Frederick H.
Corbett’s
MOULD Family Page
From FRANCIS MOULD born about
1827 in England (Black Country area) to California today
For further information contact:
Frederick H. Corbett Sun Lakes, 4892 Glen Abbey
Way, Banning, California 92220-5121
(909) 769-1003 E-Mail; fhcorbett@earthlink.net
FIRST GENERATION
1. FRANCIS MOULD was born about 1827 in England (Black Country area). He has Ahnentafel index number 5-20.0. His place of residence at the time of his Son William's marriage was Bloomfield, St. John's parish, Dudley, Worcestershire.
The following was provided by a Brial Fisher on 7 November 1999 in response to a request for information on the Mould Families - From: Brian Fisher <brian.fisher@net.ntl.com
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Wednesbury parish records
Baptism sept 10, 1815
Thomas, son of Thomas and Hannah Mould, abode--wednesbury, lock maker.
He was married to TBD about 1852 in England (Black Country area). TBD was born about 1830 in England (Black Country area). FRANCIS MOULD and TBD had the following children:
TBD was born about 1827 in England (Black Country area).
SECOND GENERATION
2. WILLIAM MOULD was born in 1854 in Tipton, Stafford, England. His year of birth has been derived from the 1881 census in Great Britain
He was employed as a Forge Roller in Iron Mill between 1881 and 1891 in Stafford, Tipton, England. He was employed as a Moulder in 1903 in Dudley, STS, England. He died about 1919 in England ?. He has Ahnentafel index number 4-10.0. He had the following number of children and married children, 5 / 1. He is in the Corbet/t Study Group as no. 31741.
Little is known of William. The 1881 and 1891 census has William working as a "Forge Roller in the Iron Works".
William and his wife Matilda were reported in the 1881 and 1891 census as living at the same location, 15 Brown Lion Street in Stafford, Tilton.
A small conflict in the stated place of birth however. In 1881, William was listed as having been born in Stafford Tilton and in 1891 as having been born in Northampton (Northhampton is located at grid SP7561).
The census has the following additional location information:
Civil Parish; Tipton
Parliamentary Bourough: Wednesbury
Urban Sanitary District: Tipton
Ecclesiastical District: St. John's
A copy of his birth certificate, on order, will solve the birth place conflict.
Other miscellaneous information on the location of their residence. 15 Brown Lion St. is in polling district "TT" of the urban district pf Tipton (Tibbington ward) for the 1928 parliamentary borough of Wednesbury - Tipton registration unit.
The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1891 British census as district 2283, folio 2, page 31 on microfiche 6097393. Data for 1881 is from LDS-FHC microfilm roll 1341686. William is also recorded in the 1881 census living at the same residence, 15 Brown Lion Street in the Wednesbury bourough of Tipton in the parish of St. Johns. This information is on LDS-FHC microfilm 1341686.
The April 1881 census has William recorded as living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire.
Dwelling: 15 Brown Lion St
Census Place: Tipton, Stafford, England
Source: FHL Film 1341686 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2863 Folio 45 Page 34
William MOULD M 27 M Tipton, Stafford, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Roller In Iron Works
The April 1891 census has him living at the same location cited above.
At the time of Rachel's marriage, the family was living at 33 King St., Bilston, St John's Parish, Dudley, Staffordshire.
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Dwelling: 15 Brown Lion St
Census Place: Tipton, Stafford, England
Source: FHL Film 1341686 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 2863 Folio 45 Page 34
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
William MOULD M 27 M Tipton, Stafford, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Roller In Iron Works
Matilda MOULD M 26 F Tipton, Stafford, England
Rel: Wife
Rachel E. MOULD 7 m F Tipton, Stafford, England
Rel: Daur
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He was married to Matilda JONES (daughter of JOHN JONES and TBD ) on 20 Jul 1875 in Church of St. John, Dudley, Worcester, England. William and Matilda were married in the church of St John according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the established Church after the reading of the Banns. William was aged 21 and a bachelor, Matilda was 20 and a spinster. William was employed as an iron worker, and the both of them were residing in Bloomfield.
The record of their marriage is recorded in the Dudley district records, volume 6c page 58 for the Jul, Aug, Sep quarter of 1875.
