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John Sykes and his family in the Censuses in England


1841

The 1841 census was the first census of genealogical interest in England.

John Sykes in the 1841 Census

The 1841 census listed John Sykes on the Turnpike Road, County of York, Wapentake of Morley, Parish of Birstall, and Chapelry of Drighlington in Enumeration #1. This listing is between Adwalton Street and Gildersome Street, in the hamlet of Adwalton. In the 1841 census all ages over fifteen (unless they were of interest for some reason, such as extreme old age) were rounded to the nearest multiple of 5 in the 1841 census.

John Sykes and family were listed as follows:

  1. John, age 40, shoemaker
  2. Ann, age 40
  3. Benjamin, age 20
  4. Isabella, age 15
  5. George, age 15
  6. James, age 12
  7. Mary, age 9
  8. Joseph, age 5
  9. Sarah, age 2
  10. Joseph Stell, age 53, tailor
  11. Hannah Sykes, age 84, pauper
While no relationship is given to the head of household (the person who was listed first), Hannah Sykes was most likely John's mother.

George Stell was Ann's brother.

Enumeration District #1, in the village of Adwalton was described as

"All that part of the township of Drighlington on the North and South of the Turnpike Road from Adwalton to Gildersome Street."
George Stell Sykes' future bride, Sarah Walker, and her family were listed in the same Enumeration District.

The only other Sykes in the 1841 census in either Drighlington or Adwalton were the families of Richard, Francis, and Joseph Sykes listed in Drighlington in Enumeration District #2. I do not believe that they were closely related to John Sykes.

See also The Sykes in Adwalton now or at the bottom of the page.


1851

The 1851 census was taken in Adwalton on April 7, 1851 and offers more information than the 1841 census. It includes, age, place of birth and relationship to the head of household.

The 1851 census included five Sykes families in the hamlet of Adwalton. Two were not related to John Sykes.

John Sykes and three of his sons, Benjamin, George and Joseph (listed with Benjamin), were listed in enumeration district, 1 C, which is described as

"All that part of the Hamlet of Adwalton (being part of the township of Dringlington) including Spring Gardens and the Adwalton Moor".
John Sykes

John Sykes was listed as follows:

  1. John Sykes, age 53, cordwainer, born in Adwalton
  2. Ellen, wife, age 51, born in Blackburn, Lancashire
  3. Mary, daughter, age 18, weaver stuff, born in Adwalton
  4. Sarah Anne, daughter, age 13, spinner, born in Adwalton
  5. Harriet Taylor, step daughter, age 12, scholar, born in Blackburn, Lancashire

Benjamin Sykes

Benjamin Sykes was listed as follows:

  1. Benjamin Sykes, age 31, cordwainer, born in Adwalton
  2. Mary, wife, age 33, born in Adwalton
  3. James Holliday, age 1, born in Adwalton
  4. Joseph, brother, age 15, occupation "Ap.", born in Dringlington
  5. David Harley, no relationship given, age 16, occupation, "Ap.", born in Gildersome.

I assume Joseph and David were apprenticed to Benjamin, however they may be apprentices elsewhere and were simply living with Benjamin.

George Stell Sykes

George Sykes and family are listed in the township of Drighlington, Village of Adwalton at number 94 Adwalton Street as follows:

  1. George Sykes, head, age 25, occupation, cordwainer, born in Adwalton
  2. Sarah, wife, age 22, born in Morley
  3. Oliver, son, age 3, born in Adwalton
  4. Samuel, son, age 1, born in Adwalton

Most of the people listed in Adwalton in the 1851 census were born locally (Adwalton, Birstall and Gomersall). There was the usual listings of miners, weavers, spinner, slubbers, drawers, and cordwainers. In addition there were joiners/cabinet makers, farm laborers, a grocer, an innkeeper and one person who was listed as a hairdresser and clock and watch repairer.

Isabella Sykes Holdsworth

Isabella Sykes Holdsworth, the daughter of John Sykes and Ann Stell, was listed in Farnley, Leeds as follows:

  • Dick Holdsworth, age 26, stone mason, born Farnley
  • Isabella Holdsworth, wife, age 28, born Adwalton
  • Thomas, son, age 2, born Farnley
  • Ann, daughter, age 1, born Farnely
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1861

The 1861 census was taken between March 31 and April 8th.

