Person:Luke Walton (1)

Luke Walton was born in 1838 and baptised early the following year at Great Hale in Lincolnshire, son of Elizabeth Walton, formerly Ward, and her husband Robert Walton, a shepherd. Luke appears in the 1841 census living with his parents and siblings on South Street in Great Hale. In 1851 he was working as an errand boy and living with his uncle, Luke Ward, a carpenter, who also lived on South Street. By 1861 young Luke was also working as a carpenter, and he was living again with his parents, who by that time were living at 6 North Street in Great Hale.

Some time between 1861 and 1871 Luke left Great Hale and moved nearly 90 miles north-west to Leeds.

On 2nd June 1873, aged 34, Luke married Sarah Pyrah at Holy Trinity Church in the Armley Hall area of Leeds. She was nearly nine years his junior. They appear in the 1881 census living at 13 Granite Street in the Wortley area of Leeds, when they had two daughters called Ann Elizabeth and Isabella and a son called John William living with them. Another daughter, Clara Ellen, followed later in 1881.

Luke died on 2nd April 1883, aged 44. Sarah was pregnant at the time, giving birth to a baby at the start of 1884, although the baby died young. Sarah outlived Luke by many years; it has yet to be established when she died, but she was still alive in 1911.

Back in Great Hale, both Luke's parents survived him.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Luke WALTON, December Quarter 1838, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 14, page 463, mother's maiden name Ward

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Great Hale (Lincolnshire). Parish registers for Great Hale, ca.1568-1988. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993-2002).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Hale Magna in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1839
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   859	Feb[ruar]y 10	Luke son of	Robert & Elizabeth	Walton	Great Hale	Labourer	H.H. Brown, Off[iciatin]g minister

3. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 619; Book 4; Folio 12; Page 18, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: South Street, Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Robert Walton, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer], born in county
   Elizabeth Walton, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
   Joseph Walton, male, 3 [1837/8], born in county
   Luke Walton, male, 2 [1838/9], born in county
   Ann Walton, female, 7 months [1840], born in county
   ~
   Elizabeth Ward, female, 5 [1835/6], born in county

4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2101; Folio 244; Page 10, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: South Street, Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Ward, head, married, male, 34 [1816/7], Carpenter Master employing 1 man and 1 apprentice, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Mary Ward, wife, married, female, 29 [1821/2], Carpenters Wife, b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ward, daughter, unmarried, female, 5mo [1850], Carpenters Dau[ghte]r, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Ann Ward, mother, widow, female, 62 [1788/9], Annuitant, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Rebecca Ward, sister, unmarried, female, 24 [1826/7], Carpenters Dau[ghte]r, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Ward, niece, unmarried, female, 17 [1833/4], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Fletcher, lodger, unmarried, male, 23 [1827/8], Carpenter (Journeyman), b. South Kyme, Lincolnshire
   William Housley, apprentice, unmarried, male, 19 [1831/2], Carpenters Apprentice, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Walton, nephew, unmarried, male, 10 [1840/1], Errand Boy, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2345; Folio 96; Page 9, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 6 North Street, Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Robert Walton, head, married, male, 46 [1814/5], Ag[ricultura]l Lab[ourer], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Walton, wife, married, female, 48 [1812/3], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Luke Walton, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1838/9], Carpenter Jour[ney]man, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   William Walton, son, male, 12 [1848/9], b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

6. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 4533; Folio 63; Page 56, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 7 Renton Street, Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   John Barlow, head, married, male, 45 [1825/6], Carpenter, b. Colne Bridge, Yorkshire
   Ann Barlow, wife, married, female, 44 [1826/7], b. Great Horton, Yorkshire
   Joseph Barlow, son, male, 13 [1857/8], Modle[?] Maker, b. Saltaire, Yorkshire
   Priscilla Barlow, daughter, female, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   Luke Bolton [sic], boarder, unmarried, male, 32 [1838/9], Carpenter, b. Greathale, Lincolnshire

7. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 4505; Folio 90; Page 41, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 13 Granite Street, New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire
   Luke Walton, head, married, male, 42 [1838/9], Carpenter, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Walton, wife, married, female, 33 [1847/8], b. Low Moor, Yorkshire
   Ann E. Walton, daughter, female, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Isabella Walton, daughter, female, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   John W. Walton, son, male, 3 [1877/8], b. Leeds, Yorkshire

8. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Luke WALTON, June Quarter 1883, Bramley Registration District, Volume 9b, page 223, aged 43 [1839/40]

9. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 1, 27 Apr 1883.

   Deaths. HALE MAGNA.-April 12, at New Wortley, Leeds, Luke Walton, formerly of Hale Magna, in his 43d year.