SHIPLEY BETHEL BAPTIST
CEMETERY
Additional Notes on selected interments
These Notes are an effort to unearth the connections between the people interred in selected graves.
Herein lie stories of the frailty of life, poverty and wealth, illegitimacy, bigamy and incest.
The sources were:
* Membership Book held by Bradford Local Studies library;
* Shipley Tithe records;
* Ancestry, Family Search and Probate Search websites;
* Calverley Info website for the Shipley Bethel Baptist Church Births, Acceptances, Burial Register, Burial Fees and Obituary Books;
* Newspaper articles, inquest reports etc.;
* Official General Register Office certificates: because of their cost, sparse detail and poor presentation, these have only occasionally been purchased. The use of the quarterly prefixes Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec indicates that only the GRO Index has been consulted.
Where there are no official sources, some of the connections made will inevitably be speculative.
* Names in red refer to people whose burials are noted on the stones.
* Names in bold refer to those noted on the stones or in Church records, but may not have a visible grave.
* Texts in italics are verbatim quotations.
* Abbreviations: abt=about; b=born; bapt=baptised; marr=married; snr=senior; jnr=junior; PC=Parish Church
BARRETT (L4)
Although there is limited information about the Barretts, their grave is included here because Hannah Barrett was the cemetery's oldest resident.
John and Hannah Barrett were not buried in this grave, but were interred at the Church and recorded in the Burial Fees Book as follows:
John Barrett died, or was buried, on 1 December 1844; no age was given, but the GRO has 77 years, giving a birth abt 1767.
Hannah Barrett (her maiden name is not known) died on 24 January 1850 aged 95, giving a birth abt 1755.
In the 1841 census the pair were at Throstle's Nest in the Low Ash area of Wrose. John was a woollen waste dealer aged 75. Hannah was 80.
John Barrett, their son, was born abt 1800, died on 21 September 1835 and was buried 3 days later. He was 35.
Hannah Barrett married William Robinson, a pipe maker, on 20 January 1817 in Leeds. she died on 12 September 1849 aged 55.
William Robinson had the stone erected.
BATESON (M13)
Mary Haley / Bateson (b abt 1800) married George Bateson on 7 November 1819 in Otley. She died in Windhill on 12 January 1829 aged 27. There were four children:
Charles Bateson, born on 20 August 1820, died in 1903;
John Bateson, baptised in Bradford on 2 June 1822;
Thomas Joseph Bateson, baptised in Bradford on 27 June 1824, probably died in 1824 aged 0. He was likely to be the 1 Child, who died in its Infancy;
Sarah Bateson, baptised on 19 November 1826 at Shipley St Paul's, died in 1880.
Sarah's grandmother was also called Sarah. She was born abt 1772 and married the father of Mary Haley on an unknown date. She later married John Rawnsley in Bradford on 11 March 1821. Her new husband was the uncle of George Bateson, who had married her daughter Mary in 1819.
Sarah Haley / Rawnsley died on 14 December 1840 aged 68.
Shortly after his wife Mary Haley died, George Bateson married Nancy Farrer (1795-1853) in Calverley on 25 October 1829. He was a mill worker and a landlord.
After Nancy's death, George married Ellen Fletcher (1800-1878) in Otley on 8 November 1857.
George Bateson was the son of Joseph Bateson and Mary Rawnsley (bur at Windhill Wesleyan Burial Ground - Grave G6). He was born on 16 November 1798 and died on 26 July 1875 aged 76.
John Bateson (b 1822) married Mary Greaves in Bradford on 28 January 1844. A warp dresser at Dumb Mill, he had seven children before his death on 26 May 1867 aged 45.
His wife Mary Greaves / Bateson (b 1822 in Darrington to Richard Greaves and Harriet Lund), was buried on 12 December 1882 at Windhill Cemetery, Owlet Road, grave X6.
Hariet Bateson, their firstborn, was born in Dec 1844 and died of measles on 21 August 1845 aged 9 months. This is the date on her death certificate.
Greaves Bateson, their only son, was born in Dec 1854 and died on 7 February 1856 aged 14 months.
Rebecca Bateson was born in Dec 1857 and died on 17 November 1860 aged 2 years 11 months.
Sarah Ann Bateson was born on 12 November 1848 in Windhill. She was baptised on 7 February 1858, at Eccleshill St Luke's. She died of phthisis (TB) on 17 May 1866 aged 18 and was buried at the Church on 20 May.
BINNS
Samuel Binns was aged 40 when he was interred on 17 March 1844. There is no grave. He may have been baptised on 3 February 1804 at Bradford St James (in Bolton, near Peel Park), perhaps to Samuel Binns and Mary Rhodes, who married at Calverley on 5 October 1794.
A Woolcomber, he married Rebecca Mitchell in Bradford on 7 June 1829.
Rebecca was born in Esholt on 26 May 1807 and baptised at Guiseley St Oswald's on 6 September 1807. Her father was Thomas Mitchell.
Thomas Binns was baptised on 28 Jul 1833 at Bradford.
Rhodes Binns was born on 16 September 1833 in Windhill.
Triplets Rachel, Rebecca and Sarah were born on 8 August 1840 at Canal Side, Windhill Crag. Their story appeared in the Bradford Observer of 13 August:
"On Saturday morning last, the wife of Samuel Binns, Woolcomber, near Pricking Mill, Windhill, was delivered of three children, all girls, who are now all alive and doing well, as is also the mother. The family are very poor, and were quite unprovided for such an event, but by the kindness of a few friends and the assistance given them by flocks of people, who have been to see the children, they are temporarily relieved."
The newspaper published no updates.
Sadly, none of the children survived for long: Rebecca, for example, died of debility on 23 August 1840 aged 2 weeks.
After her husband's death in 1844, Rebecca, a laundress, married a cotton warp dresser called Abraham Swaine on 12 December 1845 and went to live in Wibsey.
Abraham Swaine died in Sep 1870 aged 75.
Rebecca's son Rhodes married Elizabeth Chadwick on 20 June 1869. They had one son before Rhodes died in Mar 1872 aged 38.
Rebecca Mitchell / Binns / Swaine herself died on 6 Mar 1888 aged 80. At probate, £47 9s went to her sole surviving child, Thomas Binns. He had married Mary Scott in Jun 1851 and had at least 7 children. He probably died in Mar 1900 aged 68.
BLAND (L9)
Mary Bland was born in Jun 1842 in Otley. No father was named on the GRO entry. Her mother Ellen was living in Tong Park, Baildon with her father and two siblings at the time of the 1841 census. She died on 17 August 1856 aged 15.
Ellen Bland / Smith was born on 28 January 1811 in Addingham to Francis Bland, a wool comber, and Mary Todd. She married William Smith, an excavator, on 13 July 1846 in Bradford. She is thought to have died before 1871, but no record has been found.
Elizabeth Bland was born Elizabeth Smith in Jun 1848 in Bradford. In 1851 she was with her married mother, Ellen Smith, along with Mary Bland her sister and Francis Bland her grandfather in Moor Side, Shipley. Her father William's whereabouts are unknown. She died on 1 December 1851 aged 4.
After the deaths of her daughters, Ellen reverted to her maiden name. In the 1861 census she was Ellen Bland, unmarried, formerly a laundress, living in Saltaire Road, Shipley.
BROOK / BARRETT (P21)
No documented connection between these two families has been found.
The Brook family lived in Low Baildon. They farmed a large field known as Slaughter Lane Close (now occupied by The Gables, off Kirklands Road), as well as two fields adjacent to the New Inn on Otley Road.
Susannah Brook was baptised on 20 April 1823 to James Brook & Sarah Fairbank.
None of their other 9 known children appear to have married a Barrett.
The birth of a child called Barrett Brook at New York (off Saltaire Road) in Shipley on 19 December 1840 (and his burial at the Church on 30 January 1845) looks like clear evidence of a link between the two families. However, he was the documented son of James Brook and Jane Hill, who were from Shipley, not Baildon. The source of his given name is unknown.
His parents James Brook and Jane Hill / Brook are commemorated at Grave C18.
Stephen Barrett, who was born in Windhill about 1799, married Betty Harrison around 1820. He was, variously, a journeyman clothier, a woollen cloth weaver and a clogger. He is presumed to be "SB", the grave Owner. As such, he would likely have commissioned the Susannah Brook inscription.
None of the couple's known children - Mary Ann, Nancy, Benjamin Harrison or William - appear to have had any connection to the Brooks of Baildon.
Betty Harrison / Barrett died on 19 July 1831 and Stephen married
Susannah Exley (born in Rawdon on 26 February 1806) in Sep 1852.
Stephen Barrett's 1882 probate record shows that he left £86.
Susannah Exley / Barrett 1890 left £17 6s 8d at probate.
Stephen Barrett and his first and second wives became members of the Church in 1826, 1827 and 1853 respectively. Other than a note about Betty's 1831 death in the Membership Book, there are no records of their funerals or interments at the Church.
BROOKSBANK (D8)
James Brooksbank was born abt 1792*. A miner, he was married to Elizabeth. He died in Shipley on 26 October 1849 aged 56.
Elizabeth Brooksbank (maiden name unknown) was born abt 1793. She died on 5 July 1867 aged 74.
The couple had at least 8 children. The following were born in Shipley:
Hannah (b 27 March 1824), James (b 25 April 1828), Benjamin (b 10 June 1832) and Sarah (b 16 August 1836).
James Brooksbank jnr was the likely Owner of the grave. He may have been married twice, secondly to Elizabeth Walker (in Jun 1881 in Bradford). Although he was usually described in the censuses as a coal miner living in Shipley or Windhill, by the time he died on 15 September 1906 aged 78 he was a gentleman. However, at probate his effects amounted to only £71 8s 1d. He and his wife and two step-children were buried at Windhill Cemetery, Owlet Rd - grave Q3.
*Information on James Brooksbank snr is scant. Some family trees point to an origin near Huddersfield, others to an area south-east of Bradford. There is some evidence for the latter: a James Brooksbank was baptised in Oakenshaw to John Brooksbank on 17 March 1792. And Abraham, James's son, married Alice Wildman in nearby Tong on 23 April 1848.
James's wife is likewise uncertain. She may have been Elizabeth Shuttleworth of Idle (marr in Bradford in 1823); or Elizabeth Waterhouse (marr in Calverley in 1822). However, neither of the grooms involved were coal miners.
BUTTERFIELD (E28)
Martha Butterfield, who died on 11 May 1779 aged 10, was baptised on 28 January 1770 in Bradford.
Mary Butterfield, who died on 6 April 1786 aged 15, would have been born abt 1771.
Jonas Butterfield, their father, was a farmer at Shipley Moor-Head, the area south of the old Countess of Rosse pub. Jonas was born abt 1734, perhaps in Baildon and may have married Martha Wainwright on 10 Dec 1761 at Bradford PC - the entry in the register notes that he was from Shipley. He died on 15 May 1790 aged 56.
The foot of the west-facing headstone at E28 has been obscured by the ledger belonging to E27 (Pitts). The next (buried) line of Jonas Butterfield's memorial would likely be 'of his age'. It may be that his wife Martha's name is also inscribed here, at the foot of the stone. However, the Bethel Baptist Church Books record only the burial of Jonas: his wife and daughters were not mentioned.
John Butterfield, who died on 24 August 1828 aged 64, was born abt 1864, perhaps to Jonas Butterfield.
His wife Mary (maiden name unknown) died on 7 September 1839 aged 71.
Their son Jonas Butterfield was born abt 1793 and married Lydia Thompson on 25 February 1815 in Otley (she was from Baildon). He was a clogger and a farmer.
He died on 2 June 1848 aged 55 and was buried in the churchyard with Lydia, his wife and Rebecca, his daughter. Their grave is not visible today, but was transcribed in 1931 by Arthur Blackburn:
In memory of Jonas Butterfield of Shipley Moorhead, who died June 2 1848 aged 55 years. Also Lydia, wife of the above named Jonas Butterfield, who died December 15 1869 aged 77 years. Also Rebecca, daughter of the above, who died July 17 1870 aged 34 years. Wm Butterfield Owner.
William Butterfield was the son of Jonas and Lydia, baptised in Baildon on 19 September 1824. He died in 1893 at his farm in West Ardsley (near Wakefield), but was buried on 23 December at Shipley St Paul's.
John Butterfield, who died on 25 February 1846 aged 25, was the son of Jonas and Lydia. He was born in Baildon on 16 November 1820 and married, as a Minor, Jane Hartley on 8 November 1841 in Bradford. He was a clogger.
