Stephen Catherall (abt. 1763 - bef. 1841)

Born about 1763 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Riley) Catherall — married 28 Oct 1805 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died before 22 Oct 1841 before about age 78 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Stephen was born about 1763, estimated from parents' marriage, census, and age at death.

He followed his father's trade of potmaking, and seems to have taken over part of the business after his father's death in 1807, as he is listed in land tax returns 1808 for land his father had held from Richard Lister.^[1]

He married Mary Riley on 28 October 1805 at Halifax. Stephen Catherall of Ovenden, potmaker, Mary Riley of the same place, spinster. Both signed. Witnesses were James Riley and George Child.^[2]

They had children Betty (1807) and Stephen (1812) but Mary died in 1813. It is said that she took her own life and this may have been a factor in Stephen's later mental health struggles. He was in both Manchester and Wakefield asylums at different times. He was released from Wakefield on 4th June 1824 when he was "Discharged, but not cured, in consequence of his brothers having certified their ability to support him without parochial assistance".^[3][4] However he was re-admitted in 1839, was still there in the 1841 census and he died there in October 1841.^[5][6]

He was buried at St Mary, Illingworth, Halifax, on 22 October 1841, the same church as his wife Mary had been buried nearly 30 years before.^[7]

Research Notes

No baptism found for Stephen. He has been added on the basis of family connections. However, there is a baptism of "Stephen son of Stephen Catherall of Southowram" on 5 May 1763 at Elland. If the son of Stephen Catherall senior (Jonathan's brother) it cannot be this Stephen as Stephen senior had a son Stephen baptised 1772, so presumably the first one may have died. But it may be a mistake in the copying - there is another "son of Stephen" on the line above, and the text looks like the main church copy rather than original chapel register. So it is possible it should read Stephen son of Jonathan, which would fit with the dates as Jonathan's next son was baptised two years later, also of Southowram.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ West Yorkshire, England, Select Land Tax Records, 1704-1932 Ancestry.com
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2NC-T5M : 13 March 2020), Stephen Cuthreall, 1805.
3. ↑ Summary at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~calderdalecompanion/history/c.html#c682
4. ↑ Wakefield, West Yorkshire Archive Service C85/3/6/96 West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum Medical case book https://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/ Description Includes details of progress of individual male patients; indexed, M2
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGT-X4C : 23 May 2019), Stephen Catherall, Wakefield All Saints, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
6. ↑ CATHERALL, STEPHEN aged 77 GRO Reference: 1841 D Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 22 Page 421
7. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZ9Z-NTP : 15 March 2020), Stephen Catherall, 1841.
8. ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP79/5 Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/2256/images/32355_249049-00133