Family History: some notes

by John Wordsworth
john_b_wordsworth@hotmail.com

This document traces the ancestry, with some collaterals, of John Wordsworth.

Name index

If you cannot see the Name index in the left hand frame, click here.

In the name index people are indexed by surname and forenames. Females who married are indexed under both names, unless one of their names is not yet known. John Wordsworth and his ancestors are indexed in bold.

People

The main headings are the names at birth of the ancestors of John Wordsworth. To follow the line of descent from any of the ancestors, consult the list of their children. In each case it will be found that exactly one child has the annotation "Continued at personal entry". Following the link in this annotation will take you down the line of descent.

The main headings are arranged in date-of-birth order, though sometimes this is conjectural. Asterisks indicate missing information. A question mark indicates uncertain information.

Generally, no details are given of persons known to be still alive.

There is a list of sources from which the information about people is taken. The references to sources are given in square brackets thus: [a3]. Each reference in square brackets is a link to the description of the source.

Samuel France

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 22 August 1791, baptised 18 September 1791 in Rotherham. [i8]
The son of Peter France and his wife Sarah. [i8]
Married Ruth Palfreman 23 July 1813 in Sheffield Cathedral. [i4]
A coal miner living in Park Gate with his wife and 4 children in 1841 [c77]
Ruth France died 22 September 1846. [d48]
Samuel married Hannah White (Born 1790? in Eckersley, Derbyshire [c120]) in 1850.
[m40]
A coalminer living with his wife in Parkgate, Rawmarsh in 1851. [c120]
Hannah France died in 1853. [d49]
A coalminer, widower living alone in France's Houses, Rawmarsh Lane, Rawmarsh. [c121]
Died in 1863 [d50] or 1865. [d51]

Children:

  1. Amos France (son)
    Baptised 19 July 1818 in Rotherham. [i3]
    A mason' s apprentice living at home in 1841. [c77]
    Married Sarah Kirkus (Born 1823? in Hilston, East Riding of Yorks [c122]) 2Q 1846 in Sculcoates, Hull. [m41]
    A stonemason lodging with his wife in the house of Samuel Crawley in Princes Terrace, Bootle-cum-Linacre, Lancs in 1851. [c122]
    A stonemason living with his wife and 3 children in Frances Houses, Rawmarsh Lane, Rawmarsh, (near his father) in 1861. [c121]
    Living in Broad Street, Parkgate, Rawmarsh with his wife and 3 children in 1871. [c123]
    Died 1880. [d52]
    His wife Sarah also died 1880. [d53]

    Children:

    1. Samuel France (son)
      Born 1852? in Bootle. [c121]
      A scholar living at home in 1861. [c121]
      A stonemason living at home in 1871. [c123]
    2. Amos Kirkus France (son)
      Born 1854? in Rawmarsh. [c121] [b47]
      A scholar living at home in 1861. [c121]
      A forgeman living at home in 1871. [c123]
      A bricklayer lodging in the house of George Gelder at 6 Hall street, Parkgate, Rawmarsh in 1881. [c124]
      Married Elizabeth Huckfield (Born 3Q 1861 in Staffordshire [b48]) 1Q 1882 in Sculcoates, East Riding of Yorkshire. [m42]
      A bricklayer living with his wife and daughter at 87 Bear Tree Road, Parkgate, Rawmarsh in 1891. [c125]
      A bricklayer living with his wife and 3 daughters at 107 Bear Tree Road, Parkgate, Rawmarsh in 1901. [c126]
      Died aged 61 in 1915. [d54]
      Elizabeth France died aged 69 in 1930. [d55]

      Children:

      1. Mary Ann France (daughter)
        Born 1886? in Parkgate. [c125]
        Living at home in 1891. [c125]
        Living at home in 1901. [c126]
      2. Florence E France (daughter)
        Born 1892? in Rawmarsh. [c126]
        Living at home in 1901. [c126]
      3. Agnes May France (daughter)
        Born 1893? in Rawmarsh. [c126]
        Living at home in 1901. [c126]

    3. Mary Ann France (daughter)
      Born 1857? in Rawmarsh. [c121]
      A scholar living at home in 1861. [c121]
      Living at home in 1871. [c123]

  2. Samuel France (son)
    Baptised 9 August 1823 in Rotherham. [i5]
    A coalminer living at home in 1841. [c77]
    Continued at personal entry.
  3. Sarah France (daughter)
    Baptised 13 November 1825 in Rotherham. [i6]
    Living at home in 1841. [c77]
    Not found in 1851.
  4. Thomas France (son)
    Baptised 20 July 1828 in Rotherham. [i7]
    Living at home in 1841. [c77]
    Not found in 1851.

Ruth Palfreman

(JBW's g-g-gm)
Born 1792? [d48]
Married Samuel France in 1813.
Died 22 September 1846. [d48]

Thomas Wordsworth

(JBW's g-g-g-gf)
Born 1795? in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c29]
Married Hannah Dyson [b37] not later than 1827? [c28]
A labourer living in Hoyland Lane End in 1838. [b37]
An agricultural labourer living with his wife and 5 sons in Hoyland Lane End in 1841. [c28]
A farmer of 3 acres living with his wife and 4 sons in Hoyland Common in 1851. [c29]
An agricultural labourer living with his wife and 2 sons in Lane End, Hoyland in 1861. [c33]
A farmer living with his wife in Lane End, Hoyland in 1871. [c44]
Died 1872. [d12]
Hannah Wordsworth living in Hoyland Lane End with 2 granddaughters in 1881. [c71]

Children:

  1. William Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1827? in Hoyland. [c29]
    Living at home in 1841. [c28]
    An ironstone miner living at home in 1851. [c29]
    Continued at personal entry.
  2. Isaac Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1829? in Hoyland.
    Baptised 15 March 1829 in Hoyland. [i13]
    Not found in 1841.
  3. Thomas Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1831? in Hoyland. [c29]
    Living at home in 1841. [c28]
    An ironstone miner living at home in 1851. [c29]
    An iron miner living at home in 1861. [c33]
    Died 2 April 1871.[g3]
  4. Abraham Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1833? in Hoyland. [c29]
    Baptised 15 September 1833 in Hoyland. [i14]
    Living at home in 1841. [c28]
    An ironstone miner living at home in 1851. [c29]
    Married Ann Cook (Born 1833? in Hoyland, died not later than 1891 [c67]) 3Q 1858. [m14]
    An iron miner living with his wife and daughter in Hoyland Lane End (next door to his parents) in 1861. [c34]
    A miner living with his wife and 4 children in Lane End, Hoyland (next door but one to his parents) in 1871. [c44]
    An ironstone miner living with his wife and 5 children in Stead Lane, Hoyland in 1881. [c66]
    A widower, retired coalminer, living with 2 daughters in Princess St, Hoyland Common in 1891. [c67]
    Died 9 January 1900, aged 65.
    [g4] [d8]

    Children:

    1. Elizabeth Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1859? in Hoyland. [c33]
      Living at home in 1871. [c44]
      Not at home in 1881. [c66]
      Not at home in 1891. [c67]
    2. Emma Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1861 in Hoyland. [g4]
      Died 29 January 1865. [g4]
    3. Henry Wordsworth (son)
      Born 1864? in Lane End, Hoyland. [c44].
      Living at home in 1871. [c44]
      A railway clerk living at home in 1881. [c66]
      Married 1885 Matilda Platts (Born 1867? in Tankersley. [c132]) in 1885. [m42]
      A railway clerk living at 249 Fox Street, Brightside, Sheffield with his wife and daughter in 1891. [c132]
      A colliery agent living at 57 London Road, Retford with his wife, 2 children, and a servant in 1901. [c131]

      Children:

      1. Florence M Wordsworth (daughter)
        Born 1889? in Sheffield. [c132]
        Living at home in 1891. [c132]
        Living at home in 1901. [c131]
      2. Henry B Wordsworth (son)
        Born 1892? in Sheffield. [c132]
        Living at home in 1901. [c131]
    4. Lilian Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1866? in Lane End, Hoyland. [c44].
      Living at home in 1871. [c44]
      A scholar living at home in 1881. [c66]
      Not at home in 1891. [c67]
    5. Samuel Wordsworth (son)
      Born 1868? in Lane End, Hoyland. [c44].
      Living at home in 1871. [c44]
      A fancy brick and tile maker living at home in 1881. [c66]
      Married Annie Vickers (Born 1866? in Hoyland [c133]) in 1889. [m47]
      A coalminer living off Princess Street, Hoyland Common with his wife and daughter in 1891. [c133]
      A coalminer living at 77 Hoyland Road, Hoyland Common with his wife and 5 children in 1901. [c134]

      Children:

      1. Ann E Wordsworth (daughter)
        Born 1890? in Hoyland. [c133].
        Living at home in 1891. [c133]
        Living at home in 1901. [c134]
      2. Grace Wordsworth (daughter)
        Born 1892? in Hoyland. [c134].
        Living at home in 1901. [c134]
      3. Florence H Wordsworth (daughter)
        Born 1894? in Barnsley. [c134]
        Living at home in 1901. [c134]
      4. George W Wordsworth (son)
        (Twin to Florence?)
        Born 1894? in Barnsley. [c134]
        Living at home in 1901. [c134]
      5. Bruce Wordsworth (son)
        Born 1895? in Hoyland. [c134]
        Living at home in 1901. [c134]

    6. Florence Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1877? in Hoyland. [c66]
      A scholar living at home in 1881. [c66]
      Living at home in 1891. [c67]
    7. Ellen Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1878? in Hoyland. [c66]
      A scholar living at home in 1881. [c66]
      Living at home in 1891. [c67]

  5. George Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1835? in Hoyland. [c28]
    Living at home in 1841. [c28]
    Not at home in 1851. [c29]
  6. Septimus Wordsworth (son)
    Born 4 September 1838 in Hoyland. [c29] [b37]
    Baptised 7 October 1838 in Hoyland. [i15]
    Living at home in 1841. [c28]
    A scholar living at home in 1851. [c29]
    An iron miner living at home in 1861. [c33]
    Married Sarah Fletcher (Born 1843? in Wentworth. [m7]) 4Q 1863. [m7]
    Died 14 March 1871, aged 32. [g2] [d9]

    Children:

    1. Mary Hannah Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1864? in Hoyland. [c22]
      Living at home in 1871. [c22]
      Living at her stepfather's house in 1881. [c135]
    2. Mence Wordsworth (son)
      Born 1867? in Hoyland. [c22]
      Living at home in 1871. [c22]
      Living at his stepfather's house in 1881. [c135]
      Married Ada Firth (Born 1866? in Sheffield [c138]) 3Q 1888 in Wortley. [m46]
      A steel sheet parer living with his wife and 2 sons in new houses, Upper Middlewood Road, Oughtibridge, Sheffield in 1891. [c138]
      A general labourer living with his wife and 4 sons in Wharncliffe Side, Oughtibridge, Sheffield in 1901. [c139]

      Children:

      1. Edgar Wordsworth (son)
        Born 1889? in Oughtibridge. [c138]
        Living at home in 1891. [c138]
        Living at home in 1901. [c139]
      2. Frank Wordsworth (son)
        Born 1889? in Oughtibridge. [c138]
        Living at home in 1891. [c138]
        Living at home in 1901. [c139]
      3. Fred Wordsworth (son)
        Born 1897? in Sheffield. [c139]
        Living at home in 1901. [c139]
      4. John Wordsworth (son)
        Born 1899? in Bradfield. [c139]
        Living at home in 1901. [c139]

Thomas Burtoft

(JBW's g-g-g-gf)
Born 1797? in Hoyland. [c61]
Married not later than 1825? Elizabeth *** (Born 1794? in Derbyshire). [c62]
A nail maker living with his wife and 8 children in Hoyland Law in 1841. [c127]
A nail maker living with his wife, 5 children, and a grandson in Hoyland Lane End in 1851. [c61] [c62]
Not found in 1871.

