James Bancroft

  Research Notes:

1841 census labourer aged 17 living at home.
6/30/09 Pam Colburn provided wife and place of birth.
IGI Automatic search has a death in 1825. Maybe check data from Pam

  Noted events in his life were:

• 1841 Census Bingley Bancroft: James Bancroft aged 17, Laborer, 7 Jun 1841, Winns Delf, Bingley. ³⁹⁶

• 1851 Census Skipton Bancroft James: James Bancroft head mar aged 27 Wool Comber born Cross Roads Bingley, 30 Mar 1851, Barn Bowers, Skipton. ³⁹⁷

• 1861 Census Skipton Bancroft James: James Bancroft head widower aged 37 Ag lab born Bingley, 7 Apr 1861, Taylor Hill, Beamsley in Addingham. ³⁹⁸

• 1871 Census Addingham Bancroft James: James Bancroft head mar aged 45 Butcher born Cross Roads, 2 Apr 1871, Hudson's Yard, Addingham. ³⁹⁹

• 1881 Census Addingham Bancroft James: James Bancroft head mar aged 57 Road contractor born Bingley, 3 Apr 1881, Main Street, Addingham. ⁴⁰⁰

James married Margaret Redshaw, daughter of Thomas Redshaw and Jane, in Mar 1846 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.³⁹⁴ (Margaret Redshaw was born in 1827 in Beamsley, Yorkshire, England and died in Jun 1859 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England ⁴⁰¹.)

James next married Grace Wright, daughter of Joseph Wright and Elizabeth, about Mar 1871 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. (Grace Wright was born in 1829 in Addingham, Yorkshire, England, christened on 22 Mar 1829 in Addingham, Yorkshire, England ⁴⁰² and died in Dec 1888 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England ⁴⁰³.)

  Marriage Notes:

Info from chart of Pam Colburn
12/9/11 changed date from 1850 to 1871 and Keighley to Skipton