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I am researching my g.g. grandfather Joseph Spence, christened 29th April 1827, and his father, also Joseph, born Brotherton about 1790. He married Ann Braithwaite 1815. They had 9 children.
Also William Greenwood, born Knottingley 1828. He married Charlotte Howin ?( or Howe)? and had children; Elizabeth, Ann, William, Henry. Any additional information would be gratefully received.
I am interested in Mary Fletcher who appears in the Hobman Family Tree on the Knottingley website. I believe her to be my third great, great Aunt and I am trying to confirm this. Any information would be most welcome.
I am searching
for anyone tracing ASKAM or ASKHAM in the Knottingley area. I believe my
great grandmother, Sarah Ann Askam, was born in Knottingley, 9th May 1858,
the daughter of Joseph Askam & Elizabeth Thackray.
Sarah Ann married John Birch abt. 1877 & emigrated to America in 1887.
Please contact me if you are willing to share information.
Thank you.
I am interested in any information regarding the surname Sayner/Saynor.
I know there were a few Sayner families in Knottingley and I am tracing the family tree of a George Sayner who was born in 1852 in Knottingley (there may be another George Sayner born around 1850 but this is not my family member). His family apparently worked and maybe lived on the waterways. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you
I am searching for information on the Miller family who lived and worked in the Knottingley and surrounding areas from about 1860 until the 1950s
My great grandfather was Johnson Miller who was a glassblower as was his father, Alexander, and most of the family. The Miller's came to the area from Scotland via the Newcastle area. In 1861, Johnson, aged 20, lived with his mother, Mary Johnson, in Rotherham. He then married Mary Quinn from Ireland in 1864 in the Parish Church, Leeds. In 1881 two Miller families arrived in Aire Street, Knottingley. Johnson and Mary's children were Catherine, Robert, James, William, Mary, Johnson, Alexander and Ethel, my grandmother. Most of the boys worked in the glass industry.
Details I am searching for are:
Johnson Miller's birth details (he always stated that he was born in Billingham, Newcastle) though I can't seem to find any record of the event.
Mary Quinn's birth details. She always stated on census forms that she was born in or around the Newcastle area but this is very ambiguous, as all family hearsay points to her being born in Ireland. Her marriage certificate states that her father's name was Peter, a weaver, but that is the only clue I have.
Any work history of the Miller boys in the glass industry, I believe they worked at Bagley's.
Are there any descendants of the Miller family living in the area?
I am trying to find out the exact fate of Mr. William Adams, born in Knottingley in 1845, and married to an ancestor of my wife's, Hannah Beaumont. They are shown in 1891 as being on board the vessel 'Hannah', and in 1901 she is described as a widow, and from then appears to have lived at Humber Cottage, Knottingley.
The story handed down in the family is that at the time of William's death he was a lock keeper and fell into the lock and was drowned. This was obviously some time between 1891 and 1901.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could let me know where I could find this information. Unfortunately it would not be possible for me to visit newspaper offices or the like. It is thought that the lock concerned was at Ferrybridge, but there is no real evidence of this.
I am trying to research Joseph Davis of Brotherton. I am totally confused, spending loads of money on the 1837 online, and just going round in circles. I need help and advice.
This is how it goes (I think), all born at Burton Salmon, in the name of Dilcock.
1896 Ivy
Garnett (daug to Alice)
1896 Robert Gordan (son to Sarah) (the story goes that mother and daughter
gave birth at the same time one day apart)
1898 George Edward (???)
1898 David (son to Sarah Eliza)
I know Sarah Eliza Dilcock, b. Hemingborough in 1873, married Joseph Davis in the first quarter of 1900 and I believe they had other children by the names of George, Victor and Alice.
I am not sure, but I think that Alice Dilcock, b. Hemingborough in 1877, married James Henry Davis in the first quarter of 1901
My grandfather, David Dilcock, was the son of Joseph Davis, b. 1873-1875. Was James Henry, b. 1876-77, brother to Joseph?
Anyone with any information please contact me.
I have discovered on the 1861 census, George and Ellen Smithey, their children Joseph and Martha, together with Miles and Henry Dunham (from Brigg, Lincs)
I am trying to establish if Ellen was originally Ellen Dunham (nee Morley) from Bradgate, but have been unable to access any marriage for George and Ellen. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I would love any information anyone might have, or links to, the Hobman name and any ancestry.
My great-grandfather was James Hobman who married Jane Thomas. They left for New Zealand in 1840 on the ship 'Martha Ridgeway' heading for Wellington.
I have been successful so far in tracing my family back to Staffordshire. They were potters and moved to work in Knottingley in about 1867, but l am still left with, shall we call it 'a skeleton in the closet', surrounding my grandfather WILFRED LINGARD BOULD.
His birth certificate shows no father, he therefore took his mothers maiden name of BOULD, but (and this is through extensive research) there is no trace of any LINGARD'S in my family before 1867. Could it be possible that his mother slyly popped his fathers name in making it appear as a middle name? I have heard that some women were 'obliged' by the church to name the father but as this was 1894 l don't know if this would still be the case.
I know of only one other family in that area with the name of LINGARD, if anyone can help I would be thrilled to hear from them.
In August 2004 Ron Grosney helped me find the marriage of William RATCLIFFE to Annie ROBINSON and here I am still trying to locate the right Annie ROBINSON. On the certificate her father is listed as Samuel ROBINSON, carpenter (deceased) and a Susanna BRANFORD as a witness. I have found Annie in 1881 aged 9, niece, living with Ann WAIRD/WARD at 19 Bridge Court, a visitor to the BURTON family at Bridge Court. Can anyone supply me with any further information on this family please.
My great great grandfather, Charles Moore, was born in Harley, Shropshire, in 1855 but he later lived and was married in Kellington as shown on the 1881 census and he married a Mary Hannah Briggs in 1875. By the 1901 census he was listed as a farmer and he also appears in the Kelly's directory listed as farmer, any ideas on how I could find where this land was, I am now very much stuck.
