in this case against the Captain of the vessel on payment of the proper dues and costs.-- That six gas lamps be put up on the Bulwark in the places most suitable for the shipping berths; and that the Gas Company be requested to resume the lighting forthwith. That the Harbour Master be directed to get the necessary repairs of the Dredger executed -- That Life Belts be ordered for the crew of the Life Boat, and a small pump for the boat's well. |
| Occupation | 23 December 1856 | On 23 December 1856 Thomas Barlow Massicks advertised that he was leaving the public house in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 23rd December 1856: ADVERTISEMENT THE WHEAT SHEAF INN TO LET All that well-accustomed INN, situated in the Market Place, Whitehaven, known by the name of the Wheat Sheaf, and at present in the Occupation of Mr Massicks. Possession may be had at Whitsuntide next. For Particulars apply to the owner, Mrs BIRKETT, the Priory; or to Mr Wm. CORMICK. No. 31, Market Place, Whitehaven, by whom Proposals will be received up to the 24th December. |
| Criminal | 5 March 1857 | He was involved in Court proceedings on 5 March 1857 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 10th March 1857: EVASION OF HARBOUR DUES On Thursday last, at the Town Hall, before the officiating justices, William Hamilton, cement manufacturer, was charged with evading payment of dues on ten tons of alabaster imported into Whitehaven, amounting to 1s. 3d. The charge being full proved, the defendant was adjudged to pay double the amount of the dues and costs. -- On the same day, Thomas Jackson, corn factor, appeared to answer a charge of evading payment of 1s 1½d, the amount of the dues chargable on six tons of linseed oil-cake. Thomas Massicks, inspector of cargoes, on being sworn, stated that on the 24th ult. a quantity of linseed oil-cake was shipped on board the sloop Lark for Scotland, and on making enquires he was informed by the Captain that the defendant would pay the dues. After waiting several days to give the defendant an opportunity of paying the money, he took out the summons. The defendant stated that he imported the oil-cake, which was brought by the steamer from Liverpool. On it being landed, he sold it to the captain of the Lark while it remained on the quay. A witness was called to prove that he was taking a portion of the oil-cake from the pier to the warehouse, but the defendant refused to take it in in consequence of having sold it. Other witnesses were called to prove that they were engaged and paid by the captain to put the oilcake on board the Lark. After hearing the whole of the evidence the bench dismissed the case. |
| Criminal | 9 April 1857 | He was involved in Court proceedings on 9 April 1857 in Whitehaven, WhitehavenG, from the Cumberland Pacquet, 14th April 1857: EVASION OF HARBOUR DUES At the Town Hall, on Thursday last, Barclay Cousins, builder, was charged by Thomas Massicks, inspector of cargoes, with evading payment of the harbour dues on 13 tons of freestone which he had exported. The amount of dues chargable on the stone was 1s. 4d. and the illeged evasion took place on the 2nd. inst. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the defendant had shipped the stone on board the schooner Margaret of Belfast, without having first paid the dues; but the Inspector did not think the evasion was intentional. His worship, after hearing the evidence, fined the defendant in the penalty of double the dues and expenses. |
| Occupation | 19 June 1858 | On 19 June 1858 Thomas Barlow Massicks was promoted by the Harbour Board in Whitehaven, LancashireG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 22nd June 1858: THE NEW RECEIVER OF HARBOUR DUES On reference to another part of our paper, it will be found that an adjourned meeting of the Trustees of the Town and Harbour of Whitehaven was held on Saturday, to appoint a Receiver of Harbour Dues in place of the late Mr Richardson; and we beg to congratulate the ratepayers, and, in fact, every one at all interested in the matter, on the choice the Trustees have made. In offering some remarks on the subject in our last, we studiously avoided entering into any comparison of the relative merits of the candidates for the vacant office; but we ventured to express a belief that the Trustees would put "the right man in the right place", and, so far as we are informed on the subject, the public opinion is that they have justified the conviction which we entertained. It will be seen that Mr Massicks was elected by a very large majority, and we feel certain that he will discharge the onerous duties of the office in a way that will demonstrate, in the most practical manner, the wisdom of the selection which the Trustees have made. Mr Massicks has very ably fulfilled the position of Inspector of Cargoes for the last three years, in the course of which period he has had ample opportunities of obtaining an insight into the duties of the higher office to which he has now succeeded, and which, we believe, he is in every way capable of performing so as to insure the greatest possible amount of advantage to the Trust, and at the same time add to that stock of fair fame which he has already earned himself among the inhabitants, by his assiduity and business-like habits, coupled with the attention and urbanity of manners with which he has so faithfully fulfilled the office he has hitherto held under the Harbour Trust. For a long time past, Mr Massicks has not only lent an efficient helping hand in the discharge of the important and responsible duties of Receiver of Harbour Dues, but has necessarily had their entire management, in consequence of the delicate state of health under which the late trustworthy and much lamented Receiver had the misfortune to labour. But for a notice of motion that has been given on the subject, we should not have adverted further to the question of salary at present. Last week, we discussed briefly, the policy of the reduction that has been made, on the score of economy, and expressed the hope that the determination which has been arrived at will be reversed. However, on the principle that second thought is sometimes best, we would now suggest that a reversal of the resolution fixing the future salary of the receiver of Harbour dues at £100 instead of £125 a year, had better be deferred to the present. It is undesirable for public bodies to give way to a practice of doing a given act one day and undoing it the next, though we are as strongly of opinion as ever that the reduction in question was as uncalled-for as it is unjustifiable. To add new work -- to increase the hours of attendance -- to require a larger bond, and at the same time to decrease the amount of remuneration for the duties performed, is economy with a vengeance. But where is either the sense or justice? Echo answers, "Where?" The newly appointed official takes his post "for better and for worse," we suppose; but if he is to be dealt with in this way, as regards his salary, he may soon find his office like the Irishman's wife, "all worse". We don't believe that this will be the case; on the contrary, we have a guarantee in the notice of motion alluded to that it will not. We have assigned a reason why we think it preferable that the notice it should not be persisted in, and we shall be glad to learn at the next meeting of the Trustees that it has been withdrawn. Mr Massicks, it appears, is content to take office at the reduced salary, relying, probably, as we think he may do safely, that the ability and inclination of the Trustees to appreciate a faithful and valuable servant will, ere long, far outweigh that cheese-pairing kind of policy, which only seems to be economy, and effects no real and appreciable saving. There is only one thing to be regretted in connection with the late appointment, and that is the fracas which occurred at the meeting at which that appointment took place, through the indiscretion (to use the very mildest term) of one of the candidates. Mr Patman was no doubt exceedingly anxious for election to the office of Receiver of Harbour Dues, but we must say that the course he thought proper to pursue, with a view, we suppose, of helping his election, was of all other courses best calculated to prevent his attainment of that object. If his friends had a wish to force him into the situation, and he had been determined not to accept it, we cannot conceive how he could have more effectually frustrated their design by penning a letter to one of the Trustees imputing to the Chairman of that body motives of the most corrupt and unworthy character. We readily insert for Mr Patman in another column a letter which he has addressed to us, and through us to the public, in vindication of his conduct. We really do not see the vindication, which professes to be twofold; first, the ill-advised and unlucky letter addressed by Mr Patman to Mr Wilson was private and confidential, and ought therefore to all been sacredly withheld from the public; secondly, a reassertion, if anything, of the grievous imputation it contained. At all events, there is an attempt to justify the imputation. I did not fabricate the report myself, says Mr Patman; it was concocted by someone else, but it was quite current. I heard it, "many gentlemen of undoubted veracity" heard it, and upon their authority -- the authority, forsooth, of a hearsay rumour, I traduced to the character of the Chairman of the Trustee Board. But, then, in easement of conscience, Mr Patman made the statement in what he considered a confidential note. Was that note confidential? If we are rightly informed Mr Wilson had no intimation of anything of the sort. Then, what was the course for Mr Wilson to adopt? Clearly the letter was addressed to him in his public capacity, as a member of the Trust Board, because it contained an application for Mr Wilson's support at the pending election; and, as we understand the matter, the imputation of corrupt motives as against the Chairman, was one of the grounds upon which the appeal to Mr Wilson was made. Had the letter being couched in the ordinary terms used by candidates for public situations, we probably should never have heard of its existence, but when it contained the grave charges it did against the Chairman of the Trustee Board, we conceive Mr Wilson had no other course open to him than to acquaint his fellow trustees with it; and we are sure this was done, as will be seen from our report of the meeting, in the most delicate manner possible. We, however would go further. We contend that any member of the Trust having received such a letter from a candidate for a highly responsible situation under the trust, ought, if he acted honestly towards that trust, to have laid the entire contents of that letter before it, previous to the nomination of any candidate, and thus have given his colleagues an opportunity of judging whether an individual who could evince such a fearful lack of discretion as to assail the chairman on grounds as offensive and disparaging to that gentleman as they were unfounded, was worthy of holding the situation to which he aspired. This we maintain was the duty of an honest and fearless member of that Board, lest the other members of the Board, not being in possession of the facts of which he was cognisant, should proceed to the election of a candidate who had shown himself undeserving of such implicit confidence as a public board ought to be able to repose in those engaged in their services, and for whose conduct they are in a great measure, morally, if not legally, responsible. This was the line of duty which Mr Wilson marked out for himself, and we think it was an aggravation of the folly of Mr Patman's conduct on the part of his friends (?) to endeavour to shield him from the consequences by casting out insinuations which Mr Wilson properly denounced as "impertinent". |
| Occupation | 19 July 1858 | On 19 July 1858 Thomas Barlow Massicks joined the committee of the Mechanic's Institute in Whitehaven, LancashireG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 20th July 1858: THE INSTITUTE The half-yearly meeting of the members of the Whitehaven Mechanics Institution was held yesterday (Monday) evening, when the report of the committee, which was a somewhat lengthy document, was presented and adopted. The Institution appears to be in a satisfactory position. The receipts had been £55 3s 10½d, and the payments including £3 11s incurred by the Building Committee, £49 19s 4d leaving a balance of £6 4s 6½d. The number of members on the book is 296, being an increase of 23 upon the previous half-year. H Cook, Esq. was elected president; Mr S Armstrong, Secretary; and Messrs. T Massicks, H Kkitchen, Peter Forsyth, W Birkett, J Carlyle, J Jackson, and H Hampton, were appointed on the committee. |
| Occupation | 13 September 1858 | On 13 September 1858 Thomas Barlow Massicks requested that repairs be made at his workplace in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 14th September 1858: REPAIRS TO THE HARBOUR OFFICE A letter from Mr Massicks, the Receiver, calling the attention of the Trustees to some repairs required in the harbour-office, was read; and after a short conversation, the repairs were ordered to be done. |
| Occupation | 11 July 1859 | On 11 July 1859 his salary was increased in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 12th July 1859: HARBOUR COLLECTOR'S SALARY Mr COLLINS then brought forward the motion of which he had given notice, for increasing the salary paid to Mr Massicks, the collector of harbour dues, to £125. The late collector, he observed, received a salary of £125, and he did not see upon what principle the salary was reduced when the present collector was appointed. The duties of the office had increased, in consequence of the dues having increased in amount. The returns for the last eight years showed a very considerable increase. In the year 1850, the dues collected amounted to £7,582; and in 1858, they showed a very satisfactory increase to £12,203. This increase must have made the duties of collector more onerous, and consequently, largely increased his reponsibility to the trustees and to the public. In 1823, when the receipts were only £6,000, the salary was £125; but it appeared subsequently to have been reduced, and in 1854 it was increased, the late collector receiving, as he had stated, £125 per annum. MR BUCKHAM seconded the motion. Mr Massicks performed the duties of his office remarkably well, and those duties were now greater than they had been before. The CHAIRMAN quite concurred in the remarks made by the preceding speakers on this subject; and put the motion, which wa carried unanimously. |
| Note | 13 October 1859 | He contributed to the building of a school on 13 October 1859 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Whitehaven News, 13th October 1859: WHITEHAVEN REFUGE SCHOOL The committed gratefully acknowledge the following donations since their last advertisment. The building is far advanced, and is to be finished in November. The sum of £135 is still required to complete and finish it, to realize which the Committee faithfully trust to the benevolent who have not yet recorded their contributions, and who feel disposed to assist in providing sufficient room to carry on more efficiently the above institution:-- ....Mr Thomas Massicks 10s.... |
