William Bagnall (Senior)

William Bagnall was my Great Great Great Great Grandfather.

Christened 10 January 1802 at St. Helens, Sandal Magna

Marriage 20 November 1820

William marries Sarah Woodhead 20 Nov 1820 at St John's Church in Wakefield.

Occupation

From the baptism records of some of William's children, we know that Willliam Bagnall (senior) was a foundry worker who worked at times as an Iron Moulder.

An Iron Moulder is the man who pours molten iron into moulds.

Death 1842

William died in 1842 and was buried at Wakefield on 9 June that year, aged 40 - eleven years before his wife Sarah. Two of their young children had already died before him: William, in 1835 aged 6 months, and Jane, in 1837 aged 1 - see William's and Jane's own pages for their baptism and burial records.

Sarah, 1851 census

As a widow, Sarah is recorded in the 1851 census aged 50, living with her sister-in-law Mary Braithwaite and her daughter Jane (almost certainly Jane Elizabeth) at Upper Lane, Cleckheaton, Bradford (ref 2303/folio253/page34).

Sarah's Death 1853

Sarah outlived William by eleven years. She was buried at Wakefield on 23 March 1853, listed in the register as a widow, aged 52.