James Hartley Mann (1795 - 1869)

Born 4 Oct 1795 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Sarah (Hughes) Mann — married 4 Jul 1819 in Leeds St Peter, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 1869 at about age 73 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Biography

James Hartley Mann was born on 4 October 1795 and baptized at Leeds St Peter on 22 November 1795. The baptism register includes the information that his father was Joshua Mann whose residence was at Timble Bridge. The middle name that James used in later life does not appear in the baptism register.^[1]

Timble Bridge was located about 100 metres east of of the parish church of Leeds St Peter, near where Marsh Lane met Kirkgate and East Street.^[2]

James's parents were undoubtedly the Joshua Mann and Mary Hartley who were married in Leeds St Peter on 6 March 1785. Joshua Mann was a baker.‍^[3]‍^[4]

The church in which James was baptized and his parents married was demolished in the late 1830s, It was replaced by the present day Leeds Minster. which was completed in 1841.^[5]

James Hartley Mann married Sarah Hughes at Leeds St Peter on 4 July 1819. Bride and groom both signed their names in the marriage register, James including his middle name. The marriage was witnessed by a Wm Hargraves and a Robt Hargrave, who also both signed. It was recorded that James was a hair dresser at the time of the marriage.^[6]

On census day in 1841 a 46 year old hair dresser named James Mann was living on High Street in Knaresborough^[7] (alongside Harrogate, some 22 kilometres north of Leeds). His household included Sarah Mann (aged 41), William Mann (21), George Mann (16), Kezia Mann (12) and Christiana Mann (1).^[8]

The following birth and baptism records have been found:

• William Mann, son of James and Sarah, was baptized at Leeds St Peter on 28 August 1820. William's father was a hair dresser, and the family lived on Kirkgate.^[9]
• George Hartley Mann, son of James and Sarah, was born on 7 September 1824 and baptized at Leeds St Peter on 8 May 1825. George's father was a hair dresser, and the family lived on Ebenezer Street.^[10]
• Keziah Mann, daughter of James Hartley and Sarah, was born on 11 January 1828 and baptized at Knaresborough St John the Baptist on 17 July 1828. Keziah's father was a hair dresser, and the family lived in Knaresborough.^[11]
• The birth of Christiana Mann was registered in the Knaresborough district^[12] in the last quarter of 1839.^[13] The General Register Office birth index^[14] says that her mother's maiden name was Hughes.

James Hartley Mann was buried in the Leeds Beckett Street Cemetery on 4 May 1869, his age recorded as 70. At the time of his death he was living in the Leeds Union Workhouse.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth and baptism of James Mann: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image. From West Yorkshire Archive Service, catalogue item RDP68/2/5 (Leeds Parish Church register of baptisms and burials from 1795 to 1801).
2. ↑ Timble Bridge, Leeds, shown in Ordnance Survey map Leeds Sheet  15 (five feet to the mile, published 1850), provided by the National Library of Scotland.
3. ↑ Marriage of Joshua Mann and Mary Hartley: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image. From West Yorkshire Archive Service, catalogue item RDP68/4/5/1 (Leeds St Peter register of marriages from August 1783 to July 1786).
4. ↑ Banns of marriage between Joshua Mann and Mary Hartley: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image. From West Yorkshire Archive Service, catalogue item RDP68/4/5/1 (Leeds St Peter register of marriages from August 1783 to July 1786).
5. ↑ Leeds Minster: Wikipedia article.
6. ↑ Sarah Hughes and James Hartley Mann marriage record: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image. From West Yorkshire Archive Service, catalogue item RDP68/4/14/1 (Leeds St Peter register of marriages from January 1819 to November 1819).
7. ↑ Knaresborough: Wikipedia article.
8. ↑ James Mann's household at the 1841 census: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image. From 1841 census piece 1285 book 14, folio 25, page 15.
9. ↑ Baptism of William Mann: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image.
10. ↑ Birth and baptism of George Hartley Mann: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image.
11. ↑ Birth and baptism of Keziah Mann: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image.
12. ↑ Knaresborough Registration District: information from UKBMD.
13. ↑ Christiana Mann birth registration, 4th quarter 1839: FreeBMD database.
14. ↑ General Register Office: birth, death and marriage registrations in England and Wales since July 1837.
15. ↑ Burial of James Hartley Mann: Ancestry sharing link, with high resolution image. From West Yorkshire Archive Service, catalogue item LC/CEM(B)1/2 (Leeds City Council register of Beckett Street burials from 2 July 1862 to 15 July 1874).