Person Sheet


Name Edward AKROYD TDVS-N4, GGGG Uncle, 771
Birth 28 11 1810, Bankfield Halifax
Christen 25 12 1810, St Mary Illingworth
Death 19 11 1887, St Leonards Hastings Age: 76
Death Memo IoD 4Q1887 Hastings 2b25
Occupation 1851: JP for the County of York Manufacturer in partnership with his brother employing 8000 men (worsted manufacturer). 1871: MP for Halifax. 1881: JP.
Father Jonathan AKROYD TDVS-82, 758 (1782-1847)
Mother Sarah WRIGHT TDVS-97, 768 (1782-1852)
Spouses:
1 Elizabeth FEARBY TDVS-SS, 772
Birth 1815, Nether Poppleton
Death 29 9 1884, St Leonards Hastings Age: 69
Death Memo IoD 3Q1884 Hastings 2b35
Burial 3 10 1884, All Souls Haley Hill Halifax Age: 69
Burial Memo #3224
Father John FEARBY TDVS-QG, 6017
Marriage 10 10 1838, St Mary's Bishophill-Junior York
Notes for Edward AKROYD TDVS-N4
Akroyd Tree 290797: ChrR. Pauline's trees: m Harris? LDSOnline280808: AFN, same ChrR. LDSOnline120908: FGR printed, DandPofB. Ancestry270908: census1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881. Ancestry310114: IoD aged76. AncestryProbate310114: DandPofD, res.
Census
Census1841 1303/4/20/3: aged30-34, hd at Bankfield Northowram. Census1851 ??: aged40, at North Brora Clyne Sutherland, garbled occ translated in Facts. Census1861 3300/75/9: aged50, mar, hd at Bankfield Hall Northowram, occ, PofB Ovenden Hay. Census1871 114/8/8: aged60, mar, hd at No 40 Lowndes Street West Side Knightsbridge, occ, PofB Halifax. Census1881 4804/67/5: aged 70, mar, bro/law hd at 18 Esplanade Scarborough w Jane Champney nee Fearby (6033), occ, PofB Illingworth.
Census Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
Census1851 2359/366/5: aged35, mar, sis/law at Newbegin Beverley w Thomas Champney (6034), merchant's wife, PofB Poppleton. Census1861 3300/75/9: aged45 assYofB1815, wife at Bankfield Hall Northowram, PofB Poppleton Lodge. Census1871 114/8/8: aged55, wife at No 40 Lowndes Street West Side Knightsbridge, PofB York. Census1881 4804/67/5: aged 65, mar, sister at 18 Esplanade Scarborough w Jane Champney nee Fearby (6033), PofB Nether Poppleton.
Misc. Notes
LDSOnline280808: AFN. Ancestry270908: census1851, 1861, 1871, 1881. AncestryWestYorksBurials020117: BurR PofD Bank Field Haley Hill (cf ProbateRecord). AncestryProbate020117: DandPofD. Ancestry020117: IoD aged 68.
Notes for Edward & Elizabeth (Family)
Akroyd Tree 260908: MR.
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