John Sykes in the 1861 Census at the Toll Bar House in Mirfield as follows:

  • John Sykes, age 64, toll collector, born Drighlington
  • Ellen, wife, age 61, born Haulton
  • Harriett Taylor, daughter, age 22, cripple, born Blackburn, Lanchester

George Stell Sykes The 1861 census included the family of George Sykes listed in the Township of Drighlington, Hamlet of Adwalton, 23 Wakefield Turnpike Road in Enumeration District 6, which is described in part as

"comprising all the Houses and Cottages on both sides of the Turnpike Road leading from Adwalton to Gildersome Street".
George Sykes and his family were listed as follows:
  1. George Sykes, head of household, married, age 35, occupation, cordwainer and clothe dealer, born in Adwalton
  2. Sarah, wife, age 33, born in Bruntcliffe, Yorkshire
  3. Oliver Walker, son, age 13, born in Adwalton.
  4. Samuel, son, age 11, born in Adwalton.
  5. Ann, daughter, age 6, born in Adwalton.
  6. Elizabeth, daughter, age 3, born in Adwalton.
  7. Robert Walker, son, age 1, born in Adwalton.

Note: This is more or less the same description for the area where John Sykes was listed in the 1841 census.

Benjamin Sykes The 1861 census included the family of Benjamin Sykes listed in Nethertown in Drighlington as follows:

  • Benj Sykes, head age 42 cordwainer master, born Birstall
  • Mary Sykes, wife, age 44, born Drighlington
  • Emma Sykes, daughter, age 20, born Drighlington
  • William Sykes, son, age 9, born Drighlington
  • Elizabeth Sykes, daughter, age 6, born Drighlington
  • Elizabeth Halliday, mother-in-law, widow age 85, born Birstall
  • Charles Smith, widow, boarder, age 25, born Leeds
  • Squire Halliday, nephew, age 14, cordwainer (ap) born Drighlington

Isabella Sykes Holdworth

The 1861 census listed Isabella Sykes Holdsworth, the daughter of John Sykes and Ann Stell, was listed in Farnley, Leeds as follows:

  • Dick Holdsworth, age 36, stone mason, Lanchaster, Col-- (?)
  • Isabella Holdsworth, age 38, Barnsley
  • Thomas, son, age 12, currier in coal pit, Adwalton
  • Seth, son, age 9, ___ (can't read) driver at colliery, Farnley
  • Mary, daughter, age 6, scholar, Farnley
  • John (can't read letter), age 2, Farnley

Joseph Sykes

The 1861 census listed Joseph Sykes, the son of John Sykes and Ann Stell, at Chandlers Hill #99, Gomersal, single house, Township of Gomersal, Hamlet of Birstall, Birstall Parish

  • Joseph Sykes, head, age 25, cordwainer, born Birstall
  • Elizabeth Sykes, wife, age 28, dress maker, born Birstall
  • Annie H, Sykes, age 8 mo, born Birstall

See also The Sykes in Adwalton now or at the bottom of the page.


1871

John Sykes in the 1871 Census

John Sykes was listed in the 1871 census on Dewsbury Road at the Tool Bar House in Churwell as follows:

  • John Sykes, age 74, toll collector, born Adwalton
  • Elizabeth Sykes, wife, age 65, born Gildersome
  • Ann Sykes, grandaughter, age 16 visitor born Adwalton

George Stell Sykes was in the village of Birstall in Birstall Parish in 1870. By 1881 he was living in Batley in Batley Parish. I cannot find the records of the census of 1871 in Birstall at LDS. There are no listings for the census in Birstall after 1851.

George Stell Sykes and family were not listed in Adwalton or Batley in 1871.

George Stell Sykes in the 1871 Census

George Stell Sykes, the son of John Sykes and Ann Stell, was listed in the 1871 census on Church Street, in Birstall Hamlet, township of Gomersall as Follows:

  • George S Sykes, age 44, Auctioneer and valuer, born Adwalton
  • Sarah, age 42, wife, born Morley
  • Samuel, son age 21, butcher, born Adwalton
  • Elizabeth, daughter age 13, labourer in pipe shop, born Adwalton
  • Robert "Walter", son, age 11, scholar, born Adwalton
  • John G. age 6 born Adwalton
  • Mary, age 5 born Adwalton

Joseph Sykes in the 1871 Census

Joseph Sykes, the son of John Sykes, was at Middlegate Birstall in the 1871 census. Living with him were the two orphaned children of his brother, Benjamin.

