William Slack Flint (10)

William Slack Flint

1869 - 1943

William Slack Flint

Father	Alfred Flint
Mother	Ann Slack
Wife	Emma Swindell
Children	Edwin, Joseph, May, Ellen

William was born in Tideswell on 14th April 1869 ⁽¹⁾, the second child of Alfred and Ann, and was baptised in Tideswell on 4th July 1869 ⁽²⁾.

His sister Rosa was born in early 1871 ⁽³⁾, and by the census of 2nd April that year he was living with his parents, older sister Martha and younger sister Rosa in Back Lane, Tideswell. His Uncle Richard (his mother's brother) was also living with them.

His brother Samuel was born around 1873 ⁽⁴⁾, his siter Elizabeth in about 1875 ⁽⁴⁾, brother Alfred in about 1877 ⁽⁴⁾, brother Henry around 1879 ⁽⁴⁾ and brother John Thomas about 1880 ⁽⁴⁾. By the 1881 census ⁽⁴⁾, the family was living at the top of Town Head amongst a large number of relations. Next door to them was William's great uncle John Flint (his father's uncle). Next door to him was Matthew Flint (William's father's cousin) and family; and next door to them was Reuben Flint (Matthew's son) and family!

His sister Elizabeth died a few days after William's 13th birthday ⁽⁵⁾. The following year his sister Caroline was born ⁽⁶⁾, followed by Charles in about 1885 ⁽⁶⁾, Ann in about 1888 ⁽⁶⁾, and Edwin in 1889 ⁽⁵⁾. Edwin died the following November aged just 17 months ⁽⁵⁾. By the time of the next census in April 1891 ⁽⁶⁾, William was working as a limestone quarryman, very likely at the same quarry as his father and brothers Samuel and Alfred. The whole family was still living up Town Head, now in Ivy Cottage. This house was said to be a one-up, one down and all the children used to have sleep in shifts, and on the floor, because there wasn't enough space ⁽¹⁹⁾. William is said to have called in at Chapmans Joiners on his way home from school one day a week, to collect a bag of sawdust for the floor ⁽¹⁹⁾. They were still living close to other family too, with one of his father's cousins William next door on one side, and another cousin Matthew next door but one on the other side.

A couple of months later, on 27th June 1891, he married, an obviously heavily pregnant ⁽⁸⁾ Emma Swindell in Tideswell church ⁽⁷⁾. Even though Emma was pregnant, this may not have been as much of a "shotgun wedding" as it first appears, as they had seemingly been in a close relationship since at least 1888, when they were the witnesses at Emma's sister's wedding ⁽²²⁾. Their first child Edwin was born soon afterwards ⁽⁸⁾, followed by Joseph in 1895 ⁽⁹⁾, May in 1899 ⁽¹⁰⁾⁽²³⁾, and Ellen in 1900 ⁽¹¹⁾. Sometime between 1895 and 1899 ⁽¹⁸⁾ they moved into The White Hart Inn, on the edge of Market Square, and William became a publican as well as a limestone quarrier ⁽¹⁰⁾⁽¹²⁾⁽²³⁾. They were still there at the time of the 1901 census ⁽¹²⁾, but later moved to St John's Road ⁽²¹⁾, then to Millers Dale, probably just before the First World War, where William was the quarry foreman at "Lime Sidings" opposite their house on Rock View ⁽¹³⁾. Soon afterwards, William was crushed under a stone at work, and forced to retire an invalid ⁽¹³⁾, probably in 1916 when he was photographed at The Cottage Hospital in Buxton ⁽¹⁴⁾.

His father died in 1922 ⁽¹⁵⁾ and his mother in 1930 ⁽²⁰⁾. William lived out his days in Millers Dale ⁽¹³⁾, and died there of a cerebral haemourhage on 3rd October 1943, aged 74 ⁽¹⁶⁾, and was buried in Tideswell ⁽¹³⁾. His widow Emma survived him by less than two years ⁽¹⁷⁾.

