Person:Arthur Firth (1)

Arthur Greaves Firth was born in 1868 in Leeds, Yorkshire, son of Mary Firth, formerly Greaves, and her husband Richard Temple Firth, a carter. Arthur was the couple's first of several children. He appears in both the 1871 and 1881 censuses living with his parents and siblings in Leeds.

On 4th April 1887, Arthur married a Sarah Ann Steele. They appear to have had at least two children together. At the time of the 1891 census they were living separately with Sarah and the two children living with her parents, whilst Arthur was back with his parents. He was described as a labourer.

Arthur has yet to be traced after 1891. Sarah remarried in 1907.

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

   b. Arthur FIRTH, June Quarter 1868, Leeds Registration District, Volume 9b, page 520

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Parish Registers of St Michael, Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire.

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Buslingthorpe in the County of York in the Year 1868
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   857	1868 July 12	Arthur	Richard Temple & Mary Ann	Firth	Scott Hall Cottages	Labourer	E.A. Darby, Curate

3. ↑ 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 4561; Folio 18; Page 12, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 20 Stanhope Street, Leeds, Yorkshire
   Rich[ar]d Temple Firth, head, married, male, 23 [1847/8], Carter, b. Leeds
   Mary Firth, wife, married, female, 22 [1848/9], b. Leeds
   Arthur Firth, son, male, 3 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Leeds
   Elizabeth Firth, daughter, female, 1 [1869/70], b. Leeds
   George Vealans, lodger, married, male, 40 [1830/1], Shoe maker, b. Selby
   Dinah Vealans wife, married, female, 46 [1824/5], b. Hull

4. ↑ 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.)
   RG11; Piece 4529; Folio 70; Page 48, 3 Apr 1881.

   9 Buslingthorpe Vale, Leeds, Yorkshire
   Richard T. Firth, head, married, male, 36 [1844/5], Horse Driver, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary Firth, wife, married, female, 30 [1850/1], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Arthur G. Firth, son, male, 13 [1867/8], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Firth, daughter, female, 11 [1869/70], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Annie Firth, daughter, female, 9 [1871/2], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Richard Firth, son, male, 4 [1876/7], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Tho[ma]s Firth, son, male, 2 [1878/9], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Ja[me]s Firth, son, male, 9mo [1880], b. Leeds, Yorkshire

5. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 3702; Folio 44; Page 37, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 13 Stonegate Place, Leeds, Yorkshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Richard Firth, head, married, male, 42 [1848/9], Labourer, employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Mary Firth, wife, married, female, 42 [1848/9], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Arthur Firth, son, male, 23 [1867/8], Labourer, employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Elizabeth Firth, daughter, female, 21 [1869/70], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Annie Firth, daughter, female, 19 [1871/2], Glazier, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Richard Firth, son, male, 14 [1876/7], employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   James Firth, son, male, 10 [1880/1], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   Thomas Firth, son, male, 6 [1884/5], b. Leeds, Yorkshire
   John Firth, son, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Leeds, Yorkshire