Harold
Priestman
Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Priestman
and Henrietta (Broadhead) Priestman
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Madeline Priestman
— married
about Jan 1921 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Father of
Arthur Martin Priestman
Died
at age 69
in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2024
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Biography
Harold was born in 1878. He was the son of Edward Priestman and Henrietta Broadhead. He passed away in 1947.
Harold's birth was registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1877 in Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding, England.[1]
In the 1881 census Harold (age 3) was the son of Edward Priestman on Moorfield House Toller Lane, Manningham, Yorkshire, England.[2]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Edward Priestman | Head | Married | M | 42 | Worsted Spinner & Manufacturer Magistrate Town Councillor | Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| Henrietta Priestman | Wife | Married | F | 41 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | |
| George Ed. Priestman | Son | M | 17 | Scholar | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Howard Priestman | Son | M | 15 | Scholar | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Bertram Priestman | Son | M | 12 | Scholar | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Gertrude Priestman | Daughter | F | 10 | Scholar | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Helen M. Priestman | Daughter | F | 9 | Scholar | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Henrietta Ada Priestman | Daughter | F | 6 | Scholar | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |
| Harold Priestman | Son | M | 3 | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Susan Shepperton | Servant | F | 33 | Cook Domestic Serv | Harthill, Yorkshire, England | |
| Frances E. Moffat | Servant | F | 26 | Waitress Domestic Serv | Penrith, Cumberland, England | |
| Sarah Ann Maskell | Servant | Widowed | F | 30 | Housemaid Domestic Serv | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Ann E. Garbutt | Servant | F | 17 | General Domestic Servant | Pickering, Yorkshire, England | |
| Jane Bolton | Servant | Widowed | F | 26 | Nurse Domestic Serv | Kilburn, Yorkshire, England |
| Annica C. Fletcher | Servant | F | 19 | Domestic Servant | Pickering, Yorkshire, England |
In the 1891 census Harold (age 13) was a pupil in Scarborough, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.[3]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Herbert Walton | Officer | M | 23 | Scarborough, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Kigh Walton | Son | M | 21 | Scarborough | ||
| Ethel Walton | Daughter | F | 20 | Scarborough | ||
| Hilda Walton | Daughter | F | 19 | Scarborough | ||
| Mabel Walton | Daughter | F | 17 | Scarborough | ||
| Gertrude Walton | Daughter | F | 14 | Scarborough | ||
| Alfred W Brayshaw | Assistant | M | 29 | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
| William E Brown | Assistant | M | 27 | North Shields, Northumberland, England | ||
| Andrew Carr | Assistant | 28 | Ballinnsloe, Ireland | |||
| Oliver H Bion | Assistant | M | 21 | Switzerland | ||
| Robert G Baker | Pupil | M | 19 | Thirsk, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Gcott White | Pupil | M | 19 | Nk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | ||
| Alfred H Carter | Pupil | M | 19 | Richmond, Yorkshire, England | ||
| George W John | Pupil | M | 17 | Reighton, Surrey, England | ||
| Robert Hutchman | Pupil | M | 17 | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||
| Ernest Hargreaves | Pupil | M | 17 | Doncaster, Yorkshire, England | ||
| John H Hountsey | Pupil | M | 17 | Sunderland, Durham, England | ||
| Nicholas G Bell | Pupil | M | 17 | Belfast, Ireland | ||
| Joseph B Gilbert | Pupil | M | 16 | London, England | ||
| Charles G Taylor | Pupil | M | 16 | Saltburn, Yorkshire, England | ||
| William Wilson | Pupil | M | 16 | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||
| Josiah C Thompson | Pupil | M | 16 | Whiteabbey, Ireland | ||
| Vaughan R Dougmond | Pupil | M | 16 | Barnsley, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Leonard Ashby | Pupil | M | 16 | Staines, Middlesex, England | ||
| Alfred N Grimshaw | Pupil | M | 16 | Sunderland, Durham, England | ||
| Robert Lander | Pupil | M | 16 | Sunderland | ||
| John R Hutchman | Pupil | M | 16 | Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland | ||
| Marcus Marner | Pupil | M | 16 | Highbury, Middlesex, England | ||
