Joseph Saxton Townsend

1839 - 1895  (56 years)

• Name	Joseph Saxton Townsend
  Born	1839	Ossett, West Yorkshire
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	22 Dec 1839	Chapelry of Ossett cum Gawthorpe   [1]
  Occupation	Clothier, waterman, coal heaver, dock labourer
  Died	25 Jan 1895	Derby Road, Bootle   [2]
  Person ID	I14244	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Edwin Townsend
  Mother	Hannah Saxton,   b. 1820, Ossett
  Married	8 Jan 1843	St Helen, Sandal Magna, Wakefield   [1]
  Family ID	F04284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Ann Pickersgill,   b. 1840, Ossett, West Yorkshire
  Married	5 Aug 1860	All Saints, Dewsbury   [1]
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025
  Family ID	F04302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Alice Highfield,   b. 1849, Burscough ,   d. 1924, Liverpool  (Age 75 years)
  Married	26 Feb 1869	St Nicholas, Liverpool   [3]
  Children	1. Hannah Townsend,   b. 20 Jan 1870, Liverpool   2. Joseph Edward Townsend,   b. 10 Mar 1872, Liverpool ,   d. 1929, Liverpool  (Age 56 years)   3. Mary Ann Townsend,   b. 27 Feb 1874, Liverpool   4. John Townsend,   b. 2 May 1876, Liverpool   5. Elizabeth Alice Townsend,   b. 13 Sep 1878, Liverpool   6. Sarah Townsend,   b. 4 May 1885, Liverpool
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025
  Family ID	F04279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Baptised as Joseph Saxton and appears as such in 1841-61 censuses and in first marriage record. Changed surname to Townsend before second (bigamous) marriage, naming mother's husband as father ("declined to answer" in earler record). Signed own name - Saxton first, Townsend second - both times and appearance of "Joseph" almost identical. Sarah Ann Saxton, nee Pickersgill, appears in the 1671 and later censuses as a widow.

  
  

• Sources

  [S010056] Parish record. [S010060] DC. [S010069] MC.