John Gawthrop (1853 - 1924)

Born 1853 in Cowling, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Gawthrop — married 1890 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 19 May 1924 at about age 71 in Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

John Gawthrop was born between January and March 1853 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. ^[1]

At the time of the 1861 England and Wales Census, head of household Joseph Gawthrop (age 30, born in Cowling, Yorkshire) was employed as a Farmer of 37 Acres employing 1 Labourer and living in Cowling, Yorkshire with his wife, Susannah Gawthrop (age 30, born in Cowling, Yorkshire); son John Gawthrop (age 8, born in Cowling, Yorkshire); daughter Hannah Gawthrop (age 6, born in Cowling, Yorkshire); son Thomas Gawthrop (age 3, born in Cowling, Yorkshire); son Isaac Gawthrop (age 1, born in Cowling, Yorkshire); and mother-in-law Hannah Benson (age 59, born in Cowling, Yorkshire). ^[2]

Marriage and Family

John Gawthrop married Elizabeth Thornton in 1890. The marriage was registered in Skipton, Yorkshire in the third quarter of the year.^[3]

John and Elizabeth had three children:

1. Elsie Louise (Gawthrop) Cardell (1891-1981)
2. Samuel Thornton Gawthrop (1893-1894)
3. John Percy Gawthrop (1895-1964)

On 31 Mar 1901 at the time of the 1901 England and Wales Census, head of household John Gawthrop (age 48, born in Cowling, Yorkshire) was employed as a Wesleyan Minister and living in Kirkby Stephen, England with his wife, Elizabeth Gawthrop (age 42, born in Bradley Canonby, Yorkshire); daughter Elsie L. Gawthrop (age 9, born in Northampton, Northamptonshire); son John P. Gawthrop (age 5, born in Foleshill, Warwickshire); and sister-in-law Eliza Thornton (age 53, born in Bradley, Yorkshire). ^[4]

At the time of the 1911 England and Wales Census, head of household John Gawthrop (age 58, born in Cowling, Yorkshire) was employed as a Wesleyan Minister and living in Gainsborough All Saints, Lincolnshire with his wife, Elizabeth Gawthrop (age 52, born in Bradley Nr. Kopely, Yorkshire); daughter Elsie L. Gawthrop (age 19, born in Northampton, Northamptonshire) and employed as a Music Teacher; and sister-in-law Eliza Thornton (age 63, born in Bradley Nr Keighley, Yorkshire). ^[5]

Death and Legacy

"GAWTHROP the reverend John of Trecarrel Great Paxton Huntingdonshire clerk died 19 May 1924 Probate Peterborough 25 June to Elizabeth Gawthrop widow. Effects £943 17s. 8d."^[6]

His obituary: "John Gawthrop: born at Cowling in Yorkshire in 1853. His conversion filled him with an intense love for every kind of Christian evangelism. He became a local preacher, and for six years served as a Lay Evangelist. He was accepted as a Candidate, and after a term at Headingley College entered the Ministry in 1886. He served six years as District Evangelist, and throughout his life spent himself utterly in the work of saving souls. His name is held dear by very many in all parts of the country whom he led to Christ. In 1922 he was obliged to retire through ill-health to Great Paxton, near St. Neots. He was unable to preach, but loved God’s house greatly. His light burned and shone even in his affliction. The last months were spent in much pain till on May 19, 1924, he passed home in the seventy-second year of his age and the thirty-eighth of his ministry."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NWQ-MFJ : 1 October 2014), John Gawthorp, 1853; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7BP-KJB : 5 August 2020), Joseph Gawthrop, Cowling, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DF4-7Y1 : 13 December 2014), John Gawtmeop, 1890; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1890, quarter 3, vol. 9A, p. 69, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X91Q-GZG : 21 May 2019), Elsie L Gawthrop in household of John Gawthrop, Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Kirkby Stephen subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7YG-RD9 : 15 July 2019), John Gawthorp, Gainsborough All Saints, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "UK Wills & Probate, 1858-1996" (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/) Gawthrop, 1924.
7. ↑ https://mikeydawson.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/sundays-obituary-john-gawthrop-1853-1924/