Job LINDLEY

  General Notes:

Obtained name from daughter Jane's marriage certificate

Job was born in Austonley, near Huddersfield
Birth registered Sep qtr 1844 in Huddersfield Vol XXII P 306

Baptism
Almondbury St David's Holmbridge in the County of York, 1847, page 63
501, Nov'r 28, Job, James & Hannah, Lindley, Hoowood, Clothier, born July 16 '44
502, Nov'r 28, George, James & Hannah, Lindley, Hoowood, Clothier, born July 3 '47

Marriages for Sep qtr 1867 has both Job Lindley and Hannah Horsfall
Salford Vol 8d p85. Her address was 20 Chapel Street, Salford

Marriages Dec 1885 - Job Lindley and Sarah Leah Dickinson (2nd wife) Halifax Vol 9a P803

Most of the information came from "The ancestry of John Horsfall Lindley" and From "Lindley Family History"

Death Dec 1922 West Ham 4a 39 Job Lindley at 70 Capel Road, Forest Gate. Described as House Purchase Societys Superintendent. The informant was J H Lindley (son) of 29 Benson Avenue, East Ham

Buried in Square 160 , grave 59419 at the City of London cemetery (details from RPL)

1851 census (indexed as Lindle)
HO107/2292 F368 P18
Hoowood, Austonley, Yorkshire
James Lindley, Head, Mar, 43, Woollen Spinner, Yorkshire Hepworth
Hannah do, Wife, Mar, 42, Woollen Spinner Wife, Yorkshire Wooldale
Emma do, Daur, U, 18, Woollen Piecer, Yorkshire Wooldale
Ellen do, Daur, , 13, , Yorkshire Austonley
Hannah do, Daur, , 11, Scholar, Yorkshire Austonley
James do, Son, , 9, Scholar, Yorkshire Austonley
Job do, Son, , 6, Scholar, Yorkshire Austonley
Matilda do, Daur, , 1, , Yorkshire Austonley

1861 census
RG9/3385 F10 P14 & F11 P15
3 Gilpins Buildings, Leeds, Yorkshire
William Greensmith, Head, Married, 31, Woollen Mule Spinner, Yorkshire Upperthong
Nancy do, Wife, Married, 31, , Yorkshire Wooldale
Fred do, Son, , 8, Scholar, Yorkshire Wooldale
William H do, Son, , 7, Scholar, Yorkshire Cartworth
Thomas do, Son, , 3, , Yorkshire Cartworth
Martha Greensmith, Dau, , 3, , Yorkshire Leeds
John do, Son, , 5 m, , Yorkshire Leeds
Job Lindley, Nephew, Un, 16, Woollen Mule Spinner, Yorkshire Austonley

1871 Census
RG10/4417 F5 P4
6 Delf Hole, Luddenden Foot, Midgley
John Horsfall, Head, Widower, 52, Retired Mule Spinner, Yorkshire Stansfield
Hannah Lindley, Daughter, Married, 22, House Keeper, Yorkshire Stansfield
Job Lindley, Son in Law, Mar, 26, Maker up of Worsted, Yorkshire Holmfirth
Janey Lindley, Grand Daughter, , 2, , Yorkshire Midgley

In 1874, at birth of John Horsfall the couple are living at Osborne Terrace, Sowerby

1881 Census
RG11/4416 F35 P20
Albion Terrace, Sowerby, Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire
Job Lindley, Head, Mar, 36, Cotton Cloth Agent, Halifax Yorkshire
Hannah do, Wife, Mar, 32, , Halifax Yorkshire
Janey do, Daur, Unm, 12, Scholar, Halifax Yorkshire
John H do, Son, Unm, 6, Scholar, Halifax Yorkshire
- the houses at Albion Terrace are now demolished, but were in what is now called Hand Carr Lane

In 1891 Census Job, 2nd wife Sarah and her daughter Florrie (10) are at 169 Barking Road, Plaistow.
RG12/1326 F26 P6
Job Lindley, Head, M, 46, Clothier Manager, York Holmfirth
Sarah L do, Wife, M, 34, , Cheshire Macclesfield
John H do, Son, S, 16, Clothier Assistant, York Halifax
Florrie Dickinson, Step Daughter, , 10, Scholar, York Morley
George C W Abrey, Boarder, S, 22, Clothier Traveller, London Kentish Town
Elizabeth Sharp, Servant, S, 13, General Servant Domestic, Essex West Ham

1901 Census
eventually found a Job Findley in West Ham, born in Holmfirth (sheet is clearly Lindley)
St Stephens, West Ham RG13/1568 Folio 45 Page 41
61 Thorngrove Road
Job Lindley, Head, Married, 56, Traveller Commercial,born Holmfirth Yorkshire
Sarah L Lindley, Wife, Married, 43, born Macclesfield Cheshire
Florrie Lindley, Daughter, Single, 20, Factory Hand, Born Yorks Morley?
Frederick ???,Boarder, Single, 26, Clerk, born Kent
George ???, Boarder, Single, 22, Relief ???, born Kent

1911 census
RG14PN9388 RG78PN506 RD188 SD2 ED15 SN226
70 Capel Road, Forest Gate, Essex (West Ham district) - 7 rooms
Job Lindley, Head, 66, Widower, Insurance (Superintendent), Yorks Holmfirth
Florrie Davis, Daughter, 30, Married, , Yorks Morley
George William Joseph Davis, Son in Law, 31, Married, Machine Minder Printing, London Southwark
Martha Elizabeth Harrop, Boarder, 39, Single, Dress Maker, Yorks Horbury
Henry David Stephenson, Boarder, 56, Married, Clerk Commercial, Yorks Hull
- Florrie married 5 years and no children

From "The Ancestry of John Horsfall Lindley"
Probably moved to London in 1890 (just before Janey's wedding)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Woollen Mule Spinner, 1861.

• Occupation: Railway Porter, 1867, Luddenden Foot, Midgley, Yorkshire, England.

• Occupation: Marker up of Worsted, 1871.

• Occupation: Marker Up, 1874, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England.

• Occupation: Cotton Cloth Agent, 1881, Sowerby By Halifax, Yorkshire, England.

• Occupation: General Agent, 1882.

• Occupation: Cotton Cloth Agent, 1891, Plaistow, West Ham, London, England.

• Occupation: Outfitter, 1896.

Job married Hannah HORSFALL, daughter of John HORSFALL and Susey CRABTREE, on 28 Aug 1867 in Salford, Lancashire, England. (Hannah HORSFALL was born on 21 Apr 1848 in East Lee, Stansfield, Todmorden, Yorkshire, England, died on 3 Oct 1882 in Luddenden Foot, Midgley, Yorkshire, England and was buried on 6 Oct 1882 in Eastwood, Nr Halifax, Yorkshire, England.)

Job next married Sarah Leah DICKINSON, daughter of John DICKINSON and Mary ASTLE, on 3 Dec 1885 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. (Sarah Leah DICKINSON was born circa Dec 1857 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, died on 21 Mar 1910 in West Ham, Essex, England and was buried in City Of London Cemetery, London, England ¹.)