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HINCHCLIFF, John
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Name HINCHCLIFF, John Birth 1847 Cartworth, Yorkshire, England
Gender Male Death 1896 Chorlton Registration District, Lancashire
Person ID I2481 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father HINCHLIFF, David, b. 14 Sep 1800, Kirkheaton, Yorkshire, England
d. 20 Sep 1858, Cartworth, Yorkshire, England
(Age 58 years) Mother SHAW, Sarah Ann, b. Between 1811 and 1812, Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
d. 1897, Congleton, Cheshire, England
(Age 86 years) Marriage 21 Mar 1835 Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
Family ID F447 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family YOUNG, Mary Ellen, b. 1845, Stretford, Lancashire, England
d. 1933, Manchester Registration District, Lancashire
(Age 88 years) Marriage 1873 Stretford, Lancashire, England
Children 1. HINCHCLIFF, John Stanley, b. 1876, Stretford, Lancashire, England
d. Yes, date unknown2. HINCHCLIFF, Alice May, b. 1877, Flixton, Lancashire, England
d. 1962, Stockport Registration District, Cheshire
(Age 85 years)3. HINCHCLIFF, Herbert Edmund, b. 1881, Flixton, Lancashire, England
d. 1953, Manchester Registration District, Lancashire
(Age 72 years)Family ID F1248 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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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)

