Joseph LINDLEY

  General Notes:

From "The Ancestry of John Horsfall Lindley" and Lindley Family History

1841 census
HO107/1277/2 F24 P19 & F25 P20
New Fold, Cartworth, Yorkshire
John Lindley, 35, Cloth Dresser, Yes
Hannah do, 15, , Yes
James Lindley, 14, , Yes
Robert do, 12, , Yes
John do, 10, , Yes
Joseph do, 8, , Yes
Henry do, 6, , Yes

1861 census
Totties, Wooldale
Joe Lindley (29) Stone Mason's Labourer
Ellen Lindley wife (22) Burler
Mary Swift mother in law widow (58) Stone Mason's widow
Edward Swift brother in law (13) Woollen Cloth Finisher
all born Kirkburton

1871 census
RG10/4350 F58 P8
Totties, Wooldale, Yorkshire
Joseph Lindley, Head, Mar, 37, Farm Lab, Yorkshire Upperthong
Ellen do, Wife, Mar, 33, , Yorkshire Kirkburton
Hannah do, Daur, , 9, Scholar, Yorkshire Kirkburton
Elizabeth do, Daur, , 6, Scholar, Yorkshire Kirkburton
Fred do, Son, , 3, , Yorkshire Kirkburton
John do, Father, Widr, 67, Cheshire Crowden Brook

1881 census
Hinchliffe Mill, Austonley
Joseph Lindley (48) Sewing Machine traveller b Upperthong
Ellen Lindley wife (41) b Wooldale
Elizabeth Lindley daur (16) Cotton Grey Winder b Wooldale
Fred Lindley son (13) Scholar b Wooldale
Henry Lindley son (9) Scholar b Wooldale
Sarah E Lindley daur (7) Scholar b Wooldale
Herbert Lindley son (4m) b Austonley

1891 census
RG12/3254 F22 P37
Albion Iron Works Cottage, Newton, Manchester, Lancashire
Joseph Lindley, Head, Married, 58, Labourer in Machine Shop, Yorkshire Holmfirth
Ellen do, Wife, Married, 51, , Yorkshire Holmfirth
Henry do, Son, Single, 19, Machine Hand Shaper, Yorkshire Holmfirth
Sarah do, Daur, Single, 17, Tailoress, Yorkshire Holmfirth
Herbert do, Son, , 10, , Yorkshire Holmfirth

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: labourer - traveller- woolwasher.

Joseph married Ellen SWIFT, daughter of Thomas SWIFT and Mary (SWIFT), on 26 Oct 1856 in Whitfield, Derbyshire, England. (Ellen SWIFT was born circa Jun 1839 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England.)