Richard HIRST (S12) - my 3x great grandfather | ||
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Born | 28 May 1807, Badsworth, WRY | |
Baptised | 19 Jul 1807, Badsworth, WRY | |
Died | 18 Feb 1899, Meltham, WRY | |
Buried | 21 Feb 1899, Meltham Mills, WRY | |
Parents | John HIRST and Hannah WHITAKER (S24 & S25) | |
Notes | Moved to Almondbury during 1830s; lived in Meltham after about 1840. First worked as a gardener, but later as a coachman in domestic service. He and Mary had twelve children, and he outlived all but two of them (see below). | |
See also | Ancestor Chart | |
Married | 6 Jul 1826, Methley, WRY | |
Mary WHEATLEY (S13) - my 3x great grandmother | ||
Born | 8 Mar 1807, Ulleskelf, WRY | |
Baptised | 8 Mar 1807, Kirkby Wharfe, WRY | |
Died | 31 Jan 1879, Meltham, WRY | |
Buried | 3 Feb 1879, Meltham Mills, WRY | |
Parents | George WHEATLEY and Ann EELS (S26 & S27) | |
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See also | Ancestor Chart | |
Children | Hannah (~1826-1875) Worked as a woollen weaver, and later a cotton winder. Married Martin SHAW (~1820-1885), also a woollen weaver, and later a woollen warper. |
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Mary Ann (~1828-1912) Cotton thread winder before her marriage; married Emmanuel SYKES (~1826-1893), a blacksmith. They lived most of their married life in Openshaw, LAN, but returned to Meltham on retirement. |
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George (~1830-1842) | ||
John (S6) (~1832-1871) | ||
James (~1834-1863) Worked as a fireman on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, and died in an accident at work. Married Elizabeth CARLISLE (~1834-1878), originally from Scarborough, NRY; at the time of his death they were living in Droylsden, LAN. |
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William (1836-1877) Buffer of cotton bobbins, and later a coachman. Married Mary HOLDSWORTH (~1823-1903) from Cleckheaton, WRY; they lived in Liversedge, WRY. |
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Richard Wheatley (1838-1874) Doffer in a cotton mill; later cordwainer, then an innkeeper in Meltham and Huddersfield, WRY. Married Frances BASTOW (~1838-1901); she continued as an innkeeper after he died. |
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Alfred (1840-1896) His occupations included doffer in a cotton mill, groom, farm servant, carter, dyer's labourer and bricklayer. Married (1) Mary Ann RILEY née SMITH (~1833-1885), from Wyke, WRY; (2) Elizabeth JACKSON (~1849-1909), from Yeadon, WRY, with whom he lived in Leeds, WRY. |
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Emma (1843-1869) Milliner before her marriage; married Buzi BENTLEY (b. abt 1841), a schoolmaster in South Crosland and later Golcar, both WRY. |
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George Henry (1844-1917) Clerk/Bookkeeper; married Esther HAIGH (1843-1926). |
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Charles (1846-1883) Worker in a cotton factory, later a coachman. Married Amelia RAMSDEN (~1839-1924), who had been born in Montreal, Canada; she worked as a dressmaker. |
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Elizabeth (1848-1852) |