Pickards of Kippax, Barnsley

[JenBram]

Hello, I have Benjamin Pickard, b1842 in Kippax.  His father Thomas b 27/2/1814 and his mother Elizabeth Firth married 21/9/1840.  I have Ben's siblings too.  As Ben was an MP for NORMANTON, Barnsley and miners' union leader I hope someone has more info for me.  I descend from his daughter Cora.  Thanks Jen

[Ticker]

Hi Jen

Sorry we haven't been able to help you so far on this one. 

Have you made any progress,  or do you have any further details that could help someone to find what you are looking for?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes 

Ticker

[oly]

Hello Jen

1851 Census Garforth HO107/2329 folio 165 page 1
Benjamin Pickard nephew age 21 labourer b. Kippax living at the Farm of John Fawcett and family.

Then we have 1851 Census Kippax  HO107/2329 114 25
Coop Hill
Thomas Pickard head M 37 coal miner 
Betty wife 47                                       
Ayna dau 10      scholar
Benjamin son 9      "
James son 5          "
Mary Firth d in law 18 working at home
All born Kippax

Perhaps the first Benjamin is the uncle
Do you already have the census information for the rest of his life?
                     
Regards Oly

[oly]

Hello again
1841 Census Kippax HO107/1311/15 page 12b
Cross Hill
Matthew Firth 71
Thomas Pickard  27 coal miner
Elizabeth    "      35
Anah         "       6 months
Mary Firth 8

Next door above lives William Pickard 61 in the house of James Lagg 56 and Elizabeth Lagg 49 with 5 children.
All the above born in County

Regards Oly

[corinne]

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUpickard.htm   This is a bit of a bio.

http://www.r-senior.demon.co.uk/ftree/data/registers.html   This page has some parish register summaries from Kippax with Pickards on.  I didn't check out the home page - that would probably be just this bit: http://www.r-senior.demon.co.uk/ftree 

http://www.whatnextjournal.co.uk/Pages/History/Barnsley.html   This one is about the bye-election in 1897, and mentions your Benjamin.

I got all these by just doing a Yahoo search on Benjamin Pickard.  There will be heaps more references if you want to do a search.  Its worth trying just typing in names into a websearch if you have someone who was a bit prominent in their career or politics or something.  You'd be surprised what comes up sometimes. 

Good luck with all this.
Corinne

[JenBram]

Hello, thanks all of you for your help and interest.

Since I last came on here I have got some interesting snippets from Google (union history, including one of the links above), and from free access to the Times Archive.

I have no census access though so Oly, thanks very much indeed.

Another rootschat kind person found him in the 1871 mistranscribed as Richard, not Pickard.

thanks again, will be back soon when I have time to go through info. xxx

cheers all, Jen

[oly]

Hello Jen

This is your man

1881 Census Wakefield RG11/4576  64  51
Northgate
Benjamin Pickard Head M 39 Coal miners agent and secretary b. Kippax
Elizabeth wife 37 b. Kippax
John son 15 Railway clerk GN b. Kippax
Henry son 11  Sch                      "
Mabel dau 8      "                        "
Percy son 4       "       b. Wakefield
Elizabeth 2                          "
Elizabeth Dilcock 14 servant b. Newlands
Maud Pickard dau 2 b. Wakefield

It looks like they nearly forgot Maud

Regards Oly

[Irene Pickard]

Hi Sorry I have only just joined RootsChat and seen this post. I DO have info on Benjamin's family tree, only mine goes backwards not forwards. My husband is a Pickard although he was born in Lancashire but is a descendant from Benjamin's family. If you are still looking for info I would willingly let you have what I know
Irene

[dobfarm]

Hi Irere,

Welcome to Rootschat website.

This is a very old thread started 12 years ago in 2005 and the original thread started by member JenBram  who has not been active on this website since July 2012 being 5 years ago.

Having said that your information may help other members or it will come up on any engine search, for people who maybe researching this family in the future -so nothing lost in you posting your info.

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