Their son Jesse Butterfield was born out of wedlock, as Jesse Hartley, in Dec 1840. He died aged 14 months on 2 February 1841, according to the gravestone. There seem to be some errors here: the GRO recorded Jesse Hartley's death as 3 February 1842 aged 14 months, while the Church recorded Jesse Butterfield's death as 2 February 1841 aged 14 months and his burial on 6 February 1842 aged 8 months.
A legitimate son, Jonas Butterfield, was born in Jun 1843.
A second Jesse Butterfield was born on 19 March 1845 in Shipley and baptised at Bradford PC on 11 May that year.
On 28 June 1849 Ann Butterfield was born to Jane Hartley / Butterfield. When she was baptised on 20 March 1861 her father was given as John Butterfield, a clogger. She was aged 19 months in the 1851 census, when her mother Jane was described as a widow. Well before Jane remarried (to James Sadler) in 1860, she gave birth to William Garthwaite Butterfield on 21 November 1851. Like his sister Ann, he was assigned his mother's married name rather than her maiden name (by the GRO). The father is thought to have been Matthew Garthwaite, who lived nearby.
Jane Hartley / Butterfield / Sadler may have died in Bradford in Dec 1867 aged 48.
Lydia Thompson / Butterfield died on 15 December 1869 aged 77.
CRYER (A19)
Walker Cryer was born on 19 August 1821 in Shipley to John Cryer, a joiner, and Mary Lock. He was baptised at Bingley PC.
A cordwainer, he married Alice Greenwood in Bradford in Jun 1847 and lived at Hill Top in central Shipley.
They had 4 known children:
Hannah (b Sep 1849, may have died in Leeds in Mar 1915 aged 65);
Emily (b Jun 1852, died in 1919);
Benjamin Greenwood (b Sep 1854, died in 1928);
Alice Cryer was born on 6 November 1856 and died on 23 November 1856.
Walker Cryer became a Member of the Church on 3 May 1840, but was separated in May 1850 for non-attendance. He died on 17 March 1858 aged 37.
Alice Greenwood / Cryer died in Bradford on 22 May 1869 aged 47.
DEAN (H3)
Richard Dean(e) was born, as the illegitimate son of Ellen Whiteoak, a Single Woman, on 22 May 1820, probably in Cononley and baptised on 4 June that year in Skipton. His mother married James Dean, who is assumed to be his father, on 5 December 1820 at Kildwick PC.
Richard, who was a wool and silk comber, married Mary Myers on 24 December 1843 at Bingley PC. She was born in Baildon on 12 January 1822 to John Myers, a weaver and Nancy (Ann).
Richard and Mary Dean lived in Shipley and had 3 children:
Maria, born in Dec 1844;
Samuel Dean, born in Mar 1847, died 22 December 1849 aged 2 years 10 months.
John, born in Sep 1849;
Mary Myers / Dean died two weeks before her son Samuel on 7 December 1849 aged 27;
Richard Dean married Hannah Witham on 27 December 1862 in Bradford, but Died very peacefully on 17 February 1864 aged 43 at Carr Syke, Frizinghall. He left less than £50 at probate.
DENBIGH (E11 & E29)
Joshua Denbigh (see E29), who died on 24 May 1845 aged 74, was the publican of The Bull in Low Lane (Briggate), Shipley. He was baptised on 1 September 1773 at Bradford PC to David Denbigh, a weaver from Shipley.
David Denbigh (see E11), who died on 23 october 1819 aged 33, was baptised to David Denbigh on 6 February 1785.
Hannah, David's sister, was born abt 1776. She married Joseph Greenwood in Bradford on 22 September 1817.
Hannah Denbigh / Greenwood (see E11) died on 19 January 1833 aged 57.
Joshua Denbigh married Elizabeth (Betty) Armitage on 2 November 1794.
They had the following children, all in Shipley (see E11):
Alice Denbigh was born on 6 April 1796. She married John Rawnsley (a cousin of George Bateson - see M13) and had two daughters, Dinah and Ann, before she died on 26 June 1832 aged 36;
William was born on 27 January 1798. With his father he owned small amounts of land and cottages in Shipley;
John was born on 9 October 1800;
Thomas was born on 3 March 1803;
Joshua, a wool comber, was born on 25 August 1805. He married Esther Keighley / Holroyd on 28 March 1831 and had seven children. He died on 12 August 1871;
Ann was born on 22 October 1807.
Elizabeth Armitage / Denbigh died on 4 May 1809 aged 35.
Joshua Denbigh married Sarah Laycock on 24 November 1817. Her son Abraham Laycock would be a witness at Joshua Denbigh's 1831 marriage to Esther Keighley.
ELLIS (N21)
"Ellis" and "Ellison" seem to have been used interchangeably by this family.
Mary Ellison was born on 28 September 1799 to William Ellis, who married Elizabeth Rawnsley on 12 January 1794. Elizabeth (Betty) was the aunt of George Bateson (M13).
William Ellis, Mary's illegitimate son, was born on 15 September 1819 and died on 13 January 1837 aged 17.
As Mary Ellice, she married John Skirrow (son of Stephen Skirrow, a clothier (see G6), on 5 August 1849 in Calverley. The church record shows that her father William was a paper maker and Elizabeth Peel, her cousin and sister of George Bateson, was a witness.
Mary Ellis / Skirrow was baptised at the Church on 4 January 1840 and died in Bradford in Mar 1867 aged 67. John Skirrow was buried at the Wesleyan Burial Ground in Crag Road (Grave B6) on 8 November 1874 aged 71.
Elizabeth Rawnsley / Ellis, who was born abt 1777, died on 8 November 1845 aged 68.
Rebecca (Rebecka) Ellis, the daughter of William and Betty, was born on 25 May 1802 and died in Windhill on 10 Feb 1847 aged 45. She was buried 4 days later at the Church.
William Ellis or Ellison, a paper maker, was born abt 1775 and died on 24 February 1847 aged 72.
EMMOTT (B4)
John Emmott was born on 7 June 1782 in West Morton (nr Keighley) to Thomas Emmott, a farmer, and Elizabeth Mountain. He married Deborah Horne (b 10 October 1784 in Leeds) at Bingley All Saints on 30 May 1808. They had at least nine children, including Kitchiman Emmott (b in 1826) and:
Mary Emmott, baptised on 25 July 1813, died on 16 September 1839 aged 27;
Martha Emmott, born on 22 June 1815, died on 15 April 1841 aged 26.
The family had moved to a farm in Shipley, probably Heaton, by the time Francis Mountain Emmott, born on 8 November 1823, died on 24 August 1851 aged 28.
By 1841 the family were in Moor Side, Baildon, working as wool combers.
John Emmott died in Heaton and was buried in Bingley churchyard on 4 August 1845 aged 63.
Deborah Horne / Emmott died in Frizingley (Frizinghall) and was buried in Bingley on 1 July 1866 aged 81.
FAIRBANK (B29)
Thomas Fairbank and Hannah Wilcock of Windhill Crag-end were married
on 27 May 1810 (see also D23). He was a cloth manufacturer.
Their Two Children who died in Infancy were not named.
Jonathan Fairbank(s) was born to Thomas and Hannah on 12 August 1811 in Shipley and married Sarah Brooke on 8 November 1840 in Calverley. He was a clothier. Their three children were:
Frederick Thomas Fairbank, who was born in Sep 1841, died on 26 April 1846 aged 5;
Hannah Maria, who was born on 6 June 1843, married John Alderson, a market gardener, on 31 July 1869 and had five children. She died in Rodley, Leeds on 13 September 1916 aged 73;
Sarah Elizabeth Ann Fairbank, who was born in Sep 1847, died on 1 January 1854 aged 6.
Thomas and Hannah's other children:
Sarah Fairbank, born in Windhill Cragg on 30(!) February 1813. She married John Coates, a clothier, on 16 September 1832 in Calverley. She may have died in Bramley, Leeds in Sep 1873 aged 59;
Betty Fairbank, born on 22 January 1815 in Windhill. She married Joseph Bateson, a cloth manufacturer, in Calverley on 26 September 1860. Joseph was George Bateson's (M13) nephew. In the census of the following year he was alone at 35 Briggate, while his wife was with her sisters at Cragg Road. They were together for the 1871 census. Betty died in Horsforth on 27 January 1882 aged 67 and was buried at St Paul's, Shipley.
Nancy Fairbank, born in Windhill on 18 December 1816, died unmarried on 30 July 1899 aged 81;
Hannah Alice Fairbank, born on 10 September 1825, died unmarried on 9 June 1901 aged 75.
Hannah Wilcock / Fairbank died on 19 March 1858 aged 77.
Thomas Fairbank died on 21 May 1859 aged 71.
T.F. Owner is thought to refer to Thomas Fairbank.
GRASHAW (H5)
Jonathan Grashaw, who was born abt 1796, married Hannah Paget in Calverley on 14 Jan 1816. He died on 2 January 1854 aged 57.
Their first-born child was probably Maria, who married Isaac Berry, a Cloth Fuller from Baildon on 12 Sept 1836.
Isaac Berry was the Owner of the H5 grave.
A recorded burial for Hannah Grashaw on 29 March 1860 aged 64 is likely to be that of Jonathan's wife.
Ann Grashaw, who was buried on 11 August 1833 aged 78, may be Jonathan's mother.
HAINSWORTH (G4)
John Hainsworth was born on 31 March 1834 in Shipley. He died on 21 May aged 7 weeks.
James Hainsworth was born and died in 1858.
Mary Hannah Hainsworth was born in Dec 1840 and died on 2 January 1842 aged 2.
Alice Hainsworth was born in Mar 1851 and died on 28 February 1858 aged 7.
Other children:
Ruth Hainsworth was born in Shipley on 21 June 1835. A worsted power loom weaver, she married Samuel Ackroyd on 22 December 1860. She was buried on 30 January 1873 in Shipley PC;
Samuel Pickard Hainsworth was born in Dec 1844. He married Martha Hey in Jan 1870. In 1881 they emigrated to North Andover, Essex, MA, where he died in 1919;
Amos Hainsworth was born in Dec 1846 and married Mary Ann Halliday in Sep 1869. He may have died in Jun 1924 in Morecambe.
William Hainsworth was born on 20 March 1810 in Shipley to James and Mary Hainsworth. He married Sarah Pickard on 4 June 1833 in Bingley. He was a joiner. He may have died in Bradford in Mar 1886 aged 75.
Sarah Pickard / Hainsworth was born on 30 August 1811 in Cottingley to John and Ruth Pickard. She may have died in Bradford in Jun 1886 aged 74.
HALL (B24)
B24 (east-facing)
John Hall was a clothier, a grocer, a draper, a cloth manufacturer and a landlord, who may have been born in Windhill on 1 June 1790. He married Elizabeth (Betty) Swaine in Calverley on 24 September 1810.
These were their children:
John (b 12 October 1823); Maria (b 31 December 1825); Thomas (b 28 October 1829) and Ruth (b 16 December 1831).
Four children (unnamed) died in their infancy.
John Hall's and his son Thomas's families lived in Wood Villa, which was on Leeds Road in Woodend, Windhill, perhaps near Wood Top, where William Rhodes (C27) lived.
John Hall died on 8 January 1871 aged 81, with Effects of less than £2000 at probate.
Elizabeth Swaine / Hall died on 11 May 1877 aged 85.
B24 (north-facing)
Their son Thomas Hall married Sarah Jennings on 28 February 1851 in Calverley. Their known children were:
John Jennings (b Dec 1851, bur 28 November 1876);
Elizabeth (b Jun 1856);
Grace (b 28 Mar 1859).
Sarah Jennings / Hall died in Jun 1859 aged 26.
Thomas then married Margaret Wilson, who was from Crosshills (near Skipton), in Jun 67 in Skipton. Their children were:
Herbert Thomas (b Dec 67, bur 5 July 1915);
Gertrude Margaret (b 11 August 1869);
Jane Mary (b Dec 1870, died Jun 1871);
Edgar William (b 21 December 1873);
In addition, according to the grave inscription, Two Children (one of whom may have been Jane Mary) died in infancy.
Margaret Wilson / Hall died on 25 September 1874 aged 35.
Thomas Hall himself died on 30 December 1906 aged 77 at 5 Hope View, Carr Lane in Windhill. He left £270 0s 9d. He was buried in Windhill Owlet Road cemetery, Grave J11.
HALLIDAY (D1)
Martin Halliday was born abt 1792. A clothier then a wool carder, he married Martha Stansfield on 25 May 1817 in Calverley. He died on 17 July 1865 aged 73.
Martha Stansfield / Halliday was born on 19 November 1793 in Idle (and baptised on 17 Februay 1794) to John and Ann Stansfield. She died on 18 September 1874 aged 81.
