On This Day in June........Tell us about your ancestors' anniversaries

[LizzieW]

On 25 June
Richard Everitt and Elizabeth Green my 6 x g.grandparents were married at St Peter & St Paul, Osbournby, Lincolnshire in 1702

Elizabeth Lockwood (nee Hinchliff) my 3 x g.grandmother was  baptised at All Hallows Church, Kirkburton, Yorkshire in 1786

John Dawson my husband’s 3 x g.grandfather died at Old Hall, Pilkington Lancashire in 1868.  The cause of his death was given as Senectus which is just old age.  He was 77 at the time.

John Lockwood my 3 x g.grandfather [and husband of Elizabeth Lockwood (nee Hinchliff) above] was buried at St Nicholas Church, Cumberworth, Yorkshire in 1837.  He was publican at Joiners' Arms, Denby Dale.

And last but not least my granddaughter Molly Jane was born in 2008.  She had a party for her friends on Saturday, but we and other adult relations are going over later today for birthday cake.

[clayton bradley]

James Broadley was born 25 jun 1826 at Ringstonehalgh, Clayton le Moors. He and his brothers were intended to be block printers, like their father, William, but the parlous state of the cotton industry meant that most of them either changed their job or travelled a long way to seek work. James and his brother William couldn't complete their apprenticeships because Farnsworth and Farnsworth, who employed them, went bust in 1853. James had married in 1846 and he and his wife moved to Edgeworth to find work. Some of their children died young. It appears that James and Alice split up. Alice went to Fall River, Massachusetts with two of her surviving children on 27 jun 1870 (thanks to Rootschatters for that information) but returned before 1881. Son William had brought back an American wife but they seem to have had an on off relationship, too. James ended his days lodging with two ladies called Hargreaves in Clayton le Moors.

[Marmalady]

June 25

In 1729 my 6xGreat Aunt Frances Sergeantson died aged 15. She was buried in the High Quire of Wakefield Cathedral. She was the eldest daughter of Robert Sergeantson & Mary Smith of Hanlith, Yorkshire.

In 1744 my 6xGreat Grandfather George Walrond was buried at Clyst Honiton, Devon aged 51. He was the son of John Walrond & Sarah Drake and married his cousin, also Sarah Drake. George & Sarah had two daughters.

In 1844 my 3xGreat Grandfather William Clark died at Marylebone, London, aged about 52. In early adulthood he had been a servant and butler but later ran a Tobacconists shop. He was married to Judith Maria Levy and they had nine children, 4 of whom died in childhood.

[Seoras]

On 25th June 1826 my 2nd great grand aunt Mary Smith was baptized in St. Peter's, Leeds. Unlike my Scottish and Irish Smiths, I have made some progress with the Yorkshire bunch. Mainly due to the fact that they tended to stay in the same area, use the same church and names and keep a family occupation going through the generations.

On 25th June 1941 my great great grandfather Robert McEwan was buried in Bicknell, Indiana, beside his second wife. Here he is, 5th from the left by his bass drum.

[stonechat]

On this day in 1627, Alice Hammond and Richard Joyce married at Godalming
Alice was daughter of John and Alice, and Richard was a card maker (perhaps a card for carding wool?)
They had 7 children, Alice died in 1675, and Richard in 1681
They were my 8 x great granparents

[LizzieW]

On 26 June 

Henry Postlethwaite my 4 x g.g.uncle (and uncle of Sarah above) was born in Pennington in Furness, Lancashire in 1767

Elizabeth Day my 3 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Peter and St Paul Church, Osbournby, Lincolnshire in 1785

Sarah Ann Stanton my 2 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mary’s Church, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire in 1836

Minnie Whittaker (nee Dawson) my mother in law was baptised at Christ Church, Bradford, Manchester in 1901

Arthur Whittaker my father in law and husband of Minnie above died in 1963.  His was aged 57 and his cause of death was congestive heart failure and coronary thrombosis.  Mind you he didn’t live the healthiest of lives, smoking at least 60 cigarettes a day and drinking 8 (yes eight) bottles of Guinness each evening.