His place of residence at the time of his marriage was Bloomfield, St. John's parish, Dudley, Worcestershire.
Francis Mould, William's father was employed as a blacksmith. John Jones, the father of Matilda was employed as a (not readable). There is no known information on the marriage of this couple. Matilda JONES was born about 1855 in Tipton, Dudley, STS, England. She died about 1919 in England ?. She has Ahnentafel index number 4-11.0. She is in the Corbet/t Study Group as no. 31742. There is no known information on the Mother of Rachel Mould.
Her place of residence at the time of her marriage was Bloomfield, St. John's parish, Dudley, Worcestershire.
The April 1881 census has Matilda recorded as living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire.
Matilda MOULD M 26 F Tipton, Stafford, England
Rel: Wife
The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1891 British census as district 2283, folio 2, page 31 on microfiche 6097393. Matilda is also recorded in the 1881 census living at the same residence, 15 Brown Lion Street in the Wednesbury bourough of Tipton in the parish of St. Johns. This information is on LDS-FHC microfilm 1341686.
The April 1891 census has her living at the same location cited above.
At the time of Rachel's marriage, the family was living at 33 King St., Bilston, St John's Parish, Dudley, Staffordshire. WILLIAM MOULD and Matilda JONES had the following children:
4 ii. FREDERICK MOULD was born in 1883 in Wednesbury, St John's, Staffordshire. Information on the year and place of birth is taken from the 1891 census for, Tipton, bourough of Wednesbury, Stafford county, reference LDS-FHC microfiche 6097393 for census enumeration district 2283-2.
Frederick's birth was recorded with the family residing at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire. The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1891 British census as district 2283, folio 2, page 31 on microfiche 6097393.
The April 1891 census has him living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire.
5 iii. Florence MOULD was born in 1885 in Wednesbury, St John's, Staffordshire. Information on the year and place of birth is taken from the 1891 census for, Tipton, bourough of Wednesbury, Stafford county, reference LDS-FHC microfiche 6097393 for census enumeration district 2283-2.
Florence's birth was recorded with the family residing at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire. The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1891 British census as district 2283, folio 2, page 31 on microfiche 6097393.
The April 1891 census has her living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire..
6 iv. Maude MOULD was born in 1887 in Wednesbury, St John's, Staffordshire. Information on the year and place of birth is taken from the 1891 census for, Tipton, bourough of Wednesbury, Stafford county, reference LDS-FHC microfiche 6097393 for census enumeration district 2283-2.
Maude's birth was recorded with the family residing at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire. The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1891 British census as district 2283, folio 2, page 31 on microfiche 6097393.
The April 1891 census has her living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire.
7 v. Beatrice MOULD was born in 1890 in Wednesbury, St John's, Staffordshire. Information on the year and place of birth is taken from the 1891 census for, Tipton, bourough of Wednesbury, Stafford county, reference LDS-FHC microfiche 6097393 for census enumeration district 2283-2.
Beatrice's birth was recorded with the family residing at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire. The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1891 British census as district 2283, folio 2, page 31 on microfiche 6097393.
The April 1891 census has her living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Rachel Edith MOULD was born on 2 Sep 1880 in Wednesbury, St John's, Staffordshire. Dudley, Worcester England is believed to be the birth place of Rachel.
She died on 9 Aug 1961 in Long Beach, California.1 The California Death record computer based data file has Rachel recorded as "date of death 8/9/61, Reg. no. 1704, St. File No. 76715".
The California Death record computer based data file has "spouse" initials. This indicates that Bob McKay was alive at the time that Rachel passed on. Will have to look him up in the VA register.
Certificate of death issued by the State of California has her residence at time of death as 1072 Orange Ave., Long Beach, CA. She was buried on 12 Aug 1961 in Forest Lawn, Long Beach, California. Edith is interred in a masueleum in the Long Beach, Forest Lawn (formerly the Sunnyside Memorial Park), 1500 San Antonio Drive, 90807, Tel 310-424-1631. She in interred in a section called the "Columbarium of Knidness" in crypt #189D. Coincedently she is several steps away from her daughter Dorothy (Corbett) Stein. Dorothy was born in 1913 and died in1962 of cancer. She has Ahnentafel index number 3-5.0. She is in the Corbet/t Study Group as no. 31733. A request for information about Rachel Edith was made to the FBI, FOIPA on 6 August 1998. The request number assigned is 437524. The response letter stated that the backlog of requests of one year are not unusual.
