Person Sheet
NameWilliam Pickles381,382,383,384
Birth Date1810381,382,383,384
Birth PlaceBarnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
Reside Date6 Jun 1841384 Age: 31
Reside PlaceSalterforth, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
OccE Date6 Jun 1841 Age: 31
OccE PlaceSalterforth, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
OccE MemoLabourer
OccE Date19 Jun 1842 Age: 32
OccE PlaceSalterforth, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
OccE MemoLabourer
Reside Date19 Jun 1842 Age: 32
Reside PlaceSalterforth, Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England
OccE Date4 Dec 1842 Age: 32
OccE PlaceHey Fold, Foulridge, Lancashire, England
OccE MemoLabourer [birth certificate of son Matthew Pickels]
OccE Date21 Feb 1845 Age: 35
OccE PlaceHey, Foulridge, Lancashire, England
OccE MemoLabourer [birth certificate of son Mark Pickels]
OccE Date14 Jun 1847 Age: 37
OccE PlaceHey, Foulridge, Lancashire, England
OccE MemoLabourer [birth certificate of son Luke Pickels]
OccE Date11 Jun 18501019 Age: 40
OccE PlaceGargrave, Yorkshire, England
OccE MemoLock keeper on the Canal
OccE Date30 Mar 1851 Age: 41
OccE PlaceGargrave, Yorkshire, England
OccE MemoLabourer
Reside Date30 Mar 1851383 Age: 41
Reside PlaceLock House, Gargrave, Yorkshire, England
OccE Date1859 Age: 49
OccE PlaceGargrave, Yorkshire, England
OccE MemoBank ranger on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
OccE Date7 Apr 1861 Age: 51
OccE PlaceGargrave, Yorkshire, England
OccE MemoLock Keeper
Reside Date7 Apr 1861381 Age: 51
Reside PlaceLock House, Gargrave, Yorkshire, England
OccE Date1871 Age: 61
OccE MemoFarmer of 14 acres of land
Reside Date2 Apr 1871382 Age: 61
Reside PlaceChurch Street, Barrowford, Lancashire, England
Death Date5 Jul 1877385 Age: 67
Death PlaceBarrowford, Lancashire, England
Death MemoChronic bronchitis Certified by Henry Buck Surgeon [Deaths 1877 Sep Burnley 8e 144]
OccupationLabourer, then canal bank ranger, then lock-keeper and finally farmer
FatherRichard Pickels (~1780-)
Spouses
1Mary Blackburn374,375,376,377,378,379,377
Birth Date1815374,375,376,377,378,379,377
Birth PlaceTrawden, Lancashire, England
MotherSarah Blackburn (1795-)
Marr Date19 Jun 1842386
Marr PlaceSt Bartholomew's, Colne, Lancashire, England
ChildrenMatthew (1842-1897)
 Mark (1845-~1878)
 Luke (1847-)
 John (1849-1850)
 Mary (1852-)
 William (1859-1928)
Notes for William Pickles
Lock-keeper at Gargrave via Skipton.

His life revolved around the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Born in Barnoldswick parish. In 1841, William was a labourer in Salterforth, in the parish of Barnoldswick. Salterforth is a pretty little village on the canal. William was living in White House, which is some distance uphill from the village of Salterforth, and very close to the Yorkshire-Lancashire border.

Less than a mile from White House, near the village of Foulridge, in Lancashire, is Hey Fold (or Fould), where his wife to be, Mary Blackburn, lived with her mother Sarah and step-father Richard Robinson. William and Mary's sons Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were born in Foulridge.

By 1851, they had moved along the canal to Lock House, Gargrave, where he became a bank-ranger and lock keeper.

Their eldest son Matthew move to Liverpool, at the western end of the canal.

Mark moved eastwards along the canal to Shipley.
Last Modified 27 Aug 2008Created 24 Dec 2009 Stephen Pickles using Reunion for Macintosh
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