  • Joseph Sykes, age 34, cordwainer, Drighlington
  • Elizabeth Sykes, age 34, born Birsall
  • Ann Sarah Sykes age 11 born Birstall
  • John Sykes, age 8, born Birstall
  • William Sykes, nephew, apprentice cordwainer, born Birstall
  • Elizabeth Sykes, niece, apprentice dressmaker, born Birstall

Dick Holdworth

The 1871 census listed Dick Holdsworth, the widow of Isabelle Sykes, was listed in Farnley, Leeds as follows:

  • Dick Holdsworth, widower, age 46, mason
  • Thomas, son, age 23, mason
  • Ann, daughter, age 21 house keeper
  • Seth, son, age 19, mason
  • Mary, daughter, age 15, fitter
  • John, son, age 12, piecener
  • Hannah, daughter age 9, scholar
  • Sarah, daughter age 7
  • Martha, daughter age 5
All listed as born in Leeds

See also The Sykes in Adwalton now or at the bottom of the page.


1881

The 1881 census in England was taken between March 31 and April 8th.

In the 1881 census in Batley includes listings for: George Stell Sykes in Batley, his son, Robert W. Sykes, (listed with his father-in-law) in Batley, his daughter, Elizabeth Sykes Land (listed with her husband, Law Land in Batley. See Lands in the English Censuses), Samuel Sykes, the son of George Sykes, William Sykes, the son of Benjamin Sykes and the grandson of John Sykes and Ann Stell, in Gomersal, and Joseph Sykes, the son of John Sykes and Ann Stell in Gomersal.

  1. George Sykes was listed in the town of Batley, Parliamentary Borough of Dewsbury, Parish of John's Church Carlinghow, at 153 Carlinghow Hill including as follows:
    1. George, head, age 55, cordwainer, born in Adwalton
    2. Sarah, wife, age 53, born in Gildersome
    3. Ann, daughter, age 26, woolen weaver, born in Adwalton
    4. John G., son, age 16, born in Birstall
    5. Mary, daughter, age 15, working at household duties, born in Birstall

  2. Robert W. Sykes, was listed with his father-in-law, James Hepworth, in the town of Batley, Parliamentary District of Dewsbury, Parish of John's Church, Carlinghow as follows:
    1. James Hepworth, head of household, age 51, occupation, rag merchant, born in Carlinghow, Yorkshire
    2. Susannah, wife, age 53, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire
    3. Robert W. Sykes, son in law, age 21, woolen rag grinder, born in Adwalton
    4. Annie, daughter, age 23, born in Manchester, Lancashire
    5. Annie L, granddaughter, age 3 months, born in Batley
    Note:
    • All relations, in any census, are to the head of the family, in this case James Hepworth.

  3. Samuel Sykes was listed on Bleak Street in the village of Gomersal as follows:
    1. Samuel, head, butcher, age 36, born in Adwalton
    2. Caroline, age 29, born in Dewsbury
    3. Tolson, age 7, born in Gomersal

  4. William Sykes, the son of Benjamin Sykes and the grandson of John Sykes and Ann Stell, was listed on Church Street, gomersal as follows:
    1. William Sykes, Head, age, 29, born Drighlington, boot maker
    2. Hannah, wife, age 28, born Birstall
    3. Mary E. Sykes, daughter, age 7, born Carlinghow, scholar
The 1881 census is available through The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, Family Search

Dick Holdworth

The 1881 census listed Dick Holdsworth, the widow of Isabelle Sykes, on Wakefield Road in Drighlington as follows:

  • Dick Holdsworth, married, age 56, mason, born Farnley, Leeds
  • Hannah, wife age 53, South Kerby
  • Sarah, daughter age 17, cloth weaver, Leeds Farnley
Seth Holdworth

The 1881 census listed Seth Holdsworth, the son of Isabelle Sykes, at Newell Row in Gildersome as follows:

  • Seth Holdsworth, married, age 29, stone mason, born Moor Side Farnley
  • Ann Elizabeth Holdsworth, age 27, wife, born Bradford
  • Dick Holdsworth, son, age 4, born Gildersome
  • Mary Alice Holdsworth, daughter, age 2, born Gildersome
  • Ann Holdsworth, lodger, age 31, unmarried, Moor Side Farnley
  • John Nussey Holdsworth, age 21, unmarried, lodger, Moor Side Farnley
Note: Ann and John were Seths siblings.

