Josiah Buckley

HEADSTONE - Cornelius Buckley (1805-1873)

This picture was taken in 1873 at St. Stephens (E Bolton) and sourced from Ancestry Family Trees.

• Individual Picture Notes
  • Sacred to the Memory of
    Cornelius Buckley who died June 6 1873 aged 68 years.
    & Esther his wife who died Jan'y 18th 1873 aged 66 years
    & Josiah their son who died June 3rd 1846 aged 5 years
    & Ephriam their son who died Feb'y 23rd 1849 aged 9 months
    & Sarah Ellen their daughter who died Sep 18th 1912 aged 61 years.
    

• Birth Notes
  • 7 weeks old on 1841 census, assumed to be son of Cornelius
    
    Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1841
    BUCKLEY    Josiah    SCOWCROFT    Eastern Bolton        EB/7/21
    
    BUCKLEY, JOSIAH        SCOWCROFT 
    GRO Reference: 1841  J Quarter in BOLTON UNION 
    Volume 21  Page 103
    
    Death registered at Darcy.

• Death Notes
  • Not sure whether he is a son or grandson of Cornelius, but informed he is a son, "buried in Darcy Lever, Bolton parish churchyard".
    
    Name:    Josiah Buckley
    Registration Year:    1846
    Registration Quarter:    Apr-May-Jun
    Registration district:    Bolton, Lancashire
    Volume:    21
    Page:    134
    
    Lancashire Death indexes for the years: 1846
    Name: BUCKLEY, Josiah
    Age: 5
    Sub-district: Lever
    Registered at: Bolton
    Reference: LEV/3/205

• General Notes
  • Relative and living together on 1841 census, aged 7 weeks, but a grandson rather than son of John and Mary, as not in family order with other entries. Also present Squire Scourcroft (13) and Ann Vickers (70).
    
    Josiah died, aged 5.  The headstone confirms he is the son of Cornelius.