Family Trees

Selected Descendants of Thomas Townsley (1805)

1 Thomas Townsley b: Abt. January 1805 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Aft. 1861 *Waterman

. +Elizabeth Ellis b: Abt. August 1801 Brotherton, Yorkshire m: 1 August 1825 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Aft. 1871

... 2 Mary Townsley b: Abt. June 1826 Brotherton, Yorkshire

....... +Thomas Hawksworth b: Abt. June 1823 Brotherton, Yorkshire m: 22 November 1846 Parish Church, Brotherton, Yorkshire *Master (Barge)

......... 3 Elizabeth Hawksworth b: Abt. 1852 Brotherton, Yorkshire

............. +John Brook b: Abt. 1857 Ovenden, Yorkshire m: Abt. 1879 Shipley or Brotherton

......... 3 George Hawksworth b: Abt. 1856 Brotherton, Yorkshire *Mate(Barge)

... 2 Sarah Townsley b: Abt. 1828 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Aft. 1881

....... +x Hirst b: Abt. 1828 Brotherton, Yorkshire ? m: Abt. 1850 d: Abt. 1855

... 2nd Husband of Sarah Townsley:

....... +George Bramham b: Abt. February 1826 Knottingley, Yorkshire m: Abt. 1857 d: Bef. 1881 Idle, Bradford, Yorkshire ? *Waterman?

... 2 George Townsley b: Bet. 1830 - 1832 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Bet. 1897 - 1903 *Boatman, Waterman (1855), Captain Canal Boat (1881)

....... +Ann Shooter b: Abt. August 1835 Brotherton, Yorkshire m: 15 October 1855 Register Office, Pontefract, Yorkshire d: Abt. 1900

......... 3 Sarah Elizabeth Townsley b: 2 August 1856 Brotherton, Yorkshire

............. +Jonathan Taylor Cowman b: Abt. 1853 Leeds, Yorkshire m: 4 April 1874 Parish Church, Leeds, Yorkshire *Boatman (1881)

......... 3 John William Townsley b: 4 October 1860 Wall House, Ryhope, Durham d: Aft. 1881 *Boatman

............. +Mary Hird b: Abt. 1860 Windhill, Calverley m: 6 November 1880 Register Office, Bradford, Yorkshire d: Aft. 1881

......... 3 George Thomas Townsley b: 25 December 1862 Old Hendon Road, Sunderland, Durham *Mate Canal Boat (1881), Canal Boat Master (1891)

............. +Sarah x b: Abt. 1866 Brotherton, Yorkshire m: Abt. 1884

......... 3 Mark Edward Townsley b: Abt. March 1871 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Abt. 1887 Possible drowning in river / canal

......... 3 Arthur Townsley b: 20 April 1873 Boar Lane, Windhill, Shipley, Yorkshire d: 22 February 1889 River Aire, Castleford, Yorkshire *Boat Hauler

......... 3 Alice Ann Townsley b: Abt. February 1878 Windhill, Shipley, Yorkshire

............. +Fred Perkins b: Abt. 1874 m: 16 November 1897 Register Office, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire *Canal Boatsman (1897)

......... 3 Walter Townsley b: 17 February 1881 3 Argyle Street, Shipley, Yorkshire d: 11 April 1917 Roeux, Pas de Calais, France *Canal Boatman

............. +Emma King b: 15 September 1887 4 Fox Street, Bingley, Yorkshire m: 26 December 1903 St Peters Parish Church, Bradford, Yorkshire

Descendants of William Townsley (1798)

1 William Townsley b: Abt. April 1798 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Aft. 1871

. +Mary Eastwood b: Abt. August 1801 Brotherton, Yorkshire m: 8 December 1818 Brotherton, Yorkshire d: Bef. 1851

... 2 Sarah Ann Townsley b: Abt. April 1823 Brotherton, Yorkshire

....... +Thomas Airey b: Abt. 1820 Pontefract, Yorkshire m: Abt. November 1840 Brotherton, Yorkshire ? *Canal boatman

... 2 Mary Townsley b: Abt. December 1832 Brotherton, Yorkshire

....... +John Bramham b: Abt. 1833 Leeds, Yorkshire m: Abt. August 1854 Leeds, Yorkshire

......... 3 William Bramham b: Abt. 1862 Leeds, Yorkshire *Waterman

... 2 Charles Townsley b: Abt. November 1839 Brotherton, Yorkshire *Mariner

....... +Elizabeth x b: Abt. 1841 Thorne, Yorkshire m: Abt. 1863

......... 3 William Townsley b: Abt. November 1863 Brotherton, Yorkshire *Mariner

... 2 Joseph Townsley b: Abt. February 1842 Brotherton, Yorkshire *Waterman

....... +Martha x b: Abt. 1838 Brotherton, Yorkshire m: Abt. 1862

......... 3 Charles William Townsley b: Abt. February 1863 Leeds, Yorkshire

............. +x m: Abt. May 1885 Leeds, Yorkshire

......... 3 Joseph Townsley b: Abt. 1865 Leeds, Yorkshire

............. +x m: Abt. August 1887 Leeds, Yorkshire

... 2 George Townsley b: Abt. 1844 Brotherton, Yorkshire

....... +Mary Ann Hannam b: Abt. 1847 Leeds, Yorkshire m: Abt. August 1869 Leeds, Yorkshire