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James Brown & Rhoda Beanland |
James Brown, born circa 1831, Norwood Green, Halifax Township, West Yorkshire [10] [20] , or Low Moor, (North?) Yorkshire [6] , son of ????. Died between 1881 and 1891 [2] .
Married in 1851, at St. Wilfrid's church, Calverley, West Yorkshire [15] to:
Rhoda Beanland, born circa 1830, at Bowling or Tong, West Yorkshire [10] [20] , daughter of [23] [23] James Beanland and Mary Sutcliffe. Died after 1891 [2] , probably between April and June, 1897 [13] .
Children of James and Rhoda were [5]:
This family lived at Osmondthorpe, East Leeds, West Yorkshire at the time of the 1861 census and were still there in 1881 (Osmondthorpe Fold in 1861 & 1871; Osmondthorpe Terrace in 1881). In 1861, both Rhoda's parents James and Mary and Rhoda's sister Margaret's family were living a few houses away. By 1871, Rhoda's father James Beanland had died and mother Mary Beanland was living with Margaret's family.
James Brown was a coal miner, as were his sons Benjamin and Alfred. Rhoda was a power hand loom weaver (worsted) when they were firs married. Daughter Alice was employed as a rag sorter in 1891 [2] [10].
By the time of the 1891 census, James Brown had died and his widow Rhoda and the younger children had relocated to Soothill Upper (High Street). Son Alfred Brown and his wife and child were living nearby at at Kirksgate, Soothill.