6 children were recorded in the 1841 census, one of whom was:
Stan(s)field Halliday, baptised at Bradford Cathedral on 30 Jul 1826. A slubber, he married Harriet Illingworth on 29 July 1850. His daughter Eliza was born on 20 April 1851 and baptised in Bingley on 16 September 1853. He died on 22 May 1851 aged 25.
Two other children of Martin and Martha were mentioned in the Bethel Baptist Church Book of Births:
Joseph and Benjamin Halliday were twins, born on 19 February 1834. As there is no futher mention of their names anywhere, they are presumed to have died at, or shortly after, birth.
They may well be two of the Three Children Who Died in their Infancy.
HALLIDAY (C3)
Robert Halliday was born abt 1762 and married Ann (Nanney) Robinson on 27 September 1790 in Bradford. He was a tailor. He died on 20 December 1841 aged 79.
Ann Robinson / Halliday was born abt 1768 and died 27 July 1846 aged 78.
Six of their Children died in their Infancy. It is possible that four of the children were named, as follows:
William was born in Shipley on 11 October 1799;
James was born in Shipley on 10 April 1802;
Joseph was born in Shipley on 4 April 1804;
Mary was born in Shipley on 3 February 1810.
Five of their children survived to adulthood:
Henry Halliday was born on 18 December 1790 in Thackley. He died, perhaps unmarried, on 27 August 1847 aged 59.
George Haladay - see H14.
Robert Halliday was born on 17 January 1798 and married Mary Ann Batley on 6 March 1820 in Bradford. A tailor, they had seven children. He was buried in Shipley PC on 19 November 1868 aged 70.
Benjamin Halladay was born on 10 May 1806 and married Sarah Roe (b 26 July 1805 in Bingley) on 16 August 1831. She must have died soon afterwards, because Benjamin married Sarah Brook on 27 May 1832 in Shipley. He was a tailor. He was buried on 4 July 1876 at Shipley PC aged 67.
Ann Halliday was born on 18 December 1807 and died on 28 February 1828 aged 20.
HALLIDAY (H14)
George Halliday was born on 17 March 1797 in Baildon, the illegitimate son of Mary Halliday. A boat builder, he married Mary Horner on 26 January 1824 in Otley and died on 16 April 1856 in Shipley aged 59.
Mary Horner / Halliday was baptised at Baildon St John's on 14 September 1794, the daughter of Abraham Horner and Mary Jowett, who lived at Dobrudden on Baildon Moor. She died on 24 May 1865 aged 72.
They lived in Windhill at the junction of the Leeds & Liverpool and Bradford canals.
Robert Halliday was baptised in Shipley on 16 March 1834 and died on 17 June 1841 aged 7 year 7 months.
Three Grandchildren, who died in their Infancy, were not named on the gravestone.
Richard Halliday, George and Mary's son, who was baptised on 26 December 1824 and died on 5 July 1901, married Jane Hodgson in Bradford in Sep 1860. Although his boat buidling company went into liquidation in 1878, his effects at probate were valued at £217 9s 11d. Among the couple's seven children were:
Robert Halliday, born in Sep 1855, died on 4 January 1858 aged 2.
HEPPER (J13)
James Hepper was one of twins baptised in Leeds PC on 29 May 1806 to John Hepper and Hannah Hargreave, who lived in Wortley.
He married Mary Ann Rhodes, by Licence, in Leeds on 21 January 1824.
Their son James Hepper was born, and died, on the same day - 23 July 1828.
Their daughter Mary Emily Hepper was born abt 1833 and died on 9 January 1834 aged 6 months.
William Rhodes Hepper, who died on 20 August 1836 aged 12, would have been born abt 1824. The transcription of the Bethel Baptist Births Book entry has a birth date of 27 October 1822. If correct, it would mean he was born out of wedlock.
Hannah Hepper was born on 21 September 1826 and died on 4 July 1840 aged 14.
James Hepper moved to Shipley in the 1820s and lived by the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, where he owned a canal boat. He ran a shipping company from an office near Bradford Cathedral. He died on 2 April 1851 aged 45. His twin sister, Ann, may have died in 1809.
Mary Ann Rhodes / Hepper died on 18 May 1851 aged 56.
HILL (H7)
Isaac Hill was born abt 1828. A miner, he married Mary Hall in Calverley on 30 July 1848. He died on 24 May 1861 aged 37.
4 Children (unnamed) died in Infancy.
Mary Hall / Hill died on 18 January 1900 aged 71.
Isaac Hill, their son, was born in Mar 1862 (presumably early in the quarter!). A quarryman, he married Caroline (Carrie) Benson on 11 Mar 1899 in Bradford.
Caroline Benson / Hill died 6 months later, on 30 September 1899 aged 31.
After his wife's death, Isaac married Martha Hannah Bennett, a miner's daughter, on 10 May 1902. She was previously married to Fred Raistrick, a quarryman, who was buried on 26 February 1894 at Windhill Owlet Road cemetery, Grave F115.
Isaac Hill jnr was buried there on 8 September 1905 aged 43. Martha Hannah followed on 24 January 1946 aged 78.
Mary Hill was born to Isaac snr and Mary Hall in Sep 1851. She died on 10 August 1920 aged 69.
Alma Hill, Isaac snr and Mary Hall's daughter, was born in Jun 1855 and married Joshua Shaw in Jun 1908. She died on 5 January 1928 aged 73.
HORN (G7)
Joseph Horn was born on 19 September 1795 in Chidswell, Batley to Thomas Horn and Hannah Brook. He married Grace Laycock in Calverley on 25 December 1816. He was a clothier. The family lived in Windhill Crag.
There were 9 children, including:
Butler Horn and Johnson Horn, who died in their Infancy;
Hannah Horn, baptised on 22 March 1818 in Bradford, died on 17 November 1833 aged 16;
Hannah Horn was baptised on 3 April 1836 in Bradford and died in 1855 aged 20.
Joseph Horn died on 27 September 1847 aged 53.
Grace Laycock / Horn, who was baptised in Bradford on 20 November 1790 to Jonas Laycock and Ann Hall, died on 18 September 1874 aged 79.
HUDSON (B22)
John Hudson, born abt 1798, married Lydia Laycock on 27 September 1819 in Calverley. He died on 28 March 1840 aged 42.
Lydia Laycock / Hudson died on 15 July 1871 aged 71.
Sebright Hudson, their son, was baptised in Bradford on 10 February 1828. He died on 3 May 1832 aged 4.
James Hudson was baptised in Bradford on 30 March 1823. He died on 28 December 1840 aged 18.
Rebecca Hudson was born abt 1836 and died on 20 May 1848 aged 12.
Elizabeth Hudson was baptised in Bradford on 11 Sept 1825. She married William Rhodes in Calverley on 24 Dec 1849.
William Rhodes was born on 18 August 1824 to William Rhodes, a cordwainer and Rachel Booth. A shoemaker himself, he died on 7 July 1873 aged 48. The marriage appears to have been childless. It is not known when Elizabeth Hudson / Rhodes died.
Joseph Hudson, the Owner of the grave, the son of John and Lydia Hudson, was baptised on 30 November 1834. A joiner, then a grocer, in Shipley, he married Esther Hird on 16 March 1862 in Calverley. Esther was buried on 8 January 1919 in Grave B6 at Windhill Owlet Road cemetery, aged 78. This is where a Joseph Hudson, presumed to be Esther's husband, was buried on 3 July 1890. The reason for the uncertainty is that no age was given. The transcription of the burial record states that he was "Buried from W R Asylum Wakefield" (known as the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum). The only GRO record is for the death of a Joseph Hudson at Wakefield in Sep 1890, aged 44.
HUDSON (C2)
John Hudson married Esther (Easter) Thomas on 19 February 1792 in Calverley. He was a clothier.
Their children registered at the Church in Shipley were: Mary, William, Nanny, Lidia and Martha.
William Hudson, born on 5 September 1794, died on 4 September 1795 aged 1.
Martha Hudson, born on 19 October 1799, died on 12 July 1813 aged 12.
Amelia Hudson, born abt 1806, died on 28 March 1830 aged 24.
Esther Thomas / Hudson died on 8 December 1832 aged 64.
John Hudson died on 13 June 1842 aged 74. He was probably an inmate, aged 70, at the Idle Workhouse in Thackley in the 1841 census.
Jane Hudson, born to John and Esther abt 1811, married James Barker on 6 October 1833 in Shipley.
Joseph Barker, their son, was born in Jun 1841 and died on 14 May 1842 aged 11 months.
Joseph Barker, their second son, was born in Jun 1843 and died on 11 July 1868 aged 26.
James Barker died in Jun 1876 aged 66, while Jane Hudson / Barker died in Dec 1883 aged 72.
ILLINGWORTH (L5)
Joshua Illingworth, the Owner of the grave, may have been baptised in Bradford on 20 April 1806 to Walter Illingworth and Susan Crossland. Like his father, he was a blacksmith in Shipley. At some point Joshua moved to Ramsgill, between Ilkley and Addingham, where he married Jane Rushworth on 5 September 1828. They had seven known children.
Jane Rushworth / Illingworth died on 7 July 1847 aged 37.
Joshua then married Ellen Fenton (b in 1825 in Greetland, Halifax) on 30 December 1849 in Calverley (he was living in Windhill at the time, working as a whitesmith). Five more children were born.
Joshua Illingworth probably died in Mar 1877 aged 72.
From sketchy data the following outline of James Illingworth's family history is offered:
James Illinworth (sic) was baptised in Baildon on 19 Nov 1775 to Walter Illinworth, a blacksmith, and Martha Mann. This date does not, by some distance, match James's birth date (1782), as calculated from his age at death.
This Walter Illingworth (sic) may have rented a cottage in Idle, probably Windhill, from Thomas Hill, according to Land Tax records dated 1781.
His son, Walter Illingworth jnr, was baptised in Calverley on 4 November 1770. He married Susannah Crossland (Crosley) in Calverley on 25 November 1793. He was a blacksmith.
Their son, Joshua Illingworth, was baptised on 20 April 1806. Joshua was the likely nephew of James Illingworth.
James Illingworth, who was a blacksmith, married Ellen Bland in Addingham on 5 May 1805. After Ellen's death he married Elizabeth Ackroyd / Clarkson in Shipley on 27 January 1840.
Ellen Bland / Illingworth may have been baptised in Addingham on 4 July 1784 to Thomas Bland (a maltster) and Martha Smith. She died on 27 May 1839 aged 55.
James Illingworth, born abt 1782, died on 22 April 1841 aged 59.
KEARTON (B12)
William Kearton, a lead miner, married Martha Unwin on 8 June 1834 in Bradford.
Mary Kearton, their daughter, was born abt 1837 and died on 18 January 1839 aged 2.
One Child of theirs died in its Infancy.
Sarah Kearton, born in Mar 1845, died on 25 September aged 7 months.
William Kearton, baptised on 18 August 1816 in Halliwell (in Bolton, Lancs), died on 5 September 1847 aged 33.
George Unwin Kearton, his son, was born in Sep 1847 and died on 6 January 1848 aged 8 months.
Mary Kearton, his daughter, was born in Mar 1840 and died on 12 September 1851 aged 11.
Martha Unwin / Kearton was born on 24 December 1811 in Shipley to David Unwin and Mary Denbigh. She was baptised in Bradford on 28 August 1814, a date that seems also to have been used for her year of birth.
After William Kearton's death in 1847 she married Frederick Jennings in Calverley on 4 April 1849. She was aged 34.
She died in Jun 1889 aged 74 and was buried on 12 June 1889 at Shipley St Paul's.
KENDALL (M12)
Francis Kendall, who was baptised on 25 August 1793 in Baildon to Francis Kendale, a Shipley innkeeper, married Annis Rushforth (b 13 November 1791 to Thomas and Mercy Rushforth) on 14 April 1816 in Bradford. He was a clothier.
They had seven known children, including:
Nanny Kendall, born abt 1818, died on 26 March 1821 aged 3.
Esther Kendall, born abt 1819, died on 31 March 1821 aged 2.
The family moved to Esholt, then to Thorpe, in Idle.
Francis Kendall died on 6 June 1861 aged 68.
Annis Rushforth / Kendall died on 30 November 1876 aged 86.
LAYCOCK (B10)
David Laycock, who was born abt 1809, married Alice Rushworth on 22 November 1830 in Bradford.
Alice was born in Shipley on 6 November 1806 to Jonas and Sarah Rushworth. Her brother James is commemorated on Grave J22.
The Laycocks had 9 known children, including:
James Laycock, born abt 1835, died on 14 March 1846 aged 11.
Joseph Laycock, born in Jun 1848, died 18 May 1851 aged 3.
Edwin Laycock, born abt 1833, died 26 September 1853 aged 20.
Mallisa Laycock, born in Sep 1851, died on 29 January 1854 aged 3 years 6 months.
