Christopher John Shattock 1876 -1976
1876. Christopher John Shattock was born Resolven Neath Mar 1876. On 18/1/1876 in Company Street, Resolven, Glamorgan. Parents Christopher Shattock , police constable, & Hannah Maria Roulan. - she given as Mary Rowland on his b.c. Baptised 30/3/1876 from Karen's Genes tree. Birth cert courtesy of Karen
1881C. Christopher I Shattock 5, is living Gower Road, Loughor Parish, Llanelly, Carmarthenshire with his parents and 4 siblings . Llanelly top right, Resolven centre left on map- a long way apart
Christopher | Shattock | Head | Married | Male | 30 | 1851 | Policeman | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Hannah Maria | Shattock | Wife | Married | Female | 30 | 1851 | - | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Henry Walter | Shattock | Son | Single | Male | 9 | 1872 | Scholar | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Florance M | Shattock | Daughter | Single | Female | 7 | 1874 | Scholar | Glamorgan, Wales | |
Christopher | I Shattock | Son | Single | Male | 5 | 1876 | Scholar | Resolven, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Gertrude A | Shattock | Daughter | Single | Female | 3 | 1878 | - | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Margaret M | Shattock | Daughter | Single | Female | 1 | 1880 | - | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales |
1891C. Christ J Shattock 15, groom, b. Resolven, is living Police Station, Ivor Place, Swansea Higher & Lower, with his parents and 5 siblings , all seemingly born Glamorgan- Nicholaston, , Reynoldston, Swansea & Loughor . Swansea west of Neath- just marked on left of map
Christ | Shattock | Head | Married | Male | 41 | 1850 | Police Constable | Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England | |
Hannah M | Shattock | Wife | Married | Female | 40 | 1851 | - | Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, England | |
Hy W | Shattock | Son | Single | Male | 19 | 1872 | Railway Police Constable | Nicholaston, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Christ J | Shattock | Son | Single | Male | 15 | 1876 | Groom | Resolven, Glamorgan, Wales | |
E Annie | Shattock | Daughter | Single | Female | 12 | 1879 | Scholar | Reynoldston, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Mary M | Shattock | Daughter | - | Female | 11 | 1880 | Scholar | Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Lilian M | Shattock | Daughter | - | Female | 7 | 1884 | Scholar | Loughor, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Cather L | Shattock | Daughter | - | Female | 4 | 1887 | - | Loughor, Glamorgan, Wales |
1894-1900. Christopher J Shattock worked for the Railways at Pontypool Station, as a porter in Pontypool Rd Gdns, then at Aberdare, becoming a shunter at Aberdare in 1897, then a timekeeper in Pontypool in 1897, a shunter in Mountain Ash in 1898 and finally a yard foreman at Glynn Neath in Feb 1900 .He was fined in March 1900 for failing to secure a wagon which then run away & resigned in September 1900 - Ancestry. Pontypool upper left, Aberdare centre, Mountain Ash SE of Aberdare, Glynn Neath left on map
1899. Christopher John Shattock, foreman shunter, married Louisa Higgs Hereford Jun 1899. 26/4/1889 in Grosmont . His father, police sergeant, hers deceased . Addresses: his Mountain Ash, hers Buck Hill, Grosmont. Witnesses Thomas Henry Higgs & Lizzie Watkins. Mountain Ash ~ 6-8 k SE of Aberdare .
1900. Hester Marie Shattock was born Mar Merthyr Tydfil to Christopher & Louisa in Aberdare, from 1901 & 1911Cs . Aberdare ~8-10 k SW of Merthyr Tydfil
1901C. C J Shattock , 25, colliery weigher, is living 5, Llwyncelyn Terrace, Neath Higher, Neath, Glam with his wife, Lewis Higgs- his brother-in-law?, another visitor and his daughter.
C J | Shattock | Head | Married | Male | 25 | 1876 | Colliery Weigher | Resolven, Glamorgan, Wales | |
Louisa Higgs | Shattock | Wife | Married | Female | 24 | 1877 | - | Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales | |
Lewis | Higgs | Visitor | Married | Male | 29 | 1872 | Under Ground Miner | Grosmont, Monmouthshire, Wales | |
Elizabeth | Watkins | Visitor | Married | Female | 29 | 1872 | - | Brecknockshire, Wales | |
Hester M | Shattock | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | 1900 | - | Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales |
The family would seem to be in Glyn Neath from 1903 - 1907, then in Gilfach Barford/ Bargoed - this just 2 k NE of Gelligaer by 1910
1911C. Christopher John Shattock, 35, haulers contractor- own account, is living 47 Park Place, Gelligaer, Glam - 5 rooms- with his wife, 5 children 1-11 and Thomas Higgs, 52-he is Louisa's eldest brother . . Gelligaer is ~50 k due E of Neath!