Rachel and Richard's roots are very deep in the Dudley section of what is known as the "Black Country" of the West Midlands. Dudley (England) is a town of Stafford in an enclave of Worcestshire located in So. Staffordshire in the "Black" country 8 miles WNW of Birmingham: it has coal mines, steel iron and brass foundries, machine and brickworks. It also has the old Dudley castle and the remains of the 12th century Cluniac Priory.
The April 1881 census has Rachel recorded as living at 15 Brown Lion St, Wednesbury, St. John's Parish, Staffordshire.
Rachel E. MOULD 7 m F Tipton, Stafford, England
Rel: Daur
The April 1891 census has her living at the same location cited above.
The birth record for daughter, Edith Mabel states the family was living at 64 Bank Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire at the time of her birth in 1907.
It is family legend that Edith left Richard and brought all of the children over to the States one by one. Richard remarried??? Don't know what happened to him.
"The writer's recollations" - Her paths took her to many places but Miami and The Long Beach, California area was where she spent much time - from the late 30s to the early 50's. She married a WW I veteran by the name of Roger E.McKay. The marriage took place in Kansas City where she alledgedley met him at a bus terminal. A copy of their license was provided to the researcher by the Veteran's Administration. The marriage certificate has her previous husband named as "Segar". Rachel denies that they were marriaed. It was a "live-in relationship" that was later disolved.
There is an interesting accumulation of names associated with Edith Rachel. They are;
Rachel Edith Mould at birth 2 Sep 1880, Wednesbury, England
Rachel Edith Corbett Married 19 Apr 1903 Dudley, England
Edith Sedgwick Emmigrate 2 May 1925 Newport Vermont (See John's record)
Edith Sedgwick 11 Jul 1925 Boston, Mass. (On son's death Cert.)
Rachel Edith Segar Common-law Jun 1931 Kansas City, MO
RAchel Edith McKay Married 22 Jun 1931 Kansas City, MO
She was married to RICHARD CORBETT (son of ISAAC CORBETT and Julia SMITH ) on 19 Apr 1903 in St James Parish, Dudley, WOR, England. At the time of her marriage to Richard, Rachel was living at 33 King St., Bilston, St John's Parish, Dudley, Staffordshire.
Their marriage was in the established church by the banns. Wittnesses to their marriage were Thomas Wills and Mary Robinson. Marriage certificate issued by the General Register Office from application number G011365 indicates that Rachel and Richard were married at the Parish Church, St. James, in the county of Dudley. At the time of the marriage, Richard was age 22, bachelor and was an iron worker. His residence was at 33 King Streeet. His fathers name was, it appears to be "Isaac Corbett" and his occupation was ironworker.
Rachel was also aged 22 and was a spinster. No occupation was stated. She was also living at 33 King Street. Her fathers name was William Mould and his occupation was "Moulder".
They were married in the Parish Church according to the rites and ceremonies of the established church after the Banns by the Vicar, Stewart Holland. Richard Corbett and Rachel Edith Mould were married in the presence of Thomas Wills and Mary Robinson.
There first child, William Horace Corbett was born 8 January 1904 in Wolverhampton, Bilston, county of Stafford.2 RICHARD CORBETT was born on 6 Feb 1881 in Tipton, Dudley, STS, England. It appears that Richard and Sara A. , brother and sister are also a set of twins. The second set of twins that were born to this family.
Information on the year and place of Richard's birth is taken from the 1881 census for Tipton, reference LSD-FHC film 1341687 for census enumeration district 2865-47-35.
Richard's birth is registered in the British: March quarter for 1881 on page 118 as having been born in Dudley, folio 6c, page 62. (reference microfilm 951122) . Reference information is that at the time of Richard's birth, his family was residing at Burnt Tree, Tipton, STS, England
The birth certificate issued by the General Register Office, England states that Richard was born 6 February 1881. The birth was recorded on 7 March 1881 with George M. Waring, Registrar. At that time the family residence was 2 Gilbert Street. The birth location was believed to be St Michaels's Parish, Wednesbury, Staffordshire
He was employed as an Iron Worker in 1903 in Dudley, STS, England. He was employed as a Millwright at Ironworks in 1915 in Bilston, STS, England. Information on this occupation was derived from the birth certificate for Lawrence John Gilbert Corbett, born on 12 November, 1915.
