Children of Maurice Lock & Ann White

Maurice and Ann Lock had thirteen children from 1815 – 1841 which was essentially the span of the time they spent together in their marriage. Most of the children remained on or near the Isle of Wight, however, unlike the generations before them, four of the thirteen children set off for the new colony, but only two left with their husbands for the Hunter River, New South Wales. One went to Victoria working in the coastal shipping trade as an able seaman and the other took his new wife to South Australia. After living their lives in such small villages on a small island, this vast new land likely meant there was little opportunity for them to meet, unless with their seaman brother on his travels. None of those who left the Isle of Wight would return home.

The thirteen children were:

1. William Lock : 1815 at Whitwell, Isle of Wight – 1848 at Newport, Isle of Wight
2. Frances Lock : 1816 at Whitwell, Isle of Wight – 1846 at Sydney, New South Wales
3. Maurice Lock : 1818 at Whitwell, Isle of Wight – unknown
4. James Lock : 1820 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – unknown
5. Ann Lock : 1821 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1842 at sea on the “Thomas Arbuthnot” en route to Australia, off Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia
6. Aaron Lock : 1825 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1876 at Stone Hut, South Australia,
7. Ellen Lock : 1826 Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1899 at Isle of Wight, England
8. Edith Lock : 1830 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1899 at Tooting, Surrey, England
9. Andrew Lock : 1833 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1878 at Hospital, Gipps Rd, South Melbourne, Victoria
10. Mary Lock : 1836 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1837 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight
11. Eliza Lock : 1838 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1911 at Southampton, Hampshire
12. John Lock : 1839 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1879 at Shanklin, Isle of Wight
13. Francis : 1841 Lock at Shanklin, Isle of Wight – 1852 Shanklin, Isle of Wight

1. William Lock (son) : 1815 – 1848

William Lock, Maurice and Ann’s first child was born 31 January 1815 when Maurice was just 17 and Ann 18 years of age and before they officially married in July 1815 when William would have been t months old.

William was one of the named administratrors for his father’s Estate in 1843 along with his mother and his brother James.

However in 1848 Maurice and Ann Lock’s son William Lock died in an accident, falling from the roof of a stone church in Newport he was building. He was a stonemason and just 34 years of age. Newspaper reports say he fell 35 feet (about 12 metres) landing on some rubbish while working on St James the new Independent Chapel at Newport. Likely his brother in law George Gray worked alongside his brother in in law while they all lived Shanklin.

On the 1851 census Elizabeth Lock is recorded as having a lodger living with her named Thomas Mitchell, a labourer aged 32 years. In July 1851 they married and had seven more children, Elizabeth died in April 1898 in Chale, Isle of Wight.

2. Frances Lock 1816 – 1846

Frances Lock born in 1816 married Edmund Bull in Shanklin, Isle of Wight on 16 December, 1836.

In October 1844 Ann and Maurice’s eldest daughter Frances set off with her husband Edmund and four children for a new country and a new life. This ended in tragedy for their youngest child Phebe Grace just ten months old who died on the ship a few weeks before they landed in Sydney. Then just over a year later in Sydney on 20 March 1846 Frances Bull nee Lock died. Their full story is told in a seperate chapter.

3. Maurice Lock (son) : 1818 – unknown

Maurice Lock son of Maurice and Ann Lock was born in 1818 in Whitwell in 1818 according to a baptismal record. Little is known or recorded of Maurice Lock except the baptismal record and the mention of a son which was likely Maurice junior, who was with his father Morris Lock on the ill fated sea voyage in March 1842.

Of note, there are no records for Ann and Maurice Lock’s son Maurice, after 1842 aside from the birth record of a baby boy named Maurice Lock Boyce born on 20 October, 1842. There have been no other records or references found for Maurice Lock junior after this time.

The birth a baby boy on 20 October 1842, and his name appears to be a clear reference to a father ‘Maurice Lock’. His mother was Jane Boyce which was registered as the baby’s surname. No details for his father are recorded on the birth or Baptism Register just the name as Maurice Lock has his first and middle names and his mother as Amelia Jane Boyce. His conception would have been in about January 1842, along with the name of the baby boy, it is likely he was Maurice Lock jnr’s son. Perhaps DNA records between the families may confirm this.

There appears to be no record for the death of Maurice Lock jnr nor records after this time.

4. James Lock : 1820 – unknown

James Lock son of Morris and Ann Lock was baptised in Whitwell on 2 July 1820, it is likely his birth was 1820.

The Estate paperwork for his father Maurice, lists his mother Ann, brother William and James both stonemasons, as the administrators of their father’s estate. This indicates that James was still alive in March 1843.

Whilst there are records linked to ‘James Lock’ after 1843 they appear to not be the son of Maurice and Ann Lock. So his whereabouts and story has been unable to be told here.

