Children of John and Martha were [1]:
- Hannah Revell, born 1879, married Roland Jennings.
- Horace Revell, born 1884, married Mary Jane Foster.
- Joseph Revell, born 1887, married ????.
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John Revell & Martha Brown |
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Genealogical DetailsJohn Revell (photo at left [1]), born July 20, 1853, South End, Farnley, West Yorkshire [18] son of [18] Joseph Revell and Hannah Fearnley. Died circa 1926, [1], at ????. Buried at Hanging Heaton churchyard near Shaw Cross, Soothill, West Yorkshire [1].
Martha Brown (photo at left [1]), born circa 1858 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, [2] [10], daughter of James Brown and Rhoda Beanland. Died ????, 19?? [?] . Buried at Hanging Heaton churchyard near Shaw Cross, Soothill, West Yorkshire [1]. |
John Revell circa 1894 |
Martha (nee Brown) Revell circa 1890s |
Family History Details
In 1881 (census) this family lived at 2 Templeview Terrace, Leeds, West Yorkshire. In 1884 when Horace was born [18] , they lived at 27 Industrial Street, North Leeds, West Yorkshire. By 1891 (census) they had relocated to the hamlet of Chidswell, in Soothill Upper, West Yorkshire, in the parish of Hanging Heaton, and they were still at that location at the time of the 1901 census, and when Alfred Foster Revell used to visit them as a boy circa early 1920s [1].
John's occupation was listed in the censuses as Coal & Ironstone Miner. He started work in the mines at age 7 and worked in them until he was 73. John never went to school, and both John & Martha remained illiterate. Alfred Revell remembers visiting his grandparents John and Martha, and Horace Revell would read the newspapers to them. In his old age, John enjoyed going to the cinema to see the latest pictures [1].
Before marriage, the 1871 census recorded Martha as being employed at "pieces at mill".