| Census | 7 April 1861 | He was recorded in the census on 7 April 1861 at E Side Road in Hensingham, CumberlandG, Thomas MASSICKS Head M 28 Collector of Harbour Dues Whaven Ulverston Lancs Mary A MASSICKS Wife M 29 Lancaster Lancs Katherine A MASSICKS Daur 4 Scholar Whoolsy(?) Cumb Horace(?) MASSICKS Son 3 Hensingham Cumb Mary L MASSICKS Daur 2 Whitehaven Cumb Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 3m Hensingham Cumb Jane Dixon MaLaw W 58 Lancaster Lancs. |
| Note | 15 August 1861 | He seems to have upset someone on 15 August 1861 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Whitehaven News, 15th August 1861: Mr MASSICKS'S APPLICATION FOR ADVANCE OF SALARY To the editor of the Whitehaven News Sir, -- Whilst perusing your widely-circulated paper about three or four weeks ago, I met with a well-timed article upon the application made by Mr Massicks, Collector of Harbour Dues at this port, for an advance of salary of £25 per year. Upon reading the report of the proceedings of the Trustee meeting at which Mr Massicks made this application, I found that the decision of the question was to stand over till another meeting, which, I suppose, will shortly take place. Therefore, with your permission, I will proceed to make a few observations upon the subject, which may perhaps be of some use to the Trustees in assisting them to come to that conclusion whichI believe the majority of the ratepayers in this town think ought to be arrived at by them. Why Mr Massicks should have made an application for an increase in salary, and why the Trustees should entertain an idea of increasing his already lucrative income, I am perfectly at a loss to conceive. When the subject was brought before the board it gave rise to some discussion, in the course of which it was suggested by some members of the board that a person should be appointed to assist Mr Massicks in the discharge of his duties, that person at the same time acting as a check upon the collector. Now, if it is requisite to make an improvement in the system of collecting the harbour dues by the appointment of an assistant -- which, of course, would incur additional expenditure to the trust, in the shape of a salary to the party appointed -- I think to advance Mr Massicks salary would be the most impolitic act the Trustees could perform. The Trustees are public servants, and in their hands is invested the power of expending the money of the ratepayers, which, if they discharge their duties properly, they will always spend in the most economical manner possible. If the Trustees advance Mr Massicks's salary, I can only look upon the matter as an unnecessary and uncalled-for expenditure of public money; and in expressing such an opinion I have no hesitation in saying that the majority of the ratepayers of Whitehaven entertain precisely the same views upon the subject. Mr Massicks, I consider, has failed to show the public that he is justified in applying for an increase of salary. He is paid £125 per year for the discharge of duties which only occupy his time about five or six hours per day; and how he can make out that duties which may be discharged in that comparatively brief space of time are laborious, and consequently call for a higher salary, is altogether beyond my comprehension. If Mr Massicks had been obliged to increase the hours of his attendance at the Harbour Office, in order to discharge those increased duties of which he complains, then he would have been able to make out a much better case than he has done. Does Mr Massicks think that if he were to leave the Harbour Office it will be impossible for the Trustees to find another man qualified to discharge his duties? Does he think that he's the only man in Whitehaven, capable of discharging those duties, and that if he were to resign the situation which he holds the business of the Harbour Office would come to a stand-still? Would that Mr Massicks could "see himself as others see him, it wad frae mony a blunder free him, and foolish notion.". At one time, within my recollection, he did not think it beneath his dignity to stand behind the counter of the Wheat Sheaf Inn, in the Market-place. He would no more think of entering the Wheat Sheaf now, not to mention being a common serving-man in that establishment, than he would think of condescending to play on the bowling-green with the individuals he used to play with. Respecting the remarks which your contemporary the Pacquet made upon the subject, I think all parties are unanimous in thinking that they are quite in keeping with everything which emanates from that old-fashioned establishment in King Street. The Pacquet's views upon the subject were certainly of a very novel character indeed. The only reason it seemed to adduce for the advance of Mr Massicks's salary was that "he might be placed above suspicion and beyond temptation", certainly a very high compliment to pay the dignified Collector of the Harbour Dues! If that be considered by the Trustees a sufficient reason for increasing Mr Massicks's salary, the sooner they appointed an assistant to look after him the better. I wonder if any of the officials connected with the Cumberland Pacquet were to apply for an increase in salary, in consequence of the heavy duties that some of them have to perform, whether the proprietor of that establishment would act upon the advice he gave to the Trustees regarding Mr Massicks, that is, in order to get a fair day's work for a fair day's wage, he might be instrumental in placing them "beyond suspicion and above temptation". Instead of granting such an application, I think the reply would be, "if you are not satisfied with the wages of the place you can leave, and I'll get somebody else". That is precisely the manner in which the Trustees should treat Mr Massicks's application. If he is not satisfied with the money he gets let him leave the situation, and let the Trustees throw the place open to other candidates, and I have no doubt they will find many equally as qualified as he is to discharge the duties of the office, and willing also to accept his present salary. In conclusion, I hope that the Trustees will deal with this subject in such a way that the ratepayers and the Press will not have to express the conviction that they have acted with disregard to the interests of the town and harbour. -- I am, yours etc, ECONOMIST. Whitehaven, 13/08/1861. |
| Occupation | 9 September 1861 | On 9 September 1861 his salary was increased in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Whitehaven News, 12th September 1861: The business at the monthly meeting of the Whitehaven Trustees, held on Monday last, including that of the much-canvassed subject of the application by Mr Massicks, Collector of Harbour Dues, for an increase in salary, and a proposition as to the expediency of the Trustees appointing an audit or ledger clerk. The Trustees granted Mr Massicks's application, which was for increase of his salary from £125 to £150 per annum. The Trustees also decided upon appointing a ledger clerk, at a salary of £100 per annum. Their object in appointing a ledger clerk is to have a check upon Mr Massicks. For years the Trustees have had a Collector of Harbour Dues, at a salary of £125 per annum, but, according to their own averment, they have had no "check", whatever upon his accounts. To remedy this defect, they have now increased the Collector's salary of £125 a year and decided upon appointing a ledger clerk, to check his accounts, at a salary of £100 per annum. Without at all contesting the question, already well ventilated, as to whether the Collector is deserving or not of an increase in salary, we pronounce the whole thing, from beginning to end, as a blunder, in singular keeping with a plurality of other equally astounding blunders committed by the Trustees, whether as regards the increased expenditure which it has resulted in entailing upon the town, or the insecurity in which it still leaves a particular and most important part of the public exchequer. We had long given up all hope of the town's harbour ever being well governed, but we certainly never expected that the authorities would descend to so low a level as to be under the necessity of appointing one officer at a salary of £100 per annum merely to keep in check another of their officers at a salary of £150 per annum. How the Trustees accounts are supposed to be "checked", or their finances any more secure under the new arrangement than under the old, we are at a loss to understand. We can only suppose that the Trustees consider it is possible for one officer, if so disposed, lto act dishonestly, but impossible for two together to act so. Their reasoning certainly has the merit of being novel, if nothing else. We should have thought that a "check" was only to have been had in another quarter. |
| Occupation | 19 September 1861 | On 19 September 1861 the Cumberland Pacquet newspaper is disparaged by its rival, using Thomas Massicks as part of the argument in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Whitehaven News, 19th September 1861: MOTIVES IN CONUNDRUMS Why does Mr Pacquet so pertinaciously oppose the New Gas Company? -- Because Mr Gibson (whose retirement from business was all a sham) is a shareholder in the Old Gas Company. Why did Mr Pacquet so vigourously support Mr Massicks in his application for increase in salary, and why does he now so fulsomely speak of him? -- Because Mr Massicks keeps Mr Pacquet's books and is in partnership with Mr Gibson in a mining speculation. Why does Mr Pacquet so stoutly oppose the proposed railway from Cockermouth to Keswick? -- Because Mr Gibson is a larger shareholder in the Whitehaven Junction Railway than in the Cockermouth and Workington. Why does Mr Pacquet, personally, and with so evident an animus, oppose the decision of the magistrates, respecting the application for a licence to the new hotel at Frisington? -- Because Mr Briscoe, his particular political friend, no doubt influenced that decision. |
| Illness | 6 January 1863 | He was injured in an accident on 6 January 1863 in Whitehaven, LancashireG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 13th January 1863: GIG ACCIDENT An accident of a somewhat serious nature occurred to Mr Massicks, the collector of Harbour dues at this port, on Tuesday evening last. Shortly before four in the afternoon, Mr Massicks, (accompanied by Mr WC Stewart) left the town for Frizington in a gig, and was returning about six in the evening, when, on arriving at the foot of Frizington Hall brow, the left wheel of the gig came into collision with a large stone, which had been placed on the road during the day, by the road mender, and not removed when night came on. The violence of the shock was such as to throw Mr Massicks, who was driving, with great force to the ground, where he lays stunned, and almost unconscious. In the meantime, Mr Steward managed to get out of the gig and stop the horse, which, becoming frightened, had started off at a gallop; and on returning assisted into the gig Mr Massicks, whom he conveyed home as quickly as possible. Dr Wilson, of Lowther Street, was called in, and an examination being made, that gentleman found that Mr Massicks had sustained a compound fracture of the right collar bone. The fracture was subsequently reduced, and it is to be hoped that Mr Massicks will rapidly progress to convalescence. This unfortunate event affords an illustration of the dangers attendant upon the practice of laying these large stones upon our roads. It is part of an antiquated and useless system, which has long been exploded in other parts of the county, and we trust it will be abandoned in this neighbourhood. |
| Occupation | 3 November 1863 | On 3 November 1863 his company discovered iron ore on their land in Frizington, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 3rd November 1863: FURTHER DISCOVERY OF IRON ORE We hear that Messrs. Gibson, Massicks, and Co. have met with considerable body of fine Hematite Iron Ore in their Mowbray Royalty at Frizington. |
| Occupation | 16 June 1864 | On 16 June 1864 the Whitehaven News continued its attack in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Whitehaven News, 16th June 1864: When Mr MASSICKS, the receiver of Harbour dues at Whitehaven, obtained an increase of salary, and when again the Trustees appointed Mr BEWLAY as his assistant, Messrs Gibson and Co., as his friends, assigned as a reason for those changes, the increased duties of the Harbour Office, and pointed to the revenue of the harbour avowedly in confirmation of the fact. Both actions were condemned by the public at the time, and not unanimously approved of by the Trustees. Since then, it has transpired that the revenue of the harbour has decreased to a very considerable extent, and, as a natural consequence, the services even of Mr MASSICKS himself have not unfrequently been dispensed with, sometimes for days altogether. What authority, Mr MASSICKS has for absenting himself from the Harbour Office when he thinks proper, or what occasion there is for the services of both Mr MASSICKS and Mr BEWLAY, are questions for the Trustees to consider. When Mr MASSICKS was appointed Receiver of Harbour Dues, it was understood that he should devote the whole of his time to the duties of his office, and he was required to enter into a bond securing the Trustees against any risk which might involve a liability of the safe custody of the monies of the Trust. Now, without in the slightest degree imputing improper or unjust motives to Mr MASSICKS, we ask, what is the fact? Instead of confining himself to his duties as Receiver of Harbour Dues, we find Mr MASSICKS embarking on a variety of projects of a directly commercial and speculative character. The extent of the co-partnery into which he has entered may be gathered from the following gazette information, reliable, we believe, although possibly not in every instance officially gazetted: -- 1. Frizington Coal Company Massicks, Gibson, Tyson, and Co. 2. Frizington Iron Ore Company Massicks, Gibson, Tyson, and Co. 3. Mowbray Iron Ore Company Massicks, Gibson, Furness, and Co. 4. Eskett (Jackson's), Iron Ore Company Massicks, Steward, Brown, Bardett, and Co. 5. Langdale Pike Iron Ore Company Massicks, Gibson, Furness, and Co. In addition to the above business connections, we likewise find Mr MASSICKS fulfilling the following onerous and important duties: -- 1. Book keeper at the Cumberland Pacquet office, and occasional reporter and contributer 2. Travelling secretary and attendant upon Mr Robert Gibson 3. Keeper of the Indications of Mr Lyall's Barometer at the Harbour Office 4. Auditor of the Lamp and Paving Rate Books 5. Auditor of the Water Rate Books The above evidence conclusively establishes the fact, that, with a competent assistant such as Mr BEWLAY, the office of Receiver of Harbour Dues at Whitehaven must be a decided sinecure. Convinced that this is so, we think it becomes a question worthy of serious consideration of the Trustees, whether the services of either one or other of the Harbour Office officials might not be dispensed with, without in any way inconveniencing the public? With a decreased revenue, and a depressed maritime trade, having little or no prospect of improvement, on the one hand, and the lost money wasted in preliminaries to obtain a wet-dock, which it is now more than ever believed will never be made within the memory of anyone living at the present time, on the other hand, it behoves the Trustees to be aware of being unnecessarily prodigal in their expenditure. Whether or not the Trustees deem it advisable to consider the propriety of reducing their expenditure in the manner we have here pointed out, the violation by Mr MASSICKS of the terms of his engagement demands prompt and decided action on the part of the Trustees, in order that an effectual check may be placed upon the speculative tendencies of a servant holding a responsible office. We would observe, in conclusion, that we feel assured from what we know of the business and character of Mr LUMB, the respected Chairman of the Trustees, that the subject to which we have called attention will not escape the vigilant enquiry which its importance demands. No man is better qualified than Mr LUMB, both by his ability and his experience, to deal with a question of this kind; and in his hands, in the interest of the public, and jealous of the prosperity of the port, we are content to leave the required to reform in the Harbour Office. |