5. Ann Lock and George Gray : 1816 -1848

Ann Lock was born on the 4 November 1821 in Whitwell nearby to Nettlecombe, and was the daughter of Maurice (Morris) Lock and Ann White. The family was living in Whitwell when Ann was baptised on the 4th November, 1821.

Ann Lock married George Gray on the 14 January 1841, at the Superintendents Registering Office in the district of the Isle of Wight. Ann was the mother of George Abner Gray who eventually moved to the Clarence River, in Northern New South Wales. He was the great grandfather of Colin George Perkins, my father.

Just a month after the tragic accident and death of her brother William on 22 Sept 1848 another daughter Ann and her husband George Gray and their four children followed in the steps of her sister Frances for the Hunter River region of the new colony of New South Wales. This proved disastrous for their young baby James on 18 November, 1848 and his mother Ann on 15th December 1848 the voyage to New South Wales. Their whole story is told in another chapter.

6. Aaron Lock : 1825 – 1876

Aaron Lock was born in Shanklin in 1825, his baptism was recorded as 15 October 1826 in Shanklin. His is not however recorded with his mother Ann on the 1841 census in Shanklin when he would have been 16 years of age.

On 8 November 1848 Aaron Lock married Susan Heyball the daughter of Peter Heyball of Crewkerne, Somerset and Amy Newton of Christchurch, Hampshire, they had married in Newport, Isle of Wight on 31 Dec 1817. Peter was a Baker by trade and is recorded in the 1841 census at Newport, Isle of Wight working as a Baker. They had four children : Emma (1816 – 1890), Susannah (1819 -1855), Sarah (1825 – 1841) and Thomas (1827 – 1858).

Aaron and Susan settled in Adelaide where Aaron listed his occupation as a carpenter. Their first child Thomas Lock was born on 20 November 1849, Susan was born on 4 December 1851 and their third child Edith was born on 11 February 1854..

Tragedy struck when Susan and Aaron’s newborn baby girl, Edith Lock died on 13 April 1854 just two months of age.

Susan Lock died on 24 March 1855 and is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery.

Within the newspaper report of the inquest into the death of Susan Lock is a witness who was to become a significant figure in Aaron Lock’s life, her name was Emma Thompson who had been working for the Lock family.

Emma’s occupation on her immigration record is that of a ‘charwoman’ and it is this capacity that she was employed by Aaron and Susan Lock, likely to help with the two young children and the birth of the new baby. It can be noted from the inquest report, that Aaron was away working when Susan health became much worse.

Emma despite her mistresses troubled mind described her employees kindly in the inquest ; ‘She was very kind to her children, and fond of her husband, with whom she lived on the most affectionate terms … Her husband was very kind to her.’

It was seven months later when Aaron Lock married Emma Thompson on 8 October, 1855 at Trinity Church Adelaide.

Aaron Lock continued to work as a carpenter in Adelaide and after a few years they moved to Gillies St, Adelaide by 1864. Along with Thomas and Edith from Aaron’s marriage with Susan, Emma and Aaron had eleven children : Charlotte, Frank, Ellen, Brutus, Cassius, Maurice, Emma Louise, Charlotte, Adelaide, Edith and Rose between 1856 and 1875.

7. Ellen Lock : 1826 – 1899

Ellen Lock was born in Shanklin in 1826. There is a baptismal record in the England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (Folder 00756651 Microfilm 1470891 Indexing Batch C02836-9) for Ellen Lock, parents Maurice and Ann on 15 October 1926 at Shanklin.

On 15 June 1849 when Ellen was 19 years of age she gave birth to a baby boy names William Hambleton Dixon Lock, no doubt named after the father. He was born in Shanklin.

The 1851 census places Ellen Lock daughter living at Wood Cottage, Shanklin with her mother Ann a ‘widow’. Baby William Lock is recorded as Ann Lock’s grandson aged one year.

In 1871 Ellen is still living with her mother Ann this time in 16 Swanmore Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Both have their occupation listed as laundress. They have a lodger living with them, Daniel Bartlett a ‘coachman’ aged 32 years. When her mother Ann Lock died in 1879, the informant was Mary Bartlett.

The 1881 census shows a change in circumstances, Ellen is now living at another cottage on Swanmore Rd, Ryde, with a visitor named Enos Bartlett aged 6 years. Her son now known as William Dixon had married an Elizabeth Bond on 26 January 1874. His occupation was a ‘Telegraphist’.

