Garton Mallam Horsley (1859 - 1888)

Born Dec 1859 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 14 Feb 1888 at age 28 in Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Born 1859 Leeds

Garton Mallam Horsley was born in 1859 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Garton was the son of Francis Horsley and Mary Mallam.

Above the Shop 1861 Leeds

In 1861 Francis Horsley is hard-pressed: He is a widower with a one month old son as well as a slightly older child Garton Horsley 1. Three visitors (one of them his youngest brother Thomas Horsley 23 and another a sister-in-law Clare Mallam 26) and two nurses are there to help him but he also has a shop to run with two assistants, two servants, a milliner and a dressmaker to direct. There are also three more assistants (male) an apprentice and a porter in the next property. ^[1]

Death 1888 Queensland

Garton Mallam Horsley died 14 Feb 1888 in Queensland, Australia. He shot himself dead.

Sources

1. ↑

   1861 Census : 10 South Parade, Leeds, Yorkshire,

   PRO RG9 /3386 page 19

   Head Francis Horsley 33 b Yorkshire

   Son Garton Wm Horsley 1 b Leeds

   Son Frank S Horsley 1 month b Leeds

   Visitor Thomas Horsley 23 farmer b Huggate

   Visitor Clara Mallam 30 b Brighton

   Visitor Adelaide Chilton 30 b Hackney

   Assistant Kate O Farral 23 b Bath

   Dressmaker Annie McDonough 25 b Ireland

   Milliner Mary McDonough 22 b Gibraltar

   Assistant Sarah Ann Child 21 b Wakefield

   Nurse Hannah Summerhill 54 b Ripon

   Servant Harriet Wilson 27 cook b Barwick in Elmet

   Servant Mary Dixon 25 housemaid b Belfast

   Servant Ann Backhouse nurse b Garforth