| James A Potter | Pupil | M | 16 | Hamilton, Scotland | ||
| James D Drummond | Pupil | M | 16 | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Isaac Smith | Pupil | M | 15 | Bradford | ||
| James M Thompson | Pupil | M | 16 | Thirsk, Yorkshire, England | ||
| William H Coverdale | Pupil | M | 15 | Skipham, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Samue P Jackson | Pupil | M | 15 | Bristol, Gloucestershire, England | ||
| John W Houghton | Pupil | M | 15 | Norwood, Surrey, England | ||
| William M Peate | Pupil | M | 15 | Bridlington, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Wilfred S Weathe | Pupil | M | 15 | Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England | ||
| George J White | Pupil | M | 15 | Kirkcaldy, Scotland | ||
| Joseph S Bowntree | Pupil | M | 15 | Yorkshire, England | ||
| Euplice Marnice | Pupil | M | 15 | Broomfield, Essex, England | ||
| Harold F Smith | Pupil | M | 15 | Sheffield | ||
| Gilbert Spence | Pupil | M | 15 | Falmouth, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Samuel C Shumer | Pupil | M | 15 | Throapham, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Arthur B Gillett | Pupil | M | 15 | London, England | ||
| Edward Mont | Pupil | M | 15 | Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, England | ||
| George E Booth | Pupil | M | 15 | Bridford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| John H Turner | Pupil | M | 14 | Lightcliffe, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Robert C Ashby | Pupil | M | 14 | Staines, Middlesex, England | ||
| Arthur Hardwick | Pupil | M | 14 | Leeds | ||
| Joseph Lander | Pupil | M | 14 | W Hartlepool, Durham, England | ||
| Leonel B Clark | Pupil | M | 14 | Ripon, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Frank Carter | Pupil | M | 14 | Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Edward Barkhouse | Pupil | M | 14 | Croft, Durham, England | ||
| Alfred B Glossop | Pupil | M | 14 | Hull, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Ernest W F Smith | Pupil | M | 14 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Francis J Woollbend | Pupil | M | 14 | Hether Hartll, Hertfordshire, England | ||
| James Claphan | Pupil | M | 14 | Birtley, Durham, England | ||
| Harold Priestman | Pupil | M | 13 | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Thomas C Dawson | Pupil | M | 13 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Felix G Richardson | Pupil | M | 13 | Newcastle, Northamptonshire, England | ||
| Godfrey S Smith | Pupil | M | 12 | Sheffield | ||
| Fred H Parker | Pupil | M | 12 | Doncaster | ||
| Thomas E Preman | Pupil | M | 12 | Potts, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Ernest H Townsend | Pupil | M | 12 | Sheffield | ||
| Alexandre Hutcherson | Pupil | M | 12 | Scotland | ||
| Oscar F Rowntree | Pupil | M | 12 | Yorkshire, England | ||
| David T Smith | Pupil | M | 11 | Sheffield | ||
| William Aylett | Servant | M | 43 | Stapleford, Essex, England | ||
| William E Belt | Servant | M | 13 | Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, England | ||
| George Dixon | Servant | M | 15 | Haxby, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Martha Gadsby | Pupil | F | 39 | Walsoken, Norfolk, England | ||
| Mary S Turner | Pupil | F | 21 | Sancton, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Emma Philipps | Pupil | F | 29 | Thorpe on the Hill, London, England | ||
| Eliz Simison | Pupil | F | 24 | Easingwold, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Maria Storey | Pupil | F | 19 | Yorkshire, England | ||
| Sybil Denson | Pupil | F | 18 | Sixhill, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Annie Brand | Pupil | F | 19 | Yorkshire, England |
In the 1900 census Harold (age 22), Mechanic, was the single cousin of Albert Priestman in Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4]
| Name | Sex | Race | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Albert Priestman | M | White | 40 | Married | Head | Mechanical Eng | England |
| Mabel Priestman | F | White | 35 | Married | Wife | England | |
| Ablert Priestman | M | White | 15 | Single | Son | Student | England |
| Dorothy Priestman | F | White | 14 | Single | Daughter | England | |
| Gerald Priestman | M | White | 12 | Single | Son | England | |
| Edward Lupton | M | White | 54 | Single | Friend | Woolen Manufact | England |
| Harold Lupton | M | White | 33 | Single | Friend | England | |
| Oliver Lupton | M | White | 48 | Married | Friend | England | |
| Harold Priestman | M | White | 22 | Single | Cousin | Mechanic | England |
