Robert Walshall, son of miller Edward Walshaw and his wife, Ruth Hindle, was baptised at St Michael and All Angels at Thornhill in Yorkshire on 27 October 1827. [1] His father died in 1832 aged 30. [2]
Ruth remained a widow for eight years then in 1840 she married farmer, George Sanderson. The marriage was registered at Doncaster. [3] Their first home was in High Field Lane, Womersley. [4]
In 1851 Robert aged 23, corn miller, was lodging at the Fox and Grapes in Huddersfield. [5] There is a picture of the now demolished Fox and Grapes here.
In Hunslet on 7 September 1860 Robert married 17 year old Annie Ormerod daughter of Henry Samuel Ormerod cotton merchant and his wife, Mary Asquith.[6] At first they lived with Annie's widowed mother. [7]
In 1871 Robert and Annie were running the Crown and Anchor Inn in Pontefract[8] which they continued to do for decades. [9][10]
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Geo | Sanderson | - | - | Male | 30 | Farmer | Yorkshire |
Ruth | Sanderson | - | - | Female | 30 | - | Yorkshire |
Robert | Walshaw | - | - | Male | 12 | - | Yorkshire |
Martha | Walshaw | - | - | Female | 10 | - | Yorkshire |
Richd | Walshaw | - | - | Male | 9 | - | Yorkshire |
Jas. | Nettles | - | - | Male | 20 | Agricultural labourer | Yorkshire |
Ann | Brannan | - | - | Female | 16 | FS | Yorkshire |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Mary | Ormerod | Head | Widow | Female | 39 | Seamstress | Leeds, Yorkshire |
Robert | Walshaw | Son-in-law | Married | Male | 33 | Corn dealer | Horbury Bridge, Yorkshire |
Ann | Walshaw | Daughter | Married | Female | 17 | Corn dealer | Bradford, Yorkshire |
Robert | Walshaw | Grandson | - | Male | under 7mo | - | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Jane | Eyre | Nurse | Married | Female | 40 | - | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Robert | Walshaw | Head | Married | Male | 42 | Innkeeper and Corn dealer | Horbury Bridge, Yorkshire |
Annie | Walshaw | Wife | Married | Female | 29 | Wife | Bradford, Yorkshire |
Albert Hy | Walshaw | Son | - | Male | 3 | - | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Maggie D P | Walshaw | Daughter | - | Female | 6mo | - | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Edwin | Walshaw | Nephew | - | Male | 14 | Billiard maker | Bradford, Yorkshire |
William | Thornton | Ostler | Widower | Male | 35 | ? | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Eliza | Baggan | Servant | - | Female | 12 | Domestic servant | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Emily | Mason | Servant | - | Female | 19 | Domestic servant | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Thomas | Green | Visitor | Married | Male | 44 | Retired Innkeeper | Farnhill, Yorkshire |
Mary | Green | Visitor | Married | Female | 36 | Wife | St Pancras, London |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Robert | Walshaw | Head | Married | Male | 53 | Innkeeper and Corn dealer | Horbury Bridge, Yorkshire |
Ann E | Walshaw | Wife | Married | Female | 34 | - | Bradford, Yorkshire |
Kate | Walshaw | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 21 | - | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Maggie | Walshaw | Daughter | - | Female | 10 | Scholar | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Richard O | Walshaw | Son | - | Male | 3 | - | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
Edward | Walshaw | Nephew | Unmarried | Male | 23 | Waiter | Bradford, Yorkshire |
Millicent | Gledhill | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 35 | Servant domestic | Tickhill, Yorkshire |
John Hy | Bellwood | Servant | - | Male | 14 | Errand boy | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
John | Ryan | Lodger | Unmarried | Male | 26 | Gentleman's servant | Pontefract, Yorkshire |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Robert | Walshaw | Head | Married | Male | 63 | Licensed victualer | Yorkshire |
Ann | Walshaw | Wife | Married | Female | 48 | - | Yorkshire |
Maggie | Hunt | Daughter | Married | Female | 21 | - | Yorkshire |
Richard | Walshaw | Son | Single | Male | 13 | Scholar | Yorkshire |
George | Wilkinson | Grandson | Single | Male | 7 | Scholar | Yorkshire |
Robert | Bellwood | Ostler | Single | Male | 26 | Ostler | Yorkshire |
Sarah | Phellps | Servant | Single | Female | 19 | General servant | Yorkshire |
George | Emmerson | Boarder | Single | Male | 26 | Coal ? | Yorkshire |
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