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| 👶 Birth | 02 Mar 1839 | Bury, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1901 Census |
| ⛪ Baptism | 09 Apr 1839 | Brunswick United Methodist Church, Bury, Lancashire 📍 📎 View |
| 💒 Marriage | 31 Jul 1861 (22) | Sarah ACKROYD Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Grosvenor Street, Chorlton Upon Medlock, Lancashire 📍 📎 View 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (32) | 82 Windsor Road, Oldham, Lancashire 📍 with Sarah ACKROYD 📎 View The 1871 Census includes Sarah Ann Pendleton, Domestic Servant, aged 21; Elizabeth Jones, Domestic Servant, aged 23; Phebe Wall, Domestic Servant, aged 21; Mary Ann Ackroyd, Sister-in-Law, aged 37, No Occupation, Born Liverpool and Thirza Ackroyd, Sister-in-Law, aged 23, No Occupation, Born ?, Leicestershire. 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 💼 Occupation | 1871 (32) | Architect |
| 💼 Occupation | 28 Oct 1878 (39) | Director of Alliance Manchester Permanent Benefit Building Society with Ephraim Sadler Leicester Chambers, 72 Market Street, Manchester, Lancashire 📍 ⓘBritish Newspaper Archive 📎 View 🏛️ Electric street lighting in London |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (42) | The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire 📍 with Sarah ACKROYD ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View |
| 💼 Occupation | 1881 (42) | Architect Messrs Potts & Hennings of Bolton & Manchester, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1881 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (52) | The Gorse, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon, Cheshire 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View Sarah his wife is not shown on the 1891 Census however he is still shown as married whereas the 1901 Census describes him as a widower. Also shown in the house are: June Warburton, Cook, 46; Mary Thomas, Domestic Servant, 57; Annie K Leslie, Waitress, 21 and Katherine Davies, Housemaid, 23. 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 💼 Occupation | 1891 (52) | Architect ⓘ1891 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (62) | Quorndon, Brackley Road, Monton, Eccles, Lancashire 📍 ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View In 1881 there were five servants living with the family. 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 📝 Will | 06 Mar 1909 (70) | 📎 View |
| ✝️ Death | 15 Apr 1909 (70) | Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire 📍 ⓘDean Evans |
| 🪦 Burial | abt 18 Apr 1909 | Chadderton Cemetery, Chadderton, Lancashire 📍 ⓘfindagrave.com |
| ⚖️ Probate | 08 Jun 1909 (70) | London, Middlesex 📍 Effects: £24,930 12s 3d [£3m+ in 2020] 📎 View |
Children with Sarah ACKROYD
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b. 1862, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1932, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire
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b. 1864, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1930, Whitehaven, Cumberland County, Illinois, USA
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b. 1865, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1865, Oldham, Lancashire
b. 1868, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1937, 85 Lonsdale Avenue, Wembley, London, Middlesex · m. William TATTERSALL
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b. 1869, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1905, Barton Upon Irwell, Lancashire
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b. 1871, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1958, Keswick, Cumbria
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b. 1873, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1953, Keswick, Cumbria · m. Ernest LONGBOTTOM
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b. 1875, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1965, Keswick, Cumbria
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b. 1876, Oldham, Lancashire · d. 1963, Keswick, Cumbria
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b. 1878, Bowdon, Cheshire · d. 1942, Green Springs, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA · m. Mary YATES
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b. 1882, Bowdon, Cheshire · d. 1956, Poulton Le Fylde, Lancashire
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