Richard and Mary Horsfall
Family of Richard Horsfall & Mary Ann Parker & Priscilla Sharp, 1834- (b. 1811)
Residence: West Yorkshire, England
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Parents' Childhood
Richard Horsfall was born in 1811 to Robert and Elizabeth Horsfall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
Mary Ann Parker was born in 1814 to John and Jessie Parker, also in Halifax, England.
Priscilla Sharp was born in 1815 to Benjamin and Elizabeth Sharp, also in Halifax, England.
Richard and Mary Horsfall
Richard and Mary married and lived in Halifax for 20 years.
| 1834 | Married in Halifax, England |
| 1835 | Robert born |
| 1836 | Harriet born |
| 1838 | John born |
| 1840 | John died, age 2 |
| 1841 | Jane born |
| 1844 | John R. born |
| 1846 | Joseph born |
| 1848 | Thomas born |
| 1849 | Joseph died, age 3 |
| 1851 | Lavinia born |
| 1855 | Mary died, age 40 |
The Horsfalls were an aristocratic and well-to-do family. The children had plenty of clothes and received a good education.
When Mary died, she left 6 children: Robert (about age 20), Harriet (age 18), Jane (about age 14), John (age 11), Thomas (age 7), and Lavinia (age 3).
Richard and Priscilla Horsfall
| 1857 | Robert married Elizabeth Tidswell |
| 1858 | Married in Halifax, England |
| c. 1858 | Harriet married Joseph Broadbent |
| c. 1868 | Thomas married Sarah Shoesmith |
| 1870 | Jane had a baby, Lavinia |
| 1872 | Robert died, age 37 |
| 1872 | Lavinia married Enoch Ludlow |
| 1873 | John married Alice Maria Airey |
| 1879 | Richard died, age 67 |
| 1882 | Thomas died, age 34 |
Priscilla appears with Richard in the 1871 census; it's unclear when she died after that.
Descendants
- Robert and Thomas lived in Halifax until their early deaths. Robert had no children, and Thomas had two.
- Harriet, Jane, and John remained with their families in West Yorkshire.
- Lavinia and her family immigrated in 1878 to Benjamin, Utah.