David Laycock, who was a greengrocer in Briggate, Windhill, died on 26 February 1876 aged 67.
Alice Rushworth / Laycock died in Dec 1883 aged 76.
LEACH (J3)
This small stone adjacent to the Dean grave says only Ann Leach.
She is thought to be the Ann Leach recorded in the Burial Fees Book on 6 January 1849 aged 35.
An Ann and Joseph Leach, an engineer (engine tenter) from Colne, were in the 1841 census at Red Beck Mill in Shipley with their son Naboth and Ann's younger relative Sarah Simpson. Ann Leach was absent from the 1851 census - she had died on 4 January 1849 aged 34 after giving birth to her son John, who died shortly after his premature birth on 29 December 1848.
Naboth, born in Jun 1840, was baptised in Bingley on 5 July 1840. An engine fitter, he married Clara King in Sheffield in 1866 and died there on 18 Dec 1900 aged 61.
Red Beck Mill, just east of Norwood Avenue, was Shipley's first worsted mill, built in 1815.
LEACH (E5 & G5)
Grave E5
William Leach may have been born in Wrose on 25 January 1795 to Timothy Leach and Mary Northrop. A clothier, he married Hannah Rushworth (1796-1874) on 14 May 1823 in Calverley. He was living in Bolton (near Wrose) at the time. They had five known children.
Francis Leach, their firstborn, was baptised in Bradford on 27 March 1825 and died on 30 May 1850 aged 25.
William Leach, his father, died on 29 April 1836 aged 41.
Hannah Rushworth / Leach, William's wife, died on 24 June 1876 aged 80.
John Leach, the son of William Leach and Hannah Rushworth, was born abt 1828. A tailor, he married Hannah Hall on 21 April 1851 in Calverley.
Hannah Hall / Leach, his wife, was baptised at Shipley PC on 7 September 1828 to Abraham Hall and Martha Greenwood. She died on 5 May 1864 aged 36.
John then married Hannah's sister Sarah Hall on 29 July 1867 (see G5).
The marriage was registered both by Calverley Parish Church and by the official GRO registrar, despite being illegal under the Marriage Act of 1835. Around 50 such marriages did take place every year, until the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act of 1907 removed the prohibition.
Mary Hannah Leach, the daughter of John and Hannah, was born in Dec 1860. She died on 12 May 1862 aged 1 year 7 months.
Alice Mary Leach, the daughter of John and Hannah, was born in Mar 1863. She was a tailoress. She died on 17 May 1891 aged 28.
John Leach, who was also the Owner of the grave, died on 27 November 1893 aged 65.
Grave G5
Sarah Hall / Leach was born on 30 September 1824 to Abraham Hall and Martha Greenwood. She became a Member of the Church on 14 May 1849. She married John Leach on 29 July 1867 (see E5) and died on 17 December 1894 aged 70.
Sarah Ann Leach was born to Sarah Hall and John Leach in Jun 1857 in Shipley. She was a tailoress. She died in Ilkley on 7 April 1932 aged 74.
W.H. (William Henry) Jakeman, working from Charlestown (Baildon), was the mason who carved this fine monument.
LONG (M8)
Ambrose Long (bapt 19 September 1784 to Joseph & Mary Long) married Mary Hainsworth on 19 January 1812 in Calverley. He was a cloth weaver from Shipley.
Joseph Long, their son, was born on 27 January 1826 and died on 28 February 1826 aged 1.
William Long, their son, was born on 28 September 1814 and died on 9 February 1839 aged 24.
Elizabeth Long, their daughter, was born on 18 June 1819 and died on 24 August 1839 aged 21.
Mary Hainsworth / Long was born abt 1789 and died on 12 October 1839 aged 50.
Ambrose Long died on 27 October 1865 aged 82.
Rebecca Long, his daughter (bapt 31 July 1822 in Bradford), married Joseph Singleton on 21 June 1840 in Otley. He was a stone mason.
Mary Singleton, their daughter, was born in Dec 1840 and died on 8 March 1858 aged 17.
Elizabeth Long, the great granddaughter of Ambrose and Mary Long, who died in Infancy, has not been identified.
Her position on the ledger would suggest a birth and death between 1858 and 1865. However, the most likely candidate would be one of the grave owner's later descendants. Benjamin Long's children were: Hamlet (b 1847, died 1898), Arthur (b 1851, marr 1873), Walter (b 1854, marr 1874) and Rhoda (b 1858, marr Smith Marshall in 1898). Arthur and Walter did not have a child called Elizabeth. Hamlet, being unmarried, would be the more likely provider of a great granddaughter.
Benjamin Long, the Owner of the grave, was Joseph's twin brother, born on 27 January 1826 in Shipley.
A weaver, he married Elizabeth Brook (b abt 1827 to John Brook) on 17 July 1846 in Bradford. With their children Hamlet, Arthur, Walter and Rhoda, they lived in Wild Boar Street, off Bolton Road, central Bradford.
By the 1871 census, Elizabeth was still there, with her children, but no Benjamin. She was a widow.
But Benjamin was very much alive: he had married Sarah Hodgson (bapt in Foulridge, Colne, on 29 March 1825 to William Hodgson and Sarah Priestley) on 17 September 1865 in Calverley by declaring that he was a widower. By 1871 he was in Briggate, Windhill with his new wife and her family (father William Hodgson, brother James Hodgson). He was a marine weaver.
Perhaps believing that her husband was dead, Elizabeth married George West, a gas stoker, on 24 October 1874 in Bradford.
In the 1881 census the pair were together at Wild Boar Street, with a daughter, Elizabeth West, aged 2 - of whom there is no trace in the GRO birth (or death) indices. Elizabeth's daughter from the Long marriage - Rhoda - was also there, but with the West surname.
But by 1891 Elizabeth was, once again, a widow and had reverted to the Long married name. Rhoda Long was there along with her step-sister Elizabeth Long. If George West was dead, there are no obvious GRO entries.
In the 1901 census Elizabeth was still a widow, still at Wild Boar Street and still with her newly-married daughter, Rhoda Marshall.
Elizabeth Brook / Long / West may have died in Bradford in Jun 1980 aged 75.
By the 1891 census, Benjamin Long and Sarah Hodgson were on their own in Heaton.
In 1901, however, Benjamin was in the N Bierley Workhouse, a married cloth weaver aged 75, born in Shipley. He was deaf. He probably died in N Bierley in Dec 1901 aged 75.
Sarah Hodgson / Long is not mentioned on the family grave at Windhill Cemetery in Owlet Road. She may have died in Wharfedale in Sep 1907 aged 74 or in Bradford in Jun 1920 aged 86.
MANN (F10)
Ann Mann was born Ann Frankish on 11 December 1747 at Hunmanby, near Filey. She married Joseph Mann, the son of a Halifax shalloon weaver (b 3 March 1848) in Hunmanby on 7 March 1768. Joseph was a weaver, soldier and estate worker (for the Osbaldeston family). After his wife died on 10 December 1816 aged 68, he moved from East Yorkshire to Shipley, where his son Isaac was the pastor at the Bethel Baptist Church. He died there on 16 March 1820 aged 72.
Isaac (RevD I Mann) was born on 23 January 1785* in Hunmanby. He preached his first sermon at the age of 21 and went to the Baptist seminary at Horton College in Bradford to study. After his first ordination in 1809, he married Sarah Clayton in Bradford on 14 May 1810. They had two daughters, Elizabeth and Ann, before Sarah died abt 1812, possibly of consumption. Isaac then married Alice Beanland on 6 April 1814, shortly before he became pastor at Shipley (they both became Members of the Church on 30 September of that year). They had a daughter, Alice, born on or before 4 March 1821, the day that her mother Alice Beanland / Mann died, probably after childbirth.
Isaac Mann then married Mary Kitching / Scholefield in Leeds on 19 January 1822. He was noted as a Dissenting Minister. They had a son, Caleb Scholefield, who would later become a director of the P&O Shipping Company. They also had two daughters, Mary and Sarah, before leaving for a posting in Bermondsey. Another daughter, Letitia, was born in London.
Isaac died on 31 December 1831 and was buried at the Maze Pond, Southwark.
* He was initially thought to have been born, as John Mann, on 19 June 1782 at The Baptist Meeting House in Bridlington. This was because the inscription appears to say: "the RevD J Mann"; but the "J" is actually an "I", for Isaac. The error, which other researchers have also made, led this one on a wild goose chase around East and North Yorkshire!
This researcher is indebted to Nicholas Mann for his biography of Isaac on Ancestry's website.
Alice Beanland / Mann (born abt 1780), the second wife of Isaac Mann, died on 4 March 1821 aged 41.
Her sister was Ann Beanland / Hall / Wilcock. Ann was baptised in Bradford on 14 May 1775, married James Hall on 12 December 1795, then Thomas Wilcock on 22 October 1818. She died on 14 March 1850 aged 74.
The Halls lived in Low Well, Shipley (near the Church) and had the following six children:
George Hall, born on 28 October 1796, married Eliza Beanland (possibly the niece of Ann and Alice Beanland) on 19 January 1818 and had around 10 children; he died on 6 July 1842 aged 45.
Sally Hall / Ward, born on 18 November 1797, married William Ward on 23 July 1817 and died on 5 June 1848 aged 50. Their daughter Priscilla married James Tillotson in Sep 1850 and died on 3 July 1854 in Melbourne.
James Hall, born on 14 October 1799, died on 28 May 1843 in Albany, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Ruth Hall was born on 22 October 1801; she was a grocer and linen draper in Northgate, Baildon (in 1851). She died unmarried on 25 December 1879 aged 79 (see Grave G9).
John Hall, born on 9 September 1803, was noted on the gravestone as the third son of Ann Wilcock and died on 15 February 1870 aged 66.
Hannah Hall / Rawson, born on 23 August 1805, was married to John Whitehead Rawson (on 27 November 1828) and had at least 4 children. She died on 17 May 1834 aged 28 (see Grave G9).
James Hall, their father, died in Shipley on 26 August 1809 aged 65.
His widow Ann Beanland / Hall then married Thomas Wilcock in Calverley (on 22 October 1818).
Thomas Wilcock was a cloth manufacturer; he may have died in Windhill in Jun 1856 aged 78.
Sarah Ann Wilcock, their only known child, was born on 22 January 1820; she was a proprietor of houses in Northgate, Baildon (in 1851) and died unmarried on 30 November 1868 aged 48.
MURGATROYD (C8)
Thomas Murgatroyd was born abt 1795 to John Murgatroyd and Mary Tetley and married Mary Denby on 10 April 1815 in Calverley. He died on 30 June 1872 aged 78.
Mary Denby / Murgatroyd followed 5 weeks later on 6 August 1872 aged 78.
They had around 14 children, the last (Denbigh) in Mar 1840.
John Murgatroyd, baptised in Bradford on 11 November 1821, died on 7 February 1823 aged 16 months.
Five of their children (unnamed) died in Infancy.
Joseph Murgatroyd, born in 1836-1837, died on 3 January 1840 aged 3.
Harriet Murgatroyd, baptised on 13 August 1828, died on 3 November 1850 aged 23.
Samuel Murgatroyd, baptised on 31 August 1825, died on 18 May 1871 aged 46.
Clarissa Murgatroyd, who is not on the gravestone, was baptised on 5 September 1823. John Wood, whom she married in 1845, died the following year. She then married John Laycock, a mill overlooker, on 10 February 1850, had six children and died in Mar 1912 aged 88.
Her father Thomas, who was originally a quarryman, had become a beerhouse keeper in Green Lane, Manningham by 1861. John Laycock, by then a stuff manufacturer's manager, was Thomas's executor after his death in 1872. Thomas's effects were under £200.
John Laycock was also the Owner of the grave at Shipley Bethel Baptist Cemetery.
MURGATROYD (L12)
Although there were several John Murgatroyd / Sarah marriages at the end of the 18th century, none were recorded around 1801, when Sarah (who was born abt 1783) would have been 18.
John Murgatroyd, who was born abt 1779, was a clothier. He died on 8 February 1834 aged 55.
Sarah Murgatroyd, who was born abt 1783, died on 7 August 1840 aged 57.
Their children:
Mary Kendall, who died on 24 March 1834 aged 32 1834, would have been born abt 1802; Kendall was either her married name or her mother's maiden name (if Mary was illegitimate).
George Murgatroyd, born abt 1807, was a boatman and quarryman who married Mary Hall on 31 October 1836; John, their one known child, died in infancy. George died on 6 November 1850 aged 43.
Hannah Murgatroyd, baptised on 29 May 1814, died on 26 May 1820 aged 6.
