Brother and sister, the only two of Young and Ann Ashworth‘s children to survive to adulthood – this is a story about sticking together. You know about the story so far; Young and Ann suffered many losses. This might have been one of the reasons why Harriet and James stayed close, well into adulthood. Were …
Two widows, two different experiences – what a difference a handful of half-grown children makes. Everyone in this story were born outside of Todmorden, so be patient and kind, their stories deserve telling too… Up on the Mytholmroyd hills, in 1832, Richard Crossland was born. Richard’s father Joseph was a stonemason from Dewsbury and Richard …
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This small ledger was upside down, and as it was only small we turned it back right side up to check that the people listed as buried here were indeed here. Cue our chair muttering darkly under his breath about Fieldens. But we love all of Christ Church graveyard’s residents so let’s find out about …
Lily and her two brave sons. Was it better for her to predecease them? Lily Webster was born in Halifax in 1864, and married John Whittaker Mitchell at Eastwood Congregational Chapel in 1884. They had two children together, Albert Rufus and Walter. John seems to have exited the scene rather quickly and in 1892 was …
As part of the transcript update/rechecking process, as we’ve gone along I’ve added the address info from the sexton’s book (or, if missing, from the burial register) into each entry, so if you want you can find your street/house on there and see if anyone was buried at Christ Church. When I got as far …