Family
Mark was baptised on 10 July 1836 at Cropton, Yorkshire. His parents were John, who worked the land, and Elizabeth.
Census returns identify the following occupations for Mark.
- 1851 cordwainer’s apprentice
- 1861 journeyman shoe maker
- 1871 PM minister
- 1881 insurance agent & boot dealer
- 1891 insurance agent
He married Ruth Davies (abt1835-1907) in the summer of 1866 in the Knaresborough Registration District, Yorkshire. Census returns identify four children.
- Kate Hester (1867-1950) – married Robert Hartley in 1896
- Walter (1869-1940) – a civil engineer, inspector of dock work (1901)
- Ernest Carr (1873-1918) – a journalist (1901)
- Maude Goodwin (1875-1962) – an organist (1901)
Mark died in late 1892 at York, Yorkshire.
Circuits
- 1862 Portadown
- 1863 Belfast
- 1864 Grassington
- 1865 Maldon
- 1866 Huddersfield
- 1868 Halifax
- 1871 Pickering
- 1872 York
- 1874 Clayton West
- 1876 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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