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Robert Moorhouse

Male 1814 - Abt 1886  (72 years)


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  • Name Robert Moorhouse 
    Baptism 6 Jan 1813  St Giles, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Born 1814  Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Ropemaker Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Abt May 1886  Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I64128  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father Michael Moorhouse,   b. 1780, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1832, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Dunhill,   b. 1778, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1861, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 13 Oct 1810  St Giles, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family ID F17683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Michael Moorhouse,   b. 1839, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 
    Family ID F20577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Hossell,   b. 1822, Silkstone, nr Barnsley Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Mar 1842  St Giles, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Edwin Moorhouse,   b. 1845, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Nov 1921, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     2. Linus Moorhouse,   b. 1848, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1894, Normanton, nr Castleford Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     3. Sarah Catharine Moorhouse,   b. Abt Nov 1852, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Bessey Moorhouse,   b. Abt Feb 1855, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Alice Moorhouse,   b. Abt May 1857, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Feb 1865, Pontefract Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 7 years)
     6. Robert Moorhouse,   b. Abt Feb 1861, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. William Moorhouse,   b. 21 Oct 1862, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Agnes Alice Moorhouse,   b. Abt Nov 1865, Knottingley Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 
    Family ID F20558  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Widower in 1842 marriage record; first wife unknown but son Michael's birthplace given in censuses as America. (There is a possible 1836 marriage at St John the Baptist, Wakefield, of Robert Moorhouse of Pontefract to Susannah Doyle, 4.4.1836 or 13 7 1836 on Ancestry.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S373592] West Yorkshire CofE Births and Baptisms (Ancestry).

    2. [S260077] GRO Online Index.

    3. [S307023] West Yorkshire Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry).

    4. [S010069] MC.



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