jakesbarn.co.uk - Oddfellows Memorial Board, The Wheatsheaf, Hutton Rudby

In 1995 Beryl Turner provided this interesting information to the members of the Hutton Rudby History Society:

On the wall of the Wheatsheaf Pub is a painted board headed "Benevolence - In Memory of Departed Brothers", which lists 47 departed Brothers with their names, places of abode, dates and ages at death between 1841 and 1887.

Odd Fellows Societies were formed to pay their members' funeral expenses and avoid the humiliation of a pauper's grave. All the members would attend the funeral, dressed in black, wearing white gloves and carrying a stave.

In 1841 Hutton Rudby Lodge had 53 members, John Rowntree was host, and they met at the Wheatsheaf, Main Street, every other Saturday. Membership in 1856 had grown to 68 and Elizabeth Raney, the landlady, was named as host.

Of the 47 Brothers listed, 19 died at or under 40 years old. Only nine appear to have headstones in All Saints Churchyard, Hutton Rudby, as recorded by the Cleveland Family History Society in 1987. The occupations at present known include linen weaver, shoemaker, surgeon, tailor, sail cloth weaver, coal carrier, grocer, farmer and publican.

Title	Name	Abode	Date	Age	MI	Occupation

Host	John Rowntree	Hutton	Jan 10 1841	29	204	Pub Landlord
Host	Jeremiah Raney	Hutton	Oct 26 1842	33	184	Pub Landlord
Bro	John Imison	Hutton	Dec 14 1843	24		Shoemaker
BG	Mathw Garbutt	Barnsley	Feb 16 1844	50
Bro	John Wright	America	Aug 22 1844	54		Farmer
PG	William Lythe	Hutton	Feb 18 1848	32
Bro	John Sawkell	Stokesley	Feb 29 1848	27
Bro	John Wood	Hutton	Jun 11 1848	40	391	Publican Bay Horse
Bro	Jas Jackson	Hutton	Jun 25 1850	47		Handloom linen weaver
Bro	Jas Sidgwick	Hutton	Feb 28 1851	36		Linen weaver
Bro	Wm Carter	Hutton	Jun 25 1851	49		Linen weaver
Bro	P Bousfield	Hutton	Apr 22 1853	57		Farmer
PG	T Harker	York	Apr 12 1855	62	194	Surgeon
Bro	R Sawkell	Stokesley	Jan 28 1857	40
PG	R Braithwaite	Hutton	May 4 1861	37	81	Tailor
Bro	J Braithwaite	Sedgefield	Dec 18? 1863	29
Bro	A Jackson	Hilton	Dec 6 1864	64
PG	Thos Sadler	?	? 16 1869	62		Linen Weaver?
Bro	Wm Sadler	Sexhow	Dec 24 1869	19
Bro	R Richardson	Hutton	Jun 26 1870	45		Linen Weaver?
Bro	L Appleton	Potto	Feb 12 1871	72		Farmer
Bro	John Eden	Potto	Oct 18 1871	40
Bro	E J Wilson	Hutton	Apr 7 1872	65		Surgeon
Bro	O Jackson	Hutton	Mar 2 1873	31
Bro	Wm Burton	Ayton	Feb 4 1874	54
Bro	Samuel Thompson	Bp Auckland	Feb 19 1874	40
Bro	Robt Simpson	Linthorp	Nov 19 1874	57
Bro	John Carter	Hutton	Apr 28 1875	51?		Sailcloth weaver
Bro	Thos Seymour	Middlesbrough	Sep 25 1875	53
Bro	James Selby	Sum. Houses	Dec 5 1875	27
Bro	Thos Gill	Stockton	Jan 20 1876	37
Bro	J Bainbridge	Hutton	July 2 1876	49		Coal Carrier
Sec	John Oates	Hutton	Oct 13 1877	62		Grocer
Bro	Benjamin Hall	Middlesbrough	Mar 14 1879	53
Bro	Johnston Stamp	Kirby	May 5 1879	32
Bro	John Herdman	Potto	Nov 7? 1879	43
Bro	J Richardson	Hutton	Feb 26 1878	78
Bro	Wm Nattrass	Hutton	Apr 9 1880	21	314
Bro	Jas Kingston	Stockton	Nov 7 1880	78
Bro	Jos Dalkin	Hutton	Jan 3 1881	79		Tailor
Bro	John Lythe	Rudby	Jan 9 1882	62	390	Shoemaker
Bro	M Richardson	Middlesbrough	Dec 1 1882	69
Bro	John Hewison	Guisborough	Jan 27 1883	35
Bro	Tho Robinson	Middlesbrough	July 24 1883	78
Bro	John Garfatt	Thornt.	Sep 7 1883	77
Bro	John Hall	Hutton	Mar 31 1884	62	315
Bro	Henry Willins	Hutton	Nov 24 1887	65	67

MI refers to Monumental Inscription number for All Saints Churchyard, Hutton Rudby, as recorded by the Cleveland Family History Society in 1987. Occupations are mainly taken from census returns.