The Nelson Family Tree

Fairweather

Joseph Henry Fairweather

1874–1954

Born 2 October 1874, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England1,2,3
Died 4 September 1954, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England10

Cannot find any record on the 1911 census. Searched with all manner of wildcards etc.

Joseph left his wife Ellen when their daughter Gladys was a baby. Efforts to find him on the 1911 census have been unsuccessful. Ellen’s entry on the 1911 census (named as Nellie Fairweather) gives her status as “Married”.

Marriage certificate of Gladys FAIRWEATHER 29 Nov 1925 does not list Joseph as deceased, but it is unlikely that she knew of his whereabouts at this time. The same certificate gives his profession as Labourer.

The only possibly entry in the England & Wales Death Index for Joseph is the 1954 Sheffield Q3 2d 181 entry for Joseph Fairweather. There are no entries in the England & Wales Birth Index for any other Joseph Fairweathers to whom this death entry could relate.

That death certificate describes a 79 year old male of occupation unknown, of 120 West Bar Sheffield - research suggests this was a hostel or dosshouse. The place of death is given as 2 Herries Road, Sheffield - a euphemism for the Fir Vale hospital to prevent embarrassment at a time when people would remember those buildings as housing the Firvale Workhouse. This later became the site of the Northern General Hospital.

Life events

  1. 2 October 1874 Birth · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England1,2,3
  2. 3 April 1881 Census · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England4
  3. 3 April 1881 Occupation: Scholar · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England4
  4. 5 April 1891 Census · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England5
  5. 5 April 1891 Occupation: Chain Horse Lad · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England5 Employer/Employed/Neither Employer nor Employed: Employed
  6. 25 December 1897 Occupation: Fishmonger6
  7. 25 December 1897 Residence · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England6
  8. 28 July 1900 Residence · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England7,8
  9. 28 July 1900 Occupation: Carter7
  10. 31 March 1901 Census · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England9
  11. 31 March 1901 Occupation: Drayman · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England9
  12. 10 March 1919 Residence · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England This was where sister Rose Ellen was living at the time of the 1911 census, and where mother Sarah died in 1916.
  13. 29 September 1939 Residence · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England2,3
  14. 29 September 1939 Occupation: General Labourer · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England2,3
  15. 4 September 1954 Residence · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England10
  16. 4 September 1954 Death · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England10

Family

Parents

Siblings

With Ellen Parkin 1878–1963

Married 25 December 1897, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England6

Ancestors

Joseph Henry Fairweather 1874–1954
William Clarke Fairweather 1844–1895
Jonathan Fairweather 1825–c.1891
Mary Ann Clarke c.1824–?
Sarah Luesby 1848–1916
Henry Martin Luesby 1821–1888
Mary Ann Pickersgill 1823–1905

Sources

  1. Birth Certificate, Joseph Henry Fairweather
  2. 1939 National Registration Search, Joseph H Fairweather
  3. 1939 England and Wales census, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, The Hostel, West Bar
  4. 1881 England Census [database on-line]
  5. 1891 England Census [database on-line]
  6. Marriage Certificate, Joseph Henry Fairweather and Ellen Parkin
  7. Birth Certificate, Gladys Fairweather
  8. Baptism Record, Gladys Fairweather, 1900
  9. 1901 England Census [database on-line]
  10. Death Certificate, Joseph Fairweather