William Hubbard started his working life as an agricultural labourer, but with the expansion of the railways he became a Railway Pointsman and lived in the Railway Pointsman's Cottage while his children were young. Many of his descendants also worked on the railways making this a Railway Family. He married Maria in 1841 and had two children, but she died when they were very young. He then married Lydia who brought up the children from his first marriage as well as producing another 4 children.

William HUBBARD and Agnes PITCHER

William HUBBARD 1843-

&1868 Agnes PITCHER 1850-

William 1868-

Ernest 1872-

John 1875-

Sidney 1878-

& Kate ? 1869-

& Edith ? 1875-

& Sarah E ? 1873-

Agnes M 1892

Reginald E 1900

Ivy G 1901

John W 1898

Gladys 1899

William Hubbard was a Railway Guard. He married Agnes in Docking, Norfolk, where he spend the first years of his marriage before moving back to Wigston Magna where he remained.

Thomas HUBBARD and Charlotte BOULTER

Thomas HUBBARD 1844-1902

&1866 Charlotte Louisa BOULTER 1846-1929

William Henry 1868-

Louisa 1870-1949

Thomas 1872-1936

Charlotte 1875-

Alfred 1877-1938

Frank 1880-1964

Herbert Edwin 1883-1963

Beatrice Lily 1885-1968

Francis Eva 1887-1899

& Amelia LEAMON 1867-1967

&1891 Arthur Herbert CAPEWELL 1870-1917

& Annie SMITH 1876-1962

&1901 Emily Ann WORMLEIGHTON 1878-1965

&1910 Louisa YORK 1884-1968

&1908 Sarah Ann BEESLEY 1883-1973

Millicent Annie 1896

Lilian Mary 1898

Beatrice Alice 1900

Samuel Henry 1905

Henry Arthur CAPEWELL 1892-1969

Dorothy Louisa CAPEWELL 1894-1974

Amelia May CAPEWELL 1895

Elsie Evelyn CAPEWELL 1897-1987

Walter Herbert CAPEWELL 1899-1918

Charlotte Emily CAPEWELL 1900-1979

Percy CAPEWELL 1902-1902

Archibald Victor CAPEWELL 1904-1976

Beatrice Lily CAPEWELL 1905-1994

Clarence Christopher CAPEWELL 1908-1983

Eric Harold 1898

Frances Evelyn 1900

Frances Edna 1906-1985

Leonard William Thomas 1908-1983

Evelyn May 1914-2010

Mary Louise 1911

Frank George Barnard 1912

Kenneth R 1920

&1922 Gladys Mary COOPER 1896-1988

&1929 Alfred HAYNES 1899-1972

&1922 Frank Warren MOSS

&1924 Reginald William BROOME 1894-

&1934 Gertrude Elizabeth BOND 1904

&1935 Charles Sidney GRUNDY

&1934 Vera PULFORD 1911-2003

&1930 Horace Clifford BROWN

&1941 Roland Cyril James PRICE 1916-1989

Thomas was a Railway Signalman and lived all his life in Leicester. Family legend states that he died at his post just after switching the points for an express train.

His daughter Louisa married Arthur CAPEWELL.

Louisa HUBBARD, Arthur CAPEWELL, and their children in 1913. Capewell Family in 1914

Alfred HUBBARD, Emily Ann WORMLEIGHTON and their children in 1916. Hubbard Family in 1916

Harriett HUBBARD

Harriett married Robert ELLIS in 1865, but Robert died in 1868 and she is a 22 year old widow in 1871. She then married the widower John Borthwick.

Harriett HUBBARD 1848-

&1865 Robert ELLIS 1846-1868

...

&1871 John Macintosh BORTHWICK 1854-

Linda Catherine Macintosh BORTHWICK 1872-

John BORTHWICK 1883-

Alfred HUBBARD and Caroline WOOD

Alfred HUBBARD 1858-

&1878 Caroline WOOD 1856-1933

Alfred 1879-

Lydia 1881-

Ernest 1885

Also see:

Hubbard Family Genealogy Forum at GENFORUM at Genealogy.com.

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