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Janet 29-04-16 23:13

MFMM Nancy Harker
 
Name - Nancy Harker ("Nancy Emmott" a widow, at marriage to Robert Pickles, with father James Harker)

Amendments in purple courtesy of Karen Shearer. Thank you, Karen!

Date and place of birth - 1824 (NBI); pretty sure the place is Cowling

Names of parents - James Harker and unknown [Ann? - with James on 1841 census]

Date and place of baptism - unknown
unless maybe they neglected to baptize her for about 10 years?
I suppose the year 1837 could explain why now and not before.

1837 Nanny Harker baptism at Colne St Barts with father James and mother Ann from Ickornshaw

Details of each of his or her marriages -
first marriage to an Emmott - possibly John Emmott in 1847 (now confirmed)
1847, Marriage solemnized at Register Office, Skipton in the District of Skipton Union in the County of York
Eleventh August 1847 Skipton
John Emmott, full age, Bachelor, Weaver, Cowling, father John Emmott, Weaver
Nancy Harker, full age, Spinster, Weaver, Cowling, father James Harker, Weaver
Married in the Supt Registrar's Office before
Charles Carr
Supv Registrar
Benson Bailey
Registrar
John Emmott signs
Nancy Harker makes her mark
Witnesses
Jesse Fairbank
Mary Crossley Fairbank

second marriage
27 October 1853 to Robert Pickles at Zion Chapel, Skipton, Yorks.,
according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independents
he a widower, she a widow
he a warehouseman, she a weaver
both residing at Ickornshaw, Cowling
his father David Pickles, weaver, hers James Harker, weaver
witnesses John Greenwood and Mary Laycock
Robert signs, Nancy makes her mark
Occupation(s) - weaver

Addresses where they lived - Ickornshaw (Cornshaw), part of the village of Cowling (West Riding of Yorkshire)
(Records are likely to turn up under Kildwick or Skipton.)

1841 census - pretty sure now that this must be her
Ann Harker 1841 Cowling
Registration district: Skipton
Piece: 1317
Folio: 67
Page Number: 20
James Harker 60
Ann Harker 60
James Harker 20
William Harker 15
Ann Harker 15
Isabella Harker 4
1851 census - I really think now that this has to be her on the 1851
Nancy Emmott 1851 Ickornshaw
Registration district: Skipton
Piece: 2278
Folio: 394
Page Number: 11
Nancy Emmott Head Married Female 24 1827 Power Loom Weaver (Cotton) Cowling, Yorkshire, England


Date, place and cause of death - 25 October 1859, Cowling (from MI and NBI), cause Pulmonary Consumption

Date and place of burial / cremation. - 28 October 1859, 35 years, Cowling Anglican parish church (NBI)

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable - unknown

Memorial inscription - from the graveyard at Cowling
Ann Pickles wife of Robert, who died 1859 aged 35
and also Bella their daughter.

Janet 29-04-16 23:14

I think this might be her marriage to John Emmott. Have sent for cert.
Nancy Harker marriage 3rd quarter 1847

First name(s) NANCY
Last name HARKER
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1847
Registration month -
MarriageFinderâ„¢ NANCY HARKER married one of these people
STEPHEN BANNISTER, JONAS HANSON, WILLIAM SMITH, JOHN EMMOTT
District SKIPTON
District number -
County Yorkshire
Country England
Volume 23
Page 561
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom

Janet 29-04-16 23:16

And I think this might be her on the 1851 in Cowling.

1851 Nancy Emmott b1827 Cowling

Nancy Emmott Head Married Female 24 1827 Power Loom Weaver (Cotton) Cowling, Yorkshire, England


The page she is on is from Ickornshaw, parish of Kildwick, E.D. of Cowling.

She's head of household, married. Where is her husband?

Janet 29-04-16 23:17

I hope I will have some more clues when I get that marriage certificate. There are so many Emmotts in Cowling.

BBC history

"During the Norman time land was
given to the Emmott brothers as a
reward for their services to William
the Conqueror. A settlement developed
with Cowling Hill as its centre."

