Isaac Fryer (1790 - 1861)

Born 1790 in Leeds Workhouse, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Murgatroyd) Fryer — married 6 Sep 1815 (to 1861) in All Saints, Harewood, Yorkshire

Descendants

Died 1861 at about age 71 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Isaac, son of Isaac Fryer and his wife, Mary Tanfield, was born in Leeds Workhouse in 1790 and was baptised at St Peter on the 16th of April. ^[1]

He married Mary Murgatroyd, daughter of James Murgatroyd and his wife, Mary Padgett, at All Saints, Harewood, on the 6th of September 1815. ^[2] In 1841 he and Mary were living in Stansfield Row, Leeds with four children of their own and a year old baby called Henry Atkinson. Isaac was employed as an agricultural labourer so presumably he had not remained in the workhouse long enough to have benefited from a trade training. ^[3] He was still living at Stansfield Row in 1851, unemployed, but Mary was working as a char. Henry Atkinson was still with them (described as relative) and also in the household was 5 year old Sarah, illegitimate daughter of Isaac and Mary's daughter, Jane. ^[4] Isaac was back in work as an agricultural labourer in 1861 but Henry Atkinson then aged 21 was working as a forgeman and described as grandson. Jane had produced another illegitimate child, James, who was then 9. Isaac's widowed sister-in-law, Sarah Leedham, aged 71 was living with them. ^[5] Isaac had a big heart.

Isaac died at Kirkstall in 1861 ^[6] and was buried at St Michael, Headingley on the17th of November 1862. ^[7] NOTE That is about a year after his death was registered. This may not have been the same man.

Research Notes

Isaac and Mary seem, from the Census returns, to either be unsure just how old they are, or to be unwilling to divulge for some reason.

Just who is Henry Atkinson? He appears in all three census returns, sometimes as Isaac's grandson, at others merely a relative.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptismal record St Peter, Leeds (9 May 1790 Isaac Fryer born Workhouse 16 April 1790 son of Isaac Fryer)
2. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 (Harewood All Saints, Yorkshire 6 September 1815 Isaac Frier married Mary Murgitroyd with consent of parents. Isaac signed and Mary made a mark)
3. ↑ 1841 Census of England
   Stansfield Row, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Isaac	Frier	-	-	Male	50	Agricultural labourer	Yorkshire
   Mary	Frier	-	-	Female	50	-	Yorkshire
   Elizabeth	Frier	-	-	Female	20	Washerwoman	Yorkshire
   Isaac	Frier	-	-	Male	15	Agricultural labourer	Yorkshire
   James	Frier	-	-	Male	14	Agricultural labourer	Yorkshire
   Jane	Frier	-	-	Female	10	-	Yorkshire
   Henry	Atkinson	-	-	Male	1	-	Yorkshire

4. ↑ 1851 Census of England
   65 Stansfield Row, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Isaac	Fryer	Head	Married	Male	67	-	Leeds, Yorks
   Mary	Fryer	Wife	Married	Female	69	Charwoman	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Isaac	Fryer	Son	Unmarried	Male	28	Labourer	Leeds, Yorkshire
   James	Fryer	Son	Unmarried	Male	26	Soldier	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Jane	Fryer	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	23	-	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Sarah	Fryer	Granddaughter	-	Female	5	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire
   Henry	Atkinson	Relation	-	Male	10	Scholar	Leeds, Yorkshire

5. ↑ 1861 Census of England
   33 Stansfield Row, Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England

   First Name	Last Name	Relationship	Marital Status	Gender	Age	Occupation	Birth Place
   Isaac	Fryer	Head	Married	Male	75	Agricultural Labourer	Leeds, Yorks
   Mary	Fryer	Wife	Married	Female	76	-	Burley, Yorkshire
   Jane	Fryer	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	34	Washerwoman	Burley, Yorkshire
   Isaac	Fryer	Son	-	Male	38	Agricultural Labourer	Harewood, Yorkshire
   Henry	Fryer	Grandson	Unmarried	Male	21	Forgeman	Leeds, Yorkshire
   James	Fryer	Grandson	-	Male	9	Scholar	Burley, Yorkshire
   Sarah	Fryer	Granddaughter	Unmarried	Female	14	-	Burley, Yorkshire
   Sarah	Leedham	Sister-in-law	Widow	Female	71	-	Burley, Yorkshire

6. ↑ England and Wales death index (Registered Hunslet 1861 4th qu Isaac Fryer)
7. ↑ Burial record St Michael, Headingley (17 November 1862 Isaac Fryer of Burley aged 77)