Sarah Postlethwaite my 3 x g.g.aunt married Thomas Pickthall at St Mary’s Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1819. 

[Marmalady]

June 26

In 1701 my 7xGreat Aunt Elizabeth Walrond was baptised at Clyst Honiton, Devon. She was the daughter of John Walrond & Sarah Drake and died at the age of 11 yrs.

In 1738, my 5xGreat Uncle Robert Tin(s)dale was born in Leeds, son of Robert Tin(s)dale & Ann Waugh. Sadly he died at the age of 2 yrs.

[Seoras]

On 26th June 1865 my great grandmother Elizabeth Stein was born in High Street, Linlithgow. She was the youngest daughter of James Stein, a shoemaker and Elizabeth Pate, a shoemaker's daughter. Elizabeth played a big part in my early interest in genealogy. There are two things I would like to ask Elizabeth.

1. Who is my grandfather's father.
2. Where on earth are you buried, because nobody seems to know.

On 26th June 1852 Christina Tweedie, my 1st cousin 4 x removed left these shores for ever. Having travelled from Scotland to Liverpool with her husband, George Rae, an agricultural labourer from Linlithgow, and their children Mary 4, Thomas 2 and David 6 months, they boarded the Medina and began their journey to Australia. The Medina was the 16th ship to leave England for Australia that year and carried 410 government emigrants bound for South Australia. Conditions on board must have been bad as twelve children under the age of two died in the space of five days and five on one single day. The cause seems to have been dysentry. George and Christina's youngest child David was one of these casualties and like the other children was buried at sea. The journey took 105 days and the ship arrived in Port Adelaide on 9th October. Christina died in Redhill, South Australia in 1902.

[LizzieW]

On 27 June
George Hobson my 1st cousin 3 times removed married  Sarah Armitage at West Clayton, Yorkshire in  1863

John Chapman and Frances Bell my 5 x g grandparents married at St Mary’s Church, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire in 1759.  It was her 2nd marriage, she had one child with her first husband who died a couple of years after they married.  They had one child.  John Chapman was 37 at the time of the marriage but it was his first marriage.  Despite that they went on to have another 8 children, the last one born a few months before her father died.

Charles Lees and Mary Sale my husband’s 3 x g.grandparents married at Manchester Cathedral in 1822

Philip Martin Benson my lovely brother was born in Bowdon, Cheshire in 1953.  Unfortunately he died, aged 38, from a malignant astrocytoma (a brain tumour).

Agnes Benson my 2 x g.g.aunt was baptised at St Mary’s Parish Church, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire in 1817

Ann Elizabeth Benson (nee Jolly) the wife of my 2 x g.g.uncle died at 53 Marsh Road, Linthorpe, Middlesborough in 1885.  She had left her husband, Joseph, and two sons and moved to Middlesborough where she had set up home with another man.  She took her daughter with her.  Her death certificate shows that the man, who she was living with, a Walter Clarke, registered her death under his name and stated he was a widower.  However on 12 August 1885, a Statutory Declaration was made by Walter Clarke and Agnes Emma Benson (Ann and Joseph's daughter) stating that her correct name was Annie Elizabeth Benson and that her widowed husband was Joseph Benson.

Robert Middleton my 3 x g.g.uncle died at Millom, Cumberland in 1878

John Stanton my 3 x g.grandfather was buried at St Mary’s Church, Newton in Mottram, Hyde, Cheshire in 1841

Sarah Chorley my 2 x g.g.aunt was buried at Egremont, Cumberland in 1833.  She was 5 years old and one of the illegitimate children my 3 x g.grandmother had before she married my 3 x g.grandfather.  I do know who her father was, as he was named in a bastardy bond.  My 3 x g.grandmother got around a bit as her 3 illegitimate children were by 3 different fathers.


I'll be away for a couple or so weeks, so no more from me until I get back.  If I miss any interesting ancestors then I'll post their details later.