| Address | 1864 | He lived in Hensingham, CumberlandG, in 1864. Mr Thomas Massicks is listed as a resident in Peile and Nicholson's Directory of Whitehaven, and is also listed in the commercial section as "Collector of harbour dues, West Strand." |
| Occupation | 8 June 1865 | On 8 June 1865 Thomas Barlow Massicks advertised for staff in Whitehaven, LancashireG. from the Whitehaven News, 8th June 1865: ADVERTISEMENT TO BORERS. WANTED, One or Two BRACEHEAD MEN. None but competent and steady men will be engaged. -- Apply to Mr MASSICKS, Whitehaven. |
| Occupation | 15 June 1865 | On 15 June 1865 Thomas Barlow Massicks resigned his position with the Harbour Board in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Whitehaven News, 15th June 1865: WHITEHAVEN TRUSTEE MEETING RESIGNATION OF THE RECEIVER OF DUES A letter was read from Mr Thomas Massicks, receiver of harbour dues, resigning his appointment to that office, and requesting to be allowed to do so as early as possible. The CHAIRMAN: Is there anyone to propose that his resignation be accepted? We have no alternative. Mr DEES: Does he give any time? What is the legal time of notice? I suppose three months notice would be considered fair. Mr PAITSON: I beg to move that the resignation be accepted on July 25 next. The usual notice, however, when it is a twelve months' engagement is three months. The CHAIRMAN: Our secretary says that there is no agreement with the receiver of dues as to notice. The SECRETARY: You will have a meeting in July before the time for the appointment of surveyor. The CHAIRMAN: Would the board wish to advertise for his successor? Mr DEES: It would be desirable not to accept less than three months notice if we have to advertise. The CHAIRMAN: I suppose in connection with that, you will advertise what the salary will be. Mr Massicks had £150. Mr DEES: We had better advertise that on application to the secretary, the duties will be known. We do not need to say what the salary will be. Mr JEFFERSON: They generally state the salary. Mr WILSON said that the salary was £125 a year, and Mr Massicks, in addition, got £12 10s. a year from each of the two committees for auditing the accounts. When a change was made, he did not think it would be well to advertise for a man who was to act as auditor, because it was not desirable to have one officer auditing another officer's accounts. Without any reference, therefore, to the duties of auditor, they could advertise for a man at a salary of £125. Dr CLARKE asked if it were really requisite that they should have two receivers at the harbour office. They still had one after Mr Massicks would retire, and was it really necessary to have another? The CHAIRMAN thought that two were required. Mr DEES suggested that they should appoint a small committee to consider the question, and also take into consideration the duties of the receiver of dues. Mr PAITSON: I beg to propose that the resignation be accepted, and that Mr Massicks be at liberty to leave on the 25th July. Mr THOMPSON seconded the motion. |
| Occupation | 16 June 1865 | His resignation may be connected with this new enterprise in Carlisle, CumberlandG. from the Carlisle Journal, 16th June 1865: MORE IRON FURNACES IN WEST CUMBERLAND It has always been a matter of surprise to us that our Iron Ore Masters should send so much of their ore to other parts in its raw state, instead of converting it into pig on the spot, so as to realise a second profit to themselves, and to give additional employment to labour in the district. We are therefore gratified to learn that arrangements are in progress for the organisation of two additional pig-iron making companies -- one at Maryport, and another in our own town. In connection with the latter, Mr Horsfall, MP, and Mr Clay, of Liverpool; Mr William Furness (Vice-Chairman of the Whitehaven and Furness-Junction Railway), Mr Robert Gibson, and Mr TW Massicks, are named. |
| Occupation | 20 June 1865 | More information about the new venture. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 20th June 1865: DEVELOPMENT OF THE IRON TRADE When so much has been said and written about the decaying prosperity of our Town and Trade, we have often wondered why our many resources, particularly as regards the Iron Trade, have not been more fully developed. We live in the midst of one of the richest mineral districts in the Kingdom, producing the two great articles of commerce most in daily and common demand -- coal and iron. Up to the last few years we have been content to see these valuable products exported with the first profit, that of the producer, realised upon them. Thus the capital invested, the wages paid, the trade originated, was confined to the outlay necessary for mining purposes only. Until the past few years, the smelting works at Cleator, where iron in its first stage is manufactured, were the only works of the kind in the county. Lately we have seen a further extension of a similar class of ironworks at Harrington and Workington. At the last named place, a step beyond the making of Pig Iron has been taken, and rolling mills have been established in connection with the smelting works, while at the old iron works at Seaton rolling mills have been started by Mr Briggs. All this is a step in the right direction, and we trust the time is not too distant when the valuable Haematites of our district will cease to be exported. We are, therefore, very glad to learn, in support of this view, that a company has been formed, whose intention it is to erect blast furnaces in our immediate neighbourhood. The company is a private one, comprising gentlemen eminent as capitalists and businessmen, and, we understand, mainly resident at Liverpool. Mr Massicks will be the resident or managing director, a position which his energy and enterprise, combined with an intimate knowledge and large interest in our haematite iron ore mines, will fit him for. The manager of the works, we learn, is to be Mr Armstrong, who for many years has been connected with the Whitehaven Haematite Iron Ore Company's works at Cleator Moor, whose success in the manufacture of high class iron is so well known, and who has done much to secure for the iron ores of this district the celebrity they have attained. We hope shortly to be able to announce that the company have determined as to the site for their works, in doing which we may fairly assume that the advantages Whitehaven offers as the centre of the Iron District and the first port on the coast will not be overlooked. |
| Occupation | 17 August 1865 | A new road was planned, leading to the iron works in Whitehaven, LancashireG. from the Whitehaven News, 17th August 1865: ADVERTISEMENT TO CONTRACTORS TO be LET by Tender, the Construction of a ROAD from near Holborn Hill to the site of the Ironworks at Borwick Rails, about three-quarters of a mile in length. Offers will be received up to the 25th inst. -- For full particulars, apply to Messrs. WADHAM AND TURNER, Civil Engineers, Dalton-in-Furness, or to T MASSICKS, Esq., Queen- Street, Whitehaven. |
| Occupation | 29 September 1865 | On 29 September 1865 Thomas Barlow Massicks was elected as a trustee of a new Building Society in Whitehaven, LancashireG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 3rd October 1865: BUILDING SOCIETY AT HOLBORN HILL On Friday last, a meeting of the principal residents of Holborn Hill, Millom, was held to consider the propriety of forming a Building Society. The meeting was also attended by many gentlemen interested in the iron ore mines and other public works. N Cain, Esq. of the Hodbarrow Mining Company, took the chair, and stated the purpose for which they had met. It required, he said, no statistics and no argument on his part to prove how necessary it was to encourage the building of dwellings for the working classes, and if the meeting decided to form a Building Society it would not only be the means of causing cottage houses to be built, but, what was better, would enable the working man to become the owner of the house in which he lived. Other views having been advanced in support of the movement, it was unanimously resolved that a building society be formed to be called the Holborn Hill Permanent Benefit Building Society, and that the Earl of Lonsdale be memorialised to become its patron. The following gentlemen undertook to act as and were elected trustees: William Postlethwaite, Esq., High Sheriff of the County; Thomas Massicks, Esq., Managing Director of the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Company, and Edward Wadham, Esq., of Millwood. |
| Note | 3 May 1866 | A new town was planned, to house the workers at the new Iron Works. from the Whitehaven News, 3rd May 1866: THE FORMATION OF A NEW TOWN IN CUMBERLAND DEMONSTRATIONS AT HOLBORN HILL A few months ago, a number of gentlemen, amongst whom were several influential Liverpool merchants, conceived the idea of establishing ironworks, upon a large scale, at Holborn Hill, in this county, and the result has been the formation of the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Company, who are now busily engaged in erecting furnaces on the banks of the Duddon, nearly opposite to Kirkby, and adjoining the celebrated Hodbarrow Iron Ore Mines. Mr Massicks, of Whitehaven, is managing director of the new company, and that to that gentleman's indefatigable exertions must be attributed, in a large degree, the present advanced state of the works. Simultaneously with the commencement of the new iron works, an idea of a still more extensive character appears to have taken possession of an enterprising body of gentleman belonging to Ulverston and neighbourhood. It was part of the original design of the Iron Company to erect cottage houses near to the works, for the accommodation of their work people. But the gentlemen referred to, with Mr Satterthwaite, the banker, at their head, foresaw that something more than building houses by piecemeal would be required to meet the demand for house accommodation which the full working of such an establishment as it was proposed to carry on in that isolated part of the country would be certain to create; and, accordingly, with the concurrence of the Iron Company, they resolved to form themselves into a company for the purpose, not merely of building a few houses, but with a view to make a new town near to the proposed works. Acting upon that resolution, which embodies a declaration of confidence in the future success of the new ironworks of a very gratifying character, Messrs. Satterthwaite and Company purchased 30 acres of land near to Holborn Hill Railway Station, the whole of which had been surveyed by Messrs. Wadham and Turner, civil engineers, of Barrow in Furness, and which, having been laid out in streets, is now being drained and made ready for building upon. In addition to these thirty acres, there is also a large quantity of ground closely adjacent thereto, some portion, if not all of which, it is believed, could easily be secured to extend the town beyond the above limits, if required. To build a town in a locality in which stone does not abound, and in which bricks are not manufactured to any great extent, would, of course, necessarily be attended with considerable additional outlay. But just as an enterprising company sprung up to build a town, so in like manner did the Millom Brick Company Ltd, composed principally of Whitehaven gentlemen, with Mr Matthews, as managing director, rise up to me to the unexpected demand for bricks on the banks of the Duddon. This spirited company have purchased eight acres of freehold land, situated near to the railway, and are now erecting there, under Mr Matthews excellent superintendence, extensive works, including manufacturing rooms, engine and boiler houses, working manager's offices, house, etc. In the principal manufacturing room is being erected one of Oate's Patent Steam Brick-making machines, capable of producing 16,000 bricks per day; while, as regards clay, ample provision has been made by securing, besides the eight acres of freehold ground already mentioned, the whole of Lord Lonsdale's royalties in Millom. The scarcity of bricks will thus, in a short time, be effectually disposed of, as the above works are expected to be in full operation early in June next. |
| Occupation | 20 June 1866 | The first shareholder's meeting of the new Iron Works was advertised. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 26th June 1866: NOTICE THE CUMBERLAND IRON MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the First General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will take place at 17, James Street, Liverpool, on Monday, July 2, 1866, at 2 o'clock PM, precisely, to receive the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts, and to transact the General Business of the Company. By order, THOMAS MASSICKS SECRETARY (pro tem.) 32, Queen Street, Whitehaven, June 20, 1866. |