My paternal ancestors originated from the Knottingley area. The surnames I am particularly interested in are Rayner, Addy, Jolliff, Hepworth, Barnes, Featherstone, Morrill and Cliffe.
I would be pleased to correspond with anyone with similar interests.
My maiden name was Reynolds and I am researching my Knottingley connections. Names I am interested in are Daw. Chambers. Garner. Wray.
Joseph Taylor c.1829 Knottingley. I would like to try and find out who Joseph Taylor married after his first wife, Catherine (nee Fell) died in 1888. On the 1891 census Joseph is recorded at Banks Garth, Knottingley, age 62 (Limeburner) and living with wife Sarah Ann, together with step-daughter Clara L. Schofield. I initially thought that Sarah Ann's maiden name would have been Schofield, but I cannot find a marriage that ties in with the dates. However, yet another question arises. According to baptism records, Clara Louise Schofield's parents were Joseph (a Tailor) and Susannah (not Sarah) who were recorded as being "late of Birkby, now Knottingley" on the baptism record. It would be great to solve this puzzle if anyone can help?
HEALD Benjamin c.1825 Knottingley. My 4 x great grandparents were John Heald c.1783 Ossett and Ann Broadbent c.1791 Clayworth, Notts. The family moved to Knottingley some time between 1810-1813. They had several children, one of them being a Benjamin Heald, born c1825 (brother to my 3x great grandfather William Heald).
I recently came across an article in The Times, December 17, 1849 -- page 7 -- column C regarding a Benjamin Heald, age 24 from Knottingley who had murdered his niece and nephew after he had lost his job on the railways following a back injury - apparently he had also 'lost his mind' I am trying to find out if this is the one and same Benjamin Heald as in my tree and also which brother's children he murdered. They were William (Age 5) and Elizabeth (Age 3). The article states that the reason why Benjamin killed his niece and nephew was to save them from the workhouse which is where he feared they would all end up!
I am just starting to research my mothers line of the family. Her father was called Willie Trickett and he was born in 1901 in Fishergate, Ferrybridge. His father was called Samuel and is described as a 'pot printer'. His mother was called Sophia and they were married in 1900.
Any information you might gleam for me would be enthusiastically received.
I have been researching my family and have found that my grandfather and his family originated from Knottingley. Their name is AMBLER and most of the men were mariners. Although I have found out a lot of information, there are still a lot of gaps which I thought you could possibly help with.
My grandfather was James Ambler, born 5th September 1888 in Knottingley. His father was John Ambler who was born 16th May 1852. His mother was Annie Mary (nee Adams). John Ambler was drowned in December 1894 but I don't know where and I can find no record of his death. This led to my grandfather being placed in the Sailors Home in Hull when he was six-years-old.
My Dawson family lived and were born in the Kellington/Beal area and were teamsters and boat pullers etc. The earliest Dawson I have is Elizabeth b.1721. Any parish register entries for my family or any information would be of interest.
I am researching the above name, (my maiden name) around the Knottingley and Ferrybridge area. I have found a photo in the photo gallery under schools 2 of my late uncle, Des Bould, and have been told that there are possibly school photographs that are dated earlier than this one, I would be thrilled if anyone out there has any photographs of any of the Bould lads, there was 6 of them, though only 2 are still with us. The part of the family that is my direct line involved a Wilfred Lingard Bould, who worked as an overhead crane driver in Ferrybridge B power station until he fell from the crane and later died from his injuries in Feb 1927, leaving a wife, Clarissa, and 5 sons under the age of 12 and one son that he never saw, as he was born some 4 months later. He (and this info is only what has been passed down through the surviving sons) was quite a character, apparently he would dive from the old stone bridge for a bet or a pint of beer! Hoping in anticipation.
I am still
researching the above Knottingley and surrounding area families.
Most lines now go back to 1750s, but I would like any information no
matter how small. Have already linked up to quite a few distant
cousins ! thanks to this site, from various corners of the World. Any info
on Knottingley's Low Green area appreciated. Please see Family History
section of this site (Becketts) for more details.
A great many thanks.
For many years now I have been researching my family tree. My family were a gypsy family that came from Knottingley. Their names were Hibbs, Ireland and Proctor. I have a Sampson Hibbs who was in Knottingley in 1808 and his daughter Martha was born in Knottingley in 1839. Her son John Ireland married Elizabeth Proctor in Knottingley in 1891.
My husband's Great Grandfather married Sarah Coward (who was from Knottingley) in 1852. He married for the second time to Mary Ann Jackson in 1866. From my research it appears Mary Ann's Mother was named Elizabeth Coward bapt. 1822. If there are any Coward people out there in Knottingley who may be related to the above I would be really interested.
I am trying
to find Richard Fawcett Mann, b. approx.1820 in Knottingley. He was a mariner
/ keelman.
The family seemed to have connections with Cow Lane/Aire Street and believed
to preach at Waterside Mission.
He was married to Mary Matilda WEBSTER also from Knottingley, and also has
connections with LONGSTAFF and SAYNER families. Any help appreciated,
thank you!
Thomas &
Mary Ann Wood (nee ?), both born at Knottingley 1830's.
Children :-
Edward Wood born Knottingley.
Thomas Wood born Knottingley.
James T (John) Wood born Knottingley.
Jack Wood born Knottingley.
William born Knottingley?.
Eliza Ann born Knottingley or Wakefield East Ardsley or Thorpe.
Ada born Knottingley or Wakefield East Ardsley or Thorpe.
Mary A WOOD born Leeds.
Florence WOOD born Leeds.
Sam WOOD born Leeds.
Horace WOOD born Leeds.
Miranda WOOD born Leeds.
Joseph WOOD born Leeds
Grandson Claudius Wood born 1889 Hunslet, Leeds.
The family moved to the Leeds area probably some time after 1862.
I am researching my family history and would like to contact any
descendants of the above family, to exchange information.
