Carlton family of Ardmeen
John Watson Carlton married Mary Ann Watson
born 9 Mar 1826 14 Jun 1849 born 1826
Manchester
died 18 Jul 1858 died 16 Sep 1852
at sea Dalkeith
John Watson Carlton, second son of James Carlton muslin manufacturer of Manchester and Mary
Watson of Temple Street, Chorton Row was born 9 Mar 1826 in Manchester. He married Mary Ann
Watson on 14 Jun 1849 at Manchester Cathedral. John was resident at Irwell House, Lower Broughton
and Mary Ann was the only daughter of Henry Watson of Smedley Lane, Cheetham. Mary Ann died at
Lingerwood, near Dalkeith, the residence of her brother on 16 Sep 1852 and was buried at Cheetham,
Lancashire. John put his house on Richmond Terrace, Cheetham Hill Road up for sale in 1853 as he
was moving to Australia.
John secondly married Eliza Ball at Collingswood, Victoria on 23 Mar 1854. Eliza was the third
daughter of James Crichton Ball and Hannah Ball of Mulvyn, Co Tyrone and Shannon near Lifford. Her
younger sister Annie Oram Ball was married at the same time to George Burd. Her father James and
sister Jane died on board the Edmund ship on the journey to Melbourne in 1853. John was a
merchant and in partnership with Isaac Hocknell in William Street, Melbourne. He dissolved the
partnership, and sold his house in Robe Street in June 1858 as he had decided to return to Europe.
John died 18 Jul 1858 on board the Emeu Steamship and was buried at Rusholme Road Cemetery,
Dissenters' Burial Ground in Manchester. Eliza secondly married Rev J Purdon Stoute of Bardsea,
Ulverston on 3 Nov 1864.
1 James Crichton Carlton only son born at Collingswood, St Kilda, Australia in 1855. He was
nephew of John Kynaston Cross, MP for Bolton and his wife Emily Carlton. He took a job as
assistant to Frank DuBedat a stockbroker in August 1872 at a salary of £400 per year. He
married Mary Anne Gray DuBedat at St Bartholomew’s Church, Dublin on 13 Jun 1877. Mary
Anne was only child of John DuBedat and Catherine Sophie Gray of Pembroke Road and she
was also the cousin of Frank DuBedat. They lived at Ardmeen from 1891 to 1892. In 1891
Frank DuBedat went bankrupt, absconded and was declared a stock exchange defaulter.
John assisted the Court of Bankruptcy by working out the debts that Frank had left behind.
James was a director of The Dublin Portland Cement Company from 1882 to 1885. By 1901
the family were living at 7 Spencer Road Croydon, Croydon. John died 8 Apr 1921 at Tunbridge
Wells after an operation and probate was to his wife. Mary Anne died 4 Feb 1932 at
Southampton aged 74.
1 John Crichton Carlton, eldest son born at 62 Northumberland Road, Dublin on
10 Jun 1878 married Martha Emily Russell of Forest Hill on 3 Sep 1904 at Christ
Church, Forrest Hill. John died at Sydenham, Kent on 23 May 1912.
2 James Crichton Carlton born circa 1879 at Dublin a Corn & flour factor's clerk in 1901.
3 Arthur Carlton born 3 Sep 1880 at 62 Northumberland Road.
4 Cecil Henry Carlton born circa 1881 in Dublin was an agent's clerk in 1901. He married
Ethel Penney on 29 Apr 1910 at Semans, Sask, Canada on 29 Apr 1910. Ethel was the
only daughter of Henry James Penney of Glenmoor, Woolston in Hampshire. Cecil died
22 Sep 1965 at Southampton.
5 Charles Gray Carlton born 19 Aug 1882 at 62 Northumberland Road was a student
of Thomas Lea, Schoolmaster at Hambleton in 1901.
6 Claude Gray Carlton born 12 Jan 1887 at 62 Northumberland Road enlisted. He was
a 2nd Lieut with the 9th Devonshire Regt and was killed in action on 26 Oct 1917 at
Ghelwelt, West Flanders, Belgium.
