William Worfolk

1815 - 1886  (70 years)

• Name	William Worfolk
  Born	2 Nov 1815	Brotherton
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Nov 1815	St Edward the Confessor, Brotherton   [1]
  Occupation	Shipbuilder
  Died	31 Jul 1886	Leeds Infirmary   [2]
  Buried	4 Aug 1886	Knottingley Wesleyan Chapel
  Person ID	I55352	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	William Worfolk,   b. 12 Dec 1787, Knottingley ,   d. 30 Mar 1855, Knottingley  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Denton,   b. 1789, Featherstone
  Married	21 Jul 1810	Featherstone   [3]
  Family ID	F13814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Harriet Gibson,   b. 16 Aug 1818, Mirfield ,   d. 16 Aug 1879, Knottingley  (Age 61 years)
  Married	17 May 1837	St Mary, Mirfield   [1]
  Children	1. Thomas Worfolk,   b. 1844, Knottingley ,   d. 9 Jun 1920, Skew Bridge House, Knottingley  (Age 76 years)   2. Frederick Valentine Worfolk,   b. 14 Feb 1847, Knottingley   3. George William Worfolk,   b. 10 Aug 1849, Knottingley   4. Benjamin Septimus Worfolk,   b. 25 Aug 1851, Knottingley ,   d. 1906  (Age 54 years)   5. Isaac Edward Worfolk,   b. 6 Sep 1857, Knottingley   6. Alfred Egbert Worfolk,   b. 2 Apr 1862, Knottingley
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F17594	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Robinson,   b. 1816, Knottingley
  Married	14 May 1880	Knottingley Wesleyan Chapel   [2]
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F17602	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death and burial reported in the Pontefract abd Castleford Express, 7 8 1886, quoted in 'The Sailing Ships and Mariners of Knottingley' by Ron Gosley and Rosemary Bowyer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry). [S307070] 'The Sailing Ships and Mariners of Knottingley', Ron Gosney and Rosemary Bowyer. [S240186] England Select Marriages (Ancestry).