| Note | 25 July 1866 | He defended his workers and his company in the Press on 25 July 1866 in Millom, CumberlandG. from the Carlisle Patriot, 27th July 1866: THE LATE RIOT AT MILLOM TO THE EDITOR OF THE CARLISLE PATRIOT Sir, -- Mr Campbell Foster, the counsel for the prosecution in this case at the Carlisle Assizes, is reported to have said, "The practice of the owners of the smelting works -- perhaps not a very desirable one -- was to pay these men monthly", and in other words, to connect our works and workmen with the recent riots at Millom. Will you will kindly permit me to remark that we regularly pay our men once a fortnight, and that none of the men in our employ were in any way mixed up with the affray, if I except some twenty of them who were sworn in as special constables to assist in preserving the peace. I am, sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS MASSICKS, Secretary and General Manager. Millom Haematite Ironworks, 25th July, 1866. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | He was recorded in the census on 2 April 1871 at Duddon Villa in Millom, CumberlandG, Thom MASSICKS Head M 40 Iron Master Bardsea Lancs Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 39 Ironmaster's wife Lancaster Lancs Mary L MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 10 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Thomas G MASSICKS Son 8 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Edith A MASSICKS Daur 7 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Marian H MASSICKS Daur 5 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Alfred M MASSICKS Son 3 Scholar Whicham(?) Cumb Clara A MASSICKS Daur 1m Millom Cumb Mary Jane WARD Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Lancaster Lancs. |
| Employment | 25 March 1876 | He was planning improvements to the Iron Works on 25 March 1876 in Millom, CumberlandG. The Leeds Mercury of 25th March 1876 reported that: Great alterations and improvements are being made at one of the largest smelting works on the West Coast. Six blast furnaces are to be pulled down at Millom - belonging to the West Cumberland Iron, Mining and Smelting Company Limited - immediately, and reconstructed on improved principles. A model furnace is to be built 70 feet high and we understand Mr. Massicks intends to apply Whitwell's famous hot-air stoves to all the new furnaces. |
| Employment | 13 June 1879 | One of his companies found a source of iron ore on 13 June 1879 in Kirksanton, CumberlandG. The Northern Echo (Darlington) of 13th June 1879 includes: DISCOVERY OF HEMATITE ORE IN CUMBERLAND An important discovery of hematite iron ore has just been made at Kirksanton, near Millom, by Messrs. Massicks, Walker and Co. Although for twenty years search has been made for it no hematite in quantity has been found in the limestone formation between the extensive Hodbarrow mines and the Cleator district, a distance of twenty-five miles. In several bore-holes the deposit of ore has been proved in thickness varying from 45 feet to 80 feet and extending over a considerable area. The "find" is close to the line of the Furness Railway Company. |
| Note | 28 September 1880 | He sold a herd of cattle on 28 September 1880 in Ulverston, LancashireG. The Newcastle Courant of 1st October 1880 says: On Tuesday, Mr John Thornton of London sold at Ford House, near Ulverstone, the entire herds of pure-bred shorthorn cattle, belonging to Mr J. Poole of Ulverstone and Mr T. Massicks of the Oaks, Millom; In addition to these herds there were added to the sale selections from the herds of Mr Croudson and Mr George Ashburner. The sale proved one of an ordinary description, no sensational prices being obtained. Summary of the Sale 33 cows - average £28-4-1d Total £930-16-6d 9 bulls - average £24-14-8d Total £222-12-0d The respective herds sold thus: 12 head - Mr Poole - average £29-2-9d Total£349-13-0d 12 head - Mr Massicks - average £23-5-6d Total £279-6-0d 10 head - Mr Ashburner - average £27-9-1d Total £274-11-6d 1[8?] head - Mr Croudson - average £31-4-9d Total £249-18-0d. |
| Note | about 1880 | He experienced Note about 1880 in Millom, CumberlandG, He was granted a coat of arms: From: Armorial Familes: a directory of gentelemen of coat - armour THOMAS BARLOW -MASSICKS, Esquire, J. P. for Cumberland. Born 1832. Armorial bearings— Per pale or and azure, on a fesse between four leopards' faces jessant-de-lis, three in chief and one in base, two ' quatrefoils all counterchanged. Mantling azure and or ; and for his Crest, upon a wreath of the colours, a cross pate azure, surmounted by a leopard's face jessant-de-lis or. Motto — "Vestigia nulla retrorsum." "Never a step backwards" Seat— The. Oaks, Millom, Cumberland. |
| Census | 3 April 1881 | He was recorded in the census on 3 April 1881 at The Oaks in Millom, CumberlandG, Thomas MASSICKS Head M 48 JP Iron Master Iron Mine & Colliery Owner Bardsea Lancs Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 49 Wife of JP Nk Lancs Katerine A MASSICKS Daur U 24 Daughter of JP Whitehaven Cumb Mary L MASSICKS Daur U 22 Daughter of JP Whitehaven Cumb Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur U 20 Daughter of JP Hensingham Cumb Tom G MASSICKS Son U 18 Solicitor Articled Clerk Hensingham Cumb Clara A MASSICKS Daur 10 Daughter of JP Millom Cumb Maud A S MASSICKS Daur 7 Daughter of JP Millom Cumb Margaret ROME Servant U 25 Cook Domestic Servant Maryport Cumb Margarat PICKSHALL Servant U 19 Housemaid Domestic Servant Wiswick Lancs Grace DAWSON Servant U 16 Kitchen Maid Domestic Servant Millom Lancs Jonathan ROBINSON Servant U 28 Gardner Domestic Servant Shotly Northumberland James BEATIE Servant U 22 Coachman Domestic Servant Irongr... Kirkcudbrightshire Witness Role: Resident [I1632] Mary Ann NIXON Witness Role: Resident [I1984] Katherine Augusta Barlow MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1986] Mary Louisa MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1987] Elizabeth Barlow MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1612] Thomas Gibson Barlow MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1992] Clara Agnes MASSICKS Witness Role: Resident [I1993] Maud Askew Swainson MASSICKS. |
| Misc | 21 September 1882 | He submitted a paper to the Iron and Steel Institute on 21 September 1882 in Vienna, AustriaG. The Times of 22nd Sep 1882 reported: THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE Vienna, Sep 21st - The final meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute was held today in the rooms of the Society of Engineers and Architects... Mr Massicks paper "On the Massicks and Crooker hot-blast stove" provoked no discussion... |
| Note | 16 January 1883 | He was appointed to a commitee to inspect the workings of a failed iron company on 16 January 1883 in Carlisle, CumberlandG. The Glasgow Herald of 17th January 1883 included: The meeting of creditors of Messrs John Gilmour, Gavin Anderson, James Wood and Allan Gilmour, trading as the Maryport Hematite Iron Company, was held yesterday in Carlisle. There was a large attendance of creditors. Mr C M Palmer, MP for North Durham, was called to the chair. Mr Peat (the reciever) submitted a statement of the affairs of the firm, showing that the liabilities amounted to £132,108-11-4d, and the assets to £16,488-16-3d. In the course of the conversation which ensued, the Chairman expressed the opinion that the ironworks had been much mismanaged. Ultimately, it was agreed by the requisite majority that the affairs of the debtors be liquidated by arrangement, and not in bankruptcy; that Mr W B Peat, of Middlesbrough, chartered accountant, and Mr William McKinnon, Glasgow, accountant, be trustees; that Messrs Charles M Palmer, John Jenkins, George Henry Gooch, John Stephenson M'Gowan and Thomas Massicks be a committee of inspection; and that Messrs Gregory, Rowcliffe and Co, London be entrusted with the registration of the resolution, as agents for Messrs Tyson and Hobson. Meetings of creditors of the separate estates were afterwards held, and similar resolutions were passed, except that no committee of inspection was appointed. |
| Occupation | 18 January 1883 | On 18 January 1883 Thomas Barlow Massicks was invited to stand for Parliament in West CumberlandG. from the London Evening Standard, 18th January 1883: Mr Massicks, JP, of The Oaks, Millom, has been invited by the Conservatives of West Cumberland to contest that division at the next election. |
| Occupation | 26 January 1883 | On 26 January 1883 Thomas Barlow Massicks was involved in the purchase of a railway rolling stock works in Barrow-in-Furness, LancashireG. from the Sheffield Independent, 26th January 1883: NEW STEEL WORKS AT BARROW The extensive railway rolling stock works at Barrow in Furness lately owned by Mr SJ Claye, of Derby, have been sold to Mr David Caird, shipbuilder, Barrow, and Mr Thomas Massicks, Millom, who is largely interested in the iron and steel industry of the district. It is very probable that the new owners will put into operation the valuable steel and forge plant of these works, which are practically quite new, and which, being situated near the Barrow docks and communicating with the Furness railways with sidings, are admirably situated. |
| Court | 16 October 1883 | He was involved in Court proceedings in Torver, LancashireG, on 16 October 1883 Between the first party: William Heelis Esquire (husband of Beatrix Potter) and himself as the second party about Premises and Land: Hereditaments at Scarrhead. |
| Employment | 1 October 1887 | He was involved in the dissolution of one of his Iron Works companies on 1 October 1887 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. The Times of 1st October 1887 reported: PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED D B Robinson, G H Horsfall, T B Massicks, and J H Robinson, Eskett and Whitehaven, Cumberland, iron ore merchants, under the style of the Eskett Iron Ore Company. |
| Note | 1887 | He was keeping Shorthorn cattle again in 1887 in Millom, CumberlandG. He was mentioned in a book published in 1887. The extract reads: The merry season of Xmas having intervened, and rendered a halt necessary in our wanderings, it is thus early in the new year before we approach the Cumbrian herds, by crossing the River Duddon from North Lancashire, and thus catching a brief glance of the lovely valley, so called from the River. At the very first station in the County we alight, and The Oaks, Mr. T. Barlow-Massicks pretty residence, is only a mile distant, situate almost at the foot of Black Combe, where a small select herd, mainly composed of the Cressida tribe, so famous in the locality, when in the ownership of Dr. Dickinson is located. Mr. Barlow-Massicks dispersed his first collection in 1880, and it was not until three years later when at the Holker sale, that he renewed acquaintance with his "old love," by buying three cows and three calves, of the Cressida tribe, and a white Baron Oxford calf to mate with them. Lady Cressida, now in her fourteenth year, a handsome large framed cow, is still the head of the family. [from page 71 of The Shorthorn Herds of England 1885-6-7 by Robert William Ashburner, published by H T Cook in 1888. Found online at Live Search Books. URL http://search.live.com/]. |
| Employment | 8 August 1890 | The assets of one of his Iron Works were sold off on 8 August 1890 in Barrow in Furness, LancashireG. The Daily News (London) of 22nd July 1890 reported: SALES BY AUCTION In the Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Liverpool District - The Lancaster Banking Company v The Vulcan Steel and Forge Company (Limited) - to Capitalists, Engineers, Boilermakers, Ironfounders, and others - To Be Sold by Auction (pursuant to a judgment of the Court of Chancery of the County Palatine of Lancaster made in the above action), by Mr Herbert Grundy (of the firm of William Grundy and Sons, Auctioneers, Manchester) the person appointed by the Registrar to sell the same, before Francis Willis Taylor, Esq., the Registrar on FRIDAY August 8, at 3 in the afternoon precisely, subject to conditions of sale. The sale will take place upon the premises. Lot 1: the VULCAN STEEL WORKS, situate in Barrow-in-Furness, in the county of Lancaster, together with the whole of the Plant, Machinery, and Effects upon the premises. This lot comprises the site of the premises, which, according to former descriptions, comprised 10a. 2r. 20p., but by recent admeasurement is found to comprise 11a. 1r. 7p., statute measure, as shown, and coloured blue and as to a small triangular piece pink, on the plan annexed to the particulars and conditions, and also the extensive and modern buildings erected thereon, embracing converting houses, extensive forge, foundry, machine, and other shops; engine and boiler-houses, stoves, excellent and well-fitted offices and boardroom, and other erections; and also all the plant, machinery and effects upon the premises, comprising - In Bessemer department: Four Galloway patent steam boilers, blowing and hydraulic engines, accumulator, two 8-ton converters, cupolas, hydraulic cranes, and hoists, Root's blower and engine, &c. In the forge: Fourt steam hammers, 4, 3, and two 8-tons; hydraulic and [..] cranes; furnaces, and gas producers. Tyre Mill: Engines and [...], seven Galloway patent steam boilers, &c. In the steel and iron foundry: Two furnaces, two cupolas and hoist overhead, and hydraulic cranes, stoves, ladles, and carriage, &c. In the smith's shop: Twelve tyres, 5cwt steam hammer, anvils, &c. In spring and machine shops: Vertical engines, gap and other lathes, from 10in. to 34in. centres, on planed beds up to 43ft long: planing, slotting, shaping, drilling, screwing, punching, shearing, and bolt-making machine, hydraulic wheel and tyre presses. In Rolling Mill: 15in. merchant mill, with engine, forge, boiler and furnaces: steam hot saw and shears. Galloway's patent steam boiler, and pair of high-pressure horizontal engines, 18in. cylinders, by Robinson. In Large Shed: Two screwing machines, two spindle-drills and several wood working machines, "not fixed", together with the whole of the millwright work, steam, water, and gas piping and fittings: ingot and tyre moulds, spare rolls, cast floor-plates, waggon and other weighing machines, hydraulic jack, anvils, swage blocks and stands, screwing tackle, vices and benches, patterns and drawings, three railway wagons, bogies and trucks, railways as laid in yard and shops, steel tools, hand tools and appliances, stores, contents of laboratory, office and boardroom furniture, and other effects. In addition to the foregoing will be included the foundations, with parts of heavy fixings, and costly steam engines by Adamson and Co., intended to form a portion of the plant for Windle's patent ring and plate mill, but exclusive of the ring and plate mill, which is not upon the premises, and exclusive of any right to work such patent ring and plate mill, the licence to work such patent being included in Lot 2. The premises are freehold and free from chief rent, but are subject to such exceptions, reservations, covenants, stipulations, and agreements as mentioned in the conditions. The premises are believed to be free from land-tax and tithe rent-charge. The works are served by two approaches, with sidings from the main line of the Furness Railway Company, and are in close proximity to the docks, and freights compare favourably with other ports. There is a well on the premises, and ample tanks for the storage of water. A printed inventory of the plant and machinery has been prepared, and may be inspected. A further 6a. 0r. 30p. of land adjoining the works, and available for extension, may, it is believed, be acquired on favourable terms if desired. Lot 2. All the benefit of a certain LICENCE, dated the 7th day of January 1884, and made between John Windle and Daniel Adamson of the one part and Thomas Barlow-Massicks and David Caird of the other part, whereby the said John Windle and Daniel Adamson granted to the said T B Massicks and David Caird, their executors, administrators, and assigns, the solo and exclusive liberty, licence, power, privilege, authority and permission to use, exercise, apply and put in an invention for "improvements in 'steam' generators", and in the production of material used in their "construction, and in apparatus for such production applicable also in the formation of other cylindrical vessels", protected by Letters Patent, dated 21st October 1880, and numbered 4288 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the purpose of rolling or manufacturing iron, steel, or other metal, and in all improvements, extensions, and modificatiions which might be made therein, but not to make or manufacture the machines required to put in practice the said invention, subject nevertheless to such reservations of royalties and other payments, covenants, stipulations, and agreements as area contained in such licence and in the assignment of the benefit of such licence, dated the 30th day of September 1885, and made between the said Thomas Barlow-Massicks and David Caird of the one part and The Vulcan Steel and Forge Company (Limited) of the other part. Particulars and conditions of sale may be had gratis at the Chancery Office, 9 Cook-Street, Liverpool: of Mr C P Preston, solicitor, 4 Lawson-Street, Barrow-in-Furness: Messrs H O and A S Reynolds, solicitors, 26 Preesons-Row, Liverpool: and of Messrs William Grundy and Son, auctioneers, Albert-Square, Manchester. |