He died about 1945 in England ?. He has Ahnentafel index number 3-4.0. He had the following number of children and married children, 7 / 5. He is in the Corbet/t Study Group as no. 31605. General notes from Jim's data, - Richard raised dogs, Airdales and worked dog shows. Didn't have much to do with the kids. Chased women, loved the ladies - always running around. His son Fred was of the same ilk.
Had seven children, all named after Edith's brothers and sisters
Some of the addresses where the family lived are;
1881: 1 Gilbert St. Tipton, Wednesbury in St Michaels Parish (census information)
33 King St., Bilston, St John's Parish, Dudley, Staffordshire.
186 Oak Rd., Fern Villa, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, Eng. and
55 Wright St.. Egremont Wallasey, Cheshire (across from Liverpool)
Information from Uncle John is that the family was of the "Church of England" but were not serious practicioners.
The members of this person's family are recorded in the 1881 British census as district 2865, folio 47, page 35 on microfilm roll 1341687.
The April 1881 census has Richard recorded as living at 2 Gilbert St, Tipton, St. Michael's Parish, Staffordshire.
At the time of his marriage to Rachel, Richard was living at 33 King St., Bilston, St John's Parish, Dudley, Staffordshire.
The birth record for daughter, Edith Mabel states the family was living at 64 Bank Street, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire at the time of her birth in 1907.
Information on the newspapers of the region, Dudley, Bilston etc are:
Wolverhampton Newspapers (information as of May 1998)
A couple of recent queries have asked about local newspapers in Wolverhampton and Tipton. The main local evening paper is the Express & Star which is still going strong. It started life as the Midland Counties Evening Express (1874-84), then became the Evening Express & Star (1884-9) and finally the Express & Star (1889-date). The paper has pretty good coverage around the Black Country area and Wolverhampton Archives dept have a very good archive of the paper on microfilm.
The E & S has a website at http://www.westmidlands.com/EStar/Default.htm The other main paper was a weekly, the Wolverhampton Chronicle which is now defunct but started much earlier in 1789. Dudley Library has a run of these on microfilm from 1830-1866 which may help with Tipton. There were many other papers in the area but most of them tended to be short-lived. The only one I can find with Tipton in the title was the 'Tipton & Great Bridge Times' which apparently only lasted one year (1889).
A couple of observations:
Looking through old newspapers on microfilm is very time consuming and wearing on the eyes. For inquests it helps if the death was particularly tragic or gruesome which tends to increase the size of the report considerably (the 'Sun' didn't invent sensationalist reporting!). My grandfather and his brother were working as cupolamen on a steel furnace (at the hot end) when his brother slipped into the furnace and was cremated alive, the inquest report in the E & S took up nearly half a page in full gory detail. Even with the date of death it took several hours to find the report which was some days later.
Rachel Edith MOULD and RICHARD CORBETT had the following children:
+9 ii. FREDERICK RICHARD CORBETT.
+10 iii. Mabel Edith CORBETT.
11 iv. HAROLD CORBETT was born on 9 Aug 1908 in Stafford, Tipton, England. He died on 11 Jul 1926 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.3 Harold died of drowning at Magazine Beach in Cambridge, Mass. It was on a Sunday in July. The body was not found until the next day when some one reportedley bumped in to the body underwater. The story of the drowning was reported in the Monday, July 12 Boston Post newspaper on page 7. The paper has gone out of business but the story can be researched in the Boston Public Library microfilm section.
The informant for the death certificate was a "Edith Sedgwick". There is no knowledge as to who Edith Sedgewick is but the possibility exists that she might have been Edith Mould Corbett. In any case if she was not a relative then Horace was the logical one to be the informant. This needs to be researched in the Boston City Directories.
At the time of his death, Harold was living at the same residence as his brother, Horace, 48 Ivey Street, Boston, Mass. He is in the Corbet/t Study Group as no. 31739.
