The 1881 census records a Joseph and William Crompton living in Carnaby, in the household of Richard Chaplin, where a Crompton also lives. It is assumed that William, Joseph and Mary are brother and sister and, as their ages correspond to the IGI christening records, they are all children of William b.1808.

1881 Census  Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source:      FHL Film  TNA Ref RG11 
             Piece 4798 Folio 5 Page 4 Sched                       
Dwelling:    Cottage 
Place:       Carnaby, Yorks, England

Name                    Rel   Mar Age Occ             Birthplace
Richard Chaplin         Head   M  35  Farm labourer   Yorks, Driffield        
Mary Chaplin            Wife   M  29  Labourer's wife Yorks, Newbald Holt     
Emily Crompton          StepD      7  Scholar         Yorks, Nafferton       
Joseph Richard Chaplin  Son        3                  Yorks, Nafferton     
Sarah Maria Chaplin     Dau        1                  Yorks, Carnaby       
Walter Clubley          Board      7m                 Yorks, Carnaby       
Joseph Crompton         Vis    U  26  Shepherd        Yorks, Nafferton         
William Crompton        Lodger U  35                  Yorks, Newbald  Handicap: Imbecile + lame

Source: GRO death
Crompton William 36  Bridlington   9d   239  3rdQt1882

• If Joseph and William Crompton were visiting and lodging within the same house as Emily Crompton there must have been a relationship between them and the head of the house or his wife.
• Since Emily was Richard‘s step daughter and Mary‘s daughter it seems possible that she was born to Mary, in Nafferton, out of wedlock, and registered in her mother's name. Mary was, therefore, a Crompton before marrying Richard Chaplin and having his children.
• Joseph and Mary, both born in Nafferton, were of comparative age and were likely to be brother and sister. Hence Joseph was visiting his sister and the handicapped William was living with his sister.
• With Nafferton church recording the burial of their father William (1808) in August 1872 and Sarah, his wife, being over seventy and possibly dead, Mary may have been the surviving daughter responsible for her brother William (1846).
• The eldest child of Richardson Crompton‘s (1815) brother, William‘s (1808), was christened Stephen Clubley. If this child was the cousin of Walter Clubley then Mary Chaplin was a Crompton.
• It is assumed that William, recorded as 'imbecile and lame', died without issue.

By the time of the 1891 census Richard, whilst remaining an agricultural labourer, and his family, which had increased by Laura K, had moved to Bridlington. It is interesting to note that Joseph R, aged 13, is neither a 'scholar', nor 'employed'.

1891 Census   Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source:       FHL Film  PRO Ref RG12
              Piece 3959 Folio  Page 4
Dwelling:     4 Rose Cottage
Place:        Bridlington, York, England

Name                 Rel  Mar Age  Occ                      Birthplace
Richard Chaplin     Head   M   41  Labourer Agri            Yorks, Driffield
Mary Chaplin        Wife   M   39                           Yorks, Newbald
Joseph R Chaplin    Son    S   13                           Yorks, Nafferton
Sarah M Chaplin     Dau        11  Scholar                  Yorks, Carnaby
Laura K Chaplin     Dau         8  Scholar                  Yorks, Carnaby
Gertrude Crompton   Niece       6  Scholar                  Yorks, Carnaby

This census introduces the mysterious niece Gertrude, also born in Carnaby, who had joined the household. This suggest that another Crompton family, related to Mary, was living in Carnaby at the same time as Mary and Richard. The common surname means that this person could only have been one of Mary's brothers, and therefore possibly Joseph - the only known living brother.

1808info3, sheet 2

Mary's 'illegitimate' daughter, Emily, had left home and become a domestic servant at Hill Farm, Carnaby.

1891 Census   Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source:       FHL Film  PRO Ref RG12
              Piece 3959 Folio 5 Page 6
Dwelling:     Hill Farm
Place:        Carnaby, York, England

Name               Rel  Mar Age  Occ                     Birthplace
John Granger       Head  M  69   M  Farmer               Yorks, Cranswick
Marianne Granger   Wife  M  50   M                       Yorks, Driffield
..
Emily Crompton     Serv  S  17   F  Dom. General servant Yorks, Driffield

By 1901 the family had begun to go their own way, leaving Richard and Mary at home.

1901 Census   31st March / 1st April 1901
Source:       FHL Film  PRO Ref RG13
              Piece 4524  Folio 38 Page 16
Dwelling:     4 Rose Cottage
Census Place: Bridlington, York ER, England

Name              Rel Mar Age Occ             Status  Birthplace
Richard Chaplin  Head  M   54 Farm labourer Ag  W     Yorks, Driffield
Mary Chaplin     Wife  M   50						  Yorks, Newbald

Their daughter Sarah had become a teacher in Pocklington, boarding with the mother of a colleague.

1901 Census   31st March / 1st April 1901
Source:       FHL Film  PRO Ref RG13
              Piece 4454 Folio 40 Page 12
Dwelling:     New Street (third building on enumerators list)
Census Place: Pocklington, York ER, England

Name               Rel Mar Age  Occ                                 Birthplace
Jane Tinson       Head Wid  76                                      Cambs, Whittlesea
Mary A Tinson     Dau   S   38                                      Yorks, Pocklington
Elizabeth Tinson  Dau   S   32  Elementary Assistant School teacher Yorks, Pocklington
Jane Halliday     Vis  Wid  74                                      Yorks, Dalton
Sarah Chaplin     Bor   S   20  Elementary Assistant School teacher Yorks, Carnaby

Their son Joseph had moved to Thornholme, one village from Carnaby nearer to Driffield, to live with the Robinson, one enumerator building from Manor Farm.

It is speculated that William Robinson, although a 'worker', had a responsible and well paid status of farm manger and that, all though his family had one female domestic servant, the remaining servants were employed by Manor Farm.

1808info3, sheet 3

Joseph Chaplin appears last on the residential list, though not the youngest. This suggests that his employment, as agricultural labourer, was more menial than the younger 'horsemen'.

1901 Census   31st March / 1st April 1901
Source:       FHL Film  PRO Ref RG13
              Piece 4522 Folio 25 Page 7
Dwelling:     The building after Manor Farm
Census Place: Thornholme, York ER, England

Name               Rel   Mar Age Occ                   Stat   Birthplace
William Robinson   Head   M   30  Hind Ag Horse          W  Yorks, Cranswick
Jane Robinson      Wife   M   26                            Yorks, Boynton
Harvey Robinson    Son         5                            Yorks, Bridlington
Kate Robinson      Dau         3                            Yorks, Grindale
John Robinson      Dau         1                            Yorks, Bridlington
Frances A Jackson  Serv   U   15  General Serv Domestic  W  Yorks, Bridlington
Herbert Nicholson  Serv   U   23  Horse waggoner on farm W  Yorks, Granton
Fred Morris        Serv   U   18  Horseman on farm       W  Yorks, Lowthorpe
Albert Bryan       Serv   U   15  Horseman on farm       W  Yorks, Kilham
James Thompson     Serv   U   15  Horseman on farm       W  Yorks, Fordingham
Joseph R Chaplin   Serv   U   23  Agricultural labourer  W  Yorks, Nafferton

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