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. ³⁵⁰

• 1851 Census Skipton Bancroft James: James Bancroft head mar aged 27 Wool Comber born Cross Roads Bingley, 30 Mar 1851, Barn Bowers, Skipton. ³⁵¹

• 1861 Census Skipton Bancroft James: James Bancroft head widower aged 37 Ag lab born Bingley, 7 Apr 1861, Taylor Hill, Beamsley in Addingham. ³⁵²

• 1871 Census Addingham Bancroft James: James Bancroft head mar aged 45 Butcher born Cross Roads, 2 Apr 1871, Hudson's Yard, Addingham. ³⁵³

• 1881 Census Addingham Bancroft James: James Bancroft head mar aged 57 Road contractor born Bingley, 3 Apr 1881, Main Street, Addingham. ³⁵⁴

James married Margaret Redshaw, daughter of Thomas Redshaw and Jane, in Mar 1846 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England.³⁴⁸ (Margaret Redshaw was born in 1827 in Beamsley, Yorkshire, England and died in Jun 1859 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England ³⁵⁵.)

James next married Grace Wright about Mar 1871 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England. (Grace Wright was born in 1829 in Addingham and died in Dec 1888 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England ³⁵⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

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