There is another marriage record for William Hambleton Dixon recorded on the Isle of Wight records, in 1880 he married Emily Caroline Perkins at St Thomas, Ryde, Isle of Wight (Register: COE37.2/123). It is unknown what happened to Elizabeth Bond. In 1881 William H Dixon is living at 2 Union St, Ryde hand his occupation as ‘lace dealer’. He was living with Emily C Dixon and her daughter Lily Perkis both dressmakers. Lily Perkis is noted as William’s stepdaughter and they have an assistant lacemaker living with them named Louisa Turner.

By 1891 William H Dixon ‘retired telegraphist’ is living with his mother Ellen ‘laundress’ at 109 Arthur St, Ryde. Louisa Vega a cousin of Ellen’s who is a lady’s maid is living with them and they have another lodger Susannah Preece, a cook. There is no mention of William’s wife or stepdaughter.

There is a question as to whether the William Hambleton Dixon ‘telegraphist’ who married Elizabeth Bond is the same one who married Emily Caroline Perkis or whether he was in fact his father. This question arises due to the different occupations, with a lace dealer being more in line as a provision dealer as known on William Hambleton Dixon’s marriage certificate in 1874.

The final record for Ellen Lock is her death register. Ellen died at 109 Arthur At, Ryde where she had been living with her son William Dixon for some time. Her occupation was still listed as’Laundress’ and the informant was her son William who was present with her at her death. The cause of death was ‘Exhaustion Cancer Breast’.

8. Edith Lock : 1830 – 1875

Edith Lock was born in Shanklin about 1830 and was baptised there.

The 1841 census records Ann and Maurice’s daughter Edith living with her mother Ann in Shanklin. An 1851 Census record for Edith has not been found but in 1861 Edith is working as a chambermaid at the Royal Hotel, St Peter’s St, Hampshire. By 1871 Edith is working in a shop and recorded as the head of the household with her occupation as a confectioner. By 1875 Edith is very unwell and admitted to the Surry Lunatic Asylum on 9 February.

Edith’s death certificate gives more information, she was 44 years of age and her occupation recorded as a ‘confectioner’ in Camberwell. The cause of death was ‘Disease of Brain, Disease of right elbow joint, Pyamia [blood poisoning]‘. The informant was E Munday who was present at her death in the County Lunatic Asylum, Wandsworth.

Edith Lock obviously made a Will and the Probate was administered with it being granted to her brother ‘John Lock of the “Albion” Hotel Brighton in the County of Sussex Waiter the brother’. Her estate was valued at under £100.

9. Andrew Lock – Seaman, Australia : 1833 – 1878

Andrew Lock’s death is recorded in Victoria, Australia in 1878, stating he had been in Victoria for 17 years, placing his first arrival there in 1861.

Andrew Lock was born 25 October 1833 in Shanklin and recorded on the 1841 census aged 7 living with his mother Ann and siblings Ellen, Edith, Eliza and John.

It is clear from the next records that Andrew Lock settled for a life at sea, not surprising given his connections with previous family such as his father as fisherman and smuggler. However, Andrew chose a more respectable path than his father’s dabbling in smuggling.

Whilst it has been difficult to find an actual arrival date in Victoria there are Coastal Shipping records recording ‘A Lock AB’ (Able Seaman) and Andrew Lock from the Isle of Wight on four records. These records clearly establish Andrew Lock in Victoria, Australia working as an Able Seaman.

An interesting aspect to this report is that the ship was travelling from Newcastle to Melbourne indicating that there was perhaps an opportunity for Andrew Lock to meet with his brother in law Edmund Bull and family.

The final record that has been found for Andrew Lock ‘Seaman’ is his death certificate which soaked to his sudden death of ‘Morbius Corbis’ which is an unspecified heart disease, at just 48 years of age. Unfortunately his parents name was unknown. It was noted he was ‘single’ and was buried on 27 May 1878 at the ‘New Melbourne Cemetery’ which is Melbourne General Cemetery, there appears to be no record online for this burial. The certificate also stated he had been in Victoria for 17 years.

10. Mary Lock : 1836 – 1837

On 4 January 1836 Ann and Maurice’s daughter Mary was born in Shanklin, she was baptised in the Shanklin church on 31 January 1836.

Tragedy struck just 15 months later with the death of Mary. She was buried in Braden on 28 April 1837.

11. Eliza Lock : 1838 – 1911

Eliza Lock was recorded with her mother in Shanklin on the 1841 census aged 3 years. On 1851 census Eliza was 13 years and is recorded her as a ‘scholar’ living with her mother on Newport. In 1862 Eliza Lock married George Barker at the Primitive Methodist, Church Pyle St, Newport, Isle of Wight.

