Family
John was born on 27 February 1830 at Woodley, Cheshire, to parents Charles, a cotton weaver (1841), and Ann. He was baptised on 10 August 1830 at Bethesda Independent Methodist Chapel, Bamford St, Stockport, Cheshire.
Census returns identify the following occupations for John.
- 1851 pressman and compositor
- 1861 printer & bookseller & local Methodist preacher
- 1871 United Methodist minister
- 1881 United Methodist minister
- 1891 United Methodist Free Church minister
He married Elizabeth Plumb (1832-1875) in the summer of 1856 at Buckden, Huntingdonshire. Census returns identify eight children.
- Anne Jane Josephine (1857-1938) – married Thomas Alker Austin, a mechanic, in 1883 St Giles, Herts
- Albert Ernest Augustus (1860-1862)
- John Wesley Coward (1864-1908) – a solicitor’s clerk
- Adelaide Sophia E (1866-1950) – married William Henry Hales Holder, an entertainment accountant (1911), in 1891
- Florence Augusta (1868-1918) – married Jethro Wickett, a commercial traveller (1901), in 1890
- Walter Hamilton (1870-1946) – a letterpress printer (1901)
- Charles Henry (1871-1940) – a grocer’s assistant (1911)
- Arthur Bruckshaw (1873-1952) – a window ticket writer (1901)
He married Sarah Elizabeth Tabb (1842-1914) in early 1877 in the Newport Registration District, Monmouthshire. Sarah was the daughter of a Bible Christian minister. Census returns identify five children.
- Percy Gorbell (1878-1933) – a grocer’s assistant (1911)
- Elizabeth Prestridge (b1878) a baker and confectioner (1911)
- Mable Silverton (1880-1969) – a head teacher (1911)
- Ernest Moffat (1883-1892)
- Francis Granville (1885-1955) – a United Methodist Minister (1911)
John died in early 1901 at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Circuits
- 1853 Buckden
- 1854 Northampton
- 1855 St Albans
- 1856 Hertford
- 1858 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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