l.6. Benjamin WORTLEY, ged. 23/08/1843

l.6.   Benjamin, ged.  23/08/1843, Huddersfield, Yorkshire oorl. 25/11/1899, Huddersfield, Yorkshire x 03/10/1863, Kirkburton met Mary SENIOR, geb. 09/09/1845, Shelley, Yorkshire, Engeland, d.v. John James Senior en Sarah Ann Roebuck.

Benjamin was die seun van Joseph Wortley en Sarah Silverwood.

Event Date 1851
Event Place Kirkburton, Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Registration District Huddersfield
Event Type Census
Name Ben Wortley
Sex Male
Age 8
Birth Year (Estimated) 1843
Birthplace Shelley, Yorkshire
Marital Status Unmarried
Occupation Scholar At Home Relationship to Head of Household Son

1861
Abode: Woodhouse, Shelley, Kirkburton, Yorkshire

Name
Relationship
Age
Condition
Occupation
Where Born
Joseph Wortley
Head
52
Widow
Fancy Weaver
Shelley
William Wortley
Son
22
Unmarried
Fancy Weaver
Shelley
Ben Wortley
Son
17
Unmarried
Mule Weaver (Woollen)
Shelley

Ben trou in 1863 met Mary Senior in die dist. Huddersfield.

Die Senior familie was 'n belangrike familie in Shepley as gevolg van hulle betrokkenheid by die brou-industrie, Cliffe House en ook omdat hulle groot plaaslike werkgewers was. (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)  A man called Seth Senior invested a sovereign to start brewing his own fine ales using Shepley water. He worked from his cottage, now The Sovereign Inn, and called his brew ‘Sovereign Ales’. It became so popular that a thousand barrels a week were transported by horse and cart to Shepley station and surrounding outlets. When he made his money he built Highfield Brewery and Cliffe House.  (Billington, David:  Shepley, Believe it …… or Not!)  The Sovereign Inn is one of the most famous hostelries in the district and numerous traditions have grown up around it.  The name of the establishment is the subject of a romantic narrative, which claims that around 1829, its founder, Seth Senior, was an itinerant tinsmith, who called at Lane Head House one cold winter’s night, explaining that his wife had gone into labour in an adjacent field and begging for assistance.  The Firth family, who owned Lane Head House at the time, not only came to the Seniors’ aid, they took the family in over the winter months, employing them as servants and accommodation them over the coach house.  When spring came, Mr Firth presented Seth with a gold sovereign for his labours.  The tinsmith used this to rent a nearby cottage, where he began to brew beer from local spring water.  This was the birth of the Sovereign Inn, an enterprise that flourished until the Senior family owned several pubs and breweries in the Shepley area.  (Roberts, Kai:  Haunted Huddersfield)

Hulle woon:  1851, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland;  1861, Shelley, Yorkshire, Engeland;  1871, 3 Old Heymoorhouse, Shepley, Yorkshire, Engeland;  1881, Arkenly Lane, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Engeland;  1891, Arkenly Lane,Almondbury, Yorkshire, Engeland.

Hy was 'n Woollen Mule Weaver in 1861, 'n Slubber in 1871, 'n Woollen Spinner in 1881 en 'n Hay & Straw Dealer in 1891. Ben sterf in 1899 in die District of Huddersfield.

Ben Wortley was a man born in 1844 in Shelley Yorkshire Almondbury. During the 1881 UK Census he was 37 years old and lived in Yorkshire - West Riding. He appears as the head of his house in the 1881 UK Census.

