(1) Terry's Mary
Inman christened 1813 Kirkheaton, parents Joseph and Mary Inman.
(2) Our Mary married Joshua Turner in Kirkheaton in 1831
(3) Kirkheaton is a small village
but(4) Our Mary consistently said she
was born in Alverthorpe, which is ten miles east of
Kirkheaton
(5) Mary was vague about her age at census time, suggreting years
of birth of 1808 and 1810. That could be consistent with being
christened 1813. Mary gave the younger age in her thirties, but in
her forties and fifties gave an age that suggests an 1808 birth.
(6) Except all of Terry's birth years above are derived from
christenings, and look like christenings soon after birth. And an
1813 birth fits nicely in the family roll call.
My great great
grandmother was Mary Amelia Inman b. 1842, in Kirkheaton,
daughter of Joseph Inman, b. 1815, son of Joseph Inman,
b.1788, son of Joshua Inman b. 1757 in Mirfield,
illegitimate son of Elizabeth Inman, b. 1728 daughter of
John Inman of Hopton, nr Mirfield, maltster. At least I
think that's how the lineage goes! I've built a tree on
Ancestry.co.uk and using the parish records for Mirfield and
Kirkheaton, plus the 1841 census, those connections seem to
make sense.
I was interested
in your references to Mary Inman, at least the one born in
1813, because I thought she is the eldest sister of my
Joseph b. 1815. There is a marriage of a Mary Inman to
George Woolhouse in 1844, which I think could be her, but
she was not living at home in 1841 along with Elizabeth,
Joseph, Sarah, James and Jess.
Also generally, I'm
interested in any information about the Inmans of this area.
Any more facts are helpful, even to use in the process of
elimination. My family seem to have stayed in the family
business in the wider sense, either as maltsters, innkeepers,
beer sellers or barmaids, though some switched between
joinery, weaving and staymaking.
My 6x great
grandmother, Elizabeth's two sisters, Mary and Martha, also
had illegitimate children. I can't find what happened to her
third sister, Frances b. 1732, Mirfield. Their only brother
Joshua died aged 7 in 1742, two months before their mother,
Martha.