| Mary Regan | F | White | 20 | Single | Servant | G House Work | Ireland |
| Ellie Cafferty | F | White | 24 | Single | Servant | Housekeeper | Ireland |
Harold arrived on 6 March 1914[5]
Harold's marriage to Madeline Priestman was registered in the Jan-Feb-Mar quarter of 1921 in the Leeds district.[6]
In the 1939 register Harold (age 61), Christian Science Practitioner, was the married head of household at 23., Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England.[7]
| Name | Status | Sex | Birth Date | Occupation |
| Harold Priestman | Married | M | 6 Oct 1877 | Christian Science Practitioner |
| John C Priestman | Single | M | 7 Jan 1922 | Seeking Work -Not Previously Employed -Working For Exam: |
Harold died on 6 May 1947 in Hertfordshire, Hertford, England and their estate passed probate on 24 July 1947 in London, England.[8]
Sources
- ↑
Birth Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915"
Original data: England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 9b; Page: 170
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8912 #29215520 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman birth registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1877 in Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding, England. - ↑
1881 Census:
"1881 England Census"
Class: RG11; Piece: 4466; Folio: 29; Page: 2; GSU roll: 1342069; ED, institution, or vessel: 84
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7572 #24537270 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman (3) son in household of Edward Priestman (42) on Moorfield House Toller Lane, Manningham in Bradford registration district in Yorkshire, England. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. - ↑
1891 Census:
"1891 England Census"
The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 3967; Folio: 73; Page: 51; GSU roll: 6099077
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 6598 #1037277 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman (13) pupil in household of Herbert Walton (23) in Scarborough in Scarborough registration district in Yorkshire, England. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. - ↑
1900 Census:
"1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1464; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0492
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7602 #47760543 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman (22), single cousin, Mechanic, in household of Albert Priestman (40) in Philadelphia Ward 22, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in England. - ↑
Passenger List:
"New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957"
The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; RG: 85
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 7488 #4038044405 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Name: Harold Priestman; Gender: Male; Ethnicity/ Nationality: English; Marital Status: Single; Age: 36; Birth Date: abt 1878; Birth Place: England; Other Birth Place: Bradford; Last Known Residence: Manchester, England; Departure Port: Liverpool, England; Arrival Date: 6 Mar 1914; Arrival Port: New York, New York, USA; Residence Place: England; Final Destination: Boston, Massachusetts; Height: 6 Feet, 1 Inches; Hair Color: Black; Eye Color: Brown; Complexion: Pale; Person in Old Country: Mrs Priestman; Person in Old Country Relationship: Mother; Person in Old Country Residence: Hillfoot Ben Rhydding Nr Leeds; Person in US: Hotel Von Dome; Mother: Priestman; Ship Name: Lusitania. - ↑
Marriage Registration:
"England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005"
General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 9b; Page: 931
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 8753 #66902043 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman marriage to Madeline Priestman registered Jan-Feb-Mar 1921 in Leeds. - ↑
1939 Register:
"1939 England and Wales Register"
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/1646h; Line Number: 28; Schedule Number: 200; Sub Schedule Number: 1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61596 #15872502 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman (born 6 Oct 1877), married, Christian Science Practitioner, at 23., Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. - ↑
Probate:
"England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1904 #15718973 (accessed 25 January 2024)
Harold Priestman probate on 24 Jul 1947 in London, England. Died 6 May 1947 in Hertfordshire, Hertford, England.
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