Children:

  1. Henry Burtoft (son, or other?)
    Born 1821? (in Hoyland [c128]). [c127]
    Not at home in 1851. [c62]
    Not at home in 1861. [c63]
  2. Thomas Burtoft (son)
    Born 1825? in Hoyland. [c62]
    A shoemaker living at home in 1841. [c127]
    A shoemaker living at home in 1851. [c62]
    Not at home in 1861. [c63]
  3. Hamer Burtoft (son?)
    Born 1824? in Hoyland? [c128]
    A blacksmith living at home in 1841. [c127]
    A blacksmith visiting in Openshaw, Manchester in 1851. [c128]
    A (black)smith living in Green Lane, Bramley, Leeds with his wife and child in 1861. [c129]
    A smith at a foundry living in Wood Lane, Bramley, Leeds with his wife, child and sister-in-law in 1871. [c130]
  4. Frederic Burtoft (son)
    Born 1826? in Hoyland. [c62]
    Living at home in 1841. [c127]
    A fettler living at home in 1851. [c62]
    Not at home in 1861. [c63]
  5. Mary Matilda Burtoft (daughter)
    Born 1829? in Hoyland. [c62]
    Living at home in 1841. [c127]
    A dressmaker living at home in 1851. [c62]
    Continued at personal entry.
  6. Rupert Burtoft (son)
    Born 1832? in Hoyland. [c62]
    Living at home in 1841. [c127]
    A farm labourer living at home in 1851. [c62]
    Married *** 4 Q 1857. [m8] [c63]
    A foundry trimmer, widower, living at home in 1861. [c63]
    Married Annie *** (Born 1834? in Rotherham) 4Q 1863. [m9] [c64]
    A foundry trimmer living with his (second) wife and 3 children in Law Foot, Hoyland in 1871. [c64]

    Child by the first marriage:

    1. Emily Burtoft (daughter) [c63]
      Born 1858? in Hoyland. [c63]
      Living with her father and grandparents in 1861. [c63]
      A scholar living with her father and stepmother in 1871. [c64]

    Children by the second marriage:

    1. Lauder Bailey Burtoft (son)
      Born 3Q 1864 in Hoyland. [b5] [c64]
      A scholar living at home in 1871. [c64]
    2. Kate C Burtoft (daughter)
      Born 1870? in Hoyland. [c64]
      Living at home in 1871. [c64]

  7. Sarah Burtoft (daughter)
    Born 1840? in Hoyland. [c62]
    Living at home in 1841. [c127]
    Living at home in 1851. [c62]
    Not at home in 1861. [c63]

Grandchild so far unassigned:

  1. George Henry Burtoft (grandson)
    Born 1846? in Huddersfield. [c62] [b20]
    Baptised 27 December 1846 in Hoyland. [i12]
    Living with his grandparents in 1851. [c62]
    An iron moulder living with his grandparents in 1861. [c63]

Thomas Benistone

(JBW's g-g-g-gf)
Born 1798? in Nottinghamshire.
[c109]
A miner at the time of his daughter Ann's marriage in 1840. [m29]
A coalminer, living with his wife and 6 children in Francis Street, Birkhills, Walsall in 1841. [c110]
A coalminer, widower, living with his son-in-law Joseph Denton in Leamore Lane, Bloxwich in 1851. [c109]

Children:

  1. Ann Benestone (daughter)
    Born 1821? in Wincote, Warwickshire. [c94]
    Continued at personal entry.
  2. John Benistone (son)
    Born 1826? not in Staffordshire. [c110]
    A miner living at home in 1841. [c110]
    Not at home in 1851. [c109]
  3. Hannah Benistone (daughter)
    Born 1829? in Wincot, Warwickshire. [c109]
    Living at home in 1841. [c110]
    Married 2Q 1847 Joseph Denton [m34] (Born 1826? in Lanehead, Willenhall, an engineer in 1851). [c109]
    Living with her husband, father, and two brothers in Leamore Lane, Willenhall in 1851. [c109]
    Living with her husband, and nephew William Barrister (Bannister?, Benistone?) (Born 1850? in Blakenall, Staffordshire) in Pelsall Wood, Staffordshire in 1861. [c111]
  4. Elijah Benistone (son)
    Born 1834? in Bloxwich, Staffordshire. [c109]
    Living at home in 1841. [c110]
    A coal miner living with his father, sister, brother-in-law and brother in Leamore Lane in 1851. [c109]
  5. Matthew Benistone (son)
    Born 1839? in Bloxwich, Staffordshire. [c109]
    Living at home in 1841. [c110]
    A coal miner living with his father, sister, brother-in-law and brother in Leamore Lane in 1851. [c109]
    Married before 1872? Martha *** (Born 1845?, in West Bromwich.) [c98]
    A bricklayer living with his wife, two children, niece Mary Jane Farnell and 3 other children in 3 Foster Street, Bloxwich in 1881. [c98]

    Children:

    1. Phebe Ann Benistone (daughter)
      Born 1872? in Bloxwich. [c98]
      A scholar living at home in 1881. [c98]
    2. William Benistone (son)
      Born 1874? in Bloxwich. [c98]
      Living at home in 1881. [c98]

William Gray

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 1798 in Hoyland.
[c87]
Married Sarah *** (Born 1800? in Thorp [c112]) not later than 1828? [c112]
A farmer living in Hoyland with his wife, 6 children, and a servant in 1841. [c113]
A farmer of 100 acres, employing two labourers, living at Low End Farm, Hoyland with his wife and five children in 1851. [c112]
Not at home in 1861. [c114]
(Sarah Gray, married head of household, a farmer of 100 acres employing 3 men in Hoyland with 5 children and a servant in 1861. [c114]
Sarah Gray died not later than 1871. [c116])
A retired farmer living in a private house in Hoyland Village with his son-in-law, daughter, 2 grand-sons and a servant in 1871. [c116]
Died 27 Sep 1878. [p15]

Children:

  1. Jane Gray (daughter)
    Born 11 Nov 1827 [p15] in Hoyland. [c112]
    Living at home in 1841. [c113]
    Living at home in 1851. [c112]
    Living at home in 1861. [c114]
    Married 4Q 1863 James Crawshaw. [m38]
    Died 1Q 1868. [d45]
  2. Sarah Elizabeth Gray (daughter)
    Born 24 May 1829 [p15] in Hoyland. [c112]
    Living at home in 1841. [c113]
    Living at home in 1851. [c112]
    Living at home in 1861. [c114]
    Not found in 1871.
  3. William Gray (son)
    Born 7 Feb 1832[p15] in Hoyland. [c112]
    Living at home in 1841. [c113]
    A farmer's son living at home in 1851. [c112]
    Continued at personal entry.
  4. James Duke Gray (son)
    Born 14 April 1833 [p15] in Hoyland. [c112]
    Living at home in 1841. [c113]
    A farmer's son living at home in 1851. [c112]
    Living at home in 1861. [c114]
    Married Emma Dunhill (Born 1834 in Hoyland, daughter of Hannah Dunhill (Born 1797). [c115]) 2Q 1867. [m37]
    Living in a farm house in Tithe Laithe, Hoyland with his wife, mother-in-law, son, and 3 servants in 1871. [c115]

    Children:

    1. Francis Gray (son)
      Born 1869?. [c115]
      Living at home in 1871. [c115]

  5. Mary Ann Gray (daughter)
    Born 7 Aug 1835. [p15] [c113]
    Living at home in 1841. [c113]
    Not at home in 1851. [c112]
    Living at home in 1861. [c114]
    Married James Crawshaw (Born 1833? in Greasbrough [c116]) not later than 1870. [c116]
    Living in her father's house with her husband and children in 1871. [c116]

    Children:

    1. James H Crawshaw (son)
      Born 1870? [c116]
      Living at home in 1871. [c116]
    2. Charles Crawshaw (son)
      Born 1871? [c116]
      Living at home in 1871. [c116]

  6. Catharine Gray (daughter)
    Born 16 Feb 1840 [p15] in Hoyland. [c112]
    Living at home in 1841. [c113]
    Living at home in 1851. [c112]
    Living at home in 1861. [c114]
    Not found in 1871.

Hannah Dyson

(JBW's g-g-g-gm)
Born 1801? in Ecclesfield, Yorks [c33]
Married Thomas Wordsworth not later than 1827? [c28]
Died 1882. [d16]

Samuel Thornley

(JBW's g-g-g-gf)
Born 1802? in Norcroft, Barnsley.
[c73]
Married Alice *** (Born 1802? in Barnsley, died not later than 1861. [c74]) not later than 1830? [c73]
A labourer living in Birdwell with his wife and 4 children in 1841. [c75]
A labourer living in Birdwell with his wife and 3 children in 1851. [c73]
An ironstone labourer, widower, living in Birdwell with 1 child, and a lodger with wife and children in 1861. [c74]
Not found in 1871.

Children:

  1. Joseph Thornley (son)
    Born 1828? [c75]
    Living at home in 1841. [c75]
    A butcher living next door to his parents with a wife and child in 1851. [c73]
  2. Sarah Thornley (daughter)
    Born 1830? in Birdwell [c73]
    Living at home in 1841. [c75]
    Living at home in 1851. [c73]
  3. George Thornley (son)
    Born 1833? [c75]
    Living at home in 1841. [c75]
    A labourer living at home in 1851. [c73]
    Continued at personal entry.
  4. Ann Thornley (daughter)
    Born 1841? in Birdwell. [c73]
    A scholar living at home in 1851. [c73]
    Living at home with her father in 1861. [c74]

Thomas Farnell

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 1811? in Bloxwich, Staffs,
[c94] son of Thomas Farnell (a miner at the time of his son's marriage) [m29]
Married Ann Bennestone [m29] 10 March 1840. [m29]
A brick maker living in Francis Street, Birkhills, Walsall with his wife and daughter in 1841. [c94]
Living in Long Acre, Walsall with his wife and three children in 1851. [c100]
A coal miner living in Walsall Road, Bloxwich with his wife, 4 children, and his brother (in-law) Matthew Bannister in 1861.[c94]
Died 1Q 1866. [d41]
Ann Farnell a widow living in Leamore, Bloxwich with 4 children in 1871. [c95]

Children:

  1. Ann Farnell (daughter)
    Born 1840? in Walsall, Staffs. [c102]
    Living at home in 1841. [c102]
    Living at home in 1851. [c100]
    Not at home in 1861. [c94]
    Not at home in 1871. [c95]
  2. Thomas Farnell (son)
    Born 1847? in Walsall, Staffs. [c94]
    Not at home in 1851. [c100]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c94]
    Not at home in 1871. [c95]
  3. William Farnell (son)
    Born 3Q 1847 in Walsall, Staffs. [b40]
    Living at home in 1851. [c100]
    Not at home in 1861. [c94]
    Not at home in 1871. [c95]
  4. Sarah Farnell (daughter)
    Born 1850? in Walsall, Staffs. [b41]
    Living at home in 1851. [c100]
    Not at home in 1861. [c94]
    Not at home in 1871. [c95]
  5. Joseph Farnell (son)
    Born 1852? in Bloxwich, Staffs. [c94]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c94]
    A coal miner living at home in 1871. [c95]
    Married Elizabeth Jeavons (Born 1857? in New Invention, Staffordshire.) 1Q 1875. [c99] [m31]
    A coal miner living at 9 Foster Street, Bloxwich with his wife and 2 children in 1881. [c99]

