Joseph Raper (abt. 1778 - 1844)

Born about 8 Sep 1778 in Tong, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Betty (Yewdall) Raper — married 14 Nov 1800 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Biography

Joseph Raper was christened on the 11th October 1778 at St James in Tong, Yorkshire, at his christening Joseph is 4 weeks old. His father, Martin, is listed as a Collier.

His parents moved to Bradford by 1780, and this is where Joseph continued to live.

On the 14th November 1800 in Bradford, Yorkshire, Joseph married Betty Yewdall, and they had at least 9 children together, all born in Bradford, Yorkshire, between 1803 and 1820.

Joseph worked as a Miner, like his father.

Joseph died on the 26 December 1844, he would have been about 56 years old.

Sources

>Martin Raper, Martin Raper's Family Tree, <http://www.users.waitrose.com/~mgtr/gp25.htm#head1>, Last Update 20th April 2014, Retrieved 5th November 2014

(Not Original Sources: Family, Birth, Marriage, Death and Occupation)

>CalverleyInfo, "Tong St. James Baptisms 1751-1799", <http://www.tong.calverley.info/bap_1751.html>, Last Update 19th January 2013, Retrieved 5th November 2014.

(Not Original Sources, but an Index: Birth and Family)

>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Search, <https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2F2-ZZ2>, Last Update 18th March 2014, Retrieved 5th November 2014. From: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N2F2-ZZ2 : accessed 05 Nov 2014), Joseph Raper and Betty Yewdall, 14 Nov 1800; citing Bradford,York,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 990533.

(Not Original Sources, but an Index: Marriage)