© 2020 David E. Spencer
Joshua was born in Belper, Derbyshire in 1842. He married Hannah Cheetham (born Milford, Derbyshire about 1843) at Belper Wesleyan Chapel in 1861.
Author's note - Belper Wesleyan Chapel is now Belper Methodist Church. It celebrated its bicentenary in 2007 and is an excellent example of Wesleyan Chapels of this period. When we visited Belper as part of our research, we were privileged to be allowed to see the interior of this chapel - this was a highlight of our visit to the area. John Wesley preached at a spot adjacent to this chapel.
Belper Methodist Church today
Hannah had been brought up by her grandmother Dinah Barker, nee Abbott following her parents' early deaths.Click here to read about Hannah's Abbott ancestors in Suffolk.
Clarissa (born 1864, Duffield, Derbyshire) was the eldest daughter of Joshua and Hannah. She married Lawrence Bradley , a limestone quarry labourer born 1868 at Langliffe near Settle, yorks in 1891. They had 5 children by the time of the 1901 Census (when they living at Lower Croft St., Settle).Their children were Thomas H. (born about 1893), William G. (born about 1895), Joseph (born about 1897), Alice (born about 1899) and Hannah (born about 1900).
Caroline, born in Milford, Derbyshire about 1866, had her first son Charles W. in 1889 at Giggleswick, near Settle, Yorks. She married Arthur John Humphrey, a labourer born 1867, New Buckenham, Norfolk in 1891 in Settle.Click here to read about Arthur Humphrey's ancestors in Norfolk. Caroline and Arthur had 8 children.