    Children:

    1. Hannah Farnell (daughter)
      Born 1878? in Blakenhall, Bloxwich. [c99]
      Living at home in 1881. [c99]
    2. Clara Farnell (daughter)
      Born 1879? in Blakenhall, Bloxwich. [c99]
      Living at home in 1881. [c99]

  6. Enoch Farnell (son)
    Born 1855? in Bloxwich, Staffs. [c94]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c94]
    A coal miner living at home in 1871. [c95]
    Married Jane Ellen Baugh (Born 1858? in Dark Lane, Shropshire.) in 1878. [c97] [m30]
    A coal miner living at 349 Bloxwich road, Bloxwich with his wife in 1881. [c97]
  7. Mary J Farnell (daughter)
    Born 1856? in Bloxwich, Staffs. [c94]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c94]
    Living at home in 1871. [c95]
    A brickmaker of uncertain marital condiiton living in the house of her uncle Matthew Bannister, 3 Foster Street, Bloxwich in 1881. [c98]
    Three children named Farnell were living in the same house:
    1. Harry Farnell (son)
      Born 1876? in Bloxwich, Staffs. [c98]
      A scholar living in the house of Matthew Bannister in 1881. [c98]
    2. Thomas Farnell (son)
      Born 1878? in Bloxwich, Staffs. [c98]
      A scholar living in the house of Matthew Bannister in 1881. [c98]
    3. Samuel Farnell (son)
      Born 1880? in Bloxwich, Staffs. [c98]
      A scholar living in the house of Matthew Bannister in 1881. [c98]
  8. Hannah Farnell (daughter)
    Born 7 June 1861 in Bloxwich, Staffs. [b30]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c95]
    A domestic servant living in the house of William Maiden, a fruiterer, at 23 Stafford St, Walsall in 1881. [c96]
    Continued at personal entry.

Elizabeth Evans (Evins)

(JBW's g-g-gm)
Born 1815? in Hemmingfield. [c141].
Married John Stenton in 1838. [m52]

John Stenton

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 1816? in Hemmingfield. [c141]
Married Elizabeth Evins 3Q 1838. [m52]
A coalminer living in Tingle Bridge, Wombwell with his wife and daughter in 1841. [c140]
A coalminer living in Kit Royd, Wombwell with his wife and 5 children in 1851. [c141]
A coalminer living at Jump Pit with his wife and 4 children in 1861. [c142]
A coalminer living at Jump Pit with his wife and son in 1871. [c147]
Died not later than 1881. [c148]
Elizabeth Stenton living at Jump Pit with her son Albert, daughter-in-law, and 3 grandchildren in 1881. [c148]

Children:

  1. Annice Stenton (daughter)
    Born 6 March 1838 in the Poorhouse in Sheffield Brightside. [b34]
    Living at home in 1841. [c140]
    Living at home in 1851. [c141]
    Continued at personal entry.
  2. Rose Hannah Stenton (daughter)
    Born 1842? in Hemmingfield. [c141]
    A scholar living at home in 1851. [c141]
    Married Samuel Oxley (Born 1839? in Hoyland [c142]) in Sheffield in 1859. [m53]
    Living at Jump Pit with her husband and daughter, next door to her parents, in 1861. [c142]
    Living at Jump Pit with her husband and 4 children in 1871. [c147]

    Children:

    1. Elizabeth Oxley (daughter)
      Born 1860? in Jump. [c147]
      A scholar living at home in 1871. [c147]
    2. Ann Oxley (daughter)
      Born 1864? in Jump. [c147]
      A scholar living at home in 1871. [c147]
    3. Alice Oxley (daughter)
      Born 1866? in Jump. [c147]
      A scholar living at home in 1871. [c147]
    4. Fred Oxley (son)
      Born 1868? in Jump. [c147]
      A scholar living at home in 1871. [c147]

  3. Charles Stenton (son)
    Born 1844? in Jump. [c141]
    A scholar living at home in 1851. [c141]
    A coalminer living at home in 1861. [c142]
    Not at home in 1871. [c147]
  4. Henry Stenton (son)
    Born 1846? in Jump. [c141]
    A scholar living at home in 1851. [c141]
    A coalminer living at home in 1861. [c142]
    Married Jane Ambler (Born 1850 in West Melton. [c143]) 1Q 1869 in Rotherham. [m51]
    A coalminer living at 8 Young's Cottages, Kitroyd with his wife and 2 children in 1871. [c143]
    A coalminer living in Hoyland with his wife and 4 children in 1881. [c144]
    A coalminer living at 4 Meadow Row, Elsecar with his wife and 4 children in 1891. [c145]
    A coalminer living at 90 Meadow Row, Elsecar with his wife and 4 children in 1901. [c146]

    Children:

    1. Mira Stenton (daughter)
      Born 1869? in Kitroyd. [c143]
      Living at home in 1871. [c143]
      Living at home in 1881. [c144]
      Not at home in 1891. [c145]
      Not at home in 1901. [c146]
    2. Caroline Elizabeth Stenton (daughter)
      Born 1870? in Kitroyd. [c143]
      Living at home in 1871. [c143]
      Living at home in 1881. [c144]
      Not at home in 1891. [c145]
      Not at home in 1901. [c146]
    3. Albert Stenton (son)
      Born 1876? in Hoyland. [c144]
      Living at home in 1881. [c144]
      Living at home in 1891. [c145]
      A coalminer living at home in 1901. [c146]
    4. Herbert Stenton (son)
      Born 1879? in Hoyland. [c144]
      Living at home in 1881. [c144]
      Living at home in 1891. [c145]
      A coalminer living at home in 1901. [c146]
    5. Francis Stenton (son)
      Born 1884? in Elsecar. [c145]
      Living at home in 1891. [c145]
      A coalminer living at home in 1901. [c146]
    6. Jane Stenton (daughter)
      Born 1889? in Elsecar. [c145]
      Living at home in 1891. [c145]
      Living at home in 1901. [c146]

  5. Fanny Stenton (daughter)
    Born 1850? in Jump. [c141]
    Living at home in 1851. [c141]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c142]
    Not at home in 1871. [c147]
  6. Albert Stenton (son)
    Born 1855? in Jump. [c141]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c142]
    A coalminer living at home in 1871. [c147]
    A coalminer living at his mother's house with his wife and 3 children in 1881. [c148]

Ann Benistone

(JBW's g-g-gm)
Born 1821? [c94] daughter of Thomas Benistone.
Married 10 March 1840 Thomas Farnell.

Samuel France

(JBW's g-gf)
Born 1823 in Rotherham, son of Samuel France and his wife Ruth. [i3]
Married Rebecca Sykes on 29 December 1846 in Wath upon Dearne Parish Church. [m13]
A miner living in Hoyland at the time of his marriage. [m13]
A coal miner living in Greasbrough with his wife in 1851. [c19]
A miner living in Green Side, Greasbrough with his wife and 3 children in 1861. [c18]
A miner living at 4, Green Side, Greasbrough in 1868. [b22]
A miner living in Mill Street, Greasbrough with his wife and 5 children in 1871. [c17]
A coal miner living in Church Street, Stubbin (Elsecar) with his wife and 3 children in 1881. [c3]
A coal miner, widower, living in Church Street, Elsecar with 2 sons in 1891. [c12]
Died 1892. [d13]

Children:

  1. William France (son)
    Born 1853? in Greasbrough, Yorkshire. [c18]
    Living at home in 1861. [c18]
    A coal miner living at home in 1871. [c17]
    Not at home in 1881. [c3]
  2. Ruth France (daughter)
    Born 1855? in Greasbrough, Yorkshire. [c18]
    Living at home in 1861. [c18]
    Living at home in 1871. [c17]
    Not at home in 1881. [c3]
  3. John France (son)
    Born 1858? in Greasbrough, Yorkshire. [c18]
    A rubber at a foundry living at home in 1871. [c17]
    A coal miner living at home in 1881. [c3]
    A coal miner living at home in 1891. [c12]
  4. Tirza France (daughter)
    Born 1862? in Greasbrough, Yorkshire. [c3]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c17]
    A general servant living at home in 1881. [c3]
    Married Frederick William Vasey (Born 1860? at Flockton. [c16]) 1Q 1884. [m4]
    Living at 1 Upper Howard Street, Batley with her husband and 2 daughters in 1891. [c16]

    Children:

    1. Ruth Vasey (daughter)
      Born 1886? in Hemsworth. [c16]
    2. Helen Vasey
      Born 1890? in Batley Carr. [c16]

  5. George France (son)
    Born 16 October 1867 at 4, Greenside, Greasbrough, Yorkshire. [b22]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c17]
    A coal miner living at home in 1881. [c3]
    A coal miner living at home in 1891. [c12]
    Continued at personal entry.

Rebecca Sykes

(JBW's g-gm)
Born 1824? in Wentworth, Yorkshire [c3] daughterof William Sykes. [m13]
Married Samuel France in 1846.
Living in Hoyland at the time of her marriage. [m13]
Died 1881. [d14]

William Wordsworth

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 1827? in Hoyland Lane End, Yorkshire, son of Thomas Wordsworth and his wife Hannah. [c28]
Married Mary Matilda Burtoft 6 May 1851 in Sheffield Parish Church. [m6]
Living in Glossop Road, Sheffield at the time of his marriage. [m6]
A labourer living in Hoyland Lane End in 1853. [b3]
An iron miner living in Lane End, Hoyland with his wife and 5 children in 1861. [c27]
An ironstone miner living in Lane End, Hoyland with his wife and 8 children in 1871. [c22]
A coal miner living at 27 Tinker Lane, Hoyland Nether with his wife and 3 children in 1881. [c1]
A carter living in Hoyland Road, Hoyland Common with his wife, 2 children, and a lodger in 1891. [c70]

Children:

  1. Thomas Wordsworth (son)
    Born 3 July 1851 [g1] in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c1]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c27]
    An ironstone miner living at home in 1871. [c22]
    Married Elizabeth *** not later than 1879. [g1] [c42]
    Living in Hoyland with his wife and 3 children in 1881. [c43]
    A coal miner living with his wife and 4 children at 7 Woods Row, Hoyland in 1891. [c22]
    Died 19 April 1896, aged 44. [g1] [d19]

    Children:

    1. Annice Gertrude Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1879? [c43]
      Living at home in 1881. [c43]
      Not at home in 1891. [c42]
    2. Janetta Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1879? [c42]
      Living at home in 1881. [c43]
      Living at home in 1891. [c42]
    3. Willie Wordsworth (son)
      Born 1881? [c42]
      Living at home in 1881. [c43]
      Living at home in 1891. [c42]
    4. Mabel Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1883? [c42]
      Living at home in 1891. [c42]
    5. Rufus Wordsworth (son)
      Born 15 February 1885. [g1]
      Living at home in 1891. [c42]
    6. Died 28 April 1900. [g1]