What a great site this is. I have found a photo with one of my Aunts on, and mention of my Great grandfather Arthur Wrightson in the Memories section. He is referred to as 'The Kid Catcher' in Susan Aaron's Childhood. I do know that in 1913 he was a school attendance officer. He was married to Jane Peaker, and had at least 3 Children. One was called Marion another Ella and one Joe who was my Grandfather. Joe married Caroline Townend and they had 4 children (I think there may have been more but due to a rift in the family at a later time they were not spoken about). The ones I know about are Nora, Betty, Joe & Edna my Mother. Can anyone tell me where Shepherds Bridge is/was as this is where my Mother was born. Does anyone else have information about the Wrightson Family.
I would like to learn more about my family tee and any information you have on my family would be very much appreciated.
I have made a start and discovered that my family may have originally come from Sykehouse or Fishlake. I know some of the family once lived in Back Lane in Knottingley and in 1847 there was a linen and woolen drapers, straw bonnet makers, called Shears & Gowland in Knottingley. Mt great grandfather was William Gowland born 1821 in Sykehouse and he married Catherine Linton born 1839 in Burn or Pollington.
My grandad was George Linton Gowland born 1881 in Knottingley and he married Sarah Shay born 1886, Knottingley. My father was William Linton Gowland who married Molly Fallas.
Any information which could help me find my family tree would be very welcome.
I am trying to trace my family tree. Does anyone know the Gill family from Knottingley, they lived on Womeresley Road. Michael Gill was a bricklayer, aged middle sixties now, and he had a sister Margaret and a brother who died. I do not know anymore
Having read a reply to others researching the WOOD family in Knottingley I realise I might be striking off in the wrong direction.
I have a gt. gt. grandfather John WOOD (born in ?1844, Knottingley). He married Margaret Ellen BURKE (born ?1847, Chatham) at the parish church, Pontefract on August 25th 1867. He was a labourer and his father Robert WOOD was a waterman.
I have found John and his family in the 1881 (aged 36) and 1891 (aged 47) Census where he is a waterman. In the 1901 Census I can find Margaret Ellen as wife of the Head of the family but no trace of John himself.
I was almost lulled into the thought that the Robert WOOD who married Harriet Gill and had a son John could be the right direction, but according to the answer given on the site it would seem not.
I have been researching my husband's mothers family for two years now with not much success. I will try not to run amok.
George Gummnerson (born 1799, Kippax). His son John Gummerson (b. 1831, Yorkshire) John married Sarah Coward in 1852, Pontefract (I cannot find her death) John married Mary Hannah Jackson in Lambeth, London, in 1866 and they had Arthur (b.1868, Knottingley) and Amy (b.1870, Hill Top, Knottingley) John's occupation is described as Inn Keeper. There is no trace on the 1871 Census.
John married Mary Ann Hill in 1875, London and they had James Hill Gummerson in 1877, Ipswich. The 1881 Census shows John, Mary Ann, Arthur and James but not Amy.
I cannot trace the death of Amy or her mother Mary Hannah Gummerson who lived in Knottingley. My husband is descended from Arthur Gummerson. He lived with a 'lady' in Pontefract and had two children, then married Elizabeth Pawson from Snydale. They lived in Horsefair and Victoria Buildings, Pontefract.
I wrote in previously about researching my Moorhouse ancestors.William Septimus de Septimo Moorhouse was my great-grandfather (born in Knottingley) who came to Australia and farmed land and drove Cobb and Co coaches. Several other family members including his older brother, William Sefton Moorhouse, went to New Zealand. William Septimus de Septimo Moorhouse was the cousin of Bishop James Moorhouse. Please note: I accidentally made an error with my previous email address.
Many thanks to Ron Gosney and those who have helped with research. We enjoyed our visit to England and Knottingley and hope to travel there again at some time .Best wishes from Australia.
I am researching the HINDELL family based around Selby, Barlby. Thorp Willoughby and Brayton in the early 19th century from a William Hindell (1742-1824) There were only 28 Hindell's recorded in Yorkshire in the 1881 Census and 53 in total for the British Isles.
In addition I am trying to determine if there is any link to Hindell Dairies in Leeds, formed in the 1920s by a group of Yorkshire farmers and the forerunner of Associated Dairies (ASDA). My grandfather Norman Rooke Hindell was born in Leeds in 1884 but his father John Hindell was born in Selby in 1849. Do you have any records or directories relating to Hindell Dairies and the family connection to the Hindell's of Selby/Thorp Willoughby?
My g. g. grandfather John Hindell died in 1849 in Selby aged 25, a few months after his marriage. I am aware that there was a cholera outbreak in Selby in 1849 but have been unable to find out any more information having made a quick visit to Selby library last year.
I would be grateful if you could let me know if you have any resources or information that would help me or whether if any of your members have researched the Hindell name.
I have visited Knottingley and Ferrybridge Online a number of times, so thank you for providing such an interesting site. My grandmothers family were Askam's and appear to have lived in Knottingley for a long time. I would like to submit the Askam Family Tree for inclusion in your site if that is acceptable.
My sources are as follows. I have obtained several of the Marriage and Baptism Index for Pontefract and Knottingley and the Knottingley 1851 Census index. In addition I have some of the birth and marriage certificates. I also have access to Ancestry.Co and have looked at the IGI.
Before posting the family tree I would appreciate any help you could give me on three areas. Two are from information I obtained from the IGI and have not been able to verify from the marriage/baptism index etc.
1. Robert Askam married Mary Barber on 28 June 1742. The IGI also attributes a number of children to this couple including James (my ancestor). I have found the baptism record for James but only the name of the father, Robert, is given. There appears to have been more than one Robert around. I do have the St. Giles marriage index for 1728-1754 but can find no record of the above marriage. Can you help with this? How can I be sure that the above are James parents?
2. William Askam (senior) married c.1831 to Hannah Wood? I have found William's (snr) baptism record, however, I cannot find any record of his marriage. According to the 1851 Census he was married to Hannah, her birthplace is given as Leeds.
3. I also cannot find a baptism record for William jnr - in the 1851 Census his place of birth is given as Mexbro?
Any help you can give on the above would be appreciated.
