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Please can someone tell if you can search electoral registers by street name? Thanks

At the local main library for the area they are only searchable by address


What sort of years are you looking for

I am looking for the Rushworth family who were living at York street Leeds around 1838/9.

I have a Jonathan Rushworth on the 1841 census living there with a Joseph and Martha. Up to now I thought they were probably brothers and sister. Today I found a marriage for Hannah rushworth and she was living in York street in 1838 The only problem I have is her dad Joseph was a milkman and My Jonathans dad was a cloth dresser. I am just trying to find out any other Rushworths who lived in that street to help me find place them in the correct family.. Thanks for helping

Jane

I'm not sure that they would have been eligible to vote ( the women definitely wouldn't)


The Great Reform Act – 1832

In 1832, the Great Reform Act broadened the spectrum of voters to include the likes of landowners and shopkeepers as part of the property criteria. Householders paying more than £10 in annual rent were also given the vote – and the constituency boundaries were rearranged to make representation less unfair.



The act still defined voters as ‘male persons’, however, and continued to exclude swathes of working class workers from elections. Subsequent reforms in 1867 and 1884 increased the electorate further with broader property and rental criteria. They also continued to make voting boundaries more fair, but failed to make any changes for women.

When Hannah re-married in 1854, her father Joseph was described as a Milk Dealer.

Thanks ErikaH I did not know that.

All the best

Jane

1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
93, York Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

Joseph Rushworth Head Widower Male 70 1781 Milk Dealer Seacroft, Yorkshire, England Transcription
Hannah Appleyard Daughter Widow Female 35 1816 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Transcription
Thomas Kay Lodger Married Male 21 1830 Labourer Lancashire, England Transcription
John Clark Lodger Unmarried Male 25 1826 Labourer Bedfordshire, England

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Middle Fold, Leeds, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
Joseph Rushworth Male 60 1781 Yorkshire, England Milk Dealer
Elizabeth Rushworth Female 60 1781 Yorkshire, England

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Name: Joseph Rushworth
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Mar 1803
Marriage Place: Saint Peter,Leeds,York,England
Spouse: Elizabeth Kendall
FHL Film Number: 918376

1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
York Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Sex Age Birth year Birth place
Joseph Rushworth Male 20 1821 Yorkshire, England
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Martha Rushworth Female 25 1816 Yorkshire, England
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Jonathan Rushworth Male 15 1826 Yorkshire, England

Thanks ErikaH and Safc

I must have misread the marriage entry for Hannah's Father's occupation.

The marriage could have been about the right time for Jonathan's father but the occupation is wrong. I'm still no nearer to finding out the correct relationship between Joseph, Martha and Jonathan. Someone did give me a likely parents for Joseph and Martha as Joseph Rushworth and Ann Holmes. I am still not convinced they are brothers and sister.

Thanks again for helping me

Jane

1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Red Lion Yard, 10, Thwaite Gate, Hunslet, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England

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Household Members
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Sharp Saville Head Married Male 36 1825 Coal Miner Northowram, Yorkshire, England
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Hannah Saville Wife Married Female 46 1815 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England
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Joseph Rushforth Father In Law Widower Male 80 1781 Cloth Maker Seacroft, Yorkshire, England
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Joseph Rushforth Nephew Unmarried Male 16 1845 Coal Miner Bradford, Yorkshire, England

England, Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 Transcription
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First name(s) Hannah
Last name Rushworth
Gender Female
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1815
Baptism date 16 Apr 1815
Place Leeds
County Yorkshire
Country England
Father's first name(s) Joseph
Father's last name Rushworth
Mother's first name(s) Mary
Mother's last name -
Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Collections from England, Great Britain

Name: Hannah Appleyard
Marriage Age: 38
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Year: abt 1816
Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1854
Marriage Place: Leeds, St Peter, Yorkshire, England
Parish: Leeds, St Peter
Father: Joseph Rushworth
Spouse: Sharp Saville

Thanks again Safc and ErikaH

So are we saying that Joseph Rushworth is Joseph Rusforth. b 1781 and Joseph married someone by the name of elizabeth and also Married a Mary?

If this is the case then he must have changed jobs???

It is looking that this Joseph could in fact be my Joseph.