  2. George Wordsworth (son)
    Born 25 June 1853 Hoyland Lane End, Yorkshire. [b3]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c27]
    An ironstone miner living at home in 1871. [c22]
    Continued at personal entry.
  3. Ann E Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1856? in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c27]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c27]
    Not at home in 1871. [c22]
    Not at home in 1881. [c1]
  4. Sarah M Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1858? in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c27]
    A scholar living at home in 1861. [c27]
    Living at home in 1871. [c22]
    Not at home in 1881. [c1]
  5. Frederick Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1860? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c1]
    Living at home in 1861. [c27]
    Living at home in 1871. [c22]
    A coal miner living at home in 1881. [c1]
    Married before 1891 Lily Hutchinson (Born 1871? in Chapeltown. [c101]). [c14]
    A coal miner living in Elm Street, Hoyland Common with his wife and son in 1891. [c14]
    A coal miner living at 28 Chapel Street Hoyland Common with his wife and 4 children in 1901. [c101]

    Children:

    1. John W Wordsworth (son)
      Born 1890? [c14]
      Living at home in 1891. [c14]
      Living at home in 1901. [c101]
    2. Henry A Wordsworth (son)
      Born 1894? [c101]
      Living at home in 1901. [c101]
    3. Eleanor Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1895? [c101]
      Living at home in 1901. [c101]
    4. Annie Wordsworth (daughter)
      Born 1898? [c101]
      Living at home in 1901. [c101]

  6. Willie Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1863? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c22]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c22]
    Not at home in 1881. [c1]
  7. Frances Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1865? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c1]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c22]
    A servant living at home in 1881. [c1]
  8. John Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1868? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c1]
    Living at home in 1871. [c22]
    A colliery labourer living at home in 1881. [c1]
    A coalminer living at home in 1891. [c70]
  9. Alice Maude Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1870? in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c22]
    Living at home in 1871. [c22]
    Living at her grandmother's house in 1881. [c71]
    Not at home in 1891. [c70]
  10. Eleanor Kate Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1872? in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c70]
    Living at her grandmother's house in 1881. [c71]
    Living at home in 1891. [c70]

Edward Andrew

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 1828? in Hoyland, son of James Andrew, a malster. [m15] [c46]
Living at his mother's house in Wath upon Dearne in 1841. [c51]
Married 27 May 1850 Ann Taylor (Born 1828? in Hoyland, died 1894, aged 67), daughter of Thomas Taylor, a farmer. [c46] [m15] [d31]
A forgeman at the time of his marriage. [m15]
A pudler living in Hoyland with his wife and 1 child in 1851. [c46]
An iron puddler living in High Elsecar with his wife and 5 children in 1861. [c47]
A pudler living in Hoyland with his wife and 5 children in 1871. [c48]
A labourer living in Milton, Hoyland with his wife and 4 children in 1881. [c49]
Died 1882. [d17]

Children:

  1. Ellen Andrew (daughter)
    Born 1850? in Upper Hoyland. [c46]
    Living at home in 1851. [c46]
    Living at home in 1861. [c47]
    Not at home in 1871. [c48]
    Not at home in 1881. [c49]
  2. Edward Andrew (son)
    Born 1855? in Hoyland. [c47]
    Living at home in 1861. [c47]
    Living at home in 1871. [c48]
    An insurance agent living at home in 1881. [c49]
  3. Sarah Andrew (daughter)
    Born 1857? in Hoyland. [c47]
    Living at home in 1861. [c47]
    Not at home in 1871. [c48]
    Not at home in 1881. [c49]
    Not at home in 1891. [c50]
  4. William Andrew (son)
    Born 1858 in Hoyland. [b35] [c47]
    Living at home in 1861. [c47]
    Living at home in 1871. [c48]
    A coal miner living at home in 1881. [c49]
    Continued at personal entry.
  5. Elizabeth Andrew (daughter)
    Born 1860? in Hoyland. [c47]
    Living at home in 1861. [c47]
    Not at home in 1871. [c48]
    Not at home in 1881. [c49]
    Not at home in 1891. [c50]
  6. Mary Andrew (daughter)
    Born 1864? in Hoyland. [c48]
    Living at home in 1871. [c48]
    Not at home in 1881. [c49]
    Not at home in 1891. [c50]
  7. Selina Andrew (daughter)
    Born 1866? in Hoyland. [c48]
    Living at home in 1871. [c48]
    Not at home in 1881. [c49]
    Not at home in 1891. [c50]
  8. James H Andrew (son)
    Born 1868? in Hoyland. [c48]
    Living at home in 1871. [c48]
    A coal miner living at home in 1881. [c49]
    A coal miner living at home in 1891. [c50]
  9. Esther Andrew (daughter)
    Born 1872? in Hoyland. [c49]
    A scholar living at home in 1881. [c49]
    Living at home in 1891. [c50]

Mary Matilda Burtoft

(JBW's g-g-gm)
Born about 1829. [c27]
Daughter of Thomas Burtoft and his wife Elizabeth.
Married William Wordsworth.

William Gray

(JBW's g-gf)
Born 7 February 1832 in Hoyland, Yorkshire, son of William Gray. and his wife Sarah.
Married 15 November 1858 Annice Stenton in St Philip's Church, Sheffield (no longer exists). [p15] [m36]
Living in Infirmary Road, Sheffield at the time of his marriage. [m36]
A farmer's son living in Town End, Hoyland with his wife and 2 children in 1861. [c83]
A miller's carrier living in Stubbin with his wife and 6 children in 1871. [c68] [b36]
An agricultural labourer (unemployed) living in Stubbin, Hoyland with his wife and 9 children in 1881. [c4]
Died not later than 1891. [c58]

Children:

  1. William Gray (son)
    Born 9 July 1859 [p15] in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c4]
    Living at home in 1861. [c83]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c68]
    A stone dresser living at home in 1881. [c4]
    Not at home in 1891. [c58]
  2. Elizabeth Gray (daughter)
    Born 22 February 1861 [p15] in Hoyland. [c68]
    Living at home in 1861. [c83]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c68]
    Not at home in 1881. [c4]
    Not at home in 1891. [c58]
  3. Catherine Mary Gray (daughter)
    Born 1863. [p15]
    Died 1 April 1864. [p15]
  4. Lucy Gray (daughter)
    Born 22 June 1864 [p15] in Hoyland. [c68]
    A scholar living at home in 1871. [c68]
    Not at home in 1881. [c4]
    Not at home in 1891. [c58]
  5. Sarah Ann Gray (daughter)
    Born 25 June 1866. [p15]
    Died 16 February 1867. [p15]
  6. Sarah Gray (daughter)
    Born 22 October 1867 [p15] in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c4]
    Living at home in 1871. [c68]
    Living at home in 1881. [c4]
    Married before 1889 Joseph Dransfield. (Born 1867? in Rotherham.) [c118]
    Living in Hill Street, Elsecar with her husband, an ironmoulder, and 2 children in 1891. [c118]

    Children:

    1. Amos Dransfield (son)
      Born 1889? in Elsecar. [c118]
      Living at home in 1891. [c118]
    2. Ada Dransfield (daughter)
      Born 1891? in Elsecar. [c118]
      Living at home in 1891. [c118]

  7. Ernest Gray (son)
    Born 15 January 1869 [p15] in Hoyland, Yorkshire. [c4]
    Living at home in 1871. [c68]
    A scholar living at home in 1881. [c4]
    A coal miner living at home in 1891. [c58]
  8. Mary Jane Gray (daughter)
    Born 16 or 17 March 1871 [p15] in Stubbin, Yorkshire. [c4] [b36]
    Living at home in 1871. [c68]
    A scholar living at home in 1881. [c4]
    A servant living in Royston, Barnsley in 1891. [c60]
    Continued at personal entry.
  9. Maria Gray (daughter)
    Born 16 May 1874 [p15] in Stubbin, Yorkshire. [c4]
    A scholar living at home in 1881. [c4]
    A servant living in Bramley, Leeds in 1891. [c59]
    Married Walter Evans (Born 1876 in Elsecar. [c117]) in 1897. [p15] [m39]
    Living at 81 Church St, Elsecar with her husband, a coalminer, and 2 daughters in 1901. [c117]

    Children:

    1. Ada Evans (daughter)
      [p15]
      Not at home in 1901. [c117]
    2. Maria Evans (daughter)
      [p15]
      Not at home in 1901. [c117]
    3. Minnie Evans (daughter)
      Born 1899 in Elsecar. [p15] [c117]
      Living at home in 1901. [c117]
    4. Violet Evans (daughter)
      Born 1900 in Elsecar. [p15] [c117]
      Living at home in 1901. [c117]

  10. John James Gray (son)
    Born 6 March 1876 [p15] in Stubbin, Yorkshire. [c4]
    A scholar living at home in 1881. [c4]
    A coal miner living at home in 1891. [c58]
  11. Kate Gray (daughter)
    Born 27 June 1877 [p15] in Stubbin, Yorkshire. [c4]
    Living at home in 1881. [c4]
    Living at home in 1891. [c58]
  12. Francis Gray (son)
    Born 30 October 1879 [p12] [p15] in Stubbin, Yorkshire. [c4]
    Living at home in 1881. [c4]
    A scholar living at home in 1891. [c58]
    Married Elsie Shepherd in Ulverston in 1910. [m11]
    Died 2 March 1953 in Hoyland. [p12]

    Children:

    1. Frank Gray (son)
      Born 1911. [b45]
    2. Arthur Gray (son)
      Born 1912. [b46]

  13. Arthur Gray (son)
    Born 25 March 1881 [p15] in Stubbin, Yorkshire. [c4]
    Living at home in 1881. [c4]
    A scholar living at home in 1891. [c58]
    Died 1904? [p15] or 1913. [d46]
  14. Rose Hannah Gray (daughter)
    Born 18 July 1883 [p15] in Hoyland. [c58]
    A scholar living at home in 1891. [c58]
    Married 3Q 1904 George William Palmer. [m10]
    The family lived for many years at Milton Cottage, Hoyland.
    Died 1965. [d47]

    Children:

    1. Arthur George Palmer (son)
      Born 1904. [b8]
    2. Walter Palmer (son)
      Born 1907. [b9]
    3. Edmund Palmer (son)
      Born 1909. [b10]
    4. Herbert Palmer (son)
      Born 1912. [b11]
    5. Alfred Palmer (son)
      Born 1914. [b12]
    6. Mabel Palmer (daughter)
      Born 1916. [b13]
    7. Frank Palmer (son)
      Born 1917. [b14]
      Died 1917. [d10]
    8. Fred Palmer (son)
      Born 1917. [b15]
      Died 1918. [d11]
    9. Clara Palmer (daughter)
      Born 1919. [b16]
    10. Wilfred Palmer (son)
      Born 1920. [b17]
    11. Norman Palmer (son)
      Born 1922. [b18]
    12. Alan Palmer (son)
      Born 1924. [b19]

George Thornley

(JBW's g-g-gf)
Born 1833?, son of Samuel Thornley and his wife Alice.
Married Annie Cook Black 18 Oct 1855. [m33]
An ironstone labourer living in Birdwell in 1857. [b32]
An ironstone labourer living in Birdwell with his wife and 2 children in 1861. [c72]
A banksman living in Birdwell with his wife and 6 children in 1871. [c76]
A collier labourer, widower, living in Birdwell with 5 children in 1881. [c78]
A collier labourer, widower, living at 8 Chapel St, Birdwell with 3 children, a daughter-in-law, and 2 grandchildren in 1891. [c79]
Not found in 1901.

