Mathias Metcalfe Close, 1855

Name
Mathias Metcalfe /Close/
Birth
Note: Illegitimate. His parents never married, but his mother had a habit of using the father's surname as a Christian name.
Baptism
Census 1861
Note: Living with parents and family at Mallerstang, Westmorland
Census 1871
Note: Living with parents and family at Mallerstang, Westmorland
Census 1881
Note: Living as a farm servant to the Town family at Mallerstang, Westmorland.

Living as a farm servant to the Town family at Mallerstang, Westmorland.

Note that he's dropped the "Close" surname by this stage.

Disappeared
after 1882
Note: Not sure what happened to him after that. There is a record of a Mathias Metcalfe on the New York passenger lists, and a Mathias M Close living in Aurora, South Dakota in the 1900 US Federal Census.
Death of a father
between 1881 and 1891
Death of a half-sister
Death of a brother
Death of a mother
between 1891 and 1901
Death of a sister
Burial of a sister
Family with parents
father
1861 Census
18271891
Birth: about 1827Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Death: between 1881 and 1891
mother
1851 Census
18221901
Birth: 1822Rookby, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Death: between 1891 and 1901
Marriage Marriageafter 1851
2 years
elder sister
1861 Census
18521932
Birth: 1852Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Death: 26 February 1932Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
4 years
himself
1861 Census
1855
Birth: 1855Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
3 years
younger sister
1861 Census
1857
Birth: about 1857Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
2 years
younger sister
1861 Census
1858
Birth: 29 December 1858Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
19 months
younger sister
1861 Census
1860
Birth: 28 July 1860Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
3 years
younger brother
1871 Census (page 1)
18621900
Birth: 1862Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Death: 1900Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England
3 years
younger brother
1871 Census (page 1)
1864
Birth: about 1864Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
3 years
younger brother
1871 Census (page 1)
1866
Birth: 1866Mallerstang, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Mother’s family with Unknown Lister
stepfather
mother
1851 Census
18221901
Birth: 1822Rookby, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Death: between 1891 and 1901
Marriage Marriageafter 1847
4 years
half-brother
1851 Census
1850
Birth: 1850Silsden, Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Mother’s family with Unknown Park
stepfather
mother
1851 Census
18221901
Birth: 1822Rookby, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England
Death: between 1891 and 1901
Marriage Marriageafter 1841
7 years
half-sister
1861 Census
18471898
Birth: 1847Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Death: 1898Burnley, Lancashire, England
Birth

Illegitimate. His parents never married, but his mother had a habit of using the father's surname as a Christian name.

Census 1861

Living with parents and family at Mallerstang, Westmorland

Census 1871

Living with parents and family at Mallerstang, Westmorland

Census 1881

Living as a farm servant to the Town family at Mallerstang, Westmorland.

Note that he's dropped the "Close" surname by this stage.

Disappeared

Not sure what happened to him after that. There is a record of a Mathias Metcalfe on the New York passenger lists, and a Mathias M Close living in Aurora, South Dakota in the 1900 US Federal Census.

Birth
Census 1861
Census 1871
Census 1881
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1861 Census
1861 Census
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1871 Census (page 1)
1871 Census (page 1)
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1871 Census (page 2)
1871 Census (page 2)
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1861 Census
1861 Census
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1871 Census (page 1)
1871 Census (page 1)
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1871 Census (page 2)
1871 Census (page 2)
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Birth Index
Birth Index
Note: Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

January / February / March 1855

Mathias Metcalfe Close, East Ward, Westmorland

Volume: 10b Page: 510

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1881 Census (page 1)
1881 Census (page 1)
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1881 Census (page 2)
1881 Census (page 2)
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Birth Index
Birth Index
Note: Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

January / February / March 1855

Mathias Metcalfe Close, East Ward, Westmorland

Volume: 10b Page: 510

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1881 Census (page 1)
1881 Census (page 1)
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1881 Census (page 2)
1881 Census (page 2)
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1861 Census
1861 Census
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1871 Census (page 1)
1871 Census (page 1)
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1871 Census (page 2)
1871 Census (page 2)
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Birth Index
Birth Index
Note: Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

January / February / March 1855

Mathias Metcalfe Close, East Ward, Westmorland

Volume: 10b Page: 510

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1881 Census (page 1)
1881 Census (page 1)
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1881 Census (page 2)
1881 Census (page 2)
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1861 Census
1861 Census
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1871 Census (page 1)
1871 Census (page 1)
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1871 Census (page 2)
1871 Census (page 2)
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Birth Index
Birth Index
Note: Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

Mathias Metcalfe Close (1855) Birth Index

January / February / March 1855

Mathias Metcalfe Close, East Ward, Westmorland

Volume: 10b Page: 510

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1881 Census (page 1)
1881 Census (page 1)
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1881 Census (page 2)
1881 Census (page 2)