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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Yorkshire (West Riding) => England => Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests => Topic started by: dianer on Sunday 13 February 11 19:46 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
just wondering if anyone was going to do any research at the bradford central library in the near future? I have a death cert for an ancestor of mine- Sarah Ann Walton. The death cert says that she drowned in the Leeds Liverpool canal at Shipley on 29/10/1915. There was an inquest but I doubt whether there will be record of this now. The best that I can hope for is that it was reported in the local newspaper, ie Telegraph and Argus or the Shipley News. The death cert. says that it was an accidental death but I would just like a bit more information about this unfortunate event. If anyone is going to the library and can give me anymore info. I would be extremely grateful.
Many thanks- Dianer
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Hi
If you get no responce!
I see you come from Leeds- The Leeds central Library may have Bradford newspapers or even the Yorkshire post newspaper may have the inquest.
I you are moblie?? (Health wise) the X 6 bus from Leeds to Bradford stops at the bus station then the city free bus to the library total time 1 hour max with connection time of 10 min in Bradford bus station or a 3 to 5 min walk to the library off the X 6 stop at the bus station.
Car Parking is dear in Bradford hence the Bus
Cheapest way is phone Bradford library as they do free look ups on known date entries and will send a copy if found! Charge about a £1 to £2 tops with postage included or dictate it over the phone free..
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Hi. I have a Sarah Anne Walton, nee Halton, b. 1855 Leeds. m to Samuel in my tree. I wondered if this was the same one? I do not have a date of death but this would make her 60. I would be interested in any information you discovered concerning her death.
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Greenamber, your family do seem to have more than their fair share of tragic deaths! (if it is your relation of course). All I have found so far is that she fell into the canal in fog and drowned, and that she was a widow. Still looking ;)
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A bit more info, Sarah Ann Walton lived at 1 Jane Hills, Shipley and worked at Mason's Mill in Shipley. Before her fall into the canal she had visited her sister, Mrs. Holdsworth in Kirkgate.
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FreeBMD has this death
Sarah A Walton
Dec Q 1915
North Bierley 9b 60
Age 56 (but the exact age is only as reliable as the information given by the informant)
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Sorry Dianer/Greenamber, I cannot post the image of the newspaper report as the Lookup Requests Boards do not have the facility to attach things. Send me a pm if you want me to email it to you.
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Hi Jool,
I really am hoping this is not our Sarah! I do not know when Sam died, so don't know if she was a widow at the time of her death. She had 5 sisters and I know nothing of their lives. She had 11 children.
Wonder if the Dec 1915 is her?
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I have been looking for Sam's death record in FreeBMD and found:
Deaths Jun 1915
Walton Samuel 66 N.Bierley 9b 110 365
Sam was born 1849/50
Looking at your post yesterday Jool of:
Sarah A Walton
Dec Q 1915
North Bierley 9b 60
I am now wondering if Sam died in the June of 1915 and Sarah followed him through grief in the canal or naturally in Dec 1915?
If this is my family - it was all happening in 1915!
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Greenamber, I think the first thing to do is follow up her sisters to see if any of them married a Mr. Holdsworth. Do you know the names of "your" Sarah's sisters?
Dianer, do you have any details of Sarah's sisters and who Mrs. Holdsworth could be?
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Hi, yes I have details of Sarah's sisters and these are as follows:
Mary Elizabeth (1860-1902)
Rosetta (1868-1902)
Priscilla (1870-?)
Ada (1874-1957)
Emily Jane Holdsworth -nee Aldersley)(1862-1919).
Kind regards
Dianer
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Thanks Jool and Hi Dianer. Do not have any details of Sarah's sisters. Our Sarah had 11 children starting at the age of 17 so it may be unlikely she was married before. Her parents were:
Samuel Walton
b 22/7/1809 Farsley
d 1/1/1873 Leeds
= 1828
Nancy Reynolds
b 1809 Leeds
d 1866
6 Hartfield St
35 Shannon St
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Hi Sorry - sleep depravation - last post informaton is wrong. I do not have information on Sarah's family only her husband's. The parents listed in my previous post are Sam her husband's parents.
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Cannot find any marriage for Sarah Ann on freeBMD.
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Cannot find any marriage for Sarah Ann on freeBMD.
Hi Greenamber, this is probably the marriage you are looking for
June Q 1870 Pontefract, 9c 74
Samuel Walton & Sarah Ann Halton on same page.
Parish record
Marriage. Castleford, All Saints, Yorkshire, 23 May 1870
Samuel Walton, bachelor, age 21, Book Maker, father Samuel Walton, blacksmith.
Sarah Ann Halton, spinster, age 18, father William Halton, cloth press setter.
Witnesses: John Clarkson, William Harrison.
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Hi Greenamber, I don't think it is "your" Sarah in the newspaper report, she had sisters Emma and Solina (1861 census). Her mother, Jane, died in 1864 so no more children born after that. This information does not tie in with the details Dianer has given.
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Thanks Jool for the marriage info.
I too do not think this is our Sarah. Such a sad death. I hope Dianer has more success in finding more information.