Children:

  1. Alice Ann Thornley (daughter)
    Born 28 November 1857 in Birdwell, Yorkshire. [m1] [b32]
    Living at home in 1861. [c72]
    Living at home in 1871. [c76]
    Continued at personal entry.
  2. Joseph Thornley (son)
    Born 1860? in Birdwell, Yorkshire. [m1] [b32]
    Living at home in 1861. [c72]
    Living at home in 1871. [c76]
    A colliery labourer living at home in 1881. [c78]
    A colliery labourer living at his father's house with his wife and 2 children in 1891. [c79]
    A colliery banksman living at 9 Robinsons Terr, Birdwell with his wife, 1 child, and a boarder in 1901. [c81]
  3. Lucy Thornley (daughter)
    Born 1862? in Worsborough, Yorkshire. [c76]
    Living at home in 1871. [c76]
    Living at home in 1881. [c78]
    Not at home in 1891. [c79]
  4. Lily Thornley (daughter)
    Born 1865? in Worsborough, Yorkshire. [c76]
    Living at home in 1871. [c76]
    Living at home in 1881. [c78]
    Not at home in 1891. [c79]
  5. Sam Willie Thornley (son)
    Born 1867? in Worsborough, Yorkshire. [c76]
    Living at home in 1871. [c76]
    A colliery labourer living at home in 1881. [c78]
    A colliery labourer living at home in 1891. [c79]
    A general labourer living at 15 Robinsons Terr, Birdwell with his wife, 2 children and his sister Sarah in 1901. [c80]
  6. Albert Edward Thornley (son)
    Born 1870? in Worsborough, Yorkshire. [c76]
    Living at home in 1871. [c76]
    A scholar living at home in 1881. [c78]
    Not at home in 1891. [c79]
  7. Sarah A Thornley (daughter)
    Born 1873? in Birdwell, Yorkshire. [c78]
    Living at home in 1881. [c78]
    Father's help living at home in 1891. [c79]
    Living at her brother Sam's house in 1901. [c80]

Annie Cook Black

(JBW's g-g-gm)
Born 1834? in Beaumont Chase, Rutland. [c72] [c78]
Daughter of William Black, a farmer at the time of his daughter's marriage. [m33]
Not found in 1841.
Not found in 1851.
Married 1855 GeorgeThornley.

Annice Stenton

(JBW's g-gm)
Born 6 March 1838, daughter of John Stenton and Elizabeth Evans.
Married William Gray 15 Nov 1858.
Living in Infirmary Road, Sheffield at the time of her marriage. [m36] A widow living in Foundry St, Elsecar with 6 children in 1891. [c58]
Died 1923 aged 85. [d35]

George Wordsworth

(JBW's g-gf)
Born 1853 in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire [c2], son of William Wordsworth and his wife Mary Matilda.
Married 20 May 1877 Alice Ann Thornley in Darfield Parish Church. [m1]
A miner living in Hoyland Common at the time of his marriage. [m1]
A coal miner living at Back 24 Tinker Lane, Hoyland Nether with his wife and daughter in 1881.[c2]
A coal miner living at 7 Central Street, Hoyland Common with his wife and 3 children in 1891. [c13]
Died 1896. [d18]

Children:

  1. Florrie Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1881? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c5]
    A scholar living at home in 1891. [c13]
    Living in her stepfather's house in 1901. [c5]
  2. Ernest Wordsworth (son)
    Born 1885 in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [b1]
    A scholar living at home in 1891. [c13]
    Joinery lad in pit below ground living in his stepfather's house in 1901. [c5]
    Continued at personal entry.
  3. Eleanor Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1888? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c5]
    Living at home in 1891. [c13]
    Living in her stepfather's house in 1901. [c5]
  4. Ethel Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1893? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c5]
    Living in her stepfather's house in 1901. [c5]
  5. Maud Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1894? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c5]
    Living in her stepfather's house in 1901. [c5]
  6. Mary P Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 1898? in Hoyland Common, Yorkshire. [c5]
    Living in her stepfather's house in 1901. [c5]

Alice Anne Thornley

(JBW's g-gm)
Born 1857 in Birdwell, Yorkshire, daughter of George Thornley and his wife Annie.
Married George Wordsworth. [m1]
Living in Birdwell at the time of her marriage. [m1]
On the death of George Wordsworth, she married 1899 [m19] William Patterson (Born 1859? in Newcastle on Tyne, a coal miner hewer below ground, living at 242 West Bank, Hoyland in 1901). [c5]
By her second husband she had a child, Annie Patterson, born 1900. [c5]
Died 27 March 1923, and buried at Hoyland Law Church. [p1]

William Andrew

(JBW's g-gf)
Born 1859? in Hoyland, son of
Edward Andrew and his wife Ann. [c45]
Married Hannah Farnell in 1884. [m18] [c45]
A coal miner living in St Helens St, Hoyland with his wife and 3 children in 1891. [c45]
Died 1929. [d29]

Children:

  1. Annie Andrews (daughter)
    Born 14 August 1885 in Hoyland. [b2]
    Living at home in 1891. [c45]
    Continued at personal entry.
  2. Laura Andrews (daughter)
    Born 1888? in Hoyland. [c45]
    Living at home in 1891. [c45]
  3. Clifford Andrews (son)
    Born 1890? in Hoyland. [c45]
    Living at home in 1891. [c45]

Hannah Farnell

(JBW's g-gm)
Born 7 June 1861 in Bloxwitch, Staffs, the daughter of
Thomas Farnell, a coalminer, and his wife Ann.
Married William Andrews in 1884.

George France

(JBW's gf)
Born 1867 in Greasbrough, Yorkshire, son of Samuel France and Rebecca Sykes.
Married Mary Jane Gray 24 June 1894 in Barnsley Register Office. [m3]
A coal miner living in Foundry Street, Elsecar at the time of his marriage. [m3]
A coal miner hewer living with his wife and 4 children at 2 Ebeneezer Place, Church Street, Elsecar in 1901. [c6]
A coal miner living at 3, Foundry Street, Elsecar in January 1916.
In 1922 the family moved to 23 Headlands Road, Hoyland Nether.
Died 1936 aged 68. [d26]

Children:

  1. William France (son)
    Born 4 November 1894 [p9] [b55] in Elsecar. [c6]
    Living at home in 1901. [c6]
    A coalminer.
    Married Ivy Crossland 1927. [m48]
    Several children.
    Lived in Wilthorpe, Barnsley.
    Died 1Q 1968 aged 73. [d42]
  2. Arthur France (son)
    Born 24 February 1896 [p9] [b56], died 2Q 1897. [d5]
  3. Evelyn France (daughter)
    Born May 1897 [p9] [b57] in Elsecar. [c6]
    Living at home in 1901. [c6]
    Married Arthur Rance 1Q 1922. [m12]
    Owned a drapery shop in Rossington.
    Lived in Carlton-in-Lindrick.
    Died 1Q 1966 aged 68. [d43]

    Children:

    1. Stephanie G Rance (daughter)
      Born 2Q 1927. [b7]
      Married.
      One son and one daughter.
    2. Stewart A Rance (son)
      Born 2Q 1932. [b6]
      At boarding school in Market Rasen.
      Trained in medicine at the University of Leeds.
      Worked on cruise liners.

  4. Wilfred France (son)
    Born 6 March 1899 [p9] [b58] in Elsecar. [c6]
    Living at home in 1901. [c6]
    A coal miner.
    Married Ivy Raynor 2Q 1927. [m49]
    Several children.
    Lived in Langold, Notts.
  5. Annice France (daughter)
    Born 7 February 1901 [p9] [b59] [d6] in Elsecar. [c6]
    Living at home in 1901. [c6]
    Worked for a time in Evelyn's shop in Rossington.
    For many years she kept house for her mother and unmarried brothers. To her friends and relations she was "Nan"; to her many nephews and nieces "Auntie Nan".
    Died unmarried July 1987 aged 86. [d6]
  6. Francis France (son)
    Born 7 November 1902 [p9] [b60] or 10 Nov 1902. [d62]
    A coalminer.
    Died unmarried 1Q 1971. [d62]
  7. Louis France (son)
    Born 2 October 1904. [p9] [b61] [d7]
    A coalminer.
    Married 4Q 1949 Mary A Dixon (Born 16 Sep 1907, died Feb 1993 aged 85. [d65]) in Worsborough parish church. [m5]
    Living at 23 Headlands Road, Hoyland at the time of his marriage.
    Lived first in Ward Green, Barnsley, then in Rockley Avenue, Birdwell, Barnsley.
    No children.
    Died Dec 1989 aged 85. [d7]
  8. George France (son)
    Born 19 January 1907. [p9] [b62]
    A carpenter and joiner.
    Died unmarried 3Q 1967 aged 60 [d67] in Mount Vernon Hospital, Barnsley after a stroke.
  9. Samuel France (son)
    Born 11 February 1909. [p9] [b63] [d66]
    A coalminer and amateur watchmaker.
    Died unmarried 2Q 1982. [d66]
  10. James Henry France (son)
    Born 23 December 1910. [p9] [b64] [d63]
    Married 2Q 1941 Marjorie Agnes G Day. [m35] (Born 17 Sep 1904, [b44] [d64] died June 1994. [d64] )
    An insurance agent.
    Lived in Tinker Lane, Hoyland Common.
    One son.
    Died August 1989 aged 78. [d63]
  11. Mary France (daughter)
    Born 13 May 1913. [p9] [b65]
    Married Thomas Swann (Born 1914 in Pendlebury, Lancs, died 2008 in Worksop, Notts. [p6] [b66]) 4Q 1941. [m50]
    Four daughters.
    Died Dec 1997 in Worksop, Notts aged 84. [d44]
  12. Gladys France (daughter)
    Born 12 January 1916 at 3, Foundry Street, Elsecar. [p9] [b29]
    Continued at personal entry.