| Employment | 23 September 1890 | He helped to start up a new Iron Works on 23 September 1890 in Millom, CumberlandG. The Liverpool Mercury of 29th September 1890 said: NEW COMPANIES The Investor's Guardian announces that the following companies have been recently registered... Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Company, Limited. This company was registered on the 23rd instant, with a capital of £250,000, divided into 10,000 cumulative £7 per cent preference and 15,000 ordinary shares of £10 each, to take over as going concerns the several businesses now carried on at Millom, Cumberland by the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, and at Askam, Lancaster, by the Askam and Mousell Iron Company, Limited. The subscribers are - A Bonar-Law, 7, Royal Bank-place, Glasgow, iron merchant, 1 share; D Cairney, 24 George-Square, Glasgow, stockbroker, 1; W Jacks, 7 Royal Bank-place, Glasgow, iron merchant, 1; Sir J Ramsden, Barrow-in-Furness, 1; T B Massicks, Millom, iron master; A H Strongitharm, CE, Barrow-in-Furness, 1; Henry Cook, Barrow-in-Furness, railway manager. The number of directors is not to be less than three, nor more than seven: the first are the Right Hon. A J Mundella, MP; Herbert Campbell, G E Holt, the Hon. Greville Richard Vernon, MP; and the subscribers. |
| Employment | 9 October 1890 | Shares were put on sale for the new Iron Works on 9 October 1890 in Millom, CumberlandG. Thomas was to be the Managing Director of the Company. The Bimingham Daily Post of 4th October 1890 carried the following announcement: PUBLIC NOTICES The Subscription list will open on Thursday next, the 9th, and close on or before Monday, the 13th October 1890 at Four o'clock pm. THE MILLOM AND ASKAM HEMATITE IRON COMPANY (LIMITED) MILLOM, CUMBERLAND (Incorporated under the Companies Acts 1862 to 1886) SHARE CAPITAL.............£250,000 Divided into 10,000 7 per cent cumulative preference shares of £10 each............£100,000 15,000 ordinary shares of £10 each.............................................£150,000 Also, First mortgage debentures at 5 per cent interest.....................£150,000 PAYABLE AS FOLLOWS: SHARES DEBENTURES On application £0-10-0 £5-0-0 per Cent On Allotment £2-0-0 £20-0-0 per Cent On 17th November 1890 £2-10-0 £25-0-0 per Cent On 19th January 1891 £2-10-0 £25-0-0 per Cent On 23rd March 1891 £2-10-0 £25-0-0 per Cent Or the whole can be paid upon allotment, entitling the holder to interest at 5 per cent per annum upon the amount paid in advance. The Debentures will be charged upon the whole undertaking and assets of the Company, and will also be secured by a Trust Deed conveying to Trustees for the Debenture holders the Company's freehold, Customaryhold, and Leasehold property, buildings, fixed plant and machinery; and also the shares held in other companies. The Debentures will be issued for sums of £100 each, or multiples thereof, and will be redeemable at the option of the Company on six month's notice after 1st January 1900, at £105 for each £100. The interest will be payable half-yearly, on 1st January and 1st July each year. The Preference shares will rank next to the Debentures and before the Ordinary Shares as regards both capital and dividend. TRUSTEES FOR DEBENTURE HOLDERS The Insurance Trust and Agency (Limited), 129 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow DIRECTORS The Right Honourable A J Mundella, MP, 16, Elvaston Place, London SW, Chairman T Barlow-Massicks Esq., JP, Millom, Cumberland, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director Herbert Campbell, Esq., South Hill Road, Liverpool Henry Cook, JP, Barrow-in-Furness George Edward Holt, Esq. (of G E Holt and Son), Orange Court, Liverpool William Jacks, Esq., JP, Iron and Steel Merchant, Glasgow and Middlesbrough The Honourable Greville Richard Vernon, MP, Auchans, Kilmarnock (Director Caledonian Railway Company) BANKERS Messrs Barclay, Beven, Tritton, Ranson, Bouveril, & Co., 54, Lombard Street, London EC. The Bank of Liverpool (Limited), Liverpool Messrs Wakefield, Crewdson, & Co., Kendal Bank, Barrow-in-Furness The Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster and Millom The British Linen Company Bank, Glasgow, London, and branches SOLICITORS Thomas Howson, Esq., Whitehaven Steven Hart Jackson, Esq., Ulverston, Lancashire Messrs Ritchie and Graham, Writers, 123, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow BROKERS Glasgow - Messrs Mackenzie and Aitken, 58, St. Vincent Street Edinburgh - Messrs John Robertson and Co., 31, George Street London - J W Weight, Esq., 2, Copthall Buildings, EC AUDITORS Messrs R Mackay and Co., Chartered Accountants, Middlesbrough-on-Tees, and 3, Lothbury, London, EC Wm. D Cairney, Esq., Chartered Accountants, 24, George Square, Glasgow SECRETARY (pro tem) - Mr W F Mapleston TEMPORARY OFFICES - 3, Lothbury, London, EC REGISTERED OFFICES - Millom, Cumberland PROSPECTUS This company is formed to acquire and amalgamate as going concerns, the Millom Ironworks of the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Company (Limited): the Askam Ironworks, of the Askam and Mouzell Iron Company (Limited): and also the Hematite Iron-Ore Mines, Limestone Quarries, and other Assets of both companies, including the goodwill in the well-known and established brands of pig-iron, "Millom Hematite" and "Askam Hematite". Both concerns have hitherto been carried on as private limited companies, but owing to the recent decease of many of the shareholders the present change has become necessary. MILLOM IRON WORKS AND MINES The Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Compay (Limited), formed in 1865, has since been most succesfully carried on, having returned the original capital several times over. WORKS - The Millom Ironworks, erected in 1866, have recently been entirely reconstructed on the most improved system, with a new Plant of Patent Hot-blast Firebrick Stoves, and having the Ore and Coke Depots rebuilt on a large scale on the self-filling plan, ensuring great saving in labour. There are six blast-furnaces, capable of producing annually 220,000 tons of pig-iron. By means of the Furness Railways the works have ample connection with the leading Railway Systems in the Kingdom, and, being situated on the Duddon Estuary, pig-iron can be exported to Scotland, South Wales, and other places on the most favourable terms. The Millom works have a private railway to the adjacent rich and well-known hematite ore mines of the Hodbarrow Mining Company (Limited), and can therefore obtain ore supplies without payment of railway carriage. The Millom Company have also a Private Wharf, with Steam Cranes capable of accommodating at the same time five vessels of about 500 tons burden each. The only port charge is 4d. per vessel casting anchor. WHICHAM HEMATITE MINES - the Millom Company own, and will transfer to the new company, 40 per cent of the Share Capital in the Whicham Mining Company (Limited) who, having made extensive search for ore by boring, have recently expended about £65,000 in erecting machinery and developing these mines, situated at the Southern end of West Cumberland, about 21/2 miles from Millom - in the district believed to be the largest virgin Hematite Ore Field in Cumberland. The Whicham Mines Royalties, embracing an area of about 620 acres, are held, during the Lessees' option, under leases from Lord Lonsdale's Trustees and others for periods of from fourteen to twenty-one years unexpired. Already 154,000 tons of ore have been profitably raised from the shallower shafts, and the new powerful machinery will be capable of working the deeper deposits where the ore-bed is of great thickness and of rich quality. The mines are connected by a short siding with the main line of the Furness Railway, and the present carriage is 8d. per ton to the Millom Ironworks, the natural market for the ore. HIGHFIELD HEMATITE MINES - These are situated near Dalton-in-Furness, adjoining other well-known mines in the district, and are leased from the Crown on favourable terms for an unexpired period of about nine years. These mines are also connected with the Furness Railways by the Company's Private Line. RED HILLS LIMESTONE QUARRY - This property, held under lease from Lord Lonsdale for an unexpired term of seventy-five years, at a fixed yearly rental of £220, adjoins and is connected with the Blast Furnaces by the Company's Private Railway, and all limeston required is obtained from this quarry. LAND, BUILDINGS, OFFICES, &c. - The lands extend to about 90 acres, of which 68 were leased for the works from Lord Lonsdale in 1866 for ninety-nine years at a nominal ground rent, and the remainder - 22 acres - is valuable Freehold Building Land, adjoining the works in the town of Millom. The House Property comprises Manager's Residence, Cashier's and Foreman's Houses, and thirty-six cottages, all in excellent order. The Offices, Workshops, Fitting-Shops, Stables, and other buildings are ample and excellent. RESERVOIRS - There is an ample supply of fresh water without cost, and the Company has storage reservoirs for 51/2 million gallons, ensuring a sufficient supply in the dryest season. ASKAM IRONWORKS AND MINES WORKS - The Askam Ironworks, erected 1866, with all mines belonging thereto, and also additional mines and royalties, were purchased by the Askam and Mousell Iron Company (Limiited) in 1881, after which the works were reconstructed, and an entirely new plant of fifteen hot-blast firebrick stoves erected. There are four blast-furnaces, of the largest type in the district, and seven blowing-engines, giving a large reserve of power. The depot accommodation is of extra capacity, and the works are on a most extensive and substantial scale: having a producing capacity of 145,000 tons per annum. The shipping port for the Askam Works is Barrow-in-Furness, between five and six miles distant. The Cumberland Company now own and will cause its nominees to transfer to the new Company, or its nominees, all the shares of the Askam and Mouzell Company. HEMATITE MINES - Attached and belonging to the Askam Works, but also supplying ore to the Millom Works, are the following Hematite Mines, estimated to produce annually about 130,000 tons of ore:- Mouzell Mines, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire Dalton, Tytup, and Crossgates Mines, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire Martin and Powke Mines, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire Lindal Mines, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire Holmes Green Royalty, Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire Askam Mines, Askam-in-Furness, Lancashire Goldmire Mines, Askam-in-Furness, Lancashire Thwaite Flatt Mine, Askam-in-Furness, Lancashire Plumpton Mine, Ulverston, Lancashire These mines, along with those of the Elliscales Mining Company (Limited), and those of the Askam and Roanhead Mines belonging to Messrs Kennedy Brothers, are connected with the Ironworks by means of private railiways recently constructed at a cost of over £15,000. A large portion of the ore supply is therefore delivered at the furnaces free of railway dues. The mineral grants held under lease are very extensive and capable of great deveopment: new pit shafts are now being put down, and active exploration is going on. The Askam Company own the minerals under, as well as the surface of, fifty-six acres of land adjoining to and on which the Ironworks are partly built. A shaft is sunk here and ore being raised. The leasehold mines are held on terms prevailing in the district, the principal lessors being the Crown, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Derby, and John Clegg, Esq., the tonnage rental in most cases being fixed by a slliding scale depending upon the prices obtained for iron ore. Full particulars of these leases may be inspected at the offices of the Company's Solicitors. GOLDMIRE LIMESTONE QUARRIES - about a mile from the works, and on the Furness Railway, are leased from the Duke of Devonshire, and produce an ample supply of excellent limestone for the furnaces. LAND, BUILDINGS AND OFFICES - The Freehold Estate on which the works are erected extends to 138 acres, including the 56 acres before mentiioned. There are four dwelling-houses for foremen at the Ironworks, and Freehold and Leasehold Houses for workmen at the mines: while the Offices, Fitting, Wagon and other Shops, Stables, &c. are excellent and ample. RESERVOIRS - There is a good supply of water, free of charge, and a reservoir capacity of 10 millions of gallons. The Millom and Askam Works combined are capable of producing annually 355,000 tons of pig-iron, and the situation of both works for receiving raw material and for despatching Pig-iron has advantages not surpassed, if equalled, by any similar work in the district. The Pig-iron produced at the furnace is of high-class quality. The brands "Millom Hematite", and "Askam Hematite", are well-known in the iron and steel trades, and the customers include HM Government and the principal home and foreign consumers of hematite pig-iron. The Works, Mines, and Quarries have a full equipment of 13 locomotives and 249 Mineral Wagons, besides Loose Plant and Tools of every description. There is a large extent of land belonging to the Company at both Millom and Askam available for extensions, or for the erection of Steel or other Works. PROFITS - The books of the Vendors have been examined by Messrs R Mackay and Co. of the Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough and 3, Lothbury, London, EC, Chartered Accountants, who report as follows:- 3, Lothbury, London, EC, 1st September 1890 To the Directors of the Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Company (Limited) Dear Sirs,- We beg to report that we have examined the Books and Account of the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Company (Limited), and the Askam and Mouzell Iron Company (Limited), for the eight years ending 31st December 1888, and we certify that after deducting all working and business expenses, but exclusive of interest on capital, the annual average profits shown thereby have been £32,975-6-10d. The trading of the year 1889 was seriously disturbed by a strike during a large portion of that year, and the working resulted in a loss of £1,657-3-4d. We have examined the amounts expended on the maintenance and repair of buildings, plant, and machinery, and are of an opinion that such expenditure has been ample for the purpose. We are, dear sirs, your obedient servants R MACKAY & CO. Chartered Accountants The average annual profits of the Millom Company over a period of twenty years has been £27,763, and those of the Askam Company, over 81/2 years, £12,960, together £40,723. On account of the protracted strike of the workmen at both Askam and Millom in 1889, lasting over 5 months, the results for that year are not given as a basis for estimating the dividend, for although the Companies were succesful, the strike seriously interfered with profits. This is the only strike the Companies have had. The results for the 8 years ending 31st December 1888, during which the iron trade was extremely depressed, and there was no year of good prices or inflated profits (with the exception of 1882, when the profits amounted to £77,375-9-6d.) show, according to the accountant's certificate, average profits of £32,975-6-10d. Deduct therefrom:- interest on £153,000 Debentures at 5 per annum.............