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HINCHCLIFF, John

HINCHCLIFF, John

Male 1847 - 1896  (49 years)   Has 2 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name HINCHCLIFF, John 
    Birth 1847  Cartworth, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1896  Chorlton Registration District, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2481  Edgoose
    Last Modified 5 Feb 2026 

    Father HINCHLIFF, David,   b. 14 Sep 1800, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1858, Cartworth, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother SHAW, Sarah Ann,   b. Between 1811 and 1812, Almondbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1897, Congleton, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Marriage 21 Mar 1835  Almondbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family YOUNG, Mary Ellen,   b. 1845, Stretford, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1933, Manchester Registration District, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1873  Stretford, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. HINCHCLIFF, John Stanley,   b. 1876, Stretford, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. HINCHCLIFF, Alice May,   b. 1877, Flixton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1962, Stockport Registration District, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     3. HINCHCLIFF, Herbert Edmund,   b. 1881, Flixton, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1953, Manchester Registration District, Lancashire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F1248  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 

    • JOHN HINCHCLIFF 1847-1896

      The 1851 census of Marble Hall, Cartworth:
      David HINCHLIFFE, head, aged 49, woollen manufacturer, born at Wooldale;
      Sarah Ann HINCHLIFFE, wife, aged 39, born at Honley;
      Elizabeth HINCHLIFFE, daughter, aged 9, born at Cartworth;
      Alice HINCHLIFFE, daughter, aged 7, born at Cartworth;
      *John HINCHLIFFE, son, aged 4, born at Cartworth;
      Jonas HINCHLIFFE, uncle, aged 71, retired manufacturer, born at Cartworth;
      Sarah HINCHLIFFE, relative, aged 12, scholar, born at Wooldale.

      The 1861 census of Dover Woollen Mill, Cartworth:
      Sarah A. HINCHLIFF (sic), head, aged 49, widow, farmer of 46 acres employing 1 man & 1 boy, born at Almondbury, Yorkshire;
      David HINCHLIFF, son, aged 23, woollen manufacturer, born at Cartworth;
      Elizabeth HINCHLIFF, daughter, aged 19, born at Cartworth;
      Alice HINCHLIFF, daughter, aged 17, born at Cartworth;
      *John HINCHLIFF, son, aged 14, scholar, born at Cartworth;
      George A. HINCHLIFF, aged 9, scholar, born at Cartworth;
      Jonas HINCHLIFF, uncle, aged 81, retired manufacturer, born at Holmfirth, Yorkshire;
      Mary BOOTH, servant, aged 18, dairymaid, born at Hepworth, Yorkshire.
      (RG9/3250/55/29)

      He has not been traced in the 1871 census.

      John HINCHCLIFF and Mary Ellen YOUNG married in 1873.
      (GRO September Q 1873 Chorlton [includes Stretford and Flixton] 8c 784)

      According to the 1881 census he was a commercial traveller in cigars.

      He was living at 96 Lansdowne Road, Didsbury, Lancashire, in 1891.
      (RG12/3161/99/19)

      The death of a John HINCHCLIFF aged 49 was registered in 1896.
      (GRO March Q 1896 Chorlton 8c 488)

      Neither he nor his wife Mary Ellen have been traced in the 1901 census, although Alice and Herbert have been.
      (RG13/3669/173/38) and (Rg13/3684/55/16)

      (revised 07.09.2011)