I have regularly viewed your website in the hope of finding any reference to my ancestors who lived in Ferrybridge in the 1800s. My great grandmother was Emma Patrick who was born in Ferrybridge abt.1856. I know from her marriage certificate that her father was John Patrick, who was, at the time of her marriage in 1874, employed as a glassblower,
I have found from the 1881 Census, two possible links, both born in Ferrybridge. James Patrick age 30 and another James age 41, both of whom were coincidentally glassblowers. I cannot however find any reference to a John Patrick in the Census.
Having read your website offer of possible assistance in searching, I wondered if you as a society have any write-ups of Census for Ferrybridge, particularly for 1861, or any other relevant information which it is possible to purchase.
I would, as requested on your website, be happy to post the resulting tree on your site although at the moment I am rather a novice with regards to genealogy and I have a sapling rather than a tree.
I wonder if you could help me tracing back the Hilton family. The information I have is that my GGG Grandfather, William Hilton was born in Knottingley on 16 October 1819 and was a waterman. He later moved to, and was married in Wakefield. His parents were John Hilton, born 1795, Beal, and Mary Turver.
John's parents were James Hilton and Sarah Gill who were married on 20 January 1795 in Kellington. This is all I have.
I am a Canadian who has just started researching my family tree. My family comes from Hull but my great grandfather, George Frear, was born in Knottingley around 1837. He was a mariner living in Knottingley in the 1881 census, but later moving to Hull.
During some research I discovered that Frear was one of the names of the wooden ship builders in the early 1800's. I haven't discovered yet if George Frear was the son of John Frear, the ship builder, but a cousin remembers talk of someone in the family owning ships. Any information on the Frear family will be very welcome.
I am looking for information on my father Roderick Jones, born c.1948 and his family. I last heard from him when he was living in Knottingley with his second wife Gwen. Any information would be most helpful.
I am urgently trying to locate the whereabouts of members of the Toulson family who I believe were quarry owners in Knottingley.
I notice on your photo gallery a picture of a 'Womens Conservative Trip' during the 190s which contains a Mrs. Toulson. I am specifically trying to trace information about a Mr. Toulson who may have been born around 1895/1900? and may have been called John.
I'm researching into the family history of the Walker family in Knottingley. My great grandparents were William James and Maria Walker, and they are actually pictured on your website (outside the Royal Oak boarding house). My grandfather was John Hoaksey and I know most of his descendants. Their other children (that I know of) were: James, William, Henry, Sarah, Mary, Lily and Eleanor Walker, all born between 1878 & 1893.
If anyone has
information on their families, I would be really pleased to hear from you.
Also I would really like to get in touch with Mr. R. Wood of Marsh End who
submitted the photograph - maybe he's a relative too!
I am looking for information on Thompson Rhodes who married Hannah Pickersgill. Would like to trace this family backwards but it is difficult as all the Rhodes seem to name their children with the same names over and over.
I have only just picked up on your site and what a gold mine it is!
I have been looking at my wife's ancestry and to my disbelief there was an in-depth study of William Sefton Moorhouse to whom she is related. It was written by Ron Gosney and it filled in so many details of which we were unaware. I was surprised that you do not have a Moorhouse tree on the site, surely all the work that Ron has done deserves one. I would offer up my humble offerings but would first love to catch up with one of your previous letter writers, Susan Roberts from Australia. She claimed to have William Septimus de Septimo Moorhouse as her Gx2 Grandfather and is pleading for help. Did anyone contact her? I have tried the e-mail address she supplied but my ISP cannot trace it.
My gt gt grandmother was Jane ROBINSON, father John (occ. waterman). Here is her baptism: -
Jane ROBINSON, father John, mother Sarah, occupation waterman, 3rd Feb 1821 - Knottingley/St. Botolph's, West Riding of Yorkshire.
There is an IGI entry for a possible spouse for John ROBINSON - Sarah PULMAN who married 1814 Knottingley.
If anyone is
following this family and can add to this I would love to hear from them.
Jane went on to marry Rhodes AKEROYD in 1840, and then Thomas MOUNTEER in
1857.
I was wondering if anyone could assist me in the research of my family history. I have some information but due to the date of the last published census I have got a bit stuck as my grandparents were born after the census. The family names were Turpin and Stanley. The Turpin's were definately a Knottingley family and I am under the impression that the Stanley's were from Brotherton.
Grandfather: Frederick Turpin b.4 June 1904. Father is John, Mother is Jane and I think that John's father was John and mother Ann. Brother to Arthur b.1895; Ethel b.1898 and Edith b.1891. I think other siblings were Bessie, Clara and Lilly.
Grandmother: Selina Stanley b. 19 January 1908, Brotherton. Father John Thomas Stanley, MOther Annie Charlotte Stanley (nee Hargraves). Sister to George, Laurance, Herbert and half-sister to Elsie, Dora and Freddie.
My great great grandfather Thomas Davies (20) married Mary Ann Hiles (20) at St. Botolph's, Knottingley on 13th March 1859 according to the records I can find. They had at least 3 sons, George (born c1860), Benjamin (c1865) and John T. (c1867) whilst in the Ferrybridge area plus a daughter Harriet born in Glasgow around 1862. The family had moved to my home town of Stoke-on-Trent by the time of the 1871 census. However, there is some confusion about Mary Ann as she is recorded on the 1881 census as aged 41 and born in Wooker(n)dale but by 1891 as born in Barnsley and aged 50.
I can find an 1851 census record for a Mary A Hiles aged 9 born at Worsbrough, which fits the Barnsley information, and living in Knottingley with parents John and Mary. However, I have also found a birth registration for Mary Ann Hiles recorded for the Pontefract district in 1840.
It would be interesting to me if you could shed any light on the Hiles family and, if they are different people, which Mary Ann Hiles belongs to our family. Many thanks.
I
have just come across your site and would like to know if you have any
knowledge of the ATKINSON and WASNEY families who seem to be connected to
the Church at Knottingley?