Brief details of his children:

Edwin was born in summer 1891. Very little is known of him except that he married a woman called Emily, had at least one daughter Dorothy, and at the time of his father's death he was living in Wakefield.
Joseph Swindell was born in summer 1895. He married a woman named Marion, and at the time of his mother's death he was living in Peak Dale. He didn't have any children.
May was born in 1899 in Tideswell. In 1925 she married Fred Allen, a policeman originally from close by in Flagg, but then living in South Normanton. Soon afterwards they moved to Repton, where they had two children - Joyce and Fred. Her husband died young in 1929, whilst she was pregnant with their third child Dorothy. Upon being widowed, she moved back to Millers Dale where her parents lived, and stayed there for the rest of her life, dying aged 80 in 1979, having never remarried.
Ellen ("Nellie") was born towards the end of 1900. She married John Oliver and they had two children, Raymond and Freda. She died in 1980.

Sources:

Birth Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

When and where born	Name	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
Fourteenth April 1869, Tideswell	William Slack	Boy	Alfred Flint	Ann Flint, formerly Slack	Lead Miner	Ann Flint, Mother, Tideswell	Tenth May 1869

Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:

When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
		Christian	Surname
1869 July 4	William Slack	Alfred & Ann	Flint	Tideswell	Miner
Born 14 Apr 1869

Census of 2nd April 1871 reads:
Place: Back Lane, Tideswell

Alfred Flint	Head	Mar	31	Lead Ore Miner	Cheshire, Marple
Ann do	Wife	Mar	23	.	Derby, Wormhill
Martha do	Daur	.	3	Scholar	do, Tideswell
William S do	Son	.	1	.	do, do
Rosa do	Daur	.	2 mo	.	do, do
Richard Slack	Brother in Law	Unm	33	Lead Ore Miner	do, Wormhill

Census of 3rd April 1881 reads:
Place: Top of Townhead, Tideswell

Alfred Flint	Head	Mar	42	Lime Stone Quarrier	Cheshire, Poynton
Ann do	Wife	Mar	32	~~do wife~~	Derbyshire, Wormhill
Martha do	Daur	.	13	Scholar	do, Tideswell
William S do	Son	.	11	Scholar	do, do
Rosa do	Daur	.	10	Scholar	do, do
Samuel do	Son	.	8	Scholar	do, do
Elizabeth do	Daur	.	6	Scholar	do, do
Alfred do	Son	.	3	.	do, do
Henry do	Son	.	2	.	do, do
John T do	Son	.	6 mo	.	do, do

Memorial inscription from gravestone, near back door of Tideswell Church reads:
In loving memory of
Alfred Flint
Died May 28th 1922
Aged 82 years
also Ann Flint
wife of the above
died March 29th 1930 aged 81 years
also Elizabeth
daughter of the above
died April 22nd 1882 aged 7 years
also Edwin
Son of the above
died November 11th 1890 aged 17 months
"Safe in our father's keeping"

Census of 5th April 1891 reads:
Place: Ivy Cottage, Town Head, Tideswell

Alfred Flint	Head	M	52	Limestone Quarryman	Cheshire, Marple
Ann Do	Wife	M	42	.	Derbyshire, Wormhill
William S Do	Son	S	21	Limestone Quarryman	Do, Tideswell
Rosa Do	Daur	S	20	Power Loom Cotton Weaver	Do, Do
Samuel Do	Son	S	18	Limestone Quarryman	Do, Do
Alfred Do	Son	.	13	Labourer at Lime Stone Works	Do, Do
Henry Do	Son	.	12	Scholar	Do, Do
John T Do	Son	.	10	Do	Do, Do
Caroline Do	Daur	.	8	Do	Do, Do
Charles Do	Son	.	6	Do	Do, Do
Ann Do	Daur	.	3	Do	Do, Do

Marriage Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

1891 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Tideswell in the County of Derby

When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
1891 June 27th	William Slack Flint	22	Bachelor	Labourer	Tideswell	Alfred Flint	Labourer
1891 June 27th	Emma Swindell	21	Spinster	-	Tideswell	Joseph Swindell	Wheelwright

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns

in the presence of William Swindell, Mary Ellen Moseley

Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell includes the entry:

When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
		Christian	Surname
1891 October 8^th	Edwin	William Slack and Emma	Flint	Tideswell	Labourer
Born 5 Sept^r 1891

Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell includes the entry:

When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
		Christian	Surname
1895 September 19^th	Joseph Swindell	William Slack and Emma	Flint	Tideswell	Quarryman
Born August 6^th 1895

Daughter May's Birth Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

When and where born	Name	Sex	Name and surname of father	Name, surname and maiden surname of mother	Occupation of father	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
Fourteenth May 1899, White Hart Inn, Tideswell, RD	May	Girl	William Slack Flint	Emma Flint, formerly Swindell	Licensed Victualer and Limestone Quarrier	Emma Flint, Mother, White Hart Inn, Tideswell	Twentieth June 1899

Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell includes the entry:

When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
		Christian	Surname
1900 October 25	Ellen	William Slack & Emma	Flint	Tideswell	Quarryman
Born September 16^th 1900

Census (page 1, page 2) of 31st March 1901 reads:
Place: White Hart, Tideswell

William S Flint	Head	M	31	Publican & Limestone Quarryman	worker	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell
Emma Do	Wife	M	31	.	.	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell
Edwin Do	Son	S	9	.	.	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell
Joseph S Do	Son	S	5	.	.	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell
May Do	Daur	.	2	.	.	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell
Ellen Flint	Daur	S	6 months	.	.	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell
Joseph Dale	Boarder	S	28	Lime Stone Quarryman	worker	.	Derbyshire, Tideswell

Information from living relatives.
Photograph shows William recuperating in Cottage Hospital, Buxton, in July 1916.

His father's Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
Twenty eighth May 1922, Ivy Cottage, Bank View, Tideswell	Alfred Flint	Male	82 years	Formerly a Limestone Quarrier	I Chronic Bronchitis Certified by J H Parke MRCS	Alfred Flint, Son, in attendance, Queen Street, Tideswell	Twenty ninth May 1922

Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
Third October 1943, Rock Cottage, Millers Dale, Tideswell, Bakewell, RD	William Slack Flint	Male	74 years	Limestone Quarryman (formerly)	1(a) Cerebral haemourhage Certified by Humphrey Brookes MB	Edwin Flint, Son, 57 Savile Street, Wakefield	Fifth October 1943

His wife's Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
Tenth June 1945, 3 Baslow Road, Bakewell	Emma Flint	Female	75 years	Rock View, Millers Dale, Tideswell, RD. Widow of William Slack Flint Limestone Quarryman	1(a) Exhaustion (b) Senile dementia (3) Myocardial degeneration Certified by E W Evans MRCS	J Flint, Son, in attendance, Upper End, Peak Dale, via Stockport	Eleventh June 1945

In 1895 Kellys Directory of Derbyshire lists the White Hart's proprieter as Lawrence Holmes Handley, but by the time of his daughter May's birth in 1899 ⁽¹⁰⁾, William was living there and describing himself as a victualer.
Word of mouth from living relatives.

Death Certificate from Registration District of Bakewell states:

When and where died	Name	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered
Twenty Ninth March 1930, Ivy Cottage, Tideswell	Ann Flint	Female	81 years	The Widow of Alfred Flint a Limestone Quarrier	1. (a) Broncho Pneumonia (b) Cerebral Haemorrhage (c) Chronic Interstital Nephritis No P.M. Certified by Fred K. B. [Quanbrough] M.R.C.S.	Alfred Flint Son present at the death Queen Street Tideswell	Thirty First March 1930

Census of 2rd April 1911 reads:

William Slack Flint

Head

Married

Lime Stone Quarryman

Worker

Tideswell, Derbyshire

Emma Flint

Wife

Married

Tideswell, Derbyshire

Edwin Flint

Son

Single

Cotton Dowller

Cotton Mill

Worker

Tideswell, Derbyshire

Joseph S Flint

Son

Single

Labourer General

Worker

Tideswell, Derbyshire

May Flint

Daughter

School

Tideswell, Derbyshire

Ellen Flint

Daughter

Tideswell, Derbyshire

Number of Rooms: 5
Postal Address: St John Rd, Tideswell, Buxton

Parish Register of St John the Baptist, Tideswell includes the entry:

1888 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Bakewell in the County of Derby

When married	Name and Surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at the time of marriage	Father's name and Surname	Rank or Profession of father
1888 February 11^th	John Thomas Moseley	27	Bachelor	Quarryman	Tideswell	late Samuel Moseley	Shoemaker
1888 February 11^th	Mary Ellen Swindell	21	Spinster	Winder	Tideswell	Joseph Swindell	Wheelwright

Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns

in the presence of William Slack Flint, Emma Swindell

Parish Register of St John the Baptist's, Tideswell includes the entry:

When baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession
		Christian	Surname
[18]99 Thirsday June 14	May	William Slack & Emma	Flint	Tideswell	Quarryman & Innkeeper
Born 14 May 1899

Notes:

Any records relating to being an innkeeper?

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