42.60 – Robert, Mary, Mary Hannah, Alice and Edith Pickup

There are two families buried in this vault towards the back of the graveyard, in the corner behind the school fence – this post will focus on the Pickups of Patmos, who make up most of the interments. The Pickups of Patmos didn’t start out as from Patmos, or even Todmorden. Robert was born in …

57.56 – George Watson, Anthony Buckle and Isabella Coffey

Even with the few records we have for this family, they have quite a story – if only we knew all of it! George Watson was born in May 1829 in Barden near Hauxwell, North Yorkshire, midway between Leyburn and Richmond. His parents were George and Isabella (Buckle) Watson. And “were” really is the correct …

57.61 – Richard Newsome and Charles, Mary Jane, George and Alice Howarth

Banns =/= marriage. Someone should have told Richard this. Or maybe they did? Richard Newsome was born in 1811 in Southowram, Halifax to William and Hannah Newsome. William was a stonemason and Richard and one of his other sons, William, followed in those footsteps. Richard moved down the valley to Wadsworth near Heptonstall and in …

17.13 – Thomas and Mary Forbes, and Samuel and Amy Grindrod

Samuel Grindrod was last seen being mentioned in the story of Clara and Leslie Forbes – the wife and son of Thomas Forbes junior. What’s his connection to the Forbes family? And who were they? Thomas Forbes (senior) was born in Salford, Manchester in 1842. His parents John and Elizabeth (Allen) Forbes had lived in …

2.11 – John Mitchell

2.11 has traditionally been marked, at least with a stone, as the resting place of Arthur Marshall, one of our seven CWGC graves at Christ Church. But as you’ll know if you’ve read Arthur’s story, he isn’t actually buried there. Who is? John Mitchell of 113 Knowlwood Road, who was buried there on September 20th …