Family
William was born abt1828 at Eyton, Shropshire, to parents William, a labourer, and Ann.
Census returns identify the following occupations for William.
- 1851 labourer
- 1861 PM minister
- 1871 PM minister
- 1881 Home missionary – out of employment
- 1891 boarding house keeper
- 1901 milk seller
He married Susannah Stuppel (abt1834-1913) in late 1860 in the Exeter Registration District, Devon. Census returns identify six of eight children.
- Louisa Annie (1861-1915) – married Joseph Potts, a retired managing director (1911), in 1898
- Laura Beatrice (1863-1945) – married Spire Dent Chamberlain in 1906
- Ada Clarissa (1865-1923)
- Arthur Ernest Dover (1867-1926) – a schoolmaster (1901)
- Amy Dora Felicia (1871-1945) – married Frederick Thomas Thorp, a manager (1911), in 1898
- Myra Melina Georgina (1876-1937)
William died in early 1910 at Derby, Derbyshire.
Circuits
- 1856 Maidstone
- 1857 Croydon & Redhill
- 1858 S Molton
- 1862 Bridgewater
- 1863 Newmarket
- 1865 Deal & Dover
- 1867 Sheerness & Milton
- 1869 Brighton
- 1870 Settle
- 1873 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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