Mary Jane Gray

(JBW's gm)
Born 1871. Daughter of William Gray and Annice Stenton.
Married George France.
Living in Foundry Street, Elsecar at the time of her marriage. [m3]
Died 1948 in Sheffield, Yorkshire aged 77. [d30]

Ernest Wordsworth

(JBW's gf)
Born 27 March 1885 in Central Street, Hoyland Common, Yorkshire, son of George Wordsworth and Alice Ann Thornley. [b1]
Married 16 April 1906 Annie Andrews. [m2]
Living in West Bank, Hoyland at the time of his marriage. [m2]
Living at 8, Bank Street, Hoyland in November 1907. [b27]
A cook in the West Riding Royal Horse Artillery in 1916. [p5]
Living at 40 Brook Street, Hoyland in 1919. [p4]
Died 8 September 1942 at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland, W. Yorkshire. [d1]

Children:

  1. George William Wordsworth (son)
    Born June 1906, died 21 May 1907, buried at Hoyland Law Church. [p2]
  2. Ernest Wordsworth (son)
    Born 8 November 1907 at 8, Bank Street, Hoyland in 1907. [b27].
    Continued at personal entry.
  3. Alice Ann Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 2 July 1909. [d58] [b50]
    Married Leonard Morris in 1935. [m55]
    Lived in Royston Hill, Hoyland. One daughter.
    Died Jul 1987. [d58]
  4. Clifford Wordsworth (son)
    Born July? 1910, died 1 April 1913, buried at Hoyland Law Church. [p3]
  5. Samuel Wordsworth (son)
    Born 14 May 1913. [d59] [b49]
    A coalminer.
    Married Kathleen Hall (Born 12 April 1913. [d57]) in 1937. [m54]
    Two sons and 4 daughters.
    Died 1Q 1982. [d59]
    Kathleen Wordsworth died Dec 2001. [d57]
  6. Rose Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 20 November 1915 [p14] or 2Q 1915. [b51]
  7. Lilian Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 3Q 1918 [b53]
    Died unmarried 4 December 1943 at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland. [d3]
  8. Mary Wordsworth (daughter)
    Born 25 Aug 1919. [b52] [d60]
    Married Harry Gratrix in 1941. [m56]
    One son and one daughter.
    Died Feb 2002. [d60]
  9. Jack Wordsworth (son)
    Born 3Q 1923. [b54]
    A colliery shotfirer.
    Lived for a while with his parents, then with his sister Alice Ann and her husband and daughter.
    Married Sarah ***.
    Lived first in Blacker Hill.
    One daughter.
    Lived in Bowland Crescent, Barnsley.
    Died Nov 2001. [d61]

Annie Andrews

(JBW's gm)
Born 14 August 1885 in Saint Helens, Hoyland, West Yorkshire, daughter of William Andrews and Hannah Farnell. [b2]
Married Ernest Wordsworth. [m2]
Living in Milton Road, Hoyland at the time of her marriage. [m2]
Died 3 December 1943 at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland, W. Yorkshire. [d2]

Ernest Wordsworth

(JBW's f)
Born 8 November 1907, eldest surviving son of Ernest Wordsworth and Annie Andrews.
Married 11 March 1942 Gladys France. [m16]
Living at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland at the time of his marriage.
Lived at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland after his marriage with his wife, mother, sister, and youngest brother.
A colliery surface labourer living at 27 Headlands Road, Hoyland in October 1942. [b4]
Living at 3 Manor Road, Cottingley in 1944?.
Living at 15 Main Street Cottingley from 1944? to 1950.
Living at 75 Manor Road, Cottingley from 1950.
Died 28 May 1966 at 75 Manor Road, Cottingley, West Yorkshire aged 58. [d23]

Children:

  1. John Barry Wordsworth (son)
    Born 28 October 1942 in Hallamshire Maternity Home, Chapeltown, Yorkshire. [b4]
    Continued at personal entry.
  2. another son
  3. another son

Gladys France

(JBW's m)
Born 12 January 1916 in Elsecar, Yorkshire, youngest child of George France and Mary Jane Gray.
Married 11 March 1942 Ernest Wordsworth.
Died 25 March 1996 in Riddlesden, West Yorkshire. [d21]

John Barry Wordsworth

Born 28 October 1942, eldest son of Ernest Wordsworth and Gladys France. [b4]
Married.
Three sons.

Sources

References to sources consist of an alphabetic prefix and an numeric suffix. The prefixes and the corresponding classes of sources are as follows:

b - register entry for a birth
c - census record
d - register entry for a death
g - inscription on a gravestone
i - records in the International Genealogical Index maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
m - register entry for a marriage
p - other document, usually a photocopy

Census returns

[c1] 1881 Census, England, RG11 4608/166 page 62 includes the household of William Wordsworth.
[c2] 1881 Census, England, RG11 4608/166 page 61 includes the household of George Wordsworth.
[c3] 1881 Census, England, RG11 4607/132 pages 18 and 19 include the household of Samuel France.
[c4] 1881 Census, England, RG11 4607/161 page 29 includes the household of William Gray.
[c5] 1901 Census, England, RG13 4321/80 pages 39 and 40 includes the household of William Patterson, stepfather to the children of George Wordsworth.
[c6] 1901 Census, England, RG13 4322/110 page 9 includes the household of George France.
[c12] 1891 Census, England, RG12 3779/70 page 20 includes the household of Samuel France.
[c13] 1891 Census, England, RG12 3780/68 page 27 includes the household of George Wordsworth.
[c16] 1891 Census, England, RG12 3716/127 page 3 includes the household of Frederick William Vasey.
[c17] 1871 Census, England, RG9 4709/104 page 30 4 includes the household of Samuel France.
[c18] 1861 Census, England, RG9 3509/51 page 4 includes the household of Samuel France.
[c19] 1851 Census, England, HO107 2344/299 page 26 includes the household of Samuel France.
[c21] 1861 Census, England, RG9 3451/125 page 33 includes the household of William Wordsworth.
[c22] 1871 Census, England, RG10 4650/114 page 31 includes the household of William Wordsworth.
[c27] 1861 Census, England, RG9 3451/125 page 33 includes the household of William Wordsworth.
[c28] 1841 Census, England, HO107 1329/10 page 62 includes the household of Thomas Wordsworth.
[c33] 1861 Census, England, RG9 3451/124 page 32 includes the households of Thomas Wordsworth and Abraham Wordsworth (part).
[c34] 1861 Census, England, RG9 3451/124 page 31 includes the household of Abraham Wordsworth (part).
[c42] 1891 Census, England, RG12 3780/132 page 36 includes the household of Thomas Wordsworth.
[c43] 1881 Census, England, RG11 4608/26 page 1 includes the household of Thomas Wordsworth
[c44] 1871 Census, England, RG10 4650/131 page 6 includes the households of Abraham Wordsworth (indexed as Woodsworth), and of Thomas Wordsworth.
[c45] 1891 Census, England, RG12 3779/53 page 36 includes the household of William Andrews.
[c46] 1851 Census, England, HO107 2333/153 page 8 includes the household of Edward Andrews (recorded as Andrew).
[c47] 1861 Census, England, RG9 3451/105 page 45 includes the household of Edward Andrews.
[c48] 1871 Census, England, RG10 4650/124 page 51 includes the household of Edward Andrews (recorded as Andrew).
[c49] 1881 Census, England, RG11 4608/124 page 45 includes the household of Edward Andrews.
[c50] 1891 Census, England, RG12 3780/123 page 17 includes the household of Ann Andrews.
[c51] 1841 Census, England, HO107 Piece 1329 Book 10 Civil Parish: Wath Upon Dearne; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 9A; Folio: 39; Page: 24 includes the household of Sarah Andrews (recorded as Andrew).
[c58] 1891 Census, England RG12 3779/80 page 39 includes the household of Annice Gray (recorded as Grey, indexed as Annie Guy).
[c59] 1891 Census, England RG12 3673/40 page 1 includes Maria Gray.
[c60] 1891 Census, England RG12 3769/20 page 18 includes Mary Jane Gray.
[c61] 1851 Census, England HO107 2333/157 page 16 includes part of the household of Thomas Burtoft.
[c62] 1851 Census, England HO107 2333/157 page 17 includes part of the household of Thomas Burtoft.
[c63] 1861 Census, England RG9 3451/95 page 25 includes the household of Thomas Burtoft.
[c64] 1871 Census, England RG10 4650/113 page 29 includes the household of Rupert (Rewbett) Burtoft.
[c66] 1881 Census, England RG11 4608/112 page 21 includes the household of Abraham (indexed as Abm.) Wordsworth.
[c67] 1891 Census, England RG12 3780/111 page 48 includes the household of Abraham (recorded as Abram) Wordsworth.
[c68] 1871 Census, England RG10 4650/41 page 35 includes the household of William Gray.
[c70] 1891 Census, England RG12 3780/88 page 1 includes the household of William Wordsworth (recorded as Wadsworth).
[c71] 1881 Census, England RG11 4608/136 page 1 includes the household of Hannah Wordsworth.
[c72] 1861 Census, England RG9 3452/93 pages 35, 36 include the household of George Thornley.
[c73] 1851 Census, England H0107 2333/299 page 9 includes the household of Samuel Thornley (recorded as Thornely).
[c74] 1861 Census, England RG9 3452/92 page 34 includes the household of Samuel Thornley.
[c75] 1841 Census, England H0107 Piece 1323 Book 4 Folio 44 page 6 and Folio 45 page 7 includes the household of Samuel Thornley.
[c76] 1871 Census, England RG10 4651/96 pages 20 and 21 include the household of George Thornley.
[c77] 1841 Census, England H0107 1328/3 page 72 includes the household of Samuel France.
[c78] 1881 Census, England RG11 4610/44 page 25 includes the household of George Thornley.
[c79] 1891 Census, England RG12 3782/44 page 19 includes the household of George Thornley.
[c80] 1901 Census, England RG13 4323/177 page 25 includes the household of Sam W Thornley.
[c81] 1901 Census, England RG13 4323/176 page 24 includes the household of Joe Thornley.
[c83] 1861 Census England RG9 3451/68 page 46 includes the household of William Gray.
[c94] 1861 Census England RG9 2011/71 page 42 includes the household of Thomas Farnell.
[c95] 1871 Census England RG10 2958/21 page 36 includes the household of Ann Farnell (indexed as Alice).
[c96] 1881 Census England RG11 2825/70 page 4 includes the household of William Maiden.
[c97] 1881 Census England RG11 2820/132 page 13 includes the household of Enoch Farnell.
[c98] 1881 Census England RG11 2820/106 page 19 includes the household of Matthew Bannister.
[c99] 1881 Census England RG11 2820/105 page 18 includes the household of Joseph Farnell.
[c100] 1851 Census England HO107 2023/308 page 41 includes the household of Thomas Farnell (indexed as Harrall).
[c101] 1901 Census England RG13 4322/21 page 33 includes the household of Frederick Wordsworth (indexed as Wardsworth).
[c102] 1841 Census England HO107 983/30 page 4 includes the household of Thomas Farnell (indexed as Farnel).
[c109] 1851 Census England HO107_983/13 page 30 includes the household of Joseph Benton.
[c110] 1851 Census England HO107_2022/402 page 3 includes the household of Thomas Benestone.
[c111] 1861 Census England RG9_2011/11 page 17 includes the household of Joseph Denton.
[c112] 1851 Census England HO107_2333/95 page 21 includes the household of William Gray.
[c113] 1841 Census England HO107_1329/10/28 page 2 includes the household of William Gray.
[c114] 1861 Census England RG9_3451/46 page 2 includes the household of Sarah Gray.
[c115] 1871 Census England RG10 4650/66 page 15 includes the household of James Duke Gray.
[c116] 1871 Census England RG10 4650/68 page 18 includes the household of William Gray.
[c117] 1901 Census England RG13 4322/106 page 2 includes the household of Walter Evans.
[c118] 1891 Census England RG12 3779/80 page 40 includes the household of Joseph Dransfield.
[c119] 1851 Census England HO107 2296/58 page 2 includes the household of William Wilson.
[c120] 1851 Census England HO107 2344/352 page 22 includes the household of Samuel France.
[c121] 1861 Census England RG9 3508/41 page 16 includes the household of Amos France.
[c122] 1851 Census England HO107 2191/181_page 42 includes the household of Amos France.
[c123] 1871 Census England RG10 4708/79 page 4 includes the household of Amos France.
[c124] 1881 Census England RG11 4678/98 page 48 includes Amos K France.
[c125] 1891 Census England RG12 3852/30 page 8 includes the household of Amos K France.
[c126] 19001 Census England RG13 4398/74 page 8 includes the household of Amos K France.
[c127] 1841 Census England HO107 1329/10/60 page 9 includes the household of Thomas Burtoft.
[c128] 1851 Census England HO107 2219/537 page 28 includes the household of Hamor Burtoft.
[c129] 1861 Census England RG9 3355/94B page 13 includes the household of Hamor Burtoft.
[c130] 1871 Census England RG10 4526/58 page 15 includes the household of Hamor Burtoft.
[c131] 1901 Census England RG13 3122/104 page 24 includes the household of Henry Wordsworth.
[c132] 1891 Census England RG12 383/119 page 18 and RG12 383/120 page 20 include the household of Henry Wordsworth.
[c133] 1891 Census England RG12 3780/110 page 46 includes the household of Sam Wordsworth.
[c134] 1901 Census England RG13 4321/89 page 8 and RG13 4321/90 page 9 include the household of Sam Wordsworth.
[c135] 1881 Census England RG11 4619/85 page 26 includes the household of William Hill.
[c136] 1891 Census England RG12 3788/106 page 29 includes the household of William Hill.
[c137] 1901 Census England RG13 4333/17 page 7 includes the household of William Hill.
[c138] 1891 Census England RG12 3791/76 page 30 includes the household of Mence Wordsworth.
[c139] 1901 Census England RG13 4336/56 page 15 includes the household of Mence Wordsworth.
[c140] 1841 Census England HO107 1326/15/29 page 16 includes the household of John Stenton.
[c141] 1851 Census England HO107 2333/79 page 53 includes the household of John Stenton.
[c142] 1861 Census England RG9 3451/84 page 4 and 3451/85 page 5 include the households of John Stenton and Samuel Oxley.
[c143] 1871 Census England RG10 4649/138page 2 includes the household of Henry Stenton.
[c144] 1881 Census England RG11 4608/14/page 22 includes the household of Henry Stenton.
[c145] 1891 Census England RG12 3779/36 page 1 includes the household of Henry Stenton.
[c146] 1901 Census England RG13 4322/119 page 28 includes the household of Henry Stenton.
[c147] 1871 Census England RG10 4650/30 page 14 includes the households of John Stenton and Samuel Oxley.
[c148] 1881 Census England RG11 4607/150 page 8 and 4607/151 page 9 include the households of Elizabeth Stenton and Samuel Oxley.

