Hannah HORSFALL

  General Notes:

Hannah birth registered at Todmorden Jun 1848 Vol XXI P 129 or 827 (almost unreadable) - however correct certificate supplied.
- The new GRO indexes give the reference as 21 852

Marriages for Sep qtr 1867 has both Job Lindley and Hannah Horsfall
Salford Vol 8d p85. Her address was 20 Chapel Street, Salford

1851 census
HO107/2288 F421 P15
Winters, Stansfield, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire
John Horsfall, Head, Mar, 32, Cotton Spinner, Yorks Stansfield
Susey do, Wife, Mar, 37, , Yorks Stansfield
Hannah do, Daur, U, 2, , Yorks Stansfield
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over the page on F422 P16
Winters
John Horsfall, Head, Mar, 60, Cotton Spinner, Yorks Stansfield
Hannah do, wife, Mar, 59, , Yorks Stansfield
Sarah do, Daur, Un, 37, Cotton Peicer, Yorks Stansfield
Mary Ann, Daur, Un, 16, Cotton Peicer, Yorks Stansfield
Grace do, Daur, Un, 15, Cotton Peicer, Yorks Stansfield

1861 census
RG9/3295 F131 P14
Middlefoot, Luddenden, Midgley
John Horsfall, Head, Mar, 41, Cotton Spinner, York Halifax
Susy Horsfall, Wife, Mar, 45, , York Halifax
Hannah Horsfall, Daur, , 12, Scholar, York Halifax

1871 Census
RG10/4417 F5 P4
6 Delf Hole, Luddenden Foot, Midgley
John Horsfall, Head, Widower, 52, Retired Mule Spinner, Yorkshire Stansfield
Hannah Lindley, Daughter, Married, 22, House Keeper, Yorkshire Stansfield
Job Lindley, Son in Law, Mar, 26, Maker up of Worsted, Yorkshire Holmfirth
Janey Lindley, Grand Daughter, , 2, , Yorkshire Midgley

1881 Census
RG11/4416 F35 P20
Albion Terrace, Sowerby, Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire
Job Lindley, Head, Mar, 36, Cotton Cloth Agent, Halifax Yorkshire
Hannah do, Wife, Mar, 32, , Halifax Yorkshire
Janey do, Daur, Unm, 12, Scholar, Halifax Yorkshire
John H do, Son, Unm, 6, Scholar, Halifax Yorkshire
- the houses at Albion Terrace are now demolished, but were in what is now called Hand Carr Lane

From Peter's document :
Legend has it that Job was the local 'station master' and met Hannah, the daughter of the local wool nabob as she travelled to school in Manchester, They eloped together.

This 'fairy story' contains many flaws. Hannah's father was in cotton, not wool and whilst his brother William may have been described as a local cotton nabob John Horsfall was his mill manager. Job was a porter and not station master, a position held by his brother James at the next station down the line. Lastly, if Hannah travelled to school it is odd that she could not sign her marriage certificate but 'made her mark',

What she was doing in Salford is not known. She was not there in 1861 nor is the name of the family living there at that time recognisable. She may have been sent to a relation to hide the fact that she was pregnant but this hardly seems likely in a period when most working class brides were pregnant at the time of marriage. In any event it would have hardly been apparent as her twin daughters were born just short of 8 months later.

She would have needed parental consent to marry so absconding to do so is not likely.

Buried with parents and children at Eastwood cemetery in Grave A2
Susy Horsfall d 10 Nov 1869 buried 13 Nov 1869 (55 years)
John Horsfall d 18 Sep 1871 buried 22 Sep 1871 (52 years)
Emily Lindley d 22 Apr 1868 buried 24 Apr 1868 (5 days)
Edwin Lindley d 24 Dec 1880 buried 28 Dec 1880 (5 months)
Hannah Lindley d 3 Oct 1882 buried 6 Oct 1882 (34 years)

MI for plot A2 states
In Memory of JAMES son of JOHN and SUSY HORSFALL of Luddendenfoot who died
Feb 12th 1847 aged 2 weeks. Also BETTY their daughter who died Dec 27th 1849
aged 6 months Also the above SUSY HORSFALL who died Nov 10th 1869 aged 56
years. Also the above JOHN HORSFALL who died Sept 18th 1871 aged 52 years.
Also of EDWIN LINDLEY grandson of the above who died Dec 24th 1880 aged 5
months. Also of HANNAH LINDLEY daughter of the above who died Oct 3rd 1882
aged 34 years.

Hannah married Job LINDLEY, son of James LINDLEY and Hannah BARROWCLOUGH, on 28 Aug 1867 in Salford, Lancashire, England. (Job LINDLEY was born on 16 Jul 1844 in Austonley, Yorkshire, England, baptised on 28 Nov 1847 in Holmbridge, Yorkshire, England, died on 22 Nov 1922 in Forest Gate, London, England and was buried in 1922 in City Of London Cemetery, London, England ¹.)