James Murgatroyd was the Owner of the grave; as no age was given, it has not been possible to positively identify him (there were several men called James Murgatroyd in Idle / Windhill at the time).
It may be noted that a John and Sarah Murgatroyd of Windhill were recorded in the Births Book as the parents of the following two children:
Margaret Murgatroyd, born on 10 April 1821, died unmarried in 1893.
Frances (or Francis) Murgatroyd, born on 20 April 1827, died in 1888.
In the 1841 census, these two were living with James Murgatroyd (a carrier aged 25), Maria (aged 20) and Sarah (aged 16).
By the time of the 1851 census, Margaret was living with Maria, who had married Robert Hainsworth; Francis was married to Olive Skirrow; Sarah had married William Alderson.
There was also a John Murgatroyd in the 1851 census entry for his wife Sarah (Watmough) and 4 children, noted only as Boatman Husb absent. He was born in Dec 1818 and baptised in Bradford along with his sister Maria on 8 October 1820. Their parents were John and Sarah Murgatroyd of Windhill.
One of John and Sarah's children, born in Dec 1849, was called David Kendall Murgatroyd - an echo, perhaps, of the Mary Kendall who died in 1834.
PADGETT (B1)
James Padgett, born abt 1773, married Hannah Laycock in Calverley on 10 July 1808. He died on 16 May 1850 aged 77.
Hannah Laycock / Padgett, born abt 1868, died on 29 September 1837 aged 69.
James Laycock, the Owner, was an undetermined relative of Hannah.
PARKER (G22)
Joshua Parker, a Windhill cloth manufacturer, may have been born in Shipley on 10 October 1792 to John Parker and Hannah. He married Mercy Naylor in Calverley on 27 April 1822. He died on 12 April 1875 aged 83.
Mercy Naylor / Parker became a member of the Church on 5 September 1841. She died on 2 October 1850 aged 54.
One of Joshua's siblings is thought to have been William Parker, born abt 1800. He married Susey Thompson in the early 1830s. Among their children were Thomas Thompson Parker, born abt 1833, and John Henderson Parker, baptised in Shipley on 12 September 1841.
The latter married Rebecca Ellis in Dec 1862 and had a daughter, Susannah, in Jun 1866.
Susannah Parker married Henry Harries in Sep 1886. They had a boy, Athelstan, then Cora and Daisy. Susannah died on 7 November 1896 aged 31.
PITTS (E10)
Samuel Pitts was born on 17 January 1804. He was the son of Joshua Pitts and Mary, one of seven children attributed to this couple in the Births Book. He married Elizabeth Slingsby in Calverley on 28 September 1829. He died on 18 April 1840 aged 36.
Samuel's sister Betty, was born on 3 March 1810 (though the gravestone has 4 March 1809). She married Benjamin Normington, a coal miner, on 21 January 1838 in Calverley.
As Elizabeth Normington, she had four children before her husband's death in 1840. She died on 23 March 1892 aged 82.
Two children's births, and possible deaths, were registered by the GRO:
Isaac Pitts, born in Sep 1837, may have died in Dec 1837 aged 0.
David Pitts, born in Sep 1839, may have died in Dec 1841 aged 2.
In addition, the deaths of John Pitts and Ralph Pitts, who died in their Infancy, were noted on the gravestone.
POLLARD (B18)
Joseph Pollard, who was born abt 1756, perhaps in Guiseley, may have married Martha Womersley on 27 July 1778 in Bradford. He died on 21 December 1824 aged 68.
Martha Womersley / Pollard, who may have been baptised in Eccleshill on 23 November 1755, died on 20 August 1834 aged 78.
Betty Pollard, their daughter, was born abt 1781 and died on 5 June 1810 aged 29.
David Pollard, their son, was likely baptised in Bradford on 7 May 1797 to Joseph & Martha of Rose (Wrose). His wife, whose maiden name is not known, probably died before 1841. They had two known children: Samuel (b abt 1821) and Joseph (b abt 1824). David Pollard died on 3 May 1843 aged 46.
Joseph and Martha had at least two other children: Martha (from Eccleshill, bapt on 6 February 1785), who was an unmarried schoolmistress in 1851, died in Dec 1861 aged 76; and Benjamin (b 8 September 1800).
RANGDAIL / CRAVEN (F18)
John Rangdail was born abt 1784 and married Sarah Craven in Bradford on 17 February 1805.
Sarah Craven / Rangdail, who was born abt 1780 to Ann and Robert Craven, died on 23 October 1806 aged 26.
Elizabeth Craven, Sarah's sister, was born abt 1783 and married John Lee in Bradford on 18 October 1802.
Elizabeth Craven / Lee died 12 July 1807 aged 24.
Ann Craven, Sarah and Elizabeth's sister, was born on 4 November 1790 and married Joshua Taylor (of Junction, Shipley) in Bradford on 20 October 1810.
Ann Craven / Taylor died on 16 June 1813 aged 23.
Mary Craven, another daughter of Ann and Robert, married Thomas Boyne in Leeds Minster on 17 May 1806.
Mary Craven / Boyne died on 28 August 1852 in Leeds.
James Boyne, one of their children, was born abt 1809 and died on 30 April 1811 aged 2.
Thomas Boyne was baptised in Leeds on 21 November 1787. He was a wealthy tobacco importer and manufacturer, who lived for a time at Virginia Cottage, Little Woodhouse in Leeds. The name was significant: Boyne's fortune was built on tobacco grown in Virginia by slaves. He died in Paris in June 1847 and was buried at Lawnswood in Adel, Leeds.
Another of his children, William Boyne, born abt 1815, wrote a History of Leeds in 1877, which is regarded as a masterpiece of antiquarian collecting and presentation.
Another son, Charles, born in 1817, died in Missouri in 1854, having bought 80 acres of land there. He was also buried at Lawnswood.
RAWSON (G9)
John Whitehead Rawson, who was born abt 1811, married Hannah Hall on 27 November 1828 in Calverley and had at least 4 children. He died in Bradford in Sep 1868 aged 58. Hannah died on 17 May 1834 aged 28 (see also Grave F10).
Hannah Rawson, their daughter, was born abt 1831 and died on 15 August 1832 aged 10 months.
James Hall Rawson, their son, was born abt 1833 and died on 4 February 1861 aged 27.
Ruth Hall, Hannah's sister, was born on 22 October 1801 to Ann Beanland and James Hall; she was a grocer and linen draper in Northgate, Baildon (in 1851). She died unmarried on 25 December 1879 aged 79 (see also Grave F10).
RHODES (C27)
On the headstone:
William Rhodes was born in Shipley on 2 July 1825 to John Rhodes and Sarah Lambert (see Grave F15). A farmer, he married Mary Leach in Bradford on 11 Dec 1860. They had three children, all boys. By 1861 he was described as a Landed Proprietor; his residence, Wood Top, is a late 18th century house near Alma Street in Windhill Woodend. He died on 18 March 1884 aged 58. At probate, his estate was valued at £1037 8s 3d.
Mary Leach / Rhodes was born on 3 September 1829 and died on 24 August 1902. Her estate was valued at £1493 4s 6d.
On the plinth (and repeated on the ledger):
James Rhodes may have been William's grandfather or great-grandfather. Born abt 1735, he married Elizabeth (perhaps Farrar) on 15 June 1761 in Bingley and also in Calverley. He died on 20 April 1817 aged 82.
Elizabeth Rhodes, born abt 1741, died on 30 December 1827 aged 85 (and 8 months).
On the ledger, the top 2 or more lines have been obscured by the headstone.
This reseacher's attempt at a transcription of the lowest line is shaded grey.
The names of the parents of the two girls on the ledger come from the Burial Register (the inscriptions do not mention parents):
Martha Rhodes was baptised in 1786 or 1787 to James and Betty. She died on 25 March 1787 in her 1st year of life. She, as Matty Roids in the Burial Register, was buried on the following day.
Elizabeth Rhodes was born abt 1775. She died / was buried on 13 January 1789 aged 13. Her parents were James and Betty Rhodes.
John Rhodes was born abt 1762 and died on 14 January 1802 aged 40.
Mary Rhodes was born abt 1772, married Joseph Briggs , a manufacturer from Wilsden, on 8 June 1802 in Calverley and died on 31 March 1805 aged 33. The inscription appears to say she was John Rhodes's daughter, an unlikely circumstance if the dates are correct.
RHODES (F15)
This, one of the grander tombs in the cemetery, indicates that William Rhodes was a comparatively wealthy man.
The original Shipley Old Hall, also known as Dixon's Old Hall, was marked on the OS 6inch map published in the 1850s. Dated 1593, the Hall was at the junction of Manor Lane and Kirkgate, where a Wesleyan Reform chapel was built in 1863. The Old Hall would have been associated with a substantial farm, like many such grand houses: William Rhodes was probably a farmer; in the 1841 census, part of the Old Hall was occupied by a farmer called David Lee with his wife Jane and three sons.
William's son John was also a farmer - he had a farm near Fox Corner, where Rhodes Place is today. A pillar of the Shipley community and described as a Gentleman Farmer, he employed 4 "servants" and leased 126 acres of arable and pasture land nearby. One of his closes was a pasture called Shipley Hall, which was immediately south of Shipley Lower Hall, once occupied by the Conservative Club. (Shipley Hall was actually another grand house on the other side of Otley Road, opposite the Clock Tower.)
William Rhodes was born abt 1764 and married Hannah Gawthorpe on 15 July 1784 in Bradford. He died on 1 June 1835 aged 71.
Hannah Gawthorpe / Rhodes was born abt 1754 and died on 27 July 1829 aged 75.
John Rhodes, their son, was born in Shipley on 9 June 1797 and married Sarah Lambert (b in Baildon on 23 June 1800) in Bradford on 15 October 1818. He was 21, she was 18. He died on 20 April 1858 aged 60. His Executors were Thomas Rhodes, a grocer (believed to be his son, b 1822) and CF Taylor, who owned a mill, now demolished, at Lower Holme, Baildon. He left £200 pa to his wife Sarah.
Sarah Lambert / Rhodes died on 4 April 1880 and was buried at Charleston Cemetery, Baildon.
John and Sarah's son William Rhodes was born on 7 July 1825 and died in 1884 (see Grave C27).
Their other children were Mercy (b 1820) who married James Fyfe, Hannah (b 1823) who married Wills Kitson and Mary (b 1896, died in Harrogate in 1896).
RHODES (L14)
Thomas Rhodes was born in Shipley on 12 August 1810, the son of Timothy and Agnes Rhodes. A cordwainer, he married Elizabeth Thompson in Bradford on 6 May 1835. He died on 27 January 1847 aged 36.
Their first child, Amelia Rhodes, was baptised in Shipley on 22 May 1836.
Two children who died in Infancy were not named, but could include:
Nanny Rhodes, who was born in Sep 1844, but probably died in Mar 1845 aged 0.
Elizabeth Thompson / Rhodes then married William Chapman in Dec 1850 in Bradford. No obvious death has been found.
Timothy Rhodes married Agnes Firth in Calverley (by Licence) on 26 August 1804. A cordwainer, he was probably baptised on 13 March 1785, the son of Timothy Rhodes and Ann Ellis of Baildon. Agnes Firth may have been baptised in Bradford on 14 March 1784 to John Firth.
The Rhodes family ran their business from Low Lane (Briggate) in Shipley.
In addition to Thomas Rhodes (1810-1847), five children were listed in the Births Book:
Timothy, born 1 October 1808, date of death unknown;
Nanny, born 4 October 1817, died on 29 March 1841;
Mary, born 18 October 1820, died on 11 March 1837;
Alice, born 4 February 1823, died on 20 May 1839;
Timothy born 8 April 1825, died on 28 December 1843.
Agnes Firth / Rhodes died on 9 July 1848 aged 64.
Timothy Rhodes snr then married Mary Halliwell in Dec 1848. She may have died, as Mary Rhodes, in October 1858 aged 61.
Timothy Rhodes had become a member of the Church on December 25 1814. The Membership Book notes that he Died in faith & hope March 6th 1854. He was 69.
RICHARDSON (A5)
William Richardson, born abt 1823, died in Shipley on 9 April 1824 aged 15 months.
He was the son of John and Mary Richardson, who had at least three other children: Christiana (b 1821), Mary (b 1825), and Ann (b 1827), before Mary Richardson snr died abt 1827. John Richardson, born abt 1896, farmed at Shipley Moorside.
After Mary's death, John is thought to have married Elizabeth Berwick on 20 May 1828 in Bradford (a John Berwick aged 16, presumed to be Elizabeth's son from her previous marriage to a hatter called George Berwick, was present in the Richardson household in 1841). John and Betty Richardson had at least three children: Esther (b 1829), William (b 1831) and James (b 1833), before John died in Shipley on 29 September 1836 aged 40. At least two more children: Joseph (b 1836) and George (b 1840) may have been born to his widow and given the Richardson surname.