£7,500 Interest on £100,000 Preference shares at 5 per cent.................................£7,000 Leaving a sum of £18,475-6-10d, equal to a dividend upon the Ordinary Shares of fully 12 per cent. It is not intended to pay a larger dividend than 10 per cent until the present issue of Debentures has been redeemed. No account is taken of profits likely to accrue from the further deveopment of the Company's extensive mineral property, or from the saving effected by the amalgamation of the Companies and the centralistation of management. It is estimated that these further profits and savings will be ample to cover depreciation. VALUATIONS - The Works, &c., have been valued by Mr Jeremiah Head, ex-president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, as follows, viz.:- Millom Askam Total Land, Buildings, Fixed Plant, and Machinery.............£127,925 £100,706 £228,631 Rolling Stock, Loose Stools, Stocks and Stores..........£32,173 £26,989 £59,162 Total.....................................................................£160,098 £127,695 £287,793 The Mining Properties, including the Iron Ore Mines and Royalties, and the Railway Plant, Freehold Land, and Houses &c., connected therewith (but exclusive of the Whicham Property) have been valued by Mr Augustus H Strongitharm, CE, JP at........................................................................................................£116,382 (They have also been valued by Mr Henry Woolcock, C & ME FGS, at £128,171) The share of the Whicham Mines, agreed to be sold to the Company, is valued by Mr Woolcock at.............................................£34,814 Total Valuation of the Properties to be acquired by the Company......................£438,989 The price to be paid for the Properties, &c., including goodwill, is £370,000, which, it will be observed, is significantly less than the valuation. This price will leave £30,000 for working capital, which, in addition to the value of the stock-in-trade, pig-iron, and raw material (£59,152) in hand, is considered ample. The goodwill, which is considered of great value, passes with the transfer of the properties, but no sum has been included in the valuations in respect thereof. The shareholders of the existing Companies will, at the option of the new Company, accept £97,500 in Ordinary Shares fully paid up, and £30,000 in Preference Shares fully paid up, in part payment of the purchase money. The Company will take over the business as at 30th September 1890, and the existing Companies will pay and receive the debts due by and to them up to that date, but as the Valuations were made prior to that date the Vendor guarantees that the properties taken over at 30th September will not be of less value than the sum contained in the Valuation above referred to, and undertake to pay the new Company the sum, if any, at which stocktaking may be found to be deficient. The Vendor will pay all expenses connected with and incidental to the formation of the Company up to the date of allotment. Mr Thomas Barlow-Massicks, who has been managing director of the Millom Works since their formation, and of the Askam Works since their purchase in 1881, has agreed to join the Board and act as Managing Director for five years. The following Contracts have been entered into, viz.:- An agreement dated 18th September 1890, between the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Company (Limited), of the one part, and William Barclay Peat, of the Royal Exchange, Middlesbrough in the county of York, Chartered Accountant, of the other part: an agreement dated 25th September 1890, between the said William Barclay Peat, of the one part, and the Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Company (Limited), of the other part: and an agreement dated 26th September 1890, between the Millom and Askam Hematite Iron Company (Limited), of the one part, and the said Thomas Barlow-Massicks, of the other part: and copies thereof, and of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Draft Deed of Trust for securing the Debentures, and Engineer's Valuations, may be seen at the offices of the Company's Solicitors. There are also various trade contracts and agreements too numerous to be specified, and also contracts and agreements in regard to the subscriptions and issue of capital; but applicants for shares shall be deemed to have notice of all such contracts and agreements, and to waive further specification thereof, whether under Section 38 of the Companies Act 1867 or otherwise. Where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned in full, and when the number of shares or debentures allotted is less than the number applied for, the surplus deposit will be credited in reduction of the amount payable on allotment. In case of default in the payment any instalment when due on either shares or debentures, all amounts previously paid shall be liable to forfeiture and the allotment to cancellation. Applications will forthwith be made for quotations of debentures and shares on the Stock Exchange. Prospectuses may be obtained from the Company's Bankers, Solicitors, Brokers, and Auditors. 2nd October 1890. |
| Court | 24 March 1891 | He was involved in Court proceedings in Torver, LancashireG, on 24 March 1891 Between himself and his wife as the first party and Henry Woolcock as the second party concerning Premises and Land at Scarrhead. Witness Role: Witness [I1632] Mary Ann NIXON. |
| Census | 5 April 1891 | He was recorded in the census on 5 April 1891 at Grove Hill, Highfield, Marton, in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG, Thomas also appears on the census in Millom, with his family. Presumably his wife didn't understand the principle behind the census, and recorded him as if he was at home. |
| Employment | 7 March 1892 | He laid off workers at two Iron Works on 7 March 1892 in Millom, CumberlandG, The Liverpool Mercury of 7th March 1892 reported: THE COAL CRISIS A REVIEW AND FORECAST ...FURNESS AND SOUTH CUMBERLAND If the colliers carry out their threat to stop next Saturday, it is likely to have serious and very far-reaching effects in Furness and South Cumberland, both amonst the iron and steel workers and the iron ore miners. On Saturday all the men employed at the Ironworks at Askam-in-Furness recieved a week's notice to terminate their engagements owing to the difficulty that would be experienced in getting coke from Durham. Mr Barlow-Massicks, the managing director, in addressing the men, said that it was hoped the stoppage would only be of a temporary character, and for the sake of the men and their wives and families he trusted it would not be necessary to bring the works to a complete standstill. If the Askam works stop the men employed at the company's limestone quarries and ironmines in the neighbourhood will also be thrown idle. At the Millom Ironworks, which are owned by the same company, all the ironworkers also recieved a week's notice on Saturday. Mr Barlow-Massicks addressed the men, and referred to the difficulties makers of iron on the west coast laboured under compared with those on the east coast. In Furness and Cumberland, the men work eight hours a day, whereas in the Cleveland district, the men worked a twelve-hours day, thus giving the east coast ironmasters a very great advantage. He would like to be able to compete with them on equal terms. Nothing has yet transpired as to what will be done at the extensive works at Barrow belonging to the Barrow Hematite Steel Company; but, although the company have considerable fuel stocked for an emergency, they will not be able to carry on for more than a week before a partial stoppage would be necessary. The Workington Iron Company, the Lowther Company, and the Distington Company have also given their men notice. |
| Note | 10 November 1892 | His carriage was involved in an accident on 10 November 1892 in Lady Hall, CumberlandG. from the Cumberland Pacquet, 17th November 1892: CARRIAGE ACCIDENT A carriage accident, which was fortunately unattended with any serious consequences, occurred near Lady Hall last Thursday night. Mr Barlow-Massicks' coachman was driving a brougham, and when near Lady Hall through some cause it was upset. The conveyance was considerably damaged, but the occupants were fortunately none the worse of the mishap. |
| Employment | 27 November 1894 | He resigned as Managing Director of one of the Iron Works on 27 November 1894 in Millom, CumberlandG. The Northern Echo (Darlington) of 27 November 1894 includes: IRON AND COAL TRADES ... We understand that Mr T Barlow-Massicks, who has for over a quarter of a century been the managing director of the Millom and Askam Iron Company, has resigned that position, but will continue to sit on the Board as a director. With this company are connected several well-known capitalists in this district, and Mr E R Whitwell, of Yarm, was till lateley the chairman of the concern. Mr James Campbell, late of Connal, Campbell & Co., Glasgow, is to be commercial manager. BARROW, Monday - Continued depression characterizes the Hematite Iron trade. Sales are few, and the output has had to be further reduced. Prices are easey at 43s 41/2d. sellers, net cash: buyers, 1d. less. Steel makers are rather better off for orders, but the prospects are not good, except in steel plate. Shipbuilders are busy, and likely to be busier. Coal and Coke quiet. Shipping depressed. |
| Occupation | 19 February 1897 | On 19 February 1897 Thomas Barlow Massicks bought another Iron Works in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. from the Carlisle Patriot, 19th February 1897: IMPORTANT SALE OF IRONWORKS AT WHITEHAVEN As the result of negotiations which have been going on for some weeks, the Lonsdale Ironworks, Whitehaven, have, it is stated, been sold to Mr Barlow-Massicks, of The Oaks, Millom, late managing director of the Millom Ironworks who, it is understood, proposes to form a company for the future carrying on of the works under his direction. The news that the works willl be set going again has been received in Whitehaven with great satisfaction, although everybody is sorry at the termination of Mr Baird's connection with the works, with which he has been associated for a quarter of a century. |
| Note | 25 May 1897 | He helped to set up another Hematite company on 25 May 1897 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG. The Whitehaven Gazette of 25th May 1897 commented: As may be seen from the prospectus in another page, Mr. Barlow-Massicks in conjunction with the Hon. H. V. Duncombe, M.P., and Mr. Pattinson, Mayor of Whitehaven, is about to revive a most important local industry — the Lonsdale Hematite Company. Some idea of his ability and experience may be gained when it is known that from 1860 to 1865 Mr. Barlow-Massicks was actively engaged in Hematite mining and colliery work in the Whitehaven district, being a partner in the Mowbray, the Eskett, and the Salter and Eskett Iron Ore Companies. In 1865 he founded the Cumberland Iron Mining and Smelting Co., which built the Ironworks at Millom, and which have been most successful. Mr. Barlow-Massicks was managing director of the Millom Ironworks for thirty years and for ten years of the Askam Co. as well. He is at present much interested in the Green Slate Quarries in the Buttermere and Coniston districts, and for the past sixteen years has been chairman of the Buttermere Green Slate Co., Limited. He has been a County Magistrate for nearly twenty years, and was selected as Alderman at the first election of the Cumberland County Council. He was the first chairman of the Millom Local Board and a member of the Council of the British Iron Trade Association. He has always taken an active interest in politics, and is an ardent Conservative of the progressive type. |
| Note | 18 March 1898 | His carriage crashed on 18 March 1898 in Millom, CumberlandG. from the Lancashire Evening Post, 21st March 1898: BROUGHAM OVERTURNED: HORSE SHOT On Friday evening, a horse, with a brougham, belonging to Mr T Barlow-Massicks, The Green, Cumberland, took fright, and bolted near Green-road Station. The brougham was overturned and the horse so injured that it had to be shot at once. |