12 v. LESLIE CORBETT was born about 1912 in Stafford, Tipton, England. He died about 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts. Note suggests Leslie died of appendicitis in Boston. No ref to a date but estimate in the early 30's. He had a burst appendix and died of peronitis. He is in the Corbet/t Study Group as no. 31737.
+13 vi. Dorothy C. (aka Maude) CORBETT.
+14 vii. LAWRENCE JOHN GILBERT CORBETT.
She was married to ROGER E. MCKAY on 22 Jun 1931 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. There are many questions as to the marital status of Edith Rachel Mould in the 1922 to 1931time period. There is documentation in the various communications between Roger MacKay and Rachel and the Veterans Administration.
A Marriage License number, A45747, was issued by the office of the recorder of deeds of Jackson County at Kansas City Missouri on 22 June 1931 to Roger Edward MacKay of the county of Los Angeles California and to Rachel Edith "SEGAR" of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The marriage was performed on 22 Jun 1931. The Recorder of Deeds for the county of Jackson in the state of Missouri acknowledged the certification of said marriage as being the same as recorded in Book 125, page 35, the 19th of January, 1943.
In an affidavit to the VA, sworn to on 10 Sept 1943, Rachel deposes that she has been legally married only one time, viz; to Roger E. Mackay on June 22, 1931. Affiant further states that she lived with one Charles Edward Segar under the relationship of man and wife from 1922 to 1927, and that during all of this period they were domiciled and continually resided in the state of Massachusetts. During the latter part of 1927, the said Charles Edward Segar deserted and absented himself from affiant and that she had not seen him since that time; that she has been reliably informed that he is now deceased.
The words in that document appear to disavow any reference to her prior marriage to Richard Corbett in Dudley England on 19 April 1903. This adds more fuel to the fire. What really happened to the relationships of Richard Corbett and Charles Edward Segar?
ROGER E. MCKAY was born on 2 Sep 1891 or 1892 in Binghamton, New York. The Veterans Administration records that were furnished per his case record state the place of Roger has been Binghamton, New York, Pittsburgh, Penna and Port Crane, New York. My guess is that it was Binghamton. He died on 5 Dec 1965 in Los Angeles County, LA, Calif. Per the California death index, Roger's death certificate registration number is 32570, State file number 137898. Death was in county code "70", LA county. He has reference number SSN 573-09-6690. The California marriage index has Roger getting re-married to a Marie Doyle or Robey on 9 Nov. 1961 in Riverside County. The registrar number is 1896, State file 95559.
Refer to letter number 274/27 from Department of Veterans Affairs dated 4/7/1995.
In that letter, they identify Roger's file number as "C. 2 588 908". They have forwarded a resquest for information to the VA Regional Office, Federal Bldg, 110000 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA 90024 for recall of those records.
Roger had Army serial number 6097079 and he served in several places including Panama and March Field in Riverside, CA, where he was discharged on March 12, 1930.
Roger alledgely served in the US Army in World War I from 19 Sep 1917 until 14 Aug 1919, under the name Lake E Buckingham, serial number 1982803.
A letter to the US District Court in February 1999 requested information about a trial involving a "forgery situation", resulted in a reply stating that there is no trace of any records relative to Roger. A certificate states that the records searched covered the period 1943 to 1999.
Prepared by: Frederick H. Corbett,Sun Lakes,
4892 Glen Abbey Way, Banning, California 92220-5121,
(909) 769-1003
E-Mail; fhcorbett@earthlink.net
SOURCES
1. Death certificate 61-076715, local registration number 7052-1704 has the
date of death as August 9, 1961, time as 4:30 AM, place of death as
Memorial Hospital, 2801 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA. Rachel was cremated
by the Oilday Mortuary on August 11, 1961 and was intered in the
Westminster Crematory.
2. Marriage certificate issued by the General Register Office from
application number G011365. The marriage was registered in the names of
Richard Corbett and Rachel Edith Mould from the year 1903, quarter is June
and the volume 6c and page was 33.
The civil register of Marriages has the marriage register information
recorded on FHC film number 951458.
3. Reference, Massachusetts records, 1926, vol. 13, page 34.