I believe that William ATKINSON born ca 1664 at Knottingley and died in
October 1721 was married to someone called Hannah, but I have no further
details except she died in February of 1717. Their son William
ATKINSON born ca 1690 married Elizabeth SUGDEN born ca 1688. I have
not found their marriage. William died in 1759 and is buried at St.
Botolph's, Knottingley and Elizabeth died in April 1775 and is also
buried at St. Botolph's.
They had 3 children to my knowledge:
Mercy born ca 1732 ; William born ca 1730 and Lydia born ca 1725.
I don't know if William married, but I believe he died in 1773. Lydia
married a John Banks but I have not been able to find the marriage.
John was or became an Alderman of Kingston Upon Hull. Mercy married
Thomas WASNEY on 30 August 1764 and as far as I can find out, they lived
in Hull where Thomas's family were merchants and ship owners. When
Mercy died she was buried at St. Botolph's I believe.
Thomas and Mercy had at least 6 children and the eldest, William ATKINSON
WASNEY became a clergyman in the Church of England and held the living at
Thornton on Craven. He married an Ellen WILKINSON 19 10 1796 at
Thornton, and they lived in the village at Fence End. They had
4 children that I am aware of, one of whom was John Wilkinson WASNEY, who
was a benefactor of the church of St. Botolph's at Knottingley. There are
some other family connections to the church that I am aware of and we
visited the Church about 2 years ago and found a few memorial
inscriptions which relate to the family.
I would be grateful, though to know whether you have anything more which
relates to the family. We have not, to date, had the opportunity of
looking at the parish records for Knottingley to see if we can fill in any
of the gaps. It is on our "to do list"
Henry Jackson married Ann Dixon of Kirk Smeaton in Skelbrook church on the 27th April 1813. The register entry says "By consent" suggesting that one or both were below marriageable age. Witnesses: Reuben Wass and William Huscroft.
No birth or
death details of bride or groom have been found.
Three children (Christened Skelbrooke): Joseph, Feb 1817; Henry, April
1819; Caroline, Sept 1821.Possibly also John, July 1814 (Kirk Smeaton) -
unconfirmed.
Joseph operated a drapery and tailoring business in Crooke Co. Durham for
many years but no other details of his siblings have been found. Details
of Henry (senior) and his ancestry would be appreciated.
I found my
Great Grandfather's (Captain John Holmes) document for his indenture as an
apprentice with Captain John Hunt on the Sloop 'Kate & Jane' of
London. The date is 1848 when he was 15 years old. Captain John Hunt was
from the Knottingley area.
Any information on Holmes, Hunt and the 'Kate & Jane' would be
appreciated. The Indenture document was witnessed by Robert Briggs and
George Wheaton. Five years later the document was signed off as completed
by John Hunt and witnessed by Joseph Crabtree in the Port of Goole.
As added information, my Grandfather Fred Holmes and his son Eric Holmes
were from Selby. Thanks for your help,
My name is
Marilyn Myers and I live in Sydney, Australia. I have been trying to find
information about my part of the Burton family for a few years now and I
have recently connected with Jeff Burton and we think we have common
ancestors. My known information is brief and is as follows:
Bessy Burton (my great grandmother) b. 18 June 1842.
Parents: William and Ellen Burton (nee Johnson). According to Bessy's
birth certificate, William was an agricultural labourer and I believe
William was born in 1805.
Bessy married Richard William Barnham but I have not been able to find out
where or when although I assume it was between 1859 (the end of his
service during the Indian mutiny) and 1863 (the birth of their first son
William)
I think my gg grandfather, William Burton, is brother to Jeff Burton's
George, making my Bessy and Jeff's Benjamin, cousins. I think this is the
case because Benjamin had a daughter, Bessy, who died as an infant one
year before my Bessy was born. I would love to be able to confirm this.
John Russel
Cliffe was grandfather to my grandmother and was a ship builder in Goole.
His son John Richard Cliffe was her father. My grandmother was born in
1886. I am interested in any details of the Cliffe Family.
I have started to research my family tree. The surname is Lightowler. I am Theodore Lightowler (born 23 June 1942) the only son of Norman Lightowler (born 26 November 1919) and Audrey Lightowler (nee Williams) born 29 May 1921.
My parents were married at All Saints Church, Pontefract, on 5 July 1941. Norman was the second youngest son of William Lightowler and Eliza Lightowler (nee Wood). William Lightowler was the founder of W. Lightowler & Sons, the Ironfounders in Ferrybridge. He had the following children:
Arthur, Bernard, Clarice, Norah (my God Mother) Norman (my Father) and Stanley. They had one daughter who died when only a few months old, she was not christened before her death. I believe that Wiliam Lightowler came from Brotherton. They were a very private family and I never remember relations being discussed. Any help would be appreciated.
I was
delighted to read of your most generous service regarding Knottingley
genealogy and hope that you may be able to track down some information on
my ancestors, a task not made easy living in Tasmania - the only
information I have is as follows'
Aaron Mangham (occ. Carter) born approx 1839 married to Martha ?
(both born in Knottingley) They had 4 children from 1866 onwards - Martha,
Lucy, William and Jane - however all the children were born at Newhill,
Wath on Dearne. Martha who married Charles Dawson is my Great Grand
Mother.
Any information you can glean on the Mangham's of Knottingley would be
most appreciated and I would only be to pleased to place my tree at your
disposal if it is of any interest.
My grandfather was James William Spence, b.1884, Methley. His father was William Spence, b.1849, Knottingley and his father was James Spence, b.c1825, place unknown.
Can anyone assist with further information?
My G/G/Grandfather John Law, was born in Knottingley, 23rd July 1815. Mothers name Elizabeth Law. He married Eliza Spence, also from Knottingley. I would like any information on the Law family prior to 1815 to possibly find his Fathers name.
I have just started to research my family tree and I hope you and Mr. Gosney can help. My maternal grandparents were born in Knottingley and I have extracted the following from the 1901 Census and an index of the 1891 Census.
