Descendents of Michael Sheard in the English Censuses

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The 1841 Census

The following descendants of Michael Sheard were listed in the 1841 census.

Squire Newsome

Squire Newsome, the son of Hannah Sheard and Abram Newsome, was listed in the 1841 Census in Batley as follows:

  1. Squire, age 35, Rag M
  2. Mary (?), age 35
  3. John, age 11
  4. William, age 3
  5. Hannah, age 15, woolen carder
  6. Sarah, age 13, woolen piecer
  7. Emma, age 7
  8. Mary, age 1

Elizabeth Sheard Parr

Elizabeth, the daughter of Michael Sheard and Sarah Barber, married Benjamin Parr in 1799.

She was listed in the 1841 census at Howley Mill in Morley ED1 (LDS microfilm #0464238) as follows:

  • Elizabeth Parr, age 60, woolen cloth manufacturer, born in Yorkshire
  • Benjamin Parr, age 25, born in Yorkshire
  • Joseph Marston, age 13, born in Yorkshire
  • Ann Marston, age 11, born in Yorkshire

Morley ED1 was described as "

"All that part of the township of Morley which lies on the west of the Wakefield Bradford road comprising part of Bruntcliffe, Scholcroft, Howley, Howley Park, bounded on the west by the township of Batley, on the south by the township of Soothill, and on the north by the township of Gildersome, and extending from the boundary below Bruntcliff bar to the point at Schol's house Stumpcross and from the Wakefield and Bradford road to Howley beck."
There were 61 houses (2 vacant) 162 males, and 141 females in the district.

Samuel Parr

Samuel Parr, the son of Elizabeth Sheard Parr, was listed in Upper Batley in the 1841 Census as follows:

  1. Samuel Parr, age 40, rag dealer
  2. Martha, age 35
  3. Sarah, age 6
George Parr

George Parr, the son of Elizabeth Sheard Parr, was listed in the 1841 census in Batley as follows:

  1. George Parr, age 25, wool m
  2. Martha, age 25
  3. Mary, age 3
  4. Joseph, age 1


The 1851 Census

The following descendants of Michael Sheard were listed in the 1851 census.

John Parr

John Parr, the son of Elizabeth Sheard Parr and Benjamin Parr in Howley Beck, Morley:

  1. John Parr, head, age 51, clothier born Batley
  2. Hannah wife, age 45 born Batley
  3. Rachel daughter, age 17 burler Batley
  4. Hepseba, daughter, age 15 burler, Batley
  5. John, son, age 11 scholar Batley
  6. Thomas, son 8 (?), scholar Batley
  7. James, son 3, scholar Batley

Benjamin Parr

John's brother, Benjamin, was two listings away also in Howley

  1. Benjamin Parr, age 40 woolcomber Batley
  2. Sarah Ann, wife 39, Ossett
  3. Elizabeth, daughter age 6 scholar Morley


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