Ben Mellor (bef. 1838)

Born before 28 Oct 1838 in Upperthong, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Betty (Hampshire) Mellor — married 8 May 1864 in Upperthong, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Ben Mellor was baptised on 28 Oct 1838 in Holmfirth, York, England. Father: Samuel Andrew Mellor Mother: Mary. ^[1]

In the 1841 England Census Andrew Mellor 50 born abt 1791 in Yorkshire, England, cloth dresser, was head of his household in Burnlee, Almondbury, Yorkshire. Other Household Members all born Yorkshire were Mary Mellor 40, and children John Mellor 20 woolen weaver, George Mellor 15 woolen weaver, Mary Mellor 15 woolen weaver, Ben Mellor 3, and Ellen Mellor 1. ^[2]

In the 1851 England Census Mary Mellor 52 born abt 1799 in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England, baker of oatbread, widow, was head of her household in Burnlee, Upperthong, Yorkshire. Other Household Members were her children, all born Almondbury: Thomas Knight 26 mason's labourer, Elizabeth Knight 19, Ben Mellor 12 woolen cloth cropper, Ellen Ann Mellor 11, Lydia Mellor 9 rag sorter, and Elizabeth Mellor 6. Also her granddaughter Phoeby Mellor 1. ^[3]

In the 1861 England Census Mary Mellor 62 born about 1799 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England, widow, was head of her household in Burnlee, Upperthong, Yorkshire. Other Household Members were her children: Tom Knight 36 Meltham, unmarried, wool dyer, Ben Mellor 22 Upperthong, cloth dresser, Ellin Ann Mellor 21 Upperthong, Eliza Mellor 16 Upperthong, piecer. Her lodgers, unmarried, were Nancy Knight 20, and Emma Knight 17 Burnlee Upperthong, wool piecers. ^[4]

Ben Mellor 26 (born abt 1838 Father: Andrew Mellor, cloth finisher) married Betty Hampshire 27 (born abt 1837 Father: Jonas Hampshire, cloth finisher) on 8 May 1864 in Upperthong, St John, Yorkshire, England. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ FHL Film Number: 1542106 Reference ID: yr 1837-1852 p 558 Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
2. ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 1274; Book: 15; Civil Parish: Almondbury; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 16; Folio: 24; Page: 8; Line: 21; GSU roll: 464244 Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
3. ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 2292; Folio: 274; Page: 38; GSU roll: 87486-87487 Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
4. ↑ Class: RG 9; Piece: 3249; Folio: 47; Page: 31; GSU roll: 850880 Ancestry.com. 1861 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
5. ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Reference Number: WDP34/1/3/1 Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.