John GREGORY

1826 - 1906  (80 years)

• Name	John GREGORY
  Birth	10 May 1826	Sheffield, Yorkshire   [1]
  Christening	25 Dec 1830	Sheffield, Yorkshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	8F39A86A602C466F816E00A9EF19EA802592
  Death	13 Jun 1906	24 Thoresby Road, Ecclesall, Sheffield   [2]
  Notes	There is a second IGI record for John's baptism which gives the date as 8 July 1826, at Brunswick & Park Wesleyan Chapels, Norfolk Street, Sheffield. It's not clear whether John was baptised twice but it does seem that John (sen) and Sarah's first three children were all baptised on Christmas Day 1830. Brendan Molloy expains how John and his wife may have met: "George [John's father] had a shop and lived on Coalpit Lane with family, he made fenders across the road at Cross Burgess Street, across the road on Burgess Street lived Joseph Smith and his sister Sarah with their aunt and uncle." January 2008: contact with Anne Thompson via Genes reunited. Anne and I are very distantly related - as Anne puts it "Your great-great-grandfather John Gregory(1826) married Sarah Smith, the sister of my great-great-grandfather Joseph Smith(1830). It seems Joseph married Sarah Turton whose father Edward was in the same trade (making fenders) as John Gregory and John's father George, and they lived all in the same part of central Sheffield." 1861 census: at 7 Reginald Street, Eccleshall Bierlow, Sheffield, John (34, kitchen fender maker), Sarah (34), Mary Hannah (9, scholar), Fanny (3) and Sarah's brother Thomas SMITH (25, unmarried, desert knife fluter, born Sheffield). When son John (junior) was born in 1863, John senior was a Fender maker, living at 30 Wilson Street, Brightside Bierlow. When John married in 1886, John senior was still a Fender manufacturer. 1871 census: at 10 Reginald Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, John (44, fender maker), Sarah (44), Mary H (19, domestic), Fanny (13, scholar), John (7, scholar) and Sarah's brother Thomas SMITH (35, unmarried, desert knife fluter, born Sheffield). 1881 census: at 124 Fitzalan Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, John (54, fender manufacturer employing 1 man & 1 boy), Sarah (54), Fanny (23) and John (17, forger of fenders). 1891 census: at 75 Sedan Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, John (widower, 64, fender manufacturer) and Fanny (33). 1901 census: at 51 Fox Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield, John (widower, 74, fender maker on own account) and Fanny (43). DEATH: Cause of death: senile decay, heart failure. Informant: John Gregory of 24 Thoresby Road. Age at death, 80. Retired Fender Manufacturer. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941, at Ancestry.co.uk, November 2010 GREGORY John of 24 Thoresby-road Walkley-lane Sheffield died 13 June 1906 Probate London 30 July 1906 to John Gregory fender-manufacturer. Effects £1210 13s.
  Person ID	I962	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	26 Nov 2010

  
  

  Father	George GREGORY,   b. Bef 31 Aug 1800, Cupola Cottage, Baslow, Derbyshire d. 12 Aug 1873, 35 Chapel Street, Brightside Bierlow, Sheffield (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Sarah WALKER,   b. 1804, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 7 May 1868, Eccleshall Bierlow, Sheffield (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	17 Jul 1825	Sheffield, Yorkshire   [1]
  	This marriage is the most likely one found on the IGI but hasn't been confirmed from any other source.
  Family ID	F366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah SMITH,   b. 31 Aug 1827, Handsworth, Birmingham d. Mar 1882, Sheffield, Yorkshire (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1850	Parish Church, Sheffield   [3]
  	When they married both John and Sarah were 24 and living at Coal Pit Lane and Burgess St respectively. John's profession was Fender Smith. John'sfather, George, was also a Fender Smith and Sarah's father, John Smith,was a Fruiterer(?).
  Children	1. Mary Hannah GREGORY,   b. Dec 1851, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. Mar 1894, Sheffield RD (Age ~ 42 years)   2. Fanny GREGORY,   b. Mar 1858, Sheffield, Yorkshire d. 4 Feb 1916, Sheffield, Yorkshire (Age ~ 57 years)   3. John GREGORY,   b. 16 May 1863, 30 Wilson Street, Brightside Bierlow d. 28 Feb 1939, 6 Handsworth Road, Handsworth, Sheffield (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 May 1826 - Sheffield, Yorkshire Christening - 25 Dec 1830 - Sheffield, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] IGI. [S134] Death certificate (copy). [S149] Marriage Certificate (copy).