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William Stanley HOUGHTON (1881 – 1913)<\/span><\/h3>\n

His best known work, Hindle Wakes was, for time it was written in 1910, a controversial portrayal of Lancashire life which examined the fallout from a young working-class mill girl’s fling with the mill owner’s son.<\/p>\n

Harold Brighouse wrote an introduction to “The Works of Stanley Houghton” (Volume I by Constable, 1914) which serves as a useful mini biography – I have reproduced this as a PDF document<\/a> (12 MB).<\/p>\n

Below are the details of his family I have found through the censuses:<\/p>\n

In the 1901 census, William Stanley HOUGHTON and his youger sister Ellen are with their parents in Withington, Manchester:<\/p>\n

1901 Census (2 Athol Rd, Whalley Range, Withington, Manchester)<\/span><\/h3>\n

John H. HOUGHTON, head, marr, 45, cotton cloth merchant (employer), b. Hulme, Lancs
\nLucy HOUGHTON, wife, mar, 45, b. Worsley, Lancs
\nWilliam S. HOUGHTON, son, single, 20, commercial clerk, b. Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire
\nEllen HOUGHTON, dau, single, 16, b. Sale, Cheshire
\nMary A. RYECROFT, servant, single, 22, general servant domestic, b. Stretford, Lancs<\/p>\n

Ten years earlier, the above family were in Knutsford, Cheshire:<\/p>\n

1891 Census (“Ingelton”, The Heath, Knutsford, Cheshire)<\/span><\/h3>\n

John H. HOUGHTON, head, mar, 35, grey cloth merchant (employer), b. Hulme, Lancs
\nLucy M. HOUGHTON, wife, mar, 35, b. Worsley, Lancs
\nWilliam S. HOUGHTON, son, 10, scholar, b. Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire
\nEllen M. HOUGHTON, dau, 6, b. Sale, Cheshire
\nMary SMITH, lady help, single, 29, lady help, b. Whitley, Cheshire
\nEmily KERIA (?), servant, single, 19, housemaid domestic, b. America, British Subject
\nPhoebe TAYLOR, servant, 15, kitchen maid, b. Ollerton, Cheshire<\/p>\n

Prior to that, in 1881, John, Lucy and son Stanley were in Ashton upon Mersey:<\/p>\n

1881 Census (Doveston Rd, Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire)<\/span><\/h3>\n

John H. HOUGHTON, head, mar, 25, grey cloth agent, b. Manchester, Lancs
\nLucy M. HOUGHTON, wife, mar, 25, b. Worsley, Lancs
\nWilliam S. HOUGHTON, son, 2 months, b. Ashton on Mersey
\nAnne WATSON, servant, unmar, 15, general servant domestic, b. Ashley, Cheshire<\/p>\n

I have found the marriage of John Hartley HOUGHTON to Lucy Mary DARBYSHIRE in 1880; John’s father is W. C. HOUGHTON, merchant and Mary’s father is Samuel DARBYSHIRE, no profession given.<\/p>\n

In the 1871 census, in Ashton upon Mersey, there is a J. H. HOUGHTON who is the son of William C. HOUGHTON and his wife Alice:<\/p>\n

1871 Census (Ashton Grange, Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire)<\/span><\/h3>\n

William C. HOUGHTON, head, mar, 43, East India merchant, b. Cheadle, Cheshire
\nAlice HOUGHTON, wife, mar, 39, b. Ratcliffe, Lancaster (Lancashire)
\nGeorge HOUGHTON, son, unmar, 17, merchant’s clerk, b. Manchester
\nJ. H. HOUGHTON, son, unmar, 15, b. Hulme, Manchester
\nSarah PILSON, servant, unmar, 21, domestic servant, b. Ludlow, Salop<\/p>\n

Wiiliam and Alice HOUGHTON are in Stretford in 1861, with their sons George and John:<\/p>\n

1861 Census (Steven St, Stretford, Cheshire)<\/span><\/h3>\n

William C. HOUGHTON, head, mar, 33, ship merchant’s clerk, b. Cheadle, Cheshire
\nAlice HOUGHTON, wife, mar, 29, b. Ratcliffe, Lancaster
\nGeorge HOUGHTON, son, 7, scholar, b. Manchester, Lancs
\nJohn H. HOUGHTON, son, 5, scholar, b. Manchester, Lancs
\nJames HARTLEY, nephew, 12, scholar, b. Manchester, Lancs
\nRepentance SINGLETON, servant, unmar, 25, house servant, b. Ratcliffe, Lancs<\/p>\n

1851 Census (Yard St. James St, Deansgate, Manchester)<\/span><\/h3>\n

John HARTLEY, head, mar, 50, … for Bleacher, … British Subject
\nJenny HARTLEY wife, mar, 45, b. Marton nr Blackpool, Lancashire
\nAlice HARTLEY, dau, unmar, 19?, b. Ratcliffe nr Bury, Lancashire
\nJames HARTLEY, grandson, 2, b. Ratcliffe nr Bury, Lancashire
\nWilliam C. HOUGHTON, son-in-law, widr, 23, merchant’s clerk b. Cheadle, Cheshire<\/p>\n

The National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations) records the following:<\/span><\/h3>\n