I have the Cowling Local History Society book, Cowling: A Moorland Parish by Alec Wood. I should reread it for clues.

Lindsay 30-04-16 07:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janet (Post 319261)
second marriage
27 October 1853 to Robert Pickles at Zion Chapel, Skipton, Yorks.,
accordiing to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independents
he a widower, she a widow
he a warehouseman, she a weaver
both residing at Ickornshaw, Cowling
his father David Pickles, weaver, hers James Harker, weaver
witnesses John Greenwood and Mary Laycock
Robert signs, Nancy makes her mark[/INDENT]

You might know this already, Janet - the Zion Chapel in Skipton is now St Andrew's (my 4xg-grandfather was buried at the Zion Chapel in the 1820s and a local on another forum kindly offered to look for his gravestone).

kiterunner 30-04-16 10:21

Robert is widowed on the 1861 census, isn't he? So Nancy must have died between 1853 and 1861. Could possibly be the Ann Pickles whose death was registered Oct-Dec 1859 Skipton district (as that was the district for Cowling.) Or have you already ruled that one out?

Janet 30-04-16 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lindsay (Post 319272)
You might know this already, Janet - the Zion Chapel in Skipton is now St Andrew's (my 4xg-grandfather was buried at the Zion Chapel in the 1820s and a local on another forum kindly offered to look for his gravestone).

No, I didn't know, so thanks very much for that, Lindsay. I always look at your posts with interest because I know we're often in the same bailiwick and this is definitely a case in point!

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiterunner (Post 319277)
Robert is widowed on the 1861 census, isn't he? So Nancy must have died between 1853 and 1861. Could possibly be the Ann Pickles whose death was registered Oct-Dec 1859 Skipton district (as that was the district for Cowling.) Or have you already ruled that one out?

Yes, that's a good possibility, Kite. I'm going to look one more time and then I might send for that cert because if your eye is on it I expect it could be the right one. Thank you.

Janet 02-05-16 05:38

It turns out I had the memorial inscription all along (:o!), from an English cousin who made the rounds years ago. Having found that information I was then able to fill in a lot more. Bella, by the way, was a daughter who died in infancy.

So Kite you were quite right with the 1859 death that you found. That is surely her. Even before I found the MI I had already eliminated every other possibility quite exhaustively, and then the NBI confirmed it. Now that I'm sure what I'm looking for, maybe somebody with a public tree will have posted the cert to Ancestry. So I'm not going to rush to spend money, I'll look around first. But thanks again!

Still waiting, of course, for the 1847 cert from her first marriage. Will keep you posted.

Janet 20-05-16 00:28

I now have in hand the 11 August 1847 certificate from her first marriage, to John Emmott:

1847, Marriage solemnized at Register Office, Skipton in the District of Skipton Union in the County of York

Eleventh August 1847 Skipton

John Emmott, full age, Bachelor, Weaver, Cowling, father John Emmott, Weaver

Nancy Harker, full age, Spinster, Weaver, Cowling, father James Harker, Weaver

Married in the Supt Registrar's Office before
Charles Carr
Supv Registrar
Benson Bailey
Registrar

John Emmott signs
Nancy Harker makes her mark

Witnesses
Jesse Fairbank
Mary Crossley Fairbank

I have more than one reason to believe this is the right person. Father's name and occupation match those on her marriage to Robert Pickles. Both ceremonies are non-con. She is a weaver on both (and also on the 1851 census I think is her, so another point in favor of that census appearance too). She also makes her mark at both marriages. So, unless somebody contradicts me, I think this is right.

Karen Shearer 07-06-16 08:31

Ann (Nancy) Harker (Emmott) PICKLES Death
 
Date, place and cause of death - 1859, Cowling (from MI and NBI), cause unknown

According to Ann (Nancy) Pickles death certificate she died of Pulmonary Consumption 25th Oct 1859

There was certainly some confusion in our family tree as Robert Pickles first wife was Ann Emmott. Born 1826. They were married 14th Oct 1841. Her father was a John and Mary Emmott from Great House Farm Cowling. She died 11 May 1845 after the birth of her third child Ann from "the rash" aged 19.


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