Eli FARRAR

  General Notes:

Births Jun 1847 Farrar Eli Bradford 23 240 (NB note the surname at birth)
27 May 1847 at Denholme Carr, Thornton
Eli, Boy, Father - , Mother Betty Farrar, occ of father - . Informant was Betty Farrar mother of Denholme Carr 15 June.

Marriage Dec 1870 Leeds 9b 653
Marriage at Leeds Parish Church on 26 December 1870
Eli Farrar, 23, Bachelor, Miner, Beeston. Father - , -
Ann Elizabeth Bateman, 19, Spinster, - , Beeston. Father Samuel Bateman, Carrier
Witnesses were William Henry Shackleton (brother) and Henry Heaton

Searched whole of 1871-1881 for a death (Shackleton and Farrar) - none found
Only Eli found that might relate
Deaths Sep 1891
Farrar Eli 63 Leeds 9b 334

Eli Farrar was a witness at the marriage of brother Oliver in 1873. He was also the informant (as Eli Shackleton) of William Shackleton's death in 1863.

1851 Census - Hedge Bottom, Denholme Gate in Hamlet of Denholme (actually Edge Bottom)
HO107/2311 F244 P20
John Earnshaw, Head, Mar, 38, P L Weaver (Worsted), York Bradford
Martha do, Wife, Mar, 38, , York Bradford
Rebecca do, Daur, Un, 18, P L Weaver Worsted, York Bradford
John do, Son, Un, 15, Coal Harrier, York Bradford
Thomas do, Son, , 9, Coal Harrier, York Bradford
William do, Son, , 7, , York Bradford
Eli Shackelton, Nephew, , 3, , York Bradford

1861 census
RG9/3361 F89 P2
Elland Road, Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire
William Shackleton, Head, Mar, 35, Coal Miner, Thornton Yorkshire
Betty do, Wife, Mar, 45, Housewife, Denham(sic) Yorkshire
Eli do, Son, , 13, Coal Harrier (Coal Pit), do do
Oliver do, Son, , 11, Coal Harrier (Coal Pit), do do
William Henry do, Son, , 6, Scholar, do do
James Farrar, Boarder, Un, 19, Coal Miner, do do
Edward Feather, Boarder, Un, 21, Coal Miner, Howarth (sic) Yorkshire
William Dawkes(or Durkas), Apprentice, Un, 19, Coal Miner, Bradford Yorkshire
John Hudson, Boarder, Un, 15, Coal Harrier, Bradford Yorkshire

At no time can we find Eli with his wife, yet she has several children. What happened to him? Did he leave and set up home elsewhere, or did he die?

1871 census - not conclusively found
There are only 5 Eli Shackleton's listed on Ancestry.co.uk and only one was of approximately the right age (he is also on the 1881-1901 censuses)
RG10/4460 F36 P23
6 Cavalier Street, Bradford (East), Yorkshire
Eli Shackleton, Head, Mar, 24, Iron & Steel Warehouseman, Yorks Bradford
Ellen do, Wife, Mar, 25, Worsted Weaver, Yorks Bradford
on same page
4 Cavalier Street
Mary Shackleton, Head, W, 63, , Yorks Midgley
Elizabeth do, Daur, Unm, 37, Worsted Weaver, Yorks Bradford
Sarah do, Daur, Unm, 31, Worsted Weaver, Yorks Bradford
- I think this Eli was also on the 1861 census in Bradford East.

There are only 4 Eli Farrar's listed on Ancestry.co.uk and only one of approximately the right age - wrong place of birth
RG10/4626 F40 P4 & F41 P5
Fosters Mill Yd, Horbury, Yorkshire
Eli Farrar, Head, Mar, 23, Currier - Woollen Factory, Yorkshire Ossett
Maria Farrar, Wife, Mar, 21, Carrier's Wife, Yorkshire Horbury
Ellen, Daur, , 10mo, Carrier's Daur, Yorkshire Ossett

Eli married Ann Elizabeth BATEMAN, daughter of Samuel BATEMAN and Esther CROPLEY, on 26 Dec 1870 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. (Ann Elizabeth BATEMAN was born circa 1851 in Holbeck, Yorkshire, England.)