Wrathalls of Keighley and Long Preston

Denis Poole of Switzerland, who can be reached at denis(at)poole(dot)ch, is interested in Walkers and Wrathalls of Norfolk . During his research in Dec. 2003, Denis found some new information regarding Wrathalls of Keighley and Long Preston:
Found a reference in Norfolk to the will of a Catherine Wrathall of Long Preston, being a curious person I took an hour off to look for the connection. Found nothing [regarding the connection] but two Wrathall families living in Long Preston in 1881, and traced Catherine's husband's family back to John in Keighley.
Denis provided the following data on these Keighley and Long Preston families:
John Wrathall birth abt 1740 Yorkshire
married Betty Denbigh in Keighley 11 Oct. 1767. Submitted by member of LDS [IGI Individual Record]
    Children:
  1. Sarah bt 14.06.1768 in Keighley; IGI - C010683
  2. Betty bt. 28.01.1771 in Keighley; IGI - C010683
  3. [MARY - Christening: 12 DEC 1773 Keighley]
  4. [MARTHA - Christening: 18 JUN 1777 Keighley]
  5. John Denbigh b. 19.06.1780, bt 20.08.1780 in Keighley; IGI - C010683
  6. John b. 16.03.1783, bt. 11.05.1783 in Keighley; IGI - C010683 [IGI Individual Record]
    married Mary Myers in Long Preston 28.11.1812; IGI - M105992
      Children:
    1. William bt. 26.07.1813 in Long Preston; IGI - C093411
    2. Margret bt. 26.04.1816 in Long Preston; IGI - C093411
    3. Ann bt. 30.03.1820 in Long Preston; IGI - C093411
    4. Thomas bt. 30.10.1821 in Long Preston; IGI -C093411 [IGI Individual Record]
      married Catherine ? abt 1853
      • 5 children; see below - 1881 Census (NOT found in IGI)
  7. ? John bt. 10.05.1795 (mother: Betty) in Keighley; IGI - C010683

Note: Probate copy of will of Catherine Wrathall, widow, dated 24 June 1899, held in Norfolk Record Office.
No explanation of why a probate copy of Catherine's will should be amongst the papers of the Hare family of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk.

From Derek's 1861 census: two children to fill the gap between 81's John and Mary Ellen i.e.
Margaret (5yrs in 1861)
Ann (2 yrs in 1861)

From freeBMD:-
Death of Catherine Elsworth-Wrathall 1st Q 1899
Death of Catherine's ?? Thomas Wrathall 2nd Q 1894
Confirmation of Mary Ellen's birth in 1st Q 1863.

Household: 1881 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation
Thomas WRATHALL Head M Male 59 Long Preston, York, England Farmer Of 46 Acres
Catherine WRATHALL Wife M Female 51 Long Preston, York, England Farmer Of 46 Acres Wife
John WRATHALL Son U Male 27 Long Preston, York, England Farmer Of 46 Acres Son
Mary Ellen WRATHALL Daur
Female 18 Long Preston, York, England Farmer Of 46 Acres Daur
Jane WRATHALL Daur
Female 15 Long Preston, York, England Farmer Of 46 Acres Daur
Emily WRATHALL Daur
Female 12 Long Preston, York, England Scholar
Kate May WRATHALL Daur
Female 8 Long Preston, York, England Scholar


Source Information:
Dwelling Bend Yate
Census Place Long Preston, York, England
Family History Library Film 1342026
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4299 / 23
Page Number 17


Household: 1881 Census (Also not found in IGI)
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Age Birthplace Occupation
Joseph WRATHALL Head M Male 30 Westhouse, York, England Joiner
Mary E. WRATHALL Wife M Female 28 Long Preston, York, England Joiner Wife
Alice P. WRATHALL Daur
Female 6 Long Preston, York, England Scholar
Lucy I. WRATHALL Daur
Female 3 Westhouse, York, England Joiner Daughter
Thomas P. WRATHALL Son
Male 1 Long Preston, York, England Joiner Son


Source Information:
Dwelling Long Preston
Census Place Long Preston, York, England
Family History Library Film 1342026
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 4299 / 15
Page Number 2

Thomas and Catherine, as well as Thomas' parents, are listed in the Parish Records for Long Preston .

See also Yorkshire Census Data for Long Preston:
In Feb. 2006, Derek Wrathall, who can be reached at DWrathall(at)Totalise(dot)co(dot)uk, sent 6 photos of the family of Thomas Wrathall above (1821 - 1897). Derek mentioned the following:
At the last meeting of the Keighley FHS the secretary reported receipt of a quantity of photographs from a member, Nick Delves, in Derbyshire. Amongst these were a number of photos of the Wrathalls of Bendgate, Long Preston. I have contacted Nick and he says that his
g-grandfather Edward DELVES married Mary Ann ARMISTEAD and [Edward's] brother, Thomas Hirst DELVES, married Annie WRATHALL. To confuse matters slightly, Mary Ann and Annie were cousins by their mothers, whose mother was Mary COCKSHOTT.
Nick also sent on a disc with these photos, and I have borrowed the disc from the FHS.

The attached photos are described by Nick Delves as follows:
In Mar. 2006, Derek sent several more photos of the family of Thomas Wrathall, which Derek received from another descendant, Anne Bankart:
The Family of John Wrathall and Mary Myers

In Derek Wrathall's transcription (Oct. 2009) of Parish Registers for St Andrews, Keighley , all three sons named John (parents John and/or Betty Wrathall) are listed as dying in infancy, indicating that John and Betty of Keighley were not the parents of JOHN WRATHALL of Long Preston. In Dec. 2009, the FamilySearch International Genealogical Index had the following IGI Individual Records:

JOHN WRATHALL
Spouse: MARY MYERS
Marriage: 28 NOV 1812 Long Preston, Yorkshire

Children of JOHN WRATHALL and MARY [MYERS]: If JOHN WRATHALL and MARY MYERS followed the usual pattern of naming sons and daughters prevalent at the time, then the following might be the result: This corresponds to the relatives of JOHN WRATHALL (b. 1788, Thornton-in-Lonsdale), who was the fourth son of William Wrathall (1753 - ) and Anne Robinson (as shown in the Descendants of John Wrathall and Anne Pickersgill) and the parents of
MARY MYERS
Christening: JAN 1785 Long Preston, Yorkshire
Father: WILLIAM MYERS
Mother: MARGARET