1901
William Downing, Head, Age 58, born Knottingley
Ellen Downing, Wife, age 52, born Knottingley
Hannah Downing, daug, age 18, born Hull
Alfred Downing, son, age 16, born Brotherton
Herbert Downing, son, age 14, born Brotherton
Walter Downing, son, age 12, born Brotherton
Ada Downing, daug, age 8, born Brotherton
1891
Ellen Downing, Head, age 43
Ann L. Downing, daug, age 13, born Knottingley
Willie Downing, son, age 11, born Hull
Anna Downing, daug, age 8, born Hull
Alfred Downing, son, age 6, born Brotherton
Herbert Downing, son, age 5, born Brotherton
Walter Downing, son, age 2, born Brotherton
I know of three more children; Richard, Emma and Harry. I have found Richard as captain of a Hull lighter, but nothing on Emma - who married a Tom Burton. My immediate task is to identify the parents of William (b. 1843) and Ellen (b. 1849). Both were born in Knottingley so perhaps birth certificates can be found. I would be grateful for any advice.
This is an interesting history; William Downing, a sailor, settled in the USA in the late 1860s - sent for Ellen, married in Illinois, and their first child Richard was born there. When a second child, Emma, was expected, they returned home initially it seems to Hull and then back to their birthplace Knottingley. In the 1891 Census he is missing (not dead - he died around 1906) so perhaps he was back at sea.
I have hit a
brick wall with my research and I am wondering if anyone can help. The
Knottingley names I am researching are Huby, Betchetti, Rooke, Wells and
Howram.
Andrew Huby born 1883 married Mary Hannah Betchetti on 13th February 1910
at the Parish Church of Knottingley. I am unable to trace the Huby line
any further back. The parents of Mary Hannah Betchetti were James
Betchetti and Charlotte Purdy both born in Knottingley.
Alice Huby born 24th Dec 1911 (daughter of Andrew) married Tom Rooke born
2nd May 1911, both were born in Knottingley. Tom died in 1984. Tom Rooke
was the son of Henry Rooke born 11th April 1870 at Hook and Sarah Jane
Wells born 1872 in Pontefract. Sarah died 7th August 1913 and was buried
at Knottingley cemetery August 10th.
Lavinia Howram was born 1871 at Knottingley and was the daughter of
Richard Howram born 1841 in Knottingley and Sarah Ann ?. Richard
Howram was buried on 28th May 1881 in Womersley Road Cemetery.
Any information on the above names would be very much appreciated.
I am tracing my paternal lineage, grandfathers side, Schofield's of Ferrybridge. This is what I have discovered so far:
Harry
Schofield (b.1914) Castleford son of William Schofield (b.1880) Castleford
son of
James Schofield (b.1856) Ferrybridge son of Thomas Schofield (b. c.1823)
Ferrybridge son of John Schofield. Thomas married a Harriet Patrick
on Oct 24 1848. I have tried going back to Thomas's dad a John but do not
have any dates for him just assumptions. Could anyone help to trace back
from Thomas for me.
I am tracing
my paternal lineage, grandmothers side, Sawyers of Knottingley. This is
what I have learned so far:
Agnes Sawyer (b.1915) Pontefract daughter of Abel Sawyer (b.March 1883)
Knottingley son of Joseph Cawthorne Sawyer (b.22 May 1842) son of William
Sawyer (b.1810) Pontefract son of John Sawyer.
Any help would be appreciated.
Further to my previous posting on 27th September 2004, I have been successful in finding entries for Benjamin Arthur Burton in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 census, but from there I am stuck. I suspect many of the answers to remove the 'Genealogists Brick Wall' are to be found in local records in the Knottingley / Pontefract area. If I can locate my great grandfather's birth and baptism records from 1840 or even entries from the 1851 (especially), 1861 and 1871 census records, that would advance my research.
In the 1881 census, the family were located in Blackburn, Lancashire, but they were in Knottingley or Bradford until approx. 1856, moving to Leeds about 1873 and to Blackburn about 1879. These dates are all based upon the birth location of the children and the marriage to Sarah Martha Teale in Bradford (latter quarter of 1856). There must be some local records from 1840 to 1856 that hold the answer to his roots.
I hope that by narrowing the field of research with this extra information that you might be able to find some answers.
Thank you for an interesting and informative website which I recently stumbled across. I enclose a printout of my family history detailing my Knottingley connections from the descendants of John Turnbull. As you can see, I have no idea where he was born or where he died. He was a potter and since he lived in Swillington at some period I assume he may have worked at the Swillington pottery which closed in 1850. He is not shown on the 1851 census for Hunslet although his wife and two sons (Adam and Samson) are. John Jnr. is also not shown on the 1851 census.
The 1881 census for Knottingley shows Margaret (john's wife) nee Rimington, from Pontefract, as a widow living at the Holes, Knottingley. Adam is listed as a potter and married to Amelia (nee Myers), linving at Holes, Knottingley. Samson, a potter, married to Jane (nee Brown) along with some of the children are listed as living at Hill Top, Knottingley. Adam died in Knottingley in 1889 and Margaret (his mother) died in Pontefract in 1884. Samson and his family moved to the United States sometime after 1884.
I have included details of my family tree. TURNBULL Family Tree
I am just setting out to try and trace my roots. From submitting a search on the internet I have discovered that I may have ancestors in the Knottingley & Pontefract area.
I uncovered two listings of the name Tupman from that area. One actually on the web site under, Baines's Directory & Gazetteer 1822, lists a James Tupman, Gentleman, Tupman Square. Any idea what or where Tupman Square is or was? Further back listed on Paver's Marriage Licenses for the year 1612 a Thomas Tupman. With the name not being a common surname I can only conclude that they must be related in some way. At present as said previously, I am just starting out and haven't had the opportunity to visit the appropriate Town Halls etc. I understand that with current interest fuelled by the BBC program 'Who Do You Think You Are?', you are probably very busy, but any help in furthering my research will be most appreciated.
I am the daughter of John William Stones and Edna Stones. My father was born in Knottingley and he had four sisters, Alice, Mary, Emily and Madge. His family lived on/near Racca Green at some point in his life.