RUSHWORTH (M2)
Joshua Rushworth, born abt 1787, married Hannah Watson on 25 December 1807 in Bradford. He died on 31 January 1861 aged 73.
Joshua was a plumber and glazier. The family lived in Low Well, Shipley (where Aldi is today).
John Rushworth, their son, died in his Infancy.
The couple had five other children: Samuel (see L2 below); Moses (probably); Nancy; Mary; James.
Hannah Watson / Rushworth, who was born abt 1786, died on 11 April 1855 aged 69.
James Rushworth, who may have been born to Jonathan Rushworth in Bradford in 1754, died on 13 January 1825 aged 71. He is presumed to be the father of Joshua.
RUSHWORTH (L2)
As the firstborn child of Joshua Rushworth (M2), Samuel Rushworth was baptised in Bradford on 19 June 1808. A plumber and glazier, he married Elizabeth Peel in Bradford on 17 January 1830. She was baptised on 17 May 1808 to Thomas Peel and Mary Teal of Fewston, near Otley.
Elizabeth Peel / Rushworth died on 28 November 1839 aged 31.
They had the following children:
George Rushworth, born on 26 January 1830, died on 18 December 1832 aged 2 years 11 months;
Elizabeth Rushworth, who died in her Infancy;
Mary Rushworth was born on 16 April 1831 and married James Lund in Otley on 13 August 1849. She may have died in Wharfedale in Mar 1879 aged 47;
Hannah Rushworth was born on 31 March 1833 and died on 8 September 1841 aged 8;
Samuel was baptised on 13 September 1835 and married Elizabeth Ward on 13 September 1855.
Over the following 20 years these two had 10 children.
Samuel jnr died in Shipley on 19 April 1904 aged 69. He and his family are commemorated by an impressive monument at Nab Wood Cemetery, Shipley.
Thomas Rushworth was born on 9 May 1837. He also became a plumber and glazier. He was probably buried at St Pauls, Shipley on 18 September 1878 aged 41.
After his wife Elizabeth Peel died in 1839, Samuel snr married Hannah Greenlay Taylor on 8 June 1850 at Bradford PC.
They had the following children:
John Rushworth, born in Jun 1850, died on 19 January 1852 aged 1 year 9 months;
Joshua, born in Mar 1852;
Emily, born in Sep 1853.
Hannah Greenlay / Taylor / Rushworth, who was baptised near Driffield on 19 January 1817, died in Sep 1853 aged 35, perhaps after childbirth.
Samuel snr next married Mary Hartley Newby on 11 December 1855 at Bradford PC. His son Samuel jnr was a witness.
Samuel Rushworth snr died on 20 March 1879 aged 71 and was buried at Shipley St Paul's.
Mary Hartley / Newby / Rushworth, who was born on 27 March 1809 in Wardle, Rochdale, died in Rochdale in Jun 1903 aged 94.
SILSON (H1)
Jonathan Silson was born abt 1833 in Heaton. He was the son of Benjamin Silson, who farmed at Pinfold on Toller Lane (near the Hare & Hounds pub), and Elizabeth Brearley. He married Ann Gray on 17 February 1859 in Howden, near Goole. A farmer himself, Jonathan died in Mar 1911 aged 77.
They had around 7 children, only three of whom survived to adulthood. Four were noted on the gravestone:
John William Silson was born in Dec 1860 and died on 27 November 1864 aged 4.
Martha Silson was born in Dec 1865 and died on 22 January 1869 aged 3.
Mary Silson was born in Sep 1867 and died on 12 January 1869 aged 1 year 5 months.
Ellen Elizabeth Silson was born in Mar 1864 and died on 10 November 1864 aged 8 months.
Ann Gray / Silson, who was born in Knedlington and baptised on 7 February 1827 at Howden Minster, died in Bradford in Sep 1911 aged 84.
S. Scott & Son of Heaton are thought to have been a firm of monumental masons.
SIMPSON (K8)
Thomas Simpson, who was born abt 1793, was a clothier then a power loom weaver. He married Frances Naylor on 14 July 1816 in Calverley. He may have died in Bradford in Mar 1868 aged 75.
Frances Naylor / Simpson may have been baptised to Peter Naylor in Calverley on 28 May 1792*. She probably died in Bradford in Mar 1866 aged 72.
The couple lived in Windhill. Eight of their children's births were registered at Shipley Bethel Baptist Church:
Sarah (b 20 November 1816); Frances (b 20 May 1818); Ann (b 3 December 1819); Thomas (b 16 September 1821); Francis (b 4 June 1823); Mercy (b 23 April 1826); William (b 1 June 1829); Mary Ann (b 18 February 1833).
Thomas Simpson, who was born on 16 September 1821, died on 25 July 1846 aged 24.
Three Children, who died in Infancy, may be additional to those above.
Mercy Simpson, who was born on 23 April 1826, died on 28 October 1852 aged 28.
*seen in Bishop's Transcripts, but not in Calverley PC register.
SKIRROW (G6)
Stephen Skirrow, who was born abt 1776, married Rachel Marshall on 21 October 1796 in Calverley. He died on 30 June 1849 aged 73.
Rachel Marshall / Skirrow was born abt 1781 and died on 16 January 1854 aged 75.
The family lived in Wrose.
Jonathan Skirrow, their last born child, was baptised in Bradford on 7 August 1831 and died on 16 May 1844 aged 13.
Marshall Skirrow was born abt 1821, quite a late birth for this couple. He married Ann Pickles on 31 July 1843. No children have been found. He died on 21 March 1848 aged 27.
Nancy Skirrow, who was born abt 1806, married George Morrell in Calverley on 29 August 1864 at the age of 58. She died on 4 August 1881 aged 75. She was the Owner of the grave.
Discussion
When the gravestone was installed, possibly between Jonathan's burial in 1844 and Marshall's in 1848, Jonathan Skirrow was noted as the son of Nancy Skirrow. No father was mentioned, an indication that his birth was illegitimate. Nancy, after all, only married in 1864, when she was 58.
Local church clerks at the time did not shy away from registering a father's name against an illegitimate birth if it were known. And a father is named in the Bradford PC baptisms register: he was Steven Skirrow, a clothier from Idle. The Skirrow family was from Wrose (Idle): Nancy's father, Stephen, was a clothier when he married Rachel Marshall in 1796.
There seem to be two ways to explain Jonathan's parentage:
A) That there was an incestuous relationship between Nancy and her father Stephen Skirrow - ie Jonathan's father was also his grandfather.
B) That Nancy had a relationship with another Stephen Skirrow who lived locally. There were at least three other adult men in the district with that name in the late 1820s to early 1830s:
1) Stephen Skirrow, who was born on 26 October 1799, was the son of John Skirrow and Sarah Wilcock and the brother of Joseph and George Skirrow.
An agricultural worker, he lived and worked with his sister Nancy's family at the New Inn in Idle. Her husband Joseph Harper was the innkeeper, butcher and farmer. Stephen was unmarried when he died in Jun 1870 aged 70.
This Stephen Skirrow and Jonathan Skirrow were first cousins once removed.
2) Stephen Skirrow was born abt 1787 in Wrose. His ancestry is not known.
A weaver and clothier, he married Ruth Slingsby on 6 January 1822, lived in Idle and, from the 1830s, in Bradford Moor (Barkerend). After Ruth was buried on 25 April 1854 aged 59, he moved in with his older brother George in Bolton (nr Wrose). He died on 16 October 1871 aged 84 and was buried at Shipley PC with Ruth and two grandchildren.
3) Stephen Skirrow, born abt 1755 in Wrose, was married to 1) Mary Wommersley and 2) Sarah Jowett. His grave is in the Wesleyan Burial Ground in Crag Road, Windhill (B6/B7). J. Skirrow, who was also interred there, may have been John Skirrow, his grand-nephew. Jonathan Skirrow would also have been a grand-nephew.
SLINGSBY (G12)
William Slingsby, who died on 20 May 1840 aged 51, was born on 5 November 1789 to Joshua Slingsby and Ruth Coulthurst. A slate river, he married Hannah Farnish on 2 August 1809 in Bradford. They lived in Shipley, near the Church and may have had ten children.
Hannah Farnish / Slingsby died on 29 April 1859 aged 71.
Grace Slingsby, their daughter, was born on 27 January 1816 in Idle. She was a bonnet maker. She died on 29 July 1857 aged 42.
SPENCE (C10)
Elizabeth Spence was born, possibly in Windhill, on 11 August 1827, the daughter of the unmarried Martha Spence. She died on 19 March 1853 aged 25.
Martha Spence was born in Baildon on 2 February 1798 to Joshua and Betty Spence. She had another illegitimate child, William, who was born on 4 October 1830. The family lived in Wood End, Windhill, where Martha was a worsted weaver and, later, a charwoman. She died on 16 December 1869 aged 72.
SPURR (E18)
Mary Spurr was the daughter of Richard Spurr and Judith Myers, born on 14 June 1808 in Windhill. She died on 3 November 1809 aged 2.
Richard Spurr was born on 6 August 1802 and died 17 November 1827 aged 26.
Judith Myers / Spurr, who was born abt 1772, married Richard Spurr in Bradford on 11 August 1800. She became a Church Member on 21 July 1805. She died on 24 October 1832 aged 60.
Richard Spurr, Judith's husband, was born abt 1778. He died on 12 July 1847 aged 69, having been a Member since 15 October 1815.
Sarah Spurr, their daughter, was born in Windhill on 20 September 1805. She married James Vint, a manufacturer, on 2 September 1825. Vint was the son of the Rev William Vint (1768-1834), a founding member of the Airedale Independent College in Idle and Minister of the Independent Chapel. James Vint died on 6 February 1864 and was buried at Idle Upper Chapel Congregational Chapelyard (adjacent to Vint's Buildings).
Sarah Spurr / Vint died on 26 September 1871 aged 66 and was interred at Shipley Bethel Baptist Church.
STIRK (D4)
Henry Stirk was born in Eldwick on 5 March 1822 to Henry Stirk and Alice Hird. A a wool sorter, he married Nancy Hall on 18 February 1844 in Calverley. He died on 22 June 1869 aged 46.
Nancy Hall / Stirk was baptised on 19 November 1820 to Joshua Hall and Mary Brook. She died on 27 April 1882 aged 61.
The couple had nine children.
Martha, John, Mary and Fred all died in Infancy.
SWAIN (D5)
Edward Swain was born in Shipley on 19 November 1799 to William Swaine and Tamar Rawnsley. He was the twin brother of Hannah*. A woollen cloth manufacturer, he married Zillah Yeadon in Bradford on 22 March 1828. He died in Windhill in Jun 1876 aged 76.
Zillah Yeadon / Swain, the daughter of David and Martha Yeadon, was born in Idle on 26 July 1805. She died in Shipley on 15 July 1864 aged 58.
William Swain, born on 17 April 1836, died on 6 September 1837 aged 1 year 5 months.
Their daughter Martha Swain(e), who was born on 17 July 1828, became a Church Member on 7 March 1847 and married Joshua Cansfield (sic) on 14 March 1852 in Calverley.
Joseph Canfield, their son, was born in Mar 1853 (as Joseph Cansfield), but died on 9 December 1853 aged 11 months.
*Tamar Rawnsley and William Swain(e) had a daughter Hannah in 1794 and a son Edward (Neddy) in 1797. They must have died in infancy so that the twins born in 1799 could be given the same names.
Tamar, who was born abt 1770, was the sister of Mary Rawnsley, who married Joseph Bateson on 18 March 1790.
SWAINE (B28)
Betty Hall was born on 5 November 1815, probably in Windhill, to John Hall and Elizabeth Swaine.
Her mother Elizabeth was the sister of Edward Swaine (see D5) and married John Hall on 24 September 1810 (see B24).
Betty was baptised on 15 September 1822 at Bradford PC, along with two of her younger siblings. She married John Swaine (no relation to her mother: he was the son of Samuel Swaine and Leah Illingworth) on 9 August 1838 in Calverley. John Swaine had a grocery and drapery shop in Bolton Road, Bradford. This was near Spink Well, an ancient spa; the gravestones of the victims the 1645 plague are said to have been built into the walls of the nearby well-house.
Betty Hall / Swaine died on 7 October 1849 aged 33.
Four children of the Swaines died in infancy:
John Swaine, born in Dec 1840, died on 28 February 1841 aged 2 months; Emma Swaine, born in Jun 1842, died on 17 August 1842 aged 5 months; Marcus Swaine, born in Mar 1847, died on 1 April 1848 aged 13 months; William Henry Swaine, born in Dec 1848, died on 29 December 1849 aged 14 months.