7 Roy Septimus Carlton born 15 Dec 1894 at Teddington, Middlesex enlisted. He was a
Lieutenant in the South Lancs. Regt, and was drowned in a punting accident on
30 May 1917 at Weybridge.
2 Eliza Mary Watson Carlton born on St Kilda on 4 Jul 1857 at Robe Street died 5 Jan 1858 at St
Kilda aged 6 Months.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – April 2022
John Watson Carlton married Mary Ann Watson
born 9 Mar 1826 14 Jun 1849 born 1826
Manchester
died 18 Jul 1858 died 16 Sep 1852
at sea Dalkeith
John Watson Carlton, second son of James Carlton muslin manufacturer of Manchester and Mary
Watson of Temple Street, Chorton Row was born 9 Mar 1826 in Manchester. He married Mary Ann
Watson on 14 Jun 1849 at Manchester Cathedral. John was resident at Irwell House, Lower Broughton
and Mary Ann was the only daughter of Henry Watson of Smedley Lane, Cheetham. Mary Ann died at
Lingerwood, near Dalkeith, the residence of her brother on 16 Sep 1852 and was buried at Cheetham,
Lancashire. John put his house on Richmond Terrace, Cheetham Hill Road up for sale in 1853 as he
was moving to Australia.
John secondly married Eliza Ball at Collingswood, Victoria on 23 Mar 1854. Eliza was the third
daughter of James Crichton Ball and Hannah Ball of Mulvyn, Co Tyrone and Shannon near Lifford. Her
younger sister Annie Oram Ball was married at the same time to George Burd. Her father James and
sister Jane died on board the Edmund ship on the journey to Melbourne in 1853. John was a
merchant and in partnership with Isaac Hocknell in William Street, Melbourne. He dissolved the
partnership, and sold his house in Robe Street in June 1858 as he had decided to return to Europe.
John died 18 Jul 1858 on board the Emeu Steamship and was buried at Rusholme Road Cemetery,
Dissenters' Burial Ground in Manchester. Eliza secondly married Rev J Purdon Stoute of Bardsea,
Ulverston on 3 Nov 1864.
1 James Crichton Carlton only son born at Collingswood, St Kilda, Australia in 1855. He was
nephew of John Kynaston Cross, MP for Bolton and his wife Emily Carlton. He took a job as
assistant to Frank DuBedat a stockbroker in August 1872 at a salary of £400 per year. He
married Mary Anne Gray DuBedat at St Bartholomew’s Church, Dublin on 13 Jun 1877. Mary
Anne was only child of John DuBedat and Catherine Sophie Gray of Pembroke Road and she
was also the cousin of Frank DuBedat. They lived at Ardmeen from 1891 to 1892. In 1891
Frank DuBedat went bankrupt, absconded and was declared a stock exchange defaulter.
John assisted the Court of Bankruptcy by working out the debts that Frank had left behind.
James was a director of The Dublin Portland Cement Company from 1882 to 1885. By 1901
the family were living at 7 Spencer Road Croydon, Croydon. John died 8 Apr 1921 at Tunbridge
Wells after an operation and probate was to his wife. Mary Anne died 4 Feb 1932 at
Southampton aged 74.
1 John Crichton Carlton, eldest son born at 62 Northumberland Road, Dublin on
10 Jun 1878 married Martha Emily Russell of Forest Hill on 3 Sep 1904 at Christ
Church, Forrest Hill. John died at Sydenham, Kent on 23 May 1912.
2 James Crichton Carlton born circa 1879 at Dublin a Corn & flour factor's clerk in 1901.
3 Arthur Carlton born 3 Sep 1880 at 62 Northumberland Road.
4 Cecil Henry Carlton born circa 1881 in Dublin was an agent's clerk in 1901. He married
Ethel Penney on 29 Apr 1910 at Semans, Sask, Canada on 29 Apr 1910. Ethel was the
only daughter of Henry James Penney of Glenmoor, Woolston in Hampshire. Cecil died
22 Sep 1965 at Southampton.
5 Charles Gray Carlton born 19 Aug 1882 at 62 Northumberland Road was a student
of Thomas Lea, Schoolmaster at Hambleton in 1901.
6 Claude Gray Carlton born 12 Jan 1887 at 62 Northumberland Road enlisted. He was
a 2nd Lieut with the 9th Devonshire Regt and was killed in action on 26 Oct 1917 at
Ghelwelt, West Flanders, Belgium.
7 Roy Septimus Carlton born 15 Dec 1894 at Teddington, Middlesex enlisted. He was a
Lieutenant in the South Lancs. Regt, and was drowned in a punting accident on
30 May 1917 at Weybridge.
2 Eliza Mary Watson Carlton born on St Kilda on 4 Jul 1857 at Robe Street died 5 Jan 1858 at St
Kilda aged 6 Months.
© June Bow & Karen Poff – April 2022