Register entries

In the descriptions of register entries, the remark "from index" indicates that only the indexes of births, deaths and marriages have been consulted. Where this remark is not present, certified copies of register entires have been consulted.

Births

[b1] Birth of Ernest Wordsworth, 27 March 1885, 2Q 1885 Barnsley Vol 9c page 227.
[b2] Birth of Annie Andrews, 14 August 1885, 3Q 1885 Barnsley Vol 9c page 222.
[b3] Birth of George Wordsworth, 25 June 1853, 3Q 1853 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 107.
[b4] Birth of John Barry Wordsworth, 28 October 1942, 4Q 1942 Barnsley Vol 9c page 418.
[b5] Birth of Lauder Bailey Burtoft, 3Q 1864 Barnsley Vol 9c page 155 (from index).
[b6] Birth of Stewart A Rance, 2Q 1932 Worksop Vol 7b page 69 (from index).
[b7] Birth of Stephanie G Rance, 2Q 1927 Worksop Vol 7b page 75 (from index).
[b8] Birth of Arthur George Palmer, 4Q 1904 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 293 (from index).
[b9] Birth of Walter Palmer, 3Q 1907 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 288 (from index).
[b10] Birth of Edmund Palmer, 3Q 1909 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 317 (from index).
[b11] Birth of Herbert Palmer, 1Q 1912 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 633 (from index).
[b12] Birth of Alfred Palmer, 1Q 1914 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 624 (from index).
[b13] Birth of Mabel Palmer, 1Q 1916 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 572 (from index).
[b14] Birth of Frank Palmer, 4Q 1917 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 481 (from index).
[b15] Birth of Fred Palmer, 4Q 1917 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 481 (from index).
[b16] Birth of Clara Palmer, 2Q 1919 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 418 (from index).
[b17] Birth of Wilfred Palmer, 3Q 1920 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 552 (from index).
[b18] Birth of Norman Palmer, 4Q 1922 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 516 (from index).
[b19] Birth of Alan Palmer, 4Q 1924 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 543 (from index).
[b20] Birth of George Henry Burtoft, 4Q 1846 Huddersfield Vol 22 Page 345 (from index).
[b22] Birth of George France, 4Q 1867 Rotherham Vol 9c Page 496.
[b27] Birth of Ernest Wordsworth, 4Q 1907 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 280.
[b29] Birth of Gladys France, 1Q 1916 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 542.
[b30] Birth of Hannah Farnell, 2Q 1861 Walsall Vol 6b Page 567.
[b32] Birth of Alice A Thornley, 4Q 1857 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 135.
[b34] Birth of Annice Stenton, 1Q 1838 Sheffield Vol 22 Page 409.
[b35] Birth of William Andrew, 2Q 1858 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 125 (from index).
[b36] Birth of Mary Jane Gray, 2Q 1871 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 167.
[b37] Birth of Septimus Wordsworth, 4Q 1838 Ecclesfield Vol 22 Page 171.
[b40] Birth of William Farnell, 3Q 1847 Walsall Vol 17 Page 240 (from index).
[b41] Birth of Sarah Farnell, 1Q 1850 Walsall Vol 17 Page 266 (from index).
[b42] Birth of Jospeh Farnell, 2Q 1853 Walsall Vol 6b Page 466 (from index).
[b44] Birth of Marjorie Agnes G Day, 3Q 1904 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 307 (from index).
[b45] Birth of Frank Gray, 1Q 1911 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 317 (from index).
[b46] Birth of Arthur Gray, 3Q 1912 Barnsley Vol 9c Page 606 (from index).
[b47] Birth of Amos Kirkus France, 1Q 1854 Rotherham Vol 9c Page 387 (from index).
[b48] Birth of Elizabeth Huckfield, 3Q 1861 Wolverhampton Vol 6b 488 (from index).
[b49] Birth of Samuel Wordsworth, 2Q 1913 Barnsley Vol 9c page 643 (from index).
[b50] Birth of Alice Ann Wordsworth, 3Q 1909 Barnsley Vol 9c page 304 (from index).
[b51] Birth of Rose Wordsworth, 2Q 1915 Barnsley Vol 9c page 535 (from index).
[b52] Birth of Mary Wordsworth, 3Q 1919 Barnsley Vol 9c page 526 (from index).
[b53] Birth of Lilian Wordsworth, 3Q 1918 Barnsley Vol 9c page 512 (from index).
[b54] Birth of Jack Wordsworth, 3Q 1923 Barnsley Vol 9c page 501 (from index).
[b55] Birth of William France, 3Q 1894 Barnsley Vol 9c page 267 (from index).
[b56] Birth of Arthur France, 1Q 1896 Barnsley Vol 9c page 282 (from index).
[b57] Birth of Evelyn France, 2Q 1897 Barnsley Vol 9c page 277 (from index).
[b58] Birth of Wilfred France, 2Q 1899 Barnsley Vol 9c page 262 (from index).
[b59] Birth of Annice France, 1Q 1901 Barnsley Vol 9c page 301 (from index).
[b60] Birth of Francis France, 4Q 1902 Barnsley Vol 9c page 299 (from index).
[b61] Birth of Louis France, 4Q 1904 Barnsley Vol 9c page 287 (from index).
[b62] Birth of George France, 1Q 1907 Barnsley Vol 9c page 290 (from index).
[b63] Birth of Samuel France, 1Q 1909 Barnsley Vol 9c page 304 (from index).
[b64] Birth of James Henry France, 1Q 1911 Barnsley Vol 9c page 307 (from index).
[b65] Birth of Mary France, 2Q 1913 Barnsley Vol 9c page 652 (from index).
[b66] Birth of Thomas Swann, 3Q 1914 Salford Vol 8d page 89 (from index).

To be continued.

Deaths

[d1] Death of Ernest Wordsworth, 8 September 1942, 3Q 1942 Staincross Vol 9c page 253.
[d2] Death of Annie Wordsworth, 3 December 1943, 4Q 1943 Staincross Vol 9c page 330.
[d3] Death of Lilian Wordsworth, 4 December 1943, 4Q 1943 Staincross Vol 9c page 330.
[d5] Death of Arthur France 1897, 2Q 1897 Barnsley Vol 9c page 134 (from index).
[d6] Death of Annice France, Jul 1987, 3Q 1987 Barnsley Vol 3 page 4 (from index).
[d7] Death of Louis France, Dec 1989, 4Q 1989 Barnsley Vol 3 page 349 (from index).
[d8] Death of Abraham Wordsworth, 1Q 1900 Barnsley Vol 9c page 178 (from index).
[d9] Death of Septimus Wordsworth, 1Q 1871 Barnsley Vol 9c page 109 (from index).
[d10] Death of Frank Palmer, 1Q 1918 Barnsley Vol 9c page 346 (from index).
[d11] Death of Fred Palmer, 4Q 1917 Barnsley Vol 9c page 298 (from index).
[d12] Death of Thomas Wordsworth, 2Q 1872 Barnsley Vol 9c page 114 (from index).
[d13] Death of Samuel France, 2Q 1892 Barnsley Vol 9c page 136 (from index).
[d14] Death of Rebecca France, 2Q 1881 Barnsley Vol 9c page 120 (from index).
[d16] Death of Hannah Wordsworth, 2Q 1882 Barnsley Vol 9c page 118 (from index).
[d17] Death of Edward Andrews, 3Q 1882 Barnsley Vol 9c page 110 (from index).
[d18] Death of George Wordsworth, 2Q 1896 Barnsley Vol 9c page 127 (from index).
[d19] Death of Thomas Wordsworth, 2Q 1896 Barnsley Vol 9c page 126 (from index).
[d21] Death of Gladys Wordsworth, Mar 1996 Keighley Reg A29C D&SD 0821A Entry 172 (from index).
[d23] Death of Ernest Wordsworth, 2Q 1966 Worth Valley Vol 2c page 7 (from index).
[d26] Death of George France, 2Q 1936 Barnsley Vol 9c page 270 (from index).
[d29] Death of William Andrews, 4Q 1929 Barnsley Vol 9c page 217 (from index).
[d30] Death of Mary Jane France, 1Q 1948 Staincross Vol 2d page 482 (from index).
[d31] Death of Ann Andrews, 2Q 1894 Rotherham Vol 9c page 318 (from index).
[d35] Death of Annis Gray, 4Q 1923 Barnsley Vol 9c page 258 (from index).
[d41] Death of Thomas Farnell, 1Q 1866 Walsall Vol 6b Page 437 (from index).
[d42] Death of William France, 1Q 1968 Barnsley Vol 2b Page 65 (from index).
[d43] Death of Evelyn Rance, 1Q 1966 Worksop Vol 3c Page 692 (from index).
[d44] Death of Mary Swann, Dec 1997 Worksop Reg 11A D&SD 6911A Entry 191 (from index).
[d45] Death of Jane Crawshaw, 1Q 1868 Barnsley Vol 9c page 99 (from index).
[d46] Death of Arthur Gray, 1Q 1913 Barnsley Vol 9c page 349 (from index).
[d47] Death of Rose H Palmer, 1965 Staincross Vol 2d page 444 (from index).
[d48] Death of Ruth France, 3Q 1846 Rotherham Vol 22 page 278.
[d49] Death of Hannah France, 1Q 1853 Rotherham Vol 9c page 264(from index).
[d50] Death of Samuel France 2Q 1863 Rotherham Vol 9c page 320 (from index).
[d51] Death of Samuel France 2Q 1865 Rotherham Vol 9c page 313 (from index).
[d52] Death of Amos France 1Q 1880 Rotherham Vol 9c page 389(from index).
[d53] Death of Sarah France 1Q 1880 Rotherham Vol 9c page 381 (from index).
[d54] Death of Amos Kirkus Fance 2Q 1915 Rotherham Vol 9c page 1003 (from index).
[d55] Death of Elizabeth France 4Q 1930 Rotherham Vol 9c page 691 (from index).
[d56] Death of Ann Wordsworth 2Q 1883 Barnsley Vol 9c page 121 (from index).
[d57] Death of Kathleen Wordsworth Dec 2001 Rotherham Reg B53B D&SD 0451B Entry 164 (from index).
[d58] Death of Alice Ann Morris Jul 1987 Barnsley Vol 3 page 222.
[d59] Death of Samuel Wordsworth 1Q 1982 Barnsley Vol 3 page 0033 (from index).
[d60] Death of Mary Gratrix Feb 2002 Stockport Reg E32A D&SD 0131E Entry 96 (from index).
[d61] Death of Jack Wordsworth November 2001 Barnsley Reg B34B D&SD 0411B Entry 240 (from index).
[d62] Death of Francis France 1Q 1971 Sheffield Vol 2d page 665 (from index).
[d63] Death of James Henry France Aug 1989 Barnsley Vol 3 page 141 (from index).
[d64] Death of Marjorie A G France June 1994 Barnsley Reg C16B D&SD 0411C Entry 228 (from index).
[d65] Death of Mary A France Feb 1993 Barnsley Reg A13B D&SD 0411A Entry 235 (from index).
[d66] Death of Samuel France 2Q 1982 Barnsley Vol 3 page 0034 (from index).
[d67] Death of George France 3Q 1967 Staincross Vol 2 page 481 (from index).