Elizabeth Ann Swaine was born on 27 June 1839 and died on 19 May 1857 aged 18.
Alice Mary Swaine was born in Dec 1843. She was probably in the 1851 census as Mary Swaine, aged 6.
Additional information
Soon after Betty died, on 7 October 1849, her widowed husband remarried. The wedding of John Swaine to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lawson of Thorne, took place on 25 December 1849 at the Salem Congregational Chapel in Bowling.
They had the following children:
Jane Lawson (b Sep 1852); Lucy (b Mar 1854); Olivia (b Jun 1856); Elizabeth (b Dec 1858); John Arthur (b Mar 1861) and Horatio (b Mar 1863).
John Swaine, who was born abt 1816, died on 29 July 1882 aged 66 at 158 Bolton Road. He left £594 11s.
His wife Elizabeth probably died in Mar 1885 aged 63.
TEAL (B7)
B7e (east-facing)
John Lee Teal, who died on 17 January 1823 aged 21, was born on 10 March 1802 in Shipley.
Thomas Teal, who died on 25 January 1824 aged 20, was born abt 1805 in Shipley.
William Teal, who died on 21 February 1825 aged 10, was born on 17 February 1815 in Shipley.
Judith Teal, who also died on 14 December 1825 aged 19, was born abt 1807 in Shipley.
Elizabeth Teal, who died on 15 March 1827 aged 27, was born on 1 March 1800 in Shipley.
Hannah Teal / Pearson, who died on 4 November 1832 aged 20, was born abt 1812 in Shipley. She married Job Milner Pearson, a grocer, in Shipley on 11 June 1832.
B7w (west-facing)
Sarah Lee / Teal, the mother of the above children, was born abt 1776 and died on 15 October 1816 aged 40 in Shipley. Her burial place, Providence Chapel, was a Wesleyan institution located in Otley Road, Shipley (opposite Viewcroft Road). It had a small burial ground of about 960 ft2 that contained 14 headstones when Arthur Blackburn transcribed them in 1931.
John Teal, their father, was born on 13 January 1779 in Timble, near Otley to George Teal and Elizabeth Forrest.
A joiner and later a timber merchant, he married Sarah Lee on 6 May 1799 at Bradfod PC. They lived at Lime Kiln Cottage, close to the Bethel Baptist Church, in 1841.
On 11 May 1800 he became a Member of the Church. By 1808 he was its Deacon and remained in post for 40 years.
He Died in peace on 25 June 1848 in the seventieth year of his age.
He left his ownership of about 1.3 acres of land and buildings at Timble to his daughter Mary.
Mary Teal, who died on 24 December 1872 aged 63, was born abt 1810 in Bingley. The Memorials Book incorrectly says he was wife of John. Described in the 1861 census as a gentlewoman, she was a property owner of substantial means. Her estate at probate was valued at less than £25,000. Her executor was John Moorhouse of Swinsty Hall, Timble, which is a Grade 1 listed building presently occupied by Gareth Southgate.
TREES (H2)
James and Mary Trees had 10 known children, including two with almost identical names, and twins. The two on the gravestone were:
James Trees jnr, baptised in Addingham on 15 May 1825, died in Shipley 15 October 1832 aged 7.
Emily Trees, who died in Infancy, was probably born in July or August 1834 and died on 24 August 1834.
James Trees snr was baptised on 31 August 1788 at Hartwith St Judes (nr Harrogate) to Mary Myers (1757-1813) and James Trees, a carpenter (1753-1829). His mother came from a family of wealthy landowning farmers. Her Will dated 1811 distributed substantial assets and sums of money to her family, including James, who received £10.
James Trees married Mary Harrison by Licence on 30 April 1809 in Otley.
After marriage, the couple lived in Addingham, where James was a worsted spinner. In the late 1820s they moved to Shipley Fields. By 1835 they were in Baildon, having bought Baildon Mill in Northgate. With his son William, he set up James Trees & Co. to run the Mill. But he didn't keep it for long. Perhaps bankruptcy loomed, for in mid-1841, his son-in-law Christopher Hepper, an auctioneer, advertised the sale of the Mill's machinery. By August 1842, the entire Mill was up for sale. It was not disposed of until May 1843. James had already left Baildon - in 1841 the family was at Clarence St, a poor area of central Bradford near the future Town Hall. Yet in 1857, when his daughter Sophia got married, she felt able to describe him as a Gentleman.
James Trees snr died in Leeds on 19 November 1843 aged 55.
Mary Harrison / Trees was born in Otley parish abt 1790. She died in Leeds on 15 January 1863 aged 79.
Additional information on the Trees children:
William Trees was born to James and Mary in Addingham on 4 July 1814. On his marriage to Harriet Walker in 1838 he described himself as a worsted manufacturer. In 1841 the family was at Trees Buildings, Northgate in Baildon. This was a large house near Baildon Mill, which he ran with his father James. When the Mill was put up for sale in 1842, he was there to show prospective buyers round. However, by 1851 William was in an ordinary terraced house in Bower Street, Bradford, selling soap. In the 1881 census, just before his death on 4 July, he was a small farmer of 10 acres at Bean House in Tong Park, Baildon.
Elisabeth (Eliza) Trees (b 30 March 1810) was baptised in Otley on 6 May 1810. Her parents were given as James and Mary Trees.
She married Edward Cooper, a cheese and bacon seller, on 16 August 1829 in Leeds. The 2 witnesses were Benjamin Harrison and Sarah Ann Harrison, who were her uncle and aunt. The Coopers had 3 children. She died in 1837 aged 27 and was buried at the Brunswick Chapel, central Leeds, on 24 February.
Mary Trees / Hepper (b 6 July 1816 in Addingham), married Christopher Hepper, an auctioneer, on 29 June 1836 in Leeds. She died on 7 June 1884 in Wortley, Leeds, possibly from an overdose of a sleeping draught.
John Trees (b 28 March 1819 in Addingham) married Hannah Brayshaw and emigrated to the USA. A dyehouse owner, he died on 17 February 1899 aged 79 in Lawrence, Essex County, MA.
Thomas Trees (b 23 February 1822 in Addingham) married Hannah Popplewell in the USA. A millinery and fancy goods dealer, he died on 6 April 1873 aged 51 in Fitchburg, MA.
Elizabeth Trees, with her twin James, was born in 1825 and baptised, privately, in Addingham on 15 May 1825.
Private christenings, conducted by the Rector John Coates and his successors, were fairly common in this parish from 1816 on. They would have taken place in the parents' homes rather than in the church. No address was given (unlike in Scotland, where the parental abode was often named). It is worth noting that there may not have been any extra charges (such as for registration) for a private christening. A sick baby who was thought to be on the verge of death would require an urgent baptism to secure its place in heaven. A private ceremony was one way of fulfilling this. If the child recovered it could be baptised in public, in church, later. Perhaps there were a lot of terminally sick babies in Addingham at this time.
As twins, Elizabeth and James might well have been fighting for their lives, so prompting the private baptisms.
It would explain why, on 12 October 1836, Elizabeth, along with her siblings Sarah Alice and Sophie, received a second baptism, conducted in public by Rev Timothy Brayshaw, at St Peter's Church in Addingham (even though the family lived in Baildon).
Elizabeth Trees married Charles Grayson, a cabinet maker from Ripon, in Sep 1852. They had 3 children, including Arthur Trees Grayson (b 10 June 1860, bapt 8 July at Ebenezer Chapel, Bradford).
Elizabeth Trees / Grayson died in Jan 1874 in Leeds aged 48.
UNWIN (G11)
Mary was born Mary Kendall on 15 May 1811 in Idle to Robert Kendall and Alice Riley. She married William Unwin in Calverley on 1 January 1830. He was a stone mason who lived in Low Lane (Briggate) in Shipley.
Mary Kendall / Unwin died on 5 June 1838 aged 27.
They had two children who survived to adulthood - Harriet (1830-1866) and Samuel (1836-1860).
No names have been found for the three Children who died in their infancy.
William Unwin next married Ann Elizabeth Kitching on 5 February 1845 in Leeds.
Ann Kitching / Unwin was born in Leeds abt 1826 to William Kitching, a hay dealer. No other information has been found.
William Unwin, who was born on 14 October 1809, died on 27 March 1863 aged 54.
William's parents were Mary Denbigh and David Unwin, who married on 24 August 1801 .
Mary Denbigh / Unwin, who was born abt 1780 to John Denbigh and Mary Simpson in Windhill, died on 17 June 1860 aged 81.
David Unwin, baptised in Baildon on 26 November 1780 to Paul Unwin of Windhill and Hannah Taylor, died on 27 February 1865 aged 84.
VERITY (H16)
Martha Harrison was born Martha Spencer and baptised at Bradford PC on 8 June 1817 to William Spencer and Grace Marshall. She married Harrison Verity, a clothier, in Calverley on 16 April 1843. They lived in Windhill.
They had two Children who died in their Infancy:
Rebecca born in Mar 1844, died in Dec 1845 aged 1;
William born in Dec 1845, died in Jun 1846 aged 1.
Martha Spencer / Verity died on 19 June 1846 aged 29.
Harrison Verity then married Mary Wade on 17 July 1848.
Harrison Verity, who was born on 28 January 1819 to William and Hannah Verity, died in Bradford in Mar 1872 aged 53.
WADE (K5)
John Wade was born in Idle abt 1798 to Joseph Wade. He died on 6 May 1868 aged 70.
Martha Wade, Joseph's first wife, was born abt 1800 and died on 8 March 1832 aged 32.
Their three Children died in Infancy.
John Wade, who was a clog and pattern maker and later a shopkeeper, married his second wife Margret (b abt 1812) between 1832 and 1835.
Margret Wade died on 27 March 1836 aged 24.
Their One Child died in Infancy.
John Wade's housekeeper in Briggate, Shipley in the 1850s was a Jane Barret. The daughter of a Bingley solicitor, Jane was born on 6 June 1827 and baptised in 1828 along with three of her siblings. John and Jane had a son, John Wade Barret, in Sept 1853. Jane became John Wade's third wife when they married in Bradford on 13 February 1865.
Jane Barret / Wade died in Mar 1909 aged 80.
WARD (G10)
Sally Ward was born Sally Hall on 18 November 1797 in Shipley to James Hall and Nanney Beanland. She married William Ward, a weaver, on 26 July 1817 in Calverley.
Phebe Ward, born abt 1818, died on 31 July 1828 aged 10 and was buried on 9 August at Maze Pond cemetery in London. Maze Pond was a Baptist burial ground south of London Bridge near Guy's Hospital. Why Phebe was in London in 1828 is not obvious: there are no indications that her father had an itinerant job, such as preaching, or that the family had relatives in London.
Mary Ann Ward, born abt 1820, died in Shipley on 12 October 1834 aged 14.
William Ward, their father, was born on 4 Oct 1793 in Windhill to John and Mary Ward. He died in Leeds on 16 October 1836 aged 42.
His wife, Sally Hall / Ward, died in Shipley on 2 June 1848 aged 50.
Priscilla Ward was born on 13 January 1823 in Windhill. She married James Tillotson, a shopkeeper and hawker from Skipton, on 10 September 1850 at Shipley Bethel Baptist Church. They lived in Low Lane (Briggate).
Some time after their son Ward Hall was born (on 21 May 1851), Priscilla and her family emigrated to Australia and lived at Richmond, Melbourne.
Priscilla Ward / Tillotson died on 2 August 1854 (3 July 1854 according to the Victoria public record) aged 31, a death presumably connected to the birth of her son.
Alice Hall, Sally's sister, was born in Shipley on 16 Sept 1807. She married John Berwick, a Bingley worsted manufacturer on 23 June 1829 in Shipley. Alice Hall / Berwick died on 29 May 1878 aged 71.
Her daughter Grace Berwick, born in Sep 1838, became a Member of the Church on 8 June 1862 and died on 8 May 1881 aged 42.
WATERTON (B2)
John Waterton was born abt 1809 in Pontefract. He married Elizabeth Etherington on 17 January 1829, also in Pontefract. By 1841 they were in New Leeds (central Bradford), where he was a waiter.
By the following year he was a grocer in Shipley, where their son John Joseph was born. In 1851 John Waterton was a warehouseman in Piccadilly, Shipley. By the time of his death on 15 June 1858 aged 49 he was a bookkeeper.
John Joseph Waterton was baptised on 7 August 1842 at Bradford PC. He married Ruth Hall (who was born in Shipley on 13 April 1844, the daughter of Isaac & Nanny Hall) on 31 July 1865 at Bradford PC.
Anne Waterton, their daughter, was born in Sep 1866 (the inscription has: "daughter of the above named John" ie John snr, which is incorrect). Anne died on 28 May 1870 aged 3 years 9 months.
