Birth: 1812 Potovens Lane, Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Edward Goldthorp 1781-1857
Mother: Rhoda Verity 1786-1856
Christening: 9 November 1812 St John the Baptist, Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: 29 January 1844 St Peter, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Wife: Ann Wetherby c1812-1879
Death: April-June 1887 Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK
Jem (Jim) Goldthorp (Goldthorpe) 1844-1899
John Goldthorp (Goldthorpe) 1848-1848
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for John Goldthorp born and baptised 9 November 1812 at Saint John, Wakefield,York, parents Edwd Goldthorp and Rhoda Verity.
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 for John Goldthorp baptised 9 November 1812 in Wakefield, St John the Baptist, parents Edwd and Rhoda Goldthorp. "Page 110 Baptisms in 1812 [...] Nov [...] 9 Goldthorpe John S. of Edwd Goldthorp & Rhoda his wife D. of Benj & Sarah Verity". No mention of date of birth.
In the 1841 census as John Goldthorp aged 25 (rounded down to a multiple of 5), born in Yorkshire, a mason, and living with Edward and Rhoda Goldthorp (parents?) and William Goldthorp (nephew?) in Providence Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
Marriage of John Goldthorp and Ann Wetherby in FreeBMD in January-March 1844 in Leeds (23 336).
Entry in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 for the marriage of John Goldthorp of full age, father Edward Goldthorp, and Ann Wetherby on 29 January 1844 at Leeds St Peter. "Page 63 1844 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Leeds in the County of York. No. 125 January 29 1844 John Goldthorp of full age, a Bachelor and Mason of Holbeck, father Edward Goldthorp, a Clothier, and Ann Wetherby of full age, a Spinster of Holbeck, father John Wetherby, a Farmer. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns".
In the 1851 census as John Goldthorp aged 39, born in Stanley, Yorkshire, an innkeeper, and living with his wife (Ann), son (James), and a servant (Mary Bennett aged 20, born in Wakefield, Yorkshire and single) at the Cross Keys Inn, Bread Street, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
In the 1861 census as John Goldthorpe aged 49, born in Potovens, Yorkshire, a stone mason, and living with his wife (Ann) and son (James) in Hope Street, Wakefield St John, Yorkshire.
In the 1871 census as John Goldthorpe aged 59, born in Wrenthorp Wakefd, a mason, and living with his wife (Ann) in Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire.
In the 1881 census as John Goldthorpe aged 67, born in Stanley, Yorkshire, widowed, a mason (stone), and living with his son (Jim - head of household), daughter-in-law (Ann), four grandsons (Albert E, John A, Harry and William) and two granddaughters (Elizabeth and Kate) in Governors Yard, Stanley cum Wrenthorpe, Yorkshire.
Death of John Goldthorpe in FreeBMD in April-June 1887 in Wakefield (9c 42).
Entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Goldthorpe born in Potovens, Yorkshire on 9 November 1812, parents Edward Goldthorpe and Rhoda Verity, his marriage to Ann Wetherby on 29 January 1844 at Leeds, St Peter, Yorkshire, three sons (James, Jim and John), and his death in Wakefield in April 1887.
Potovens Lane nearly connects Stanley to Wakefield ending in Wrenthorpe, a mile NW of Wakefield.
John Goldthorp was Felicity's third cousin four times removed.
Return to Goldthorp Gendex.
Return to Main Gendex.
Return to Croucher Home Page.