January 2018

4a. William’s sister’s wedding to John Campion in 1854

admin January 23, 2018March 7, 2018 0

________________________________________________________________ William was nearly fourteen years old, apprenticed to the Stokesley Printer, William Braithwaite and still living in Stokesley when his sister, Elizabeth married John Campion, a farm hand from Castleton. The wedding took place on Tuesday, 19th September 1854 in St Hilda’s Church in Danby Dale. The service was officiated by John Christopher Atkinson[1] …

4. Two weddings and two funerals…an introduction

admin January 21, 2018February 23, 2018 1

This is the fourth posting on the timeline of William’s life and is intended to serve as an introduction to some family events that took place from when he was apprenticed to the printer William Braithwaite in Stokesley at the age of thirteen through to his arrival in Middlesbrough in around 1855 to continue his …