On 14 June 1883, John Waterton was convicted and sentenced in Bradford to two terms of imprisonment totalling 7 months for assaulting his wife Ruth. He was released on 19 June after the payment of a £4 8s fine.
John Joseph Waterton jnr died in Dec 1909 aged 64.
Sarah Mary Waterton, John and Ruth's daughter, was born in Dec 1870 and died on 9 March 1872 aged 1 year 4 months.
There may have been two other children born to John and Ruth: Harry in 1868 and Florence in 1873.
Ruth Hall / Waterton died on 12 February 1900.
George Waterton, the older brother of John Waterton jnr, was born in Fairburn (near Castleford), possibly on 21 March 1829. If the date is correct, his parents must have had a shotgun marriage. When he married Grace Hall on 31 July 1854 in Bradford he was a weaver.
George Waterton died in Skipton in Dec 1886 aged 58.
Grace Hall / Waterton, Ruth's sister, was born on 11 February 1829 and died on 19 December 1877 aged 49.
Additional information
After Grace's death, George Waterton married Martha Boothman / Smith on 19 October 1878.
Martha was born on 22 January 1839 to Susannah Boothman in Holden, Bolton-by-Bowland (near Clitheroe). Her mother, who was from Addingham, was in the local workhouse at the time and was unmarried. Martha's father was almost certainly James Smith, a woolcomber born in 1808 in Haworth. According to the 1851 census for Skipton the pair were married and all their children were named Smith. The GRO index has nothing for Martha, but the following entries show that at least 4 of her siblings were regarded as illegitimate:
Elizabeth Boothman b Jun 1843 Bradford - mother not given
Sarah Brothman (sic) b Mar 1845 Bradford - mother not given
John Boothman b Jun 1846 Bradford - mother not given
Ann Smith b Jun 1849 Skipton - mother Boothman
Samuel Smith b Dec 1850 Skipton - mother Boothman
Alice Smith b Sep 1852 Skipton - mother Boothman; she died in Mar 1859 in Skipton
Eliza Smith Boothman b Sep 1855 Bradford - mother not given
James Smith, who was the children's likely father, probably died in Skipton in Jun 1858, aged 51.
In the 1861 census, Susannah was in Shipley with her children. She declared that she was unmarried; she used her maiden name of Boothman.
Sarah Smith Boothman, her daughter born in 1845, married Charles Hollis, an iron moulder, in Calverley on 28 September 1863. She named her father as James Boothman(!) She is thought to have sailed to Boston onboard the SS Missouri in 1881. A son, with the grand name of George Washington Hollis, was born on 12 April 1882 in Providence, Rhode Island. Sadly, Sarah died after a miscarriage on 20 August 1883. Her death certificate gave her father as James Smith.
Listed with the family in the 1871 census was Alice Ann Firth, who was born on 21 December 1862 to Joseph Firth and Susannah's 19 year old daughter Elizabeth Boothman, who married on 17 March 1862 in Bradford.
Susannah Boothman finally got married - to Robert Gee in Bradford on 25 December 1863. Her husband, a worsted weaver, was not with his wife in Shipley in 1871: he was lodging in Bingley. He died on 28 June 1874 and was buried in Utley Cemetery - Grave 581.
By 1881, Susannah Gee was living in Shipley with her eldest daughter Martha, her son-in-law George Waterton and her granddaughter Alice Firth.
Susannah Boothman / Gee died in Skipton in Sep 1884 aged 73.
Martha Boothman / Waterton died on 11 Dec 1923 aged 84 and was buried at Scholemoor Cemetery, Bradford.
WILCOCK (B23)
Joseph Wilcock was born in Windhill on 10 February 1798 and died on 3 December 1809 aged 12.
Thomas Wilcock was baptised in Bradford on 11 April 1810 and died on 24 March 1811 aged 2.
Francis Wilcock was baptised on 17 March 1802 in Bradford and died on 17 April 1823 aged 21.
Thomas Wilcock, who was born abt 1777, was a Windhill clothmaker married to Mary. He died on 19 May 1856 aged 79.
Mary Wilcock was born abt 1778 and died on 26 May 1815 aged 37.
Thomas and Mary also had Joseph Wilcock, who was baptised on 22 January 1812. He was a cloth manufacturer who may have married Elizabeth Gawthorp in Calverley on 19 April 1835 and died in Mar 1856 aged 44.
WILCOCK (D23)
This stone commemorates the oldest burial in the cemetery and must be among the oldest there, though it is uncertain when it was installed.
The information gleaned from genealogical archives is sketchy. The following summarises what is known:
Thomas Wilcock (b abt 1717) married Elizabeth of Wrose (b abt 1720) around 1740.
Elizabeth Wilcock died on 15 October 1762 aged 42.
Thomas Wilcock died on 11 July 1802 aged 85.
Joseph Wilcock (b abt 1743) was, presumably, their son. He married Sarah Knight (b abt 1744) on 10 October 1768 in Calverley. He was a clothier. They lived at Owlet Hall in Gaisby (see below).
Sarah Knight / Wilcock died on 13 August 1805 aged 61.
Joseph Wilcock died on 12 May 1827 aged 84.
Their daughter, Hannah Wilcock, was born on 4 October 1781 (to Joseph & Sarah of Wrose Hill). Hannah married Thomas Fairbank on 27 May 1810 and they lived in Windhill Crag.
Jonathan Wilcock was born abt 1792, a late birth for his 48 year-old mother. He died on 2 February 1809 aged 17.
Isaac Wilcock (b abt 1788), thought to be the son of Joseph and Sarah, married Lydia Hargreaves (b abt 1794) on 13 October 1813 by Licence in Bradford. Isaac was a landed proprietor at Owlet Hall. He died on 16 April 1861 aged 73.
Lydia Hargreaves / Wilcock died on 24 July 1834 aged 40.
Their son, Jonathan Hargreaves Wilcock (bapt 20 December 1818, died in Shipley on 3 August 1890), was a wealthy wool merchant who owned much of the land between Gaisby and Bolton Woods. At probate he left £5325 5s 10d.
Owlet Hall was a hamlet of a dozen or so cottages and a large farmhouse in Gaisby, about 1 mile south of Wrose, on today's wistfully named Lilac Grove. Nothing else is known about it, except that it was demolished, probably after WW2, when the area was developed for housing.
WILCOCK (B30)
Joseph Wilcock, the son of Joseph and Sarah Wilcock (see D23), was born abt 1773. A cloth manufacturer, he lived at Owlet Hall and married Grace Skirrow (b abt 1776) on 9 February 1795 in Calverley. He died in Shipley on 18 May 1848 aged 75.
Grace Skirrow / Wilcock died on 20 September 1814 aged 38.
David Wilcock, their son, was born abt 1808. He lived at Gazeby Low Fold, a small farm of 10 acres at Owlet Hall. He married Mary Lambert in Calverley on 15 October 1862 and died on 8 January 1875 aged 67.
Grace & Joseph's other known children:
Thomas, born on 7 October 1797;
Jonathan Wilcock, born on 29 September 1799;
Mary, born on 25 December 1801;
Grace, born on 28 July 1804.
WILCOCK (C30)
Jonathan Wilcock, born on 29 September 1799, married Martha Anderton on 20 June 1827 in Calverley. He was a clothier. David Wilcock his brother (see B30), was a witness.
They had two known children:
Anderton, b abt 1837;
John, b Sep 1839.
By the 1841 census he was an innkeeper.
Martha Anderton / Wilcock died on 21 March 1844 aged 46.
Jonathan Wilcock died on 23 March 1860 aged 60.
John Wilcock, Jonathan and Martha's son, was the Owner of the grave. Born in Sep 1839, he took up an apprenticeship as a wheelwright. He married Jane Wood on 31 July 1864 in Bradford. They had three children, including John Anderton Wood Wilcock, born on 4 September 1873, died on 31 May 1919 in Shipley.
John Wilcock died on 19 December 1893 aged 54 at 4 Windsor Road, Shipley and was buried at the Parish Church. At probate his effects were £373 11s.
WILCOCK (C23)
David Wilcock was born abt 1783. A clothier, he married Hannah Butterfield on 1 May 1808 in Calverley. The couple lived in Shipley for the next 10 years before moving to Manningham, where David established a wool stapling business in Spring Gardens (near Forster Square).
Thomas Wilcock was born in May or June 1808 and died on 23 February 1809 aged 5 months.
Jonathan Wilcock was born abt 1810. A stuff merchant, he died on 21 May 1838 aged 28.
Mary Wilcock, of Spring Place (in Horton), was baptised on 1 March 1815 and died on 29 August 1839 aged 23.
David Wilcock and his twin brother Joseph Wilcock were baptised at Bradford PC on 1 March 1820. David died on 19 December 1820 aged 11 months, while Joseph died on 23 March 1821 aged 1 year 3 months. These dates suggest that David and Joseph would have been born in late December 1819.
By what appears to be a remarkable coincidence, twin boys called David and Thomas Wilcock were born 4 minutes apart on 27 December 1819 in Bradford. The Presbyterian Chapel in Toad Lane recorded that they were baptised there the following day, presumably because their lives were in danger. The twins' parents were David and Hannah Wilcock. Perhaps someone got one of the boy's names wrong and wrote Thomas instead of Joseph. A subsequent, second, baptism performed in a public place such as a parish church would have been unusual, but legitimate.
Hannah Butterfield / Wilcock, who may have been baptised in Baildon on 18 March 1781 to Richard Butterfield, a weaver, died on 12 July 1845 aged 65.
David Wilcock died on 28 May 1847 aged 64 as a very wealthy man. His Will and codicils ran to 3 pages and distributed thousands of pounds to his three surviving children, who were:
Sarah Ann Wilcock, born in Shipley, baptised on 4 February 1813 in Bradford;
Harriot Wilcock, born in Shipley, baptised on 5 September 1817 in Bradford;
William Butterfield Wilcock, born in Bradford on 26 February 1822.
WILSON (F5s)
John Wilson was born on 16 August 1802 to Thomas and Rachel Wilson of Wrose and Bolton. A clothier, he married Hannah Unwin (b abt 1801) in Calverley on 23 April 1823. He died on 24 September 1849 aged 47.
Hannah Unwin / Wilson died on 24 January 1838 aged 37.
Thomas Wilson, their son, was born abt 1824 and died on 3 March 1825 aged 1.
The couple's other children included Sarah Ann Wilson (1825-1906), (William) Taylor Wilson (1827-1902) and Mary Hannah Wilson (1831-1919).
S.A. Wilson. The Owner of the grave is thought to have been John and Hannah's daughter Sarah Ann Wilson, who was born in Eccleshill and baptised in Bradford on 27 July 1825. She married William Ackroyd on 9 March 1852 in Calverley.
Sarah Ann Wilson / Ackroyd died in Bolton on 31 Aug 1917 aged 92 and was buried at Norman Lane Methodist Burial Ground.
WILSON (K2)
John Bartle Wilson was born in Shipley on 26 September 1799 to Grace, according to the Bethel Baptist Church record. Since the father's name was not given, it looks like an illegitimate birth. His mother's surname was not mentioned, but is assumed to be Bartle.
Yet Grace Bartle had married John Wilson, a cloth miller, in Bradford on 4 April 1791.
Any child of hers would have had the Wilson surname, whether her husband was alive or not.
And, sure enough, by the time he died on 8 October 1830 aged 31, her son was known as John Bartle Wilson.
Grace Bartle / Wilson, who was born abt 1764, was in Chapel Lane, Shipley in 1841 (as Grace Wilson aged 75), along with two grandchildren - Isabella Bartle and Thompson Bartle, both aged 15. She died on 28 August 1842 aged 78.
Her other known grandchild, Rose Bartle Wilson, born to John Bartle Wilson and an unknown mother, was a mill weaver in the 1840s. She was living with her step-sister Isabella Bartle / Hall when she died in Manningham on 6 April 1845 aged 16.
WORFOLK (K2)
John Worfolk married Hannah White in Tong (SE Bradford) on 26 September 1819. He was a joiner.
Mary Ann Worfolk, their daughter, was born abt 1821. She was with her mother in Mount Pleasant, Shipley in 1841. They were both dressmakers. Her father John was not present, so is likely to have died. She died on 22 June 1843 aged 22.
Hannah White / Worfolk died on 10 December 1850 aged 60, so was born abt 1790. Her maiden name means her origins are difficult to trace.
Worfolk, however, is an unusual name, offering more chance of tracing her husband. The Worfolks seem to have originated in the Castleford area of SE Leeds. Unfortunately, none of the John Worfolks born there at the end of the 18th century seem to have married a Hannah.