He worked on Harker's and Hargreave's coal barges in Knottingley for most of his life. He always said that we are related to a lot of Knottingley people. I think his mothers maiden name was Johnson (my grandmother Sarah) again another Knottingley family.
I would love to find out more about my family history as it is a fascinating subject and now I am nearly 50 myself I would like to be able to pass this information on to my relatives for future reference.
I am trying to find out any information about my grandfather Harry Broadhead, born around the 1860s or 1870s, he died before I was born. Also his wife who I believe died at quite a young age. I believe her maiden name was Tuppman.
Please could you help me find any family of Jack Flower who moved to Shoreham, Kent, in 1943/44 with the Royal Engineers. He married Monica Reader and they had two sons. He had maybe four or five brothers called Fred, Thompsit, Ernest and George. His mothers name was Louise and they lived in Aire Street near the Rat Trap Working Mens Club.
A few weeks ago you assisted me tracing my maternal family. Now I am trying to trace my paternal family and wondered if you could assist me again.
This is the only information I have so far:
Arthur Smith, my grandfather, was born in Knottingley on the 29th September 1866. He married Amelia Shaw in 1890. His father was Henry Smith and his mother was Hannah Smith (nee Shaw) I know they married on the 20th April 1857. Note banns Pontefract, St. Giles. His occupation was Common Labourer at the time of the wedding, but on my granddads birth certificate in 1866 it states Henry's occupation as a glass blower.
I do know that Henry must have died before my granddad married in 1890 because it states on the marriage certificate that Hannah was a widow. I know they had 3 or 4 more children, John, Hannah, Eliza and Caroline.
I think my grandmother Amelia and my grandfather Arthur were cousins or some relation, but I can't quite work out what.
I am trying to find any information I can about the George Hirst family. My great grandfather, John James Hirst, was born in Knottingly, in June 1858, the son of George and Harriette (formerly Rowlandson). George Hirst was a hairdresser, this is on the birth certificate. I can find no other mention of either George or Harriette. John James moved to Todmorden and died of Typhoid when he was 39.
Any information whatsoever would be gratefully received.
I am trying to trace relations of my great grandfather Charles Henry Wilcox. He was born in about 1910 to Amos Wilcox and i believe Annie Shaw. Any help or memories of these individuals would be greatly appreciated
I have only recently started to explore my family history so was delighted to discover your website and the Arnold family tree. My grandmother was Jane Marguite Arnold (known as Jenny), who was the daughter of Burton Arnold (no. 10 in the tree) She died om 3.3.1960 while staying with my family in Birmingham.
She married Joseph William Booth in 1910. Joseph was born on 15th July 1884 and died on 3rd February 1947 while staying with us in Birmingham. They lived in Ferrybridge and were both buried in the cemetery there. Joseph's parents were Thomas Booth, born 1860/61 in Ossett, Yorkshire and Sarah Jane Illingworth born in 1858 in Ossett.
Thomas's father was Joseph Booth born in 1837, Ossett. He set up the family business of a bone mill making fertilizer which I think was in either Ferrybridge or Knottingley.
I would be very interested to receive further information about the Booth family.
Your website is excellent and I look forward to exploring it in even more detail.
I am looking for the parents/siblings of Emma Hill born in Knottingley about 1840
I would like to know if anyone had any information on the Glew family from the Knottingley and Ferrybridge area. My Father was John William (Jack), his brothers were Dennis, Terry, Michael, Darrel. I believe they were born in Ferrybridge. Their father's name was Albert and mothers name Eileen (nee Morrell). Prior to this everything is vague although I am led to believe Albert was born and bred in the Knottingley/Ferrybridge area. Any info greatly appreciated.
I am
researching my own family history, the Foweathers/Fouweathers/Foulweathers
of Knottingley. The spellings are rather arbitary, an unusual name and
poor literacy means there are numerous spellings. My great great
grandfather William Foulweather (b. 1833 Hunslet) lived at Marsh End in
Knottingley with his wife Eliza (nee Beevers) (b. 1834 (1837?) Mexborough).
William was a glassblower.
From the 1881 census I know he had four sons Edwin (b. 1859), Tom (b
1862), Frederick (b 1866) and Walter (b. 1874). All the sons were born in
Kilnhirst, so I conclude that they must have moved to Knottingley between
1874 and 1881. There may have been some older brothers or relations George
Foweather (b. 1834 Mexborough) and John Foulweather (b. 1855 Kilnhirst)
but I have no proof of this and it is purely supposition based on the 1881
census. There is also evidence of another Walter who died in infancy, but
again no direct link. The younger sons still lived with their parents at
this stage, but Edwin who was my great grandfather, married Isabel Ellen
Arnold in the last Quarter of 1880. (Pontefract records, spelt as
FOREWEATHER). The 1881 census records them living at another household at
Marsh End with their first son John (b. 1881).
Edwin and Isabel left Knottingley soon after. Family history has it that
they were "obliged" to leave; Isabel's marriage to an illiterate
glassblower was "forced" by her pregnancy and certainly did not
meet with the approval of the Arnolds. However the 1881 census shows he
was an unemployed glassblower, so this may have been instrumental in their
departure.
By 1889 they were living in Newport, South Wales, to where Edwin was drawn
by the opening of a new glassworks. They had a further 9 children and all
the sons went into the glassmaking industry. However the work appears to
have dried up in Newport and gradually the family drifted back north
settling in Barnsley and Doncaster, (both of which also have a glassmaking
tradition).
Whilst I think I have most of Edwin's details and those of his offsring, I
have little on the rest of the Foweathers. Margaret Greenhow has given me
some help with details about Edwin's brother Thomas, who was also a
glassblower. However I would like to find out much more about the
Foweathers of Knottingley and their links with the glass industry. I have
briefly been to Marsh End and St. Botolph's and note from the War Memorial
that a Sgt. C. Foweather fell during WWII.
So if you feel that you could help in anyway, I would be grateful.