Resolven Glamorganshire | Christopher John | Shattock | Head | Married | Male | Hauliers Contractor | 35 | 1876 | |
Grosmont Monmouthshire | Louisa | Shattock | Wife | Married | Female | - | 34 | 1877 | |
Aberdare Glamorganshire | Ethel Marie | Shattock | Daughter | Single | Female | - | 11 | 1900 | |
Glyn Neath Glamorganshire | Horace Christopher | Shattock | Son | - | Male | - | 8 | 1903 | |
Glyn Neath Glamorganshire | Stanley James | Shattock | Son | - | Male | - | 6 | 1905 | |
Glyn Neath Glamorganshire | Mabel Louise | Shattock | Daughter | - | Female | - | 4 | 1907 | |
Gilfach Barford Glamorganshire | Doris Irene | Shattock | Daughter | - | Female | - | 1 | 1910 | |
Grosmont Monmouthshire | Thomas Henry | Higgs | Visitor | Married | Male | Coal Merchant | 52 | 1859 |
Think Doris was actually born at Gilfach Bargoed - this ~ 2 k NE of Gelligaer
Christopher & Louisa had probably 10 children, one dying as a babe: Hester M 1900, Horace C Jun Neath 1902, Stanley James Dec Neath 1903, Mabel Louise Sep Neath 1906, Lionel 1908-1908, Doris Irene 1910, Thomas R 1912,- these all registered Merthyr Tydfil - Edwin Douglas 1914 & Ernest Frank 1917 - these last 2 registered Newport Mon, - this includes Bedwas, and finally, Florence Muriel 1920
1912-~1914. The family from Gelligaer to Trethomas/Bedwas. Electoral Roll Books 1911-1914 - held in the local archives- might pinpoint the move . Children born 1914 & 1917 were registered 'Newport' & this includes Bedwas but not Gelligaer . Gelligaer ~15 k NNW of Bedwas - so a considerable move.
Children of Christopher J Shattock & Louisa Higgs
1921. Living at 11 Lower Glyn Gwyn Street, Trethomas when their daughter, Hester, married Harold Gosling in August 1921 . Yet the photo of Christopher,45, and Hester,21, the bride, shows a cottage in the background - think this must just be a cottage at the entrance to Bedwas church: they seem to have just got out of a car
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1929. Christopher & Louisa were still living at Lower Glyn Gwyn Street, Trethomas in March 1929, when their daughter, Hester Gosling, stayed there to give birth to her second daughter, Thelma
Local Electoral Roll books could be searched to see when they moved to Rudry
Christopher & Louisa later lived at Twyn Seek Cottage Rudry- this only ~2 k SE of Trethomas : grandchildren Thora and Thelma Gosling used to visit and stay there during summer school holidays. Karen has sent me the photo below of the 2 of them in the garden there, maybe 1940s?? - but so far just an odd black & white version!!- maybe due to setting on the scanner??
Think they must have moved here after 1929?? They were there by 1939
1939 Register. Twyn Sych Cardiff . Christopher Shattock was unemployed
Christopher (J) | Shattock | 18 Jan 1876 | Male | Surface Foreman Unemployed | Married | 54 | 1 | ||
Louisa | Shattock | 29 Mar 1875 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Duties | Married | 54 | 2 | ||
Florence M | Smillie (Shattock) | 25 Jul 1920 | Female | Unpaid Domestic Duties | Single | 54 | 4 |
Plus an Officially Closed record. Florence is their daughter, who would have been Florence Shattock in 1939, but then the record has been altered when she married James Smillie in 1942
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1953 wedding of his granddaughter Thelma. Christopher Shattock on the right- why was Louisa not there?
1956. Louisa Shattock, 79, dies Caerleon, Dec 1956
Some time after his wife died, he had an accident with his eyes and could no longer live alone. He lived with his daughter, Hester Gosling , & her husband Harold for some of this time.
Thelma says that Christopher Shattock,her grandfather, worked with horses later in his life and her Dad Harold delivered his bread (local baker in Rumney) by horse and cart -that photo of horse and cart is on Harold's page - and so Christopher Shattock lived with Esther and Harold when he worked with Harold's horses!- but could he do that after his eye accident?
1976 . Christopher John Shattock celebrated his 100th birthday on 18/1/1976 with a party - Anne did not go to this, but remembers thinking he looked very poorly in a photo taken at the celebration.
The cake on the table was made by my Mum, Thelma Gosling, and it was decorated by my brother,Brian, who was in college training to be a baker at that time in 1976! I am sure my Mum has photos somewhere of both Grandad (CJS) and the birthday cake, but I have no idea where they are, or could be, and neither has Mum, sorry! The headless lady is Esther Gosling, his 1900 daughter. - Karen
He received a telegram from the Queen. He is wearing an eyeshade as he had eye problems after an accident many years before!
1976. Christopher John Shattock, 100, died 9/2/1976 Merthyr Tydfil Mar 1976 . At Ystrad Mynach Hospital, Caerphilly of a myocardial infection .. His d.c gives him as a Colliery Surface Foreman, retired, of 2 Church Street. The informant was his son Stanley James Shattock, also of 2 Church Street, Bedwas.
NOTES FROM KAREN
In my ‘workbook’ of things to do I have a note
Hannah Maria Shattock lived at 148 Colum Road, Cardiff prior to 1948 and died approximately 98 years of age. Married Christopher Shattock 19th September, 1870. I do not have any other documents to substantiate this information except for a photocopy of their marriage which I will attach as a scanned document.
I have scanned an old photograph of Grosmont where the Higgs lived with the spire of St. Nicolas Church, an aerial view of Grosmont and Castle. A photograph of Christopher Shattock on his 100th birthday, where he is wearing an eyeshade as he had eye problems after an accident many years before! Photograph of Doris Shattock (Doll) on her wedding day and next to her is her mother Louisa Shattock and behind her is Christopher Shattock I think! Coloured photo of Christopher Shattock (on end in cream jacket) with his daughter Doll who is standing with her daughter Joyce and her husband Dudley, and Joyce’s children Martin and David (baby) and David is now 47 years old. My maths is not good to work out how old Christopher would have been! Taken in Luton Bedfordshire where Doll (nee Shattock) sister to Esther Maria Shattock. Photo of Esther and Doll in Esther’s living room in Rumney. Photo of cottage in Rudry, Near Caerphilly where Christopher and Louisa lived called Twyn Sych (pronouched Two and Seek). It is still standing but no longer a thatched roof!! Thora and Thelma used to visit and stay there during summer school holidays.