Person:John Warrior (1)

John Warrior was born in 1850 in the township of North Stainley with Sleningford in the parish of Ripon in Yorkshire, son of Mary Warrior, formerly Barker, and her husband Thomas Warrior, a gardener. The 1851 census finds John living with his parents and siblings at Sleningford Mill there. By 1861 they had moved to the neighbouring village of West Tanfield.

By 1871 John had left home and was working as a gardener on the Ribston Hall estate, about 17 miles south of West Tanfield.

On 15th December 1873, aged 23, John married Mary Elizabeth Singleton (who appears to have been known by her middle name). She had also been working at Ribston Hall as a laundry maid in the 1871 census, but they married nearly 80 miles south of Ribston Hall at Aston on Trent in Derbyshire, where Elizabeth's father was living at the time.

After their marriage they initially lived at West Tanfield, having seven children there between their marriage and 1884. Around 1881 the family was clearly struck with illness; the census finds John at a Sanatorium in Bournemouth, nearly 300 miles away from Elizabeth and the children in West Tanfield. Their eldest daughter died aged seven shortly afterwards. John clearly recovered and later returned to join the family in Yorkshire again.

The family moved around various big estates in this part of Yorkshire, presumably following John's work as a domestic gardener. By 1891 they had moved to the Aldburgh Hall estate just outside the small town of Masham, and a couple of miles west of West Tanfield. They had moved again by 1901, to Park House at Snape, about four miles north of West Tanfield. They were still at Snape in 1911.

By 1928 John had moved to the town of Keighley, nearly 40 miles to the south-west of West Tanfield and Snape. He died at home at 2 Margaret Street in Keighley on 31st October 1928, aged 77. He was buried back at West Tanfield. Elizabeth survived him by nearly four years.

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

   b. John WARRIOR, December Quarter 1850, Ripon Registration District, Volume 23, page 600, mother's maiden name Barker

2. ↑ 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 2281; Folio 389; Page 14, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Slenningford Mill, North Stainley cum Slenningford, Ripon, Yorkshire
   Thomas Warrior, head, married, male, 40 [1810/11], Gardener, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Mary Warrior, wife, married, female, 31 [1819/20], b. Crakehall, Yorkshire
   Jane Warrior, daughter, female, 11 [1839/40], Scholar, b. Slenninford Mill, Yorkshire
   Mary Warrior, daughter, female, 7 [1843/4], Scholar, b. Slenninford Mill, Yorkshire
   Thomas Warrior, son, male, 4 [1846/7], Scholar, b. Slenninford Mill, Yorkshire
   William Warrior, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Slenninford Mill, Yorkshire
   John Warrior, son, male, 4m [1850], b. Slenninford Mill, Yorkshire

3. ↑ 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 3199; Folio 41; Page 3, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 1 Hon A 2 Cottages, West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Thomas Warrior, head, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Gardener, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Mary Warrior, wife, married, female, 36 [1824/5], b. Crakehall, Bedale, Yorkshire
   John Warrior, son, male, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Robert Warrior, son, male, 7 [1853/4], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   George C. Warrior, son, male, 5 [1855/6], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Tamar Warrior, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Ellen Warrior, daughter, female, 7m [1860], b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire

4. ↑ 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 4282; Folio 102; Page 19, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Gardener's Cottage, Great Ribstone with Walshford, Yorkshire
   James Abbey Todd, head, unmarried, male, 21 [1849/50], Gardener Domestic Serv[ant], b. Moreby, Yorkshire
   John Warrior, boarder, unmarried, male, 20 [1850/1], Gardener Domestic Serv[ant], b. Stainley, Yorkshire

5. ↑ 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 1197; Folio 46; Page 9, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: The Sanatorium Institution, Bournemouth [Urban Sanitary District], Holdenhurst [Civil Parish], Hampshire
   Head, matron, 7 servants and 55 patients, including:
   John Warrior, patient, married, male, 30 [1850/1], Gardener, b. North Stainley, Yorkshire

6. ↑ 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 4029; Folio 73; Page 2, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: Aldburgh Hall, Burton upon Ure [Civil Parish], Masham [Urban Sanitary District], Yorkshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   John Warrior, head, married, male, 40 [1850/1], Gardener Domestic Servant, employed, b. Sleningford Mill, Yorkshire
   Mary Elizabeth Warrior, wife, married, female, 40 [1850/1], b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Ada Ellen Warrior, daughter, single, female, 15 [1875/6], Dressmaker Apprentice, employed, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   John Warrior, son, single, male, 14 [1876/7], Telegraph Messenger, employed, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Robert Warrior, son, male, 11 [1879/80], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Ernest James Warrior, son, male, 9 [1881/2], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Emily Warrior, daughter, female, 8 [1882/3], Scholar, b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire
   Katy Warrior, daughter, female, 6 [1884/5], b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire

7. ↑ 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 4601; Folio 17; Page 13, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Snape, Yorkshire
   5 or more rooms occupied
   John Warrior, head, married, male, 50 [1850/1], Gardener Domestic, worker, b. North Stainley, Yorkshire
   Mary E. Warrior, wife, married, female, 50 [1850/1], b. Allington, Lincolnshire
   Kate Warrior, daughter, single, female, 16 [1884/5], b. West Tanfield, Yorkshire

8. ↑ 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 RG14; Piece 29402; Schedule 30, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Park House, Snape, Yorkshire
   5 rooms occupied
   John Warrior, head, male, 60 [1850/1], married, Gardener "Domestic", worker, b. Sleningford Mill, Yorkshire
   Mary Elizabeth Warrior, wife, female, 60 [1850/1], married 38 years, 7 children born, 6 children still living, b. Grantham, Lincolnshire

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

   d. John WARRIOR, December Quarter 1928, Keighley Registration District, Volume 9a, page 242, aged 77 [1850/1]

10. ↑ Burials register, in West Tanfield, Yorkshire, England. Parish Registers (North Yorkshire County Record Office, Northallerton).

    BURIALS in the Parish of West Tanfield in the County of York in the Year 1928
    No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
    361	John Warrior	2 Margaret St[reet] Keighley	Novemb[er] 3rd 1928	77 years	G. Percy H. Frost, Rector

11. ↑ Leeds Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Page 6, 3 Nov 1928.

    DEATHS.
    WARRIOR.-October 31, at 2, Margaret Street, Highfield Lane, Keighley, in his 78th year, JOHN WARRIOR, (formerly of West Tanfield and Snape, Bedale).-Service at All Saints' Church, Keighley, at 11 o'clock; interment at West Tanfield Church at 12 o'clock to-day (Saturday), November 3. No flowers, by request. Friends and relatives please accept this (the only) intimation.