In 1871 they are living in South Stoneham, Millbrook with George working as a Grocer, however by 1881 George is working as a Steward on the ‘S S Alderney’ an occupation he continues working in. Eliza is recorded as living in South Stoneham as a Ship’s Steward’s wife in 1881 and clerk in 1891. On 16 September 1899 George Barked died with his address recored as 7 College Pl, Southampton, Hampshire. After Georeg’s death Eliza was living at 17 Ordnance rd, Southampton living with her sons Frederick John and Herbert Maurice Barker both ‘House Joiner’s’, her daughter Alice Eliza Baker and her daughters Emily Eliza Barker and Emily Peters nee Barker.

Eliza Barker nee Lock aged 73 years died on 17 August 1911 at 19 Ordnance Rd, Southampton, it was noted she was the ‘Widow of George Barker, Marine Steward’.

The cause of dew as ‘Abdominal Carcinoma’ and ‘Asthma’, her son Frederick Barker was present at her death in his home at 19 Ordnance road.

12. John Lock : 1839 – 1879

John Lock was born in 1839, he was baptised on 29 September 1839 when Ann and Maurice were living in Shanklin and Maurice’s occupation was listed as ‘Mason’.

John was recorded as one year of age living with his mother at the Cottage, Clarendon house in Shanklin on the 1841 census. By the 1851 census John is s student in Newchurch with Ann living in Wood Cottage. The 1871 census shows a change of where John Lock is living from the Isle of Wight to the Albion Hotel, Brighton, England where he is working as a Waiter.

On 23 Mar 1876, John Lock ‘Waiter’ at The Albion Hotel married Eliza Lee Trice nee Vaughan who is noted in 1871 census working at the same hotel as a Housekeeper. This record states his father Maurice Lock was a builder. Eliza Trice’s first George Trice was the son of a Coachman, George was a Waiter when he married Eliza on 19 April 1864, just 8 months later in December 1864 George Trice died aged just 24 years.

Perhaps in 1875 when his sister Edith died in the Asylum in Wandsworth John did not know that he too would be admitted to a Lunatic Asylum but in Sussex. He died there on 6 December aged just 39 years. The cause of death was ‘progressive paralysis’ a devastating condition and prognosis, the analysis of which in the nineteenth century as been described and studied : ‘There was, however, broad agreement on the disease’s symptomatology and prognosis. It was widely perceived as the most deadly disease of psychiatry was one of steady and progressive mental and physical deterioration ending in death. The disease inflicted degenerative dementia upon its sufferers in tandem with the development of muscular incoordination and paralysis, hence the disease’s pseudonym ‘dementia paralytica’.⁵

John Lock’s wife Eliza widowed twice, never remarried, she went on to work as a lodging housekeeper and nurse. Eliza Lee Lock ‘Widow of John Lock a lodging house Keeper’ died on 17 March 1915 at 34 Shaftsbury Road, Preston, Brighton, aged 72 years. The cause of death was ‘1. Pneumonia (4 days) 2. Acute Bronchitis (14 days)’. The informant was Louisa Parker of 7 Shaftsbury Road, Preston who was present at her death.

13. Francis Lock aged 10 years : 1841 – 1852

In early 1852 Ann Lock faced another loss, this time of her young son Francis Lock just 10 years of age. Francis was born at Shanklin on 4 June 1841 and lived with his mother Ann all his short life. This is around the time that Maurice was ‘lost’ so he may not have known his father, it was his mother Ann who was the informant for his birth.

The cause of death was ‘Scarlatina’ which was scarlet fever, the cause was not certified. The person as with his death that certified the death, as with his birth, was Ann Lock, mother. The value of certificates is that they not only tell you about the person who was born, married or died, they also give you a location of where they were at that time beyond the 10 year gaps of census records. In this case it states the place as ‘Dover, Newchurch‘ and we know his mother was with him. The record also states his father was ‘Son of Maurice Lock Stone Mason’ but it does not add ‘deceased’.

References

1. _{20 June 1815 Northwood. Isle of Wight : England Marriages, 1538–1973}
2. _{Parish of Godshill, Isle of Wight records – Ancestry}
3. _{The Hampshire County Newspaper and South West of England 10 June 1842 – British Newspapers Archive}
4. _{Cowes Customs Website https://www.customscowes.co.uk/customs_prosecutions.htm}
5. _{Will bonds and Administration bonds https://familyrecords.awh.durham.ac.uk/nei/NEI_bonds.pdf}
6. _{The most deadly disease of asylumdom: general paralysis of the insane and Scottish psychiatry, c.1840–1940 by G Davis, Wellcome Lecturer in the History of Medicine, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, UK https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/journal/issue/journal_42_3/davis.pdf}
7. _{The Vectis Directory of Isle of Wight General diode, containing a classification of the nobility, gentry, banker, professional gentlemen, and traders, resident in the towns of Newport, Ryde, Cowes, and Yarmouth, also of the villages generally, including Ventnor, Shanklin, Carisbrooke published by William Lambert 1839}