| Note | 30 June 1900 | He advertised his house for sale on 30 June 1900 in Millom, CumberlandG, but he was still living in it a year later. from the Manchester Courier, 30th June 1900: SALE BY AUCTION In lovely South Cumberland. -- -- The charmingly positioned freehold property known as The Oaks, covering an area of about 78 acres, situate about 3½ miles from Millom town and station, about one mile from Green-Road station on the Barrow and Furness Railway, and easily accessible from all the important business centres of north-west England. It comprises an exceedingly attractive residence, occupied by the owner, Thomas Barlow Mastics, Esq., JP, for the last 25 years, and is situated in a perfectly sheltered position about 150 feet above sea level. The residence possesses a south-west aspect, commands grand views of a typical stretch of Cumberland coast scenery, and has stabling for eight horses, with coach man's residence; a series of lawns and pleasure grounds, overspread by very fine specimens of forest trees, extensive fruit gardens, orchards, two tennis courts, glasshouses, and several well-grown woodlands, and a sufficient extent of parklike meadow land. Also belonging is a share of the Advowson of the Vicarage of St Ann, Thwaites. Good hunting, fishing, and shooting may be had in the neighbourhood. Possession of the house and grounds will be given on completion of purchase. MESSRS. WALTON & LEE will offer the above for SALE BY AUCTION, at the mart, Tokenhouse-yard, London, EC, on Tuesday, July 24th, 1900, at two o'clock precisely, unless sold meanwhile privately. -- -- Particulars of sale may be had of Messrs. Bolton and Bolton, solicitors, Kent Street, Kendal; Messrs. Stephen, Hart, Jackson, and Son, solicitors, Ulverston; or of the Auctioneers, 10, Mount St, London, W. |
| Census | 31 March 1901 | He was recorded in the census on 31 March 1901 at The Oaks in Millom, CumberlandG, Thomas Barlow-MASSICKS Head W 68 Pig Iron Master and Landowner Lancaster North Lancs Marian H Barlow-MASSICKS Daur U 30 Whitehaven Cumb Clara A S Barlow-MASSICKS Daur U 24 Whitehaven Cumb Florence E HORNUNG GrnDaur 7 Melton Mowbray Leic Kathleen M HORNUNG GrnDaur 5 Melton Mowbray Leic Charles A F HORNUNG GrnSon 3 Middlesbrough Yorks Gertrude E JAY Visitor U 27 Hampstead Elizabeth C WATSON Servant U 23 Nurse Domestic Askam in Furness Lancs Bessie C BURNETT Servant U 21 Housemaid Domestic Haverigg Cumb Mary SPENCER Servant U 17 Cook Assistant Domestic Millom Cumb [Coachman's House not in occupation]. |
| Note | 23 July 1901 | He left his house in Millom. Sale of extremely well made furniture at "The Oaks", Millom, by order of T. Barlow-Massicks esquire, J.P. who is removing to Ehen Hall. To be sold by auction 23 & 24 July 1901. Auctioneers:- Lowden & Postlethwaite. |
| Note | 1901 | He was mentioned in a local directory in 1901. Bulmer's History & Directory Of Cumberland, 1901 includes: MILLOM RURAL. - This township covers an area of 9,249 acres, which are assessed at £12,707, and contains the following villages, The Hill, The Green, Kirk Santon, and part of Haverigg; and the hamlets of Hallthwaites, Lady Hall, Duddon Bridge, and School Ellis. The chapelry of Thwaites is in this township. The principal landowners are - Lord Lonsdale, William Lewthwaite, Esq., J.P., D.L., C.J. Myers, Esq., J.P., D.L., T.H. Dobson, Mrs. King, M. Troughton, A. Shepherd, Robert Holmes, William Postlethwaite, J. and J. Lowther, Trustees of W.M. Rawlinson, Trustees of J.D. Newton, Thomas Barlow-Massicks, Esq., J.P., Hon. Mrs. Cross, George Myers, J.S. Hartley, H. Brocklebank, Esq., and W.I. Barratt. |
| Death | 15 April 1908 | He died on 15 April 1908 at Croydon in London, SurreyG. His age was given as 75. |
| Relationship | 2nd cousin 1 time removed of Annie West |
| Father | Thomas Barlow Massicks (b. 1832, d. 15 April 1908) |
| Mother | Mary Ann Nixon (b. 21 January 1832, d. 3 January 1898) |
| Reference Number | Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks had reference number 1612. | |
| Birth | 12 June 1862 | He was born on 12 June 1862 in Whitehaven, CumberlandG, The exact date is taken from his gravestone. |
| Baptism | 20 July 1862 | He was baptised on 20 July 1862 in Hensingham, CumberlandG. |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | He was recorded in the census on 2 April 1871 in Millom, CumberlandG, Thom MASSICKS Head M 40 Iron Master Bardsea Lancs Mary Ann MASSICKS Wife M 39 Ironmaster's wife Lancaster Lancs Mary L MASSICKS Daur 12 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Elizabeth B MASSICKS Daur 10 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Thomas G MASSICKS Son 8 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Edith A MASSICKS Daur 7 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Marian H MASSICKS Daur 5 Scholar Whitehaven Cumb Alfred M MASSICKS Son 3 Scholar Whicham(?) Cumb Clara A MASSICKS Daur 1m Millom Cumb Mary Jane WARD Servant U 19 Domestic Servant Lancaster Lancs. |
| Note | 28 July 1883 | He ran a race on 28 July 1883 in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG. The Northern Echo (Darlington) of 30th July 1883 reported: On Saturday, the second annual athletic sports, promoted by the Middlesbrough Football Club, attracted a large number of people to the Middlesbrough Cricket Field. The weather was in marked contrast to that on the previous Saturday, when the sports had to be postponed. ... THREE-QUARTER MILE STEEPLECHASE A C Summerscale (scratch) 1; T G Massicks (Middlesbrough FC) (60) 2. All the competitors cleared the hurdles creditably, and Massicks was first nearly all through the race, but eventually he was passed by Summerscale, who won by six yards. |
| Note | 7 June 1884 | He ran a race on 7 June 1884 in Darlington, DurhamG. On 9th June 1884, the Northern Echo (Darlington) said: DARLINGTON ATHLETIC SPORTS These sports were concluded in the Cricket Ground, Feethams, on Saturday afternoon. The weather was exceedinly proptitious, and the attendance considerably larger than the previous week, several well-laden excursions bringing a large number of visitors from York, Newcastle, Hartlepool, Stanhope, Crook &c. ... HALF-MILE FLAT RACE (Handicap), Open - First Prize value £5 5s. Second Prize value £2 2s. Third Prize value 31 1s. W J Pitt, Sunderland FC (scratch); J H Hughes, Thirsk Parish CC (15 yards); H Thompson, Harworth C and FC (15); C S Moloney, Richmond C and FC (15); R Thornton, Darlington C and FC (20); J Philips, Newcastle Rangers FC (20); J B Temple, Harworth FC (30); T G Barlow-Massicks, Middlesbrough CC (35).... [This is a list of competitors, not the finishing order]. |
| Note | 28 April 1887 | He was involved with the Volunteer Corps of Submarine Miners on 28 April 1887 in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG. The Leeds Mercury of 29th April 1887 said: THE DEFENCE OF THE TEES Yesterday, on the invitation of Captain John Thomas Belk, a party of gentlemen left the Ferry Landing, Middlesbrough, in the Prince of Wales's steam tug to visit the Government works at the mouth of the Tees. Among those present were... Mr Massicks.... On arriving at the south gare breakwater, after a pleasant trip down the river, the party were conducted by Lieut. London over the Government works in connection with the Volunteer Corps of Submarine Miners, of which Captain Belk is in command. The uses of the various buildings and appliances and the contents of the electrical rooms &c., were duly explained by Lieutenant London, after which the party were conveyed to the Fifty Buoy Light, where they were entertained to lucheon by Captain Belk. After an excellent repast, Captain Johnson proposed "Success to Captain Belk", during which he expressed a belief that under that gentleman's command, and with the assistance of the Royal Engineers, a most efficient corps would be established at the mouth of the river. Captain Belk suitably responded. The corps was now practically complete, and he had no doubt that a second company could easily be formed. (Applause). He concluded by proposing the health of Lieutenant London. Lieutenant London thanked the company, and was glad to notice the spirit with which the movement had been entered into. A vote of thanks to the Tees Conservancy Commissioners for having placed the Fifth Light and a steamer at their disposal concluded the pleasant proceedings. |
| Note | 18 November 1888 | He attended the Mayor's parade on 18 November 1888 in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG. On 19th November 1888, the Northern Echo (Darlington) reported: MAYOR'S SUNDAY AT MIDDLESBROUGH The old custom of accompanying the newly-elected Mayor to church was observed at Middlesbrough yesterday, when Major Raylton Dixon, JP was attended to St. Hilda's Parish Church by the members of the corporation and the leading citizens of the town. Meeting at the New Municipal Buildings, a procession was formed, headed by the battalion band of the Durham Rifle Volunteers, under Bandmaster Spence, and including.. a corps of the Tees Division of the Submarine Miners, commanded by Capt. Barlow-Massicks, Lieut. Richards and Lieut. Roberts, RE, who were accompanied by their chaplain, the Rev. J W Dales... |
| Note | 8 February 1889 | He attended a charity ball on 8 February 1889 in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG. The Northern Echo (Darlington) of 9th February 1889 includes: MIDDLESBROUGH CHARITY BALL The fourth annual charity ball in aid of the funds of the North Riding Infirmary and the Cottage Hospital was held in the Exchange Hall, Middlesbrough, last night. Tasteful decorations of the large hall had been effectively carried out by Messrs. Lithgow and Storry, Mr J Livingstone providing the illuminations, which were the same as were used on the occasion of the visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Twenty large mirrors were placed on each side of the room, and thses were draped in white curtains and surmounted by trophies and flags and heraldic shields. Paintings representing the seasons were hung from the gallery, the front of which was handsomely draped with Van Dyke. The raised dais at the East end of the hall was covered with crimson felt, and there was an attractive arrangement of flowers and foliage plants, which extended to the canopy at the club entrance. Mr J H Amers's band supplied the music... The following is a list of the accepted invitations... T G Barlow-Massicks... |
| Address | 1890 | He lived at 2 Imeson Terrace, Linthorpe Road, in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG, in 1890. |
| Milit-Beg | 1890 | He joined the armed forces in 1890 in Bright Street, Middlesbrough, YorkshireG, was named as the Captain of the Tees Division of Volunteers Sub-Marine Miners. |
| Note | 6 October 1891 | He gave a wedding present on 6 October 1891 in Middlesbrough, YorkshireG, On 7th October 1891, the Northern Echo (Darlington) reported: MARRIAGE OF MISS HANSON, OF MIDDLESBROUGH Yesterday afternoon, a distinguished company in Marton Church to witness the nuptuals of Mr J Marriage, of Coval Lodge, Chelmsford, to Sarah, the elder daughter of Mr Wm. Hanson, JP, of Southend, Middlesbrough, managing director of the Newport Ironworks... LIST OF PRESENTS ... Mr T G Barlow Massicks - Gold quartz brooch... |
| Will | between 1891 and 1904 | Her estate was settled between 1891 and 1904. A copy of it was kept in the solictor's records with other papers. They relate to the estate of Thomas Gibson Barlow-Massicks, deceased, of Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona and formerly of Ehen Hall, Cleator. (The papers also relate to investments in the Lynx Creek Gold and Land Co. Ltd.) |
| Immigration | 3 June 1893 | He passed through Ellis Island, New York, USAG, on 3 June 1893 This may not be his first entry into America, as he calls himself an American citizen. First Name: Thomas G.B. Last Name: Massicks Ethnicity: USA Occupation: Civil Engineer Last Place of Residence: Date of Arrival: Jun 03, 1893 Age at Arrival: 30y Gender: M Marital Status: Ship of Travel: Germanic Port of Departure: Liverpool & Queenstown Manifest Line Number: 0888 Pieces of Baggage: 8. |
| Note | 1894 | He experienced Note in 1894 An American website has the following resume of Thomas: Civil engineer Thomas Gibson Barlow-Massicks was born in England and came to the Arizona Territory c. 1890, where he founded the Lynx Creek Gold and Land Company. He had extensive mining claims in Yavapai County, Arizona, including the Catoctin Silver Mine. The Town of Massicks grew around the company’s hydraulics operation and ceased to exist when Massicks died of an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot wound. Barlow-Massicks held six U.S. patents for mining equipment, particularly for a gravel washing and amalgamating machine used in hydraulic mining. 'Castle on the Creek' offers colorful history by Peggy Magee It looks out of place . . . that 'Castle' in the new Fain Park in Prescott Valley. The Gay Nineties' architecture, prevalent along Mount Vemon Street, just doesn't fit in with the surroundings along Lynx Creek. Old houses conjure up visions of families gathered together for holidays and the warmth of togetherness and memories of the happiness shared with loved ones. If the walls of the 'Castle' could talk, you would expect to hear tales of joy and laughter. But these walls have a much different tale to tell. The story of the 'Castle on the Creek' starts in England with the Massicks family and a man named William Pedley. William had been doing some work in San Bemardino, California in the 1880s. He filed some mining claims during his stay in that area and upon his return to England he married (in 1889) the sister of Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks, our 'Castle's' builder. The Massicks family back in England had been involved with the mining industry. Thomas' father managed a local mine in Cumberland. Young Thomas was ripe for adventure. It is very probable that Pedley's tales of the American West lured Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks to Arizona. He was about 30 years old when he arrived in the Territory in the early 1890s. By the mid-1890's the Lynx Creek Gold and Land Company with Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks as Vice-President had been incorporated in The Arizona Territory. He built the 'Castle' as a British Manor House to be utilized for formal entertaining. Thomas included in the floor plan a ballroom and a wine cellar. Not many houses in The Arizona Territory were designed with those features. Today, when you stand and look at the 'Castle on the Creek', you can almost go back and hear the music in the ballroom, the clipped British accents, the Chinese cook yelling at a stray chicken - times of joy and laughter. Thomas maintained close ties to his homeland. He made frequent business and pleasure trips to England. It was said that the 'Castle' was designed to remind Thomas of his family's home, 'The Oaks', in Britain. Not all of the entertaining done at the 'Castle' was for business. Various items published in the local newspapers in the 1890s mention cricketeers as well as officers from Fort Whipple being wined and dined at the 'Castle'. Thomas never married. At first his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. & Mrs.William Pedley, helped oversee the property and hosted the social activities. But for whatever the reason, (possibly the failure of the dam that Pedley built), the Pedleys left and returned to England. It is suspected that there may have been a falling-out between the brothers-in-law. The Pedleys did return to the United States but not to Arizona. The son of William Pedley, when contacted twenty years ago, knew very little of Thomas and his many interests in Arizona. Subsequently the running of the house was left to servants. The culinary skills of his Chinese cook were known throughout the northern parts of The Arizona Territory. Thomas entertained investors from England and the eastern United States. Besides operating the Manor House and the Lynx Creek Gold and Land Company, he was also an inventor. Many invitations to his home were extended to secure capital for his inventions. The 'Castle' was one way to show potential backers the prosperity and civility of Yavapai County and, of course, Thomas, himself. John W. McConnel, a merchant from Manchester, England, was a backer of the Bucyrus Steam Shovel, one of Thomas' patented inventions. As the decade of the Gay Nineties was drawing to a close, so was the life of the 'Castle's' owner. One day Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks was driving in his buckboard after inspecting one of his mines. His six-shooter fell out of his holster, hit the floor of his buckboard and discharged. The bullet went through his kidney and entered his lung. He fought death for almost a year but he succumbed in April 1899. When Thomas died at the age of thirty-seven, so did the formality of the prim and proper British culture which had reigned in this little comer of The Arizona Territory. There is sadness in knowing that Thomas enjoyed his Castle for less than a decade and had such an untimely and painful demise. Almost a century has passed since Thomas' death. The 'Castle' has had many occupants, but none as colorful as its first resident and builder. Many myths have been printed about Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks and his family. Those myths and the uncovered truths will be presented at the Northern Arizona Conference of Historical Organizations which is scheduled to meet October 18, 1997 at the Sharlot Hall Museum. Afternoon sessions begin at 1:30 p.m. and will have papers presented about Yavapai County history. Call the museum for details. (Peggy Magee is on the Board of Directors of the Prescott Valley Historical Society. She teaches genealogy at Yavapai College and has been listed in 'Who's Who in Genealogy and Heraldry' and 'The World's Who's Who of Women'. She conducts genealogical and historical tours to the British Isles.) |