LAST NAME: Wortley
FIRST NAME: Ben
MIDDLE NAME:
BIRTH YEAR: 1844
BIRTH PLACE: Shelley Yorkshire Almondbury
COUNTY: Yorkshire - West Riding
AGE: 37
GENDER: Male
RESIDENCE: Arkonley Lane
Almondbury, Yorkshire - West Riding
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
Ben Wortley (37, Male)
Mary Wortley (34, Female)
Harry S Wortley (15, Male)
Lavinia Wortley (12, Female)
Edith Wortley (10, Female)
Marian Wortley (8, Female)
Frances M Wortley (6, Female)
Eleanor Wortley (4, Female)
Joe Wortley (2, Male)

Event Date 1881
Event Place Almondbury, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England
Registration District Huddersfield
Event Type Census
Residence Note Arkonley Lane
Name Ben Wortley
Sex Male
Age 37
Birth Year (Estimated) 1844
Birthplace Shelley, Yorkshire, England
Marital Status Married
Occupation Woollen Spinner
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Page Number 9
Piece/Folio 4375/48
Registration Number RG11

Event Date 1881
Event Place Almondbury, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England
Registration District Huddersfield
Event Type Census
Residence Note Arkonley Lane
Name Mary Wortley
Sex Female
Age 34
Birth Year (Estimated) 1847
Birthplace Shelley, Yorkshire, England
Marital Status Married
Relationship to Head of Household Wife

Event Date 1891
Event Place (Original) Almondbury, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Enumeration District 3
Registration District Huddersfield
Event Type Census
Name Ben Wortley
Sex Male
Age 47
Birth Year (Estimated) 1844
Birthplace Yorkshire, England
Marital Status Married
Occupation Hay & Straw Dealer
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Event Place Note Arkenley Lane
Page Number 6
Piece/Folio 3562/ 42
Registration Number RG12

Event Date 1891
Event Place (Original) Almondbury, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding), England
Enumeration District 3
Registration District Huddersfield
Event Type Census
Name Mary Wortley
Sex Female
Age 45
Birth Year (Estimated) 1846
Birthplace Yorkshire, England
Marital Status Married
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Event Place Note Arkenley Lane

Kinders:  

m.1.  Harry (of Henry) Senior WORTLEY, geb. 09/12/1865, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Engeland, ged. 30/05/1866, Kirkburton, Yorkshire, Engeland, oorl. 16/03/1937, Huddersfield, Kirklees, Wes-Yorkshire, Engeland x 20/04/1895, dist. Huddersfield met Elizabeth Hannah Midgley, geb. 21/02/1863, oorl. 07/10/1943, d.v. Edward Midgley en Elizabeth Woffenden.

m.2.  Lavinia WORTLEY, geb. Jan-Mrt 1869, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Engeland, ged. 10/12/1885, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Engeland x 15/07/1898, dist. Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Engeland met Hartley Taylor, geb. 1868, s.v. John Taylor.

m.3.  Edith WORTLEY, geb. 03/1871, Moldgreen, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Engeland, oorl. 09/1887, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

m.4.  Marion WORTLEY, geb. Okt-Des 1872, Shelley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire x 14/12/1892, St. John, Huddersfield, York met John Daveney, geb. 1868, s.v. John Daveney. 

m.5.  Frances Mary WORTLEY, geb. 25/12/1874, Shelley, Yorkshire, oorl. 1948 x 03/04/1899, St. John, Huddersfield, York met Hamilton Wadsworth, geb.1872, oorl. 1949, s.v. Thomas Wadsworth en Norina NN.

m.6.  Eleanor WORTLEY, geb. Jan – Mar 1877, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Engeland x 09/1901, Huddersfield, Yorkshire met Ernest Wright Pownall, geb. c. 1876, oorl. 1936, s.v William Wright Pownall en Martha Wemersley.

m.7.  Joseph WORTLEY, geb. Jan-Mrt 1879, Almondbury, oorl. 1888, dist. Huddersfield.

m.8.  John Edward WORTLEY, geb.  Jul-Sep 1881, Almondbury, ged. 12/12/1885, Almondbury, Yorkshire, Engeland x 09/08/1906, Eastthorpe, Yorkshire met Mary Cecily King, geb. c. 1881, oorl. 27/05/1948, d.v. John King en Annie NN.

m.9.  Emily WORTLEY, geb. Jan–Mrt 1884, Almondbury x Tom Sharpe, geb. 1884.

m.10.  Frank WORTLEY, geb. Jan-Mrt 1886, oorl. 1906.