In 1841, 14 year old Harriet was a female servant for William and Mary Taylor at St Mary's Gate, Honley, Yorkshire, England.[3][4]
Banns of marriage between Robert Blackwell (abt.1829-1879) and Harriet Broadbent were published on the 2, 9 and 16 of January, 1853 at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[5]
Robert and Harriet were married on 13 February 1853 at St Michael, Emley (as "Elmley"), Yorkshire, England. Robert's profession was "Coal Miner", but his father's name and profession were not recorded.[6][7]
Children from this marriage were:
Ann (Blackwell) Dixon (bef.1853-1924) was born in Emley (Elmley), Yorkshire, England and was baptised on 16 October 1853 at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[8]
Clara Sarah (Blackwell) Swift(1857-1930) was born on 24 March 1857 at Elmley Park, Emley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England,[11] and was baptised on 26 April 1857 at St Michael, Emley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.[12]
Arthur Blackwell (bef.1859-bef.1865) was born at "Bank" (possibly Bank Cottage north of Ash Cottage), Emley, Yorkshire, England and was baptised on 14 August 1859 at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[13][14] Arthur died age 5 and a half years in 1865[15] at Ash Cottage, Whitecross, Emley, Yorkshire, England and was buried at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England on 27 January 1865.[16]
Thomas Blackwell (bef.1861-bef.1865) was born in 1861[17] at Emley, Yorkshire, England and was baptised on 7 July 1861 at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[18] Thomas died age 3 years 9 months at Ash Cottage, Whitecross, Emley, Yorkshire, England and was buried at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England on 27 January 1865.[19]
In 1861 Harriet, Robert and family were at Skitterick, Emley, Yorkshire, England.'[21]
"Skitterick" was shown as a house on the 1854 Yorkshire Ordnance Survey Map[22] a mile east of Emley, south of Ash Cottage andeast of Whitecross, near the junction of Ash and Woodhouse Lanes (A ‘skitterick’ was a stream which served as an open sewer, and it derives from two Old English words meaning ‘excrement’ and ‘ditch’[23]).
Harriet died in 1864, age 37, at Skitterick Hill, Emley, Yorkshire, England,[24] and was buried on 30 July 1864 at St Michael, Emley, Yorkshire, England.[25]
Residences
Harriet was born in Flockton, Yorkshire, England and had moved 8 miles west to St Mary's Gate, Honley in 1841 where 14 year old Harriet was working as a female servant.
When she married in 1853 Harriet was at Emley Park, south of Emley, which is where her children were born from 1855 to 1857. In 1859 Harriet was at Bank, east of Emley, and at Skitterick in 1861-1864 where she died.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGY-LTM : 23 May 2019), Harriot Broadbent in household of William Taylor, Almondbury, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
I Publish the Banns of Marriage between Robert Bakewell of this parish and Harriett Broadbent of this parish.
If any of you know Cause, or just Impediment, why these two Persons should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, ye are to declare it.
This is the first time of asking, on Sunday the 2nd Day of Jany 1853 By me, Robert Pyon
This is the second time of asking, on Sunday the 9th Day of Jany 1853 By me, Robert Pyon
This is the third time of asking, on Sunday the 16th Day of Jany 1853 By me, Robert Pyon
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Reference Number: WDP2/1/10. Transcript:
1853 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York
No: 234
When Married: Feby 13th
Name: Robert Blakewell; Harriet Broadbent
Age: full; full
Condition: Bachelor; Spinster
Profession: Coal Miner
Residence: Elmley; Elmley Park
Father: -; Benjamin Broadbent
Father's Profession: -; Farmer
Married in the Church at Elmley according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church by me, Robert Pyon
This Marriage was Solemnized between us, { Robert Blakewell X his mark; Harriet Broadbent X her mark
in the Presence of us, { Miles(?) Poole; Henry Beckett
↑Robert Blakewell FreeBMD.org; database online. Citing: Robert Blakewell [and Harriet Broadbent], Marriages 1853 Mar Quarter District: Wakefield Vol: 9c Page: 5 (accessed 04 April 2023)
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1853
When Baptized: Oct 16
Name: Ann
Parents: Robert Harriet Blakewell
Abode: Elmley
Profession: Labourer
Ceremony by: Robt Pyon Rector
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1855
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 4 March 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Clara Sarah (Mother's maiden surname: Broadbent), GRO Reference: 1857 J Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 09C Page 1.
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1857
When Baptized: April 26; No. 632
Child's Christian Name: Clara Sarah
Parent's Names: Robert Harriet Blackwell
Abode: Elmley Park
Profession: Coal Miner
Ceremony Performed by: Robert Pyon Rector
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1859
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 14 June 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Arthur. Age at death: 5. GRO Reference: 1865 M Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 09C Page 3
Burials in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1865
Name: Arthur Blackwell
Abode: The Ash Whitecross Parish of Elmley
When buried: 27 January 1865
Age: 5 1/2 years
Ceremony by: Edd Hewville Curate of Elmley
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 14 June 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Thomas (Mother's maiden surname: Broadbent), GRO Reference: 1861 J Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 09C Page 3
↑ West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP2/1/6. Transcript:
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1861
Burials in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1865
Name: Thomas Blackwell
Abode: The Ash Whitecrofs Elmley
When buried: 27 January 1865
Age: 3 yrs & 9 months
Ceremony by: Edward Henville Curate of Elmley
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 14 June 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Mary Elizabeth (Mother's maiden surname: Broadbent), GRO Reference: 1863 M Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 09C Page 5
↑ "General Register Office: 1861 Census Returns database, FreeCEN (https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/5906d3e8e9379091b155012b : viewed 5 Apr 2023), Harriet BLACKWELL in household of Robert BLACKWELL, Skitterick, Yorkshire, West Riding, England; from 1861 "England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images; citing The National Archives RG 9/3417, Folio 37, Page 2, Schedule 10, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
Township of Emley; Ecclesiastical District of Ripon (crossed out, replaced with "Emley")
No.: 10; Skitterick
Name
Relation
Condition
Sex
Age
Occupation
Where Born
Robert Blackwell
Head
Married
Male
31
Groom & Gardener (Domestic Servant)
Yorkshire Wentworth
Harriet Blackwell
Wife
Married
Female
34
Yorkshire Flockton
Ann Blackwell
Daughter
Female
7
Scholar
Yorkshire Emley
Betsy Blackwell
Daughter
Female
5
Scholar
Yorkshire Emley
Clara S Blackwell
Daughter
Female
3
Yorkshire Emley
Arthur Blackwell
Son
Male
1
Yorkshire Emley
↑ National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey Yorkshire Sheet 261. Surveyed: 1849 to 1850, Published: 1854. 1854 Yorkshire Sheet 261
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ : accessed 04 April 2023), database entry for Blackwell, Harriet. Age at death: 37. GRO Reference: 1864 S Quarter in WAKEFIELD UNION Volume 09C Page 2.
Burials in the Parish of Elmley in the County of York in the Year 1864
Name: Harriet Blackwell
Abode: Skitterick Hill
When buried: 30 July 1864
Age: 37 years
Ceremony by: Edw Henville Curate of Elmley
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