Example of Skeleton Family History (5 generations)
The Direct Ascendants of Samuel Cooper Carr
Maternal Line
Samuel Cooper Carr (1923-2004)
Born: 4th July 2004, Castleford, Yorkshire.
Mother:
Annie Kilburn (1891-1966)
Born: 21st September 1891, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
Parents: Alfred Kilburn and Sarah Lunn.
Married: John Joseph Carr, 3 July 1915, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
Died: 11 February 1966, Knottingley, Yorkshire.
1901 Census: 14 Church Street, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 9.
1911 Census: 14 Church Street, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 19.
1939 Register: 33 Smawthone Grove, Castleford, Yorkshire.
Grandfather:
Alfred Kilburn (1866-1943)
Born: 5 May 1866, Kirkstall, Yorkshire.
Parents: William Kilburn and Mary Ann Wade.
Married: Sarah Lunn, 24 December 1890, Hunslet, Yorkshire.
Died: 28 September 1943, Rothwell.
1871 Census: Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 4.
1881 Census: 32 Butcher Lane, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 14. Living with his widowed mother and working as a Coalminer.
1891 Census: 3 Butcher Lane, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 24. Head of Household and working as a Coalminer.
1901 Census: Living at 14 Church Street, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 34. Head of Household and working as a Coalminer (underground).
1911 Census: 14 Church Street, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 44. Head of Household and working as a Coalminer Hewer.
1939 Register: 8 Meynell Mount. Retired Miner.
Buried: 30 September 1943, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
Great Grandfather:
William Kilburn (1838-1873)
Born: 1838, Ossett, Yorkshire.
Parents: John Kilburn and Charlotte Parker.
Married: Mary Ann Wade, 6 April 1863, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
Died: (aged 34) March 1873, Rothwell.
Baptism: 10 February 1839, Horbury, Yorkshire.
1841 Census: Denton Lane, Ossett. Age 2. Living with parents and paternal grandparents.
1851 Census: Shaw Ditch, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 12.
1861 Census: Shaw Ditch, Rothwell, Yorkshire Age 22. Coalminer.
1871 Census: Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 31. Head of Household and working as a Coalminer.
Burial: 2 April 1873, Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
John Kilburn (1817-1895)
Born: 1817, Flockton, Yorkshire.
Parents: Roger Kilburn & Hannah Newsome.
Married: (i) Charlotte Parker, 5 November 1838, All Saints Church, Wakefield, Yorkshire.
(ii) Ann Maude (nee Smith), 19 May 1868, Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
Died: (aged 77) 1873, Hunslet.
Other info:
Baptism: 13 April 1817, S James the Great Church, Flockton, Yorkshire.
1841 Census: Denton Lane, Ossett, Yorkshire. Age 20*. Living with parents and working as a Coalminer.
1851 Census: Shaw Ditch, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 34. Head of Household and working as a coalminer.
1861 Census: Shaw Ditch, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 44. Head of Household and working as a coalminer.
1871 Census: Stourton Cottages, Rothwell Age 54. Head of Household and working as a coalminer.
1881 Census: 4 Stourton Arms, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 65. Head of Household and working as a Coal Screener.
1891 Census: 166 Upper Goslem, Rothwell, Yorkshire. Age 77*. Living with his daughter, Caroline and her family. Retired Coalminer.
Burial: 5th February 1895, Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Yorkshire.
*Ages can vary as the individual gets older and may not keep track of their true age. The age on the 1891 Census should actually be 74. Also, on the 1841 Census the ages of adults were often rounded up or down to the nearest 5 by the enumerator.
Great x3 Grandfather:
Roger Kilburn (1785-1852)
Born: 10 October 1785, Dewsbury Moor, Yorkshire.
Parents: Roger Kilburn & Rachel Crawshay.
Married: Hannah Newsome, 8 June 1806, All Saints Church, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Died:
Other info:
Baptism: 11 June 1785, Mill Hill Chapel (Presbyterian), Leeds, Yorkshire.
1813: The family were moved, by court order, from South Crossland, Dewsbury to Flockton, Yorkshire.
1841 Census: Denton Lane, Ossett, Yorkshire. Age 55. Head of Household. Coalminer.
1851 Census: Northgate, Horbury, Yorkshire Age 65. Coalminer.