| Occupation | about 1895 | About 1895 Thomas Gibson Barlow Massicks was the President of Lynx Creek Gold and Land Company. There are many photographs of the Lynx Creek dam, built by Thomas c.1890, on the internet. |
| Court | between 1897 and 1903 | He was involved in Court proceedings between 1897 and 1903 relating to his estate. He was said to be of Arizona, USA, and Millom. |
| Death | 13 April 1899 | He died on 13 April 1899 in Prescott, Arizona, USAG. The date was found on his gravestone. On 15th Apr 1899, The Times recorded his death as follows: BARLOW-MASSICKS - At the Mercy Hospital, Prescott, Arizona, USA. THOMAS GIBSON, son of THOMAS BARLOW-MASSICKS, JP, The Oaks, Millom, Cumberland, in his 36th year, resulting from the accidental discharge of his revolver. |
| Relationship | 6th great-grandfather of Annie West |
| Father | Thomas Mossocke (b. about 1600, d. about January 1663/64) |
| Mother | Elizabeth (b. about 1610, d. October 1684) |
| Son | Thomas Mossocke+ (b. 1669/70, d. 1718) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Mossocke (b. 1671/72, d. 1 November 1684) |
| Son | John Massicks+ (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Daughter | Susanna Mossocke (b. 1684) |
| Son | Henery Mossocke (b. 2 April 1688, d. 2 April 1688) |
| Daughter | Agnes Mossocke (b. 1694, d. 17 July 1694) |
| Name | John Massicks was also known as John Mossocke. | |
| Name | He was also known as John Massicke. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1613. | |
| Birth | 1639 | He was born in 1639. |
| Baptism | 1639 | He was baptised in 1639. A John Mossock was baptised in Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwickshire on 25 October 1639. The father was John - although the family has no known links to Coventry. |
| Note | 26 March 1664 | He was a beneficiary of his father's will on 26 March 1664 in Cartmel, LancashireG. He inherited, jointly with his sister Mary "all my Wood timber plancks & boards in Furnes Fells" and jointly with Mary and his elder brother Thomas "all the books & boxes of Phisicke". He and Mary were both named as executors of the will. |
| Marriage | 12 September 1668 | He married Margaret Benson on 12 September 1668 in St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, LancashireG. They are named as John Massicke and Margrett Benson. |
| Occupation | 17 January 1680/81 | On 17 January 1680/81 John Massicks was working in the iron industry. He was employed as a Hammerman at Force Forge. An agreement was signed between John and the then owner of the forge, Thomas Rawlinson, on 17 Jan 1680. There was a proviso that this employment was for the term of John's life, but the forge closed in 1744 as its location was too distant to cope with the changing pattern of its customers. There is no record of the length of time that John was associated with the forge. The Hammerman was usually the chief employee and was paid £1 13s 4d for each ton of iron produced. It was expected that out of this sum he would remunerate the other forgemen. The machinery at the forge was fully water-powered and the hammer was raised by the great beam of the hammer wheel. Thomas Rawlinson was one of the founders of the Quaker movement. John and Margaret do not seem to have prospered from John's time at the forge, as church records show that they died "old and poor". [This information was supplied by Roy Massicks via Genes Reunited]. |
| Note | 27 August 1707 | He was reported to have died on 27 August 1707 in Hawkshead, LancashireG, This information was supplied by David Tomkins via Genes Reunited, but it must be incorrect as John is mentioned in Court records in 1719. |
| Court | about June 1719 | He was involved in Court proceedings in Lancaster, LancashireG, about June 1719 Lancashire County Quarter Sessions, Lancaster, Midsummer 1719. The entry reads: Lower Allithwaite - relief for John Massock aged 80 years and Margaret his wife aged 70 years. |
| Burial | 16 May 1723 | He was buried on 16 May 1723 at Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael in Cartmel, LancashireG. named as John Mossack of Barngarth, Poor. This information was supplied by Roy Massicks via Genes Reunited. |
| Death | May 1723 | He died in May 1723 at Barn Garth in Cartmel, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 6th great-uncle of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1639, d. May 1723) |
| Mother | Margaret Benson (b. 1647, d. December 1740) |
| Son | John Massack (b. 1700, d. 31 December 1700) |
| Son | Thomas Massicks (b. 1702) |
| Son | James Massicks (b. 1705) |
| Child | Unknown Massicks (b. 1707) |
| Son | William Massick (b. 1709, d. March 1724) |
| Name | Thomas Mossocke was also known as Thomas Massack. | |
| Name | He was also known as Thomas Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1614. | |
| Baptism | 6 February 1669/70 | He was baptised on 6 February 1669/70 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. He was Roy Massick's 6th gt grandfather. He was named as Thomas Mossocke, the son of John Mossocke, of ffors forge. |
| Birth | 1669/70 | He was born in 1669/70 at Force Forge in Satterthwaite, LancashireG. |
| Marriage | 1 June 1700 | He married Ann Walker on 1 June 1700 in Cartmel, LancashireG. |
| Note | 1701 | Cunsey Forge has an interesting history in it own right. The website at http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/index/understanding/archaeology/cunseybeckforge.htm gives the following summary: The earliest reference to a bloomforge (water-powered iron smelting furnace) at Cunsey is an agreement in 1623 to purchase woods for the supply of charcoal. The forge was owned by William Rawlinson or John Machell until the formation of the Backbarrow Company in 1711. When the lease expired in 1715, the forge was taken over by the rival Cunsey Company. They reconstructed the forge and worked it as a refinery in conjunction with its furnace, a short distance downstream on the shore of Windermere. In 1750, both sites returned to the control of the Backbarrow Company. However neither was worked again and the forge was partly dismantled in 1760 and demolished in 1800 (Fell 1908, 191-3). The forge stands on the Cunsey Beck by a silted-up pond created by building a 2m-high dam across the valley bottom. The stream has broken through the northern end, but close to its southern end is the headrace to the forge. The forge itself has been lost, but its wheelpit can be identified close to the track up the valley. Large slag and waste heaps fill the valley bottom below the dam, while beside the track is a series of ruined stone buildings associated with the forge. The principle remains are of a two-storey terrace of three single-fronted cottages, two rooms deep, radically altered on conversion to a barn, 17m long and 7.5m wide. This is now represented only by the rear wall and one end wall (Bowden1990, 68). In June 2002 the local Ranger informed the LDNPA Senior Archaeologist that the standing building remains at the Cunsey Beck Forge, on the west side of Windermere, had been partly demolished. A visit indicated that significant and fragile archaeological deposits had been exposed and that the site was of greater importance than had been recognised. A further visit with English Heritage's Monument Protection Programme adviser on the iron industry confirmed the Senior Archaeologist's view and the site is now being recommended for scheduling, as in statutory protection. English Heritage's Regional Inspector of Ancient Monuments agreed to a offer a substantial grant for rescue investigation and recording and consolidation of the building remains. The investigation and recording element of the project is being undertaken by Oxford Archaeology North (formerly the Lancaster University Archaeological Unit) and the work started on 20th January. The website recommends two books for further reading: Bowden, M (ed) 2000 Furness Iron (published by English Heritage) and Fell, A. 1908 The Early Iron Industry of Furness and District (published by Hume Kitchin in Ulverston.) |
| Death | 1718 | He died in 1718 at Cunsey Forge in Cunsey, LancashireG. |
| Will | 1719 | Her estate was settled in 1719. His Letters of Administration are available to purchase at https://lccsecure.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/questionnaires/runQuestionnaire.asp?qid=576248. |
| Relationship | 6th great-grandmother of Annie West |
| Father | Thomas Benson (b. 1615) |
| Son | Thomas Mossocke+ (b. 1669/70, d. 1718) |
| Daughter | Elizabeth Mossocke (b. 1671/72, d. 1 November 1684) |
| Son | John Massicks+ (b. 1675, d. 1764) |
| Daughter | Susanna Mossocke (b. 1684) |
| Son | Henery Mossocke (b. 2 April 1688, d. 2 April 1688) |
| Daughter | Agnes Mossocke (b. 1694, d. 17 July 1694) |
| Name | Margaret Benson was also known as Margaret Massicke. | |
| Name | She was also known as Margaret Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | She had reference number 1615. | |
| Baptism | 25 December 1647 | She was baptised on 25 December 1647 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. the father is Thomas. |
| Birth | 1647 | She was born in 1647. |
| Marriage | 12 September 1668 | She married John Massicks on 12 September 1668 in St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, LancashireG. They are named as John Massicke and Margrett Benson. |
| Court | about June 1719 | She was involved in Court proceedings in Lancaster, LancashireG, about June 1719 Lancashire County Quarter Sessions, Lancaster, Midsummer 1719. The entry reads: Lower Allithwaite - relief for John Massock aged 80 years and Margaret his wife aged 70 years. |
| Burial | 25 December 1740 | She was buried on 25 December 1740 at Cartmel Priory in Cartmel, LancashireG. |
| Death | December 1740 | She died in December 1740 at Town in Cartmel, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 7th great-grandfather of Annie West |
| Daughter | Margaret Benson+ (b. 1647, d. December 1740) |
| Reference Number | Thomas Benson had reference number 1616. | |
| Baptism | 26 March 1615 | He was baptised on 26 March 1615 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. Tho. BENSON, the child of George An alternative is 29 Dec 1617, the father is Jo. Benson. |
| Birth | 1615 | He was born in 1615 The name was supplied by Roy Massicks, but he gave no dates. |
| Marriage | 15 October 1635 | He married on 15 October 1635 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. This is a possible marriage, the bride is Elizabeth Sawrey. An alternative, also at Hawkshead, is 2 Nov 1637, the bride is Issabell Keene. |
| Burial | 26 February 1678 | He was buried on 26 February 1678 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. no age given. |
| Relationship | 6th great-aunt of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1639, d. May 1723) |
| Mother | Margaret Benson (b. 1647, d. December 1740) |
| Name | Susanna Mossocke was also known as Susanna Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | She had reference number 1617. | |
| Baptism | 22 September 1684 | She was baptised on 22 September 1684 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: Baptism: 22 Sep 1684 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Susana Mossocke, child of John Mossocke. Abode: Forsforge, Satterthwaite. |
| Birth | 1684 | She was born in 1684 at Force Forge in Satterthwaite, LancashireG. |
| Relationship | 6th great-uncle of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1639, d. May 1723) |
| Mother | Margaret Benson (b. 1647, d. December 1740) |
| Name | Henery Mossocke was also known as Henery Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | He had reference number 1618. | |
| Birth | 2 April 1688 | He was born on 2 April 1688 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. |
| Death | 2 April 1688 | He died on 2 April 1688 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. |
| Burial | 2 April 1688 | He was buried on 2 April 1688 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: Burial: 2 Apr 1688 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Henery Mossocke, son of John Mossocke. Abode: Fors Forge. |
| Relationship | 6th great-aunt of Annie West |
| Father | John Massicks (b. 1639, d. May 1723) |
| Mother | Margaret Benson (b. 1647, d. December 1740) |
| Name | Agnes Mossocke was also known as Agnes Massicks. | |
| Reference Number | She had reference number 1619. | |
| Baptism | 17 July 1694 | She was baptised on 17 July 1694 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. She was named as Agnes, daughter of John, of fforsforge. |
| Death | 17 July 1694 | She died on 17 July 1694 in Hawkshead, LancashireG. |
| Burial | 17 July 1694 | She was buried on 17 July 1694 at St Michael and All Angels in Hawkshead, LancashireG. The entry reads: Burial: 17 Jul 1694 St Michael and All Angels, Hawkshead, Lancashire, England. Agnes Mossocke, daughter of John Mossocke. Abode: Forsforge. She also appears in the register in the list of those people "buried in woolen." |
| Birth | 1694 | She was born in 1694. |