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1789-1799 French Revolution; 1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1805 Battle of Trafagar; 1815 Battle of Waterloo; 1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War; 1914-1918 WW1
1817-1826 Aldington Gang; 1830 Swing Riots

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name Birth Birthplace 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911 1921
James Heron 1816 Creetown, Scotland Bradford
Tea Dealer
Bradford [a]
Draper & Tea Dealer
Bradford [a]
Draper & Tea Dealer
Bradford [a]
Draper
Bradford [a]
Draper
Baildon
Ret Draper, wid
Eliza Heron (Furness) 1815 Mirfield, Yorks Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford Bradford [a]
Housewife
Bradford [a]
Housewife
Sarah Heron 1839 ? Bradford
Robert Heron 1841 Bradford Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford
Stuff Warehouseman
Bradford Menston Menston Menston
James Heron 1844 Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford Bowling Bowling Bowling
Mary Backhaus (Heron) 1845 Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford Manningham [b]
Wife of George Backhaus
Manningham [b]
Wife of George Backhaus
Heaton [c]
Wife of George Backhaus
Heaton [c]
Wife of George Backhaus
Keighley
Wife of George Backhaus
Tenterden
William Henry Heron 1847 Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford Bradford Bradford Bradford Bradford [f]
Draper
Charles Heron 1849 Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford Bradford [a]
Clerk in worsted mill
Bradford
Manufacturers manager
Alexander W. Heron 1851 Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford Bradford [a]
Clerk in stuff warehouse
Manningham [d]
Travelling Draper
Manningham [e]
Draper
Bradford
Drapers Traveller
Joseph Heron 1852 Bradford Bradford Bradford [a]
Engineers Fitter
Fred Heron 1857 Bradford Bradford Bradford [a]
Lucy Heron 1858 Bradford Bradford
Eujine Eliza Kidd (Heron) 1854 Bradford Bradford Bradford [a] Bradford [a]
Merchant Seamans Wife
Baildon
widow
Shipley
Living on own means
Bradford [f]

Address Key

[a] 30 Hanover Square, Bradford.
[b] 61 Southfield Square, Manningham, yorkshire
[c] 19 Heaton Grove, Heaton, Yorks.
[d] 27 Whetley Hill, Manningham.
[e] 360 Heaton Road, Manningham
[f] 102 New Cross Street, West Bowling, Bradford

Certificates

James Heron (of full age, Draper, Bradford, father: John Heron, Grocer) married Eliza Furness (of full age, Hightown, no father),
23rd December 1837 at parish church, Birstall, Yorkshire. Witness: Adam French & Thomas Heron

Mary Heron, born 13th jan 1845, Victoria Street, Bradford. To James Heron (Tea Dealer) & Eliza [formally Furness]

Joseph Heron, born 5th sept 1851, 30 Hanover Square, Bradford. To James Heron (Linen Draper) & Eliza [formally Furness]

George Frederick Backhaus (full age, Clerk, Bradford) married Mary Heron (minor, Bradford) 16th,
February 1865. @ Bradford Parish Church. Fathers: George Frederick Backhaus (Schoolmaster) & James Heron (Draper). Witness: James Heron, Ferdinand Bugler

James Heron, died 1893, diabeties, wit: E.E.Kidd

Census Returns

1911 Mary Backhaus (Heron)

1911 William Henry Heron

1911 Eliza Eujine Kidd (Heron)

Marraige Record

Robert Heron (25, Warehouseman, Bradford, father: James Heron, Hawker) married Elizabeth Newsome (27, Dewsbury, William Newsome, Innkeeper),
17th May 1866 at parish church, Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Witness: James Heron

Charles Heron (24, Merchant Clerk, Bradford, father: James Heron, Draper) married Martha Ann Mary Elizabeth Gratten (20, Marsh lane, William Gratten),
6th August 1872 at parish church, Leeds, Yorkshire. Witness: William Gratten & Elizabeth Smith

Alexander Heron (23, Clerk, Bradford, father: James Heron, Draper) married Jane Ann Harrison (20, Bradford, Thomas Harrison),
11th March 1874 at parish church, Leeds, Yorkshire. Witness: Thomas Harrison & Eliza Eugine Heron

James Heron (30, Dyer, Bradford, father: James Heron, Tailer) married Jane Robertson (28, Bradford, John Robertson),
12th August 1876 at parish church, Bradford, Yorkshire. Witness: Robert Robertson & Charlotte Heeson

William Henry Heron (31, Draper, Bradford, father: James Heron, Draper) married Mary Ellen Raunsley (27, Manningham, Joshua Rawnsley (dec)),
23rd August 1878 at parish church, Bradford, Yorkshire. Witness: Joseph Heron & Annie Raunsley

Eliza Heron (21, father: James Heron, Draper) married George Wigton Kidd (21, Manningham, William Kidd, gentleman),
21st February 1880 at parish church, Manningham, Yorkshire. Witness: James Heron & Annie Raunsley

Parish Records

Kirkmabreck, Scotland

Baptism's

1816 3rd march James Heron John Heron & Elizabeth Michael

Photographs

James Heron & Eliza Heron (Furness)

Mary Backhaus (Heron)

Trade Directories

Trade Directory: Bradford 1866: James Heron – Travelling Draper – 30 Hanover Square
Trade Directory: Bradford 1870: James Heron – Travelling Tea Dealer & Draper – 30 Hanover Square
Trade Directory: Bradford 1881: James Heron – Travelling Tea Dealer & Draper – 30 Hanover Square
1883 Bradford Post Office Directory : James Heron, Draper, 30 Hanover Square.
Trade Directory: Bradford 1887: James Heron – Travelling Draper – 30 Hanover Square
Trade Directory: Bradford 1898: James Heron – Draper – 30 Hanover Square

Notes

James Heron married Eliza Furness, December 1837, Dewsbury, 22, 12 } FreeBMD
Lucy Heron died dec 1870, Bradford, 9b, 68, age 12 } FreeBMD
George Kidd, born sept 1880, Bradford, 9b, 224 } FreeBMD
Eliza Eugene heron born june 1853, Bradford, 9b, 77 } FreeBMD
George Wigton Kidd married Eliza Eugenia heron, mar 1880, 9b, 203 } FreeBMD
Alexander Wallace Heron born sept 1850, Bradford, 23, 147 } FreeBMD
Alexander Wallace Heron married Jane Anne Harrison, mar 1874, Leeds, 9b, 505 } FreeBMD
Alexander W. Heron died jun 1904, age 54, jun 1904, Wharfedale, 9a, 9_ } FreeBMD
Eliza Ellam Furniss bap 8th jan 1815, Mirfield, Yorkshire to Sarah Furniss (no father). } IGI
Mary Backhaus died dec 1921, E.Preston, 2b, 454, age 76 } FreeBMD
Eliza Heron died jun 1888, age 74, Wharfedale, 9a, 115 } FreeBMD
Eliza E. Kidd died dec 1917, age 64, Bradford, 9b, 122 } FreeBMD


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