Joseph Sykes

1881 English Census : Joseph Sykes, the son of John Sykes and Ann Stell was listed on Church Street in Gomersal as follows:

  • Joseph, head, age 45, cordwainer, born in Drighlington, York
  • Elizabeth, wife, age 48, born in Birstall, York
  • John, son, age 18, cloth finisher, born in Birstall, York

See also The Sykes in Adwalton now or at the bottom of the page.


1891

The 1891 census was taken between March 31 and April 8th. It listed the members of every household with their name, relation to the head of household, whether married or single, age, occupation and where they were born. I found relatives of Elizabeth Sykes

  1. George, the father of Elizabeth Sykes and the son of John Sykes and Ann Stell, was in Batley at 27 Birch Street as follows:

    1. George, head, married, age 65, boot maker, born in Adwalton, Yorkshire.
    2. Sarah, wife, married, age 63, no occupation, born in Bruntcliffe, Yorkshire.
    3. John Geo. son, single, age 26, carrier, born in Bristol.
    4. Ann Nussey, daughter, widowed, age 35, woollen weaver, born in Adwalton, Yorkshire.
    5. Ada E., grand daughter, age 9, no occupation born in Batley, Yorkshire.

  2. Joseph Sykes, the son of John Sykes and Ann Stell, was listed in Gomersal as follows:
    1. Joseph, head of household, age 45, cordwainer, born in Drighlington, York
    2. Elizabeth, wife, age 48, born in Birstall, York
    3. John, age 18, born in Birstall, York

Seth Holdsworth

The 1891 census listed Seth Holdsworth, the son of Isabelle Sykes, at Mount Pleasant in Gildersome as follows:

  • Seth Holdsworth, married, age 39, stone mason, born Moor Side Farnley
  • Ann E Holdsworth, age 39, wife, born Bradford
  • Dick Holdsworth, son, age 14, office boy, born Gildersome
  • Mary A Holdsworth, daughter, age 12, scholar, born Gildersome
  • Lily, daughter age 6 scholar born Gildersome
  • Annie, daughter, age 4, born Gildersome
  • Maurice, son age 1, born Gildersome
Note: Ann and John were Seths siblings.

John Holdworth

The 1891 census listed John Holdsworth, the son of Isabelle Sykes, at Poulton Bare and Torrisholme Ecclesiastical parish: Lancaster Town: Paulton County/Island: Lancashire as follows:

A boarder with William Roberts John Holdsworth, age 31, brick layer born Gildersome near Leeds.

See also The Sykes in Adwalton now or at the bottom of the page.


1901 Census

Sarah Walker Sykes

Sarah Walker Sykes and her grandaughter, Ada E Nussey, were listed in the 1901 census at 16 Beck Lane, North Batley as follows:

  • Sarah Sykes, head, widow, age 72, living on own means, born Bruntcliffe
  • Ada E Nussey, grandaughter, age 18, cloth mender worker, born Batley

Ann Sykes Nussey Parker

Ann Sykes Nussey Parker, the daughter of George Stell Sykes and Sarah Walker, and her husband, were listed in the 1901 census on 8 Beck Lane, North Batley one page away from Sarah as follows:

  • Thomas Parker, head, age 60, rag ____ (can't read) (cloth mill) worker, born Beale
  • Ann, wife, age 46, born Gildersome
  • Charles son age 24, clother raiser (?) worker born Batley
  • John, son age 3, born Batley

John Geroge Sykes

John George Sykes, the son of George Stell Sykes and Sarah Walker, at 9 Upton Batley in the 1901 census as follows:

  • John Sykes, head, age 36, hanger on in pit (W. C Belora ?) worker, born Birstall
  • Harriett, wife, age 38, born Batley
  • George son age 3, born Batley
  • John, son age 1, born Batley
  • Illingworth, son age 1 month, born Batley

Joseph Sykes

The 1901 census listed Joseph Sykes the son of John and Ann Sykes in Middlegate Birstall as follows:

  • Joseph Sykes, age 68 "boot store shopkeeper (can't read) boot m" born Birstall Drighlington
  • Elizabeth, wife age 68 born Birstall

John Sykes

The 1901 census listed John Sykes the son of Joseph Sykes the grandson of John and Ann Sykes in Middlegate Birstall as follows:

  • John Sykes, age 38, woolen cloth finisher, born Birstall
  • Fanny, wife, age 27, born Golcar
  • Eva E, daughter, age 13, born Birstall
  • Joseph, son, age 9, born Birstall
  • Willie, son age 5, born Birstall
  • Minnie, daughter, age 3, born Birstall

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