Person:Ben Sykes (2)

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m. 27 Dec 1864
  1. Ben Sykes1869 - 1950
m. 2 Aug 1890
  1. John E Sykes1890 - 1893
  2. Jane SykesAbt 1892 -
  3. Harriet A SykesAbt 1894 -
  4. Eliza Ellen Sykes1903 -
Facts and Events
Name Ben Sykes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 16 Apr 1869 Fairfield, Derbyshire, England
Christening[1] 23 May 1869 Fairfield, Derbyshire, England
Census[2] 1871 Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
Census[3] 1881 Holme, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Marriage 2 Aug 1890 Holmbridge, West Riding of Yorkshire, EnglandSt David's Church
to Harriet Green
Census[4] 1891 Holme, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Census[5] 1901 Holme, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Census[6] 1911 Holme, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alt Death[7] Bet Jan 1942 and Mar 1942 Huddersfield Registration District, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Death[7] Bet Jan 1950 and Mar 1950 Huddersfield Registration District, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Derbyshire Record Office; Matlock, Derbyshire, England; Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers; Diocese: Diocese of Derby , in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire, England. Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1916
    Fairfield, Derbyshire, page 83, #653 .

    Born 16 Apr 1869, bapt 23 May 1869. Ben Earnshaw, son of Jeremiah and Harriet Sykes of Fairfield (father: butcher)

  2. Reg'n Dist: Bakewell, Sub-Reg'n dist: Tideswell, Enum Dist: 19 , in 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: 3633; Folio: 123; Page: 32; GSU roll: 841851 .

    Household Schedule 157: Market Place, Tideswell
    Joseph Hudson, head, mar, 53, plasterer's labourer, born Derbyshire, Tideswell
    Elizabeth Hudson, wife, mar, 44 , labourer's wife, born Derbyshire, Tideswell
    Owen Hudson, son, 11, scholar, born Derbyshire, Tideswell
    George Hudson, son, 6, scholar, born Derbyshire, Tideswell
    Ben E Sykes, grandson, 2, born Derbyshire, Buxton
    William White, wife's son, 19, power loom cotton weaver, born Derbyshire, Tideswell

    Ben's parents, Jeremiah and Harriet, died in Jul 1870 and Feb 1871 respectively. The Hudsons were his maternal grandparents.

  3. Reg'n Dist: Huddersfield, Enum Dist: 7 , in 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: 4370; Folio: 121; Page: 20; GSU roll: 1342043 .

    Household Schedule 90: Holme Woods
    John Sykes, head, mar, 65, farmer of 40 acres, born Yorkshire, Cartworth
    Hannah Sykes, wife, mar, 52, farmer's wife, born Yorkshire, Holme
    John W Sykes, son, unm, 22, farmer's son, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Mary Sykes, daur, unm, 20, cotton winder, born Yorkshire, Holme
    George Sykes, son, unm, 18, farmer's son, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Anne Sykes, daur, unm, 17, cotton wider, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Ellen A Sykes, daur, 13, scholar, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Ben E Sykes, grandson, scholar, born Yorkshire, Holme [sic]
    Joe Lambert, boarder, unm, 40, stone waller, born Yorkshire, Leeds

    During the 1870s Ben left his maternal grandparents and went to live with his paternal grandparents.

  4. Reg'n Dist: Huddersfield, Sub-reg'n Dist: Holmfirth, Enum Dist: 7, in 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: 3557; Folio: 105; Page: 15; GSU roll: 6098667.

    Household Schedule 89: Holme Woods, Holme
    Eliza Green, head, widow, 59, farmer, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Harriet Sykes, daur, mar, 22, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Ben E Sykes, son-in-law, mar, 22, general labourer, born Yorkshire, Holme
    John E Sykes, grandson, 8 mths, born Yorkshire, Holme

  5. Reg'n Dist: Huddersfield, Sub-reg'n Dist: Holmfirth, Enum Dist: 1, in England. England. 1901 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: RG13; Piece: 4095; Folio: 12; Page: 15.

    Household Schedule 88 Holm Woods
    Ben Sykes, head, mar, 32, farmer, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Harriet Sykes, wife, mar, 33, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Jane Sykes, daur, 9, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Harriet A Sykes, daur, 7 [3?], born Yorkshire, Holme
    Eliza Green, mother-in-law, widow, 68, born Yorkshire, Holme

  6. Reg'n Dist 495 (Huddersfield), Sub-Reg'n Dist: Holmfirth, Enum Dist 1, in England. 1911 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 RG 14, Piece:26217.

    Street address: Lane Head Farm, Holmbridge, Huddersfield
    Ben Earnshaw Sykes, head, 42, married, farmer, born Derbyshire, Buxton
    Harriet Sykes, wife, 42, married, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Jane Sykes, daur, 19, single, minder in a woollen manufacturers, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Harriet Ann Sykes, daughter, 17, single, no occ'n given, born Yorkshire, Holme
    Eliza Ellen Sykes, daughter, 8, school, born Yorkshire, Holme

    Couple married 20 years, 5 children were born, 3 were still living.

  7. 7.0 7.1 Huddersfield Registration District, in England. Death Index, 1916-2007. (Ancestry.com)
    Volume 2b, Page 833.

    Name: Ben Sykes, age 81, born abt 1869
    Registration Quarter and Year: Jan-Feb-Mar 1950

    Another possible death for Ben is also in Huddersfield Reg'n District, Volume 9a, page 779
    Name: Ben Sykes, age 72, born abt 1870
    Registration Quarter and Year: Jan-Feb-Mar 1942

    Ben Sykes also appeared in the 1939 register.