Can anyone enlighten me on the family history of the Hartley's from this area. I am hoping to be able to make some connection with Bernard Hartley, the gentleman who was involved in the construction of the bridge at Ferrybridge.
I have a Hugh Hartley, an architect, married in Bakewell in 1814 to Elizabeth Prioleau (Priolean?) They had Elizabeth, christened in Pontefract in February 1816 (the IGI shows Mary Elizabeth), Benjamin and Thomas christened in 1817 and 1818 in Buxton.
Thomas died in 1820 and the family were then back living in the Pontefract area when Jane was born in 1821. I know nothing else except when I pick up on the family of Benjamin on the 1851 census when they are shown in Salford, Lancashire. I feel because of the similarity in occupations there could be a connection.
I am trying to trace my Grandparents, William Hodgkiss and Doris Hodgkiss (nee Whybrow) who lived in Knottingley. William (Bill) worked down the mine at Castleford. This would have been around the 1920's.
I am trying to trace members of the Schofield family having moved away from Wagby, Wakefield around the 1820's. My grandfather, David Schofield was born in 1809 and moved to Sheffield. I believe he had a brother called John that later moved to Knottingley. In 1871 he was living in Chapel Street with his daughter and her family, named Turton. John Schofield's daughter was called Mary and her husband was John Turton and a blacksmith. I hope to find relatives of John Schofield so that I can find out more about his father and mother, believed to have been William Schofield of Ackworth, born around 1775.
My husband's family all came from Knottingley and any help you could give would be much appreciated. He was born in Canada but his father was Thomas Rhodes, b. 19 Feb 1889 in Knottingley. Thomas's father, Thompson Rhodes was born in 1856 in Knottingley and married Hannah Pickersgill on 26 December 1876. Hannah Pickersgill's parents were Robert Pickersgill and Hannah Womack.
Thompson Rhodes father was John Rhodes, born circa. 1825 in Knottingley while his mother was Mary, born abt. 1825.
We have a story in the family that Hannah Womack married the gardener Robert Pickersgill and her father was an Earl and disowned her. It would be fun to know if that was true. I have the three families to look for; Rhodes, Pickersgill and Womack.
I am writing to you on behalf of my mother Mrs Pansy Fisher. She would like to find Out something of her previous family history as she is nearly 80 years young. Just to tell you a little bit about her. She was christened Pansy Brown and she was born in Ferrybridge at the rear of the old Greyhound pub. She also had a sister called Iris and two brothers called Fred and Walter who played football for Ferrybridge before the war. Her parents were Lily Louis Brown (nee Harvey) and Walter Brown.
My maternal
great grandfather was Thomas Rennard, innkeeper of Pontefract. His
daughter Arabella, born at Pontefract on February 6th,1859, married my
paternal grandfather, George Frederick Hanson, I believe in 1883, and, I
believe, in Pontefract, though it may have been Sheffield. I would like to
know more about the Rennard family and if any direct descendants of Thomas
are still located in the are around Pontefract. I do not know anything of
where George Frederick Hanson was born or lived, but I assume that
it would be somewhere in the area. Incidentally, I spent much time
in and around Pontefract when I was stationed in the UK from December 1939
until September
1943 when I left for Sicily.
I have an an ancestor Robert Jackson. He was born about 1740 (from his gravestone at St. Helens, Parish Church of Sandal Magna), whereabouts unknown, and he married an Ann Holt of Sandal in St. Helens Church, and they then proceeded to produce a number of Jackson's whose BMDs I have verified through IGI. In IGI I could find no trace of a Robert Jackson being christened within a few years either side of 1740 in Sandal Magna so ordered and studied the film. The film of Bishops Transcipts of the marriage shows that he was from the Parish of Ferry Fryston. This appeared to open up a whole new ball game but I then become unstuck again because I can find no record in IGI of such a birth in any town in that Parish, or so it seems. The only clue is the marriage of a Mary Jackson to a Jno. Deplige on 11/8/1741 in Ferry Fryston Parish and it occurs to me that Robert may have been an illegitimate son. Can anyone help?
I am
struggling to find any birth/christening records for my 3 x great
grandmother Sarah Holmes, (b. circa. 1827), in Knottingley. She
married Thomas Addy on the 24th November 1845 at St. Giles Church,
Pontefract. She and her family moved to the Manningham area of
Bradford at the turn of the 19th Century. I am not sure whether Thomas
Addy died in Knottingley or Bradford before 1891 as he was not on the
census for that year in Bradford - his wife Sarah (Holmes) was widowed.
Sarah died 1907 in Manningham, Bradford.
On her marriage certificate her father is recorded as Henry Houlden??
One of Thomas & Sarah's children, my great grandfather, was called
Lawrence Holmes Addy. I have found a record of a Sarah Holmes born
to Lawrence Holmes in 1827, but don't see the connection with Henry
Houlden.
I would appreciate a pointer in the right direction.
My great grandfather Benjamin Arthur Burton. (b. circa. 1840), and his wife, my grandmother, Sarah Martha Teal (b. 27th June 1846), both came from Knottingley. I have no information about Benjamin Burton's ancestors nor any information about his movements after his marriage in Bradford in 1865. They had six children: Susan (1865), Joseph Benjamin (1873), George Herbert (1874), William Arthur (1875), Mary Ann (1879) and Frederick Ernest (1884).
So far as I can tell the family later moved to Leeds and then Blackburn. Benjamin's mother may have been a Sarah Dickinson. Any connections or possible links I would love to hear about.
My husband Claude Spencer was interested to read the stories about Ben Thompson in issue number one. He wondered if he had any linage connection to him. When his father died he found some old marriage certificates and one of them is a certificate dated 28th March 1874 between Mary Ann Thompson and Daniel Barker, their fathers being William Thompson and George Barker.
My husband wondered if the Mary Ann Thompson could be the sister of Ben Thompson and the William Thompson, the father of Ben. The profession of both fathers is given as 'mariners'. We may be way off track but it would be nice to find out one way or another.
