Worsnop, John (1838-1904)
Early years
John was born on 16 December 1838 at Bradford, Yorkshire to parents Thomas and Ann. Thomas was a smith. John was baptised on 10 March 1839 at St Peter, Bradford (Bradford Cathedral).
John was a Sunday School teacher and class leader following his conversion. He was a preacher at the age of 18. John had to complete his apprenticeship before he could enter the itinerant ministry.
Ministry
John’s obituary records that he was a man who lived and breathed the atmosphere of prayer.
Family
John married Hannah Kidd (1841-1916) in early 1869 in Teesdale. Census returns identify five children.
- Thomas Kidd (1869-1887)
- Frances Anne (1871-1889)
- Mary Jane (b1874)
- Joseph (1877-1958) – a lithographic writer (1911); deaf and dumb from birth
- Emma (b1879)
John died on 27 December 1904 at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
Circuits
- 1860 Whitehaven
- 1862 Darlington
- 1863 Barnard Castle
- 1865 St Helens Auckland
- 1868 Stockton
- 1870 Maryport
- 1872 Brompton
- 1875 Hartlepool
- 1877 Westgate
- 1880 Durham
- 1883 Middleham
- 1886 Shildon
- 1889 Tranent
- 1892 Dewsbury
- 1894 Ripon
- 1896 Horncastle
- 1901 Newcastle (S)
References
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1893/321; 1906/573
PM Minutes 1905/46
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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