Albert Edward Wrathall
Derek Wrathall of Skipton, who has done considerable research on Yorkshire and Lancashire Wrathalls, has been working on digitising old family photographs. He mentioned the following in March 2001:
I have a photo of William George, with all his family around him, and also one of Albert Edward Wrathall with his family outside his butcher's shop in Blackburn. In Kelly's Directory of Lancashire 1924, the address of Albert's shop is given as 16, New Bank Road, Blackburn. My aunt Greta gave me the photo several years ago. Albert Edward was W. G. Wrathall's half brother, born to the second wife of Thomas Wrathall, Agnes Procter (a widow, formerly Skirrow). By chance, my son met the wife of a descendant of Albert at a function in London.
[Click here to view the photo of Albert Edward and family in front of the shop and here to view a close-up of the family.] Derek had further information regarding the photo:
Albert Edward Wrathall does resemble William George, but with a fullish face and large moustache I suppose we would all look fairly similar. Incidentally, looking closely, the objects hanging outside the shop are likely to be pig or lamb carcasses. I have found the record of the banns of marriage being read for A. E. in Aug/Sep 1901. He married Mary Ellen Lawson of Bentham, but he was living in Blackburn at the time, so he was born in Yorkshire but spent all his later life in Lancashire. I'm afraid I don't know the names of A. E. W.'s children - yet, but I have found the marriage of A. E.'s younger brother, John Thomas, to Jane Agnes Haythornthwaite on 17 Apr 1911 at High Bentham. There are quite a few others, but I will put them all together when I have finished Bentham and Ingleton.
In June 2007, Derek sent a copy of a photo showing Albert Edward and his brother John Thomas:
Left to Right:
Standing : Albert Edward Wrathall (1872 - 1931), John Thomas Wrathall (1878 - ), William Skirrow Procter
Seated : Thomas Procter, Agnes Ellen Wrathall (formerly Procter, née Skirrow), Agnes Ellen Procter.
In Mar. 2008, Derek sent an extract giving the details of the descendants of Thomas Wrathall [Derek's great grandfather] by his second wife, Agnes Procter:
...................... Thomas Wrathall (1824 - 1894)
...................... spouse 2: Agnes PROCTER ( née Skirrow), widow, b. abt 1836, d. 18 Oct 1910 aged 74 years, bd. Burton-in-Lonsdale (remarried after death of Thomas)
............................ Albert Edward WRATHALL, bap. 19 Jan 1873 Burton-in-Lonsdale, m. 1 Sep 1901 Bentham, d. 15 Oct 1931 Lancaster. bd. 19 Oct St. Mary's Church, Mellor, Blackburn
............................ spouse: Mary Ellen LAWSON
..................................... Isabel WRATHALL, b. 1903, Blackburn
..................................... spouse 1: Fred Haydock; m. 1949
..................................... spouse 2: Harry Shorrock; m. 1967
..................................... Dorothy WRATHALL, b. 11 Dec 1907, Blackburn; m. 10 Sep 1936, d. 26 Jan 1989
..................................... spouse: Allan SIMM
............................................ Sheila SIMM
..................................... James Lawson WRATHALL, b. 5 Nov 1909 Blackburn, m. 28 Apr 1937 Beckenham, d. 13 Apr 1976
..................................... spouse: Ena Bell ROBERTS, b. 26 Jan 1908, d. 25 Aug 1979
............................................ Michael Lawson WRATHALL, b. 3 Sep 1939, m. 30 Sep 1967, d. 26 Feb 1977
............................................ spouse: Anita BURROW
............................................ Gillian Mary WRATHALL
............................................ spouse: James William FROGGAT
............................ Isabel (Isabella) WRATHALL, b. 10 Sep 1875, bap. 10 Oct 1875 Burton-in-Lonsdale, d. 2 May 1891, bd. Burton-in-Lonsdale
............................ John Thomas WRATHALL, bap. 24 Nov 1878 Burton-in-Lonsdale, m. Apr 1911 Bentham, d. 1945 (Reg. 2nd qtr Lancaster)
............................ spouse: Jane Agnes (Jenny) HAYTHORNTHWAITE
..................................... Eva WRATHALL, b. 1913 (Reg. 3rd qtr Lancaster), d. 1913 (Reg. 3rd qtr Lancaster )
[some data removed for privacy reasons]
Also in Mar. 2008, Derek sent 3 photos of Albert Edward's family:
[First] is a photograph of the wedding of Albert Edward's daughter, Dorothy, to Allan Simm (10 Sep 1936). The best man is the bridegroom's brother, Arthur, the bridesmaid is the bride's sister, Isabel, and giving the bride away is John Thomas Wrathall, her uncle (Albert Edward's brother). The [second photo] of a lady sitting on the pig is Dorothy Wrathall in 1928, taken at Faccon, a farm near Burton-in-Lonsdale by the river Greta, and almost at the site where my grandfather built his bridge. At an earlier date this was a Wrathall farm, but is believed to have been a Lawson farm at the time of the photo - Dorothy's mother's family. The third photo is of Albert Edward Wrathall with "granny" and as yet we have no idea who granny was.