To be continued.

Marriages

[m1] Marriage of George Wordsworth and Alice Ann Thornley, 20 May 1877, 2Q 1877 Barnsley Vol 9c page 204.
[m2] Marriage of Ernest Wordsworth and Annie Andrews, 16 April 1906, 2Q 1906 Barnsley Vol 9c page 386.
[m3] Marriage of George France and Mary Jane Gray, 24 June 1894, 2Q 1894 Barnsley Vol 9c page 343.
[m4] Marriage of Frederick William Vasey and Tirza France, 1Q 1884 Hemsworth Vol 9c page 160 (from index).
[m5] Marriage of Louis France and Mary A Dixon, 4Q 1949 Staincross Vol 2d page 958 (from index).
[m6] Marriage of William Wordsworth and Mary Matilda Burtoft, 6 May 1851, Sheffield Vol XXII page 522 no 427.
[m7] Marriage of Septimus Wordsworth and Sarah ***, 4Q 1863 Barnsley Vol 9c page 215 (from index).
[m8] Marriage of Rupert Burtoft, 4Q 1857 Rotherham Vol 9c page 589 (from index).
[m9] Marriage of Rupert Burtoft, 4Q 1863 Rotherham Vol 9c page 680 (from index).
[m10] Marriage of Rose Hannah Gray and George William Palmer, 3Q 1904 Barnsley Vol 9c page 381 (from index).
[m11] Marriage of Frank (Francis) Gray and Elsie Shepherd, 1Q 1910 Ulverston Vol 8e page 1420 (from index).
[m12] Marriage of Arthur Rance and Evelyn France, 1Q 1922 Barnsley Vol 9c page 321 (from index).
[m13] Marriage of Samuel France and Rebecca Sykes, 4Q 1846 Rotherham Vol 22 page 454.
[m14] Marriage of Abraham Wadsworth and Ann Cook, 3Q 1858 Rotherham Vol 9c page 494 (from index).
[m15] Marriage of Edward Andrew and Ann Taylor, 2Q 1850 Rotherham Vol 22 page 422.
[m16] Marriage of Ernest Wordsworth and Gladys France, 1Q 1942 Staincross Vol 9c page 645 (from index).
[m18] Marriage of William Andrews and Hannah Farnell, 1Q 1884 Barnsley Vol 9c page 207 (from index).
[m19] Marriage of Alice Ann Wordsworth and William Patterson, 2Q 1899 Barnsley Vol 9c page 361 (from index).
[m29] Marriage of Thomas Farnell and Ann Benistone, 1Q 1840 Walsall Vol 17 page 247 (from index).
[m30] Marriage of Enoch Farnell and Jane Ellen Baugh, 4Q 1878 Walsall Vol 6b page 954 (from index).
[m31] Marriage of Joseph Farnell and Elizabeth Jeavons, 1Q 1875 Walsall Vol 6b page 835 (from index).
[m32] Marriage of Frederick Wordsworth and Lily Hutchinson, 1Q 1889 Barnsley Vol 9c page 227 (from index).
[m33] Marriage of George Thornley and Annie Cook Black, 4Q 1855 Hemsworth Vol 9c page 147 (from index).
[m34] Marriage of Joseph Denton and Hannah Benistone, 2Q 1847 Walsall Vol 17 page 301 (from index).
[m35] Marriage of James H France and Marjorie A G Day, 2Q 1941 Staincross Vol 9c page 755 (from index).
[m36] Marriage of William Gray and Annice Stenton, 4Q 1858 Sheffield Vol 9c page 491 (from index).
[m37] Marriage of James Duke Gray and Emma Dunhill, 2Q 1867 Hemsworth Vol 9c page 131 (from index).
[m38] Marriage of James Crawshaw amd Jane Gray, 4Q 1863 Barnsley Vol 9c page 201 (from index).
[m39] Marriage of Walter Evans and Maria Gray, 1Q 1897 Barnsley Vol 9c page 281 (from index).
[m40] Marriage of Samuel France and Hannah White, 2Q 1850 Rotherham Vol 22 page 448 (from index).
[m41] Marriage of Amos France and Sarah Kirkus, 2Q 1846 Sculcoates Vol 22 page 463 (from index).
[m42] Marriage of Amos Kirkus France and Elizabeth Huckfield, 1Q 1882 Sculcoates Vol 9d page 247 (from index).
[m43] Marriage of Henry Wordsworth and Matilda Platts, 4Q 1885 Barnsley Vol 9c page 273 (from index).
[m45] Marriage of William Hill and Sarah Wordsworth, 4Q 1873 Vol 9c page 664(from index).
[m46] Marriage of Mence Wordsworth and Ada Firth, Wortley Vol 9c page 274 (from index).
[m47] Marriage of Sam Wordsworth and Annie Vickers, 2Q 1889 Rotherham Vol 9c page 929 (from index).
[m48] Marriage of William France and Ivy Crossland, 1Q 1927 Barnsley Vol 9c page 353 (from index).
[m49] Marriage of Wilfred France and Ivy Raynor, 2Q 1927 Barnsley Vol 9c page 587 (from index).
[m50] Marriage of Thomas Swann and Mary France, 4Q 1941 Staincross Vol 9c page 794 (from index).
[m51] Marriage of Henry Stenton and Jane Ambler, 1Q 1869 Rotherham Vol 9c page 580 (from index).
[m52] Marriage of John Stenton and Elizabeth Evins, 3Q 1838 Rotherham Vol 22 page 329 (from index).
[m53] Marriage of Samuel Oxley and Rose Hannah Stenton, 2Q 1859 Sheffield Vol 9c page 273 (from index).
[m54] Marriage of Samuel Wordsworth and Kathleen Hall, 3Q 1937 Barnsley Vol 9c page 681 (from index).
[m55] Marriage of Leonard Morris and Alice Ann Wordsworth, 3Q 1935 Barnsley Vol 9c page 605 (from index).
[m56] Marriage of Harry Gratrix and Mary Wordsworth, 2Q 1941 Stockport Vol 8a page 166 (from index).

To be continued.

Gravestones

[g1] Thomas and Rufus Wordsworth
[g2] Septimus Wordsworth
[g3] Thomas Wordsworth
[g4] Ann, Emma and Abraham Wordsworth

To be continued.

International Genealogical Index

[i1] Christening of Thomas Burtoft 25 December 1796 Hoyland Nether.
[i2] Marriage of Thomas Burtoft and Elizabeth Gray 13 November 1821 Wath Upon Dearne.
[i3] Christening of Samuel France 9 August 1823 Rotherham.
[i4] Marriage of Samuel France and Ruth Palfreman 25 July 1813 Cathedral Saint Peter, Sheffield.
[i5] Christening of Amos France 19 July 1818 Rotherham.
[i6] Christening of Sarah France 13 November 1825 Rotherham.
[i7] Christening of Thomas France 20 July 1828 Rotherham.
[i8] Birth and christening of Samuel France 22 August 1791 and 18 September 1791 All Saints, Rotherham.
[i12] Birth and christening of George Henry Burtoft 1846.
[i13] Christening of Isaac Wordsworth 1829.
[i14] Christening of Abraham Wordsworth 1833.
[i15] Christening of Septimus Wordsworth 1838.
[i21] Christening of Hannah Dyson 1802.

To be continued.

Other records

[p1] Memorial card for Alice Ann Patterson.
[p2] Memorial card for George William Wordsworth.
[p3] Memorial card for Clifford Wordsworth.
[p4] Letter to Ernest Wordsworth about the issue of the British War Medal Riband.
[p5] Ernest Wordsworth's certificate from the Army School of Cookery, Weymouth, 12 March 1916.
[p6] Thomas Swann's funeral brochure.
[p9] Family bible of George France and Mary Jane Gray.
[p12] SW's tree on Genes Reunited - Francis Gray.
[p13] SW's tree on Genes Reunited - Elsie Shepherd.
[p14] Letter (email) from Ann Box, daughter of Rose Wordsworth.
[p15] Gray Family Tree prepared by Gillian Sear, 1987.

To be continued.


Begun 19 May 2003

Updated 7 June 2010:
Tidying.
Married ladies who were indexed only under their maiden names are now indexed under their married names as well.

Updated 22 June 2010:
Work done on the Palmer family, my mother's first cousins, many of whom I knew in the 1940s and 1950s.
More information from Gillian Sear's Gray Family Tree added.
Many more sources added.

Updated 1 September 2010:
More references to indexes and register entries for births, deaths, and marriages.
Some information from the IGI added.

Updated 7 January 2011:
Ancestors in Person Index now in bold.

Updated 28 April 2011:
More on the Benestones, Blacks, Evanses, and Farnells.
New surnames: Baugh, Crawshaw, Denton, Dransfield, Dunhill, Hutchinson, Jeavons.
Name index changed to improve navigation among the surnames.
More research on the Grays, with much assistance from the work of Gillian Sear.

Last updated 30 May 2011:
More work on France, Stenton, and Wordsworth before 1901, and on some Wordsworths and Frances after 1901.
Annotations to show relationships have been added to the ancestors' personal entries.
New surnames: Ambler, Firth, Fletcher, Huckfield, Oxley, Vickers, White